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VOLUME 17, NUMBER 42
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
BANDERA, BANDERA COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1962
Mrs. Nelson Hamilton
Mrs. A. D. Strickland and Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. Bartell announce
the marriage of their daughter
and granddaughter, Miss Camille
Rosquist, to Mr. Nelson Hamilton
on Sunday, March 25, 1962, at
Piedras Negras, Mexico.
The bride is an honor senior of
the Bandera High School graduat-
ing class, and the groom, the son
of Mrs. Nina Belle Lavender and
Floyd Hamilton, holds the respon-
sible position of linotype operator
at the Bandera Bulletin.
The happy couple now live at
their home in Bandera Estates.
JOHN E. TUCKER
CLAIMED BY
HEART ATTACK
CHEVROLET MEET
HELD AT TWIN
ELM RANCH
HOBBY AND STYLE SHOW IS
THEME OF FINE ARTS
CLUB EVENT
One of the most diversified pro-
grams of the club year was pre-
sented when Fine Arts members
and friends met at the Methodist
Education Building, Tuesday,
April 3.
Home talent is always the most
appealing of all and it was gath-
ered in abundance, at this meet-
ing by Mrs. Howard Hay and Mrs.
E. M. Pi^e. .On, the walls and
throughout; the large room were
displayed hundreds of items, either
hand made or collected by Ban-
dera County folk. These were
viewed leisurely and with great
interest as women gathered early
for the occasion.
Beautiful handmade quilts and
spreads adorned tables on which
were displayed heirlooms and
prized collections as well as items
made recently by the most mod-
ern methods. Names of those
making entries in the Hobby and
Style Show were listed in last
week’s Bulletin. Each person who
entered either in the hobby di-
vision or the style show division
contributed a great amount in
making this such an outstanding
show.
The meeting was called to order
The people of this community
were deeply grieved to learn Fri-
day night of the sudden death of
John Tucker, who passed away as
he attended services at St. Stanis-
laus Catholic Church, of which he
was a member. Mr. Tucker had
seemingly been feeling well
though he had been in ill health
for about five years, some of
that time was spent in the hos-
pital, where his life was despaired
by his family and friends.
He had been making an active
campaign for the place of Jus-
tice of the Peace Precinct No. 1,
and had been visiting over the
county during the week preceding
his death. He had engaged in the
construction business here for
many years. For a time he was
associated with Hubert Horsman,
but due to illness had been forc-
ed to retire.
John Edward Tucker was born
on July 17, 1905, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Tucker. He died
on March 30, 1962, at the age of
56 years. He had resided in the
county for about 28 years. He
was a member of St. Stanislaus
Catholic Church.
On July 20, 1934, he was hap-
pily married to Miss* Vera Sprott
in Hondo. To this union was bom
three sons and a daughter.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Vera Tucker of Bandera; sons,
Travis Tucker of New Braunfels,
Johnny Tucker of Bandera, Jack
Tucker of Dyress Air Force Base,
Texas; daughters,' Mrs. L. S. Clay-
ton of Uvalde, Mrs. E. C. Danley
of Dayton, Ohio; one brother,
Leonard Tucker of Uvalde; one
sister, Mrs. Bill Coffey of Hondo
and seven grandchildren; and his
mother, Mrs. J. E» Tucker, of
Kerrvlite.
Rosary was recited on Satur-
day and Sunday evenings in the
Plummer Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday morning, April 2, 1962, at
10 o’clock in St Stanislaus Catho-
lic Church with Rev. Victor
Schmidtzinsky, officiating and
interment was made in the Catho-
lic Cemetery under the direction
of Plummer Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Gene Johns-
ton, Troy Pingleton, Pat Mc-
Groarty, Charlie Fellows, Alton
Reininger, Coy Ross.
Honorary pall bearers were
Leonard Jenschke and Calvin
Cartrett.
Among the friends and relatives
from out-of-town who were here
by the president, Mrs. Glendon
Roberts, who welcomed the guests, i’to attend funeral services for Mr.
thanked the participants and the
Hostesses, and conducted a brief
business meeting. Mrs. Art Kitz-
man read the minutes of the
March meeting, Mrs. W. P. Jor-
dan gave the treasurers report
and committees for the year 1962-
1963 were ratified by the members.
Mrs. Roberts, recently elected
president, named her committees
(Continued on Page 4)
See FINE ARTS
Tucker Monday were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Smith and two children, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Sprott, Melvin
Sprott and daughter, Mrs. Bob
Miller, Onis Brimhall, and Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Shellhase, all of San
Antonio; Lonnie Brown, George
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Clayton
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Tucker, Mr. and Bfj-s. James Clark
(Continued oh Page.4)
See TUCKER
Chevrolet owners of Bandera
and surrounding area, participated
in an automobile industry “first”
at the Twin Elm Ranch Friday
night when they were guests of
Henry and Roy ' Adams, owners of
Adams Chevrolet Company of this
place.
Purpose of the meeting of
“seller and owners” was a quest
by the automobile manufacturer
and its dealers for a solution of
car owners problems, in this case
Chevrolet owners and their prob-
lems and criticisms.
“Call it an owners’ ‘gripe* ses-
sion if you wish,” said Messrs.
Adams. “It’s formally called
Owner Relations, however. What
we wanted to learn were our
owners’ problems, not buyers’
problems, although one cannot be
divorced from the other for each
is an influence on the other.”
“So, after our dinner, we in-
vited open and free discussion of
the major problems of all car
owners, service for their cars.
Or,in short, where do we let our
customers down, so to speak, when
it comes to our service department
or any department.”
Messrs. Adams said they were
elated with the results. “We
learned many right things we are
doing, and we learned some things
we should do."
Owners all expressed their ap-
preciation for the program.
Messrs. Adams said this will be
a continuing program with his
company and Chevrolet. “A sat-
isfied customer is our most val-
uable asset and we intend to do
everything possible to accomplish
this end quickly and permanently.
We feel our General Motors pro-
ducts are without equal, our owner
relations must be too.” <.y
Those in attendance were Dave
Cox, Sales Promotion Manager,
and C. 0. Love, District Manager
from Houston; Miss Ada Ender,
A. B. Small, A. B. Tilghman, Tel-
vey Robbins, Wilvie Smith, Bob
Allert, Gus Evans, Buddy Adam-
ietz, Frank Anderwald, Marvin
Hay, Henry Adams Sr., Henry
Adams Jr., and Roy Adams.
NEW LIBRARY WILL
HAVE FORMAL
OPENING MONDAY
All is now in readiness for the
formal opening of the new Ban-
dera Library on Monday, April
9, from 2 to 5 p.m. The ladies of
the Home Demonstration Council
will provide refreshments and the
public is invited to attend.
Bandera people are very proud
of the fine work done by the
Foster B. Doane Foundation in
making possible the fine home for
the library. You will have to
see it to appreciate it, so do come
to the formal opening Monday.
Over 1100 books have been
worked on, in various stages of
being processed for the library,
most will be ready for the Mon-
day event, and the rest will be
ready as soon as classifying, mark-
ing, cards, etc., are completed.
This does not include the 856
books from the State Library
which were sent to this library
ready to use. The library will
TROPHIES IN
FRONTIER TIMES
MUSEUM ESSAYS
RODEO TICKET
SALES SETTING A
BRISK PACE
lte PER COPY
F. B. Doane, owner of Frontier
Times Museum and the museum
board of governors composed of
John V. McShane, Mrs. D. H.
Crowell, Mrs. John Saul, L. L.
Bright, Howard G. Hay and Ho-
ward Eckhart, met at Frontier
Times Museum Saturday morn-
ing to select winners in the Mu-
seum essay contest, in which over
two hundred school children from
Bandera, Medina schools and St.
Joseph’s Catholic school partici-
pated. Mrs. E. B. Batto, Museum
curator, assisted with the contest
also.
The essays were well written
and were pleasing to the judges.
They showed the intelligence and
’abilities of ti(e students who
wrote essays about the famous
museum. The judges found that
all Were so fine in their respec-
tive classes that it was hard to
choose the places, but want the
have $400 worth more books fromi boys and girls who entered, to
the State Library within a few
weeks.
Many fine books have been re-
ceived this week from: Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Purdy of Pipe Creek.
Mostly children’s books, includ-
ing three by Alcott; Mr. and Mrs.
Frederic Collins of Medina. These
are also children’s books, includ-
ing “Born to Trot,” by Henry;
Mrs. Charles- Hutcheson sent
Christian Herald and Guidepost
Magazines; Mrs. John Merrick sent
a number including Appleton’s
New Spanish Dictionary; Buffalo
Head,” Patterson CTeorge-Emyln
Williams and Life, Post and a
number of English magazines.
■ Mr. E. A. Burr us gave the li-
brary many excellent books in-
cluding two 'books about Beau-
mont; Way to Vocabulary Power
by Funk; Home to Texas, Walker;
1933 World Book Encyclopedia,
old, but excellent reference. Also
set of five books on Texas and
Texans, 1914, and uses material
much older. Valuable for research
as well as fun to read.
HIGHWAY CONTRACT
IS LET FOR
TARPLEY ROAD
for the small fry...
LOVELY EASTER DRESSES
AND PETTICOATS
and
Many Items of Infant Wear
Lovely Spring Costume Jewelry
NEW SHIP 'N SHORE BLOUSES
Cjfit%geraid's
GILBERTS ANNOUNCE
CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT
This week Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Gilbert announce the opening of
their new addition to Gilbert’s
Dude Ranch Motel, the Chuck
Wagon, where family style meals
(all you can eat) will be served
for $1.35. Children under eight
years of age will pay only half
price, and there is a place for the
children to play too.
An example of their menus lists
a choice of two meats, Southern
fried chicken, hot biscuits and
honeybutter, tender juicy steaks
cooked as you like them, roasts,
fresh home cooked vegetables,
tender green salads, your choice
of salad dressings, tidbits to eat
while awaiting your delicious
home cooked meal, tea, coffee,
deserts included. Menus change
daily and lunches and dinners serv-
ed from 11:30 until 9:00 p.m.
Breakfast is served from 7:30
a.m., to 11 a.m. You may have
your choice of pancakes and waf-
fles with a variety of twelve dif-
ferent fruit syrups, coffee, toast,
two eggs, grits, bacon, ham, or
sausage.
Gilbert's Dude Ranch Motel is
located on Upper Main Street,
Highway 16, Phone SW6-8881.
Families are invited.
NEWLY FORMED CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE NAMES
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Ray Gilbert, owner of Gilbert’s
Ranch Motel, is the newly elected
secretary-treasurer of the newly
formed Bandera Chamber of Com-
merce and has entered in on his
duties for the organization. Mr.
Gilbert is not a newcomer to Ban-
dera as he has owned property in
the county for the past ten years.
He has lived in Bandera off and
on for some time, coming from
Texas City, where he engaged in
the construction business for a
number of years.
Members of the newly formed
Chamber of Commerce includes
Gilbert’s Ranch Motel, Dixie Dude
Ranch, Joleta Guest Ranch, Trad-
ing Post, Bennie’s U-Bar Guest
Ranch, The Steak House, Wagon
Whe^l Guest Ranch, Alamo Lum-
ber Company, Sinclair Station,
Twin Elm Guest Ranch, First
State Bank, Pearl Beer Distribut-
ing Co., and Twin Elm Ranch.
OLD MATTRESSES MADE NEW.
Leave orders at Shiner Conoco
Station for quick service or phone
your order collect to Mayifeld
Mattress Company, Kerrville,
CLearwater 7-6048. In Medina
George Whitehead Humble Sta-
tion. 2-tfc
VARMINTS PLENTIFUL
IN COUNTY
Game Warden R. L. Stevens re-
ported that 1129 ’coons had been
trapped and sold in the county
during the past season. Other
varmints caught and their pelts
sold to Smith Wright, local fur
buyer included 1693 ring tails,
29 foxes, 129 ’possums, three wild
cats, three civet cats. Four hun-
dred and six deer hides were also
purchased by Smith Wright. A
total .of 2986 furs were bought
by Wright
Mrs. H. V. O’Bryant had as her
guests this past week-end Mrs.
Lonnie Clayton of Sabinal.
know that each essay was read
and deeply appreciated.
Winners chosen were as fol-
lows: A-group, fifth and sixth
grades, First Place went to Fran-
ces Joy Vawter; Second Place to
Janna Turner; and Honorable Men-
tion to Ricky Meador and Mona
Reeves.
In B-group, seventh and eighth
grades, First Place went to Frank
Craddock; Second Place, Geneve
Dugosh; and Honorable Mention to
Theresa Stein and Darlene Pa-
lumbo.
In C-group, the ninth and tenth
grades; First Place to Louis Rein-
inger; Second Place to Billy Jean
Stein; and Honorable Mention to
Joyce Stein and Denise Walker.
In D-group, eleventh and twelfth
grades, First Place went to Karen
Kitzman; Second Place to Kay
Wootton and Honorable Mention
to Roger Ramos and Patty Calla-
han.
The beautiful trophies have been
on display at the three schools
from which the students entered
and have been a great incentive
to them. All the students who
entered the contest had visited
the Frontier Times Museum to
see the thousands of relics on
display, to be able to write their
essays intelligently, about the
things they saw there.
L. L. Bright presented the beau-
tiful trophies.
A B. Small, chairman of ticket
sales for the Bandera Chamber
of Commerce sponsored “Spring
Roundup” celebration reported
the sale of tickets ahead of sche-
dule. The celebration, which fea-
tures two rodeo performances,
will be held April 27 and 28 at
Mansfield Park. A western pa-
rade is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sat-
urday, April 28. The rodeo, first
of two planned for the summer
season, will be produced by H. A.
Roecker, of Gonzales, Texas. The
following firms and individuals
have boosted the ticket sales by
the purchase of blocks of tickets:
Gilbert’s Ranch Motel, Twin Elm
Ranch, Wagon Wheel Ranch, Bill-
ings Courts, Peaceful Valley
Ranch, Mayan Dude Ranch, Lost
Valley Ranch, Bandera Regulars,
Frontier Hotel, Triple Oaks Pack-
age Store, Alamo Lumber Co.,
Trading Post, Everett’s Variety
and Gift Shop, Pearl Beer Dis-
tributor, Free State Oil Co., First
State Bank, Baker’s Humble Sta-
tion, Best Yet Cafe, Boyle’s Food
Store, Pack Saddle Grocery, Joske’s
Corral, Lucchese’s Boot Shop,
Phillip’s 66 Distributor, Chuck
Wagon, Joleta Ranch, Whispering
Winds Ranch.
Many other have pledged their
support. A further boost was
added when Ralph Mitchell do-
nated the use of the rodeo grounds
to the Chamber of Commerce.
Rodeo tickets sell for $1.00 each.
For information, call Mr. Small
at the Trading Post, or contact
any member of the Chamber of
Commerce.
A contract for 8.6 mile# of con-
struction on F. M. 470 in Ban-
dera County has been awarded to
a Fredericksburg firm, it was an-
nounced in Austin this week by
the State Highway Commission.
Allen Keller Company submit-
ted the low bid of $205,631 on the
project. Grading, structures, base
and surfacing from Indian Creek
to Tarpley is expected to take 150
working days, according to Robert
O. Lytton, District Highway En-
gineer at San Antonio.
C. E. Haskebeil, Resident En-
gineer at Hondo will be in active
charge of the project while it is
under construction.
TWO MEN ARE INJURED IN
WRECK NEAR MEDINA LAKE
Tom and John Mallory, resi-
dents of the Pipe Creek area, were
painfully injured last Friday morn-
ing when the car in which they
were riding, went out of control,
near Medina Lake. Both men
suffered bruises and cuts and were
taken by Plummer ambulance to
the Sid Peterson Memorial Hos-
pital in Kerrville for treatment.
SALE OF MOTOR LICENSE
UP THIS YEAR
R. B. Miller, Tax Assessor-Col-
lector, reports sale of motor ve-
hicle licenses up this year with
2435 being sold up to the dead-
line of March 31, 1962. Of this
number 1,448 were passenger cars,
491 commercial trucks, 340 farm
trucks, 10 truck tractors, 2 farm
truck tractors, 132 trailers and
12 motorcycles.
FOUR IN TRUSTEE RACE '■
An election to elect three school
board members for the Bandera
In. School District is to be held
at the Bandera School on Satur-
day, April 7. Polls will open at
8:00 a.m., and close at 7:00 p.m.
Four persons have filed and
their names appear on the ballot
as follows: John R. Langford, R.
R. Schott, A. A. Kitzman and Don
Hicks. Terms of office are for
three years.
Election judge is L. L. Bright.
Clerks are Grace Edwards and
Anna L. Vaughn.
TWO YOUNG MEN RETURNED
TO OKLAHOMA IN
SADDLE THEFT
Sheriff R. B. Miller, reports the
apprehension of two young men
wanted in the theft of six saddles.
B|ichard Sizemore and Thomas
Wayne Lee of Claremore, Rogers
County, Oklahoma, were extradit-
ed and Oklahoma officer? returned
them to Oklahoma Sunday. All
saddles with the exception of one
was recovered. One saddle had
been sold to a Fredericksburg
saddle shop; Ralph Mitchell ad-
vanced money to the young men
for one of the saddles and four
were sold to Willie Williams and
were sold at auction.
Contribute now to the Screw-
worm Eradication Program.
THE REAL McCOYS
4-
RED CROSS DRIVE STILL
IN PROGRESS
According to Mrs. George E.
Harrison, chairman of the annual
membership drive and fund raising
campaign of the American Red
Cross, Bandera County has not
yet reached its quota of funds for
1962. The drive is still in pro-
gress, so if you have not had the
opportunity to make your contri-
bution, you may send it to Mrs.
George E. Harrison, Bandera,
Texas. The Red Cross says, “If
you give, we can help." Your
money will be used to the best
advantage to promote many worth-
while Red Cross sponsored com-
munity projects and services.
“Christ has outlived the em-
pire which crucified Him
nineteen centuries ago. He
will outlast the dictators who
defy Him now.”
—Ralph W. Sockman
LONA JACKSON
Florist
Pfceoe SW6-44M
Two Houses West of
Football Field
THE (CDS LET 6PANPAW PLAY
CAUSE WE 60T A * POLICY WITH
I. E. ADAMIETZ
AND CO.
GENERAL INSURANCE
PH. SW6-S7M Bandera. Texa-
Jack Preston of the Buckaroo
Ranch at Utopia was a business
visitor in the city Thursday.
Worship Brings Contentment — Christ Brings Pence
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Wenhip 19)50
Training Union 7:00 p.m
and Idt p.mM Mid-Week Service 8:15 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BANDERA
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