The Bandera Bulletin (Bandera, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1957 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE TWO
THE BANDERA BULLETIN
MEDINA NEWS
Sue Wier, Reporter
ARNOLD MAltKWOKDT
PASSED AWAY
Arnold Markwonlt of Harper,
;ige 70 years and 0 days, suddenly
passed away at his homo in Harp-
er, Sunday, April 7, about 12:30
p.in. Services were held Tuesday
at the Harper Baptist Church.
MEDINA ROSE GARDEN CLUB Homer Stevens, D. O. Tollman,
Survivors include his wife, three is God’s handiwork.
The April meeting of Medina
Rose Garden Club was held at
Peaceful Valley Guest Ranch,
home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Kitz-
man. The first time impression
is how perfectly the place is nam-
ed. Neat cottages located com-
fortable distances apart and scat-
tered on a wide rivery valley are
shaded by huge live oak trees.
These mammoth, scarred trees
give the feeling of how enduring
George Vaught, D. S. Webb, Carl
Bush.
brothers, Henry and Walter of
Harper and Armand of Kerrville;
four sisters, Mrs. John Gibson of
Happy birthday greetings are
extended this week to: Lewis Neal
Matthews, Mrs. Alta Stanard, Miss
Joyce Ann Carr, April 20; Mrs. C.
O. Nesting, April 21; Mrs. Floyd
Mayfield, April 22; Light T. Cum-
mins, April 23.
Richard Carr, who is attending
college at Georgetown visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carr
over the week-end.
Mrs. Art Kltzman was assisted
as hostess by Mrs. Isabel Ander-
son and Mrs. C. G. Armstrong.] , , ,, ,
this city. Mrs. Ed McDougall of Meeting was planned for outside | Miss < harlotte Ann Boyle of
Harper, Mrs. Jeff Masters of In-1 with a picnic lunch at noon, with ! Bandera visited her grandmother
gram, and Mrs. Ottie Scarborough | fleecy cloud- and sunshine playing Mrs, Maude Stokes, this past week,
of Houston, hide and seek and an occasional! . • , , , „ ,, — _
Those who attended the ,-erv- Spring breeze coining from around . he piano students of . It.. I ean
ices Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. corner with a hit of winter j I**«,\WI!1 P^’sent a rec.tal Fri-
John Gibson, Mrs. Geo. Soars, and1 o il clinging, the hot coffee serv- ‘ V ■v~r. ’ ',nr th.c
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gibson of ,,| by the hostesses was appreciat- s‘,h"0' ;,f^or,um- The public Is
Kerrville accompanied them. | ed. ' ! invited.
! The afternoon was spent in dis-1 Week-end visitors in the homo
..I, 1 il o n f e ..A* AT,• II „ , / ’ A D.i.. ».1
Among those shopping and visit- cussing nlnn- for different pro-; of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Braun and
ing in San Antonio Friday were:! ieets sch'doled. One was the I family were: Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
\lis Jpo Borden. Mrs. C, li. Jack- j I’lacement Flower Show which will | lace Braun and family of Houston,
son, Mrs. B. H. Stokes and Alalia-, be staged on Saturday afternoon, Miss Dorothy Arnold -and mother
and Mrs. Floyd Mayfield. | May 11th. in tlu- new home of Mr. ,,f Corpus Christi, Mr. and Mrs.
land Mrrs. A. K. McClendon. j A. E. Braun of Yorktown, Mr. and
Mi<. Ben F. Thompson of Kerr- other projects were the An-] Mr-. Edwin Lamprccht and Linda
ville attended the Senior play here! , u;ll Flowers bv the Yard contest and Mrs. Jane Savermilch of York-
Friday night and visited in the (.1I1(] 1ho jo ,|onP nn the j town
home of Mrs. Maude Stakes. , Aleilimi tire house grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff 1 had asThose attending this meeting
their company over the wack-end I "'ere Mesdames K. M. Anderson
their son and family, S: iff Sgt. ]^’ . L- M. Anderson Jr., I om An-
and Mrs. Jack Kee.-e and an , Jeff j derson, C. G. Armstrong, Allie A.
and Tom, of San .yvtvniiY | Duckett. A. J. Flowers, Archie
' Gallant, Paul Garrison, C E. Jack-
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Burks of
Kerrville attended the Senior play
here Friday night.
son. Art Kltzman. J. D. Latta,
Murry LeStourgeon, A. E. Mc-
Clendon, E. F. Olds, Robert Shane,
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REITERS
CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH
KERRVILLE, TEXAS
F.F.A. BANQUET TO BE
HERE TUESDAY
The Hill Country District FFA
Banquet will he held in the Me-
dina gymnasium on Tuesday, April
23, at 7 p.m.
Mrs. Violet Kimbler and daugh-
ter of San Antonio visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith and Leta over the week-end.
James Kinsey and E. L. Cab-
iness, who are employed at Hous-
ton, spent the week-end with their
families,
“Bolts and Nuts", the Senior
play, was very successful Friday
night. The Seniors made $90.00
to add'to their “travel fund”.
Dean Isaacs, who is employed at
Alice, spent the week-end with
Ids wife and family.
Mir. and Mrs. Alton Bailey are
the proud parents of a baby boy
born April 13, weight 0 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mayfield and
children of San Antonio visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Brice
Mayfield, over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Graham and
family of San Antonio visited rel-
atives and friends here over the
week-end.
Miss Lola Stevens and sister,
Gracie, of San Antonio attended
the Senior play and visited rela-
tives here over the week-end.
Visitors in the home of Mrs.
J. E. Kirkland and Miss Jennie
were: Air. and Airs. Jim Condon
and Barbara of Kerrville, Dwight
Kirkland and Leo Fraytet of
Beaumoqt. Sunday afternoon Mr.
and ATrs. J. E. Justice visited in
their home,
David Goss and Ronnie Goll-
berg. College students of George-
town are spending the Easter holi-
days with their parents.
Air. and Airs. O. H. Kelley and
Airs. Lee Smith were San An-
tonio visitors Monday.
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After pushing the total cuts be-
low the budget estimates past the
$1 billion mark last week, the
I louse prepared for the annual
Easter recess. The recess begins
dn Friday before Easter and ends
ID days later.
Most Members head for home.
I will spend most of the time in
our district, and have accepted a
few invitations during the limited
stay. 1 have promised to address
the Kiwanis Club at Coleman and
will attend a function given while
I am there by sponsors of an up-
stream flood prevention project on
Sulphur Creek in Lampasas Coun-
ty. And I hope it will be possible
to attend the formal opening of
the high bridge over the Pecos on
Saturday. Above everything, 1
want to see some green grass and
weeds for a change.
Speaking of upstream projects,
a group of water conservationists
from our district came to Wash-
ington last week for an appear-
ance before the Appropriations
committee that handles funds for
this type of works. They include
(). B. Earkey of San Saba, chair-
man of the Mill Colorado Associa-
tion of Soil Conservation Districts,
Joe Russell of Menard, J. W. Vance
of Coleman county, and Edsel
ATalmstrom of Melvin—all mem-
bers of the board of supervisors
of the Aliddle Colorado area. In
addition, Dick Winters of Brady,
chairman of the Brady Creek Wat
ershed Association, was on hand.
The report from this group cov
ered conservation works in the
five million acres covered hy the
Middle Colorado Watershed, and
the progress that has been made
there during the past year.
Among the upstream flood pre-
vention projects discussed were
Deep Creek in AIcCulloueh, Brady
Creek, Upper San Saba River pro-
ject, Lower San Saba project,
Mukewater Creek in Coleman and
Brown counties, Jim Ned Creek
in Coleman, and Clear Creek in
Brown.
It was a comprehensive report on
a vast water and soil conservation
undertaking, and was well received
bv the Committee.
* * *
Other guests have included H.
N. (Red) Smith, State Soil Con-
servationist of Temple, here for a
few months on special assignment;
Dr. Knowles Ryerson, Dean of
Agriculture of the University of
California, a personal friend' of
mine, Tanner Freeman of San An-
tonio.
JERRY WORD ON SCHREINER
HONOR LIST
Kerrville—Seven students from
Kerrville and nearby vicinities
were listed on the honor roll and
honorable mention at Schreiner
Institute for the fourth six weeks.
A total of 52 students made the
two select groups, slightly over
17 per cent of the total enrollment.
Included in the honorable men-
tion were: Billy Ray Corbin of
Kerrville; Floyd E. Hargrove, son
of Mrs. J. Leon Hargrove of Hunt;
Raymond R. Kirsch, son of Air.
and Airs. R. R. Kirsch of Kerrville;
Gahrielle A. White, daughter of
Air. and Airs. R. N. White of Cen-
ter Point; and Jerry N. Word, son
Friday, April 19, 1957
of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Word of
Bandera.
J. M. SOLOMON DOING
WELL NOW
We are pleased to report that
J. M. Solomon is doing well at his
home here since undergoing a
check-up in the Sid Petermon Hos-
pital in Kerrville.
Mrs. James Adams of Uvalde
visited her sister, Mis. ArU- Mans-
field, here Sunday and^&ttended
church at the Bandera Church of
Christ at the morning service.
In the afternoon she visited her
mother, Airs. Cordelia Buckelew, in
Medina.
Bostitch
b8c STAPLERS
$2.85
at the
BULLETIN
BANDERA CONGREGATION OF
IKIIOV MI'S W IT NESSES SIND
LETTER TO SOVIET OFFICIALS
Charging that Soviet officials
“may perhaps be found fighter-;
actually against God,” a strongly
worded letter of protest from of-
ficials of the Watch Tower Bible
and Tract Society, legal govern
ing body of Jehovah’s Witnesses,
has been sent to Premier Nikolai
A. Bulganin of the U.S.S.R.
J. H. McCurdy, presiding minis-
ter of the Bandera congregation of
Jehovah’s Witnesses, in announc-
ing the countents of the letter,
cited the wholesale arrests and
mass movements of Jehovah’s Wit-
nesses to slave labor camps in
Siberia.
“For many years now,” Mr. Mc-
Curdy quoted the letter as saying.
‘Vl.ehovah’s Witnesses within the
Sovie.t Union have endured great
difficulties and heavy persecution.
They have constituted committees
and delegations from among their
own ministers for the purpose of
registering their religious organi-
zation according to the statutes in
force, hut on each occasion they
have been rebuffed and instead of
being allowed to register their
Chri tian organization they have
had ministers, in the delegations
arrested.”
The letter was -written to ac-
company a composite petition that
had been adopted over a period of
nine months by a total of -li>2.
of Jehovah’s Witnesses, meeting in
199 assemblies throughout the
world. It called attention to the
7.000 Jehovah’s Witnesses known
to be in slave camps in the Soviet
Union, and, requesting their re-
lease, proposed that a delegation
be permitted to proceed from the
Society's headquarters in Brook-
lyn, N. Y.. to AIoscow to fully ac-
quaint the Soviet government with
the true aims and purposes of
Jehovah’s Witnesses.
"We have acted only in good
faith,” Mr. McCurdy said. “Fol-
lowing the petition’s adoption at
each assembly, copies were sent
by registered mail direct to Mos-
cow and a copy for the Russian
Embassy in each country was de-
livered in person. Most of the
ambassadors would not see us.”
Air. McCurdy reported, “hut we
were able to talk to some Soviet
diplomatic officials. To date, the
Soviet government has completely
ignored our petitions.
“Furthermore, when a copy was
offered to the embassies many of
the Russian official refused to ac-
cept it, not even wanting to touch
it, as if it w-ere dynamite. Others
insisted that many lies had been
circulated about Russia and open-
ly scoffed at the mention of the
name of Jehovah God and claimed
that the law of Russia was higher
than the law of Jehovah and that
it had to he obeyed in Russia.”
In spite of all these deliberate
rebuffs, the Watch Tower So-
ciety’s letter assured Premier Bul-
ganin that Jehovah’s Witnesses
will stand ready to send their dele-
gation to Moscow for the discus-
sions proposed in the petition.
“Maybe their hearts will be
hardened against us just as
Pharaoh’s was many centuries ago
when Moses was sent to Egypt to
demand the freedom of Jehovah’s
chosen people so that they could
worship Him without interference,”
Mr. McCurdy said. “But even if
the Communists continue to arrest
our ministers, as they are doing
in the U.S.S.R. and most of the
Satellite countries, Jehovah’s Wit-
nesses must—and will, with the
help of Jehovah God—continue to
live Christian lives and worship the
Most High.”
Asserting their purpose was to
inform the world of the bitter
Christian persecution that still
rages behind the Tron Curtain, Mr.
McCurdy revealed, “A full report
is being published in the April 15
issue of The Watchtower. official
magazine of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
This issue will have a stepped-up
world circulation of 10,000,000 cop-
ies in 45 languages, which is three
times the normal circulation. Plans
are being made by the Bandera
congregation of Jehovah’s Wit-
nesses to call at every house in
Bandera with this significant re-
port."
FORFEITED VETERAN
LANDS SOLD
Austin, April 4.—Thirty bids on
forfeited land offered for sale
Wednesday by the Veterans’ Land
Board have been accepted. Land
Commissioner Earl Rudder said
Thursday.
Bids accepted totaled $190,-
913.07.
Altogether, 424 bids totaling
$1,040, 028.21 on 51 tracts of land
were received. A total of 3907.70
acres were bid on.
Roger F. Davidson of Corpus
Christi placed the highest hid,
$8549, on 100 acres in LaSalle
county.
Most popular tract of land was
200 acres in Fannin county, which
drew 28 bids. High bidder was
Thomas G. Moore of Dallas, who
offered $8100.
Land offered for bidding was
originally purchased through the
Veterans’ Land Program, hut was
later forfeited because buyers were
behind in payments.
Mrs. H. H. Wagner of Pipe
Creek was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Solomon last Satur-
day-
No Fuss-No Flame-No Worry
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Saves J*oney, Time and Vitamini
A<
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•.. she’ll tell you it’s the coolest, cleanest,
SAFEST cooking method ever developed.
And that’* only the beginning. Your
Electric Range gives you better tastipg
foods, more nutritious foods. It gives you
greater saving—less mJ?t shrinkage—a
lot less work and a lot more leisure time.
Don’t put up with inferior cooking
methods any longer... see the beautiful
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Everybody's Going AH Electric!
Consult Your City-Owned llectrlc Utility Today
About tho Many Reasons Why lloctrlc Cooking Is
Bast for You
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Peregrinations
PIONEER
PRINTER
4
$3.00
J.MARVIN HUNTER
An Autobiography
Besides being the autobiography of an old tims itinerant eoun-
try printer and newspaper man, it is full of kmnorous remi-
niscences and some good history. la it you will find mention
af many people you knew personally in different Texas coun-
ties. This old printer telle In pleasing style the story of hfc
peregrinations (wanderings) through West Texas, New Mari,
eo, Arisons, and even Old lfeodce; bow he and a fellow news
paper man bad to leave “between two days’* sad ride tn a
side-door pull man (box ear) through to El Paeo with the
Mexican ruralee hot on their trail; of bis experience as a ehaap-
herder; of two nnaaay days he spent entertaining a noted
outlaw In his sheep camp; of meeting noted ehsraetcn, both
terns and infamous; and af many other thriHtng events and
at last he “nettled dawn” in Bandera to spend Ha
yasen among the best people on earth.
FBOMTIS TIMBB MUB1UM, BANDURA, TEXAS
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The Bandera Bulletin (Bandera, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1957, newspaper, April 19, 1957; Bandera, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth799274/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bandera Public Library.