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Wednesday April 1
Plate Deadline
Stickers April 15
Wednesday April 1 and
Wednesday April 15 are the
deadlines for 1964 license
plates and vehicle registration
in Texas.
Plates may be purchased at
the law office of Kirby Vance
from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. Own-
ers must bring the certificate
of title and the 1963 registra-
tion record. Registration may
be made at this office for both
Bell and Williamson Counties.
Failure to have a valid in-
spection sticker may bring a
fine of up to $200.
Cars may be inspected at
Crittenden Motor Co. James
Bailey Chevrolet and Oscar's
Motor Clinic.
City Will Host
Area Association
Meeting May 12
Plans were made for Bart-
lett to host the Capitol Area
Water and Sewage Works. As-
sociation Majy 12 when the
City Council met Tuesday aft-
ernoon. A committee composed of
Cecil Overby and C. F. Hill
was appointed to. make ar-
rangements for the meeting.
Tentative plan? are for a bar-
becue at the American Legion
Hall.
The Council discussed pur-
chasing a right of way for a
road to the colored cemetery
putting in a culvert and grav-
eling the road. Hill was nam-
ed to look into the matter.
Wayne Goodnight appeared
before the Council to make the
recommendation.
Since a deficit had been
created in the cemetery fund
a transfer of $7500 was made
from the general fund.
Bartlett P.T.A.
Meets Tuesday
Tuesday evening the Bartlett .
P.-T.A. met at the high school
at 7:30 p. m.
Contestants who will appear !
in tne District u. a. u. meet
made up the program.
Mrs. Stanley Schwertner pre-
sided over the business meeting.
The new officers for the com-
ing year were submitted.
Room count was won by the
fifth and eighth grades. Re-
freshments were served by the
hospitality committee.
King Grinstead of Modesta
Calif. has been visiting Mrs.
Maggie Coffield.
CITIZENS OF
Pictured above are Sharon Kaye 7 Juana Jan 6 and
Tina Louise 5 daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nixon;
and Danny 8 Charmayoe 5 and Kathy 3 children of
Mr. and Mrs. James Dusek of Holland and grandchildren
pi Mr and Mrs. B. H. Muehlhause.
Former Davilla
Resident Passes
A former Davilla resident
E. M. Server 86 died Satur-
day in Rochester. Funeral ser-
vices were held at the First
Methodist Church there with
burial at Rule Monday.
In 1905 Server was married
to Miss Corrine Walker. The
couple lived in Davilla until
1926 when they moved to Ro-
chester. He is survived by his wife
and six daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Walker
attended the services Monday.
County President
Meets' With Farm
Bureau Here Men.
County Farm Bureau Presi-
dent Victor Kokel was present-
when the Bartlett Community
Farm Bureau met Monday ev-
ening. He gave a brief talk and
mentioned the Farm Bureau
Seminar to be held in August
and a trip to the Renner Foun-
dation on May 20.
The meeting opened with a
toast to the two Marek babies
by Mrs. Ernest Wuthrich. She
presented a corsage to Mrs.
Henry V. Marek and Mrs. Victor
V. Mar6k and a gift to each
baby Vic and Carolyn.
The Henry Beyers were wel-
comed as new members from
Bell County. Reports were giv-
en by W. A. Meissner Farm
Bureau membership .chairman
and Victor Marek Williamson
County membership chairman.
Meissner appointed a commit-
tee for the membership drive.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Wuthrich Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Marek arid Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Persky.
The next meeting will be held
May 14.
Eastern Star Has
Veering Monday
Bartlett Chanter 293 of the
Order of the Eastern Star held
hheir regular meeting Monday
evening. Plans were made to vis-
it other chapters
A coffee was held during the
social hour. Table appointments
and food carried out the St.
Patrick Day theme.
Mrs. Werner Braun and Miss
Martha Schrqck were hostesses.
Mrs. Dora Albrecht has re-
turned from a stay in Robs-
town with Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Albrecht in Alice with Mr. and
Mrs. Ronnie Harwell and dau-
ghter and in Temple with
Mrs. Edwin Bailey.
TOMORROW
Funeral Services
Held Monday For
J. E. Whitmore
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon for J. E.
Whitmore 87 who died in a
Temple hospital Sunday follow-
ing a short illness.
Services were at Goodnight
Funeral Home with Rev. Albert
Martin of Temple officiating.
Burial was in the Bartlett Cem-
etery. Whitmore was born May 14
1876 in Coryell County where
he lived until 1916. He has lived
in Bartlett since 1942. He was
engaged in farming here until
a few years ago when he retir-
ed. Survivors are five daughters
Miss Myrtle Whitmore Miss
Martha Whitmore Miss Daisy
Whitmore all of Bartlett Mrs.
Louis Cofield of Schwertner
and Mrs. C. C. Naylor of Tem
ple; three sons Robert Whit-
more of McGregor Preston
Whitmore of McGregor Pres-
ton Whitmore and Russell Whit-
more both of Bartlett; two sis-
ters Mrs. M. B. Staggs of Lub-
bock and Mrs. L. E. White of
Hamlin; 12 grandchildren and
20 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John Gattis
Arthur Mitchell Bill Schwert-
ner Frank Cofield Pies Traylor
and Tim Havelka.
Walter Braun Is
Birthday Honoree
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mazoch
honored her father Walter
Braun with a birthday dinner
Sunday in their home.
Present for the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lindemann
and family of Houston Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Mazoch II of Temple
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Braun and
Diane Rhodes of Dallas Bob
Braun of Texas University Mr.
and Mrs. Billie Braun and Con-
nie of Waco Joe Pajestka and
Josie and Herbert Lindemann
of Holland.
Mrs. I. J. Mazoch of Granger
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wentr-
cek and Garland Mrs. tAnnie
Zander and Mrs. Walter Braun
and the honoree.
Mrs. W. J. Stigall
Has 80th Birthday
Mrs. W. J. Stigall was hon-
ored with a surprise birthday
narty Sunday at her home in
Davilla on her 80th birthday.
Her children grandchildren
and great grandchildren were
hosts for the occasion.
Cake punch and coffee were
served the guests.
clilesingers Back
rom France Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Schles-
inger have returned from an
Army tour in France. He was
in Orleans four years and Mrs.
Schlesinger has been with him
for the past three years.
While there they visited in
Spain Germany Italy and An-
dorrah as well as France.
Thev will snend two weeks
ihere before leaving for Granite
City 111. where he will be sta-
ioned. She is the former Dpnna Wat-
on daughter of Mr. and Mrs
'ay Watson.-
Mr. and Mrs. George Gray
and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Dobber-
tin of Port Arthur and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Rowntree Jr and
Sherry McDowell of Abilene
were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Rowntree
Bartlett Bulldogs
Win Fifth At
Cotton Boll Relays
Bartlett's tracksters made
another good start this year as
the Class B defending State
Champions placed fifth in the
Cotton Boll Relays in Taylor
Saturday.
Competition came from Class
AA A and B teams. Bartlett
scored 36 points. Last year the
Bulldogs won fourth with 40
points.
Bartlett racked up their
points with a second place in the
mile relay and a second place in
the 440 relay.
Taylor won the mile relay
with a 3:33.5 and Llano won the
440 with a 45.6.
Making up the relay teams
are Garland Wentrcek Ricky
Brock Phil Lindsay Donny
Schwertner and Carroll Kauit-
zsch. Taylor scored 153 points.
Hearne had 90 La Grange 58
and Georgetown 56.
Bartlett times in the 100 were
Kauitzsch 10.4 Lindsay 10.7
and Wentrcek 10.8. Ramiro Cor-
tez ran 60.0 in the 440 dash.
In the 880 Scott Holt had 2.19
Kenneth Janke 2.21 and Alan
Steglich 2.43. In the 880 relay
Grigsby Cortez Lawton and
Haynes ran 1:44.5.
In the mile Solis ran 5.42 and
Chris Clearman ran 5.24. Hay-
nes high jumped 5 feet 3.
Last year in Taylor the mile
relay team was a second faster.
The 440 relay team ran 45.5
iast year. Coach James Crews
said "The hand-offs in the
sprint relay are so important
vhat a mistake will mean the
difference between winning and
losing." "I was pleased with the
showing that all the boys made
at the relays."
This Saturday the Bulldogs
are entered in the Cameron Re-
lays. Entries are: 100 Wentrcek
Haynes Brock; 220 Douglas
Haynes Lindsay; 440 Kauitz-
sch D. Schwertner Cortez; 880
Holt Janke Cortez ; mile Clear-
man Solis and Steglich.
Participants in the 440 yard
relay will be Wentrcek Brock
Lindsay and Kauitzsch; mile re-
lay D. Schwertner Brock Lind-
say and Kauitzsch ; 180 low hur-
dles Cortez and Tommy Law-
ton; broad jump Lindsay Hay-
nes and Brock; high jump
Haynes Grigsby and Isabell.
Preliminaries begin at 1 p.
m. and the finals begin at 7:30
p. m. Admission prices are 35c
for students and 75c for adults.
Leone Baker Circle
Meets Monday
Mrs. Marcus Lindemann and
Mrs. Wallace Lorenz were co-
hostesses at the Lindemann
home for the meeting Monday
night of the Leone Baker Cir-
cle of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the First
Methodist Church.
The Easter program "Our
Promise of Victory" was led
by Mrs. Robert Ford Jr. Assist-
nir hor were Mesdames Charles
Hightower Wayne Goodnight
.n j Johnnie Goode
There were 18 visits to the
ic- and shut-in reported.
A committee composed of
TPidame.3 C R. Lindsay W. R
Schleede and Robert Ford Jr.
was appointed to nominate offic
ers for the new year which be
gins in June.
During the social hour a des-
sert course was served to Mes-
dames Leroy Schwertner Bill
Schleede C. R. .Lindsay Tom-
my Krueger Charles Hightow-
er Wayne Goodnight Johnnie
Goode Robert Ford Jr. anJ tae
hostesses.
C of C Membership
Is Now Over 100
Membership in the Bartlett
Chamber of Commerce went
over the century mark this
week. There are now 102 mem-
berships sold but Chamber
membership is still open.
Names turned in this week
to Chamber secretary Alfred
Wacker were Gilbert Fischer
Gus Persky R. E. Clearman
First National Bank of Sch-
wertner G. C. Fowler Hugo
Kunz Raymond Wentrcek Bill
Schleede E. G. Kunz Louis
Voight and McCarver Beauty
Shop.
Flower Show Judge
Is Speaker At
Wilson Garden Club
Mrs. J. Frank Smith of Tay-
lor an accredited flower show
judge was guest speaker when
the Wilson Garden Club met
last Thursday at the American
Legion home.
Her topic was "New Horizons
In Flower Arranging" and she
lectured as slides of outstanding
arrangements were shown.
The meeting was in the form
of a covered dish luncheon with
Mesdames Clyde Weatherford
Ellis Ware and James Wheeler
acting at hostesses.
A green and white cloth cov-
ered the refreshment table and
an arrangement furthering the
St. Patrick motif was used to
mark the center of the table.
During the business meeting
presided over by the president
Mrs. E. E. Cryer more plans
were made for the 16th annual
flower show of the club.
"As the World Turns" is the
theme of the show to be held
at the American Legion Home
Saturday and Sunday April 17
and 18. The Saturday session
will be from 2:30 to 7 p. m. and
the show will continue from
2:30 to 5 p. m.
Admission will be 50 cents
for adults and 25 cents for teen-
agers. Children under 12 will be
admitted free. Tickets will be
sold in advance.
Mrs. James Wheeler is flower
show chairman this year. Mrs.
Cecil Overby is co-chairman.
Other committees are stag-
ing Mesdames James Hill C. F.
Hill Ruben Nixon B. C. Stev-
enson; schedule Mesdames Geo.
Mastrovich James Wheeler and
Cecil Overby.
Committees in artistic divis-
ion include Mesdames E. E. Cry-
er W. R. Bunker James Bailey
and Ben Parnell; horticulture
Mesdames Ellis Ware. V. C.
Marshall Earl Weatherford and
C. D. Goodnight; judmnc and
hospitality Mesdames Hugh
Kinney Ralph Clearman and
Miss Pearl Joiner; publicity and
tickets Mrs. Robert Ford and
Mi's. Winnie Sartor.
Three Fights Result
In Six Arrests
Three separate fights result-
ed in six arrests over the week-
end. All of the six five men and
a woman were fined and re-
leased according to Chief of Po-
lice Bill Brisbin.
One of the ficrhts occurred on
Saturday and two on Sunday.
ah oi tne trays were on West
Front Street.
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.
Ponder of Bryan announpe the
arrival of an 8 pound daugh-
ter Patricia Kay Tuesday!
Grandparents are Mrs. Roy
Russell of Athens and Mrs. G.
C. Ponder.
Tentative Plans
Being Made For
Annual C-C Banquet
Tentative plans were made
and discussed for the annual
Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet when the officers and dir-
ectors met at noon Tuesday.
The banquet will be on.
Tuesday April 28 the regular
Chamber meeting date at 7
p. m.
At the banquet Bartlett's Ci-
tizen of the Year for 1964 will
be presented. Hany Jamison
is head of the banquet com-
mittee. Outstanding men in soil con-
servation and reclamation will
also be presented.
A tentative speaker has been
selected for the banquet. The
Garden Club will assist in table
decorations.
The secretary announced
that a letter has been written
to Senator Ralph Yarboroirglt
and Congressman W. R. Poage
asking that the Soil Conserva-
tion Service budget not be cut.
Albert Steglich stated that a
road northeast of town needed
to be re-topped. The Chamber
will write a letter to the coun-
ty judge seeking the action.
E. B. Ware said that there
would be a "Lamborama" held
in Salado where people will be
encouraged to eat more Iamb.
Miss Wool will be present and
a barbecue will be held.
It was announced that some
of the Chamber road signs
need repairing.
Pool Memberships
At $460 This Week
Curtis Saage chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce Swim-
ming Pool membership drive
stated this week that $460 In.
family memberships had been
received thus far.
A family membership will al-
low an entire family to swim
free all this summer. The price
is $35 for new members and $25
for former members. The pool
will open around June 1.
On the pool committee are
Saage Harry Jamison Reno
Saage E. B. Ware and E. E.
Cryer.
Officers Nominated
By WSCS Circle I
Officers were nominated for
1964-65 when Circle I of the
Methodist WSCS met Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
John Gillespie with Mrs. Rob-
ert Rowntree as co-hostess.
Officers nominated were
chairman Mrs. C. E. Lamb;
vice chairman Mrs. S. L. Rob
erts; secretary Mrs. L. C.
demons; and treasurer Mrs.
E. E. Cryer.
Mrs. Kooerts led uip nro-
gram "Our Promise of Vic-
tory." Taking parts were Mrs.
Jack McGinnis. Mrs. E. E. Cry-
er Mrs. Ike Mankins and Mrs.
L. C. demons.
Mrs. C. E. Bass led in pray-
er. Mrs. Roberts presided over
the meeting. There were 57
visits reported to the sick.
Refreshments were served ta
Mesdames C. E. Bass Joe
Bridges S. L. Roberts L. C.
Clemons Ike Mankins Jack
McGinnis and the hostesses
Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Rown-
hee. Bartlett Chamber
To Meet Tuesday
The Bartlett Chamber of
Commerce will meet Tuesdav at
7:15 p. m.-at the City Hall.
Members are urged to be present.
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Ford, Robert C., Jr. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 19, 1964, newspaper, March 19, 1964; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth82040/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.