The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 24, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 16, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 77
Garden Club's 16tli
Flower Show To
Be This Week-End
Saturday and Sunday the
16th annual Cornelia Wilson
Garden Club flower show will
be held.
"As the WorlU Turns" is the
theme of the show which will
bo held a't the American Legion
Home. The Saturday session
will be from 2 :30 to 7 p. m. and
the show Sunday will be held
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
we 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-
ions include Mesdames E. E.
Cryer W. R. Bunker James
Bailey and Ben Parnell; horti-
culture Mesdames Ellis Ware
V. C. Marshall Earl Weather-
ford and C. D. Goodnight; judg-
ing and hospitality Mesdames
Hugh .Kinney Ralph Clearman
and Miss Pearl Joiner; publicity
and tickets Mrs. Robert Ford
and Mrs. Winnie Sartor.
Baptist TEL Class
Has 43rd Birthday
Members of the TEL Class
celebrated the 43rd birthday an-
niversary of the class at the
First Baptist Church last
Thursday with a covered dish
luncheon.
The table was covered with
Spring cut flowers. Ivy entwin-
ed down the center of the table
carried out the class colors of
green and white.
Rev. Billy Tiller gave the in-
vocation and "Happy Birthday"
-was sung by the class. The wel-
come was given by Mrs. Ila Wes-
son to members and visitors.
Mrs. F. T. Mann gave the de-
votional and talked on "Marks
on Jesus." Mrs. T. L. White
gave the benediction. There
"were 14 members and four vis-
itors present.
rs. L C. demons
Gets Broken Wrist
Mrs. L. C. Clemons received a
broken wrist in a fall last Wed-
nesday morning in front of the
post office.
As Mrs. Clemons was about to
get into her car which was on
an incline on the north side of
the post office the strong wind
blew the door out of her hand
and threw her off balance. The
fall broke a bone and chipped
another in her left wrist.
- CITIZENS OF
Pictured aboe are James Ernest SVa and Gary Lynn
2 sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Fischer; and Craig 5
and Carmen 6 chidlren of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Moeller.
Political Barbecue
Will Be Thursday
Thursday (tonight) the
American Legion Political Stag
Barbecue will be held at the
Legion Hall beginning at 6:30
p. m.
Area political candidates will
be present and will make brief
speeches outlining their views.
Men in the area are invited
to attend. Barbecue plates will
be sold for $1.50.
Funeral Services
leld Saturday For
C. E. Limmer 66
C. E. (Judge) Limmer 66
died last Thursday afternoon in
a Temple hospital. Funeral ser-
vices were held Saturday at 2
p. m. at the First Methodist
Church with Rev. Harvey Watts
officiating. Graveside services
were conducted in the Bartlett
Cemetery by the Masonic
Lodge.
He was born Feb. 8 1898
near Bartlett and had owned
and operated Judge's Barber
Shop here for 38 years until
his retirement about a year ago.
He was a member of the First
Methodist Church; the Masonic
Lodge 692 AF&AM; and was a
charter member of the Bartlett
Chamber of Commerce. He was
a member of the Bell County
Rationing Board during the war
and received a- presidential ci-
tation for his service.
Mr. Limmer attended Tyler
Commercial College and special-
ized in marketing.
Survivors are his wife Mrs.
Louise Lanham Limmer of
Bartlett; a daughter Mrs. Gene
Mewhinney Jr. of Holland; a
sister Mrs. Walter Messer of
Academy; two brothers E. A.
Limmer of Bartlett and Andrew
Limmer of Tyler; and two
grandchildren Len and Lou Me-
whinney of Holland.
Pallbearers were Willie Rob
ertson Alvin Cowart George
Cagle D. T. Boyd Cy Young and
Jobby Ford. Honorary pallbear-
ers were J. H. Haney B. Y. Dan-
iel C. L. Oldham and Fred
Blair.
Riding Club Rodeo
Is April 25-26
The Town and Country Rid
ing Club will sponsor a rodeo
Saturday and Sunday April
25 and 26.
L. J. Huffman of Waco who
produced the stock for the last
successful rodeo will do so
again.
Prices for the rodeo are SI
for adults and 50 cents for
children over 12.
Saturday's rodeo will begin
at 8 p. m. and Sunday's at 2
p. m. There will also be a bar-
becue both days.
Riding nights are held each
Thursday and ropings are held
each Friday. i
TOMORROW
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Bartlett Texas
Recreation Area
Ref erendum To
Be Submitted Here
Members of the new City
Council met in called session
Friday night and decided to
submit to the citizens a refer
endum on the lower Indian
Creek multiple purpose flood
prevention and recreation site.
Entire cost of the site is
$496370. Estimated cost to
Bartlett citizens would be $153-
644. A letter has been submitted to
the federal government saying
that the City is interested in the
plan and will let the people de
cide whether or not they want
the recreational project.
Earlier the cost of the pro
ject was estimated at 8135000
but it was raised since several
necessary features were left out
of the original estimate.
The group met Friday morn-
ing to canvass the election re-
turns. Sworn into office were
Mayor T. A. Crittenden and al
dermen E. E. Cryer and Ralph
Jackson. 'Wilson Franz was also
sworn in later.
Bartlett Students
Win More Honors
In County Meet
Results in the ready writing
contests held here during the
District 57-B literary s meet
have been received with Bart-
lett students winning six of the
eight places.
The essays were sent to Mary
Hardin-Baylor College for judg-
ing and scoring.
Winners in the high school
division are: first Panchita
Jones Bartlett; second Sharon
Mitchell Bartlett; third Ethel
Woelke Holland.
In junior high first Nanette
White Bartlett; second Judy
Street Bartlett.
In the elementary division
first Lisa Schwertner Bartlett;
second Larry Maedgen Troy;
third Linda Goodnight Bart-
lett. The first and second place
winners in the high school div-
ision advance to regional in San
Marcos on April 24 with the
third place winner as alternate.
Wayne Goodnight
Buys Lumber Yard
Wednesday Wayne Good-
night of Bartlett purchased the
Kuhlmann Lumber Co. in Hol-
land and assumed ownership.
The name has been changed to
Holland Lumber Co.
Goodnight a Holland native
completed school there and at-
tended SWTSC. He served 3V
years in the Army and upon dis-
charge attended Commonwealth
College of Mortuary Science at
Houston graduating in 1958.
Since that time he had been
associated with his brother Ed
owner of Goodnight Funeral
Home here.
He is married to the former
Karen Engle of Washington
Iowa. They have two sons Greg
and Kirk.
Additions Made
4t Nursing Home
Seven new additions have
been made at Will O' Bell Nurs-
ing Home according to Mrs.
Maurice Steglich administrator.
They are Arthur Daude of
IVrnple E. J. Malechek Mrs.
Mary Brookshire Miss Luella
Bolding Lonnip Hale of Holland
Mrs. Ruby Bjc-wning of Gran-
ger and Mi'sAlothea Holmes of
Florence.
Thursday April 1G 1964
Area Residents
May Have TB X-Ray
In Bartlett Monday
Bartlett residents are urged
to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to have their yearly
chest X-ray on Monday from 1
until 5:30 p. m. The machine
will be set up at the Bailey
Chevrolet Company.
Tuberculin skin tests will be
given at Bailey Chevrolet from
8:30 until 11:00 a. m. on Friday
for the benefit of those who
missed the test last month.
Tests given on Friday will be
read on Monday at the site of
the X-ray survey.
The machine is set up in
Bartlett for benefit of Bartlett
residents as well as residents of
Holland Granger Davilla Sch-
wertner and surrounding terri-
tories. The X-rays will bo offered to
all persons over 50 years of
age and to persons between 15
and 49 who have a positive re-
action to the tuberculin skin
test.
Since there have been eleven
newly diagnosed cases of tuber-
culosis in Bell County since Jan-
uary it would be wise for all
residents to have a tuberculin
test or chest X-ray this year.
Tuberculin tests are offered
every Wednesday at the Temple
Health Department and every
Friday morning at the Belton
Health Department. Tests given
on Wednesday the 15th or Fri-
day the 17th may be read at the
time of the Monday X-ray and
if they are positive an X-ray
may be had at that time.
The chest X-ray survey is
brought to the county through
the efforts of the Bell County
Tuberculosis Association and
the Bell County Health Depart-
ment and the State Health De
partment.
Mrs. Cy Young is in charge
of arrangements and clerical
help for the survey.
"Spring In Texas"
To Be Theme of
Final PTA Meeting
"Spring In Texas" will be the
theme of the last P.T.A. meet-
ing of the year next Tuesday.
It will be in the grammar school
auditorium at 8 p. m.
The devotional will be given
by Mrs. Billy Tiller and the
program furnished by the first
second and third grades.
Installation of officers for the
1964-65 school year will be by
T. A. Crittenden.
Refreshments will be furnish-
ed by the hospitality committee.
Betty Persky To
Go To Girls' State
Betty Persky has been se-
lected by the American Legion
Auxiliary as their delegate to
Girl's State this year. The al-
ternate is Irene Marek.
Betty daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Persky is treasurer
of the junior class treasurer
of the National Honor Society
vice president of the FHA let-
tered in basketball and was
nominated Most Representa-
tive. Irene is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Marek.
The girls were selected
Tuesday night when the Aux-
iliary held their regular meet-
ing. BARTLETT CHAMBER
MEMBERSHIP 121
Three more joined the Bart-
lett Chamber of Commerce this
week to bring the total to 121
New members are Alva Cat-
ing Milton Rister and Wallace
Voight.
GLENN A. JOHNSON
Candidate For State Renresent-
ative Place 2 Bell County
Tickets Scarce For
Annual Chamber
Banquet April 28
Tickets are becoming increas-
ingly scarce for the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet
as April 28th nears.
Plans are still being made for
the banquet which will be held
at the American Legion Hall at
7 p. m.
Joe K. Wells vice president of
the Austin National Bank will
be the speaker.
Awards will be presented to
the outstanding conservation
farmer outstanding reclamation
farmer agricultural essay con-
test winner and to two other
area farmers. The outstanding
citizen of the year will also be
named.
Harry Jamison is in charge
of arrangements for the ban
quet. His committee is compos-
ed of Robert Ford Sr. Adrian
Moore N. A. Mason Horace
Keith Cy Young E. E. Cryer
and T. A. Crittenden.
Tickets to the Chamber ban-
quet may be purchased from of-
ficers and directors of the
Chamber if their supply has
not been exhausted.
Consolidation To
Be Discussed By
Bartlett Granger
Bartlett and Granger school
boards will have a joint meet-
ing there Monday evening.
Purpose of the called meet-
ing is to discuss possibilities of
consolidation of the two dist-
ricts. Officers Electee
By Baker Circle
Officers were elected vhen
the Methodist Leone Baker
Circle met at the home of Mrs.
Wallace Lorenz Monday.
Officers who will take of
fice in June are Mrs. Wallace
Lorenz chairman; Mrs. Arth
ur Guenzel vice chairman
Mrs. Leroy Schwertner. secre
tary; and Mrs. W. R. Schleede
treasurer.
Mrs. Johnny Goode presided
at the business meeting and
opened the meeting with pray-
er. There were 18 visits to the
sick reported.
Mrs. C. R. Lindsay was in
charge of the program "Voices
and Ilvmns of Charles and
John Wesley." All members
participated.
During the social liQur re-
freshments were served to Mes-
dames Johnny Goode Marcus
Lindemann C. R. Lindsay
Reno Saage Bill Schleede Le-
roy Schwertner Stanlpy Sch-
vertnsr Ren Sladovnik and
I Wallace Lorenz.
No. 24
Bartlett Bulldogs
Vie Track Second;
Look To Regional
Holland broke Bartlett's dom-
ination of the District 57-B
track meet in Rockdale Tuesdav.
but the Bulldogs are looking
ahead to the Region track meet
nril 24-25 and the Stntn Mnn.fc
I May 8-9 both of which were.
won by Bartlett last year.
i Holland had depth in every
'event and rolled up 169 points.
Bartlett scored 117 and had the
high point man Phil Lindsayr
who scored 37 points and Car-
roll Kauitzsch who scored 24
and tied for runner-up honors.
Bartlett did not compete in.
junior high track and won third
in elementary track with 824
points.
Coach James Crews saw his
boys repeat as relay champions
setting a mile relay record for
the third straight year.
Lindsay set the other record
of the sunny but windy day
when he leaped 20-4 to win.
the broad jump. He broke last
year's record of 20-4 set by
Bartlett's Larry Miller.
Lindsay then tied last year's
mark in hte high jump with a
leap of 5-6. He shared first
place with Milano's Travis Yoa-
kum. Lindsay ran second in the 220
yard dash and "ran on both relay
teams which finished first.
Kauitzsch was the high scorer
at the meet last year.
Holland racked up points in
each event and placed 1 2 3 in
pole vault for 23 points. Holland
won five events and with their
depth picked ' up enough sec-
onds thirds and fourths to out-distance
the Bulldogs a situa-
tion that could be remedied at
Regional and State.
Bartlett ran the 440 relay in.
46.1 into the wind to easily-
repeat. Last year's record set-
ting Bartlett team ran a 45.0
and won the event at State.
Rickey Brock turned in a 53.0
440 and Kauitzsch was second
with 53.3. -.
Holland qualified men in 10
places while Bartlett qualified
eight Milano five Troy four
and Salado one.
Lindsay qualified in three ev-
ents in addition to the relay
teams and Wentrcek Brock and
Kauitzsch qualified in other
events. Those four also compose
the sprint relay team while
Donny Schwertner Brock Lind-
say and Kauitzsch run the mile
relay.
Bartlett points were won as
follows: Broad jump 1 PhiL
Lindsay (new record) 24-4; 4
Larry Grigsby; High jump 1
Phil Lindsay 5-6 ; 6 Bobby Hay-
nes; discus 3 Carroll Kauitz-
sch ; 440 relay 1 Bartlett 46.1
880 yard run 8 Kenneth
Janke; 4 Scott Holt; 100 yard
dash 1 Garland Wentrcek 10.9;
6 Donny Schwertner; 440 yard
dash 1 Rickey Brock 53.0; 2
Carroll Kauitzsch; 220 yard
dash 2 Phil Lindsay; mile re-
lay 1 Bartlett 3:34.5 (new re-
cord) .
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nts
Contribute $466
To Red Cross Drive
A total of $466.83 has been
contributed to the Red Cross in
the area according to Mrs. Cy
Young chairman of the drive
Bartlett and community con-
tributed $306.89 and Schwert-
ner and community contributed
$159.94.
Mrs. Young said that the to-
tal would increase since all of
th$ workers had not reported.
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