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47TH YEAR
LAMPASAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1935
NUMBER 20
DOROTHY LEE FRAZER AND
ROBERT CAMPBELL WED
The notice of a city election to be
held April 2nd has been issued by
the City of Lampasas and at that
time the officers to be elected are:
Mayor, City Attorney, City Secre-
tary, Assessor and Collector of Taxes,
City Marshal, City Treasurer and
two Aldermen.
Up to the pi’esent time the follow-
ing have filed applications for their
names to be placed on the ballot:
For Mayor, R. J. Paine.
For City Attorney, H. F. Lewis.
City Secretary, Assessor and Tax
An interesting wedding for Feb-
ruary was the marriage last Wed-
nesday evening of Miss Dorothy Lee
Frazer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Frazer, to Robert Douglas
Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
|i Campbell, which was solemnized at
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Rt.
Rev. Clinton S. Quin read the cere-
mony with Rt. Rev. Wentworth Rie-
mann assisting in the service. The
destination of the couple on their
'honeymoon trip remains a secret.
Forming a background for the cere- „ ,,
mony was a drape ot heavy white j ^ \ 1 T
ksatin against which was shadowed a
mass of smilax and woodwardia in-
' terspersed with bouquets of Calla
[lilies. On either side of the altar
designed of the Calla lilies burned
tapers in candelabras. The wedding
party passed down the decorated
aisle of Calla lilies to the altar. Har-
old Hart Todd of Southern Method-
ist University played the wedding
[music. Mrs. Mary Todd Pallaria of
[Dallas sang.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mable ec* for the gentlemen and also paid
Cdwards of Del Rio, daughter of Mr. U’ibute to the founders pf the organi-
|and Mrs. Paul Edwards, and Mrs. nation.
City Marshal, J. P. Field and
George Richter.
City Treasurer, Fred Wolf.
. City Aldermen, R. S. Nichols, and
Roy L. Walker.
FOUNDERS’ DAY OB-
SERVED BY P-T-A
On Thursday evening, Feb. 21, in
the grammar school auditorium, the
| Parent-Teacher Association entertain-
MRS. J. G. BRUTON, NARUNA,
SUCCUMBS TO BRIEF ILLNESS
!LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
C. OF C. ANNUAL BANQUET
jDick Blair of Dallas, the former Miss
|Helen Willerson of Lampasas.
Henry Campbell of Lampasas and
|Charles Campbell of Dallas, brothers
xf the groom were groomsmen. The
ishers were James Rutland, Austin,
Jeorge Edwin Walton, Lubbock,
Charles Little, San Saba, Cline Me-
lee, Lampasas.
)wn of White Satin Worn by
ride at Ceremony.
Wearing a Lanvin modeled gown,
ifashioned of white satin, the bride
entered with her father. Over the
Song, full train of -white satin fell a
Prof. Chas. Wachendorfer extended
greetings and presented plans for
building a gymnasium.
Roy Walker talked on “Communi-
ty Responsibility.” A group of ap-
propriate songs by Mrs. Ruth Ram-
sel, with Mrs. Harry Porter as ac-
companist, was most thoroughly en-
joyed. This being so near Washing-
ton’s birthday, Mrs. R. E. Bristol
gave a patriotic reading by Dr. Frank
Crane.
The candle lighting ceremony came
next on the program.
Mrs. Worth Harman told the story
ose point veil caught to her cap of ; °f “Why we observe Founders’ Day.”
ace by orange blossoms. The front j This was followed by the candle light-
f the gown modeled -with long fitted j in£T which wras presented by first vice
leeves, was made into a high neck I president, Mrs. E. L. Key, past vice
ine fastened in the back with small ; president, Mrs. H: J. Abney, teacher,
atin covered buttons. Her bouquet j Miss Weta Holley. Children, Clem-
ras designed of orchids, narcissus j entine Abney, Ella Lambert, Lee Ray
nd valley lilies from which fell 'a | McMasters, Katherine Peeler and
hower of white satin ribbons tied | Vera Nell Flanagan. The song,
ith sprays of the valley lilies. j “America,” was sung with Miss Helen
The bridesmaids’ gowns of peach j Northington at the piano,
olored lace were made robe de style, j Mesdames M. M. Landrum, R. L.
ith a slight off-shoulder decolletege. [ Northington, Marcus Watson, Ross & Light Co. office,
ompleting their costumes were pic- | Bailey and W. E. Martin, served cher-
rre hats fashioned of hair braid. ! ry pie with whipped cream and coffee
Tieir arm bouquets were of orchids, at the close of the program.—Pub.
Chairman.
Funeral services were held Tues- j There were 325 people in the city
day morning at 11 o’clock for Mrs. j hall auditorium Tuesday evening for
J. G. Bruton who passed away at her the sixteenth annual banquet of the
m Naruna, Monday morning | Lampasas Chamber of Commerce and
of that number there were about sev-
enty-five visitors from out of town.
Di\ J. S. Anderson of Brady serv-
ed as toastmaster for the banquet
and music throughout the evening
was furnished by A. B. Ronald and
his orchestra. The banquet was serv-
ed by ladies of the Methodist Church
and an excellent menu had been pre-
pared by them and served in a very
I pleasing way to all of the guests,
j Several numbers were given by the
[ high school choral club, under the
direction of Miss Helen Northington.
The Chamber of Commerce is • indeed
grateful to the ladies serving the ban-
quet, the orchestra, the choral club
Lieutenant E. T. Noyes, son of and a11 others who in aiW wa^ added
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Noyes, is among jto the entertainment for the evening,
the officers from the Thirty-first | Walter R. Humphrey of Temple,
bombardment squadron, Hamilton j ed^01 the Temple Daily lelegrani,
Field, Cal., who will make a two-stop spoke on the Brazos River project,
flight from Washington, D. C., to 1 He stated that three-fourths of Lam-
Panama on March 1 I pasas county was in the Brazos wa-
The flight represents the first wing : tershed, that we were nearer the
of the General Headquarters Air La#af# reservoir than the Buch-
home
after a short illness. Services will
be conducted at the Naruna church
by Bro. A1 Feild, assisted by Bro.
Carl Schlomach.
Mrs. Bruton was born in Tennessee
in 1852, but moved to Texas when a
young' girl and has been a resident
of Burnet county for the past 60
years. She is survived by her hus-
band, two daughters, Mrs. M. J.
Gaedke, Mrs. P. T. Webster and one
son, J. E. Bruton.
LAMPASAS MAN WITH
AIR CORPS BOMBERS
ON TEST FLIGHT
MRS. WILLIAMSON HOSTESS
TO CIRCLE NO. 3 TUESDAY
Circle No. 3 of the Baptist WMS
met Tuesday afternoon in the home
of Mrs. W. R. Williamson. The meet-
ing opened with song, “Sweet Hour
of Prayer,” followed with prayer led
by Mrs. P. A. Nichols. Nine mem-
bers answered roll call with verses
of scripture.
Mrs. Nichols led a very interest-
ing- and inspirational lesson from the
fourth chapter of the Gospel of John,
followed by an inteldesfting lesson
from the first chapter of the little
book, “The Golden Chain of Prayer,”
led by Mrs. Williamson, using the
Lord’s prayer as the theme.
Our meetings grow more interest-
ing each week and we wish that oth-
ers would join us in our work. A
cordial welcome is extended to all
who may wish to come and join us.
Visitors are always welcome.—Re-
porter.
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
Forces, and will stop only in Miami
after taking off from the Nation’s
capital on the long- voyage to the
Canal Zone.
FATHER CRONIN AD-
DRESSES LIONS CLUB
The regular luncheon of the Lions
Club was held Tuesday at the Blue
Bonnet Cafe. The speaker for the
luncheon veas (Father Cronin who
chose as his subject “Service.” He
brought an interesting message from
that subject and used beautiful illus-
trations of the subject, showing what
real service really meant.
Other guests at the luncheon were
Miss Florine Allison and Miss Helen
Northington. Miss Nox-thington was
in charge of the musical part of the
program.
President Rowntree announced that
there would be an important meeting
of the executive board Wednesday
evening at 6:45 in the Texas Power
anan dam. It is proposed to build a
$2,317,000 dam on the Lampasas
river and that will provide many re-
creational facilities for Lampasas and
Central Texas. A proposed small
dam, cost estimated at $500,000, will
be built at some point above the
major dam in some point between
Lampasas and Oakalla, Mr. Hum-
phrey said.
Fred Wolf, secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, made his annual
report of the money expended and
accomplishments for the past year.
The organization has operated on a j
very small amount of money during
the past twelve months and its ac-
complishments have been a wonderful
help to Lampasas and this entire
trade territory.
President C. A. Northington pre-
sented the new directors of the or-
ganization for the ensuing year.
These were elected by popular ballot
of the membership and held their
The woman’s auxiliary of the Pres-
byterian Church met Tuesday after-
noon in the home of Mrs. Charles
Wachendorfer. Mrs. Wachendorfer,
president, called “the meeting to or-
der. Mrs. Otto Rathman led the
opening prayer. Six members re-
sponded to roll call. The following
(officers (were elected for the new
year:
Mrs. Chas. Wachendorfer, pres-
ident; Mrs. Sam Dickens Jr., vice
president; Mrs. Bryan Casbeer, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. H. B. Rol-
lins, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
W. C. Gillen, treasurer; Mrs. H. B.
Rollins, secretary for literature; Mrs.
Otto Rathman, secretary for stew-
ardship; Mrs. R. B. Senterfitt, secre-
tary for membership; Mrs. W. E. La-
Bounty, secretary for national mis-
sions and oversea hospital sewing;
Mrs. A. R. Dickens, press reporter.
Mrs. Chas. Wachendorfer, Mrs.
Sam Dickens Jr., Mrs. Otto Rathman
and Mrs. A. R. Dickens were appoint-
ed to prepare the new year books to
be distributed the last meeting in
LAMPASAS MAN ON
COLORADO RIVER BOAR©
J. R. KEY
J. R, Key of Lampasas is a mem-
ber of the Colorado river authority-
board recently appointed. A meeting-
of this board was held Wednesday of
this week in Austin.
TWO CHARGED WITH
THEFT OF MOHAIR
The sheriff’s department picked up
two men Wednesday at Johnson City
and placed them in the Lampasas jail.
They are charged with the theft of
about 600 pounds of mohair from a
liolets and talisman roses, tied with
libbon.
A reception was held immediately
allowing the ceremony at the home
the bx-ide’s parents. Assisting Mr.
id Mi's. Fi-azer and the bridal cou-
le in receiving were Mr. and Mrs.
lampbell, Mrs
INFANT SON OF MR. AND
MRS. C. L. PERRY DIES
IN HONOR OF SAINT JOSEPH
Wilton Dale Perry, the 3 months'
old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Perry,
Campbell-Scott and ■ died Friday night at the home of
r. Harris. Mrs. Frazer was gown- j G. A. Coffey in East Lampasas. The
:1 in silver lame with which she | funeral service was held Saturday af-
ore a shoulder bouquet of camellias, j ternoon at the Smith cemetery and
rs. Campbell wore amethyst Bog- : Rev. A. F. Avant had charge of the
ra with shoulder bouquet of white j service. Mr. and Mrs. Perry live
rdenias. Mrs. Campbell-Scott wore ’ near Oakalla but had been here for
ack velvet with shoulder bouquet j some time for medical attention to
white gardenias. j the child. Besides his parents, the
Mrs. Mack T. Taylor presided at; baby is survived by a brother and
e large, elaborately decorated, ring- j sister, Howard and Katherine Perry.
aped wedding cake, which was pla- I -;__
d in the middle of the lace covered I THERMOMETERS TAKE TUMBLE
ble during the reception. A deco- _
tive piece for the opposite ends of | The thermometers took quite a
e table was an arrangement of tall j tumble Sunday night when the north
wind began blowing and there was
ice here Monday morning. This spell
Iver baskets filled with flowers of
lite snapdragons, Calla and valley
lies.
ibe bride’s ti-aveling costume was
navy blue twill trimmed in Azure
lue Fox, her blouse of white silk
Ingaline was of a fitted vest type;
[th her costume she wore blue ac-
ssories.
iMrs. Campbell has been extensive-
1 entertained by friends in Lampasas
Id Dallas. She attended Southern
xthodist University from which
received her B. M. degree.
Ir. Campbell, a young business
[n of Lampasas, a member of the
|n of the Campbell Motor Com-
ly. He attended the University of
peas, where he was a member of
Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Imy Out-of-Town People Came
I Lampasas for Rites,
onong the out of town guests were:
and Mrs. A. M. Frazer of Corpus
risti, Mr. and Mrs. Flem Harris of
xwnwood, Mr. and Mrs. Powell D.
Irris of Dallas, Miss Norma Harris
I Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ricks
Jrady, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Dover,
land Dover Jr. of San Antonio,
and Mrs. Harold Hart Todd of
[las, Mrs. Mary Todd Pallaria of
[las, Mr. and Mrs. James Wear
little daughter Elizabeth, of Bai-
rn, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morris of
[wnwood, Miss Mable Edwards of
Rio, Mrs. Trent of Del Rio, Jim
|ner of Temple, Mrs. John F.
Following a yearly practice begun
in 1928, thei-e will be again this year
a solemn world-wide novena at Saint
Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal, extending
from March 10 to 19.
To join in the novena, one has only
to send his intentions to Saint Jo-
seph’s Shrine, Cote-des-Neigeg, Mon-
treal, and they will be placed before
the statue of the saint during the
novena. A medal and novena leaflet
are available on request. Hundreds
of thousands throughout the world
participate in the novena.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
GIVEN MRS. WYKES
first meeting Monday afternoon. The 1 March- The meeting was dismissed
zabeth Baker as co-hostess. Convex-
is quite a contrast to the lovely spx-ing j sation and a blindfold game were the
weather of Sunday when people were
going about without wraps and felt
comfortable.
This is no doubt some of the wea-
ther predicted by the “ground hog”
when he came out and saw his shadow
and then returned to his hiding place
for more winter time.
Elmer Haas left Sunday for Mara-
thon after a visit here in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dickens.
board is composed of the following:
Charles Wachendox-fex', president; R.
A. Blucher, vice president; G. Tom
Bigharn, Sam Dickens Jr., R. J.
Paine, E. A. Shanks, D. T. Briggs,
J. H. Andrew and Oscar Bolding.
The last four named are new mem-
bers of the board. They have not
yet selected a secretary and have
hopes of being able to employ a .per-
son to serve either full or part time
as secretary and maintain an office
which will be able at all times to
give such information as is requested.
Chai'les Wachendorfer, newly elect-
ed px-esident, made a shoi't talk in
which he asked for the support of
the entire membership in order that
greater things may be accomplished
and Lampasas county be kept awake
to the advantages which it has.
Attorney General William McCraw
was the speaker for the evening and
A pleasant occasion of unusual in- beld the closest attention of his aud-
terest in the Langford community [ ience during the short time he spoke,
was a miscellaneous shower, honor- j He is an able speaker, has a won-
ing Mrs. Murray L. Wykes, given ! derful delivery and enough humor to
Tuesday afternoon at the home of ! entex-tain such a crowd. This was
Mrs. J. O. Langford, with Mrs. Eli- his second visit to the town of
Lampasas and his first opportunity
to speak to the citizenship. He did
not take a subject but spoke of the
with the Mispah Benediction.
During the afternoon Mrs. Wachen-
doi’fer served delicious walnut fudge.
—Reporter.
JESSIE ANDREW YWA
MET TUESDAY
place has more room for stock and
the large north windows provide more
light for the interiox-.
Mr. Sewell stated that they were
in a better position to serve their
customers, and had plenty of park-
ing space in front of the building te
further serve the wishes of their
customers.
NEW AUDITOR BEGAN WORK IN'
RELIEF OFFICE THIS WEEK
Mrs. Shelby Medart was hostess
to a meeting of the Jessie Andrew
YWA Tuesday afternoon. In the ab-
sence of the president, Mrs. Norman
Butts presided. Five members an-
swered roll call with a scripture.
Plans for a week of prayer to be
held in Max'ch were made.
During the lesson on Micah every-
one entered into the discussion and
an interesting afternoon was spent
by all present. The next meeting will
be with Miss Audell Pearce. A deli-
cious refreshment plate was passed
to those present for the meeting.—•
Reporter.
E. B. Lee, a former resident of
I Lampasas, recently of Bastrop, be-
! gan work this week as auditor in the-
local x'elief offices. While in Bastrop
j Mr. Lee was with the highway de-
partment. He >is replacing North
. Longfield in this office as the latter
j resigned from the position last week..
J Mr. Lee is well known in Lam-
. pasas, having made this place his
[ home during much of the past twen-
ty years. He formerly worked in the
, Higdon-Senterfitt store and Hooper’s*.
Mrs. Lee and their childx’en will joins
; him here in the near future and they
! plan to make Lampasas their home*
Mrs. Beulah Lockhart left Monday
morning for Amarillo where she will
visit in the home of her daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Mead.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wyatt have re-
turned from Beaumont where they
have been for the past several months.
Blaffer of Houston, Miss Joice Blaf-
fer of Houston, Mile. Glemet of
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Camp-
bell of Houston, Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Campbell of Houston, Mx\ and Mrs.
W. M. Abbey of Del Rio, Miss Amy
Weichsel of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles V. Campbell of Dallas, Mrs.
W. H. Walton of Lubbock, George
Edwin Walton of Lubbock, Chaxdes
Little of San Saba, James Rutland
of Austin, Mrs. John Quaid of El
es of Waco, Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Paso.—Contributed.
diversions of the afternoon. The
honoree was the last “victim” to be
blindfolded, and upon the removal of
the bandage, a beautifully decorated
basket full to overflowing with dain-
ty and useful gifts, was disclosed to
her view. The next thing in order
was the opening and admiring of the
packages, which pleasure was shared
by the entire company. The honoree
felt that she could not find words to
fully express her appreciation and
pleasure in this happy surprise pre-
pared for her.
About thirty registered in the dain-
ty guest book made for the occasion.
Refx'eshments consisting of chicken
sandwiches, .koqfkies and ftea were1
served. xx
MESDAMES HOWARD AND
POOLE HOSTESSES FOR CLUB
Chamber of Commerce and the won-
Mesdames Ryan Howard and James
Poole were hostesses for the meet-
ing of the Monday Culture Club, Mon-
day aftefjnoon at the home of Mrs.
Mx's. J. O. Whitaker continues to
improve from her recent operation
and feels that it is merely a matter
of days befox'e she will return home
from the hospital in Temple.
BROWNING CLASS
James Game], Austin Irwin, Graves';
Landrum, T. J. Childers and Porter.
Briggs of Austin arrived Saturday:
evening to spend the week end here:,
with relatives and friends.
Mrs". S. A. McLean and son Francis,
have returned to their home in Aus-
tin after a visit here in the home
of her father, John Kirschvink.
derful amount of good it could do ! Carleton Abney.
with the proper cooperation of the j South America was the subject for ,
citizens of a community. 'It was a : the program with Mrs. Glenn Gamel
fine talk and enjoyed by everyone. j as leader. Other parts on the pro- ;
Among the towns represented at J gram were given by Mrs. A. J. Bassel, I
the banquet were: Austin, Temple, ' who spoke on the customs of the peo-
Bx'ady, Llano, Kempner, Lometa, Kil- [ pie, and Mrs. Bedel O’Hair, who told [
een, Abilene, Brownwood, Evant, , of three cities, Lima, Buenos Aires j
Belton, Marble Falls and Dallas. 1 and Rio de Janeria.
There were five members of the .Colo- | Following adjournment the hostess
rado river authority present: Roy j served refreshments to the following
Fry of Burnet, chairman; Roy Inks club members: Mesdames Weldon
of Llano, C. R. Pennington of Abi- j Cloud, Othel Smith, .Henry Rathman,
lene, Fx’itz Engelhardt of Fort Worth Elton Casbeex', Travis Jones, Camp-
and Raymond Brooks of Austin. J. j bell Seale, R. S. Nichols, Bedel O’Hair,
R. Key of this city a member of the ! Tony Willman, Charles Oliver, A. J.
board, was confined to his home on 1 Basse], Thomas Bigharn, Glenn Gam-
account of illness.
el and Misses Helen Northington,
Olene Casbeer and Iva Lee Gibbs.—
Reporter.
Members of the Browning class
will have their next business meeting:
and study course Monday,'March 4.
Chapter 3 and 4 from “The People
Called Baptists,” by G. W. McDaniel,
will be the lesson.
If you have not obtained your copy
of the book, you may do so at the
class Sunday morning. You will final'
the book very interesting1 and in-
structive, so plan now to attend the
meetings and participate in the study*
—Mrs. Paul E. Scudder.
SINGING CONVENTION
MEETS IN GOLDTHWAITE
Mrs. A. L. Higdon, Mfiss {Ruby
Flanagan and Miss Cornelia Belk of
Paintrock left Sunday moi’ning for
Dallas where the latter two wifl at-
tend a beauty school.
The Mills County singing conven-
tion will meet Saturday night and
Sunday, March 2 and 3, in Goldth-
waite. Lampasas county singers are
invited to attend this meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Rucker Northington
were in Waco Saturday where they
attended the funeral services of Mrs.
Northington’s uncle, J. S. Witt.
Dr. H. B. Rollins left Wednesday
morning for Kentucky for a short
visit with relatives and from there
he will go to New Orleans where he
will do post graduate work. Mrs.
Rollins and little daughter went to
Honey Grove to visit relatives dur-
ing his absence.
R. W. Townley of Austin is spend-
ing a few days here as a guest in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Howard.
—Local Market Report—* •
Below are the prices being pai«8
today by local buyers for the various
products:- > •
Grain ,
Oats ...................... 56c to 60c busheSj
Ear Corn ............ 75c to 90c bushel'
Shell Corn ......... $1.00 busheSj
Barley .................. 70c to 75c bushel
Wheat .......................... $1.00 bushed
Maize .......................... $2.00 hundred?
Poultry '
Fi-yers .................. 10c to 12c pound.
Hens ........................ 9c to 11c pound
Roosters .............................. 3c pound’
Turkeys .................. 7c to 14c pound
General
Cx’earn ................................ 27c pound
Cotton middling basis ...............123&©
Cotton Seed ...................... $35.00 ton
\
Goldthwaite warehouse and same Is
alleged to have been sold last Sat-
urday in Lampasas. Both men are
from Mills County.
GROCERY AND PRODUCE
:,d
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HOUSE MOVED THIS WEEK
Sewell’s Grocery and Produce mov-
ed to a new location this week and
are now occupying the building next
to the Gulf Filling Station on the
south side of the square. The new
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