Kerrville Mountain Sun from Kerrville, Texas • Page 1

OUNTAIN SUN Harvester of Happenings in the Heart o' the Hills TEN PAGES THIS WEEK 82.00 Per Ycnr Salaries of Kerr icials Fixed KEtttt OOUOTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1930 ommissioners Term of Court grants Use of Roads to City Iterrville for Water Mains Extension At their January session Monday, the Kerr County Commission- set annual salaries of county officials and granted the City of Kerrville a franchise to use coun- '9 roads and certain streets outside eity limits in extending water mains. Salaries were' established as follows: County Judge, County Clerk, $1,660 as clerk, $260 for keeping, finance ledger, and $100 for indexing; JMstrict Clerk, $720: County Attorney, $360; Sheriff, I90 as sheriff and $640 as jail guard! County Treasurer, 2 per cent of funds handled, not to exceed of Precinct To, 1, of Precinct No. 2, J700: of Precinct No. 3, $700; of Precinct No. 4, $900; Deputy Sheriff of Precinct No.

1, $40 per month; Deputy Sheriff of Precinct No. 4, $30 per month; Court House janitor, $70 per month. It was provided also that all county and precinct officers should be compensated on the fee basis for 1939 and until otherwise determined. Dr. J.

D. Jackson was reappointed County Health Officer. Mrs. Mabel Knox of Uvalde was allowed a salary of $450 per year as official court reporter. Action was taken to allow two- deputy clerks for the tax assessor- collector at aggregate salaries of 3,300 per year, and to allow three Deputies for the county clerk at annual salaries totaling $3,300.

The salary of the county tax assessor-collector is fixed by law and not by. the Commissioners' Court. It is based on a percentage of funds handled, not to exceed $3,000 per year. Upon application from City Manager A. P.

Hancock and City Attorney A. P. Allison, the court granted a franchise permitting the use of county roads arid streets for extending Kerrville water mains to the Meeker Addition, Legion and Oak Park. Report, was made 506 fox scalp boutities had been paid by the Square Dance Expert county at 75tf each since last August. In recent months the county has paid bounties on 21 wildcats at $2.60 each.

Claims and accounts against the county were and approved, and routine, monthly -reports of various officials received and examined, The sum of $4,000 was apportioned from the road and bridge fund among the commissioners' unfits as follows: To Precinct 1, Precinct No. 2, $370; sinct No, 3, $370; Precinct No. John Winters of Mineral Wells, square dance authority, who will be general chairman of the square dance contest to be held at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock'Show, March 10 to 19, in Port Worth. Annual Election to Be Held January 23 by County Aid Ass'n. President W.

Henke announced Monday that the Kerr County Aid Association would hold its annual meeting for election of officers on January 23 at 7:30 p. m. in the county court house, All members, the president said, were urged to attend this important meeting. Financial report prepared by 0. Schwethelro, secretary-treasurer, shows, that during 1938 the association kept up the fine record established the past.

The 36-year- old association is one of the strongest of its kind in the State. As of January 1 it had total assets of $22,031, more than $21,000 being the balance in the mortuary fund. During 1838 the association paid 13 claims but assessed members for only 11. Disbursements during the year included $18,000 in claims, and $1,280 in operating expenses, in- SHORTAGE LOOMS IN FUND TO FEED 52 NEEDY PUPILS The problem of continuing the feeding of 62 undernourished children from some of the poorer homes in the community, is again confronting the members of the City Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, who have shouldered this growing responsibility. During the last five weeks of school, 1,115 hot meals have been served at the noon hour in the cafeteria to this group of children, at the cost of 15 cents per meal, totaling $167.25.

The menu for each child includes milk, vegetables and meat. With the beginning of the colder winter months and the lack of employment among the parents of the children, the list is expected to increase, and at the present time 14 additional children are being considered as worthy of help. The committee for the investigation of cases is made un of P. Daniels, principal of the Kerrville Elementary School; Miss Ruth Gilliland, county and school health nurse, and representatives from three units of the A. A balance on hand, $216.83, which has been donated by Kerrville people and organizations, will feed the group through the month of January only.

Among donors to the fund are D. H. Comparette, Mrs. Dick Smith's Circle and Mrs. R.

L. Schmerbeck's Circle, of the Pres- Aged Ranchman, Kerr Resident for Two Decades. Dies Rites Held Tuesday for J. Fitzstmons, 81, Native of New Orleans, Texan Since Age 17 The last sad rites for J. S.

Fitzsimons, 81, were held Tuesday in Smith Funeral Home chapel with Rev. A. J. Carson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J.

R. Hilliard, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating, and interment was in Glen Rest Cemetery. Mr. Fitzsimons was a native of New Orleans, and came to Waelder, in Gonzales County when about 17 years of age. He became a salesman and followed this line of work until about 20 years ago when he retired and came to Kerrville, making his home at the Fitzsimons Ranch on the Bandera Road.

About six years ago the ranch was sold, and he and his wife moved to Llano. About two vears ago Mr. Fitzsimons suffered a severe attack of pneumonia, from which he never fully recovered. His wife became ill and was taken to a hos- 100,000 POUNDS GROWN MOHAIR MOVED AT 40c Sale of 100,000 pounds of grown mohair at per pound was announced Tuesday by L. A.

Schreiner, one of the owners of the Schreiner Wool Mohair Commission Company. The sale was made to J. M. Lea, representing Draper and Company of Boston, Mass. It was the first-sale of the year here from the Schreiner warehouse.

The shipment, requiring two railroad cars, has moved out. Approximately 430,000 pounds of the fall mohair clip remain in the warehouse here. Pall wool receipts, however, were disposed of during the latter part of 1938. Kerr Resident of Half Century, William H. Ramsay, Dies Tuesday Just one day prior to his 67th birthday, funeral services were held Wednesday for William H.

Ramsay in the First Methodist Church, with Rev. J. R. Milliard, pastor of the church, officiating. Mr.

Ramsay died Tuesday in his ranch home on the Tivy Road after having been stricken with pneumonia Saturday. pital in Dallas for treatment, and Interment was held in jGlen Rest byterian Auxiliary; Louis Elementary Post, he returned to the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. E. Hopkins, also ot the Bandera Road, for an extended visit.

His health did not improve and his condition became gradually worse until death overtook him. He was brought into the city for medical treatment, but his condition was too far advanced for aid. Pallbearers were Harvey Mosty, B. Childs, C. H.

Richerson, L. W. McCoy, Roland Nichols and Joe Harris. Among the survivors are his widow; four daughters, Mrs. Roger Smith, Mrs.

H. J. Mullins and Mrs. Laura Hollyfield, all of Houston; Mrs. F.

E. Hopkins, Kerrville, and one son, H. A. Fitzsimons, of San Antonio; and 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Cadet Cagers to Play In Angelo, Will Meet T.

U. Freshmen Here The Schreiner Institute basket- eers are start on their first road trip Friday when they go to San Angelo to meet the rejuvenated San Angelo Junior College Rams for a two-game series Friday and Saturday nights. A new deal has been declared by the San Angelo school, with a new president, Wilson H. (Posey) Elkins, former Schreiner and University of Texas football, basketball, and star directi poli- fiSffijffi sr Chamber of Commerce, Dr. E.

Gal eluding bond, premjum on secretary's to office employes, stationery. it 10 years the asso- paid 88 claims on 26 of BO assessments were paid, record, since 1834 is as tol 10 claims and for 12 seven; for braith, Dr. J. J. Klein, Mrs.

W. Child's Circle and Mrs. Ed Ash's Circle, Baptist Church; Henry Lewis, Sub-Deb Club, Mrs. C. Harlin's Circle, Baotist Church: students of the Junior High School students of the Third Grade, Elementary School; J.

R. Burnett, Ted Forgy, Blue Bonnet Bible Class; members of Mrs. Blair's Circle Baptist Church; donation from Thanksgiving services in Kerrville Churches; Garrett-Baker Post American Legion; and the Past Matrons' Club of the Order of the Eastern Star. "March of Bimes" to Aid Dances in Raising Fund to Fight Scourge County has joined the ranks 2.237 counties out of 3,070 in the United States for the purpose of infantile paralysis, and in (wo named above, Ken McClure to Be C-C Banquet Speaker Enemy Number One, and will join with the rest of the Nation in holding benefit balls in observance of President Roosevelt's birthday. Saturday, January 28, has been set as the date by the Kerr County committee, with Tom G.

Harrison Mfcman, and the tickets for the ball will be on sale this week the direction of General Als- crooje, chairman of sales for the eoiWty, Ministers of Kerrville churches will be asked to observe WMiiry 83, as "Infantile Sunday," when appeals for private donations research and pre- ten-ible of who do not do not dance. of Post, the American Legion, and George Epple, dis- new basketball and football coach for the Rams, and is negotiating with Schreiner for a football game in San Anerelo in 1939, with a return game in Kerrville in 1940. Little is known of the strength of the San Angelo club, which, however, has always gone into basketball in a serious way, and Schreiner expects close competition on the home court of the Rams. Onlookers in the two games Schreiner has played since Christmas, asainst the (See CADETS, last page) Press Association Committee Named Mrs. W.

A. Salter, publisher of the Mountain Sun, has been named a member of the committee from the Texas Press Association to represent that body at the inaugura- tipn of Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel, Vhich will be held in the Memorial Stadium in Austin next Tuesday. Others on the committee are Deskin Wells, Wellington; Sam Fore, Floresville; Denver Chesnutt, Kenedy; Walter Buckner, San Marcos; Walter Humphrey, Temple; W.

M. Cooke, Rockdale; George Peeler, Taylor; C. M. Bishop, Giddings; Ray H. Nichols, Vernon, and Rufus Higgs, Stephenville.

Cemetery and Hon. Julius Real, a friend for more than a half-century, made the funeral orations. In spite of the inclement weather a large group of sorrowing friends followed the remains to the final resting place. Pallbearers were R. B.

King, Ed Kennedy, Henry Barton, George Lamb, Wran Stone and Willis Barton. Honorary pallbearers were Ben Smith, M. A. Lamb, Herman Grona, Henry Weiss, S. F.

Bundy, B. F. Gaston, Henry Henke, Bruno Schwethelm, Fred Real and Rudy Voigt of Comfort. Mr. Ramsay was a native of Caldwell County and came to Kerr County 51 years ago.

He was married to Miss Maggie Durham, a native of England, and for a number of years they resided on the G. F. Schreiner ranch south of town, later moving to Rocksprings. For the last several years hi resided on the Tivy Road. survivors are three sons, Scott and Bernard.Ramsay, all of this; city; daughters; Verna Cowsert and Mrs.

Lillie M'ansfield, both, of Junction; two brothers, Charles of Woodlake and Robert of Tucson, and four sisters, Mrs. Jessie Wallace of Tucson; Mrs. Maynard Montgomery of Casa Grande, Mrs. Kitty Miers of California; and Mrs. Warren Barton of Kerrville.

has Other Fred, Sixty Due to Come With Club Speaker Sixty San Antonians were expected in Kerrville today, accompanying Howard Davis, who was to speak at a combined meeting of the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs Thursday noon at the Blue Bonnet Hotel. Davis, general manager of Radio Station KMAC in the Smith- Young Tower, San Antonio, is a Kiwanian. He attended Drury College in Springfield, moved to San Antonio in 1929, and five years ago became connected with KMAC. His address, declared to be civic and not po If litical was announced JJWA4U1VC11, WCIO tlJUIUUJlCCl as "The Coming Executive State. The program was arranged by the Kiwanis Club, and Program Chairman G.

S. Mayfield said the meeting would be open to all business people of Kerrville, whether they belonged to a service club or not. EXAMINING TRIAL Examining trial was held in Judge Ed W. Speckels' Justice Court here Wednesday morning for Robert Forster of the Turtle Creek section. The youth was charged with burglary and with theft over $50.

Bond was set at $500 in each charge, requiring Forster to answer to the Kerr County Grand Jury at its spring session. Junior Colleges of State May Merge Into Single Circuit President J. J. Dolanoy Represents Schreiner At Athletic Meeting in Dallas to Plan Move Dr. J.

J. Delaney, president of Schreiner Institute, has returned from Dallas where he attended a meeting of representatives of the Texas Junior colleges. The meeting was held for the purpose of merging the athletic organizations of the Texas Junior College Conference and the Central State Junior College Conference. The plan will bring the two conferences under one body, although the State may be divided into districts in much the same manner as the Texas Interscholastic League is operated. This plan met with considerable favor because of the fact it would eliminate the expense of so much traveling.

The winners of each district would then stage a play-off for the championship. Dean Embry Gettys of Decatur Baptist College was chairman of the meeting which was held at the Baker Hotel in Dallas. A commission of four representatives of each conference was appointed to work out details of converging the two conferences. Reports of the commission are to be made at the respective meetings of the conferences at Fort Worth April 13. It is hoped that the two leagues will be operating as one by September 1, 1939.

Commissioners from the Texas Junior College Conference include President J. R. McLemore, Paris Junior College; Dean B. E. Masters, Kilgore Junior College; Coach Sue Hamel, College of M'arshall, and President W.

H. Elkins, San Angelo Junior College. Appointed on the commission from the Central Texas Junior College Conference were W. L. Hughes, North Texas Agricultural (See JUNIOR COLLEGE, last page) Tivy Cagemen to Play S.

Jech Here Friday, Full Slate Announced The Tivy High School cagers will meet their first district competition on the home court Friday at 7:30 p. m. when they play the San Antonio Tech Buffaloes, coached by Earl English. The Techmen were losers in the recent San Antonio tournament, having lost to Lamar of Houston in the first flight. The consolation, played with the Kingsville High School team, was also lost by the Englishmen, but in spite of this they are a smooth working team, and will probably be among the topnotchers in the San Antonio City teams.

Coach David Coleman, who has seen the Buffs in action, states that they will offer stiff competition for the Antlers, and the game should be interesting. Members of the Tivy squad who hope to see action during the game will be Clovis McDonald, Hunter Rabalais, Alfred Dominsrues. Billy (See TIVY CAGEMEN, last page) Kerrville Boys To Head 1940 "Recall" Jimmie Beddingfield, Tivy graduate of 1938, was honored by the freshman class of Schreiner Institute by his election as editor of the 1940 Recall, Schreiner yearbook. Forrest Salter, also a Kerrville lad and Tivy graduate of 1938, was elected business manager. He is also editor of The Mountaineer, Schreiner newspaper.

It is the custom at Schreiner for the freshman class to elect the editor-in-chief and business manager a year ahead of time, thus giving these men the opportunity to work on the current year-book and familiarize themselves with the work for 1939-40. 5 Cents Per Copy i yy' i i Closing Third Term August W. Henke, long established business man, who is closing his third term as president of the Kerr County Aid Association. This successful! and financially strong organization will hold its annual meeting and election of officers on January 23. NOTED CATHOLIC EDUCATORS VISIT FATHER KEMPER Thursday of last week, Father Kemper of Notre Dame Church here was host to a Catholic educator of International reputation, Very Rev.

Dr. James W. Donahue, C. S. whom he had not seen in over 28 years.

The visitor and Father Kemper were classmates at Notre Dame University, South Bend, and later were fellow- students in Rome. Only recently, the noted educator gave up his post as Superior General of the Holy Cross Order, which was founded at Notre Dame of Mans, France, in 1837. The order conducts St. Edward's University in Austin, as well as the South Bend school and others in the Nation. A past president of St.

Edward's, Very Rev. Matthew Schumacher, C. S. Ph. LL.

was among the visitors Father Kemper had last week. Father Schumacher, post-graduate teacher of the Kerrville pastor at Notre Dame in Indiana, has done outstanding work to raise the ranking of several Catholic educational institutions. Father Schumacher was accompanied here by Col. Wm. A.

Menger, manager of the "Southern Messenger," and his sister, Cecilia. A third visitor at the here last week was Rev. rectory Hubert Bauman, baptized by Father Kemper in Harper in 1913 and who is due to receive final ordination soon and be raised from the diaconate to the priesthood. VV- KIWANIS BOARD MEETS HERE AND THERE IN THE COUNTY Dr. E.

Galbraith and sister, Miss Florence, spent last week in La- witb their sister, Mrs. Her- Beecroft. They were called re on account of the serious illness and death of Mr. Beecroft, who was buried in M'ontell Sunday. Mrs- Beecroft returned to Kerrville with the Galbraiths to spend several weeks.

the Texas Outlook Magazine published by the Texas State Teachers Association. Dr. D. R. Knapp is exhibiting with pride some of the largest double poinsettias to have been grown in Kerrville.

The blossoms, some of them with a spread of 20 inches, are made up of as many as 60 of the red petals. Dr. Knapp grew the plants in his flower garden at his home on Main Street, transferring them to the conservatory when the weather turned colder. Col. and Mrs.

A. C. Petwb i Miss Fi eneksburg, were in director of publicity for the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. Miss Matthews has headquarters in Del Rio and is in Kerrville this week for a visit with friends and to gather information from the farmers and ranchmen in this section relative to promotion of the wool and mohair industry. Cecil Williams has been named commander of Louis Halphen Post, tne American Legion, succeeding Harry Bruton, who has moved to Kerrville.

Don Alton was named vice-commander of the unit, which now boasts of 170 members. Dr. H. 8. Wall, H.

0. At a meeting last Friday night at the home of the club president M. S. Collier, the Kiwanis board of directors discussed activities for the currenot year. The board voted to stage the annual Kiwanis Minstrel, and selected the late winter as the approximate date.

The directors voted also to adopt the big-brother movement as its year's project in youth's work. Mrs. Margaret Stanley, Pioneer Center Point Woman, Dies at Age Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Center Point Methodist Church for Mrs. Margaret Vaughn Stanley, 88, a pioneer resident of that community. Mrs.

Stanley died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Pickens, 324 Lytle Street, in Kerrville. She was a native of Alabama, and came to Center Point in 1883 with her parents, the late Rev. and Mrs. J.

R. Cox. She was the daughter of the early-day Methodist minister and assisted her mother and other members of her family in the work of the Circuit Rider's household, and knew all of the privations and hardships which they must undergo that the Gospel might be preached to the people in the thin- -ly populated ranching areas of Texas. After the death of her husband, about 35 years ago, she made her home in Center Point, moving to Kerrville in 1924. She elected to live with her daughter, the late Miss Minnie Robinson, until after the death of the latter, when she resided with her other daughters, Mrs.

J. E. Beard, and Mrs. Pickens. She had been an invalid for several years, but maintained a cheerful and happy disposition and was interested in all of the affairs of her children and grandchildren until the end of her fife.

Rev. J. B. Billiard, pastor of the First Methodist ChurchT KerrviUe, Bev. A.

J. Carson, pastor of irst Bapttst Kerr assisted Rev. H. NUMBEft Austin Trio Buys Summer Camp for Girls for $66,500 Mystic- IH Sold by Mrs. Ha rail Stewart to Mrs.

Agiic'N Stacy Who Has Heen Director Recently Camp Mystic, one of Kerr County's two oldest summer camps for girls, changed ownership Friday of last week for a consideration of $66,500. Mrs. Sarah Y. Stewart sold the property to Mr. and Mrs.

Gillespie W. Stacy and Ben H. Powell of Austin by deed filed in County Clerk J. R. Leavell's office last Friday.

Mrs. Stacy has been director of Mystic for several years. Mr. Stacy is a real estate man, and Powell, the other new owner, is an Austin attorney, member of the firm of Powell, Wirtz, Rauhut Gideon. In the deal, 558.55 acres of land were sold, and the trade name, Camp Mystic, also transferred to the purchasers.

The camp is situated 18 miles southwest of Kerr- Tille on the South Fork of the Gaudalupe River. Mrs. Stewart's late husband, E. J. (Doc) Stewart, founded the girls' camp, which was first called Log Cabin Camp because of the rustic construction of its original cottage.

Stewart also built the Heart o' the Hills Inn, near Mystic, and founded Camp Stewart for boys, located 16 miles west of here on the Guadalupe North Fork and now owned by W. N. (Bill) James, assistant football coach at Texas A. M. College.

The inn is now owned by Mrs. Lake Robinson. Mrs. Stewart, who has resided on the Camp Mystic grounds, will make her residence in Kerrville. Mr.

and Mrs. Stacy are not newcomers in the camping area, having directed the camp for the last several years. Before Mrs. Stacy's marriage she was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and from Wellesley College, and served as counselor in some of the famous New England summer camps for girls. Upon her graduation she became a member of the department of physical education in the University of Texas.

During the World War she became interested in overseas activities and served as director of physical education for the American Committee for Devastated France. She became associated with Miss Anne M'organ, welfare worker of New York, and the two remain intimate friends. After Mrs. Stacy's return from the war she was married to Mr. Stacy and was active in Junior- League and Little Theatre work.

After her two children, Anne Morgan and Billy, had started to school she again became associated with (See AUSTIN TRIO, last paKe) Adam Wilson Head of New Wildlife Council Serving 11 Counties Adam Wilson of Hunt was elected president of the new Hill Country Wildlife Association, organized Wednesday of last week in Fredericksburg. The meeting was held at the call of William J. Tucker, executive secretary of the State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission, to discuss proposed game conservation in an 11-county area for which the conference was staged. The Kerr County Wildlife Association sent six representatives, members of its legislative committee, headed by Gene Cowden. Cowden was appointed to represent Kerr County on the new district's legislative committee.

Dr. S. E. Thompson, president of the Kerr association, has called a meeting for 3:30 p. m.

Saturday at the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce office to discuss legislative measures recommended at the Fredericksburg conference. Counties in the new association include Mason, Kimble, Menard, Llano, Kerr, Sutton, Edwards, Real, Bandera, Blanco and Gillespie. Among recommendations made at the conference were the following: no change in length of hunting season, retaining of 10 per cent lease fee, placing responsibility of collecting fee on State Game Commission, universal tag license for the State, changing expiration date of hunting licenses to November 15 each year, reducing bag limit of turkey gobblers from three to two, closed fishing season from March through May instead of January through April, changing legal length of catfish from nine to 11 inches, and otheri First State Names Directors Annual election of directors was held Tuesday goon by the First State Kerrviue. GaUwflith ent; Sife.Petew tnPAAlnAnfe.