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lllcrofUm Service telocCt Coryell County! HOME NEWSpaper For More than 70 Years Production of FUstic Brain Planned At Local Factory See Pae 9 AND STAR-FORUM VOLUME 52 NO. 25 10 fee Cery GATESVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1957 Consolidated September 20th, 1907 Gatesville Messenger, Vol. 17 Gatosville Star-Forum, Vol. 24 Mothers March Slated Gatesville Commemorate Masons to Vaccinate Now for Summer Shield, Polio Chiefs Urge Lodged Centennial Here Presley Fan Knows His Man Webttvr defines a vb as "tho part of speech expressing action but Mrs. L.

C. Mc Kern le, teaching a "third-grade class1-in the local elementary school, was nonplussed when one youngster handed in a lesson listing "Elvis" as a sample verb. Called on to explain his selection, the youngster came up with: "He wiggles, doesn't her ted Jan. 31 funds for repair of the damage polio has done to thousands of Americans in the past. Coryell residents will get chance to donate to this cause in the annual county wide Mothers March on Polio, scheduled for Thursday nicht Jan.

31. The campaign leaders said appointment of a Mothers March director will be announced soon. Methodist Church Buys New Organ The First Methodist Church has purchased a new large-model Baldwin organ for its sanctaary, church leaders revealed this The new organ costs $3,285. "-v The church's present organ will be dismantled soon and the new organ installed. The Methodists had been considering the purchase of an organ for some time, and the Official Board of the church for mally okehed the transaction at its January meeting.

Cyril Hudson Is Leaving for Temple Cyril Hudson, salesman for Scott's Furniture Store end a lay leader in the First Baptist Church, has accepted a position with tha Temple Furniture Co. in Temple. He and Mrs. Hudson will move to Z3W uoiiaa, Tempie, next wees. Mrs.

Hudson has been in ill health and has been undergoing medical treatment in Temple. The Hudsons have been Gatesville residents since 1933, coming here from McGregor, lie worked in a dry goods store until 1948, when he shifted to the Scott firm. For many years, Hudson has been Sunday School teacher and a deacon in the Baptist Church. Rahert Scott, furniture store owner, has announced that Pat Snoddy, a former employee, is returning from Arlington to succeed Hudson here. Alert Set Sunday For GOC Post Civil Defense authorities have ordered a general alert for the Gatesville Ground Observers Post from 1 p.

to 8 p. m. Sunday. All members of the civilian plane-spotting crew are asked to report for duty during those hours at the observation post at the fire station. Wing Makes Cent Larger a 46-bed hospital.

The new wing, like the rest of the hospital, is completely air conditioned. The 11 patient rooms will be furnished with new furniture. "We could use this extra space right now," Gilmer declared. "The hospital stays full most of the time, and we can't meet many requests for private rooms." The new wing is expected te solve this situation. Remodeling of portions of the original plant is due to start ones the new wing is occupied.

I. ":1 Corvell County residents can lessen the risk of epidemic polio next summr if all parents and children get first shots of Salk vaccine before the end of January, according to R. G. Davidson and Hal Anderson, co-chairmen of this year's March of Dimes. "The time to act Is now." they declared.

"While the Salk vaccine will prevent epidemics if used in time. It won't prevent paralysis after a person has contracted para lytic polio." Urging parents to see that their vmintfsters. teenacers and they themaelves are inoculated this month, Anderson cited the disaster and tragedy of polio In Chicago last summer as good reason for young and old to line up now for their polio shots. The campaign urging vaccination is part of a two-pronged Dimes drive for 1957. Also sought are Thursday Morn's 16 Degrees Season's Low The mercury tumbled to 18 de grees here early Thursday morn ing, setting a new low temperature mark far the season and leaving Coryell shivering In the coldest weather in more than a year.

The cold spell hit Monday night, after two days of balmy 7degree plus Minimum temperatures were 81 Monday morning. 28 Tuesday morning and 23 Wednes day morning. The mercury hasn't risen past the 41 degree mark since the cold wavo hit Zeiglers Leading In Bridge Tourney Mr and Mrs. Floyd Zelgler hold a 850 point lead over a 14-team field at the halfway point in the Gatesville Country Club's annual bridge tournament. The Zeiglers have 11.170 points.

In second place Is the team of Newlon Sanford and Francis Caruth with 10,620 points. Dr. and Mrs. Otis Ray hold third place with 10.34O points. Two more sessions remain in the tourney, and they will be held the nights of 19 and Jan.

M. Vandiver Due Degree Cnmi Vandiver. son'of Mr. and Mr A. If.

Vandiver of GaUsvllle, will receive his degree in agricul tural engineering baiuraay at i-as A. and M. College. Young Van-a veteran of 42 month' ser vice in the U. S.

Air Force, has accepted a position with an aircran factory in Fort Worth. Nearly-Finished Hospital 6o Per Coryell's Memorial Hospital will be 60 per cent larger, will have 14 more beds, and will be better arranged for efficient operation when an extensive expansion and modernization project is completed next month. That statement was 'made Thursday by John Gilmer, hospital business manager. Practically finished is the construction of a new wing housing 11 patient rooms, two emergency operating rooms, snd a kitchen and dining, room. This addition means the county will soon have a Annual School Census Started Over County CoryelL bounty school workers are canvassing all residential areas this month in the annual scholastic census.

The aim is to enumerate all children of school age residing in the various school districts. Results of the census will deter mine the number of per capita payments each school will receive from the state during 1957-58, so school will be striving to make sure that no child falling in the prescribed age bracket is over looked. The rate of per capita pay ment for 1956-57 is $78. Children who will be between the ages of 6 and 18 as of Sept. 1, 1957.

are te be listed in the cen sus. The enumeration has already started in the rural areas of the Gatesville district, but the census wont be taken within the city limits until next Friday, Jan. 23. Parents of children missed in the census are asked to call the high school office from Jan. 26 through Jan.

28. Officials Are Re-elected Reports of a eood year in 1956 and blanket re-election of all offi cials for 1937 highlighted the an nual stockholders meeting ot tne Gatesville Savings, Loan Association last Thursday. A dinner for stockholders, their wives and guests was held Thursday evening at tne Gatesville Country Club, and principal speaker was Thurmond, vice president of the Pio neer Savings Loan Association in Waco. Reports showed that the seven-year-old institution's assets now total nearly 14 million, and that S34.532.90 in dividends was paid to savers in 1956. Officers re-elected are K.

Jackson president; George B. Painter and Byron McCJeHan, vice nrMiitenta: and C. T. Dansbv. sec- retary-treasurer.

Directors re-elect ed are E. Price Bauman, wunam rulbert. E. W. Jones Dr.

K. R. Jones, Dr. O. W.

Lowrey and Erie Powell. Poll Tax Sales Still Lag Here Poll tax sales continue to crip-pie along in County Tax Collector Creston Brazzil's office but hopes are that the coming special election to name a U. S. senator, plus the nearness of the Jan. 31 dead line, will spur more citizens into obtaining the voting certificates.

Aa of Thursday morning, Coryell County's paid poll total stood at 818. Gatesville Lodge No. 197, A. F. A.

will celebrate its centennial Wednesday evening in a style befitting its rank as Coryell County's oldest and largest fraternal organization. Months of prepara tion have been made for the 100th birthday observance, which will be held in the local elementary school building. Timetable for the event is: 5 p. m. to 6 p.

m. registration; 6 p. m. dinner; 7:30 p. m.

general assembly and centennial program. More than 500 Masons are ex pected to converge on Gatesville to join local members in commemorating the founding of the Gatesville lodge by a handful of dedicated Masons determined to establish Freemasonry in a struggling little frontier village and to re view a century of zealous adher ence to the highest principles of the order. Included in the crowd will be many of the outstanding Masonic notables in Texas. Heading the list of distinguish ed visitors will be Sonora's Paul Turney. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Turney will make the principal address and also present the centennial certificate to the Gatesville lodge.

The group will open the com memoration program by repeating the pledge of allegiance to the flag, led by Carroll P. Smith, worshipful master of the lodge. Curtis Rogers will then lead in tne sing ing of "America," and Rev. J. T.

Avers will speak the Invocation. Paul Hensler. lodge secretary, will read the dispensation and Smith will give the welcome and read greetings communications. Horace K. Jackson Past Grand Master, will introduce the officers of the Grand Lodge of Texas, and E.

Price Bauman, Deputy District Grand Master, will introduce other distinguished guests. After Byron McClellan gives a historical review of the local lodge. the oldest living past master of the lodge will be introduced. Grand Master Turney wiu men make his address and certificate presentation. J.

Witcher will give the benediction. Masons who were prominent in the establishment and development of the Gatesville Lodge have also been leaders in his community. This is shown in the following early history of Lodge No. 197, as compiled and written by a historical committee headed by Byron McClellan. On the 7th of April, 1856, a petition was presented to the Grand Lodge of Texas for a Masonic Lodge in the town of Gatesville, to be named "Coryell This petition, signed by James H.

Col-lard, Joseph A. Haynes, J. G. Jacob, J. D.

Odle, Thomas H. Robertson, Washington Boyd, Thomas Garrard, R. B. Wells, F. H.

Lutter-loh, and John Armstrong, was accompanied by a certification from Tom Blakely Lodge No. 106 of Bel-ton, Texas, duly certifying that the petitioners were duly qualified to confer Masonic Degrees, and that the proposed Lodge for Gates ville was more than ten miles dis tant from any other Lodge. This petition was filed slightly less than two years after the founding of Coryell County, but could not be acted upon until the next meeting of the Grand Lodge of Texas. As was Customary in sucn cases, the petitioners were permit ted under authority of the Grand Lodge to enter upon their Masonic work under dispensation. On June 24th, 1856, this.

dispen sation was signed by 'John B. Mc Mahon, Deputy, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, authorizing the opening of a Gatesville Lodge of Master Masons, under dis pensation. The minutes of Gates ville Lodge U. D. open as of the 19th day of July, 1856.

The minutes do not reflect where the first meet ing was held, but it can be reason ably assumed that this meeting was held at the home of Dr. F. H. Lutterloh in Gatesville, at the next meeting held In August, 1950, a. room in his house was formally Pictures of Lodge's Petit Jurors Are Called for Courts Criminal Cases Trial of three cases on the 52nd District Court's criminal docket has been scheduled for next week, and a 40-member petit jury has been summoned to report to Judge R.

B. Cross at 9 a. m. Monday. Defendants are Tod McCollum, charged with theft over $50; Gilbert Martinet, charged with theft over $50; and William Worden, charged with burglary.

Fourbther defendants were sentenced in district court this- week. Bobby Harris was handed a 2-to-4 year penitentiary sentence on a sodomy charge; and Don Dale niarkhurn was riven a 2-year term in the penitentiary for theft over $50. Placed on probation for two Qears were Curtis R. Carroll, charg-d with second-offense DWI, and Ernest Alejandro, charged witn theft over $50. Petit jurors for, next week's trials are James Dixon, Carl Wright O.

N. Hix, Ernest Neuman, nn TWVman Dink Dver. Roy Pen nington, Mrs. Knox Lovejoy, George Leonard, W. T.

snoemaner, n. a. Mrs. C.JF. Caruth Jr, M.

W. vnrA E. Lawrence W.C. Huggina, A. E.

Barr, E. P. Fritz, N. A. Drager, Earl Bond, L.

C. Mc- Cutchen. Alvin Cassens, A. E. Culpepper cwt TWir Ernest Grissom.

B. Hardcastle, James B. Clemons, W. W. Basham, J.

E. Davidson jr. Wayne Pruitt, Byron Lealrd Jr. i. rvhh J.

O. Forrest. D. R. A.

Manning, Willie Groth, W. O. Urbantke, Ray Byrom, Mr. Turk Brown, H. C.

Galloway and Earl Hampton. Cove Dedicates School Building The Copperas Cove school dis trict dedicated its new elementary building Thursday ruoYit The ceremonies were held in the new structure's 660-seat auditorium, and principal speaker was If. Joe Brown of the Texas Education Agency at Austin. The new 12-classroom unit was built with $170,500 in Federal fiitwl nlu a 40.000 bond issue by the school district The class room section of the building nas been in use since November. Three Traffic Mishaps Reported No one was injured, but damage to vehicles amounted to more man xttM In three traffic mishaps in vestigated by Police Chief Charlie Walsh.

A rar driven bv Raymond Ander son and mail track driven by arha Tm Jackson collided at the Main-LutterloH intersection at 4:30 -m. Saturday. Anderson car was a total wreck; damage to the Jackson truck was set at szou. At 1:35 p. m.

Saturday a two-car collision occurred at the ton Tnth St intersection. Damage a mounted to. $50 to each car, Walsh said. Drivers were Miss Willie Ethel Scruggs of Waco and Noel Mrl-niirhlin. At 12:30 p.

m. Sunday a car driv en by Mrs. Minnie Franklin stnica th rear nf an auto driven by Mrs Beatrice Martin when the latter slowed to make a right turn in 1000 block of East Main Walsh estimated $150 damage to the Franklin car, $75 to the Mar- lin rar. Walsh also made an arrest Mon- flav afternoon, charging a Gates viii man with drunkenness. The man pleaded guilty and paid a fine.

The volunteer firemen answereo two alarms Tuesday. One was to ich a burning couch in a home in the colored residential area, the other to vut out a fire that started near the chimney of the Tallin Mehanr residence on tne Osage Road. Little damage eras re ported. Magazines Sought For State School The Chamber of Commerce has launched a drive to obtain maga-rines, hMadicals and other reading the hovs at the State School. Gatesvilleites-having maga- tinM nr periodicals to donate are asked to bring them to the CC office, or to telephone 58 and the magazines will be picked Inmate population at the school has Wednesday subsequently made other visits to the Gatesville Lodge, but on this occasion he was accompanied by Mr.

X. B. Saunders, "late of Prairie Lea Lodge No. 114, Fentress, Caldwell County, Texas." At this meet- nc Bros. F.

H. Lutterloh and J. G. Jacob furnished the Lodge ith "spit boxes" for the convenience of members and visiting brethren assembled. At the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Texas held at Fa lestine, on the 23rd day of January, 1857, a formal Charter was granted to Gatesville- Lodge No.

197 A A On January 30th, 1857, a meeting was called by Deputy District Grand Master Samuel Mather for the purpose of constituting this Lodge and install ing the first officers. James H. Col lard, a Circuit Methodist Minister, was installed as first Worshipful Master; J. A. Haynes, Senior Warden; Thomas Garrard, Junior War den; Dr.

F. II. Lutterloh. Junior Deacon: John Jacob, Senior Dea con; Thomas H. Robertson, Treasurer; R.

B. Wells, Secretary; and John Armstrong, Tiler. Charter Members Aside from the officers shown above, Uhe following were charter members of Gatesville Lodge No. 197. as reflected by the first te- port to the Grand Lodge of Texas: Washington Boyd.

J. D. Odle, O. T. Tyler, M.

A. Britain, John Bibles, G. W. Haney, John Nichols. J.

it. Chrisman, and Hiram W. Cooke, Master Masons; John C. Russell, W. H.

Logan, and R. L. Hayes, Fel low Craft; and Chester C. Sadler, E. A.

At the-meeting of the Lodge held on December 27th, 1856, the officers-elect for the ensuing year were installed 'lit public ceremony. A procession was formed at the Lodge room, and a march to the court house began. Music for this occasion was furnished by Bros. D. A.

Hammock and J. C. Mills. The secretary of the Lodge, R. B.

Wells, was called on for an oration, "which he delivered on the history and wages of Masonry to the fraternity assembled and a large audience of ladies and gen Robert Barnard Wells was well qualified for his assigned duties as orator. Prior to the organi zation of the Gatesville Lodge he had been a member of Milam Lodge No. 11, but had moved to Gatesville with the founding of the county in 1854. In 1843. fifteen years prior to delivery of this oration he had been a school teacher at San Felipe De Austin, and he held the distinction of having preached the first sermon in Gates ville in 1854.

Obviously the public installation of officers meet with acclaim, for tho new secretary. J. R. Saunders, chronicled on December Z7, 1859 as follows; "The members of the Lodge formed a procession and marched to the court house In Gatesville conducted by J. M.

Nor- ris acting as Marshal. After ar riving prayer was offered by R. B. Wells. After Installation oi urn cers.

Bro. John Armstrong was in troduced as orator oi tne aay wno delivered an appropriate address on the history and wages of Mason ry. was a sound and logical talk and was listened to by an attentive audience. The members of the Lodge then returned in procession te the Lodge Room." Plenty of Orators It would aooear that the still young Lodge was well supplied with orators. John Armstrong had come to Coryell County from Bos que County, where be had taught school at Rock School in 1853.

He was born November 14. 1819. the son of John and Pollie Monroe Armstrong, and it is thought that his mother was the sister of James John Armstrong Lodge 291, Valley MUls, Bosque County, Texas was named in nis. nonor, and he was to serve three terms as Worshipful Master of the Gates ville Lodge. During the early years of the eeveral committees were aDDointed to procure a suitable lot for the erection of a permanent Lodge, dui irom existing minute it appears that for undeterminable reasons no suitable location could be found, or as was more probably the aitfiatimi.

there Were lnsuffl- a desirable location. A committee was appointed to consider the formation of stock company whereby the members were afforded an opportunity to subscribe for stock See MASONS, Back Page, First Section PAUL TURNEY Mason's Grand Master rented for purpose of conductirig a Lodge at a monthly rental of $5.00. However, this arrangement was apparently temporary, for on November 8, 1956, "The Lodge rent ed from Mr. D. A.

Hammock his house and enclosures in Gatesville for a Lodge Room at $6.00 per month." Memorable Meeting "The meeting of November 8, 1856 was a memorable one in the history of the young Lodge. Hon. Orville T. Tyler, First Chief Jus tice of Coryell County, was raised to the Degree of Master Mason, and thereby became the first to receive this distinction in Coryeu County. Judge Tyler was then 46 nlrf.

havinir been born in West Brookfleld, in 1810. He moved to Gatesville, or near uates-ville. in about 1849. and his son. George W.

Tyler, was born in this All Masons of This Area Are Invited All Masons of this area have a specific invitation to attend Wednesday night's dinner and program commemorating the centennial of the Gatesville lodge, leaders of the body have emphasised. All those planning to attend are asked, if possible, to notify Lodge Secretary Paul Hensler so that an estimate of the siie of the crowd can be secured. county on October 5, 1851, to become the first white child born in Coryell County. Justice Tyler was a trustee of College, and nrlor to movine to Coryell County had been engaged in the mercantile business in ouin lex-as. He could not have known that hia ann.

Georee W. Tvler. then six years of age, would later become one of the most famous of Texas lawvers. and that approximately 36 years later In 1890 would be come Grand Muter of the Grand Lodge of Texas. As Chief Justice, Jnriire Tvler occupied a position comparable to the present county judge, and by virtue of nis aunes was necessarily closely associated with Mr.

John Turney, the first sheriff of Coryell County. It is an interesting sidelight that the grandson of Sheriff John Turney is Paul Turney, a prominent west Texas rancher, and the present Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Tex as. "Spit Boxes" During this period the Lodge had a distinguished visitor in the person of Hon. R. E.

B. Baylor, Judge was Judge of the Third Judicial District of Texas, founder of Baylor and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Coryell County was a part of the Third Judicial District of Texas, and doubtless, Judge Baylor was in Gatesville on December 17th. 1856, in connec tion with his judicial duties. He Past Masters Sought In charge of this project, and has to notify PowelL Asti a centennial project, the Gatesville Masonic Lodge is to obtain photographs of all its past masters for display in the lodge hall.

Erie Powell is lined up photos of most of the past masters. Still sought are pictures of James H. Collar Thomas Garrard, David R. Woods, J. I Montgomery, W.

Woodard, J. D. Moorehead, J. W. Saunders, S.

B. Hawkins, W. R. MendenhalL J. B.

Shows and J. E. McDonald. Anyone having pictures of these men or who know Angus Family Flourishes on Allen Ranch This Angw family Is the pride of tho large herd registered black cattle en the Bain Allen Ranch euth ef Gatesville. It Includes a methor cow, twin 2-year-old heifers who had their firs calves wHhin threw weeks of each other, and the mother cow's latest calf.

Allen Mid seme cew men told him both, the twin heifers wouldn't calve, bwt such wests? the case. Looking ever the sextette Is Immett Dickie, who works for tho Allen Ranch. v' where one may be obtained is asked Other past masters who have agreed to furnish pictures of themselves are urged to turn the photos into Powell as soon as possible. Increased to 731, noys..