Lockhart Post Register (Newspaper) - September 29, 1960, Lockhart, Texas 10c Cock art rail HIE LOCKHART POST Established 1899 Heart of the Seed Bin of Texas THE LOCKHART REGISTER Established 1879 EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR LOCKHART TEXAS SEPTEMBER 29, 19S0 NUMBER 39 Visiting Teacher Helps Raise School Attendance years the worked in During the seven Visiting Teacher has Caldwell County attendance in the schools has climbed to a point where a high of scholastics listed on the census attend Marlin county The visiting teacher program provides a trained school man who is free of classroom duties to visit in the home for the gives assistance to the teachers and administrators on anv problems that necessitate work outside the school Thornberry Announces Military Academy Exams Austin - Congressman Homer Thornberry today scheduled n competitive Civil Service Screening Examination for young men of the IOth Congressional District who want to be considered for appointment to the United States Naval the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force The screening examination will be given November 12, at 8:30 a. m. at places to be designated by the Civil Service Thornberry announced that he will nominate 11 candidates for the Air Force Academy and authorize the Academy to select the best qualified candidate for the Each of the 11 candidates who qualifies on the entrance examination will be evaluated by the Academy on his high school academic and on the recommendations from school principals and His entrance examination score will be combined with this evaluation to form a composite The candidate with the highest score will be offered the appointment by the Air Thornberry Candidates to be eligible for appointment to the academies must be between the ages of 17 and 22, must be in excellent physical and must be residents of the 10th Congressional The Congressman emphasized that this preliminary screening examination does not take the place of the entrance examination given by the Academies after his appointments are but is used only by him as a basis for his Congressman Thornberry said he must submit his nominations to the three Academies in early 1961 the November 12 examination will be the only one arranged for the 1961 Anyone interested in taking the screening examination should write to Congressman Thornberry at his Austin 308-A- U.S. no later than October 15 in order to meet the deadline for the November 12 examination and to obtain all pertinent GAH Gets Electric Power The final work which sent electricity to the Golden Age Home was made Thursday afternoon at 3:55 p.m. when City employees made a connection at the Home following release of power from the new substation a few minutes Sometime this week City crews are to complete the connection which will send power from the new substation on FM 20 to the which now becomes the City's power It took only the closing of an air switch and six oil circuit breakers at the new station to send the power to the Home for the first gives migrant families a better concept of the overall aid of education and a better understanding of the school laws; increases interest of all school personnel in promotes school and community The attitude of the general public toward this program has been t he The realization that children need to attend r regularly to obtain the full 1 of education has resulted i greater cooperation by the The interest has been keen enough in some cases that people have called the school inquiring why children are not in Occasionally Visiting Teacher Don finds children who are ten years old who have not been to school more than two The children who comprise this group are usually migrants who have moved here from other This service is offered to all the school districts in the The week was divided among the four Independent School Districts and the one Common The Prairie Lea and Independent District were visited one day a week and the remaining two days were divided between Lockhart and St. Each school district has a system whereby teachers make referrals through the but the Visiting Teacher is invited to contact the classroom teachers for pertinent information where To secure better attendance the Visiting Teacher checks the school census against the school enrollment makes a home visit on referrals from the principal to check on on special or excess Complete reports are made to the He also leaves a printed statement of school laws and importance of education at Spanish-speaking in case they might not understand the He contacts people in each district who might give information about migrant families coming and from the Last year this teacher was more active in working with the welfare agency in reporting and offering information to it pertaining to needy thus enabling children such as this to attend school more There are some weaknesses in the according to Mr. but in checking them over it seems the weaknesses are not in the visiting teacher but in the schools There is an urgent need for dental and eye care existing in all attendance law could be improved so that students six years or older on or before September I be compelled to attend school 175 days instead of 120. Attendance has steady improvement so that there are only 3-5 percent on the census rolls who do not These usually have graduated or have become so far behind in school they drop But an educational weakness is that migrant children are usually from 1-3 years therefor from two to four years older in his grade than his but this is improving Mr. Gunn believes that the Visiting Teacher is a paying proposition in that it gets students in and this brings up the ada so that more teachers can be Grand Jury Meets Monday The Caldwell County Grand Jury will meet 3, to hear cases that need to be before that Jimmie district Approximately 45 cases have been filed in this county awaiting disposition by the Grand In district court this week a jury found Milford Hicks guilty of theft of property valued at more than after a two hour but Hicks got off with a 5 years suspended The jury was composed of Woodrow W. L. John Henry Ganes Walter John Alvin C. F. J. L. Edward F. and Lee Also in district court during the past few Henry Rodriguez received 2 years probation for assault with intent to murder with malice and Manuel Magallanez drew a fine and costs for a similar Robertson Leads Cheers For Junior High Team Kitty Robertson was elected head cheerleader for the junior high school and her assistants will be Gwen Jackie and Candy These girls will lead cheers at the Midget football THINKING OUT LOUD Anti Rabies Campaign Starts A city-wide campaign will be initiated Saturday by the City of Lockhart in connection with the sanitary Dr. J. G. it was announced Dr. Goodman is giving a reduced rate for his services to get all dogs in the city vaccinated against rabies between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday in his office on the Bastrop at All dogs that run loose in the city must get city and to get these tags persons must have the dog This effort is being made to get as many dogs vaccinated in one day as possible and help prevent a rabies epidemic should a dog become City officials say the police will clamp down in enforcing the dog tag Fallout Should Be Lockhart People's Concern an Fallout begins 30 minutes after or H-bomb according to Joe R. deputy state coordinator of civil defense and at the regular meeting of the Business Men's Club What is It is the settling back to earth of soil that has been carried up into the air by an atomic blast and made With Bergstrom AFB being a Strategic Air Command Austin and vicinity will undoubtedly be a prime target in case of an atomic With this in mind the people of this area should be prepared by having shelter and supplies of some kind In an attack of this kind not everyone will be Many will be sick from leukemia and other related according to Mr. A few more deformed babies will be but most babies will be relatively Other than not being in the blast only one thing can be done to shield a person from a blast and that is to build a At least inches concrete or three feet of earth between a person and the blast is Most fallout occurs in 24 to 36 considerable radiation continues for a period of about two weeks after the People can go outside their shelters for short periods during but the effects are Mr. Humprey urged that people make a study of the possibilities of facilities that can be converted to shelters Ross county civil defense says Lockhart has a 200 bed emergency a dozen radios in cars and buildings and fire equipment in Lockhart and Luling and McMahan to help in case of He said one who wants a copy of a pamphlet about how to build may get one from him or from Judge Edgar A resolutions committee of J. L. Rev. Rod Kypke and Mrs. W. M. Schofield was named by President Arthur Hunke to prepare a suitable resolution about Tom one of the club's SCD Supervisor Election FOWier Mayor Called October 4 On the first Tuesday of October OT OO 4) an election for Soil Con- Home Gets Power Lancaster throws the switch which sent power lto the Golden Age Home The switch in le new servation District Supervisor for Zone 2 of each Soil Conservation District in Texas will be The election will be at a mass meeting held at an hour and place set by the supervisors of the local Soil Conservation Zone 2 of the Soil Conservation District includes the following That portion of Caldwell county bounded on the north by the MKT east by 183 and south and west by the San Marcos All persons who own land in Zone 2 and live in a county all or some part of which is in the district who have attained the age of 21 years are eligible to Nominations are made from the floor and the person receiving a majority of the votes of the qualified voters present is selected for a term of five The present supervisor of the Travis Soil Conservation District is P. S. Supervisors serve without pay except for a small allowance for The supervisors constitute the administrative and policy forming body of the Soil Conservation District just as the school board members manage the school To be a district supervisor a person must be 21 years of age and a landowner in the zone from which he is He should be practicing conservation on his own be a leader in his area and be willing to spend sufficient time to fulfill the responsibilities of the Last Day to File Gas Tax Refunds Farmers who are entitled to get tax refunds are again reminded by R. L. District Director at to file claim with the internal Revenue Service before September 33. Claims should be made on Form 2240 for 1980. These forms and instruction sheets can be obtained from county agents or Internal Revenue Service Robert A. 8S, former city commissioner of died at 3 p.m. September 25 at Lockhart Hospital and was buried in Lockhart Cemetery September 27. He had been ill for some Rev. R. P. Kypke conducted services from McCurdy Funeral Survivors include four Mrs. Ennis Masur and Mrs. Keith and Mrs. Lee Booton of Mrs. Lill Brock of two J. M. of New Braunfels and Clyde of Born at Belmont February 24, 1875, he was a son of Lea and Mary Kidd He married Fannie Carter iu Lockhart June 10, 1906, was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal He served on the city council as mayor in 1922-23, then for ti years as and again was elected to the council in 1940, serving until he retired in 1958. Pallbearers were N. B. Melbourne W. M. Sam Ross and C. J. Another Long Wins Presidency Throughout the week of September 19 the student body of Lockhart High School staged campaigns for fellow students running for Student Council The week was climaxed by an assembly presented on Friday for the purpose of voting and electing the Filling the 1960-61 offices will be Larry a as Linda a as Linda a as and Paul a as goes to all of these who will be the leaders in our school CALDWELL COUNTY has its share of criminal and if I'm not mistaken more than its share of capital cases where the death penalty could be If I remember this county has given District Attorney Wallace Barber more to do than almost any county in his And despite the fact that the county has a record of dealing harshly capital To handle parolees is a job that many people would not like nor would they bul Chirk has that job for this part of the and he tells mc he has seven persons who report monthly to him as These persons arc about evenly divided between Latin and Over the stale the parole staff has remained while the number of parolees has According to the Hoard of Pardons and this increase has made an important contribution lo public safety because the parole system is directed toward prevention of Before 1958 the Board couldn't give any assistance to inmates in developing release So more and more men had to stay in the pen. So in 1958 the first professional parole supervision program Despite the sharp shift in the use of the violation rate has not 90 per cent of parolees under supervision at this time are gainfully employed and earning more than million a year and supporting over 1,000 minor Parole is not forgiveness for an offense or but is a release procedure for selected Every inmate's case is reviewed for possible parole when he has served sufficient time to be legally The Parole Board studies the readiness for inmate for readiness of the community to accept the and the nature of the A release plan which includes employment and satisfactory residence is and parole is granted only when the Board is convinced the best interest of the public would be Parole officers are located in 20 offices scattered throughout the state and these officers work directly with such men as Mr. Clark to provide supervision for those on buck Lion Band to Attend Band Day Activities Lions bandmen will take part in Band Day activities in Austin beginning with a parade which starts at 10 a.m. and ending by being guests at the football game that Band Director Newman Hood The 80 piece Lion band will compete during the parade with other bands of the same school From 2:30 to 4 p.m. the twirlers and drum majors will compete in a twirling and winning persons will take part in halftime activities at the along with the four winning bands from the With the arrival of four new uniforms the band will be able to field 80 rather than the 72 that has marched at previous football Frizzed Re-elected Thomas Frizzell was elected president of the senior class of Lockhart High School recently and James Farmer is Other officers are Dorothy Benny Tommy Jo Linda Nancy student council Saw Offensive Action Wayne Darrell and Charles age grades for their Evans is a Kraft logged some offensive time against Hess a and Kraft an San Marcos Friday and got better than Big Matador Line Holds Opponents Scoreless Seguin's the team the experts have picked as to win the 13AAA football roll into Lockhart Friday night all rested for a crack at the Lions at 8 p. m. The Mats will be big favorites to hand Officers Arrest Three Burglars Two men and n woman are in custody in the Belton jail and Sheriff Desmond Reed has warrants for their arrest in connection with a burglary of the Conrad Ohlendorf home September 18, it has been Those who have been charged with burglary by breaking in the case are Eva Ray Jack Willard and Elmer M. who were caught with the Over in food and household goods was taken from the Ohlendorf home in a daring daylight burglary on the 18th. All but a few clothes and the meat were recovered in a home at where the trio was captured Sunday following their burglary of a home in Bell Mr. and Mrs. Ohlendorf identified their According to Mr. the trio was reported to have burglarized a home near Temple when the homeowner got the car license number and called who made the arrest in The trio were reported to be planning to leave the state soon to open a used clothing The activities of the three was estimated as six Ag Committees Plan For Year's Programs Three subcommittees of the Caldwell County agricultural planning committee met recently prior to the meeting of the committee slated for Steve county The cotton met last Tuesday in the National Bank in an all day meeting with Glenn associate cotton specialist of the Extension Edgar Lippe was named chairman for this The vegetable subcommittee met at the Luling Foundation Thursday morning with Clyde Singleton makes and the pecan sub committee elected Marlin Harris their chairman at a meeting on afternoon at Lockhart State County Agent Lindsey met with all three Wynn to Head TB Seal Sale the Lions another Seguin hasn't been pressed in blasting Floresville 136-0 and Luling 42-0, led by the running of halfback Harvey Kutac and quarterback Robert Kramer and the solid line led by the two 212 pound Gary and 198 pound Dennis The Matadors experienced most of whom return from the team that blanked Lockhart 28-0 last averages 186 pounds and has made the wing T of Coach J. M. go very Quarterback a 1G0 likes to call the as well as running The Lions will rely on a starting lineup which has been and should they be able to get their passing game going may be able to open up the Quarterback Tommy halfbacks Gabriel Sanchez and Johnny Fulps will all throw the ball and week's San Marcos game gave an indication that their passing might do some if the receivers can hold The Lions will be considerably lighter than the Matadors with Earl and Ies Kraft or Larry Mueller at Keith Koehler and Don Penrod or Lawrence Flippo at Brooks Corley and Gilbrt Perez at Jim Quarterback Tommy Moore is a 172 fullback Hank Fielder is 170, weighs 125 and Fulps 150. The Matadors starting lineup will be Harry Engelke and Don Cunningham and Jackson at Juan Medina and Jon Nelson Jesse Hoermann Jimmy Kutac and Donald Schubert Lockhart's last victory over Seguin came in 1958 by a 14-0 Their record to date shows losses of 34-6 to 52-6 to and 16-8 to San and a 12-12 tie with New Both San Marcos and New Braunfels are in the same district as Seguin and all three are old rivals of the A Lion victory would be a big but it might not be entirely out of the range of for it took three long runs last year in the second half for the Matadors to down the underdog But they may have to go wide and high to do it. Dr. James Wynn has been named chairman of the Caldwell County Tuberculosis Seal Sale this Sam board The seal sale begins in November and most of the money goes for research and for rehabilitation of persons known to have Tax Payment Now Saves You Money Payment of city taxes to get a discount must be made by the end of Pat city The three per cent discount can help the taxpayer save money and by paying now the city is helped From October I to February 1 no discount is and after February I taxes will be delinquent and a penalty will be Explorer Post May Be Organized Here An Explorer Post for boys 14 or older and in the ninth grade or higher be available in the near Richard director of Exploring from Boys interested in having the program explained to them should be at the First Lockhart National Bank October 5 at 7;30 p. at which time a is will be Collision Costs Man Fine Tuesday damage was incurred in a two car collision 1.4 miles south of McMahan on FM 86 Tuesday when cars driven by Marlin Harris and Raymundo Rangel Jr. sideswiped each other as they drove in opposite Patrolman Nolen Crow But Rangel was hit another blow as he was fined and costs for failure to stop and give No one was hurt Burglars at Work Take Tobacco Juniors Win The junior class at Lockhart presented a skit in behalf of Larry Long for student council Tommy shows Glen Havel who wears the pants in the Three burglaries and a wreck over the weekend were reported by officers this A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon about 2:45 p.m. at the intersection of Pecan and US 183, sending two men to Lockhart neither of the men were seriously but one was heavily The accident took place when a car driven on 183 by Natividad Torres or Confreras went into a spin on the slick road in the rain and hit sideways into a car driven North by Louis Crouch on 183. The Torres car then hit the rear of the Grouch vehicle and came to a stop facing North on side of the Torres ' was thrown from the car and suffered a severe gash in his Both he and Mr. Crouch went to the but were released after Two burglaries were reported Monday morning when Gus and Martin Martinez opened for business at store was entered through the back and the burglars took 2 cartons of 4 of 2 boxes of candy and 2 cartons Martinez beer through a side door is not used and 2 1-2 cases of cash were - At Martindale Thursday night the Caldwell County Telephone Co. was burglarized of extensive damage was in fireproof files which Were torn open with a The same night Carnes insurance was but apparently the burglars were looking for money as nothing
