Burnet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Burnet, TX)

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10 THE COMET every day and 1 was so happy I could hardly remain iu the schoolroom. My pupils spoke of me changing so much. was really young once again. When whool was out I went home ami spent two months ♦»f my vacation. I intended spending the rest of my vacation In the city visiting Mr. Kimble. When I had hecni home • hr« e days, I saw Brute in town and he took me for a short ride, as he had something he wanteti to tell me. I was heart broken when he t Id me that he did not love me any longer and decided he wanted to l»e an old bachelor. I knew tlui, he meant It. so I congratulated him and we prom- ised to be friends forever. I had a wonderful time with all my old friends at home, but was glad when time came for me to go to the city. It was a hot afternoon In August when I reached the it . I called Mr. Kimble after getting my room. He came to see What the Chamber of Com- mere Means to a Town By A llie Cummings The Chamber of Commerce was organised at Washing on, I). C. in 1912, during the time of the National Commercial Conference. This organization has no official relation with the government. It keeps in touch with the affairs of com- merce and production at home and abroad. It's main pur- pose 1h to prevent dangers which might retard commercial development and make note of things which might result in • xiwnsion. It should l e the aim of every business man to work for tlu» betterment of his town. The Chamber of Commerce has ] roved a successful nitans by which to do so. Take for instance the Burnet organization f the Ghamt er of Com meree. It has proved a uecexs in several ways. In February a committee was appointed to see about getting me us soon as he got off from the oih«e. 1 told him hIhcU m vacation and he told me all about ids work at the o c . He teft early as he had to get to work early the next morning, lue next moral.lg instead ol hearing Mr. Kimble's voice over ihe telephone, 1 heard some one's gruff vo te inquiring about me. Ti e |k:Iicemen were sending a car for me and I was t» conie with them. When I reached the house, there in the l d lay Mr. K in hie. noad. He had taken some poison but had written m a note, telling me he knew that we were too happy to remain that way and he could not stand the disappointment. I «as ready t- givr up life when I runembered what the fortune teller had told me when 1 was only a school girl. I was to have wo true lovers hut would be an old maid and my Hie would hi a great ill caning to oilers, f I would hide m grief and gi e my whole lift to teaching school. Ti Is I have ;r i» I t d «. n chicken hatchery In Burnet and it was a air-ctas. Russe I K o. baa instated a large incuha o which i n w in » r. erati n. There was also a committee a pi Kiln ted to secure a show window in which to di pin saui des of the valuable m nerals ii Burnet county. if was leiorted a succe h. Ibis wi.l br a good means by which to advertise the mineral resources ol Burnet County. The chamber of commerce causes a town to be more iittrm- live and properous. For instance in Burnet, the Chamber of Conuiu ne is providing Tor the streets to be worked and doing all uj their power to get good highways running through the ciaintry. Also, by the help of the City Council li is work- ing to get the town more dean and sanitary and urging the lieople to dean up around their premis s. The organ zati n of a town is not really complete unless it has an active Chamlier of Commerce for it is through this orga d zati on that a town is advertised and its welfare pr vhled for. Jean Tyler’s Jldventufe Bp Julia Guthrie .lean Tyler was a cowboy who was not going anywhere an 1 was in no hurry to get tlu re. He was riding along singing. I met my love in the Alamo. when he saw a man ridiii? toward him. This man was a border bandit. The Sheriff s posse was dote upon his trail. He had been shot. Jmc as the imase n de up tlu bandit handed Joan a letter au I aid. It don't make any difference how I got t! is letle . t iit if you are the man I think you are, you will help that girl. ’ After ihe posse had left, Jean went back to bis horse. He had read the letter. It was to the foreman of the Bar X ranch, which was not far away. it told Jean that the writer was sending him Tcm Jones, a man that would make the girl • alk. Jean was sitting on his horse, trying to decide what to do. when he saw a bunch of ifiwn running. He wondered what had disturbed them. He looked more closely and saw that one of them had a rope on her horns. There was s me thing dragging at the end of the rope. He saw that it was a ohCd. He started after the cow and Anally caught up with her and threw her down, lie took the rope from no burns and ran to see if the child was hurt. The little b v bad '•eon riding a Shetland pony when be roped the cow. nr 1 th? “ope caught on his wrist and drug him off. Jean said. Don't you know that you and your horse don carry enough weight to rope cowb.m Bobb’e, for that was the little boy's name, looked up at Jean and said, If you iuidn • utted in I would have hnd her tied down in another mile ‘ Jean took the little boy up behind him on his horse. They rode up to the house. A lyre Morgan had been attending school iu the East, when t-lie was «ailed home t«» the bedside of her father. She and ilc foreman were in front of the house as Jean and Bobbie Hide up. They told her of Bobbins adventure and she thanked .can. A I ne was ready to rhle to town for the mail so after she (liant ed Jean she rode off. Joen thou r■■reed ro the foreman, 1 am tl e man that has come to make the girl talk.' The foicnian said. ‘She 1ms Hist started to town. You -An nit- h her In the canyon where no one will see you.” Jean rode mi off .iust as the real Tom Jones rode up. “I got to r letter telling me almut the girl and the map »bowing the lo- cation of Hie mine you wanted me to get from her. Here 1 am. The foreman looked at the man, “If you are Tom J nos who is that?” and he pointed to Jean who was Just d:sapj ear- ing In a cloud of dust. I don't know but we will have to catch him before he spills the whole thing.” Jean soon caught up with Alfue, who was enloying her vide. He told her about the letter. She said Let me go on to town and you go back to the ranch and we will talk tli s o' er tonight That right Ah tie fo’d Jean I hat her father had die I with- out telling where to look for the map to find the mine will “Just h,- f re be died he gave me this lira c ot and to d me to always keep it. ‘ Would you mird if I toik a good look at it? Jean wanted to know.

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THE COMET He wan born in Tfl finessee, mid Chert be received the great- er t«art of his education. While still in his native state, he gruduat d from Burrltt College of Spencer. Tennessee. And then after touching school for a while he was railed as a private to the (Tilted States Army during the World War. After serving as a private for a while he was ap- pointed as second nontenant. This position he held until the close of the war. After being discharged from the army, he came to Texas in 11)111 and resumed his work ns a school teacher. He wjis teaching school in a little North Texas town in 11)22 when he met and married Miss Ilnsel Ihivis. He continued teach- ing and attending College until lie Graduated from Howard Do you believe in fortune lollera ? I mean the real ones, not the lake women that are with every tittle carnival that tours the country. i visited 11 real fortune telling gypsy when i wuy a only a little, light headed school girl, Inu I shall nev- er forget the things she told me. I laughed at her then, hut I did not know that 1 was laughing at my own fate. Yt.u uni' think I am one f those superstitious old maids who expects seven years of had luck when she breaks a mirror. However 1 ladieve that if you were to sjihii I a . eek or two, or even a month, in my home with me. you would never know that I was not one of the happiest women on until; hut we must remember that there Is a great creator who ha.» our livea in Ills hand and we must make our lives as pleasant as i sand hie for those we arc associated with each day, 1 try to have friends from the In Ides to the oil people. 1 love them and 1 believe they love me. I try to s.i niuitihlzc with everyone and with it were possible for me to lake their pains and heartaches. So they might have more pleas- ure. I have rejoiced with the happy went with the sorrowing, but I have never had anyone to weep with me tn sorrow, nor rejoice with me when I won happy. May lie there is one fine ng you who «mi gytuitathize with me, so I will tell you my story When I was about ten years old my father died, leaving my mother, two brothers, and myself in ibis world alone. Both his i ople and my mother's parent were nice tit us and gave ii a home with them mid It was then that I teal food the meaning of the word , 1 Be It ever so humble there's no place like home, There Is no place on earth that would arcm like home to me without my father. However wo tried to make the best of life. Much of the time, my mother ..as in bad health and T always looked forward to 'he time when I would be able to help make n living for family. Mother a I wavs said get an education, that Is aunt iiing that any one cannot take away from you.” When t Mushed high school i l egan teaching school and studying too, so 1 could do I»etter work and l»e able to get a hetter school ach year. My lust two years In high school was mixed imth with joys and sorrows, ! had fallen in love with a man ten years my smior, but mol her disapproved of ray keeping com- pany with him. I could not reconcile myself to not being i'h hint, so I would mis the entertainments that weio aiv n and go riding with this man, whose name was Bruce Vaught. He was u real brunette; had real black curly hair. Mother never suspected me of not telling her the truth tier» use she Plwavs gileved when I fold her a falsehood. Do not think that I did not love my mother for I would have died for her bad it been necessary. Bruce liked ray mother and did ever - thing in bis power to get her lo like him. He often tagged me to many him but I could not make up my mind to marry ■Q man that my mother disliked so much. He was very jealous 9 Bayne College of Brown wood, Texas. In 1!»24 be was elected as Mu| erin tendent of Burnet High School mid after making a sueoes he was again elected In 1025 and 1U26, Thus ten years of his life has been spent us a successful school teacher. Mr, IaFt'vw 1« one of the few’ men who find his true voca- tion. But of his ability to teach school there is no doubt. He is not only a good disciplinarian tmt has the ability to explain problems and fact that the dullest of pupils tan understand them. He is always kind and fair to all and In this way he ha found his way into the hearts of all his pupils. With his strong body, big heart and trained mind, be lias stK'cecded where many men have failed. Bg Jlda Zimmerman of nu and it made him angry when I wTent with other young im n. This hurt me very much us 1 enjoyed going with ether boys and still I did not want to do anything that wool hurt the man I loved. After 1 began teaching it was quite different. I was away ■from home all the time and our letters were many at first nnrt each looked forward to the time for the next letter. Be- lure rlic fii si term was ended, we did uot write but once a month. I si ill loved him hut could not find time to write Mid I had liecome reconciled to being away from him. Due morning early In the spring I was in the |»ost office wailing until my mail was put up. when 1 noticed a stranger Handing by the door watching me. At first I did not think anything u I mi it tills man but when he kept on watching me. I wondered whom he ccuhl he and what he wag doing in this small village, 1 got uiy mail and had two letters from home; one was from mother and the other was from one of my girl friend». I read them a 1 walked down a mail path to the house where I was itonrding. It made me home icfc to read these lei ter but 1 rejoiced to think T would only I» two more months until I could go home. Tears liognti irdling down ray cheeks, when suddenly I heard .i i-ar routing along the road. 1 quickly grabbed my hand- erchief and dried away the tears; then looked up with a stuile as the car stopiad. The boy at the steering wheel was a cousin to the woman who owned the house where I was staying. His name was Melvin Gorth. He asked me if I would |ikp to ride down to the house and of course 1 aiil Ws,” as it was almost half a mile to the house. 1 went around to the other side of the ear and started to get in, hut to my great surprise instead of the other hoy lieing Richard Gorth. Melvin's brother, be was the stranger I had noticed down In the post office. Melvin introduced him as Mr, Kimble, f course I was delighted to meet him. We all rode oti to the hoarding house and got out of the car and went into the house as the hoys were taking dinner in town ’hut day. When I reached my room, Olga was dressing for dinner. Mie Imd lieen asleep at) morning, so she was up dressing. We were ten minutes late for dinner, but Mrs, Gorth was very nice and of course said nothing about it. We always tried To l e on time on Sunday, for that was the only day Mrs. Oorth had to visit anyone. After dinner Melvin and his friend asked lga and 1 to go with them to a small town about thirty miles away from fbere. We had an enjoyable trip. I «Mill never forget that evening for I loved Mr. Kimble, and It was a different kind of love to that I had always known. U was youth loving youth und not youth loving maturity. He told me that he loved me and some day he wanted to make me his wife and of course we talked on and began plan- ning our home. He went hack to his home In the dty that day and the next day I got a letter from him. Wo wrote each other OtihenLovels Young

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11 THE COMET Alyne took the bracelet off and handed it iu Jean. He examined it clovely. As lie jellied tin catch out, a piece of (taper fell out. Jean banded It to Alyne who unfolded It. It was the map they had la » looking for. Alyne put the map in a box in the safe after Jean had (tone. The foreman and Tom Jones went to the hunk house and tied Jean to the bed. Then they went to the house to get the map. Alyne asked them what they wanted. “The map to the mine ’ they said. “I haven t the map ' Alyne answered. Oh. yes you have. I run search you if that is what you want. said Tom. They over turned chairs and laid s. hill did not hru'l the map. Hobble, who hud go e to lie i, heard the noise'and came running In. The men pushed him hark Into his room. He broke a window pane and ran to the hunk house, There he found Jean tied t» the bed. He united him and they ran back to Ihe house. At the house .lean and the foreman had a fight. WhPe Jean and the foreman were fighting, Tom took Alvne and put her in the ear and drove off. When Jean had “knocked the foreman nut. he turned to pee that Alyne and the mail had gone. He ran ontsiih an! CHRIS. DORBANDT Bp Will Allen Faris The subject for this sketch is f hri«. Dorbnmlt. He wa burn cast of Bertram on the San (hiViol River in about eighteen hundred fifty four. He is one of the oldest oftlz'tis of Burnet County, He lived on the San Gar hr i el until grown. He then entered polities and moved to Burnet. He w, s elected several terms as a peace officer. First he was elet ted as Marshal] and later was elected Sheriff of Hu: net noun tv. He served two terms ns sheriff, lie was us good a pen»e officer ns Burnet has eve» had. He later moved to n Tanch alamt thineen miles Wi t of Burnet on the Colorado Hirer where he now resides. From ihe time he was Sheriff until now he has been one of the most influential citizens of Burnet minify and has probably done as much or more for the county as any other man, . Just Ever Dag Life Bg Jack Fro A iVw years ago Henry Ford and I second a large eon- tract to grub and clear laud. The amount of land according to the survey being about two acres. Henry and I had teen ( ais for many years and had pro- mot'd many schemes. We had always found it very profitable in d inspiring to take plenty ■ f physical exercise while our bruin was undergoing sueli strenuous work. Our scheme at that time was a proposed method of making g’ass out of waler. Said method being very simple indeed, ,:.k all one had to do was to select a nice smooth i omi of wa'er and sil by calmly waiting until the cold of winter caused it to freeze solidly. then pour a thin application of the litjUid that Henry and I Lad compounded for that purpose Bobbie told lilm which way the »iir had gone. He ran to the corral for Ids horse with Bobble at bis heels. Jean got bis horse and rode after the car as fast as he could. Bohlde mounted his pony and followed. As Jean was about to overtake the car the man looked around and ran Into a rock and broke the steering rod in the car. The car ran over a bluff. Just as it went over Jean roped Alyne. She fell over the bluff and was Caught on some grass. Jean pulled on the rope and it slipped off over her head. He did not know bow he was going to get Alyne bag t«. the top. He tied one end of the ror«? to the saddle uorn and the other around his waist There was not a second to be lost for Alyne might slip from the grass any time. F mill' h reached her just as the grass gave way. He then whistled to Ids horse who pulled them to the top. Bobble rode op just as they were getting back on top. Jean told him how they got to the top. He said. “You alt go back down, so I can pull you up with n good horse» 4 They saved the map lo tile mine hut Jean told Alyne, “All lhe gold I waul is just enough to put around your finger. over the ice arnl presto you had thousands of square feet (if gllthS, Vow we were getting along nicely until one day without ever writing us a line, here comes Jno. D. Rockefeller, Jim t Morgan. Kd Harrlinftn and another bird whom 1 believe they railed Jim Bigger. Jim Bigger the one that cheated Joe Jinks out of n fortune, Joe’s the one that got rirn tv Imying G. Rubber siock and then letting old Shrivel sell ft Tor him. They explained that they had gotten I Iron ..f ;he bus rush of the city and had decided to come down and se nd n few days in camp, so all the oli gain: could ix together. Well, of coniae we were more than glad to see them even though It interterred with our important work. This Jim digger looked kinder crocked to me. I just couldn’ make nr self like him and I told Henry so. hut Henry said. Oh, Tu . Tot! Its just that splendid imagination at work again. IPs alright. said. Just you wait and see if be doesn't cause tis trouble. And sure enough I noticed Jim Bigger getting up late at night and sneaking out. I sent an eagle eye on him and finally one night I caught him rod-handed, Tie had gone into our laboratory and had stolen our formulae for making glass. Try as we might we could not recover the formulae nnd as Henry and 1 had always l een careless about our important business we did not remember just want this fluid contained. Now this form nine has been slightly changed and Is well known in the f’nftprt States of Ameilea as Alcomb. After that. Henry and me were two ruined and disheartened men. We decided to drift with the world. So we separated and Henry went to building Fords, hut I am still grubbing ns T don’t rare to waste my time the way he does. I often wonder how my old friend Henry feels when he hears of my success anti he. poor fellow, has to come In at night, after building Fords all day and attend to the kids while his wife cooks supper. Oh well! We can't all be fortunate. —