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Ah! Wilderness! \(One night this summer Charles Ramsdell, John Henry Faulk, and Bob Eckhardt began reminiscing about their sporting days in Austin two decades or so ago in the Young Gentleman’s Paradise Skeet Shooting and Sporting Club, and an Observer man demanded why no one had written down the minutes of this historic society. A few days later Ramsdell appeared with a manuscript he had written 15 years before and sent to “Scene,” which we gather was a Dallas snazz magazine which folded a few weeks after receiving Ramsdell’s offering. Undaunted by the parallel, but reassured by a rough correlation between the reminiscing and the manuscript, we have decided our readers would be edified by this record of youth in pre-war About a decade ago there was great excitement in the San, Antonio home of Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, whose daughter Wanda, now Mrs. O’Neil Ford, a lovely sub-deb at the time, had been invited to the annual Thanksgiving Ball of the Young Gentlemen’s Paradise SkeetShooting and Sporting Club of Austin. . Wanda and her mother put in two weeks on her new evening gown, and succeeded in turning out a really dazzling creation of flowing silk, with lots of little fluttering flowers. Her escort was to be Robert Engelking, of another old San Antonio family. The whole club consisted of Engelking, Johnny Faulk, and Bob Eckhardt, but Wanda didn’t know thatyet. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS To Lorane Atwell Williams Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Bob Eckhardt, now a fairly sedate attorney in Houston, met Wanda Ford the other day at a party, and they got to reminiscing about the Ball. Mrs. Ford, suppressing an occasional shudder, tried to tell the story of a Sub-Deb’s Shattered Dream, but the memory seemed to be too much for her, even now. When she couldn’t go on any longer, Bob finished the story in his own way. When Wanda, the sub-deb, got to Austin she was met by Robert Engelking in an elegant Tux and a beat-up jalopy. Still, she had never seen him in any other kind of car. She thrilled with anticipation as they drove through the lighted avenues of the city. IMAGINE HER SURPRISE when she found herself on a country road which was entirely unlightedan exceedingly bumpy road, at that. She quieted her qualms with the thought that maybe they were going for a little ride before the dance. But the jalopy turned off onto a side road that seemed to be a sort of, goat’s path through the brush, and later onto what seemed to her widening eyes “more like a pig’s trail.” Finally they arrived at this unpainted shack by the lakeside. And there, sure enough, were the rest of the Young Gentlemen, in their Tuxes, and ladies in evening gowns. A recent flood had evidently covered the cabin with mud halfway up the walls, but this mud appeared to have been scraped off hastily with a shovel, so there was not very much of it left. The music was furnished by Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 29th day of June, 1959, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 112,326, in which Marguerite Connell Williams is Plaintiff and Lorane Atwell Williams is defendant, filed in said Court on the 1st day of December, 1958, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and ‘against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of the Defendant towards her of such a nature’ as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable; Plaintiff furthur alleges that no children were born of said union and no community property was accumulated by the parties; Plaintiff further prays for the restoration of her maiden name of Marguerite Connell, and for the costs of suit and relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiffs Original Petition on file in this office and to which reference is here made; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. WITNESS, 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 13th day of May, 1959. 0. T. MARTIN, JR. Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas. By G. W. BICKLER, Deputy. NOTICE OF SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TRAVIS BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE dated and issued pursuant to a judgment decree of the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, by the Clerk of said Court on said date in a certain suit, No. 109,387, styled Gibb Jett, et al and to me directed and delivered as Sheriff of said County, I have on May 25, 1959, seized, levied upon, and will, on the First ‘Tuesday in July, 1959, the same being the 7th day of said month, at the Courthouse door of said County, in the City of Austin between the hours of 10 o’clock A.M. and 4 o’clock P.M. on said day, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title and interest of the a phonograph, which Mrs. Ford insists is now in the Witte Muand there were three dance records, slightly warped, nicked and scratched. Now came the time to mix the drinks. The Young Gentlemen made quite a ceremony of it. Into a large *ashtubthere was no icethey poured a gallon of California wine, three quarts of a whiskey which Bob Eckhardt identifies as “Old Charnel House,” and, for extra bouquet, a half pint of gin, the offering of a male guest invited by Bob, who realized at once that he had made a mistake. “Imagine bringing a half-pint to a swell affair like that.” A towering colored man suddenly , appeared, and began to distribute the refreshments. He was somewhat blear-eyed and Charles Ramsdell droop-lipped. He had on overalls and boots, and he was coated with fresh mud as far up as his waist. It seems he had just crossed the river on a horse. But the upper half of him glistened with the purity of starched white Johnny Faulk had borrowed a jacket from a Pullman porter. \(Weeks later the jacket was finally retrieved from a mesquite tree, after the porter had’ raised what was for once literally unThe waiter was conscientious. He felt it his duty to sample each defendants in such suit in and to the following described real estate levied upon as the property of said defendants, the same lying and being situated in the County of Travis and the State of Texas, to wit: Tract No. 1 All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of Travis, State of Texas, known and described as follows: Being a feet by One hundred Forty-five of the South one-half of Block sion “B” of the government outlots of the City of Austin according to the map or plat of said subdivision recorded in Volume 1, page 3 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas, such tract being enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northerly direction with the West line of said Block Thirteen alley; Thence easterly with the South line of said alley Severly One hundred Forty-Five New York Avenue. Thence Westthe North line of New York Avenue to the place of beginning, together with all improvements thereon situated. Second Tract: All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of Travis, State of Texas, known and described as follows: Being the subdivision of Outlot Fiftygovernment outlots adjoining the original City of Austin, according to the map or plat of said subdivision recorded in Plat Book 1, page 3 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas, together with all improvements’ thereon situated. Third Tract: All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in Austin, Travis County, Texas known and described as follows: Being the sion “B” of the government outlots adjoining the original City of Austin, according to the map or plat of said subdivision recorded in Plat Book 1, page 3 of the Plat Records of Travis County, Texas, together with all improvements thereon situated. or upon the written request ‘of said defendants or their attorney, new batch of drinks as he served them. It happened to be a cold night. There was a woodstove in the middle of the Ball Room, and it was kept roaring. After a while the waiter shagged over to a position in front of the ‘stove, pirouetted, and laid his body down. He closed his weary eyes, and remained. The night was cold. Large cracks between the clapboards let the wind through. The shivering young girls in. evening gowns stretching their bare arms out above the fallen giant, reaching for just a little warmth, were a pathetic scene. BEFORE THE BALL was over it became obvious that the two quarts of “Old Charnel House” which were being held in reserve would not be needed. And each of the Young Gentlemen simultaneously conceived the idea that it would be a brilliant coup to divert this surplus to his future personal use. One of them, sidling out into the night in a strangely contorted posture, loudly proclaimed his intention to go and fetch some more fire7 wood. As he cached the bottles under a bush, he chuckled happily, never suspecting that two Pairs of lambent eyes were watching his every move. When Bob Eckhardt and his guest finally got back to town, in a state of furtive triumph, this friend \(“at least, I thought he was my friend at the time,”. says tles to his room in the Phi Delta Theta house, where they would penalties and costs, subject, however, to the right of redemption, of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their interest, therein, at any time a sufficient portion thereof to satisfy said judgment, interest, within two years from the date of sale in the manner provided by law and subject to any other and further rights to which the defendants or anyone having an interest /therein, may be entitled, under the provisions of law. Said sale to be made by me to satisfy the judgment rendered in the above s t y l e d and numbered cause, together with interest, penalties and costs of suit, and the proceeds of said sale to be applied to the satisfaction thereof, and the remainder, if any, to be applied as the law directs. Dated at Austin, Texas, this the 28th day of May, 1959. T. 0. LANG, Sheriff, Travis County, Texas by HENRY KLUGE, Deputy CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Betty Valmai Pettit, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austtin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first Monday after expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 20th day of July, 1959, and answer the petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 113,065, in which Rowland Pettit is Plaintiff and Betty Valmai Pettit is defendant, filed in said Court on the 6th day of February, 1959, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges that defendant left the bed and board of Plaintiff voluntarily, with no intention’s of returning, on or about January 15, 1955. There were no children born of this marriage, and there is no community property: Plaintiff further prays for relief, general and sp scial; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office, and which reference is here made for all intents and purposes; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. be safe ‘in his bureau drawer, he said. The next day seems to have been one of those sere, parching days when the barometer and the morale are low, and a succession of ‘seismographic disturbances jars the surface of the earth. Bob could hardly wait to repossess his share of the loot. But his false friend turned on him the sorrowful eyes of a spaniel. “I just don’t see how it happened,” he mourned. “But somebody stole all both bottles.” Bob is still bitter about it. “I wouldn’t have expected anything else from the other Young Gentlemen of the Paradise Skeetshooting and Sporting Club. But this was my guest. He hadn’t ought to have done it.”