Semi-weekly Hallettsville Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 9, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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Herald Publishing Co.
Official Organ of Lavaca County.
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aa Second Claea Mall Matter
Volume 56
Hallettsville, Texas. Tuesday October 9th 1928
No. 28
CASH SPECIALS
REGULAR PRICES GOOD ALL WEEK
100 lb. Sack Irish Potatoes.................................. $1.85
2 buckets Irish Potatoes .......... ............................ 55c
Loose Coconut, per lb............................................. 25c
New crop Dried Peaches 2ibs................................. 35c
100 lb. Sack Salt .......... ........................ $100
25 lb. Sack Salt ............................-----.................... 3Kc
50 lb. block Sulphlur Salt........................................... 60c
50 lb. block Plain Salt................................................ 50c
10 pkgs Gold Dust Washing Powder ........................ 38c
5 cans No. 2 Vs Hominy ...................-...................... 55c
1 set Knives and Forks............................................ $1.00
2 cans No. 2 cut Green Beans ................................ 25c
143 lb. Sack New Crop Rice Bran ........................ $2.20
100 lbs. Wheat Bran .............................................. $1.75
100 lbs. Dairy Ration ....... ....................................... $2.65
5 bu. Sack Oats .............-.......................................... $3.40
100 lbs. Ruthermill Laying Mash ........................ $3.35
100 lbs. Hen Scratch .............................................. $2.85
25 lbs. Chick Scratch ................................................ 95c
100 lbs. Rice Polish .......................................... $2.10
W. G. MILLER
COMMISSIONERS’ COURT j
V. J. Prasek Tax Collector,
! quarterly report approved.
V. J. Prasek Tax Collector.
Expense account for Sept 1928
approved.
V. J. Prasek, Tax Collector
new balance, First State Bank
Hallettsville.Sept. 8, 1928, eon-
! tinued. 1
J. C. Strauss, application for
designation as official head-
, light Test Station, granted.
Hy. Pohl application for du-
plicate warrant No. 7444. Or-
dered issued as prayed for.
Ordered by the court that
! Mrs. Julia Nesrsta be paid out
! of general fund $6 per month
j for 3 months, beginning Oct.
I 10 for herself ■ "Jand her six
children, same to be payable
| to Mi's. B. Mikulenka and to
be spent as Mrs. Mikulenka
see fit, either clothes or gro-
| ceries.
Ordered by the court that
warrant No. 7156 beTissued to
Frank Strnadl, as duplicate,
the original being lost.
Miss Evalyn Belle Brook-
shire, who has a kindergarten
at the home of Mrs. J. B.
Clark and who is teaching
music here, has returned after
spending the week end in
Houston where she sang with
he St.. Paul’s Methodist
^iurch Choir, when they as-
sisted H. T. Hufmaster, choir
director and organist, in a re-
--*al at the church, Saturday
*r*'-nt.
FIRE PREVENTION
PROGRAM
BANK NEWS
The commissioners’ court
ORSAK—HAVRDA
Jerry Orsak and Miss Lillie
Havrda, both of the Moravia
. section, will be married this
(Tues.) morning at the Mora-
via, Catholic church, Rev. Jos.
Pustka officiating. .
The groom is-the son e^Mr.
and Mrs. Vine Orsak. He is a
splendid and industrious
young man.
The bride is a lovable little
lady, fit for a good life com-
panion. She is a daughter of
Mrs. Jacob Kalisek.
The Herald extends congra-
tulations. 1
SCHULENBURG 24
HALLETTSVILLE 6
The Schulenburg High
School Short Horns defeated
the Hallettsville Hi School
Brahmas on the Schulenburg
. gridiron Friday afternoon by
a score of 24—6.
The Short Horns scored
their first touch down- in the
second quarter. The Brahmas
were on the six yard line when
the gun sounded and kept
them from scoring a touch-
down after they had marched
down field with ease.
When the second half open-
ed on the second play Schu-
lenburg fumbled on the 50 yd.
line. Olsovsky, the Brahma
tackle, recovered the ball and
dashed across the goal line
fOi* a touchdown.
After this the Short Horns
The public is invited to at- \ has ordered the bonds-
men of the First State Bank of
Yoakum and Hallettsville who
are on the bond fund of road
dist. No. 2 and county deposi-
tory to meet in the court
house Thursday at 2 p. m. and
make some arrangements to
tend a “Fire Prevention” pro-
gram at the High School audi-
torium Thursday morning Oct-
ober 11th at 9:00 o’clock.
Hon. J. J. Olsen of Yoakum
will make the “Fire Preven-
tion” talk. Other numbers of
the program will be interest-1 reimburse the county
ing and entertaining The bonds of Shiner Road
TESAR—ZAMAZAL
John Tesar of Fort Worth
and Miss Lillie Zamazal of the
Midway section will be united
in the holy bonds of matrimo-
ny this (Tues). morning at
the Shiner Catholic church,
Rev. L.. P. Netardus officiat-
ing. Witnesses are Charles Za-
lesak and Frank Zamazal. Ja-
cob Tesar and Joe Zamazal
act as groomsmen and Misses
Mary Novak and Lillie Wag-
ner as bridesmaids.
After the ceremony a big
dinner will be served at thb
home of the bride’s ^parents.
At night a dance will follow
a sumptuous supper.
The bride is an attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mr?i
Frank Zamazal, and will
make the man of her
choice a good wife.
BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hoyer
of Rt. 6 are the parents of a
fine baby boy since Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Marbur-
ger of Wied are the proud
parents of a baby boy born
Monday.
A sweet baby girl arrived at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Pohl of Breslau last
Thursday. This is their first-
born.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Steffek
of Rt. 2 have a new baby bpy
at their home since Friday.
CAR WRECKS
The cars of Emil Koch 6f
St. Mary’s and Nick Jurecek
of Witting collided on the cor-
ner of Frank Steffek farm of
St. Mary’s Sunday afternoon
about 6 o’clock. Mrs. Koch
received a gash on her fort-
head. Both cars were consider-
ably damaged .
* j_ $ *
A Ford car driven by Leon-
ard Woytek of Vsetin hit into
a w'agon occupied by John Mi-
cek and family who w'ere re-
turning home from town Sat-
urday night. The accident oc-
curred east of town. None qf
the occupants were hurt, bqt
the wagon wras damaged
* * *
A Chevrolet Coach occu
pied by Chas. Elstner and fa
mily and a Dodge car driven
by Emmie Searcy collided on
thenjiighway Sunday after-
Dist. No. 4 amounting to | noon. The Elstner car was
$90,000 and Moulton Dist. No. slightly damaged and the oc
3, $60,000 ,nowr advertised will j cuparits escaped injury. Mar
be sold at the regular Novem-
ber session of the commissio-
ner's’ court.
BEFORE YOU BUY A RADIO
See the complete all electric 8-tube set
A complete line of radio supplies, such
as “A” batteries, “B” batteries, tubes
t w l 9
and immediate Service
STEPHEN JANAK ELECTRICAL
SHOP
Hallettsville, Texas
| Picnic and Bazaar ;
I BIG CHURCH CELEBRATION 1
| Sunday Oct. 14th |
| AT SWEET HOME TEXAS |
i The usual well known Dinner and Supper
I
f
The Hallettsville Independ-
ent School Trustees met with a
number of oUr citizens in the
District court room yesteri
day afternoon to consult
what plans to take in respect
to'Depository and seats that
are badly needed and are lay-
ing at the depot. Dr. Boethel
and N. A. Moreland were ap-
pointed a committee to secure
donations or make some ar-
rangements to get the seats
out of the office. After con-
sulting some of the influential
citizens they suggested a meet-
ing which terminated as fol-
lows: Hon. Chas. Fertsch who
tha Johnson and Marguerite
Jones who were in the Dodg£
wrere injured and the car wafe
badly damaged.
^he City Council and Citi-
zen’s Committee met last night
with the Terrell Bartlett En-
gineers Co .of San Antonio for
the purpose of drawing a con
tract for the paving and sewe^
system.
GENERAL AMUSEMENTS
Big Dance at night given by the local
Societies
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MUSIC BY DARILEK’S ORCHESTRA
EVERYBODY INVITED
Committee.
$
The groom is a son of Mr. j was appointed in a previous
and Mrs. John Tesar of the meeting to look after the in-
Boundary section. He is a
young man of sterling charac-
terest of our Hallettsville In-
dependent School District re-
fer, and is held in high esteem ported to go ahead, that there
by a large circle of friends.
The happy couple will make
their home in Fort Worth
w'here the groom has employ-
ment. The Herald offers hear-
ty congratulations.
SMOLIK—MOZISEK
Anton E. Smolik of Gephart
and Miss Otilie Mozisek of
Mont were married at the
Koerth Catholic church yes-
terday morning at 8:30 o’-
NEW PASTOR INSTALLED
Cuero—Rev. M. J. Lorfing
for nine years pastor, of th*
Lutheran church at Bishop,
cals and made three more Smolik and Frank Berkovsky. i was installed as pastor of the
clock. Rev. G. Kuratko offi-
completely outplayed the lo- ciating. Witnesses were John
is no immediate danger, and
suggested that a mass meeting
be called sometime in April
for the best interest of our
district. Motion made by N. A.
Moreland and earned to issue
warrant for the freight which
the First National Bank pro-
mised to carry until the depo-
sitory will be appointed.
E. J. Timm, P. L. Netardus,
J. F. Bozka, Paul Fertsch, Drl
M. Kroschell, Frank Rother.
Richard Meitzen, Leo Christen
and “Skeet” Morgan are
among those attending the
American Legion Convention
at San Antonio this w*eek.
The editor of the Herald is
in receipt of a complimentary
ticket to the "Little World’s
Fair” which will be held at
Yorktown on Oct. 17, 18 and
19.
Joe Woytek of Needville is
visiting relatives here.
I *
Mr. J. R. Jasek of N(
hrad was a pleasant ca|
Wednesday. He underweniid
serious operation last May and
has not fully recovered but
his ailment is responding un-
der treatment.—Flatonia Ar-
gus.
NOTICE !
_________ ______ _ , A meeting wall be held at
touchdowns, each time fail- ; Flower girls were Mary Mozi- I Lindenau church, near Cuero, Sweet Home National hall Fri-
ing to make the extra point
after touchdown.
Both teams fought hard, but
sek and RosiC Kutach. Both
in an impressive service held day night for the purpose of
in Lindenau Sunday afternoon. | discussing the tomato problem.
Rev. Poehlmann of the Meyers
vilje church and Rev. Poth of
Everybody come.
(28)
Committee.
were dressed in w'hite, one
earned a bouquet and the
the Short Horns outweighed other the rings on a cushion.
the locals by a large margin. The bride wras beautifully ! fhe Nordheim church were the
Knesek and Steinmann were attired in white with wrreath j installing pastors. The new Willie A. Janak, Frank Ku-
the outstanding stars in the and veil. The groom w ore a ( minister.. >ucceeds Rev. Schef- J cera, and Frank Hobizal of
Short Horn back field. For suit of navy blue. Only the i fel, " ho has been called to East Bernard visited here yes-
Hallettsville Ullrich and Sobo-; nearest relatives w'ere present, i Warrenton. terday w'hile returning from a
tik starred in the back field The bride is the daughter, Rev. j Lorfing is a nephew of, business trip to Plaoedo.
and Gillar and Strauss showed of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mozisek i our good friend Phillip Lor- DANCE AT SWEET HOME
up fine in ^Jine, * I of Mont. She is a sweet and ; ring of Hackberry. We w ish
The game Was reTereed by
Shelton of the Texas Univer-
sity. ^
CARD OF THANKS
We, the pupils of the Sac-
red Heart Academy, joined by
our dear teachers take
this opportunity of extending
heartfelt thanks to our be-
generally liked young lady, j the Rev. success in his new
The groom is a son of Mr. | location,
and Mrt. Anton Smolik Sr. of
WEDNESDAY OCT. 10th. MU-
SIC BY BUSKE AND HIS
ORCHESTRA EVERYBODY
_________ _ INVITED.
Gephart. By his exemplary j Our old reliable friend Jos. -
life he has made for himself t hromcak of Moravia paid us ATTENTION C. K. OF A.
many friends. , a pleasant call yesterday ac- • The Catholic Knights of
The newlyweds will make eompnied by his nephew' Hen- America are urged to assemble
at the Sacred Heart Parish
hall Wednesday morning at
their home on the Vinc^Schind- ry Chromcak of Louise, w ho
ler farm south of town. The j had the name of Miss Edith
Herald joins their many ; Chromcak of Louise added to j 8 :30 o’clock to take part in the
loved pastor. Rev. A. Mathis, j friends in wishing them health our subscription list. I procession in connection with
for his generous donation to happiness and prosperity. ( Mrs. Fred Melnar of Rt. J, j the confirmation class,
our School Library of The^ - i while in town Saturday, hand-1
Standard Reference Work Frank and Louis Herman, I ed us the amount, of a renewal j APPLES ! -i
Isidor Jalufka and son and Joe to the Herald . | i Bring a sack. Only 20 bu.
- for Home, School, and Library
consisting of 10 volumes, also
for the Young Folks Library,
consisting of 20 volumes.
Broz of Wied returned last, NOTI
w’eek from a fishing trip to, Will operate my hemstitch-^
Port Lavaca. ing machine at Shimek’s store, i
, 1 (29) Mrs. Gussie Buske.
left. First come, first served.
$1.85 a bushel.
BUCEK’S STORE.
DANCES
Migl’s Orchestra furnished
music for the dance in the
new' Hillje dance hall last Sun-
day, 180 tickets were sold. *
26 tickets were sold at the
°ld tupe tfance at the-Nation-
al H?xr Saturday night.
Ihe Worthing band furnished
the music. The prize for two-
step Was awarded to Mr. and
uJoh!LVase^ of Rabb
Switch. The prize for best
waltz was awarded to Arno
Schultz and Mrs. Theo. Long.
CHURCH CELEBRATION AT
SHINER
Last Sunday the Shiner pa-
rish celebrated its annual
feast On the iBluecher pafrk
grounds. It was a very success-
ful event, a large crowd being
present. The dinner at noon
was bountiful, set on long
tables with the willing women
attending thepatrons and la-
vishly serving them. The pa-
rishioners donated fifteen ba-
les of cotton, twrelve of which
were auctioned in the afternoon
the prices ranging from 18 to
25c. A few other articles wrere
auctioned and sold at a good
price. Several speeches were
on the afternoon’s program.
Late in the afternoon a good
supper was served. A large
crowed attended the dance at
night. Patek’s Band furnished
music throughout the day and
at night.
AMERICAN LEGION
CELEBRATION
The American Legion Cele-
bration at Moulton Sunday
was fairly well attended, A
good dinner was served at
noon, and the day was enjoy-
ably spent. American Legion
Band furnished music during
the. day, A neat sum of mo-
ney was realized from the re-
ceipts.
JURAK—JOHNSON
L. C. Jurak and Miss Ga-
briella Johnson a popular
couple of our city stole a
march on their many frierfds
Saturday night/when tfc
tored to the home of
C. L. Sta^
quietly rnarnld by him.
mediately after the ceremony
the happy couple left on a
wedding trip to Houston .
The bride is the pretty dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Johnson of- our city. For the
past eight years she has been
employed as cashier in Meyer-
hoff D. G. Co. and by her
charming personality has en-
deared herself to a host of
friends.
Thej groom, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Jurak of Sub-
lime, is employed at the
Meyerhoff D. G. Co. He is a
perfect gentleman, and pos-
sesses a friendly disposition
which has won him hundreds
of true loyal friends.
The Herald extends heart-
iest wishes for a long and hap-
py married life.
DR. S. D. KAHN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office above the First State
Bank
Residence phone 103.
(29) Office phone 39
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Emil Novak and Miss Celia
Vachala.
Thomas Bedford (col) and
Mary Rice (col)
L. C. Jurak and Miss Gab*
riella Johnson.
Clyde McKinley Karl and Miss
Lillian Merle Anthony.
Henry Hubenak and Miss
Angeline Orsak.
KOLIBA—HAJEK
James Koliba and Miss Emma
Hajek, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hajek of the Yoa-
kum section will be married
this morning in the St. Ann’s
Catholic church. Rev. C. J.
Benes officiating. The Herald
extends congratulations. #
PRASEK—j-NOVOSAD
Rudolph Prasek of Witting
and Miss Rosie Novosad of
hear Shiner will be married
in the Shiner Catholic Church
this (Tues.) morning by Rev.
L. P. Netardus. The Herald
offers congratulations.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, the
sacrament of confirmation will
be administered in the Sacred
Heart church. First Mass will
be offered at 7:30 a. m. at
which the confirmation class
wdll receive Holy Communion.
Second Mass will be said at
9:30 o’clock after which con-
firmation will be administered
by archbishop Drossaerts, D.
D. of San Antonio. Preceding
the second Mass members of
the local societies wdll form a
procession and accompany the
archbishop and priests to the
church.
Joe, Ben and Henry Bludau
and Miss Helen Woitaske left
Sunday for San Antonio t*
spend a few' days with rela-
tives.
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Strauss, Mrs. Leo. Semi-weekly Hallettsville Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 9, 1928, newspaper, October 9, 1928; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1040836/m1/1/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.