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COVERING LAVACA and DaWITT COUNTIES
LlTME LXIX
Published at Yoakum, Texan Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Hooood Claes
|e Paid at
77960
Thursday,
January 5Ul, tiXI". « CENTS FEB COPY, N». !
issault With Motor Vehicle
Charged In Head-On Collision
the
A charge of aggravated assault
willf a motor vehicle was charg-
ed in pwWilt County Court Fri-
tuist James Henry Bar-
driver of tl»e other
colhded with one oc-
Mr and Mrs Adolph
uf Yoakum
wreck whirl: occurred on
Highway HI near Turner Hall
It
igtiway Patrolman Huge Poage
of Cuero
. Barber 23, is alleged to have
been negligent in driving to the
left of the center line and collid-
ing with a vehicle driven by Mrs.
Jemelka. The Jemelkas
on their way to Turner llall
kup their daughter, Carolyn,
wak - at tend., ig the dance
V
ler wa> being accom-
atsy 1 lenrichs,
at J the two were
D< have breakfast
[e returning home.
from^Luling and
is a senior stu-
Rrcas College,
the two cars was
the left front door
Barbrr Chevrolet was
hurled underneath
ktine Muehlstein of
'was travehng be-
I Bather car Mr. Barber
into the back seat of
[is; Henrichs was lying
lent Rash
Holidays
holiday accidents oc-
|mg the holiday week
concerning people in
leu were still unreport-
Jeaders up to this time,
^slecp at the wheel
to Jim Clarence
Houston who ex-
k and bruises when
ivrolet was complete-
in a one-car acci-
s west of Hal let tB-
-hway 77-A Dec. 24th.
' was on his way to
foakum when lie fell asleep at
the wheel. The car ran off to the
right, and In’ then pulled it over
to the right, crashing into a
bridge banister near Chapman’s
Grocery at Worthing.
stwirr
on the front seat of the car co-
vered with a blanket which she
had used to protect herself from
the cold. Mias Henrichs regained
consciousness after she was ad-
mitted to Huth Hospital.
The Jemelkas were pinned in
their late model Mercury. Mrs
Jemelka suffered a broken left
leg and other inuries. Mr. Jemel-
ka had neck and l»ack injuries,
and both were confined to Huth
Hospital
Miss Henrictis sustained a bro-
ken left jaw and arm which was
broken in three places. Surgery
was performed by a specialist
from Victoria who was called to
pin the broken jaw.
New Champ Named After Setting
All-Time Sales Record On Road
Both cars were heavily damag-
Two Buffington ambulances
were dispatched to the scene.
TraL Ride Sunday
“Western Skies Riders" will
have a ride Sunday, January 8,
1967, leaving Western Skies at
2 p.m. and returning at approx-
imately 5:30 p.m.
There will be a meeting before
the ride at 1 p.m according to
the "Trail Boss”. Abel Villareal.
Saddle Factory
Official Now
TTW Salesman
Tex Tan Western Vice Presi-
dent, at left here, and Vernon
Thompson, right, all-ttnie sales
champ lor Tex Tan.
Annual meetings of the Tex
Tan Western Leather Co. sales
personnel from all states here
recently were the occasion ol
various awards and recognition
ceremonies, according to Tex Tan
Western Vice President Cliff
D>ng.
The top award winner he said
was Vernon Thompson who mark
ed up a record lor 1966 amount-
ing to more sides in one yeai
than any other Tex Tan salesman
had ever made. Mr. Thompson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Thompson of Cuero, has been
stationed at Allentown, Pennsyl-
vania. Considered a Yoakum
man, he was formerly in charge
of a trading stamp center here,
during the years when Cliff Long
himself was usually considered
the No. 1 airlines traveller turn-
ing in the biggest sales records
for the leather products made in
Yoakum.
Tin1 Vernon Thompson terri-
CB Radio Club
To Be Organized
For Yoakum Area
. l.GsnjjiH
r*' On'Bmistmas Day Howard Ban-
nister
Old Ocean was treated
bruises at Huth Me-
Yoakum fol-
Be accident on
Imilcs west of
Iving a 196"
Bulling a 1965
Ion his way
[oakum, the
pad on the
|bd it hack to
Fr. the Scout
caused Ban-
Rse control of his car
fit broke loose, sailed
air, nipping a top
a nearby fence and crash-
ed sift) a trie. The Chevrolet
tuiTfll dver on its top. Both ve-
Were almost totally demo-
towed to City Auto
|Yoakum by company
(KNS
'road 1.9 miles east
d/lYoaktim, a 1953 Chevrolet dri-
by David Carl llaircll ol
kum received medium da-
it turneil over on its
jrell was going east on
ntry road when he failed
h curve. He was confin-
fclie hospital with injuries.
Raymond C. Powell, above, re-
cently holding the position of as
sistant superintendent at the Tex
Tan Western Saddle tree factory
in Yoakum, has been promoted
and trained by Vice President
Cliff bins for the position ol
Tex Tan Western salesman in
the territory including, Virginia,
North Caro’ina and South Cam-
bria.
Mr. Powell has lengthy ex
poriencp in the manufacturing
and designing business specializ-
ing in saddles, saddle tree’s and
rilling equipment in general.
The open road, the jot plane
runways and the cities of Virgin
ia and the’ Carolinas thus are
in Mr. Powell’s New Year plans,
according to the example set by
Cliff Long who does the’ pitching
for Yoakum factories and has a
large team of other first class
salesmen on Ihe job working for
the workers who produce and
manage the supply lines of top
quality leather goods.
Moving to some1 point in Vir-
ginia or the Carolinas is also
in the future plans for Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond C. Powell and
their sons Royce Powell, 16, and
Monty Powell, 20.
:al Winner Announced In
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Lions Peace Essay Contest
Plans for organizing a Citizens
Band Radio Club in Yoakum will
be discussed at a meeting set
for Friday night January 13th at
7:00 o m at Baldwins Business
Co lego, according to CB station
operator Richard Stark of KOT-
0338.
All CB’ors who can possibly at
tend are asked to call Leslie Von
Rosenberg a’, phone AX 3-4114.
Yoakum CB Club officials in
eluding president, vicepresident
and secretary-treasurer will be
elected at the BBC meeting room,-
at 1010 Nelson In Yoakum. Or-
ganizational plans cann for cof-
fee break meetings to bo held
once or twice a month, without
charging dues and without im
I mis mg rules except those the
club may adopt after due con
sideration.
tory including the New York and
New England area was thus re
ported becoming well acquainted
with Tex Tan Western leather
goods from Yoakum, Texas.
Managing a large crew of su-
per-salesmen, Vice President Cliff
Long announced the transfer of
Marshall Tolbert to Pierre, South
Dakota, to handle the deals in
the Datotas and Nebraska. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
A. Tolbert The senior Tolbert is
vice president of Tex Tan Wel-
hausen Co.
K. C. MEETING
WED. EVENING
The regular monthly meeting
of the Yoakum Council Knights
of Columbus will be held next
Wednesday evening, Jan. 11th at
8 p.m. at the meeting room in
St. Joseph’s Gym.
All member Knights are urg-
ed to attend.
Firemen’s Drill
Night Jan. 5th
Regular firemen’s drill nights
scheduled for this month are
Thursday January 5th and Thurs-
day January 19th. Starting time
is 7:30 p m.
Car-Cow Crash
On Hiway 111
A car driven by Edward Koli-
bn, 69, of Hochheim, collided with
a cow on Highway 111 five null’s
west of Yoakum Saturday at 6:16
p.m Mr. Koliba escaped injury
and there was minor damage to
Ihe cur.
Residence Fire
Tuesday Night
Heavy damage was caused by
fire Tuesday night 7:45 p.m. at
the home of Mr. and Mrs G. A.
Jones at 412 Moffitt Street.
The fire started in a bathroq ,
either from a gas heating stove
or from the hot water heater. Mr.
Jones was alone at the time, in
the kitchen, when he heard a
crackling noise and opened an in-
side door to find half the house
in flames Firemen arrived in
time to save other parts of the
house. Some damage by heat
and smoke and water was caused
throughout the residence altho
Ihe major damage was to the
bathroom and one bedroom.
Since there was a heavy loss
of household goods, friends ol
thi’ family announced that any
donations to help offset the loss
may be left with Mrs. Berryhill
next door to flic fire-damaged
home 412 Moffilt Street which is
several blocks from the north end
of Matthew Street in the north-
ern part of Yoakum,
GRASS FIRES
CONTINUING
Fire alarm runs were frequent-
ly calls to grass fires during the
past week according to Ohef
Elmer Hanna who had the follow-
ing fires (hi record:
Thursday December 29, grass
fire at 1:10 p.m. near the resi-
dence of JP E. A. Fields, start
ed by an unusual mishap A gate
to an electric fence laid in the
grass threw sparks to start the
blaze. No damage resulted.
Dec. 29, grass fire at 5:45 p.m.
on Concrete Street, fire started
by fireworks, put out without da-
mage.
Sunday Jan 1st. 5:30 p.m.
grass fire near Isdale Drive just
out ot the city limits out the
Hochheim highway. No damage.
Monday Jan. 2nd, grass fire
at 308 Walnut Street, 1:40 p.m.
Slight fence damage
Monday night half an hour af-
ter midnight, grass fin’ near
Brushy Creek and business route
highway.
Jan. 4th, grass fire at 1:45
p.m. near the Yoakum Canning
Company facilities.
VJ.W. MEETS
MONDAY NITE
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':)• Fin!
The regular monthly meeting
of the Hub City Post Veterans
of Foreign Wars will be held
Monday Jan, 9th at 8 p.m. at
the VFW Home on I»tt St Senior
Vice - Commander Wesley Jiral
urges all members to attend.
A, B. Cain New C. Of C. Manager
At Yoakum City Hall Jan. 4th
Notice Of
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the
Members of the Yoakum Federal
Savings and i/»n Association,
Yoakum, Texas, will be held on
Wednesday, January 18th, 1967,
at 2:00 o'clock p. m. in the office
of Ihe Association, 601 Lott Street,
Yoakum, Texas.
Adolph Janak
Rites At Koerth
Adolph Janak, 65, well known
rancher and fanner of Rt 3, Hal-
lettsville, died Dec. 28th at 2:50
a m. in Yoakum Memorial Nurs-
ing Home.
Funeral services were held at
Kubena Funeral Home in llal-
lettsville and at the Koerth Catho-
lic Church Friday, Dec. 30th In-
terment was in the Koerth Catho-
lic Cemetery.
The deceased, born Feb. 11,
1901 in the Koerth area, married
Miss Annie Janea at the Koerth
Catholic Church on Oct, 29, 1923.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Adolph (Annie Janea), of route 3
Hallettsville; two sons, Edward
amt Victor of Houston; three
daughters, Mrs. Johnnie (Helen)
Mieek of Victoria, Mrs. Herbert
(Willie Mae) Hermes of Rt. 3,
Hallettsville, and Mrs. Anton (Jo-
sephine) Hilscher of Victoria: two
sisters, Mrs. Angclinc Ackcrmann
of Highland, and Mrs. Agnes Bar-
tosh of Houston; and 12 grand-
children.
His parents were the late Jim
and Agnes (IYilansky) Janak. He
was preceded in death by his
l»aronts, one son, three brothers,
one half brother, three sisters,
and one half sister.
Ben Bohuslav
Back In Yoakum
With Hiway Dept.
Plastic Dolls Big Fire Hazard
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Miss El rose Wick, of .'11)1 Maple
St-, Yoakum, a 17 year old stu
d? dent at St Joseph High School,
will represent the Yoakum Lions
Club as Its entry in Lions Inter
il’s $50,000 PEACE ESSAY
won the contest in
Ititlon with other entries
kall the schools to enter the
plnvrl of judging on route
Grand Prize.
Total 6f $50,000 in awards will
1 given including a first prize
$25,900 in educational and or
sreer-aaslstance grant, eight so
F<ni-finaltot awards of $1,000, and
(ravel Expenses to Chicago, 111!
these semifinalists in
f. At that time, tire first
inner will be chosen from
ay was selected by a
h three Judges Dr A E
Mr. Harold Knape, and
iRatochn
the award the
SS Wick's entry
A Reality" was
well composed and comparable to
a college student with a Masters
Degree."
Miss Wick was thrilled when in-
formed that she was the local
winner and has agreed to read
her essay for fhe Lions Club pro
gram on January 10 at Quasi's
Restaurant. The judges and the
winners jrarent.s, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Wiek will bo honored guests.
The Contest, which is the larg-
est Peace Essay Contest in the
world, was initiated to stimulate
and elicit the views of today's
youth on peace-
If Mis* Wick wins the District
2S 4 contest her essay will be
judged in the Multiple District
contest and it will have an op-
portunity to be judged at the
World Division level
Miss Wick will receive a beau-
tiful Lions dub Plaque and a
gift certificate for her 1st prize
Essay at Yoakum.
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Mr Benjamin W. Bohuslav, for-
mer resident of Yoakum, has re-
turned to employment with the
local District Office of the Texas
Highway Department. Mr. Bohus-
lav left this employ in May, 1966,
when he accepted the job of City
Engineer for the City of Victoria.
It was announced by H. C. Vea-
zey, District Engineer, that Mr
Bohuslav has accepted the posi-
tion of Traffic Engineer His du-
ties as Traffic Engineer will co-
ver the engineering work on sign-
ing. traffic signals, and highway
markings as well as other phases
of traffic safely throughout the
nine county district.
The Bohuslav family includes a
son, Steve, 5 years; and two
daughters, Wanda, 7 years and
Sarah, 9 months. Mrs. Bohuslav is
the former Eunice Maehart. They
will reside at 616 Pincham Street.
YOAKUM FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
(151 and 1)
Rites Thurs. For
T. H. McCabe
C. of Manager \ It. Cain
amt Secretary Vir dr Rutledge.
I Elected Chamber of Commem
| Manager here effective January
4th, 1967 Arthur it Cam took ; at 6<H West Grand. Their daugh-
Silver Beaver award. Serving on
the school board was also part of
his career in Yoakum.
Mr. and Mm. Cain reside here
r|v
over duties of office hen
this
Funeral services for Thomas
Harvey "Fritz" McCabe, aged
68 years, 9 months and 13 days,
will be held at the Hebron Baj>
tist Church Thursday, Januaiy
5, 1967 at 2 p.m. Rev. Frank
Hollan and Rev. Ellis Epps of-
week at the Yoakum City Hall.
He succeeded C of C Manage)
Walter Coldewey, in office here
during the past nine years and
resigning recently to devote more
time to ranching interests.
New C of C Manager Arthur
B. Cain ranks among the best
fieiating Burial will be in Hebron known native home townees in
Cemetery. Yoakum Graduating al Yoakum
High School, he then graduated
Mr. McCabe ,a resident of 212 af Rjce University, Houston, ac-
Plaza Street^ passed away at the| quiring a B. A degree majoring
Huth Memorial Hospital at 7:30 jn business administration. He
am. Wednesday. He was bom! waK for 3,9 years the local repre-
March 21, 1898. j sentative of Magnolia Petroleum
e . h' ’f M ■ *'oml,any an<* its successor the
. urviyors are us wi c, is. ^obil Qj| j(js cjvj(. at*tivitios
Flora McCabe of Yoakum, ope im.,udc :i0 membership in
Son, B. T McCabe of Yoakum, ^ Yoakllm Lions rlub c ’f c
one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Boy- mombcrship about the
er of San Antonio; 7 grandchild- jenr,(b
ren; 2 brothers, Sidney of Yoa-
kum and Bernard of San Antonio;
3 sisters, Mrs. Julia Johnson of
Corsicana, Mrs. Maude Linder
and Mrs. Clara Wahl of San
Antonie; nieces and nephews.
about the
of time, and Bov Scout
wink in which he earned the rare
ter, Mrs. Bennett Willis teaches
school at Freeport. TTieir son
Benton Cain is a school teacher
at Melvin, Texas and is pastor
of the Doole Baptist Church in
llial vicinity.
Mr. Cain's father D. B. Cain,
ilow 97, resides at tlie Mauritz
Memorial Nursing Home at Ga-
nudo.
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Active in church work also, Mr.
Cain is Piesidcnt of the Baptist
Brotherhood at the First Baptist
Church in Yoakum.
Formerly Lions Club president,
Mr. Cain lias a well rounded ca-
reer record of considerable value
in directing C of C work He ex-
pressed a desire to have his
friends call at the City Hall of-
fice and voice proposals of all
kinds for making Yoakum a bel-
ter place in which lo live.
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First Baby Of New Year 1967
Rites Due Thurs.
For Hilda Engles
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Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda
M. Engles will be held at Roy
Akers Chapel in San Antonio oil
Thursday, January 5th at 10:00
a. m., with graveside services
at Oak Grove Cemetery in Yoa-
kum at 2:30 p. m. Thursday, Rev.
L. D. Mahanay officiating.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs.
Margaret Boivin of San Antonio
and one bother, Harry Leist of
Douglas. Arizona; also nieces and
nephews.
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Alexander Joins
Zaruba Staff
Closing At Noon
Saturdays OK’d
By Banks Here
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Closing at noon Saturdays will
be the rule for 1967 at both banks
at Yoakum according to officials
of the Yoakum National Bank
and the First State Bank.
Presidents Fred Schiege and
John Kvinta respectively announc-
ed banking hours of 9 a.m. to 12
noon Saturdays throughout 1967.
The new rule they indicated is
in line with schedule’s thronglxiul
the district. Hallettsville, Shiner,
Cuero and possibly all other ci-
ties in this area have their banks
open on Saturday only during the
morning hours and are closed
Saturdays afternoons.
MIKULENKA
HEADS M.O.D.
Plaftic dolls like this one shown i A lighted cigarette was touched
by Mrs. Leonard Walker of the j to the hairwig arrangement on
acoTM were finaled
Herald Times staff are quite a
‘ire hazard accordin'’ to Fife
Ch ef Elrrw r I lanna and others
who heard about the imported
dolls. This doll owned by Laurie
Walker, 2, was destroyed because
of the fire hazard it created a
trend the house.
Tire dolls are Imported from
foreign countries including Eng-
land and Boland and ate made ol
\ nitixxellulnae materia) that cat-
ches fine almoat
can of
quick* I
W hav* I
this doll, then quick as a flash
Ihe doll was hakiheaded due to a
flash fire The head and limbs
would have burned also if nol
promptly sprayed with a fire ex
tinguisher
Several hundred of the imported
dolls are believed to be Christ-
mas presents In this area includ-
ing Victoria, Chief Hanna w« ro-
ad, The identification mark or
the shoe sole of one kind of doll
A. D. Sutton, England"
bam it wm
K&i
unriag, the dotis turn
i am, am Apart stated.
"Cam” Alexander
Mr, W. C. (CamI Alexander,
209 Rose Street, Yoakum, will be
a new member of the Zaruba
Chevrolet Company Staff in Yoa-
kum. Mr. Alexander has retired
from Soil Conservation after thir-
ty years of service. He lias been
a resident of Yoakum for twenty-
four years He is i member of
Lions Club, Chamber of Com-
merce, and Retired Civil Service
Club. He will be salesman for
Zaruba Chevrolet Company hand-
ling new and used cars and
trucks.
Mr. Alexander invitm all
frtonds to cqm me him.
l.ouis P. Mikulenka of Halletts-
v'iiilr has again accepted the
chairmanship of the January
1967 March of Dimes campaign
for Lavaca County.
Mikulenka. a local insurance
man, said he will do everything
together with his campaign wor-
kers to promote a successful
campaign drive throughout the
county .
Farm Bureau
Board Meets
Wed. Evening
■MM.
The DeWitt Cbunty Board of
Directors will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Instead of Monday
The meeting was being postponed
due to the Jan. 2nd. holiday.
Bob Matthew, agency manager
and Bill Kroger, special agent,
will report on Ihe area agent’s
meeting which they are to attend
earlier that day, in Alice.
Alice meeting to • kickoff
far 19W Fbnn Bureau
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Mr and Mrs. James R. Pal-
mer. both age 20 are the j»ar-
ents herewith soon entertaining
their daughter wlio was the first
New Year's baby at Iluth Memor-
ial Hospital Monday January 2nd
at 12:17 p in. in Ihe afternoon.
The baby, a girl named Petula
Paulette, weighed seven pounds
and is tlicir first. The mother is
the former Jeanette Wagner. 1%5
graduate of St. Joseph's High
School, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Wagner of Sweet Home.
The groom, of Yoakum High
School ‘65, is the son of the late
Oscar Palmer and Mrs. Lillian
Sheffield of Yoakum.
Mr. Palmer is employed here
at Tex Tan Western's saddle
shop on Front Street, in Speciali-
ties Division 17 in which they
manufacture custom-built saddles
ranging in price from $500 to
$2,000 each.
The young parents of Miss 1967
reside here at 304 Rose Street.
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First Baby Of 1966 And Then
The Last Baby Of Year 1966
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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel John D-
vorak of 712 IXillye Street, Yoa-
kum, had the first haby of 1966
»n January 7th last year. And to-
day, Mrs Dvorak posed like this
with the last haby of 1966, their
-econd son Daniel Joseph Dvorak,
born Dec 31$t, 1966, at 12:37 p.
m. in the afternoon of that last
day of the year, at Huth llemor
lal Hospital Hit baby
7 pounds.
Latt January j
by wta the
weighed 7
m
ir flM ha
IM and
whom and
ayftr now
oM Jan 7th,
1967
Grandparents of the two babies,
tht first and last ot 1966 here are
Mr. and Mrs Joe Mraz ot South
Houston, and Mrs. Joe Dvorak of
Yoakum One great grandparent.
Mrs. Willie Herapcl, of Yoakum,
also Welcomes the now 1967 baby.
Mr and Mrs Joe Mraz now
have four grandsons bom during
the year 1996
Mr. Dvorak is an employee «
tht highway department at Yaa-
kutn Bridge crew foreman he
some times has duties to any of
the nine counties of Diatrlet U,
often din
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