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LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22,1949
NUMBER 38
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Charlie Kloss
Funeral Rites
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Charlie
Henry Kloss were held from
the Buffington Funeral Chap-
el, Shiner, Sunday afternoon,
Sept. 18, at 3 o’clock, with the
Rev. Edwin Oehlke of the Unit-
ed Dr. Martin Luther Church
officiating. Interment was in
Flatonia City Cemetery. Pall-
bearers were Elo and Edwin
Wolters, Victor Stindt, Victor
Garbade, Fred Cook and Ar-
nold Mueller. Only organ music
was used at the last rites, with
Mrs. V. G. Stindt at the instru-
ment.
Mr. Kloss died from gun shot
wounds, self-inflicted, at his
home in Shiner about 10:30 o’-
clock Thursday night.
He had not been in the best
of health for some time and
had been noticeably despondent
for weeks. '
Deceased was born in Flat-
onia March 23, 1883, the son of
Adam and Emma Wiedemann
Kloss. At the time of his pass-
ing he was 66 years, 5 months
and 22 days of age.
He received his public school
education partly at Flatonia and
nearby Scott’s school. While
still a young man he moved
with his family to the Wied
community, and continued to
live there until 1920, during
this time he followed farming.
Coming to Shiner to make
his home, he first accepted a
position as agent for the Gulf
and later the Humble Oil Com-
pany. In more recent years he
had worked with road construc-
tion projects. He had never
married.
Survivors include four broth-
ers and two sisters, Leo Kloss,
Galveston; Harry, Gonzales;
Ed Lee, Oklahoma City; Robert,
whose present address is not
known; Mrs. H. P. (Frieda)
Hefenbrock, Flatonia; Mrs. Ed.
(Mae) Kasper, Shiner. Seven
nieces and six nephews also
survive. One brother, Hugo,
preceded him in death, also his
parents, his mother having died
POLIO EMERGENCY DRIVE
NOW ON; YOU MAY BE
NEXT; HELP TODAY!
Yater Announces
Vet. Instructors
Fred J. Strauss of Halletts-
ville, instructor in the Lavaca
County Veterans Vocational
School has recently been pro-
moted to the position of a Lead
Teacher. His duties being en-
rollment of students and check-
ing farm facilities. He is also
an assistant to instructors.
Elroyce Schrol\er of York-
town, recent gradj&ate of A. &
I. College, Kingsville, has filled
the position of instructor held
by Mr. Strauss and is conduct-
ing his classes in Hallettsville.
Roeder Reports
Cotton Receipts
Public Weigher, L. M. Roe-
der reports 8,582 bales of new
cotton weighed up to Tuesday
night.
Same date last year 10,371.
FIREMEN’S WIVES
AUXILIARY MEETS
The Auxiliary of the Shiner
Fire Department will meet at
the City Hall, Tuesday, Sept.
27 at 8 p.m. All members urged
to attend.
Dec. 29, 1948.
Mr. Kloss was well known
throughout this community and
friends regretted his rash act
that brought sorrow to his lov-
ed ones.
His death is another evidence
of the uncertainity of human
life.
We bespeak the comfort of
Him who has always borne and
carried our sorrows.
70 ACRES IS ENOUGH
FOR SOME FARMERS
• • •
By Leon Hale
Post Farm-Ranch Editor
When a stranger goes to tour-
ing around over Lavaca County,
he’s bound to note two big
things about that area’s agri-
culture.
One is the small size of the
farms, another is the apparent
prosperity of the farmers.
The average farm, they tell
me, is less than 100 acres,
around 70 or 80, in fact.
The crops are cotton and
corn, just a few cows and
flocks of chickens.
Doesn’t sound much like pros-
perity, does it? But there’s
something about the neat farms
—the fresh painted barns and
houses—that says here are some
farmers who wouldn’t come to
town for high paying jobs with
anybody.
This can be pretty amazing,
too, considering the history back
of Lavaca County agriculture.
Not too long ago an old cotton
disease, root rot, had just about
wiped that area out as far as
cotton was concerned.
It hardly paid to crop cotton
there for a while, those farm-
ers will tell you.
But they’re cropping it now,
and for the past few years they
haven’t found a cash crop to
beat it.
Of course it’s pretty much
history already how Lavaca
County farmers came out of the
red by turning clovers under on
their cotton fields, and beating
that root rot.
But there’s something else
about those farmers, and from
a trip I took over there recent-
ly, I’ve about decided their suc-
cess is due to the fact that they
think so much of a little bit of
land.
I was on the farm of Ernest
C.R.O.P. Cotton
Drive Organized
Tuesday Night
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Krai, who lives about two miles
south of Shiner. Maybe he’s not
a typical Lavaca County far-
mer, but his farm is of typical
size—70 acres.
On one of his fields, there
were some old springs that kept
bubbling up and sogging up the
place. Not a very big section
of the field, but it was hard to
crop where the ground was so
wet all the time.
If that had been my field, I
would have just quit cultivat-
ing that wet spot, and let it go
to waste. After all, it was just
a small area. And farmers in
lots of places would do the same
thing, I’ll bet.
But not Mr. Krai. He wouldn’t
let that patch of land go to
waste. So what did he do but
put in an underground tile pipe
drainage system to take that
spring water off so he could
cultivate the ground better.
He had to lay the tile far un-
derground, so his plow wouldn’t
strike it, and the drainage runs
to heck and gone half way
across his farm to take the
water off that field.
That, to me, sort of explained
why those Lavaca County far-
mers can do so well on small
acreages. Every square yard is
a very important piece of agri-
cultural land.
And if you’ve ever sat down
to eat with one of those Lavaca
County farmers, you know how
they live.
There’ll be at least four kinds
of meat—chicken, beef, lamb
and more than likely some sau-
sage—and every vegetable
known to man. And then they’ll
apologize for having an old
“everyday meal” for you.
Yes sir, it’s amazing what 70
acres can do for people who re-
spect every small piece of it.
With the worst Polio epide-
mic since 1916 sweeping the
country, the National Founda-
tion for Infantile Paralysis has
launched an intensive one week
campaign, to raise additional
funds for the purpose of carry-
ing on the fight against this
malady for the remainder of
the year.
In Lavaca County the situa-
tion is better than in many
counties, but still the Lavaca
County Chapter had to call on
the National Chapter for aid,
and has received from its em-
ergency advancement of $425.
In the recent drive made by
Theatres in Texas for funds to
aid Polio cases, neither the Na-
tional Chapter nor the Local
Chapter of Lavaca County re-
ceived one penny thereof.
Money to be raised in this
Emergency Drive, will go to the
National Foundation and Coun-
ty Chapters may then receive
such sums therefrom as they
may need to aid patents in
their County.
Since January first, the La-
vaca County Chapter has paid
$1,041.00 to the Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation,
Gonzales, Texas, for treatment
and brace of one child, during
the months of January, Febru-
ary, March and part of April,
and the Lavaca County Chap-
ter has also obligated itself to
pay $232.00 to the Robert B.
Green Memorial Hospital, San
Antonio, for the treatment of
one recent Lavaca County case.
So far as we know, there are
no Charitable Hospitals that
treat Polio cases free, some-
body must pay for this serv-
ice, and the Lavaca County
Chapter, with the aid of the
National Foundation, has been
in position to aid Polio cases in
this County so far, but to con-
tinue to do so, our Chapter
must depend upon the National
Foundation for funds which
needs your financial assistance.
After reading this article, we
trust you will make a contribu-
tion to this Emergency Drive,
by either mailing to one of the
undersigned, or handing it to
the First National Bank of Shi-
ner.
Every Civic Organization in
Lavaca County, is asked to aid
in this drive, and make it their
project this week, to > assist in
raising funds for this worthy
cause. Make your contribution
today! .
LAVACA COUNTY CHAPTER
OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Paul H. Fertsch, Chairman
Geo. F. Kallus,- vice-chairman
Bruno Cohn, Treasurer
Too Much Rain
For Cotton
The rainfall of the past week
totaled one and a quarter in-
ches.
It cost the immediate vicinity
thousands of dollars in dam-
age to cotton.
County Report
Cotton Ginning
Frances Strauss, special agent,
states the census report shows
that 9,197 bales of cotton were
ginned in Lavaca County from
the crop of 1949 prior to Sept.
1, 1949 as compared' with 14,-
532 bales for the crop of 1948. >
Lavaca School
Nurses Appointed
Mrs. M. I. Bozka and Mrs.
Lee Fehrenkamp, Hallettsville,
and Miss Gussie Mae Tasler,
Shiner, all registered nurses,
have been appointed county
school nurses by the Lavaca
County school board under pro-
visions of the Gilmer-Aiken act
requiring one school nurse to
every 20 teachers within the
county.
County chairman Rev. A. D.
Klages presided at the meeting
of the Lavaca County Christian
Rural Overseas Program at the
Hallettsville court house Tues-
day night when final plans
were made for cotton collect-
ions at gins throughout the
county.
Ginners were asked to* co-
operate by providing a. trailer
or wagon at each gin to receive
the donations of cotton to be
shipped overseas to help meet
the needs of war victims in
Europe. Rev. Klages asked that
all who can donate cotton or
other farm produce should do
so at once and as generously as
possible since he had received
information that eight carloads
of CROP goods are to be gath-
ered in a neighboring county
and sent to Christian relief
agencies overseas. He asked
that members of the clergy an-
nounce the drive in their
churches Sunday.
The War Department film,
“Seeds of Destiny,” was again
shown at this meeting to il-
lustrate the plight of Europe’s
crippled^ and starving children.
The sound film was shown by
Rev. Clarence Leopold with the
projection equipment loaned by
Very Rev. A. J. Morkovsky.
Ginner Lester Spies of New
Kinkier, present at the meeting,
set the pace for other ginners
in the county by offering to gin
free all cotton donated to
C.R.O.P. Also present to rep-
resent various congregations
were the following: Hans Luns-
man, Episcopal, Hallettsville;
George von Lienen, Zion Luth-
eran, Moulton; E. W. Hoppe,
Lutheran, Hallettsville; Rev.
Henry Psencik, St. Mary’s and
St. Anthony’s, Catholic; Rev.
John Wagner, Catholic, Shiner;
Jerry D. Havel, Shiner; Louis
Meinke, William Petrich, Wil-
lie Loewe, Breslau, Lutheran;
Wilfred Menke, Shiner, Luth-
eran; Frederick Keller, Vsetin,
Lutheran; Anton Trlica, Czech
Moravian Brethren; Fritz Hein-
sohn and Walter Hildebrandt
Witting, Lutheran; Walter
Koehn and Lester Spies, Shiloh
Lutheran; Rev. E. C. Lambert,
Hallettsville, Methodist; Rev.
Clarence Leopold, Hallettsville,
Catholic; Rev. John Matocha,
St. Joseph’s, Moulton; Rev.
Roman Janak, St. Joseph’s,
Yoakum; Rev. Henry Smith,
Hallettsville. Baptist.
Among the first cotton col-
lection points to be listed were
gins at Wied, Midway, Shiner,
Henkhaus, Breslau, B. & B.
Gin and Mueller Gin, Halletts-
ville and New Kinkier.
Principal speaker at the meet-
ing was Otto Goedecke who
told an interesting story of
conditions in Europe from first
hand observation since he re-
turned recently from an aerial
tour of England, Germany,
France, Italy, Norway, Switzer-
land, Belgium and other coun-
tries.
New Law Has Strict Regulations Velek-Koenning
Against Hunting On Private
Land; Effective October 5
Record Crowd
Plan To Attend
Firemen’s Meet
Shiner’s fires are beginning
to blaze as the time draws near
for the Guadalupe Firemen’s
Association which convenes
here in twenty-seventh semi-
annual convention Sunday,
Oct. 2.
The Fireman’s magazine gave
a pictorial display and history
of the Shiner Volunteer Fire
Department in their last issue.
Five hundred registrations
had been planned for but reg-
istrations received, including
Tuesday’s was that 750 had al-
ready sent in their reservations.
The committee in charge of
the eats, again remind the
citizens to be generous in their
donations.
The association falls to Shi-
ner once in about 8 or 10 years
and the Shiner Firemen are en-
titled to all the help and con-
sideration possible.
The fireboys serve to save
and are protectors of our lives
and property, so give them a big
hand.
Have all donations in by
Sept. 24.
Beeville Firemen
Will Compete For
Honors At Shiner
Methodist S. S.
Rally-Promotion
Day Sunday 7:30
The Methodist Sunday School
will observe their annual pro-
motion and Rally Day exercises
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.
A special program has been
prepared and the Rev. S. R.
Horwood will install officers
and teachers of the Church
School following the promotion
awards.
The public is cordially invit-
ed.
All parents are especially urg-
ed to attend with their children.
If the Bible School teachers can
meet and instruct the children
every Sunday in the year sure-
ly all. parents should attend the
promotion of their children and
encourage them as well as the
teachers.
Promotions will be made from
the Cradle Roll through adult
classes.
Beeville Volunteer Fire De-
partment will have a pumper
team competing for first place
in the one-day convention of
the Guadalupe Valley Firemen’s
Association at Shiner Sunday,
October 2. Announcements to
this effect was made yesterday
by Sid Hirst, secretary of the
local department, according to
the Beeville Bee-Picayune.
There will be three contests
at the convention, Mr. Hirst
said. One of these is known as
the Paris rule race, in which
four men on foot contest for
the quickest time in hooking
up hose already lain on the
premises. ,N
The third contest is called the
mystery race. In this race, the
hose is tangled up and in a
snarl. The idea is to see which
team can make the best time
unsnarling tangled hose for a
hookup with the city water
supply.
Beeville firmen plan to enter
only one contest, that of the
pumper race, it was said. There
will be six men on the team.
Nine members of the depart-
ment are in training now for
this event. Six will be chosen.
This team is drilling twice each
week until the convention at
Shiner.
The accredited delegates to
the Shiner convention, chosen
last Tuesday night, are Dan
Mock, Chief A. J. Bryan, Mr.
Mullins and Mr. Trafton. It is
expected 18 or 20 persons from
Beeville will attend the con-
vention.
The Trespass Law, passed
during the last session of the
State Legislature, prohibits
hunting on private property
without the consent of the own-
er and provides fines and jail
sentences for those violating
this law. This law replaces all
other laws pertaining to hunt-
ing or fishing on private pro-
perty.
The law states that it is un-
lawful for any person to enter
the inclosed land (fenced in)
and hunt with firearms with-
out the consent of the owner,
proprietor or agent in charge
of the land. This also applies
to fishing on the land, in tanks
or streams.
If a hunter or fisherman is
caught on private land without
permission, he will be fined not
less than $200 and his license
will be suspended for one year
from the date of his conviction.
He will be tried just like a per-
son is tried for breaking any
other law.
If the hunter or fisherman is
caught without permission a
second time, and faces a sec-
ond trial after his first convic-
tion, he faces a fine of at least
$500 and not more than $1000,
and will have his license sus-
pended for two (2) years, from
the time of his conviction.
If a hunter or fisherman is
caught on private property
without permission a third
time, he faces a punishment of
at least 30 days in the. county
jail and not more than one (1)
year in county jail, will be fin-
ed not less than $500 and not
more than $1000, and his li-
cense will be suspended for
three years.
All fines collected under the
law will be paid into the Spe-
cial Game Fund of Texas. Vio-
lators of the law will be ar-
rested by any peace officer or
by any State Game Warden,
without warrant, according to
provisions of this new law.
This law goes into effect on
October 5, 1949.
Nuptials Read
In Catholic Church
Lutheran Sunday School
To Observe RaUy Day
The United Dr. Martin Luth-
er Sunday School will observe
their Promotion and Rally Day
Sunday, September 25, for
members and their families.
The food committee met last
week to complete plans and
each family attending is asked
to bring fried chicken and po-
tato salad or a covered dish,
pickles, canned fruit and cook-
ies, also provide silverware for
each one in the family.
Lee J. Sedlmeyer, a patient
in the local hospital, was report-
ed slightly improved Wednes-
day noon following three blood
transfusions.
Business Men’s
Club Tonight
The Business Men’s Club
meets tonight at 8 o’clock at
Legion Park.
HELP! HELP! HELP!
FIREMEN NEED HELP
The Shiner Fire De-
partment needs help. On
October 2 the Guada-
lupe District meets here.
Our own Adolph Rich-
ter will preside.
Shiner is known for
its good eats and hospi-
tality. About 500 or
more, visiting firemen,
and many visitors, will
be served dinner and
lunch.
We are in need of
home canned fruits and
pickles, also Irish pota-
toes for salad.
Please leave your do-
nations at E. J. Kempe’s
office or phone 77 and
a committee will call for
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same.
Would appreciate all
donations being in be-
fore September 24.
Shiner Fire Dept, and
Shiner Firemen’s Aux.
Notwithstanding the forbid-
ding weather a beautiful wed-
ding was solemnized Monday
morning in Sts. Cyril and Meth-
odius’ Church with Nuptial
Mass at 8 a.m., pronounced by
the Rev. J. J. Hanacek uniting
in holy wedlock Miss Eleanor
Marie Velek, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Beal and Lonnie
Adolph Koenning, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Koenning.
Witnesses were Edgar Pany of
Austin and John W. Valis.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a dress of
heavy slipper satin made with
elongated bodice, the neckline
being richly patterned in seed
line effect. The pointed sleeves
and back closing was adorned
with satin covered buttons. The
skirt was embellished with
three heavy satin folds at the
hip line and the skirt swept in-
to a chapel train. Her finger-
tip veil of illusion was edged
in lace. Her flowers were a
shower bouquet of mums en-
circled in net and satin stream-
ers. For something borrowed
she carried a mother of pearl
prayer book belonging to Mrs.
Eddie Jaks.
The altar was inviting in ar-
rangements of white asters and
fern.
The maid of honor was Miss
Esther Koenning, sister of the
groom from Houston.
Bridesmaids were Miss Mild-
red Koenning, sister of groom,
of Houston, Miss Virginia
Granz and Miss Lillie Mae
Blohm of Yoakum.
All of the bride’s attendants
wore identical costumes of or-
chid satin, made with very full
bouffant skirts, with fitted bod-
ice, puffed sleeves, and draped
neckline.
Each headdress was oriental
in design and made of orchid
net with forget-me-nots. They
carried nosegays of lavendar
asters encircled in net. The
mothers of bride and groom
wore black dresses with orchid
aster corsages.
The groomsmen were Wilbert
Roznovsky, Herbdrt Ullmann
of Yoakum, Elton Koenning,
brother of groom, and Gqorge
Roznovsky. Like the groom,
they wore business suits with
white boutonnieres.
The bride is a graduate of St.
Ludmila’s Academy, class of
1948, and has been employed
in the Shiner Clinic as recep-
tionist for Dr. W. L. Coleman.
The groom is employed at
Tex-Tan in Yoakum.
A wedding dinner and sup-
per served at the bride’s home
was followed by a dance at
Legion Park.'
The newlyweds will make
their home in Shiner, occupy-
ing the Winkler apartment.
May every joy and happiness
be theirs throughout their mar-
ried life.
Out of town guests in at-
tendance were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Ulbrich, Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Pany,r Austin; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Beal, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Beal, Garwood; Mr. and
Mrs.- William Herman, Louise;
Mr. and Mrs. Arhtur Blohm,
Yoakum. -
CALL SESSION
B. V. M. SOCIETY
SEPTEMBER 25
The K. J. Z. T. Lodge No. 5
Society of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, will meet in a special
called session Sunday, Sept. 25
at 7 p.m. at the Parish Hall, for
the purpose of making plans
for the Golden Jubilee celebra-
tion to be held October 9.
All' members are urged to at-
tend in order to complete ar-
rangements.
The meeting last Sunday was
poorly attended due to the
threatening weather and there-
fore plans will have to be com-
pleted at the meeting next Sun-
day night.
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