The Lavaca County Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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No. 12
E XVII
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
PUBL1
^February 10th, 1948
ROAD BOND MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT
LINE or TWO *
By The Editor
A. P. McElroy Hurt When HorseNDrags Him |?™teiCoTr“““Pe<l’le
RMBR SHERIFF Fmeral HM F" Mrs. l.<, Sh-H.n To Meet HWC, Clt)^ Hall, . p. BL
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court faces.
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Velehrad Area
Gets 50 Coons
bag
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Sweater Girls. Shiny Plumbing Viewed As Omens--
FEMALE DOMINATION WEAKENING UNITED STATES, SAYS BRITON
ager.
Ni I M C
yoo&tft Herald
Times Robbed
He is setting out to prove
that European women have
happier lives than Amer-
ican women became they -be-
lieve a man’s (home is his
castle, not a dog house.
FORMER SHERIFF
SUFFERS BROKEN
LEG AND ARM
any time during the last three
months.
But it’s not so with the
roads just .now. Seldom in
recent years were the roads
worse. Even those sand-
rocked are bad, especially
in some places. Other
roads are just impassable.
shall
good
have,
bed
un-
to
Ku
Delegations represe n t i n g
Shiner and Moulton will also
be present. Since the road
bond issue concerns the coun
try people of this county, each
town is asking that as many
farmers as possible attend
and take pert in the discuss-
ion.
The meeting comes at the
proper time, when roads are
worse than they have ever
been because of the recent
rain and freeze. Recently the
Commissioners Court publish-
ed a letter decribing road con
ditions from the financial
standpoint and otherwise, and
by this time each person in
the county should have a
A total of 7,325 Lavaca
County tax payers have paid
their poll taxes this year, ac-
cording to information re-
ceived from the office of
County Tax Assessor - Col-
lector John L. Smolik. This
figure represents a decid-
ed inerease over the number
who registered last year
when 6575 paid their poll
taxes. Only twice during the
past 20 years did the total
pass this year’s figure. \ In
1928, a total of 8,735 voters
registered, and in 1930 the
husband died in
Stockton was a
the Methodist
President
of the Hallettsvillle Chamber
of Commerce, stated that it
is not up to the C. of C. to
say what should be done, but
it is the merchants desire that
we should give the farmers
and, ranchers of this county
an opportunity to meet in dis-
cussion with authorities who
group assisting him. Dr. Har-
vey Renger was called to the
scene and after administering
aid, the Kubena Funeral
Home ambulance brought the
injured man to the Renger
Hospital.
Mr. McElroy had pride in
his horses and this particular
horse was fais favorite riding
animal. He said it was always
very calm and gentle.
their cowardly face beiiind
a white hood, so during
the war they were hiding
their own treason behind
the so-called 100 per cent
So there never was a bet-
ter time to talk of better
roads than now. This will be
done Thursday night here
at the Chamber of Com-
merce meeting. \Both farm-
ers and merchants are invi-
ted from over all the coun-
ty.
to “game” picked
A reward will be
for each coon caught
James F, Garner
Passes away
placed most of the
on sweater girls and
plumbing.
matriarchy in the U-
iWas away, his pregnant wife
kicked over the firey sym-
bol and called the masked
riders “yellow cowards”.
Bowland said the threat
followed a fight he had at
the school gymnasium with
a student.
Asked Protection
He said he had appealed
to Sheriff Jim Moreland of
Catoosa county for protec-
tion but had been refused.
In a statement to the Chat
tanooga Times, last night,
Moreland declared he said to
Bowland:
“I’m just as scared of the
Ku Klux Klan as you- are.
You should conduct yourself
in such a way the Klan
wouldn’t appear in front of
your house.” ' <
Later, the sheriff refused
to discuss the matter at all.
I Bowland said he* had col-
I lected three shotguns, an au-
tomatic rifle, ammunition,
and a black jack to meet fu-
ture Klan demonstrations.
He added:
“T may get shot, but if
they come into my yard and
See KLAN, page 2, col. 5
understand the road problem.
AH county Commissioners will
be present.
From all idications a large
crowd will be on hand for
the impportant meeting.
Should the crowd be too large
the meeting may be -trans-
ferred to a larger place Thurs
day night. Don’t froget, the
meeting is in Hallettswille at
the City Hall, Thursday night
this week, at 7:8ft».m.
Help get Lavaca County
out of the mud by attending
this meeting.
Washington, Feb. 8. — A
group representing banks,
railroads and other industry
told the government that the
inflation end is just around
the corner, if not already
here.
Houston, Feb. 9. — Wein-
garten’s chain of stores here
will lower flour prices today
10 cents on a 25-pound
and 4c on 10-pound bag.
Sometimes during the
wefek-end the Yoakum Herald
Times office was robbed of a
small amount, taken from a
desk drawer. The money, all
silver, amounted to about five
or six dollars. Entrance to the
place was gained through a
rear window where the screen
Wks cut. There were other va-
luables and a little larger sum
of money in another place,
which was not touched. It was
evidently someone who knew
“The Community and Whole County -Stand or Fall With the Farmers/’
P y There is no greater fraud
, than these so called liberals
I- •/Standing for the worst illibe-
ralism. Nor worse democrats
than those seeing democracy
in the utter undemocracy of
H communism That’s what
some of our college profes-
sors teach.
I The people of Lavaca
County, especially farmers,
are invited to attend the
road bond meeting in Hallett-
sville, Thursday night, Feb-
ruary 12, at the Citty Hall
(Fire Hall), 7:30 p.m. The
meeting is being sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce
here and will be held mainly
to discuss the proposed rural
road bond ‘ issue for this
county.
The Texas State Game,
Fish and Oyster Commission
has turned 50 young coons
loose on the Fred Smith
farm in the Velehrad sec-
tion. According to the report
about 100 more young coons
will be turned loose in this
fame area. After several
years traps will be set in
this section and the young
ones will be caught and
ken to another part of
state
reas.
fered
alive.
Work began this morning,
Tuesday, on the baseball field
that will be ready by base-
oall season. The project, being
supported financiaPy by the
Lions Club, Fiesta Associa-
tion, Chamber of Commerce,
and City Council, will include
changing the diamond to face
southeast, building of a grand
stand, and leveling the field.
A company from San Antonio
will level the field-
in a Serious accident Satur-
day about 11:00 a. m., A. P,
McElroy suffered critcial in-
juries when he was dragged
by a horse on his place just
southwest of ’ Hallettsville.
The former sheriff of Lavaca
County, 70 years old, was re-
ported resting nicely Monday
moffltng at the Renger Hos-
pital. He suffered a broken
right leg at the ankle, a bro-
ken left arm, back injuries
and other lacerations.
According to Alton Allen
; who was called to the scene,
I Mr. McElroy was getting rea-
dy to ride. His foot became
tangled in the reigns that
were hanging to the ground
from the horses mouth The
animal became frightened and
began running, pulling Mc-
Elroy. with him. The horse
dragged him up and down an
open stretch at the house for
possibly a minute or two, un-
til his foot became untangled
and Mr. McElroy was left ly-
ing on the ground. Both bro-
ken limbs were cbiri’pOtlftd
fractures.
Mrs. McElroy saw part of
the accident and was the first
to come to him. Mr. Allen,
son-in-law, who was called,
said the former sheriff was
the only calm person at the
scene. McElroy described just
what had happened to the
oversoaked. f Many tanks
could stand more water.
Hence the crop prospects
look good.
Record Number of City, County
Voters Pay Poll Tax This Year
ta-
the
a-
of-
Dies Saturday
Mrs. Lucy M. Stockton, age
98 years, 3 months and 21
days, died Saturday, Feb. 7,
at 1:00 a.m., at the home of
her son, R. 0. Stockton. The
near-centurian was a well
known lady whose life span
carried her through the deve
lopment of this area from a
wild country to the advanc-
ed section that it is now.-----
The deceased was born in
Lavaca County ,and lived
there all her life. In 1866,
(nee Miss. Lucy M. Liver-
good) she married at- Mossy
Grove and the couple settled
there. Her
1902. Mrs.
member of
Church.
Funeral services were held
at the Kubena Funeral Home
Sunday, at 10:00 a.m., and
burial took place at Mossy
Grove. Rev. O. O.. Moore con-
ducted the last rites .,
Surviving are five sons; J.
W. Stockton of Mossy Grove,
R. O. Stockton of Mossy
Grove, D. A. Stockton of San
Antonio, C. V. Stockton' df
San Antonio, L. H- Stockton
Whether an American or
nbt, every communist here
.is for Moscow and against
[ -mUiis country. No commu-
nist can deny it. What
tliey do to others, the Reds
would do to us, if they could
Everywhere they stand out
as a public treason. ...So
i.„. aikiltey should be also inark-
This has been the hardest
winter in years, which
should destroy a lot of in-
sects. The rains were plenti-
ful but thy grounds are not
> “Because she has every-
thing material her heart de-
* * * - r.
Klan and the Nazi
were only natural aL
What the Nazis were
doing to other people in Eu-
rope, the Klan represented
here. A different name, but
the same spirit. .
,.t'
If the Klan is right, then
our war was wrong and our
boys fought and died in vain.
Oar democracy would be a
failure, if a hooded terror
could replace' our Constitu-
tion, courts and laws- ’
• ♦ *
Speaker Martin warns a-
gainst those who habitually
discredit our government
and congress. He sees in it
a certain element bent on un-
dermining this country in or-
der to capture it.
♦ * *
Multimillionaire Cullen of
Houston is again revealed as
the chief backer of W. Lee
O’Daniel. Both are against
almost everything this go-
vernment does, and against
the Marshall Plan. They may
condemn the Reds but follow
the same line.
sires, the American woman
is tbe most miserable in the
world,” Dingwall said.
“I don’t consider the ap-
proach of the American wo-
man to sex particularly heal-
thy,” he explained. “It’s some
thing like the British ap-
proach ty food—a cpmpound
of puritanism and necessity,.
There’s a national feeling of
guilt.”
Dissatisfaction of the wo.
■men is evidenced in many
revealing ways, like clothes
which emphasize bosoms and
hustles, he added.
“The American woman
would like to be normal but
is unable to be. Her emanci-
The Livestock
Capitol of South
Central Texas
FIVE GENERATIONS—-The oldest 98, the youngest seven months
eld in this Fayette County five family. Left to right,
Mr*. JOHN HAVRDA, JOE HAWCA (standing), MARTIN FARDA.
Mrs. BEARNICE HAVRDA’ VASEK, a#id her daughter, BARBOEA
GENE. Mr. Farda will be 100 year, old Aug. 26. He still read*
without glasses and has never been qeriously ill in hi* Ufa.
The family lives in the St.Johb community.
— Picture Courtesy the Houston Press.
Edward Kusy, Sr,
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Moravia fbr Ed.
Kusy Sr., who passed away
at his home there, Wednesday
evening, January 4th. The
deceased had attained the
age of 51 years.
' Last rites were held at the
S. P. J. S. T. Hall and at the
grave, Mr. Edward Darilek of
Moulton, officiating. • Inter-
ment was in the Moravia
Public Cemetery.
The deceased was born in
Czechoslovakia and came to
this country at the age of IS
years. In 1923 he was united
in marriage to Miss -Bessie
Sccha, who survives him.
with he following children:
Eddie 6f Rome, N. York, Os-
car of Tacoma, Wash., Miss
Marcella of San Angelo, Val-
entine, Miss Sydonia and Jar-
omilla at home . 1 —
Pallbearers were Paul Broz
Mat Cada, Weldon -Trlica
John and Alfons Schwartz
and Chas. Barorak. ~~
Moulton Soldier s
Funeral Friday
Another of Lavaca County’s
war dead is returning home
to rest in his native soil. Pvt.
Edward L. Biehunko Jr. of
Moulton is the next in line.
Funeral services will be
held at Moulton Friday, Feb.
13th, at 2- p.m. With inter-
ment in the City Cemetery.
He was-kiMed m action in
France?July' 21, 4944, less
thaitfJSF ‘ >plel.
( Attorney General T o in
Clark wants all communists
here plainly marked as for-
eign agents, which they cer-
tainly are, to say the least.
,He is against outlawing
them, since that would only
make martyrs out of them.
number of poll tax payers
was 7,459.
In the city of Hallettsville
interest in coming elections
was reflected by a record of
poll tax tax payers. Accord-
ing to information received
from the office of City Sec-
retary Shelleye Kuykendall,
497 citizens of this city paid
their poll taxes. Last year
the number was 414.
• This report indicates that
there is considerable inter-
est centering on the coming
national, state and city e-
| lections. Voters wil show
their strength first in April
in the City Elections, second
in July, third in the August
run-offs, and finally in No-
vember, in the Presidential
election.
K * * *
They pretend to defend
{ America. And particularly
womanhood.
As though this country and
our women would need any
~ protection from gangsters
tfraid to show their faces.
I * * *
U ■ <. This is the same Klan that
during the war was plotting
With the Nazi Bund here a-
,gainst America. For the.Na- •
zi money these so called 100 [
per cent Americans were
scheming to stab our 6oys
over there in the back.
I iy- • *
Chicago, Feb. 8. — House-
wives will find some grocer-
ies a few cents cheaper Mon-
day as a result of last week’s
skidding prices.
Some food chains have an-
nounced cuts in bread, flour,
lard and meat, effective Mon-
day.
Grain Prices stiffened
somewhat after three days
during which most futures
contracts plunged the daily
limit. “The back of inflation
has been broken,” as one ex-
pert declared. . „
Scarce supplies probably
will keep meat prices fairly
high. Yet a Pittsburgh pack-
er said retail meat prices this
week will be lower than at
pation from household chores
drives her into, clubs and as-
sociations and dangerous gos-
siping.
“In her effort to obtain
no.rmal life you find a
necking party in a tourist ca-
bin and what used to be cal-
led companionate mafriage.”
AU •this, hp claimed, is
’ making £ho Ameijcan male
discontented driving him to
hard drink and “frantic pur-
suit of the dollar.”
“I think,” Dingwall con-
cluded, “that I shall be able
to prove that the American
emphasis on plumbing and
bathroom amenities is allied
to that guilt complex I men-
tioned. It’s an act of wanting
to wash it away, you see.” ’
High Prices Are Falling Off
Groceries Are Qieaper-A Little
James F. Gamer, age
years, 1 month, and 16 days,
passed away at his home
south of town, Monday, Feb-
ruary 9, at 3:30 a. m. Funeral
services will be Jieild Tuesday.
February 10, at the Kubena
Funeral Home at 2:30 p. m.
Interment will be in the City-
Cemetery. Rev. Henry Smittt
and Rev. O- O. Moore will of-: >
ficiatc. * - . <! ,
Among the sunders afe
the following daughters, lArs.
J. B. Tarkington andMnfc E.v
S. (Pat) Kelly of here and
M re. Reginald Smith of Hous-
ton; one brother, Henry Gar-
ner of Mossy Grove, Mrs.
Mark Moore of Hallettsville,
Mrs. Maggie Autrey'of Wael-
der.
A more complete report of
Mr. Garner’s life will appear
in the next issue of the Tri-
bune. . ,
That’s the only way to
find out the sentiment about
the proposed road bonds. Co-
lorado County voted $800,00,
Victoria County one million
dollars for better roads. Our
need is not lesser. But it’s
up to us whether we
continue paying for
roads, which We don’t
with the cost of the
ones, which we have.
;. The Klan is riding again.
The papers brought its pic-
ture from a Georgia town.
I Again the hooded gangsters
are out to terrorize peaceful
people. —
K? . « K: «
‘fllliey are yellnw cow-
ards,” (said the pregnant
wife of a high school
coach at Lakeview, Ga.
; whose home-was terroriz-
ed by these gangsters —
the Nazis under a different
■ name...
“Yellow Cowards”,. Pregnant Wife
Says Of Klan Threatening Her Home
Lakeview, Ga., Feb. 5 —
A threat to tar and feather
left a coach and a high
school principal calm,
frighteqpd „ and ready
shoot it out with the
Klux Klan.
And when hooded Klans-
ifien burned a cross in front
of Coach Walter Bowland’s
home on Jan. 16 while he
ociiii wxAikjj a_j« ll* uivvn tun •
of Houston; one brother, John | Leon Kahanek,
L. Livergood of Mossy Grove,
and one sister, Mrs. Tom
Whitley of Corpus Christi;
and 47 grandchildren and
great children.
Pallbearers were Travis
Stockton, E. G. Treptow, and
Carl, Vernon, Clyde and Lon-
nie Stockton.
America for’ instance," he
said. • . •
Diilgwall’.is going to have
a lot to say on the subject
in a book’ he is writing on
“The American Woman and
Her Place in Society.”
From his Eyrie in the Bri-
tish museum, Dingwall is or-
ganizing vast amounts of
material obtained impersonal
i&terviews with lyomcn in
the United States, from eor-
rggpondence and. relevant per
iodicals.
London, Feb. 6th. — The
life of the American female
is raising cain with interna-
tional relations, British An-
thropologist E. J. -Dingwall
said.
He
blame
indoor
The
nited States threatens to up-
set the balance of power in
the world, as well as the
home, he said-
“I don’t see that the Unit-
ed States can ever really have
universally happy foreign re-
lations as long as it—a coun-
try, dominated by women —
has to deal with countries
dominated by men, like South
Work Starts On
Baseball Field
Lavaca County’s Paper
With the Largest County
Circulation!
FIRST IN PRESTIGE.
O^-Tribune to Jiew'Xjweds the change was in the drawer,
only ONE DOLLAR a according to Joe Malec, man-
year.
Ladies Auxiliary
May Organize Here
At the regular monthly
meeting last Wednesday
night of the local American
Legion Pgpt, plans were dis-
cussed to organize a Ladies’
Auxiliary unit. All members
were in favor of this move,
and, we understand, several
local ladies are getting in-
terested in the idea. The
meeting was held at the
NYA building at the Recrea-
tion Park.
Action was taken in favor
of purchasing a motion pic-
ture projector so that films
and special subjects may be
shown for entertainment pur
poses. Chairs are to be pur-
chased for the club room.
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Malec, Walter. The Lavaca County Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 1948, newspaper, February 10, 1948; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177550/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.