The Lavaca County Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1949 Page: 1 of 6
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The Livestock
No. 31
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1949
VOLUME XVIII
Local-Nine To
of Schools, will officiate.
the ceremony
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the
Senate 0. L’s
VFW
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will play a Student
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ville.
CLOVER 33 INCHES HIGH
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taking part in' ' the
including Hallettsville.
ly 40 members. Dominoes
cards was also enjoyed.
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been allotted approxi-
11.7 miles.
estimated that Lavaca
will receive approxi-
$144,000.60 in the next
Two hundred pounds of com-
mercial fertilizer were applied
to each acre, and the last part
of it was plowed under on A-
pril 2nd. Cotton has now been
planted on the land. There were
118 acres planted in clover, five
The Community qnd Whole County Stand or Fall With the Farmers.”
Rev. A. D. Klages headed the
program at the regular weekly
meeting of the Rotary Club.
With the aid of'Bobby Zumwalt
and Milton Dolezal he devoted
the time to First Aid and its
use and application. The speak-
er, who is the First Aid Chair-
man for Lavaca County, spoke
on the necessities of having
our school pupils take a course
in safety education along with
their other subjects.
A plan is now being worked
on by the Red Cross whereby
all children in grades 1 through
6 will get safety education along
his
for
$24
Os-
They
Charles Wayne Streetman of
Edna, grandson of Mrs. Ida
Streetman of Hallettsville, died
in Victoria April 18th. He was
architect’s
drawing of the new Sacred
Heart School to be built" here.
This Sunday, April 24, has been
set tentatively as the date of
the ground-breaking ceremony.
Construction will begin Monday,
arid the project is to be com-
pleted within 270 working days.
Above are Alfred Hessler and
Henry Hessler, standing in
clover 33 inches high on the
Mrs. August Hessler place on
Hallettsville route 5. A dog is
also standing between the two
men, but cannot be seen be-
cause of the heighth of the clo-
ver. The clover was raised by
Alfred Hessler.
I Above is the
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Reburial Services
For Pfc. Cvicek
Shanghai, April 21. —A
third British warship was shell-
ed in the Yangtze River Thurs-
day. There were 15 casualties.
These would be added to the
26 British sailors already listed
as dead in the shelling of two
other ships Wednesday. A naval
source in Shanghai hinted that
Britain would use force if ne-
cessary to defend British lives.
China’s dormant civil war erup-
ted Wednesday with a furious
Communist offensive along
more than 400 miles of the vital
Yangtze valley. Nanking shook
to artillery attacks from three
points across the river.
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The Lavaca and Navidad Riv-
es and other smaller streams
in this territory were swollen
out of their first banks. The
rain, however, was highly ben-
eficial to all crops and gar-
dens. Several sections reported
some hail, but no serious hail
damage is evident. • For the
first time in several months the
Lavaca River herd was on a
considerable rise.
Practice Sunday
' The recently organized local
Hallettsville Lavacan baseball
squad will practice Sunday at
the ball park. All players are
urged to be on hand. There will
follows:
Abodt 2.4 miles are to be
built in Precinct Number 1, ex-
tending from HallettSville-Yoa-
kum Highway North to St. Ma-
ry’s church, and about three-
fourths mile past to intersection
of road near Brown School.
About 4 miles are to be built
in Precinct 2, being an exten-
sion of Moulton - Komensky
Farm to Market Road East to
intersect with the Breslau-Mo-
ravia Road.
About 2.4 miles are to be
built in Prtcinct 3, being an
extension to close the gap of
the Farm td Market Road from
Mt. Olive North to Intersect
with Hallettsville-Shlner High-
way. '
1 About 2.9 miles are to be
built in Precinct 4, being an ex-
tension to close the gap of the
Farm to Market Road from
Koerth South and East to in-
Capitol of South
Central Texas
Austin, April 20. —The
house Wednesday finally passed
the first of the embattled Gil-
mer-Aiken school reorganization
bills. The vote was 85 to 30.
Backers of the bill beat down
the last-ditch strategy of oppo-
nents who had sought Jto break a
quorum and thus block final ac-
tion by a walkout.
The measure, by Senator Jim
Taylor of Kerens, already has
been passed by the senate but
must go back there for concur-
rence in house amendments.
The house acted swiftly to
force the issue after it had suc-
ceeded in bringing in enough
missing members to have a quo-
rum and do business. It voted,
85 to 17,' in approving the Tay-
lor bill on second reading.
The house had been four
members shy of the 100 needed
to act. The sergeant-at-arms
The Legislature now in ses-
sion,, has appropriated $15,000,-
000.00 annually to be expended
on Farm to Market Roads un-
der the direction of the State
Highway Department, and un-
der this program Lavaca Coun-:
ty has
mately
It is
County
mately
two years, and the mileage to
be constructed will be controll-
ed ny the construction cost at
the time of the letting of con-
tracts.
The new program will be ef-
fective about September of this
year, and construction of these
new projects are due to be
started within the next two
years.
Members of the Commission-
ers’ Court recently met with M.
B. Hodges. District Engineer of
After installation of officers
refreshments of beer and pret-
zels was served to approximate-
~ and
Silgaro Out
On $1000 Bond
Filipe Silgaro, Mexican who
Install Officers
Wednesday
The local post of the
had installation of officers Wed-
nesday night, April 20th. Offi-
cers installed were Fr. Timm,
POst Commander, Lawrence
Rothbauer Senior Vice Com-
mander, Alfred Neumeyer, Jr.,
Vice Commander, Edmund
Rehm, Quartermaster; Eddie
Wall, Post Advocate; Ludwig
Jurak; newly elected trustee re-
pfacin-g P. L.. Netardus; Otto
Lee Zappe and John Vollen-
tine will be in charge of funer-
al arrangements for returning
FLOWER SHOW
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
Due to the; inclement weather
the Hallettsville Garden Club
Flower Show has been post-
poned indefinitely. It was to
have been held this Saturday,
April 23rd.
tent to murder C. V. Jahn, has
[ been released on $1000 bond
Practice , following his examining trial
will continue to^be Ibefore Justice of the Peace Os-
.car Shoemake. His case has
been bound over for the action
of the next Grand jury, Silgaro
cut Jahn with a knife in a deli-
berate attack.
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the State Highway Department tersect .with the Hallettsvillp-
of Yoakum, and the roads ten-1 Victoria Highway, and connect
tatively selected, subject to the with the proposed Farm to
Local Lady’s
Grandson Dies
Bond Drive To
Start May 16th
Volunteers in the coming six
week Opportunity savings bond
drive were told in Houston
Tuesday night that strong eco-
nomy is the best defense fbr
America.
Governor Beauford Jester
and Alvin M. Owsley of Dallas,
former United States ambassa-
dor to Rumania, Denmark and
Ireland, both said it at a din-
ner for volunteer county bond
chairmen from all over Texas
in the Ben Milam HoteL- At-
tending t^e meeting from Lava-
ca County was Leon L. Kaha-
nek of Hallettsville, who has
served this county faithfully
for several years.
The opportunity drive will
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. Now Lt. Biehnnko is about
to be transferred with others
to New Mexico to-the base re-
cently enlarged for guided
missfl tests. Instead of a
plane with a bomb, k bomb is
sent out alone, controlled by
radar, to its target. This is
What the Gernuins were doing
to London and other targets
- in England in the last war.
This time it may be perhaps
dven the atomic bombs deliv-
ered in this manner. Who
knows?
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Here to Eglin Field we came
to spend a few days’ vacation
With 'our children. It is this
writer’s second vacation in
mere than 18 years. For both
of. us it was also a-,sort of de-
layed honeymoon trip in the
year of our 40th wedding an-
niversary. Only much happchcd
rince then in our Jife and in the
world.
The remains of Pfc. Tom
Cvicek, who was killed in Ger-
many on January 10th, 1945,
will arrive in Yoakum Friday
morning, April 22nd. Rosary
will be said at Buffington Cha-
pel Friday night and burial serv-
ives will be held from the
Joseph’s Catholic Church
Yoakum Saturday morning
9 o’clock.
Surviving pirn are < his wife,
now Mrs. Frank Albrecht, one
daughter, five-year-old, Carole,
his mother, Mrs. Agnes Cvicek,
one sister, Mrs. Mary Orsak of
Clark wood.
Souveniers On
Display Here
The editor has just seen
finest array of World War II
souveniers ever displayed in
Hallettsville. All are the pro-
perty of our friend and local
interior decorator, Roy ;a Tlc-
er. who spent ten years in the
army. These souveniers will’ be
on display from this date to
VE Day which is May 8th. See
them in the show windows of
the Hallettsville Hardware Com-
pany store.
be no inter-squad game played js charged with assault with in-
Sunday as was planned because
weather this week made it im-
possible to practice,
sessions
held on Wednesdays and Fri- ’
days each week and on Sunday
when no game is played.' ~
County Receives
Heavy Rainfall
Rainfall that averaged from
about three inches to five inch-
es over the county fell during
the past three days. Halletts-
ville received 2.90 inches, while
Shiner and other communities
received from four to five inch-
PUBIJSHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
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NEW SACRED HEART SCHOOL BUILDING
Britain May Use
Force in China
behind <jf
i. 2 (?. 3
injuries, while Goetz escaped
unhurt.
A wreck that could have re-
sulted in a tragedy for several
people occured at the highway
intersection at Quast's at Yoa-
kum Sunday afternoon. A 1949
Chrysler was heavily damaged
when It crashed into the side of
a large trailer truck driven by
Leo Hoffer..
Hoffer was driving his truck
west, while the driver of the
Chrysler, Mrs. Fred Dlouhy of
Gonzales, was coming toward
Yoakum. k
No one was seriously Injured;
however Mr. and Mrs. Dlouhy
and their baby were given med-
ical aid at the hospital in Yoa-
kum.
The car was heavily damag-
ed and damage to the tfuck
was also cohsiderable.
Eglin Field is one of the
mightiest bases bf our ^ir force.
Over five thousand men are
stationed here. Sd wjth their
families they form a city of
some fifteen thousand people or
mbre. The officers are living
hear the base in modern hous-
es. During the day, when men
are at work, it’s a community
Of mostly young, wpmen and
small children. Most of these
families are living in far better
circumstances than they could
find in civilian life. They are
from various states and the
young people as a whole, above
the average.
At the field you can see
various types of war planes.
There are the fortresses with
which we started over Gor*
many and the superfortresses
with which we about finished
her. And there art fighter
planOs, from the older to the
newest types of jet planes.
My sM-ta-law showed me the
insides of the bombers he
files, formidable weapons, in-
deed.
Lavaca Coimty’s Paper
With the Largest County
Circulation!
FIRST IN PRESTIGE
was ordered to round up miss-
ing members.
Some came in under their
own volition, others in custody
of officers.
The house voted, 86 to 16, to
suspend the rules to. permit im-
mediate final passage. Repre-
sentative H. A. Hull of Fort
Worth had asked the house to
postpone final action until next
Wednesday—until two other
bills in the program could be
acted on.
The Hull motion lost, 78 to
39. Passage on second reading
then came immediately for the
bill, which would abolish the el-
ective office of state superin-
tendent—one of the key points -
raised in opposition—and at-
tempt to unify state direction
of the schools.
Annual sessions and salaries
for legislators won senate ap-
proval Wednesday.
Debate also began on the
See LEGISLATURE p. 6 c. 7
Gerdes Building.
To House Foar
Business Places
The G; H. Gerdes building,
recently purchased from J. C.
Strauss, will house four busi-
ness places. The building is be-
ing remodeled by Loyd Moore
and Force, and large plate glass
display windows are being add-
ed to the front. The filling sta-
tion section is being walled in
with the rest of the building.
The west section of the build-
ing will be occupied by Wer-
ner’s Sporting Goods, with half
of the garage section being
walled off to house a paint
shop to be operated shortly af-
ter May 1st by Joe Zappe Jr.
Zappe will handle Dupont
paints, wall paper, canvas, etc.
Gus Appelt on Tuesday, April
19, purchased the liquor store
in the building from J. C.
Strauss and Gus Sciba is in
charge of the place. Mr. Appelt
will continue in his position
with Werner’s Sporting Goods.
The Lavaca County Butane
Co. will continue operating in
the Gerdes building.
Louis Rothbauer Jr. is doing
the electrical work in the re-
modeling program.
Farm-To-Market Bill Allots Lavaca Co.
Additional Miles of Rural Roads
Walkout Fails, School Bill Passes
Session Shift Approved In Senate
2 years, 3 months and 17 days bodies of veterans,
of age and was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. T. Streetman'
of Edna. Funeral services were
held at the Buffington Chapel
in Yoakum Wednesday, April
20th at 2 p. m. with Rev. Hdl-
lan officiating.
The little boy was born in
Jackson County, Dec. 31, 1946
and is survived by his parents
and one’ brother, Bobbie Ray
Streetman of Edna and one sis-
te Eunice Mae also of Edna, al-
so his grandmothers, Mrs. Ida
Streetman of Hallettsville and
Mrs. Martha Chivers of Edna.
Burial was made in the Ed-
na Cemetery.
City’s Financial
Statement
In this issue of the Tribune
the financial statement of the
City of Hallettsville is publish-
ed. It is a report; fin the fiscal
year just passed. The standing
of the city financially and o-
therwise is shown, with all in-
come and every expenditure
clearly shown. Chock ; it over.
Regional Tennis
Meet Friday
The Regional Tennis Meet
will take place in San Marcos
today, Friday, starting at 9:-
00 a. m. There will be eleven
schools
matches,
In the Boys.* Singles, Royce
Reinhart
from Kyle in the first round. It
Reinhart wins he Will play the
Seguin entry in the second
round. Schools taking part in
the singles division are Camer-
on Edison of Sgn Amonio,. underway, on May 16 and
Bastrop, Crystal City, Sftguin lagt th* h June
Kyle Boerne, Dilley, Round , Texas> „ota is $36)5oo,000.
Rock, La Grange and Halletts-1 chairman7 Kahanek asks the
Vllle- -■ cooperation of everyone in La-
in the boys’ doubles, Halletts- vaca Co. to help make our eco-
ville will meet Seguin at 10:06 nomy secure in this manner,
a. m„ with Tftmmy Bozka and
Frankie Zaruba representing
this city. Schools taking part
In the doubles matches are .Bas-
trop, Camerort, Crystal .City,
Hot Wells of San Antonio,
Granger, ' Asherton, Boerne,
Prairie Lea, La Grange, Se-
guin, and Hallettsville.
Is there anywhere in the
world sand so white and water
sp green and blue as on the Pa-
sadena beaches? Santa Rosa Is-
land seems like a wintry coun-
tryside. Only it’s white'■'sand,
nut snow, soft and smooth Al-
most like flour? Was it so
bleaclicd by the sun, or is there
something in that green water
tjiat washed it out?
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It was from Hallettsville to
Florida in one day. We had
dinner with our children at
home and supper with our
children in Eglin Field near
Pasadena. From Houston the
twin-motor airliner made* just
a few jumps to Beaumont,
“Lake Charles, Baton Rouge,
and New Orleans. From then
-■< It was only Mobile and Pasa-
dena. There our daughter and
her husband with their little
one were waiting.
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Then a quick drive to -Xhei;
home at Eglin Field, where Lt.
Taylor Biehunko is;' stationed.
Tim son of Mr. ah'd Mrs. Frank
Biehunko of Moulton, he is com-
pleting his seventh year of ser-
vice in the air force. Twice he
was in the atomic bomb-tests in
the Pacific. Once he almost lost
his life when his plane caught
fine. He bailed ‘output would
perished as two of his
iriMk did, had it not bedn for
a fisherman who thrived just in
time. ■ ’ ' ■' ; ■ j..
Local Legion To
Celebrate Sunday
The date of the American Le-
gion Family Feast has been
set for this coming Sunday, A-
pril 24. The occasion will start
at 7:00 p. m. al the City Rec-
reation Hall. Cold cuts and all
the trimmings and soda water
will be. serv^i on a h?lp your-
self basis. _. .
The evening will be spent in
dancing and playing games.-
The event is not open to the
public, but each Legionnaire
may bring his Wife and children
or sweetheart. Members who
have their dues paid are invit-
ed to attend this event that
should mean a lot of fun for
quite a number of folks.
Rotary Speaker Sees Necessity For
Teaching First Aid In School
Bill To Did
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Tax on Vote
Austin, April 18. —Proposed
legislation to abolish the poll
tax requirement for voting
broke through more .than five
hours of filibustering Monday
night to gain final Senate pass-
age, 23 tq 2.
Senator Wardlow f llane of
Center talked against' the pro-
posal from 3 p. m. to 8:36 p. m.
with ohe 25-mirtute Urefek.
The: poll tax measure beat
down every atteiipt at crippling
amendments. It moved through
final passage—that to set popu-
lar election on the issue, for the
last Saturday in September of
this year instead of the last
Saturday in August. It goes
now to the House where it must
gain a two-thirds approving
vote before it can be submitted
to the polls for final Action.
Ground Breaking
Ceremony Sunday
Ground will be broken for
the new Sacred Heart School
Sunday afternoon,. April 24th
at 2 o’clock. The Right Rev.
Patrick J. Geehan, P.A., Vicar
General of th? Archdiocese, and
the Very Rev. John L. Morkov-
sky, Archdiocesan Superinten-
dent of Schools, will officiate.
The public is welcome to wit-
ness the ceremony-
with their other subjects; From
the 7th grade on, the subjects
would become more technical
and would be taught by indivi-
duals who are equalified by the
American Red Cross. Such a
course would help eliminate
many of our present day acci-
dents which are caused not by
improper highway engineering
but in many cases by ignorance
and by being impolite.
To support this Rev. Klages
showed the members and guests
present a map of Lavaca Coun-
ty made by Ava June Albert
with markings where accidents-
occured during the past year.
The majority of the accidents
polild have been avoided if the
individuals involved had had
proper safety education.
Rev. Klages then asked all
present what they would do if
they were "present at the scene
of One of the accidents and if
one of the persons involved
i needed attention. Very few peo-
ple would be able to give the
injured proper first aid before a
doctor arrived on the scene.
A course in safety education
See ROTARY p. 6 c. 8
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mokry and
family $>f. San Antonio are vi-
siting at the home of Mr. and
and Mrs. L. P. Mikulenka here. - , _
Mr. Mokry is enjoying his 2- approval of the State Highway i Market Road from Ezzell to
weeks’ vacation. (Department at Austin, areas'Hallettsville-Victoria Highway
Driver Runs Wrong Car Off Hi-Way
Slight Injuries Suffered in Wrecks
G. A. McGee of Yoakum, driv- Goetz was the driver of the
er of a car, ran right into 1 Plymouth. Kloss suffered minor
trouble in a big way over the Uniuries while Goetz escaned
weekend. Near Sweet Home he
forced two highway patrolmen
Off the highway, and was book-
ed for driving wt^le intoxicat-
ed. Me and a companion, J. C.
Holster, also of Yoakum, were
placed in the county jail here
Friday night after the incident
occured.
McGee paid a fine of $124.30
in coftnty court and had
driver's license suspended
six months. Holster paid a
fine in Justice of the Peace
car Shoemake’s court,
were tried Saturday.
In another wreck early jast
Friday night a pick-up truck
And a Plymouth coupe were
both damaged in a head-on col-
lision on highway 200 just east
Shiner proper. Charles Hen-
ry ktoss was the driver of the
l^k-up, while Herbert Otto
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There are fliers here trained
•Ince the war but among thenri
i rsBny war veterans. Some
were there ih the first
IjFnjp which started our air at-
tacks and suffered the moat.
And more men are beinjf train-
ed constantly. Russip may have
. ter army but not a grtat-
ii* -air force. This and the BOMB
H the Only thing that keeps the
- tics from ’’liberating” us
pitalist slavery”, as
of these acres being aided by
commercial fertilizer, The clo-
ver grew from 12 to 22 inch-
es high in places where there
was no fertilizer applied. Alfred
is tractor farming on the farm
that is located three miles out
of Hallettsville on the Schu-
lenburg highway. The clover
used Is Melelotus Indica.
Mr. Hecsler advised us that
he secured 4000 pounds of
20% superphosphate in 1947
and 3000 pounds of superphos-
phate in 1948 and he was as-
sisted by the Lavaca County
See CLOVER p. 3 c. 8
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