New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 1, 1956 Page: 2 of 4
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TWO
TUESDAY, MAY 1,
Cafeteria Menu
APRIL 30-MAY 4
MONDAY
Baked wieners, mixed greens,
beans, corn bnead, peanut but-
ter cookies, chocolate or plaih
milk.
TUESDAY
Salisbury steak, gravy, rice,
green salad, apple cobbler, cho-
colate or plain milk.
WEDNESDAY
Hamburgers, soup, peaches,
cookies, chocolate or plain milk.
THURSDAY
Stew with potatoes, green
beans, corn bread, pineapple up
side down cake, chocolate or
plain milk.
FRIDAY
Tuna salad on lettuce, peas,
slice tomato, hot rolls, butter,
chocolate or plain milk.
NEW ERA-HERALD, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
WdnMduy Night
fOAKVM
HAELETTbViULB
Starring Ralph Meeker
with Albert Decker.
Starrng Tommy Cook,
Molly McCart.
“Small Fry” and “Big Fry”
are invited to see one of the
happiest and best of Walt Dis-
ney’s musical dramas.
The manager of the Cole
Theatre announces there will be
a matinee and continuous show
In Cinemascope
Starring John Wayne,
Susan Hayward.
The regular meeting of the
Hud geons Post 230 American
Legion will be held Wednesday,
May 2 at the NYA Building at
8.0b p. in.
All members are urged to be
present as the annual stew sup-
per will be planned ahd business
will be discussed. The report of
the Ninth District conventlbh
which Was held In La Grange
April 21 and 22 Will be heard.
Victor Fishbeck, Post Com-
mander: P. L. Netardus, Adjt.
and F. O.
SATURDAY
May 5
Sterling Hayden,
Yvonne DeCarlo
SHOTGUN
In Technicolor
THURSDAY and
FRIDAY
May 3 and 4
Judy Canova
LAY THAT RIFLE
DOWN
MONDAY
April 30
Last Time Today
THE CONQUEROR
Victor Treptcw, manager of
the local Piggly Wiggly Store,
announced the winners of the
drawing which was held Satur-
day, April 28.
They were Frank Holik, pic-
nic set: Mrs. John Haas, carving
set; Clarence Rehm, six steak
knives: Mrs Hermina Woytek,
bushel basket of groceries;
Charlie Dornak. bushel basket
of groceries: John Svetlik, bush-
el basket of groceries: and W.
0. Johnson, bushel basket of
Groceries.
THURSDAY and
FRIDAY
May 3 and 4
AT GUNPOINT
In Technicolor
In Cinemascope
Starring Fred MacMur-
ray, Dorothy Malone.
TEEN-AGE CRIME
WAVE
TUESDAY end
WEDNESDAY
May 1 and 2
KISS ME DEADLY
Local Colored
Man Passes
Winners At
Piggly Wiggly
“Speaking Derfd”, “A Toast
Well Buttered*’, “Own Nation”,
‘ Forces of Volcanoes” and the
following advertisements: Tfevis
and Raine, Jos C. Williams, S.
B. Noble .Volney Ellis, R. M
Tevis, I J- Foster, Dr. R L.
Smith, D". M B Bennett, Dr.
J 0 Hutchins. The Texas House,
Louis Kaufmann, A W. Hicks,
Lone Star Job Printing, East,
Ballard and Co., E. Heihemann,
John W Kelly, C. ahd W. fib
rell, D. Schwartz and I. Arnold,
Lewis W. Layton, W R. Hinck-
ley. J K Millet, L. Klopman. M
Latting, R-. D. Johnson, Mc-
Mahan and Gilbert, Planters’
House, Baker and Bollihg, Bent-
ley and Cox, A. Blum ahd Bro,
Wilson, Jenkins and Co., Devil's
Broth, Armstrong and Brothers.
Palmetto House, James M.
Smith and an ad as follows
wanted four or five good car-
penters to whom two dollars
and fifty cents a day will be
given L. W Layton.
Paul Boethel’s photostatic
copy of the paper in the show
windows of the Hallettsville
Hardware Company. Does any-
one have a paper older than
this printed in Lavaca Coanjy’
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In Color
Starring Forrest Tucker,
Margaret Whitting.
Watch Weekly
Circulars For Changes
SUNDAY and
MONDAY
May 6 and 7
Walt Disney’s
LADY AND TRAMP
In Cinemascope
In Technicolor
Page Three of American Legion
1860 Home Paper MeOt, Plan Supper
IAPTISM
Deborah Jo, ihfant daughter
flf Mr. ahd Mrs. Calvin Hohen-
see of Houston, was baptized in
the Assumption Catholic Church
Sunday, April 15 bv the Rev.
Francis H Burlton.
Sponsors were Mr. and- Mrs.
Herman Hohensee.
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August Speary of Runge was
a guest Ih the home of his sist-
ers, Misses Elisabeth and Mar-
tha Speary and also visited with
other relatives.
f Winners of the free drawing
fponsoreyi by Armo Mills at
jRainosek’s Hatchery, Sweet
Home, Saturday, April 28, are as
follows:
First prize siiverplate set,
Mrs. John F Janak, Sweet
Home: second prize, dinnerware
set, Mrs. A. J. Matusek, Route
4, Hallettsville; and third prize,
folding table, Walter Huehle-
feld, Route 4, Hallettsville.
TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY
May 1 and 2
THERE'S ALWAYS
TOMORROW
Starring Barbara Stan-
wyck, Fred MacMurray,
Joan Bennett.
SATURDAY and
SUNDAY
May 5 and 6
FURY AT GUNSIGHT
PASS
Starring David Brian,
Neville Brand, Richard
Long.
PARIS FOLLIES
OF 1956
beginning at 4:15 each day.
Dtn’t hUss th* animated tales
Of Jdei Chandler Harris’ “Uncle
Remus And The Critters Brer
Rabbit, Brer Bear and Brer
Fdx” in “Song of The South ”
JatjiOs Bpskett spinns the fas-
cinating yarns, portraying Uncle
Remus and Bobby Driscoll and
Luana Patten are enchanted by
his wonderful tales in this tech-
nicolor feature combining live
action and animation.
It’s a bluebird on your should-
er and laughter in your heart,
so come ori down, because here
cornea the “Eipb A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Show!”
Sam Griggs, well know color-
ed man, passed away in the
Renger Hospital Monday morn-
ing. April 30 at 4:00 a. m at the
age of 77 years, eight months
and 19 days.
Funeral services will be held
for the deceased Sunday, May P.
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Matinee At Cole
Theatre May 3-4
MIDWAY
DRIVE-IN THEATRE
Schulonburg, Texas
TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY
May 1 and 2
Dan Dailey, Constance
Smith
TAXI
Plus
George Montgomery,
Mary Howard
RIDERS OF THE
PURPLE SAGE
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nnBiSs
SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY
MW
DEEM
FURNITURE STORE
1
Heavy Gauge Aluminum
CHAISE LOUNGE
Closely Spaced Basket-
weave Webbing, Red
and Green.
Reg. $36.50
Now Only
Rog. $28.5
Nhw Only
Redwood PlcHIc
TABLES
2 Benches
Woodbridge Folding
Rog. $2.40 $<j .75
Now Only
Heavy Gauge Aluminum
Glider
By • : ' -' 1
Closely Spaced Beaket-
kMvd Wbbbing, Rid
•nd Green.
Reg. $40.80 $AQ-9S
Now Ohly M
JUVENILE LAWN CHAIRS
Armless Reclining
Rig. $2.95
Now Only
Heavy 20 Gauge Steel
CHAISE LOUNGE
Rod Sailor Cloth
Rkg. $16.75 MQ TB
Now Only I V.
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ID A Pressly iV. McGonigil), J.
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956
von
NOTICE
well
OUR SOIL ★ OUR STREKT12
tDcuj
SUNDAY, MAY 13
are man
so
• SAKfO ENAlfetL HWlSHl—ore finished U iMtmoffigiRf, chip-reeistoflt
tdMi in tODAYl
Frank Miller. Henry
W Boyce, fe. and, C
or assist
of your
Con-
door
God took the man
into the garden, to
to keep it.” (Gen
John M. Bennett, William D.
Burt, E S Cook, Maryland Jon-
es, M. Hargrove, Joseph Laught-
er. Sanford Spinks, Jasper Lay,
A A Ledbetter, John Ross, Wil-
liam Ross, T. J Willis. A. Rus-
sell, Dick Brown, W. H. Wheel-
er, Ernest Dreysee, R. Byrn,
Perkins will be the sponsor and
Rev C. C Price is pastor of the
church.
“The Lord
and put him
dress it and
2:15).
On the first Sunday in May,
the Gospel Travelers will be in
Sublime singing gospel songs
and everybody is cordially in-
vited.
..-J as second class mail matter at the Post Office in
Hallettsville, Texas, under the act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Samsonite Carfl Table
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■ -
Smgihg will be at 3 00 p. m.
ahd at 8:00 p. m. at the Orange
Grbve Baptist Church. Bro Will
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or
reputation of any firm, corporation or individual publish-
ed in these columns will be cheerfully corrected upon it
being brought to the attention of the publisher.
tour Mosr-Foe-rNC-MONf r
rotbiMe ruaniTUka buti
A. G. Schwartz, a Soil Con-
servation District cooperator, is
enlarging one of his farm ponds
in the Vsetin community. When
completed, this pond will pro-
vide livestock water for a 200
acre tract of land.
The old pond was inadequate
:n size to provide water for hts
livestock. Soil Conservation
S e r v i c e technicians assisted
Schwartz with the layout of thjg
pond. The Agricultural Stabili-
zation Conservation office is as-
sisting Schwartz with approxi-
mately one-half of the cost of
the pond.
H*ro are th« wtetanding features that make your doflon
$4 efttfeb far When you buy the Sahuonlte Cdrd Table...
The Witting Home Demon-
stration Club met at the home
of Mrs. Max Henrichs with eight
1 members answering the roll call
(with “a news item of interest tc
home makers ’.
The visitors were Mrs. Albert
Hohman and children, Mrs E
E. Hildebrandt and Mrs. T Hen-
richs.
Platts wfete made fot a bake
sale on May 12 at Moulton City
Offite.
Mrs. W. Hildebrandt and Mrs.
Chas Kocian gave a demonstra-
tion on “How To Make An Ex-
hibit ”.
Mrs. Frank Rothbauer gave
the council report.
After adjournment of the
meeting the hostesses served a
delicious lunch
The next meeting is at the
home of Mrs Frank Rothbauer.
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Mr. and Mrs Paul Schroeder
and daughter. Lois, spent Sun-
day in Galveston. .
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SOIL CONSERVATION
DISTRICT NEWS
Broadwater, A. J. Castellow and
S. D. Peterson.
Back in 1874, Miss Josie Vis-
er, of Hallettsville, was in charge
of the music department at a
school at Osage, over in Colo-
rado County
Arthur P. Bagby was a
known attorney.
Reichman’s Bakery and
fectionery, located one
west of A. Arnim's Store, sold
everything from bread'to cakes
He also operated an ice cream
parlor.
HALLETTSVILLE AND LAVACA
COUNTY STORY
Artificial boundaries
made and of little importance.
Soil erosion knows no boundar-
ies and obeys no landlords.
* -k * * *
Improperly sized livestock
ponds will not provide an ade-
quate water supply during per-
iods of dry weather.
(Original land owners of La-; Jones, J C. Fitmie, J. t.. Finnic,
vaca County, continued.) |D A Pressly W. McGonigili, j'
Madison Swift, James Sim- M Smith J. T J Culpepper. S.
Stephenson, |D. Culpepper, Columbus Franks,
Sharper,
John P
Schmidt,
Shriver,
Swartz, Maxwell Steel,
Sanders, F. Shepard, Jac-
Scherrer, William Stone,
Tribble, Moses Townsend,
mons, William H
James Sawev J A
Cammillus Simpson,
Smith, William C
Maurice Simons. Eli
Maxwell
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ploeger of
San Antonio spent the week end
here with Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Teltschick and Mrs. George
Brown.
Soil Conservation Service
technicians assisting the Lavaca
Soil Conservation District are
available to help you analyze
■ your soil analysis. The soil
i analysis may save you many
! dollars by telling vou that cer-
’ tain kinds and amounts of fert-
ilizers are not needed on your
soil.
In many cases a soil analysts
: is not the corryplete answer be-
cause the available soil nutrients
listed on your analysis may not
i be available for plant use. This
: may be caused bv a physical
I cr chemical action which has the
I soil nutrients “tied up in the
j soil”.
Soil Conservation Service
! technicians with headquarters
i in the Lavaca County Court
I House, will be glad to assist you
with'your soil testing
j you irt interpretation
I soil analysis.
There's no other folding fable
damage reeltfbnt —
SO LOW IN PRICE I
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Make Plans For
Bake Sale
Published every Tuesday and Friday
Subscription Rates: one year, $2.50; six months, $1.80; out
of state, one year, $3.00; six months, $1.75, in advance.
John
John
ques
Eliza
Elizabeth Turner, Napoleon D. | Volney Ellis, D Speakerman, G.
Thompson, Isham Tate, Hiram
Turner, Thomas Toby. W D
Thomas. James S. Underwood,
Henry Valentine, Lofton Vess.
Henry Valentine, Lewis
Roeder Mary Veal, A M. Veal,
J. M. Veal, Joseph Volk. Ben
Whitson Richard J. Woodward.
Sarah Wilmans,
A. S. White, Norman Woods,
Moses Wooten, heirs of .1 S
Wilder, John A. Wynmaker.
Elisha W. Winters. Willard Wad-
ham, Anselm Winfield, John
Werneburger. Hiram Warren,
William J Willeford, Thomas G ,
Western, James Walker. William
Wolf, Jonathan Wallace. An- i
drew Zumwalt. Adam Zumwalt.
August Ziegler. Mrs. Susannah
Freeman, Thomas Chadoin. Eliz-
abeth Gi'odman.
D M
caster, L L. Bissett, W H Dial, ■
W I. Granberry. N. L New- 1
som, O. P. Bailey, J o s i a n
N. L. Newsom, O • P Bailey,
Josiah Dowling, B. J. Duke, J
B. P January. A. C. Delaplain,
the Toyah Creek Irrigation Com-
pany, William Blundell, Lewis
Brownsen Mrs. Ella Fagan. K
L. Canthen, G. Huseman, Nick
Brod, S. N. Oliver, C. A. Ballard,
R. Cauthen,
B D. Culp. G. T Hagan. 1 J
Langford. L. M. Manning, N. L
Moore, L. G. Butler. W S Drake,
P. W. Huddleston. D. J. Lloyd,
M .E. McGinty, Mrs. Anna Teal,
Friedrich Zarnow, Joel Baker,
J. H. Clayton,’C. B. Kelly, John
McElroy, E. W. King. D. H. Ma-
comber, G. W. New. J. D. Rog-
ers, T. W. Rucker, Frank Stev-
ens, S. E. Ward, Griffin Wilgus,
E. Winther, Pedro Anzaldua,
' Felippe Baseldua, H P. Cam-
bron, F. S. Coffin. Guy A. Col-
lett, J. R Coryell, Petra Garza,
j (Hallettsville and Lavaca
County in 1873, 1874, 1875 and
i 1876, continued.)
L. S. Pepper, dealer in gen-
eral merchandise, was located
on the north side of the public
square.
M. C. Levey was a dealer in
dry goods. At this time, in 1873,
this was strictly a cash stere.
Performances, consisting of
farces, songs, dances and
forth, were presented at the!
Odd Fellows Hall in 1874 for the I
benefit of Union Sabbath School
Library. Tickets for adults cost
fifty cents: for children twenty-
five cents. Tickets had to be
purchased at the door.
And a post office was located
at Hackberry. Lavaca County, in
1874.
Citizens of Lavaca County, in
1874, were using Johnson's Dead
Shot for cotton worms.
Sometimes there was a bit of
raw excitement in .Hallettsville.
One,young man was shot in the
foot and the other had a bullet
hole put through his coat sleeve.
When James Russell brought
thb first bale of cotton of the
year to Hallettsville in 1874, De-
vall and Bennett purchased it
and paid 13 1-4. cents to the
lucky owner.
Louis Rice was ready to take
photographs of one and all in
Hallettsville and Lavaca County
And at this time, during the
1870's, everybody was spelling
Hallettsville with only one T.
Planting ‘‘El Faso onion
seeds was all the rage. The price
was five dollars per pound
William Kroschel sold grocer-
ies, canned fruits and liquors
He also operated a barroom and
billiard hall. John Speary alsc
operated a saloon.
Dr. B. W. Bristow's office was
located at Bennett and Sheleys
Drug Store
Back ih 1874. the following
persons were well-known citi-
zehs of Hallettsville and Lavaca
S. C. Patton, C. Hoffman, John
Cheney. I Samusth, A Arnim,
I Sam Devall, U Mallory, Thomas
I Reagan, T H. Strfeich, J. W
I Whitfield. B Milby. A t
Cheney. James Brannon, I E
Parks. Jack Speaks, G. P. Parks,
Frank Millet, HenYy Miller. W
W .Boyce, fe. and C. Foster, O.
H. McOttibet, J P Humphries,
Hugh Saunders, Thomas Press-
ly. A G. Patton. H T. Vaughn,
George Mudd, J. E. Neely, R. E. (
New £ra-iicralb
112 South Main Street, Hallettsville, Texas
Established 1872
Owned and Operated by Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Minear
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Virgil Minear, Publisher and Managing Editor
Mrs. Virgil Minear, Editor
Pete Steinberg, Plant Superintendent
, W T Lan-
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Minear, Virgil. New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 68, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 1, 1956, newspaper, May 1, 1956; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1179046/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.