New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 21, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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“The other day I took a friend
of mine on a trip and we stopped
in Hallettsville. It was his first
visit to your city and my friend
was impressed with the neatness,
cleanliness and attractiveness of
Hallettsville.
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nee,” a Christmas
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bted here Sunday
rw First Baptist
kun which was
potn-
settlas, greenery and candles.
The program opened with a
prelude by Mra. Cecil B. Boyd and
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carried small children past the 'j
box of
Senior Landscape Adviser Rud-
olph Riefkogel, of the Texas
Highway department, is favor-
ably impressed with the beauty
and cleanliness of Hallettsville
he insisted in a letter read re-
cently to members of the Garden
Club by Mrs. Farley Turk.
Said Mr. Riefkogel in his letter
addressed to Club President Mrs.
Turk:
“Please accept my thanks for
your thoughtfulness in sending
me the New Era-Herald with the
two well written articles on
Highway Beautification and the
meeting of the Hallettsville Gar-
den Club. ' .
-argest Paid-up
Circulation In
Lavaca County
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Whitleys Escape
Injury I n Ganado
Car Wreck Tuesday
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dith, was pro
night at the
Church audit
beautifully decorated with
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Approximately 2000 children
from all parts of Lavaca County
received the same number of
giant sticks of candy, apples and
oranges at the courthouse hero
Saturday between 2 and 3 o’clock
after the Santa Claus Day Paradk
led by Santa in full costume,
formed near Timm's Store and
proceeded to circle the square to.
the music of the uniformed Hal-
lettsville High School Ban4
which played an arrangement St
“Jingle Bells" interpolated with
choruses from “Merrily We Roti
Along” and “Auld Lang Zyne.*
Following the long-bearded
Santa in the parade were mea*
bers of the HHS Rhythm Band In
their red, black and gold uni-
forms. the Sacred Heart school
Rhythm Band in red and whilst
and the maroon-and-white cM
Hallettsville High School Band .
led hv Majorette Elrose Schroe-
der and Twlrlers SaRita OM-
goner, Janet Mertz and LaNeDe
Miller.
Large crowds of people lined
downtown streets, many of them
joining in the procession through
the courthouse lobby as they lad
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talkative Santa and his assistant! „J
who emptied box after box Of
Christmas fruit and candy. VStH
lavacTcol-
COMMITTEEMEN
FOR 1949pEC
id the Christmas tree. It is 1
rous to use paper or cotton
Mating the tree.
orations should never 1
near chairs or other places ;
t people may smoke, and
f of ash trays should be
I around the house during
oliday season, as always. It
kerable to put decorations
•ar the ceiling, well above
nd of anyone standing up.
dies should not be used as
>f the Yuletide decorations.
Ins and other flammable
tods should be pulled back at
JiX inches from any electric
ful,” was sung by the congrega-
tion and choir.
Also sung at {intervals during
appropriate services were the
carols and hymns “Silent Night,
Holy Night,” “Tis The Merry
Christmas Season,” “Christmas
Bells,” “On the Wings Of a Song,”
“The Light of the Bethlehem
Star,” "Glory To God,” and “Tid-
ings of Peace.”
le Fire Chief emphasized that
e simple precautions would
prevent the tragedies which
s marred previous holiday
tillate have been produced at Me
well, according to Leroy Mikeeka*
local employee of the StanoSM
Company which is also provk***
dry gas to United Gas Compter
pipelines at the rate of about two
million cubic feet per day.
First steps in refining the dts-
Followlng is a list of OX
teemen and Delegates that
elected December 8 in a CM
wide poll that wUl repx
fanners In the County in adt
terlng the IMS Lavaca Ct
Agricultural Farm Program
announced Uy J. Lynn 1
Administrative Officer at
Lavaca County ACA:
Delegate' Alfred Grace*
COACMRAHMAS
The Hallettsville Quarterback
Club treated the entire Brahma
football squad and Coach Bor-
chert to a banquet at Vollentlnes
Thursday night , in recognition of
their outstanding record in 1948
conference football competition.
Festivities began at about 8
p.m, with Dr. Harvey Renger
serving as Master of Ceremonies
and Eli Rubin leading in the
singing of “America” by the
large gathering. Invocation was
by E.~ S. (Pat) Kelly and as an
opening feature of the program
Coach Borchert introduced each
of his players to the local Quar-
terback Clubbers and the guests
among whom were Dr. V. T.
Schuhardt and Texas University
coach “Bully” Gilstrap, both of
Austin.
Dr. Schuhardt, the first Halletts
ville High School_Brphma_£8ach
and the man who named the
team the “Brahmas,” gave an en-
tertaining talk and in turn in-
troduced Mr. Gilstrap- who also ,
regaled the audience with -a thor-
oughly enjoyable sports commen-
tary and discussed the Sugar '
Henry Ulcak brought back a
nice 10-point buck from a hunt
Dec. 8 in the John Rhodes pasture
in Gonsales County.
Also among the lucky hunters
recently was C. E. Debord, with
an 8-pointer, killed at the A. L.
Debord Ranch Dec. 16.
On Saturday, Dec. 18, five deer
were brought into the cold stor-
age plant operated here by Jodie
Bludau. Fred Kantske brought in
a lO.polnter from the Vienna sec-
tion, Senator Gus Strauss a 9-
polnter from the Moss Ranch in
Llano County, George Rees a 7
pointer, and Billy ,T. Powell a
10 pointer and a 4-polnter from
Zapata County. '
Sunday, Qtc. 19, Edsel Kahanek
bagged a 9-pointer at the Kahan-
ek Ranch. -A •.
Eugene Anderson killed an 8
- pt. buck at the Hy Pohl’s place
at Vienna Saturday. : - I
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HOUSTON—Herschel and. Char-
les Duncan, owners of the Dun-
can Coffee • Company, announced
December 16 at the Employees
Annual Christmas Party distribu-
tion of a bonus to all plant and
clerical workers. This was the
30th consecutive year that em-
ployees have participated In the
profits of the Company. Aboflt
500 employees were present for
the ceremonies.
Commencing with small begin-
nings and a staff of only eight
people, the Company, which is
celebrating its 30th anniversary,
is today the largest Independent
coffee roaster in the Southwest
Plants are maintained in Hous-
ton, Dallas, San Antonio, and
Corpus Christi, and selling opera-
tions are conducted in six states.
“I have always believed In
sharing our earnings**, Mid Her-
schel Duncan, president -"Our
employees, many of whom have
beeh with us for nearly 30 yean,
are our associates in business. We
are proud of each and every one
> floral offerings added
l and beauty .to the
'hich unusual tribute
» Sgt. Stelnocher who
ton on Italian soil June
t had entered Ahny
S aref his parents, Mr.
ndtend, as a
us practice.”
*mrtM are^^bl’e^and riOt to QUOte Wm by n“’e 81hce
of ” snow shmnl ,le didn,t want hls 8tamP c01^
• ettrtatmM in« bobby Interfere with his
tegular line of work.
To prove his point, the visitor
from Austin produced a photosta-
™ i tfc copy of a letter and “home
made” stamp postmarked In Hal-
lettsville August 21, 1864, and ad-
dressed to Stephen Crosby in
Austin, Texas.
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While travelling along the high-
way Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
between Louise and Ganado in
their Model A Pickup with trailer
attached, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy
Whitley of Sublime were hit from
the rear by a 1949 Mercury which
was said to have been speeding at
about 70 miles an hour. No one
was injured, or at least no
was found injured. .. ____
The Mercury, occupied by two
young men who disappeared after
the crash, was a stolen car, from
El Campo, according to officers
who investigated and searched
throughout the night in a fruit-
less attempt to locate the fleeing
pair who were believed to have
caught a ride back to El Campo.
They abandoned the Mercury
after it was badly wrecked when
it plowed into the 850-pound trail-
er. The trailer was rammed onto
the bed of the pickup which was
damaged to the extent of about
$25, Mrs. Whitley said here Fri-
day.
Officers from El Campo and
Louise continued their search for
the two young men, both of whom
were reported to have been in-
toxicated at the time of the
crash.
of them”.
OFFICIAL FINDS , BySacred Heart Pupil* QAS PRODUl
Grammar Grade students of
Sacred Heart School and their
teachers presented a Christmas
Operetta to a full house at the
parish hall here Sunday night
when the program was closed by
a nativity scene entitled "Christ-
mas by Candlelight” in which
both high school and grammar ___—
school students took part. Dolores I tonio. Over 30,000 gallons of
HELD AT MOULTON
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Sgt. Emil R. Stqlnocher, ,26,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stein-
todtoer of Moulton, *Texas was
laid to final rest at Moulton
Catholic Cemetery with full mlli-
honors and impressive rites
attended by an unusually large
number of friends and relatives
who-paid last respects to the
first yeuth of St. Joseph’s Parish,
Moulton, to die in the service of
his country.
Rev. Joseph Kopp officiated
|m delivered sermons in Czech
and English paying highest tri-
bute to the youth who gave up
his life for God and country.
' Marching to military, music by
the Henry Broech Band and tak-
Mg part in the solemn procession
toom the funeral home to the
church was a large number of
FBW and American Legion mem-
ten and a vast throng of mourn-
MS which included thirteen
Kqung ladies dressed in formal
nraning attire and wearing white
tarnations in their hair. They
jjSfr Misses Lorine Koudelka,
Brom, Della Machart,
$glen Kubenka, Della Wagner,
[toMjr 'Bartek, Marcella Kubenka,
Mtn Nell Jungbauer, Dorothy
tenhoff, Beatrice Flessner,
ad Bohuslav, Patricia Fless-
ind Demice Migl.
large number of veterans
k firing squad took part in
lilitary rites after which the
was presented to the mother
•, was
LXet
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‘Star of Light” was sung by
Betty Jean Botard and Ava June
Albert with the choir and La
Verne Albert and Mrs. Ferdie Ap-
pelt sang “A Sign In The Sky.”
A trio, composed of Ava June
1 and La Verne Albert and Mrs.
Ferdie Appelt sang “Christmas
Lullaby” near the close of the
program.
Mrs. Ferdie Appelt was choir
director and Mrs. Cecil B. Boyd
provided piano accompaniment.
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Joe Hmcir
Funeral Rite* Read
At Schulenburg Sun.
J6e Hmcir, 77, died at his home
near Gleckler Friday night and
was buried at Schulenburg Catho-
lic Cemetery Sunday following
10 a.m. Requiem Mass read by
Rev. Goertz in St John’s Church.
Rev. J. A. Petru of St John’s
Church delivered the sermon in
Czech.
Survivors include his wife, nee
Becezny; a son, Ed Hrncir of
Moravia and a daughter, Mrs.
Adolph Berger; four, brothers,
John Hmcir, Ignac, *Jim and
Charles Hrncir of Moravia; three
sisters, Mrs. Frank Holub of here,
Mrs. William Koehler of Moravia
and Mrs. Louise McBride of Schu-
lenburg; several grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. Two
brothers and two’ sisters 1
deceased.
We extend condolence.
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Duncan* Share
Annual Profit* With
All Plant Workers
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IVAL
Doehring played piano solos be-
tween scenes and provided ac-
companiment for Christmas songs
by the Choristers and Junior Glee
Club.
Joyce Schroeder opened the
program with a reading in which
she told the story of the Operetta
to be enacted, featuring the ad-
ventures of Jane, played by Rita J the
Grahmann. a girl who was
anxious to find Santa Claus and
started out to find him only to
encounter many difficulties caus-
ed. by her own faults and mis-
deeds. Asking a group of rabbits,
played by small children in white
rabbit costumes, if they could di-
rect her to Santa Claus, Jane was
told that they could not because
she had not been kind to her
pets at home.
The Spirit of Kindness, played
by Dolores Vana, directed her
“He admired the old Court-
house with its European atmos-
phere and took great delight in
listening to the wonderful sound
of the chimes. Yes, I had to per-
suade him to continue our jour-
ney. He wanted to stay awhile
longer.
“The reason I am mentioning
this Is that you people have
something in Hallettsville which
is worth advertising to bring
more visitors to your charming
town.
“I want to take this opportun-
ity to. tali <ra»i Jwb—ih 1 >n
joyed meeting you and the mem-
bers of the Garden Club. I left
the meeting with the impression
that the Hallettsville Garden Club
Is largely responsible for creating
pride of ownership by inspiring
the citizens to beautify their
home grounds.**
Both Mr. Riefkogel and Mrs.
Frank Sorell, who accompanied
him here to the Garden Club
1 meeting, are associated with the
Texas highway Department’s
landscape division in San Antonio
at 2300 Roosevelt Avenue.
Members of the Garden Club
here were pleased to learn that
Hallettsville had received such
compliments from an authority
who is widely travelled.
_
Two additional loads of Ml
gravity distillate, totalling
gallons, moved during the *MK
week end from the H. C. Oto#-
goner well near Hallettsville to-
the Pritchard Refinery in San *•*
* 1* at. ill 1 Vllllllltos UM7 Wr *
tillate are being completed
two separators at the
| which is thus producing the
gravity distillate.
In another part of LaWte
County, Grubb and Hawkins haw
made location for the No. 2 S. A.
Clark, four miles south-southwaet
of the Provident City field and 12
miles southeast of Hallettsville, It
is 467 feet from the south aB*
east lines of the T. O. Nelson sur-
vey and will l>e drilled to 11,000
feet according to present plane.
The new well is about 1,000 feet
northwest of the S. A. Clark Nd.
1 which was spudded In for a
11.000 foot wikicat test but ran
into blowouts and was finally
completed as a shallow gasser at
1650-70 feet. It was originally
drilled down to 5833 feet, after
encountering a blowout at 4070
which was controlled with dif-
ficulty. When it was sidetracked
and drilled to 5833, more trouble
with high gas pressure developed
and it was decided to complete
the well as a shallow gasser and
drill at a new location.
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“It is encouraging that the
newspaper gave so mucl/ space
to the beautification of highways
and private properties. I
satisfied that the results will be
gratifying.
Funeral Rite*
For Frank Rokyta
| Read At Port Lavaca
Funeral services were held
Sunday, Dec. 12, from the Port
Lavaca funeral home and at near-
by Six Mile Lutheran Church
and cemetery for Frank Rokyta,
78, former resident of the BUa
Hora community who died the
preceding day.
Mr. Rokyta has resided during
the past 4§ years at Port Lavaca,
since moving from Bila Hora
where he resided following his
marriage to the former Annie.
Coufal. Hls wife preceded him in
death at Port Lavaca two years ■
Mgo
Surviving are two sons. Frank
and Joe Rokyta of Port I^ivaca;
one daughter, Mrs. John Woytek
of El Campo; one half-sister, Mrs.
Rosa Dusek of Hallettsville, one
half brother, Joe Pecena of Port
Lavaca; ten grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
Among those attending the
funeral were Mrs. Adolph B.
Dwek of HaUettavflla, Mr. and
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were made Stamps had to be made by post-
........ during the masters then because this part of
War year of 1864, Scott S. the Confederacy had been cut off
, ill, local hardware dealer, was from stamp-making headquarters
told Friday by a visiting salesman In Virginia and the job was done
here in Hailettsviile by making
paper cutouts of rubber stamp 1m- ^h® hymn- ‘ 0 Come All Ye Faith-
prints and -pasting them on *"
letters. The stamps sold for ten
cents each.
-The original of the 1864 photo-
static Hallettsville stamp was
sold to a collector in New York
City for $500, according to the
visiting salesman whose name
Mr. Hill said he would furnish
upon request.
Mr*. Joe Kuhn
Resign* From Office
AftW Term QUB HONORS
At the annual meeting and
election of officials for the local
KJZT held here Sunday at the
parish hall, the resignation of
Mra. Joe (Marie) Kuhn was ac-
cepted and Mra. Gussie Franta
elected in her place. Mrs. Kuhn
’ had completed 48 years of faith-
ful service as secretary for the
Czech ladles organization.
Officials re-elected were, Chap-
lain Very Rev. A. J. Morkovsky,
President Mra. Edward -Tanak
Vice President, Mrs. P. L. Netar-
dus and Treasurer Mrs. John
Chovanetz.
After the meeting those pres-
ent recited a rosary for deceased
members. A delicious lunch was
served to both K. J. Z. T. and K.
J. T. members, x
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HHS Rhythm
Band Gives Musical
Program Fri. Morning
The HHS Rhythm Band, under
theMirection of Miss Alva Timm
who provided piarib accompani-
ment, presented a Christmas pro-
gram at the school auditorium
Friday morning for the- enter-
tainment of the student body
and guests. Bowl game at New Orleans which
With Mary Ann Shiriey play-
ing the part of program director,
the group of' talented youngsters
sang “Xmas In The Air,” “Snow
Flakes” and Played and sang a
tuneful rendition of "Jingle
Bells.*’
In a novelty number, the
group- sang “Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town,”, with Gibbie
Marek taking the solo part while
the band members joined in the
chorus and Don Minear provid-
ed interludes of Xylophone music.
Part two of the program was
featured by a reading given by
Patty Lou. Fertsch and in a third
portion of the Interesting show
a group of children,-ranging in
age from First Graders to Fourth
Grade, sang several Christmas
carols, ■ ,
. was shown for
those present
Paying high tribute to Halletts-
ville High-School’s popular foot-
ball mentor and sports director,
President Leon-Kahanek present-
ed Coach Borchert with a check
on behalf of the Chamber nf Com-
merce In appreciation for ex-
cellent work during the season.
President Paulie Renger of the
Quarterback Club was then In-
troduced and presented Coaches
Lowell (Red) Calhoun and Bobby
Quitta, of the junior football sec-
tion, with portable radios as re-
v wards fdr their work with the
“Peewte” football teams which
this year played a schedule of
games for the first time.
President Renger also awarded
the clqb’s gifts to Coac|i Borchert
■ who received a prepaid order for
a tailor made suit at Clyde
Dickey’s, a handsome Gruen
watch engraved “Hallettsville
At Recreation Hall Regional Champions 1948,’’ and
Social activities of the year
1948 will wind up with two big
dances at the Recreation Hall, the
first on Wednesday night, Dec. 39
when tee Tieman and hls orch-
estra play for the Texas A, A M.
Dance, and the second Dec. 31 Fri-
day night, when the Second An-
nual American- Legion New
Year’s Eve Hop wlll.be held with
usic provided by Billy Jacobs
>d bta orche.tr. from Sa„ M.r-
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Of flammable decora--’
e said. “A few years ago •
na people were killed at v11 e
struas pBFty in St. Johns war year Of j
dtand, as a result of this {J
who requested
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