New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 83, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 29, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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We extend sympathy to the be-
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We pause revently to pay tri-
bute to Mrs. R. B. Miller (nee
Ada Hartt) of Sublime who de-
parted this world Wednesday,
June 23, 1948, at 2:00 p.m. at the
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Raymond Klimitchek
in St Michael’s Catholic
Mrs. Steve Hennes,
Final Rites Read At
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HOME REMEDY
GOOD FOR HORSES
LOCAL MAN FINDS
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The remains of Lonnie D. God-
ley, local colored youth who was
killed in action in the E.T.O.,
will arrive at Wilson and Son’s
Funeral Home here at 6:32 a m.
Wednesday morning, June 30.
Funeral services for the deceas-
ed hero will be held the same
day, June 30, at 10 a.m. from
the funeral home and with mili-
tary honors at Good Hope Ceme
tery where interment will be
made. Colored members of the
American Legion will participate
in the military rites.
The deceased is the son of Mr.
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An infant son bom to Mr. and
Mrs. George Pustejovsky of Los
Alamos, New Mexico, died shortly
after birth June 13th and was
burled at Santa Fe, N. M. Survi-
vors include the parents, one
brother, Robert, and one sister,
-Maty Cecille.
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DONKEYS RUN
AMUCK AT FRIDAY
NIGHT BALL GAIK
>. We sympathize with Mr. arid
Mrs. Louis Prasek in the loss of
their firstborn, ■ baby girl, still
born Saturday and buried Sun-
day at St Marys with services
officiated by Rev. Henry Psen-
cik. The baby was baptized and
received the name Mary. Grand-
parents of the deceased infant
are Mr. and Mrs. Anton Rccek
and Mr. and Mrs. John Prasek.
Fmil Hluchanek Rite®
Prasek Infant Buried
At St. Mary’s Sunday
The
elected
Wm.
Goode,
Election of officers of Murchi-
son Lodge No. 80, Hallettsville,
was held June 15th, 1948.
following officers
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Funeral servicM for Emil R. ek, all cousins of the deceased
Hluchanek, age 56, were held in
St Michael’s <T ' ~ ‘
Sunday, June 27,
Cemetery. Bey. Benedict
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J. T. King officiating.
■A select choir rendered the
beautiful hymns, "When They
Ring The Golden Bells”, “In The
Sweet By and By’, “Shall We
Gather At The River
Burial was in the Hallettsville
City Cemetery by the sides of her
husband and son.
Casket attendants -were Odd
states, nave contributed in no
small way toward the possible
defeat of tht Truman* administra-
tion in the next election. Those
who heard Mr. Dewey‘S address
ef acceptance at Philadelphia
agreed that the nominee himself
is unusually self-confident and
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not unlike that of the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt. In our own oom-
inanity there were those who
were outspoken in , belief that
“they have nominated the next
. ... .... Vr on the-pp-
poeite side of the party line, re-
called conditions existing under
the Hoover administration and
expressed a, preference for pres-
ent conditions ...
THE QUALIFICATIONS, and
Miller, at the age of 77 years, 5
months and 18 days. She had
been in falling health for five
years and was critically ill for
two weeks, but medical aid and
skilled hands could not stay the
hand of her Heavenly Father who
called her to a land where there
has a better record for controlling is neither .sickness nor sorrow
and death never enters more.
Funeral services were held from
Several Ankles ..•£
Sprained, Windows
In Autos Shattered
The donkeys were probably t® t
be considered winners of the don- •
key softball session at the biffed
school diamond Friday nlgHfeg
when benches were ovi i IiiimH
and spectators scattered on serBK^
al occasions as the ornery “crttel
ters” with long ears ran pitching J
and plunging through the aid® *-
lines.
Fans offered suggestions fdf ?
grinding the animals into MMh|
burger meat when it becaMdH
known that two of the spectaMMgj
injured slightly when wild MM
keys overturned crowded beMMH
were Henry Ehler, of the BNmH
and Treptow market, and M>|-
Emil Treptow, wife of one of ■■
proprietors. Both Mr. EhMrj^H
Mrs. Treptow sustained dWH1-
juries and window glass In ’ll"’. *
Ehler's car was broken on tjMyt
side as a donkey ridden ty yen
and against the car. SoboUk
the ed injury even tnougn ne
lura- over by a donkey f
Photographers Here
Monday, Take Shots
melons brought <1.65 per hundreo
pounds after all freight charges to
St. Louis, Mo., had been paid.
Farmers will be paid between one
and owe' quarter and one aryl a
naif cents per pound after all
packing expenses have been paid!
it has been estimated. ", -
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i. The child had been in 111 [pbrt were In charge of water-
melon shipments^which - The grandparents are Mr. ana
Mrs. Louis Spafiiel of Witting ana
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pustejovsky
of Moulton.
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AS, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1948
=0R FIRST
BALL LEAGUE
Mrs. Steve Hennes, nee Mary
Huehlefeld, was laid to rest at
Koerth Catholic Cemetery Mon-
day, June 28th, following 9:30 a.
m. Solemn Requiem High* Mass in
Koerth Catholic Church officiated
by her son. Rev. Eustace Her-
mes, pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church in Victoria. Rev.
Hermes was assisted by two
nephews of the deceased, Rev.
Marcus Valenta of El Campo and
Rev. Henry Herbst of La Coste.
Buffington Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hermes passed away Fri-
June 25, at. Burns Hospital
In Cuero. Her age was 57 years,
4 months and 6 days when' death
came as a relief to the suffering
she had patiently borne during
the ten years she had been in ill
health and the six weeks during
which she had been seriously ill.
Rev. Kuratko delivered the
English sermon in which he
spoke of the noble qualities ot
the deceased who had been an ex-
emplary wife and mother, a faith-
ful member of her church in
which she had been very active
as a member of the altar society
until illness prevented her par-
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Photographers from Life Maga-
zine Were snapping pictures of
the Hallettsville Rodeo Arena
and at other places in this com-
munity vMoriday morning when
Miss Pauline Kuehn, 18-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Hilda Kuehn,
posed for a pictorial story con-
cerning Sonotone hearing aids
which Miss Kuehn. has used for
several years.
Miss Kuehn was photographed
with other local high school
students at the rodeo arena where
the group were mounted bn
horses and wore cowboy attire at
the high school and at the swim-
riling pool. Supt. Claude Mullins
and son were also filmed by the
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teredT features will appear in a
future iaeue'of Life Magazine. .
A Sonotone representative dras
also here to supervise the pictor-
ial features.
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Mrs. R. B. Miller Laid
To Rest Here Friday
IRAFnGEMEN
U. S. military officials this week-
g,'-. .; iff our - country
Is one sister, Nella May Goode, shipments of metoPK-- target
. . evej. ma(je from Hallettsville,
were packed in hay according to
government specificatton»'bx<iar-
ty Smith and his assistants Eddie
and John Biehunko, Kdwih Ehler
and Jeron^e Holly.
“We did better than was ex-
pected this year and hope to have
a far bigger crop of watermelons
next year,” said Mr. Smith. He
also announced that Saturday’s
carH&d completed watermelon
shipments from the local-shed for
the season.
Andrew Bludau and eons Leroy
and Erwin were credited with
bringing in the largest amount Of
watermelons, over 130,000 pounds,
harvested from a ten-acre field av
their term located about four
s east of HaU
■Ville Smith, te
watermelons i
«Mad more
were
for the fiscal year 1949:
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week are dusting off those “greet-
ing?” for delivery to thousands of [
young draftees next fall.
President Truman signaled the
start of thk nation’s second peace-
time draft when * he signed the
two-year selective service bill in-
to law Thursday, June 24th.
The draft bill calls for registra-
tion of young men between the
ages of 18 and 25. Some 4,000
local draft boards will be set up
to handle the nation-wide selev
tive service system which will be
in operation by about August 16.
New draftees will start their
training about September 22 or
later.
About 225,000 young men 19
through 25 may be called up for
21 months service during the
first 12 months of the draft
Most veterans ace exempt and
the president is authorized to de-
fer'married men and those in es-
sential occupations. High school
students will be deferred until
graduation. 1 t
Earlier President Truman
okayed a ten billion dollar fund
to build up the army, navy and
air forc^ to a strength of two
million men. ,
No sole surviving sons of fami-
lies that have lost sons or daugh-
ters in the armed forces will be
taken. “ I
A MalUck, Bruno Cohn. Rogan
Beal, H. G. Timm, and -Oscar
Shoemake.
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Local Officers
Investigate Moravia
Cemetery Vandalisiii
July, the Bathing
st to * be held at
ming Pool has been
*.TO Sunday, July 25,
there will be two separate
Pillar, W. M.;
Senior Warden;
Rhodes, Junior Warden, W. L. i
Roberds, Senior Deacon; Virgil
Minear, Junior Deacon, Ralph
Whitley, Tiler,- J. --kt.- Simpson,
Treasurer, and S. S. Devall Secre-
tary.
The local Masonic Lodge will
have a barbecue at the City Re-
creation Park on Tuesday June
29th (today) beginning at 5:00
p.m. After this entertainment
there will be the installation ot
newly elected officers at the
Lodge room at 8:00. All members
and visiting brethren are respect-
fully invited.
by the large number of yettW
and horn-honking HallettsviB®
fans as the score was tied up, 3
and 2.
No other hits were made until
the eighth inning when Holt sing
led and Quitta got his second hit
of the game, a double. McGill, ,
then stepped up to the plate and ’
drove out his second single of
the game, scoring both Holt and
Quitta and signalling another
joyous demonstration from th®
fans as the LaVacans took ther'
lead and the game away from *
th®
contests instead of one.
The first event, will be ‘a
Bathing Beauty Contest for which
the entrance fee will be 50c
Three prizes will be awarded
winners In thi^ contest.
A swimming and diving con-
test will be the second event for
whidh there will be three addi-
tional prizes. Entrance fee for
this contest is aisoloc.
Girls between the ages of 12
and 17 are invited to enter one
or both of these contests. Appli-
cants may write or see Miss
Betty Jo Moore, P. O. Box 363,
Hallettsville, Texas.
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speaking style and voice [Life Magazine
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character erf this vigorous young
nominee (he is 46 years of age)
are expected to be erf interest to
our readers. Dewey, now gover-
New- Ydrk^ where he is
supposed to have a highly ef-
ficient. administrative system, is
credited with being the leader of
modern and progressive forces
‘ within the Republican party.- Pos-
sessed of a zeal for gpod’govern
ment, he frequently uam .the quo
talkm, “The secret * of fr^e gqv-
erriment is in men working to-
gether.” At his cabinet meetings
the policy is carried out literally
arid his friends insist that ah
publie afftdrs are managed In
Vsiys which encourage individual
effort. A believer in the American
tradition of hard work and free
enterprise, he at one time ex-
pressed himself as follows: “Hen
. a’/truly free.
society can continue to be the
V most productive, happy and sta-
ble society in the world. It is our
solemn duty under God to ad-
vance that cause by continuing to
• show that government can have
both a bead and a heart, that it
can be both progressive and sol-
vent, that ft can serve the people
without becoming .their master.”
A WORKABLE LABOR Policy
is in use in his home state which
Mort
Be
Lights
The Hallettsville Cubs and Vol-
l ent Ine’s are in a tie for 1st place
in the city Softball League, each
having won one game and lost
none thus far.
This week the schedule is as
follows: ,
Tuesday night. June 29—Su-
blime vsz Cubs; 2nd game, Ezzell
vs. Vsetin.
Friday night, July 2nd—1st
game, Werner’s vs. Koerth; 2nd
game, Vollentine’s vs Ezzell.
Last week the games were
played ahead of schedule Thurs-
day night due to the donkey soft-
ball games played Friday, night
Results of the Thursday night
games were Koerth 13, Sublime 8;
Vollentine’s 15, Vsetin 9.
<n the Voll^ntlne lineup, in
batting order, were E. Meisetsch-
lae^er 2b, Buddy Rother 3b, Leon
Barnes If, Lawrence Rothbauer lb
W. Hobbs, c. Bubba Strauss ss,
R. KI oppenburg rf, J. Vollentine
cf, B. Moore p.
. Vsetin’s players were R. Puste-
jovsky, E. Gallia pitcher, A. Woy-
tek, M. Woytek. R. Zaruba, catch-
er, H. Woytek, A. Cejka, H.
Pustejovsky and B. Sicko.
For the Koerth-Sublime game
the lineups were: Koerth—M.
Fajkus rf; A. Mikulenka ss, B.
Barton lb, E. P. Hermes 3b, A.
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CO-OPSHED
COMPLETES 10TH
CAR OF MELONS
Andrew Bludau
And Sons Credited
With Largest Crop
Members of the Hallettsville
Vegetable Growers Co-Operative
completed their tenth railroaa
carload of watermelons Saturday,
according to Eddie Davenport,
president of the local farmers
organization. Latest information
LA VAGANS KEEP RECORD CLEAN, I
GONZALES, 4-2, FOR ELEVENTH VICI
Local Nine Fights
Two - Run Indian
Lead To Win Fracaf
Sunday afternoon at GonaalM^:
the Hallettsville LaVacans sh0V>
ed teamwork and determinatioS
in overcoming a 2 to 0 lead, heM
. by the Indians until the seventh
I inning, and winning by the final
The folowing home remedy for |
ailing horses and mules is recom-
mended by J. K. Brown of Hal
lettsville Rt. 3:
3 oz. Watkin’s liniment
3 oz. linseed oil
3 tablespoons soda
3 oz. water
The medicine is administred by
holding the animals' heads high
and pouring it down their throat
according to Mr. Brown who also
has recipes for mixing medicines
for cows and calves.
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Military Funeral
Of L. Godley (col)
Set For Wednesday
. president.” Others,
Local officers are investigating
-the overturning of some 13 tomb-
stones and , other damage at Mora-
via Catholic Cemetery.- Vandals
are believed tq have performed
their work of destruction during
Tuesday night Following up cer-
tain clues, officers brought one
riuspect to* towri Saturday for
questioning and are still working teefeived here indicates that the
home of her late son Booker on the case.
re '-if-
jft of addressing tl
Presidei*w r wiui a
ifidence that is unusual and
L strikes than any other industrial
R/ State, largely due to highly devei-
L oped mediation facilities original-
K ing in a state school of industrial day, June 25, at 3:00 p. m.. Rev.
relations which he established in!;,- ~ 2-
accordance with his policy of pro-,
viding for “a maximum of peace- j
- ful negotiation in 4 friendly av
mosphere and a minimum of com- ;
pulsion by legal force.” ' (
b DEWEY’S owri.reatrittnt -anti
L prudence cost Wm the election '
£ during the las u
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L«r^t Paid - up
I Circulation In
‘ Lavaca County '
Joseph Carl Goode Jr.
Dies At Age of Six
Joseph Carl Goode Jr., six-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Goode
Sr., died Monday, June 28, at 8
health most of his lite. He was
bom Sept! 4, 1942. '
the Kubena Funeral Home Fri-
one grandfather and one grand-
mother and other relatives.
Euneral'Services have been set
for Tuesday morning, June 29,
at 9:15 from the family home
with Requiem Mass at the Sacred
Heart Church at 9:30. Interment
will be in the Hallettsville
Catholic Cemetery.
We extend heartfelt sympattiy
to the bereaved.
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Texas SUU CoU««e from Hal-
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score of 4 to 2 in a hard fought
game. The score was tied in the
seventh, 2 and 2, and in the
eighth Lindsey’s homer with Cal-
houn on base cinched the eleven*
th straight win for the undefeat*
ed LaVacans in Guadalupe Vai*
ley League competition.
Opposing pitchers were John
Valigura and Hank Wernli, Vail-
gura with a record for the day
of 10 strikeouts, 3 walks and 8
hits allowed as compared with
Wemli’s 6 strikeouts, 1 walk and
10 hits which the LaVacans pound .
ed out. together with a consider*
able number of line drives and
flies that were caught.
Although Calhoun singled in
the second inning, Hrncir doubled
in the third, and Quitta and Mo>
Gill singled in the top half of
the fourth, ribthing happened uifc
til the last of the fourth when
Scheske of the Indians was safe
on an error and Ara’s hit took a
lucky bounce over centerflelder'S
head and was stretched Into •
homer, making it 2 to 0 in favw
of the Indians
Rothbauer singled in the fifth
but Lindsey and Hrncir flied out.
No LaVacan hits were registered
in the sixth, but in the seventh
Calhoun got his second single of
the game and Lindsey clouted a
and Mrs. Walter Godley of here ]jne drive between center and
right field for a clean homer. Ho
was given a tremendous ovation
Expires Here Sunday
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Raymond Otto Klimitchek, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klimit-
chek, died Bunday, June 27, at
i 9:00 a m. at the home of his par-
; ents near town following an ill-
ness of some seven months dura-
tion. His age was 33 years, 10
, months and 28 days when he suc-
cumbed to a gland ailment diag-
nosed as Hodgkins disease by Dr.
Harvey Renger. He had been a
; patient at a Galveston hospital
for two months but returned
here five months ago.
Unmarried, he followed the oc-
cupation of farming and was well
and favorably known to many in
our community who will be
shocked to learn of his untimely
death. He was born near Halletts-
viile.
Funeral services were held
Monday, June 28, starting at 9:15
(a.m. from Kubena Funeral Hdme
and with 9:30 Funeral High Mass
In Sacred Heart Church officiat-
ed by Rev. A. J. Morkovsky. In-
terment was in Hallettsville Cath-
olic Cemetery where beautiful
floral offerings were banked at
the graveside and a large num-
ber of friends and relatives gath-
ered to pay final respects.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klimitchek;
three brothers, Louis and Robert
Klimitchek of Hallettsville and
Emil Klimitchek of Fordtran;
four sisters, Mrs. A. T. Garmon
and Mrs. Louis Debord, both of
Ezzell, Miss EUh Klimitchek at
home and Mrs. Howard Parr of
Hebronvilte.
| Pall bearers were Millard, Ben-
nie, Travis and Louis Smith,
Richard and Franklin Kllmitech-
nt Dewey,”’ zwlth a
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not too surprising in vjew of
decline of President Truman’s
. mlarlty. Exchanges of bitter
criticism between Mr Truman
• arid Congress, and the promotion
of ao-called civil rights program
which seemed in- effect an unjust-
ifiable criticism of Southern-!
states, have contributed in
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