Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1976 Page: 1 of 13
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SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT YOAKUM, TEXAS 77995
THUMDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1976
PUBLISHED AT YOAKUM, TEXAS EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
VOLUME LXXIII
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25 - YEAR HONOREE ALBERT MUGRAUER
AWARDED BY PENNEY’S STORE MANAGER RANDY BLAIR
changes, especially in more
recent times, from the mini -
skirt to pant suits, from strictly
C. of C. Speaker
Richard L. Burdick
Masons Expect
Official Visitor
Now serving as assistant store
manager, he and his wife, the
former Olga Juries of St. John's,
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
;um Chamber
Duet Tickets
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re - election.
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ARLES TESTON NEW
CHAMBER PRESIDENT,
8 DIRECTORS NAMED
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Mr. and Mn^ Milton Rebel was
named Little Miss Hallettavile,
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He is serving under his fourth
Store Manager Randy Blair store manager at Penney's since
presented Mugrauer diamond - ■ he began under Lloyd Nixon,
studded cuff links with ten then R. B. Green. Charles Ashby
diamonds, in recognition of his and now Randy Blair. He has
25yearsof service in the Yoakum witnessed numerous fashion
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"70 to 80 new students in the
public schools;
"$1.3 - million in new payroll
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served more than five years with Mitchell Trio In Lavaca Political Race
The Yoakum Masonic Lodge Sheriff Woytek, and incumbent
#662 A.F.A.M. will receive Mr. John Henke, Sr. of Hallettsville.
Charles Dennis, District Deputy The other son, J. C. Mitchell,
Grand Master of the 34th is contesting two other men for
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IN DEWITT
CUERO •• Six races had
New Chamber President
Arles Teston
business in Shiner. Tommy
Anderson was named to serve
out his un-expired term.
Elected to join Teaton on the
executive board of the Yoakum
Chamber of Commerce for 1976 •
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- president. Garland Weber as
second vice • president and
Nyles Steinmann as treasurer.
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Yoakum Police Chief Billy Moore, left, and Golden
Crescent Council of Governments Crime Prevention Coordinator
James Baylor review GCCOG’s public information program at a
crime prevention seminar held January 28 in Victoria.
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A A MEETING Yoakum Methodist Church, Hwy. Ill, Every
Tuesday 1 p.m. For information call Shiner 594-2645.
JAYCEES meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at
Mando's Steak House st 7130 p.m.
WEIGHI.WATCHERS meeting Thursday evenings st 6:00 to
» Educational Building of Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Now On Sale
The Yoakum Chamber of
Commerce will hold its 59th
AnnusI Meeting and Banquet
thisyesr st St. Joseph’s Gym, on
March 4th, at 7:30 p.m. This
meeting is held each year to
provide Chamber members and
non - members the opportunity
to become better acquainted
with the Chamber of Commerce
activities and to enjoy an evening
of good fellowship.
Dinner will be followed by the
introduction and installation of
the new officers and directors of
the Chamber of Commerce for
the coming year. A well - known
Speaker, Mr. Reagan Brown,
Mugrauer actually has over 30
years of experience in merchan-
a.m.
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Pecan Short-
Course Thurs.
Everyone interested in pecans
is invited to the 3rd and final
session of the DeWitt County
Pecan Shortcourse which will be
held at 7:30 p.m. February 5 at
the DeWitt County Electric
Cooperative Building.
Extension Service Horticul-
turist Bluefford Hancock will be
the speaker. Topics to be
.discussed include ’ ’ Weather and
Its Relation to Varieties" and
"Pecan Quality".
• The Shortcourse is sponsored
by the DeWitt County Pecan
Growers Association as one of
their pecan promotional pro-
grams for the year. Roy Binz of
Cuero is President of the
: Association.
<VFW Meeting
Monday, Feb. 9
The regular meeting of VFW
Post 2456 will be held at the Post
$ Home on Lott St. on Monday,
V Feb. 9. Refreshments will be
i, ) served at 7:30 p.m. followed by
„4the meeting. Commander Dvo-
rak urges that all members
please attend.
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NEW FENCE PROTECTS BRUSHY CHURCH RUINS
BICENTENNIAL YEAR history preservation project of the 7th and Sth grade
classes of St. Joseph's School resulted in this steel fence around the ruins of old Brushy Church
located at the cemetery grounds. The students launched a Walk-a-Thon which netted over S1,000
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for the benefit of the oM church. It was agreed labor to build a fence to prevent further
deterlorationby livestock, etc. Thestudents with their Principal Sister Bogata, and boa driver
Body Okruhlik visited the rite this week
VarrioeM Ceric ialMl Soak aaevore blowtothetoweringruinnaftheol church
built during theReconstruction Days immediately afterthe Civ War. Moot ofthe hoot portion of
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LAVACA AND DoW/TT COUNTIES
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[ A a M MOTHERS CLUB MEETING, February 9 at 9:30 p.m.
L First Ststs Civic Boom.
TOM MEETING Every Monday night at 6:00 p.m. at FSB Civic
Room.
YOUNG FARMERS CHAPTER meets every second
Monday at 7 p.m. at YHS Voc. Ag. Building.
One of the sons, Vernon
Mitchell, is in a three ■ man race
for county commissioner of
Precinct 1. The other candidates
are Marvin Woytek, a cousin of
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Janecek of Yoakum and Daniel
W Peters, Charles J. Patek and
Edwin J. Werner, all of Shiner.
Steve Roznovsky of Shiner, the
incumbent, is not returning.
- Constable, Precinct 3.
Candidates are Joe Sestak Jr.
and Raymond J. Kruse of
Shiner, Daniel W. Peters, a
commissioner candidate, is not
running.
Constable, Precinct 6. Candi-
dates are incumbent Joe C.
Nieto, Louis J. Drexler and W. L.
Schwenke Jr., all of Moulton.
Candidates who are unoppos-
ed are incumbents Frances J.
Polasek of Hallettsville, tax
assessor - collector; Terrell S.
Mullins of Hallettsville, county
attorney; Franklin Stang of
Moravia, constable. Precinct 2,
LEATHER CAPITAL
Assistant to Governor Dolph
Briscoe, will be the principal
peaker for the evening, with a
message of both fun and
seriousness.
Your Chamber of Commerce is
vital to the community because
its people work for the
betterment of their city. Your
support is greatly needed and
we ask that you join us for this
occasion. Tickets may be
purchased from any of the
Chamber of Commerce Direc-
tors, or you may obtain them
firsthand at the Chamber of
Commerce office at 900 Irvine
Street in Yoakum.
BEST BALL GOLF
TOURNEY SUNDAY
There will be a Best Ball Golf
Turnament Sunday, Feb. 8th,
starting at 1 p.m. at the Yoakum
Citk k. Tom Chilek, Park
Sua., reminds. All golfers in
Yoakum and the surrounding
towns are invited to come out
and join the fun.
Results of the two-man team
Low Ball Tournament held Jan.
25th were: 1st. Bob Marlin and
Randy Blair; 2nd, Dennis
Kutach and Louis Olsovsky and
3rd, Gary Zila and Bud Weiser.
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Members of the Yoakum
Chamber of Commerce were
treated to a stew Monday at the
Morris Community Center and
as an added attraction Richard L.
Burdick, President of Thermon
Corporation of San Marcos,
addressed the group of over 100
on Industrial Development.
Burdick’s company moved out
of Houston to San Marcos about
six years ago and he says that
they have no regrets.
"Only four of the employees
who made the move with us have
gone back to Houston,” Burdick
commented.
Burdick centered his address
on the importance of industrial
development to smaller cities
and the association of such
development with Chambers of
Commerce.
"You need sn industrial
committee in your Chamber as
well as an Industrial Foundation
for your town. Most of the time
Industrial Foundations are
primarily land holders.
"You have an excellent
community and you need to
merchandise it.”
Burdick said that it was very
important to make it attractive
for people to come to your
community to work, not come to
your community not to work.
"I can’t over stress the value
of light industry. The key
number in figuring value of
industry to your community is
100," Burdick continued.
"A town that gets 100 new
jobs also gets:
"An average population
white shirts and black suits
for men to more colorful attire.
Likewise he has witnessed
radical price changes, even for
the same type of merchandise as
25 years ago. Then blue work
shirts sold for 79c as compared to
$4.29 today and overalls were
$2.29 compared to $9.98 today,
all made from cotton material.
Also cotton fields have vanished
from Lavaca and DeWitt
Counties, once providing the
livelihood for thousands of
families who flocked to town for
the traditional Saturday shop-
ping.
the six newly elected members of
the Board of Directors were
announced and two new
directors were appointed to fill
un - expired terms.
The six newly elected Board
members are Leslie Kaiser, Burt
Witcher, Raetzsch Wagner,
Mrs. Marie Jo Knippa and Dale
Loner.
Resignations of two directors
were read. Dr. Charles Dunn
submitted his resignation since
he has accepted a position with
Oklahoma State University and
will be moving to Oklahoma.
Lamont Mill was named to fill his
un-expired term. Henry Strauss
submitted his resignation as he
and his brother Joe Strauss have
purchased the Shiner Gazette
and he will be involved with the
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serve as President of the —
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went to Ronald Clark, ace of Mr. Harold Heyer of uero. Dave
and Mrs. Ivan Clark. Weber, the incumbent, did not
The event was sponsored by file.
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Board of Directors Tuesday E
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continues to give trading stamps
with purchases and the
Redemption Center remains
open. Double Texas Gold stamps
are given Wednesdays
Barbecue At
St Jernes
AME Church . .
St. James A.MX Church st
203 Concrete St. is offerng
barbecued chicken pistes at
$1.30 each, this Saturday, Feb.
7th starting st 11 a.m. Orders
may be pieced hi advance by
The Texas Gold Stamp
Redemption Center located In
the Yoakum H.E.B. Store is open
and will continue to remain
open, store manager David
Vinklarek emphasized here this
week.
There was some concern'about
the redemption center’s closing
due to announcements of the
HEB Stores in San Antonio
which are going the discount
route.
In Yoakum, the store
Elkins Stores before joining
Penney’s.
A native of Moulton,
Mugrauer is a graduate of
Baldwin's and Blinn College of
Brenham and attended Sam
Houston State. He served in the
Air Force for 38 months during
World War II from 1942 to 1945.
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Horstmann, daughter of Mr. and developed in DeWitt County for
Mrs. Wilbur Horstmann of the Democratic primary May 1 as
Hallettsville, was crowned Miss the filing deadline was reached
Hallettsville Friday night during st 6 p.m. Tuesday.
the pageant held at the junior ' Offices that drew more than
high gymnasium. one candidate are for sheriff, tax
First runner-up was Renee assessor - collector, county
Bohuslav, daughter of Mr. sad commissioner of Precinct 1 and
Mrs Arnold Bohuslav while constable of Precincts 1,5 and 6.
second runner-up was Susan Candidates for sheriff are
Bludau, daughter of Mr. and incumbent N. O. Dietze, Bobby
Mrs. James Bludau. McMahan and Paul Loos, all of
Kay McMillan, daughter of Cuero.
The J. C. Penney Store in reside at 302 Walnut. They have
Yoakum this week honored its three children: daughter Ver-
long - time employee Albert nelle and sons Clifford and
Mugrauer for his 25 years of Jimmy,
devoted service.
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H.E.B. STORE MANAGER DAVID VINKLAREK
IN TEXAS GOLD REDEMPTION CENTER AT YOAKUM
The Golden Crescent Council Roy Kuester, Victoria County;
of Governments hosted a Crime Deputy Ronnie Adams, DeWitt
Prevention Seminar in Victoria County; and Allen Brzozowski,
January 28 in conjunction with acting police chief, Gonzales
their current program to check Police.
crime in the seven - county James Baylor, GCCOG Crime
GCCOG region. Prevention Coordinator, chaired
Attending the workshop were the meeting. He spoke to the
crime prevention officers who officers about the progress of the
are participating in the program, program and how GCCOG can
They were Sheriff Maurice coordinate activities with each
Wood. Calhoun County; Sheriff officer.
Harvey Reynolds, Jackson Darwin Avant, Program
County; Chief John Henry Long, Director of the Police Service
Edna Police; Chief Billy Moore, Division of the Texas Criminal
Yoakum Police; Chief Gene Justice Division, Officer of the
Durrant. Port Lavaca Police; and Governor, told participants how
City Marshall Doyle Moore, ERINA, P 2 C 5
Ganado Police. Also, Deputy See SEMINAR, P. 2, - 3
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HALLETTSVILLE - A father
and two sons from the Sublime
area tossed their hats into the
Lavaca political ring with late
filings before the6p.m. deadline
Tuesday, turning the sheriff’s
post into a race with two
candidates.
The father, Johnny C.
Mitchell of Sublime, is running
for sheriff against the incumbent
Hilmer W. Woytek.
Masonic District of the Most constable of Precinct 1. The and Albert McElroy of Yoakum,
Worshipful Grand Lodge of other candidates are incumbent constable. Precinct 7.
Texas on hi« official visit on the Lawrence Rothbauer and Harold in the legislative districts,
6th, of February at the regular G- "Gene" Timm, both of State Sen Bill Patman of Ganado
meeting time of 7:30 p.m. Hallettsville. has announed he will seek re
There will a cowboy stew Other offices that have drawn election as will State Rep. Tim
served at 6:30 P.M. All Master more than one candidate are: Von Dohlen of Goliad. District
Masons are invited to attend. County Commissioner, Precinct Judge Joe Kelly of Victoria has
3. Candidates are Gilbert W. also announced for re - election.
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard McMi- The tax assessor - collector
Ian, was third runner-up while position is being sought by Mrs.
Beverly Kubena, daughter of Hazel Hamman of Yoakum and
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kubena was J. K. Wiggins, Roy Parker and
I fourth runner-up. Joe D. ‘Green, all of Cuero. Mrs
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: "$.5 - million in new bank
deposits;
"At least one new retail store;
"60 to 70 new non -
manufacturing jobs;
"$.56 to $.57 - million more in
retail sales for the community.”
Burdick advised for all cities
interested in attracting new
industry to do three things •
form a good, well informed
industrial team; compile an
accurate, informative industrial
fact book; and stay up to date
with information which prospec-
tive industry needs.
"Texas has three things going
for it that has a lot of industry
looking at it for a new home.
Other states have one or possibly
two of these things, but no other
state has all three. These three
important things are: A - no
personal income tax; B - no
corporate income tax; C - a state
right to work law,'' Burdick said.
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SSa PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB meets the First
Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Corner Cafe.
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Janacek, John E. Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1976, newspaper, February 5, 1976; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424249/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.