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SEALY, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1934
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payment of taxes this. year.
W. Hintz, Mrs. Edwin Balke,
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McWilliams, also won over an-' cision.
J. H. Petter Announces
For Co. Superintendent
Judge Hill Announces
For Re - Election
Will Organize Home
Demonstration Club
At Meeting Thursday
Matinee Every Saturday
and Sunday at 3 p.m.
M. E. Church District
Conference Held In
Bay City Last Week
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SURFACE CASING SET
AND DRILLING BEGINS
ON HAEDGE NO. 1
and support in the coming elec-
tion.
BUSINESS HOUSES
TO CLOSE AT 6:30
STARTING MONDAY
It took the forces of the
United States Navy to dislodge
the pirate Jean La Fitte from
Galveston island in 1821.
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FYR-FYTERS HOLD ,
REGULAR MEETING
AND ELECT OFFICERS
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J. H. Petter has authorized
The News to announce his can-
didacy for re-election to the of-
fice of County Superintendent
of Austin County, subject to
the action of the Democratic
primary next July.
Mr. Petter needs no introduc-
tion to the voters of the county
by us, having taught school at
Wallis before being elected to
the office of county superin-
tendent some four years ago.
He has conducted the affairs of
the office to the best of his
The number of people living
on farms in the United States
mounted during 1933 to a total
of 32,509,000.
TENNIS PLAYERS
PUT UP STRONG
FIGHT AT DISTRICT
TAXPAYERS MEETING
AT BELLVILLE APRIL 14
School Election Held
Here Last Saturday
Taxes Collected at
Hempstead Advance
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COMING SOON-
WHARF ANGEL
LET’S BE RITZY
MELODY IN SPRING
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ditions, throughout the county
resulted in an increased
Sun.,-Mon., April 15-16:
The Biggest Picture Ever
Made—
ESKIMO
—Wife Traders—
Also Thelma Todd Comedy
Lombard and Frances
Drake
Also Cartoon and
Paramount News
No Advance in Prices
M-G-M’s Big Musical Show
Going Hollywood
with Bing Crosby. Marion
Davies, Fifi Dorsay, Stuart
Erwin, Ned Sparks, Patsy
PARK ASSOCIATION
MEETING APRIL 16
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Armstrong
Paramount News- Cartoon
Sat., April 21:
A Western Drama
CHAPTER FOUR
PIRATE TREASURE
and Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Saturday, April 14:
You’re Telling Me
W. C. Fields and Buster
Crabbe ‘
CHAPTER THREE
Pirate Treasure
and Mickey Mouse
PREIBISCH AND
BAEBEL MAKE
GOOD SHOWING
the local league, Charlie John-
son of Bellville, Bill Howell of
Devine, Norman Branch
Demonstration Agent
Attends Meeting of
Peters-Hacienda Club
has in the past. He will appre-
ciate your support, and we com-
CHORAL CLUB MEETING
The Sealy Choral Club will
meet at the home of Mrs-. H.
G. Habermacher on Tuesday,
April 17, at 3 o’clock. All mem-
bers are urged to be present, as
items of interest will be dis-
cussed.
■ TEXAS THEATRE
services in the future, as
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The regular meeting of the
Austin County Park Associa-
tion will be held in the Sealy
High School auditorium Mon-
day night, April 16, and all
members are urgently request-
ed to attend, as it is time for
the election of officers.
Dr. I. B. Sigler,
Chairman.
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Roy Chapman, Plymouth au-
tomobile dealer of Hempstead,
has placed a couple of Ply-
mouth models on display in the
A. G. Preibisch furniture store.
Mr. Preibisch will be glad to
show these cars to any pros-
pective buyer, or others who
'admire pretty automobiles.
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to give the very
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Oil leasing has'been very ac-
tive in Brookshire and vicinity
, during the past week, and it is
• believed that one or more test
wells will be spudded in near
here soon.
L. M. Capps of Houston has
about finished the leasing of a
. block near the river on both
sides of the Katy track and we
’ understand a well will probably
. be drilled on the dome just
north of the railroad at an
( early date. Mr. Capps is quite
. familiar with the possibilities
, of that section, having drilled
a well there a few years ago.
The Galveston District Con-
ference of the M. E. Church was
held in Bay City the 10th and
11th.
Those in attendance from the
local church were Rev. and Mrs.
John Wesley Ford, and Mrs. I.
B. Sigler. The Tuesday evening
session was given to a narra-
tion of Methodism in Texas a
century ago. In this history it
was brought out that there
were Methodist preachers with
Stephen F. Austin while he
was at San Felipe. The First
Methodist Church was estab-
lished as an organization near
San Augustine in 1834. This
church was known as McMinns
Chapel.
Mrs. Ford was elected dele-
gate to the annual conference
which will meet in Nacogdoches
in November.
ability, trying at all times to
serve the best interest of the have
schools of the entire county, r
Kelly, and Big Chorus. 1
Also Comedy and News ,
A meeting of the Austin
County Taxpayers Association
will be held at the court house
in Bellville tomorrow (Satur-
day) afternoon. A full attend-
ance is earnestly desired, as
some important business is to
be attended.
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LY NEWS
The following announcement
from the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce comes
to us for publication this week.
As the days grow, longer those
who work indoors all day need
some time for rest and relaxa-
tion, and after the custom ad-
justs- itself to the change it
works a hardship on none.
We, the undersigned business
men of Sealy, Texas, agree to
close our places of business at
6:30 p.m. each day except Sat-
urday, after April 15th, 1934:
Max Kroener -
W. E. Schier & Co.
B. Motl.
Jennie' E. Vick .
Robinowitz-Preisler Co.
F. J. Foytik
G. J. Wittenburg
H. Meloneck
• W. H. Klopsteck
"M" System Store
A. G. Preibisch
Joe Cherkas
Red and White Store
Levine Brothers
Hradil Shoe Shop
Bill’s Grocery
Economy Store
Fred Frimel
> L. A. Hackbarth
Sealy Pressing Shop
W. D. Bryan
teresting and everyone present
worked diligently to fill the
cards. We regret that Miss Mc-
Kenzie, can not meet with us at
every meeting but are looking
forward to the second Wednes-
day in May when she will be
with us again and discuss
“Canning of Fruits and Vege-
tables,” and the use of the can-
ning equipment.
The next meeting of the club
will be on Wednesday, April 25,
at the home of Mrs. Fritz Bul-
ler. We wish to extend an invi-
tation to the people of the
Peters and Hacienda communi-
ties to come and join us.
Those attending the meeting
were as follows: Mrs. Fritz
Buller, Mrs. Leo Presnell, Mrs.
H. E. Coker, Mrs. Henry Vorn-
kahl, Mrs. Bertha Eckardt, Mrs.
Willie Loehr, Mrs. 'Carl Balke.
Mrs. M. F. Mersman, Mrs C. D.
Mersman, Mrs. Carrie Mae Fer-
rell, Mrs. Herbert Necker, Mrs.
Walter Haak, Mrs. H. H. Engel-
The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of
Judge W. I. Hill as a candidate
for re-election to the office of
County Judge of Austin Coun-
ty, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary next July.
Judge Hill was born and
reared at San Felipe, lived in
Sealy more than twenty years
and has been engaged in the
practice of law twenty - six
years. He served as County
Judge of this county from 1917
to 1924, and was again elected
to that office two years ago, fol-
lowing the retirement of Judge
Duncan, and was given a sub-
stantial lead over his opponents.
We believe he has performed
the duties of his office in a fair
and impartial manner, ever
having in mind the best in-
terest of the people he serves,
and it is upon his record that he
bases his claim for a second
term. We recommend his can-
didacy, and he will appreciate
your vote and support.
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Thur.,-Fri., April 12-13:
She Made Her Bed ,
with Richard Arlen, Sally ,
Eilers and Robert
The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J.
L. Stierling for re-election to
the office of District Clerk
of Austin ’ County, subject,
of course, to the action of the
Democratic primary July 28.
Mr. Stierling has served as dis-
trict clerk of this county for
several terms and has made1 a
most efficient official. He is
courteous, accommodating, and
is ever ready to serve those
who may have business to
transact in his office. He is
appreciative of the confidence
placed in him by his constituen-
cy, and promises, if' re-elected,
Mrs. M. E. Ball, Mrs. Ella
Mahnke, Mrs. John Kibbler,
Miss Birdie Loehr, Miss Pearl
Engelking, Miss Irma Eckardt,
Miss Betty Mueller, Miss Ada
Stokeld, Miss Anita Siegert,
Miss Willie,Vornkahl, and Mr.
Walter Haak.
Pearl Engelking, Reporter.
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with George Raft, Carole
other Sealy entry to take the
crown in this division. Helen
Felcman and Adelle Frimel
made up the Sealy twosome. The
Reagan girls won the first set
with ease, 6-1, but had diffi-
culty in finally drawing out in
the second to gain a 10-8 de-
Hempstead, April 10.—Taxes
collected in March total more
than 20 times as much as those
collected during the same period
in 1933, according to George V.
Norman, county tax collector.
The collections for March
totaled $2258.69, of which $1,-
525.51 was county taxes and
$750.10 was state taxes, as com-
pared to a total of only $112.-
18 of which $42.31 was state
taxes and $69.87 county, collect-
ed in March, 1933.
Mr. Norman attributes the
tremendous increase to the
large amount of delinquent
taxes paid during the month.
Prior to April 1 the interest
rate for delinquent taxes was 4
per cent, but from now until
June 31 the interest rate will be
6 per cent.
He also said improved con-
On Wednesday, April 11, the
Peters-Hacienda Canning Club
met at the home of Mrs. M. F.
Mersman. We were honored by
the presence of Miss Viola Mc-
Kenzie, the home demonstra-
tion agent of Austin County.
The meetng of the club was
opened by the president, Mrs.
R. W. Hintz, with the club’s
song, “The More We Get To-
gether,” and was followed by
the roll call and minutes of the
previous meeting1, Mrs. M. F.
Mersman is the secretary of the
club but since she was unable
to attend the meeting, the
duties of the secretary were
done by Miss Pearl Engelking.
Mrs. Hintz requested Miss
McKenzie to conduct the club
meeting. While each one was
anxiously waiting to hear what
the new demonstrator had to
say, Miss McKenzie gave a dis-
cussion on the canning of vege-
tables and fruits. A balanced
budget for a family of five was
displayed and discussed from
which each family represented
at the meeting constructed a
balanced budget for the family.
Then garden space required for
an average family was discuss-
ed and cards were filled out to
show the garden space neces-
sary for the different sizes of
families represented at the
meeting. This work was in-
Thur.,-Fri., April 19-20:
Sally Rand,~the Fan
Dancer in
Austin, April 12. — Carey
Selph’s Houston Buffs here
Wednesday finally managed to
beat Uncle Billy Disch’s Uni-
versity of Texas Longhorns.
But the margin was 14 to 13,
and the Longhorns gave the
Texas leaguers the jitters with
a great ninth-inning rally that
scored three tallies.
Here Tuesday the Dischmen
whipped Houston, 2 to 1, scor-
ing both runs in the ninth.
Preibisch doubled to _ right
field, scoring Baebel in his only
time at bat.
{) Lloyd Gregory, Houston Post
-- sports writer, made the follow-
ing comments in his column
about two Sealy boys:
Red Preibisch, big sophomore
from Sealy, bears a remarkable
resemblance to another Sealy
boy, Ernie Koy, the greatest
fullback of Texas University
history. Like Koy, Preibisch
plays fullback in football, and
the outfield in baseball.
Koy, who belongs to the New
York Yankees, will play this
season with Newark of the In-
ternational League.
Uncle Billy Disch’s Texas
University Longhorns will make
a strong bid for the Southwest
conference diamond title won
last year by T. C. U.
Buster Baebel of Sealy prob-
ably is the Longhorns’ best all
around fly chaser. Baebel, in
Wednesday’s game with the
Houston Buffs cracked out a
home run and a double, scoring
three runs and batting in three.
Uncle Billy has the greatest
1 flock of sophomore mound talent
ever to come under his tute-
lage.
In the sophomore group are:
Dick Midkiff of Gonzales, Lefty
Bennett of Normangee, who
pitched for Sealy last year in
and it is upon his past record
that he asks re-election, prom-
T _ ising a continuation of the best
king, Mrs. Max Loehr, Mrs. R. of his service.
He will appreciate your vote
mend his candidacy to
voters of the county.
On Thursday, April 26, at
2 o’clock, Miss Viola McKenzie,
home demonstration agent of
Austin County, will be -at the
Sealy school building and those
who are interested in organiz-
ing a Home Demonstration
Club are urged to be in attend-
ance. Miss McKenzie has but
recently come. to this county,
but those who have met her
and heard her speak have been
most favorably impressed with
her ability. That the work in
which she is engaged will be
Of far-reaching benefit to the
county can be judged by the
results of similar activities in
other progressive counties. It
is, r indeed, a forward step to-
ward recovery and should a claim
the interest and support of
everyone.
In the Club which she will
organize here she will take up
the work that the membership
is most interested in, such as
home and yard improvement,
canning, sewing and other
things.
Remember the time and
place: School auditorium, on
Thursday afternoon, April 26.
J. L. Stierling Asks
For Re-Election
Surface casing on Haedge
No. 1, 41 miles southwest of
Sealy and 81 miles northwest
of Wallis, was set early in the
week and a depth of nearly 1000
feet had been reached yester-
day. The block of land on which
this well is being drilled is un-
der lease by Merry Brothers
and Perini, and the well is
located in the San Felipe de
Austin tract four leagues, and
on the Walter Haedge farm.
The block of approximately
10,000 acres, which comprises
the drilling block proper is held
jointly by Merry Bros. & Per-
ini, Putnam Oil Company, Mag-
nolia Petroleum Company, Gulf
Production Company. Sun Oil
Company, the Humble Oil and
Refining Company and a num-
ber of independent operators]
The test is being drilled on
what is generally known as the
“Hot Well District,” due to the
fact- that hot mineralized wat-
ers belched forth under gas
pressure from a gas well drilled
in this vicinity some twenty-
five years ago.
Three other wells have been
drilled in the “Hot Well Dis-
trict,” the deepest of which
was .4217 feet and was not of
sufficient depth to establish a
definite marker which would
warrant a Cockfield test. It is
reported that the dark shales
of the Vicksburg were encount-
ered high on this test.
From a geological standpoint
Haedge No. 1 is both a surface
and subsurface prospect, be-
cause of the information ob-
tained by several geologists
from wells that were drilled in
the area in former years. Vari-
ous phases of geological instru-
ments have worked the terri-
tory and it is understood that
a picture was obtained that
would indicate a subsurface
high and that structural con-
ditions existed.
The well is being drilled by
the C. & C. Drilling Company
and John Bros., under contract,
and a heavy duty rig with a
122-foot derrick has been
erected. The location was
made on the Conroe trend and
approximately two miles in-
land from the Hockley shore
line, and drilling operations will
be carried to the Cockfield
formation unless production in
commercial quantities is ob-
tained from more shallow form
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Oil Leasing Activity
Indicates One or Two
Wells May Be Drilled
The Sealy Fyr-Fyters held an
interesting business session
Wednesday evening, several
things of importance coming up.
for discussion. There was the'1
largest attendance for months,
thirty members being present.
In order to maintain a good
attendance they entered into a.
contest, J. W. Ripple and Sidney
Johnston representing oppos-
ing'sides, and choosing half the
membership in each group. At
the conclusion of a three
months period the side which
has had the best attendance
will be entertained by the losing
group. A committee composed
of E. E. Kastrop, Eddie Hluc-
han, Sidney Johnston and J. M.
Byrnes will visit the 'Wallis
Fire Department Thursday
evening, representing the local
organization in a business
transaction.
After the regular routine of
business officers for the en-
suing year were elected as fol-
lows: Ralph Sloan, chief; Harry
Nowak, 2nd chief; Paul Hack-
barth, 3rd chief; Hugo Hess,
secretary - treasurer; W. F.
Godenzweig, W. R. Krampitz,
and J. M. Byrnes, directors. W.
M. Hunt was retained as mar-
shal.
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In the election held Saturday
in which two trustees were to
be elected the names of H. E.
Coker, Fred Frimel and Louis
Hluchan appeared on the bal-
lots. A total of fifty-nine votes
were polled and were divided as '
follows: H. E. Coker, 59; Louis
Hluchan, 36; Fred Frimel, 27;
W. H. Klopsteck. 1; W. R.
Krampitz, 4; John Mueller, 1;
the latter three were written
in. Messrs. Coker and Hluchan
were duly elected, and being
upright, conscientious gentle-
men will serve the school and
community, in a capable, ef-
ficient manner.
Sealy’s representatives at the
District Interscholastic Meet
held in Pasadena last Saturday
made a very creditable showing
despite the fact that they did
not win first place. This fact
can be readily appreciated when
one takes into consideration the
practise and training that the
contestants in the city have.
They are allotted a regular
period daily for Physical Edu-
cation and have the opportunity
of playing the various city
teams. Tommy Hickey placed
second in vaulting and will at-
tend the meet to be held in
Huntsville in the near future.
The Sealy youngsters put up a
hard fight in tennis as can be
discerned in a perusal of the
following article taken from the
a Houston Chronicle:
Ebbie Holden, the city school-
boy champion, and one of the
most consistent junior stars,
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first title in the boys’ singles,
winning in three straight sets
from Freddie Hluchan of Sealy
High. Holden won by scores of
6-0, 6-0, 6-1, dropping but one
game, that in the last set, to
his rival.
Doris Ames of San Jacinto
captured the girls’ singles by
defeating another Sealy entry,
Marian Claire Koy, in the finals.
Miss Ames, winning by scores
of 6-4, 6-0, staged a comeback
in the second set after ex-
periencing some trouble in the
opening set. Miss Koy, a cousin
of Ernie Koy, former Texas
University star athlete, put up
a stubborn battle in the first
set, forcing the champion to go
10 games before gaining her
decision.
Reagan’s brilliant girls double
team of Doris Chase and Merle
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