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THE SEALY NEWS
FOUR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1949
THE SEALY NEWS
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BEST WISHES
FOR ’50!
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe C. Albert and Gloria
to you!
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Next to Bay’s Grocery
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FOB SALE, TOO
NOTE OF THANKS
The Telephone Operators wish
to express their thanks and ap-
preciation for all the kind re-
membrances received during the
Christmas Holidays.
The following were the first to
respond, and a complete list will
be published each week:
First Week:
W. E. Hill and Mrs. G. B. Hill
Joe Krchnak
Mrs. Auguste Bastian
Ed Pavelka
H. H. Nowak
E. J. Estes
Mescal Soloman
Second Week:
B. C. Smith
Haynes Mattress Factory
D. I. Carlin
O. E. Hartman
E. A. Marburger
Bernard Szymanski
V..F. Vicenik
A. G. Preibisch
Carl E. Schaer
Edgar Luedecke
Goebel’s Cafe
H. C. Krudwig
Henry C. Meier
Hugo Hess
Norman Hess
Mrs. F. Westermann, Sr.
Frank Russ
Third Week:
Mrs. Nita Feik
Rudolph Hajovsky
L. J. Zapalac
Zapalac's 5 & 10c Store
W. V. Surovik
Mrs. Milton Ilse
J. E. Hackbarth
K. E. Meyer
Herbert Hradil
City Auto Service
Dr. Frank Vykoukal
James Brown
Mrs. B. Williamson
Mrs. J. W. Ripple
Louis Hluchan
Eddie Hluchan
Raymond Hradil
Raymond Hradil Garage
Mrs. Joe Hradil, Sr.
Sam Tolbirt
Vernon Madden
Edwin Rench
Joe Walters
FOURTH WEEK:
H. E. Krampitz
Joe Hrdlicka
Red and White Store
Frankie Rice (colored)
W. R. Krampitz
Olijo Campos
Emil Bartay
Sealy Hotel
Melvin Preibisch
W. A. Schley
Mrs. Frank Jousan
Oscar E. Schier
Citizens State Bank
FIFTH WEEK:
L. C. Sutton
Floyd O. Elkins
Julius Brune
Mrs. Hellmuth Meier
John Krchnak
SIXTH WEEK:
Mrs. Elsie Felcman
Henry Hess, Jr.
Hess Drug Store
C. A. Loescher
Miss Barbara Bezpalec
Leo Lux
Dr. V. Gordon
E. M. Hinze
Cyril Krchnak
Community Public Service
L. E. Kurtz
Mrs. F. W. Evendorf
Ed L. Michaelis
E. H. Meier
Mrs. Fannie Boehm
Mrs. Lillie Amsler
Wm. Beckman
Bruce Viereck
Joe Sula
Steve Beasley
W. P. Phenecie .
Frank Janda
Leon Phillips
Mrs. W. C. Hughes
Mrs. Emil Zapalac
Mrs. O. F. Bock
Mrs. Joe Stock
W. M. Black
J. D. Keding
Otto Keding
Herman Pacher.
Mrs. Walter Virnau
Mrs. Harry Virnau
W. E. Schier
G. F. Graeter
E. R. Rudloff
Mrs. John Schier
Virgil Hill
Chas. Hinze
A. L. Diestel
Miss Elfrieda Borgel
Mrs. Ruth Westermann
Mrs. Alma Brosig
J. G. Cartwright
J. T. Wells
Mrs. Gus D. Litzmann
Mrs. J. J. Schindler •
Mrs. Eugene Josey
W. A. Burttschell
Mrs. Myrtle Frazar
Walter F. Reinke
Forrest Kveton
C. J. Dycus
William J. Loehr
Christ Luedecke
Mrs. Johana Mlcak
Raymond Schroeder
Frank Meyer
Frank Thornton
Miss Agnes Blaschke
Mrs. Ed Buls
Mrs. Dora Kloss
A. H. Diestel
Arthur Lee Diestel
Card of Thanks
I thank all of my friends for
gifts, cards, and visits while I
was in the Sealy Hospital. My
gratitude is also extended to the
members of the hospital staff for
their kindness.
Dorothy Jean Pacher
R. H. Hackbarth
Mrs. W. W. Preibisch
Mrs. Jodie Burns
Mrs. Joe F. Schier
0. C. Schreiner
Jake Hintz
J. G. Konvicka
Mrs. Ella Preibisch
W. F. Hillebrand
Mrs. W. F. Godenzweig
Herman Loehr
Mrs. J. Hess
F. M. Harvey
Mrs. F. W. Hover
Immaculate Conception
Church
C. A. Lay
C. A. Lay Welding and
Machine Shop
John Mueller
Mrs. Nettie Mueller
Mrs. E. A. Datweiler
Joseph Zapalka
Dan Wilson
SEVENTH WEEK:
Meloneck Grocery
Herman Meloneck
Kenneth Kurtz Pkg. Store
Hackbarth Lumber Co.
George’s Shoe Shop
Levine Bros.
Dierschke Chevrolet Co.
Sealy-Oliver Co.
Melvin Preibisch Hdw.
Sealy Food Market
Pete Lezak
Milam Schroeder
Geo. Pacher
D. C. Kaminsky
Adolph Felcman
Mrs. Lon Davis
Mrs. Maxine Mullins
Albert Lepp
C. J. Nastoupil
J .P. Gerhardt
John Suroveak
Gus Peschke
Mrs. Annie Zachas
Mrs. Matilda Zaskoda
Mrs. Lottie Skeete
Chas. Machala, (business)
Chas. Machala
Reese Kveton
Joe Zapalac
Cecil Turner
Mamie Lewis
Bill Kveton
Chas. D. Krampitz
W. B. Johnston
First Baptist Church
Main Street Service Station
z Smiths’ Frigidaire Shop
Hluchan Barber Shop
John Krchnak Grocery
Campbell Liquor Store
E. D. Campbell
M. T. Shelburne, Jr.
S. L. Pawlak
A. Titel
Frank Zapalka
R. R. Hillebrand
Sidney Johnston
Mrs. Ora Dell Newcom
Dean Kunze
Alois Hrdlicka
Mrs. Chas. Esar
Mrs. Fannie Meyer
Anton Dzierzanowski
R. A. Engelking, Jr.
G. J. Lummus
Dr. Fr. Vykoukal
Louis Koym
C. S. Ackley
The Sealy News
E. R Rudloff
Mrs. John Schier
Virgil Hill
Chas. Hinze
W. A. Burttschell
Mrs. Myrtle Frazar
B’Lonze Davis
Johnnie Ozmicek
EIGHTH WEEK:
Mrs. J. C. Engelking
F. J. Krampitz, Sr.
Hugo Brast
J. H. Grubbs
Frank Stolarski
J. W. Phenicie
Dr. F. W. Hover
F. M. Harvey
Mrs. John Seekamp
C. R. Tomlinson
NINETH WEEK:
Leroy Lyth
Foytik Cleaners
F. J. Foytik
Meyer Service Station
Emil Zachas
Methodist Church
Methodist Parsonage
D. J. Byrne
Does the outlook for somewhat
lower farm income in 1950 mean
a cut in farm family spending?
Mrs. Florence Low, extension
home management specialist of
Texas A. & M. College, doesn’t
believe that farm families gen-
erally will cut their spending
during 1950 as much as the farm
income is expected to be reduced.
She says families do. not change
their spending habits easily and
tend to keep up their spending
even after income has dropped.
Savings and credit provide the
cushion families use to maintain
this spending.
Other factors that may help to
keep farm family spending on a
fairly high level, says Mrs. Low,
are a wider extension of electric-
ity to rural areas and spending
on housing may be stimulated
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Matocha,
daughter, Rose Frances, and son,
Roosevelt, of Yoakum, Mrs. Bry-
an Stubbs and son, Bryan, Jr., of
Cuero, Mr. and Mrs. August Ne-
tardus and sons, Leon and Joseph,
of Gonzales, were Christmas
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Dierschke and children, Walter
Doyle, Barbara and Shirley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Machala
and daughter, Peggy, of Houston,
visited here Saturday. Sunday
they were joined by her parents,
Mrs. Ed Pavelka, and brother,
Elgin, for a Christmas visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lehman and
children, Mary Frances and Her-
bie, in La Grange.
MILADY’S
BEAUTY SHOPPE
Our Permanent Waves
Make Permanent Customers
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HOLIDAY
VISITORS
H. M. BROUILLETTE
FURNITURE STORE
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Spectators, 30c
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smoke have more relapses than
those who do not.
On the effect of tobacco on
pregnancy, doctors have conclud-
ed that “smoking does not do
pregnant women any more harm,
or any different harm, than it
does anyone else.” Mothers’ milk
has bee found to analyze 1.4
parts nicotine in ten million,
among moderate smokers; 4.7
parts among heavy smokers. But
no effect on babies has been de-
tected.
The article reports evidence
that smoking impairs athletic
prowess and retards the growth
and chest development of col-
lege-age men. Coaches are al-
most unanimous that muscular
power is lowered and that fatigue
begins earlier in smokers.
Heart disease is more preva-
lent. among smokers than non-
smokers, and smoking may inten-
sify existing heart disease, Riis
states. Smoking speeds the pulse
by as much as 28 beats per min-
ute, and raises blood pressure
“markedly and quickly.” As yet
however, no proof exists that
smoking causes heart disease or
high blood pressure.
Studying the life spans and
smoking habits of more than 6,-
000 white American males, a phy-
sician at Johns Hopkins conduct-
ed that 66 percent of non-smok-
ers at the age of 30 will reach
60, but that only 61 percent of
light smokers and a mere 46 per-
cent of heavy smokers will doub-
le their age at 30. Other doctors
disagree, holding that heavy-
smokers are temperamentally the
kind of people who do many
things to excess and thus are
more likely to die early.
Texas did not surrender in the
Civil War until May 30 — more
than a month .after General Lee
surrendered.
Lemonville, Texas is in Orange
County.
The Rio Grande River is about
1,569 miles long.
Four communities in Texas are
named Midway.
A total of 401 different tele-
phone companies operate in Tex-
as.
Breakfast cereals are a basic
food, important in the daily diet
for their nutritional value, ver-
satility, economy, and varied fla-
vors and textures.
If opened to capacity, Texas
oil wells would produce more oil
in a day than the U. S. could use
in a month.
The Midland County Court-
house once sold for $1.
Exemption from attachment
for debt in Texas includes ceme-
tery lots, 20 hogs, 20 sheep, 5
cows and the family library.
In Temple, Texas, there is an
ordinance requiring all U. S.
Presidential trains to stop for
five minutes.
Texas’ Capitol has been moved
13 times.
The world’s largest vegetable
farm is near Edinburg, Texas.
In Texas there are more than
500 types of soil.
In Crystal City, Texas the
spinach capital, there is a 12-
foot statue of Popeye.
HOLIDAY
VISITORS
A turkey dinner was served
Monday by Mr. and Mrs. "John
Maresh and family to Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Ranft and son, How-
ard, of Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Hluchan and children,
Beverly, Diane, sand Gordan, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Hluchan, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Hluchan and son,
Barry, Leroy Hintz, and Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Petrusek, Edward and
Wilma.
Elgin Pavelka and Jerry Ma-
chala, of Houston, made a trip
to West Texas Wednesday
through Friday. Mrs. Machala
and daughter, Peggy, are guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Pavelka, during that time.
Miss Kathryn Chew is Christ-
mas vacationing with her par-
ents and brother. She attends
San Marcos State Teachers Col-
lege.
Miss Peggy Tolbirt, of SMU, is
home for a Christmas visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Tolbirt, and friends.
Miss Andrea Vicenik, of Gal-
veston, is visiting relatives and
friends here.
Charles Bradfield, of Uvalde,
Ganey Bradfield, of Fort Worth,
and Bobby Bradfield, of A & I,
were Christmas guests of their
mother, Mrs. R. E. Bradfield, and
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Keding.
Capt. and Mrs. K. D. Hill and
daughter, Sharon, of Washington,
D. C., and Mrs. Grace McLellan,
of Orange, are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Fewell.
WALLIS
The Wallis public school will
open on Monday, January 2„ af-
ter having been closed during the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Toellner
had a family dinner on Christ-
mas Day, with all of the children
and nearly all of the grandchil-
dren present.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Ferguson,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson,
Billie and Mary Susan of Texas
City, were Christmas guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Helwig and
family of Freeport spent Christ-
mas Day with Mr. and Mrs. H.
Helwig, and Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Toellner, Jr., of Brazoria, vis-
ited them briefly during the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartselle Scrogin
of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Owen
A. Scrogin and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Scrogin and family of
Midland, and Mr. and Mrs. Grid-
ley Scrogin ,Jr., of Wallis, were
Christmas guests of Mrs. B. G.
Scrogin.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Perry and
Janice of Houston, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sell
and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Davis
on Christmas. Mr. Sell, who is
in the Veterans Hospital in Hous-
ton, was at home for several
days.
Miss Myrtle Fordtran of Hous-
ton is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Owen Prouty. They joined the
Fordtran, family at Industry at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
vin Wittner for Christmas dinner
and supper, spending the night
in Bellville with Mr. and Mrs.
Dee L. Prouty.
Mrs. Albina Allen and son,
Richey Gates, of San Bernardino,
California, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Sodolak for the
holidays.
Miss Mildred Renken and Mar-
vin Renken of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Chudej of Rosenberg,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hen-
ry Renken and Lawrence, Christ-
mas.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wasicek
visited in Houston Christmas.
Norman Toellner of Texas A. &
M., left Thursday before Christ-
mas, to spend the holidays with
his brother, Lawrence, and Mrs.
Toellner and Mark .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brandt of
Houston were guests of Mrs. F.
D. Brandt and Miss Rosetta
Brandt Christmas, and all visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Matejka in
Sealy. They, with other members
of the family, had Christmas
night dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
H. P. Donigan and daughter, Nor-
ma, in Pattison.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. V.
Pazderny during the week were
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Pazderny and
children of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. John Pokluda and family
of Yorktown, and Miss Olga Wag-
ner, R .N., of Houston. Miss Wag-
ner accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Podluka to Yorktown for a visit.
Miss Gertrude Niebuhr is
spending the holidays at her
home in Industry.
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Tomlinson
spent Christmas in Victoria with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Miksch
and,Johnnie, Mr. and Mrs. Emiel
Neiser and family of Weimar,
have returned home, after a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Roman Bar-
tosh. Leohard Bartosh of Weimar
is spending several days with Eu-
gene Bartosh.
Mr .and Mrs. Richard Baldwin
and children of North Hollywood,
California, spent the holidays
with Mrs. Baldwin’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Liberda.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Bland
and son, Allen, of Tucson, Ari-
zona, and Mr. and Mrs .Walter
Bland of Galveston were guests
of Mrs. P. Bland during this
week..
Mr. and Mrs. Harry True and
son, Harry, of Beaumont, spent
Thursday and Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Hicks, of
De Leon, former owners and ed-
itors of The Sealy News, visited
in Wallis one day last week.
News Staff is
Entertained at
Television Party
A gay holiday spirit was re-
flected in the blue and white
theme chosen by Mr. and Mrs.
F. O. Elkins to adorn their home
throughout the Christmas season,
at a television party when they
were hosts to the Sealy News
staff last Thursday night.
The table was laid with blue
and white linen. A miniature
white holly tree holding tiny
blue glass balls and flanked by
lighted blue tapers was used as
the center piece. After a Mex-
ican dinner was served an hour
and a half television show, which
had as its finale Christmas car-
ols sung by the NBC choir of
New York City, was enjoyed by
the group.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Luedecke, Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Michaelis, Mescal Sol-
oman, Miss Wilma Petrusek and
the host and hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Schier
and children, Doris Ruth, Evelyn
Marie, and John, of Falfurrias,
are guests of Mrs. John Schier
and Mrs. Johnetta Stallings dur-
ing the holidays. On Wednesday
the entire group spent the day
with Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Dick-
son and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Hubbard and family in Houston.
Mrs. Freda Levine and chil-
dren; of Houston, spent Christmas
here with their relatives.
by the provisions of the Federal
Housing Act of 1949. Slight re-
ductions in the price of consumer
goods will also benefit farm fam-
ilies.
If reductions do come, they
are expected to show up in re-
duced spendings for gifts and
contributions, recreation and
house furnishings and equipment,
says, Mrs. Low. Little change is
expected in the amounts spent
for food and clothing.
High farm incomes for the past
several years have enabled many
farm families -to acquire a good
stock of household equipment
and this will not have to be re-
placed for several years. Young
families and others who have
not acquired household goods
are more likely to miss the ex-
tra income which would have
been spent on these items.
Miss Ethylene Benton is a
guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Benton.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Buchtien
and Mr. and Mrs. Florian Andrl-
1a, of Houston, visited their par-
ents here at Christmas.
Bubba Dierschke is home from
St. Edwards in Austin for a holi-
day visit with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dierschke
and family attended the wedding,
of Mr. Dierschke’s brother, Ben
Dierschke, in Yoakum, Wednes-
day.
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How Harmful
Are Cigarettes?
The tidal-wave increase in cig-
arette smoking in the United
States, in a single generation,
stands as one of the most re-
markable mass changes of hum-
an habit in all history, declares
Roger William Riis in The Read-
er’s Digest for January. With
400 billion cigarettes consumed
last year, and 800,000 non-smok-
ers joining the smoking ranks an-
nually, we do not begin to rea-
lize the possible end result of this
new habit which has laid hold
upon an entire people, Riis
states.
The Digest article, one of the
series of “Reports to Consumers,”
appraises the effects, harmful
and otherwise, of this “nation-
wide cloud of cigarette' smoke”
upon American health, as shown
by medical findings to date.
Two chemicals in cigarette
smoke — benzo-pyrene and nic-
otine — are under grave suspic-
ion, though medical science “has
so far not proved a case” against
them. Nicotine, in pure form, is
so violent a poison that the
amount contained in two cigar-
ettes would kill a smoker quick-
ly if injected into the blood-
stream. But in smoking, most of
the nicotine escapes into the air;
only a slight percentage is ab-
sorbed by the mouth and lungs.
Though benzo-pyrene is an ir-
ritant rather than a poison, it is
a greater threat to heavy smok-
ers than is nicotine, according to
many physicians. Throat irrita-
tion, the most common charge
against smoking, is blamed by
doctors on incompletely burned
tar products, of which benzo-py-
rene is the chief ingredient.
Medical opinion differs on
smoke-induced damage to the
lungs. Cancer of the lungs has
shown a marked increase in re-
cent years, and some authorities
attribute this higher incidence to
a parallel increase in cigarette
smoking. Others do not. The
American Cancer Society formal-
ly states that no answer can yet
be accepted as scientifically val-
id.
It is generally agreed, however,
that cancer of the mouth, tongue
and lips is “unduly prevalent
among smokers.” Researchers in
Michigan, Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania have come * independently
to the conclusion that the major-
ity of victims of cancer of the
tongue are excessive users of to-
bacco.
Cigarettes retard hunger, the
author states, by suppressing, sto-
mach-wall contractions which
produce the hunger sensation.
Hence smoking interferes with
appetite and thereby with good
nutrition. A gain in weight is
commonly experienced by per-
sons who have forsworn the
smoking habit.
Heartburn and gastritis may be
caused by excessive smoking. The
article gives no evidence that
stomach ulcers are so caused, but
states that excess acidity of the
stomach, produced by smoking,
“provides the kind of climate ul-
cers like.” Ulcer patients who
R. M. Mikeska, Parts
Jerry Gregor, Refrigeration
E. A. Kotzula, Sales
Leon F. Koerth, Tractor Dept.
W. A. Rudloff, Ervin Hohlt, Ralph Franks,
Service Dept.
Clifton Cummings — Joe Mays — Porters
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Sealy, Texas, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1897.
Mescal Soloman, Editor and Owner
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