The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1961 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 86
$2.50 Per Year in Advance In Texas
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961
7c Per Copy
NUMBER 36
Almost 400 In .
Flatonia Schools
The following number of
pupils recently enrolled fn
the Flatonia Public Schools,
according to Supt R. B.
Froehncr:
Flatonia Grade School,
238; Flatonia High School,
100; Douglas Grade School,
58, making a total of 396.
Sheriff Issues Warning
To Reckless Drivers
one for dis-
James Michael Buys
Johnson Electric Shop
- #
A business transaction
was completed- recently in
which James Michael pur-
chased the electric shop in
Flatonia from W. D. John-
son.
Michael’s Electric Shop,
as it is known now, special-
izes in electric appliance re-
pairs an offers for sale nu-
merous well known electric-
al lines. Miss Jo Gabitzsch
will serve as an employee.
Mr. Johnson, - while no
longer associated with the
shop, will continue as jus-
tice of the peace in Flatonia,
and has an office in the Abe
Mueller building.
more active than usual. We
did quite a little business,
and 1 think we had to make
eight trips to San Antonio
and Austin with mental pa-
tients. We also had a lotT qf disturbing the peace and
minor wrecks to investi- trip to Elm Grove for family
gate. Several people were , disturbance
Carl F. Mehner
Rites At Rusk
RUSK.—Funeral services
for Carl F. Mehner, 72, who
died Friday at the Rusk Me-
morial Hospital, were held
at the Wallace Funeral
Chapel, Rusk, at 4 n. m. on
turbing the peace.
Aug. 20. Another man
was jailed from. Schuleife.^ ,
burg for driving while in- Sunday* with the Rev. Jew-
toxicated and one here for Met,lure, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, of-
ficiating. Burial was in the
Cedar Hill Cemetery at
injured, but none seriously, j Aug. 21. Call near Fay-jRui?k- .
A lot of good cars were ettcville to check on calf* ^ native of Flatonia. Mr
Bulldogs Lose Opener
To Bastrop, 22 to 0
j. ,Thq...undermanned Fla-
Rites Held Tuesday »*»"&?» «
• Bastrop Bears, 22-0, last
After the first of j found dead, also to Ruters-
» the city will not jville to check on a wagon
wrecked
September,
have a chief of police, so thought stolen,
that will leave all of the j Aug. 22. Charlie and
city laws to.be enforced by Brunner took Another pa-
my department. One of the tient to San Antonio and 1
first things we are going to went to Schulenburg and
do about it will be to crack | sold a car at sheriff’s sale,
down on these young boys. Aug. 23, 24. I went to
for this reckless driving Schulenburg and Flatonia
around here in town. It is : serying- eivil papors ancl r0U-
absolutely unnecessary for Ujne patrol.
Mehner had lived in Rusk
for 38 years. He was an
accountant for two Rusk
business firms, and was a
member of the Methodist
Church.
He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Irene Mehner of
Rusk; two sons, Phillip
Mehner of Houston and
John Mehner of Pasadena;
a daughter, Mrs. Kitty Beth
i Aug. 25.- Call to Warren- Sr”' ^
SCHOOL MENU
SEPT. 11-SEPT. 15
Monday: H a m b u rger
steaks, mashed potatoes,
green beans, peaches, but-
ter, bread, milk.
T'u e sday: Hamburgers,
potato chips, ranch style
beans, ice cream sandwich,
milk.
• WedWsday : Pressed ham
.. slices, Ji om iny, b u tJtSiX-’d
„ rots, coffee -rake *q<
' bitead, butter,'‘■milft.A
Thursday: Roast beef,
English Qeas; pickled beets,
\ fruit-jello,' bread, butter,
milk. ' ■4 " •
* Friday: Tuna fish salad,
j macaroni and cheese, turnip
greens,' chocolate pudding,
bread, butter, milk. t
do; and it is so dangerous, L ^ ehook on a menta
we are going to put a stop ami in the Tfter-
t“d«J h“* *« " t“k her to SanAn-
qvfnd I tonio State Hospital. Also
dads will cooperate with us k ri ... wrp,,k here iii
and help us to slow them worked a wreck nere ln
do\yn. So don’t be mad at
us if we have to stop your
boy and maybe make him
pay a fine, because we will
be doing it for his protec-
tion, as well as yours and
the general public. Let this
David Charba
Serves in Pacific
be a whrfting that beginning
Sept. 1 we will be enforcing
the city laws here in La
Grange. Now for the daily
activities:
town in which three cars _ R9^^ BEACH, Calif.
were involved. j Serving ,,in } k e RaTiaa
— _ _- ™ , : aboard the destroyer USS
Aug 26. Call to Flatonia Maddox ati ' out of
a big Mexican fight; live ot I Lonjf B€’achy Calif.f ia Davi(j
F. Charba, sonarman sea-
man apprentice,. USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Vencil Charba
these were arrested and
three of them were cut up
pretty bad. Also worked
another wreck on the Fair
Grounds road, one boy .
taken to hospital,
Aug: 27. Call to Swiss
Alp sectioi^ a disturbance
Aug. 1. Two jailed from ! between neighbors over cat-
Flatonia for fighting; also | tlc“- Brunner brought an-
of Route 2, Flatonia.
, The Maddox is scheduled
to participate in a “fleet
sail” when it will depart for
Hawaii with 20 other First
Fleet ships to relievo sister
vessels now operating in the
Aug. ' 2. - Char life and it , AuJ*28, One jailed for 7_______„________________
wdht to Weimar and return-! drunl^mes^% one^Cr* ui^-1 of Free World trade routes
ed a mental vpatieht to jailvur*ftfT cue peace fbom Fla- which criss-cross the 85'rnil-
^iere. 'v ^ |tonia and One from Schulen-
Aug.3. Trip to Flatonia;
one jailed for passing about
$2500 in hot checks. enburg for investigation,
Aug. 4. Calls to wrecks and j1 ^0,0£ed woman was
jailed by. Patrolman-Swan
Birthday Party Given
For Don ell Dornak
Donell Dornak, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Anton B.
Dornak, celebrated her 9th
birthday with a birthday
party at the Legion Hall on
Sept.2 from 2:30 until 4:30
p. m.
Refreshments were served
' consisting of cookies, cake,
potato chips, sandwiches,,
candy mints, kolaches, and
a beautiful birthday cake,
with punch to drink.
All e n j o yed playing
bingo. After several games
Donell opened her gifts.
Following the lighting of
the birthday cake, all sang
“Happy Birthday” to the
honoree. _
Present were: Timmie
Ellen and Sandy Pospisil,
Barbara and Anthony Pulk-
rabek, Jeannie Greive, "Bob-
by Zouzalik, Carol Stein-
hauser, Edwin Vrana, Dor-
othy Syrinek, Mickey Stein-
hauser, Evelyn Brunner,
Carolyn Nikel, Kenny Frey-
tag, Kirk Freytag, Ronnie
Brosch, Rhonda Freytag,
Keith Freytag, Gregory
Mikesky.
Also Mrs. McCall, Miss
Grace Ward, Mrs. Louis
Niemann, Mrs. Bertha
Brosch, Mrs. Louis Greive,
Mrs. Edwin Mikulik, Mrs.
Jim Zapalac, Mrs. E. V. Ja-
necka, Mrs. Charlie Greive,
Miss Millie Brosch, Mrs.
Charlie Pilat Jr., Mrs. Ju-
buggrtor theft.
-sible"for maintaining safety
Hon square mile Pacific
area; the First Fleet in the
Aug. 29. I went to Schul-! eastern and mid-Paeific, and
the Seventh Fleet in- the
Western Pacific.
For Father Kopp
MOULTON. — Fun eral
services for the Rev. Joseph’
Kopp, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Moulton
for 39 years, were held at
the church at 10 a. m. on
Tuesday.
Father Kopp, who had
been active as a priest for
57 years before his retire-
ment in 1959, died Friday
at the Wagne’r Memorial
Hospital in Shiner.
A native of Alsace,
France, Father Kopp was
ordained there in 1902 and
came to this country two
months_laterHis. . first
parish was in Buffalo,
N. Y.
He came to Texas in 19Q9
and served at Koerth in La-
vaca County for six years.
In 1915 he was transferred
to Fayette County and
served churchse at Am-
mannsville and Hostyn un-
til 1920 when he came to
Moulton.
He served about 500
families' in the Moulton
area by himself for 26
years before being assigned
his first assistant in 1946..'
While he was pastor in
Moulton the present church
building as constructed (in
an<** %
Joseph s Gathohc •b^iroriL
‘■•was established. ’ . •-
Father Koap <had no
known »urv,ivf>r» in this
country. 'y *.
Burial was in the Moul-
ton Catholic Cemetery.
Buyers Numerous
At Local Sale
Plenty of buyers were on
hand throughout Monday’s
auction sale of the Flatonia
Livestock Commission Co.
Stocker calves were very ac-
tive, with one light calf go-
ing out at $33 per hundred-
weight. Fat calves were
Friday night in Bastrop in
the initial football*game of , , , ... ,
the season for both clubs. I wRh a week earlier
A goodly number of the C.°w and calf pairs and
.. . ... atAnlror nnu/a + r\nr»H mnrn a
Bulldogs, especially in the
forward wall gained their
first real experience in this
contest, but it is hoped they
will improve, as expected,
right along. *
To open the game Fla-
tonia won the toss and elect-
ed to receive; Merecka took
the kickoff for about 10 to
the Flatonia 27; Cooper
made 'only one on his first-
try, the first of many a run,
some of them real good ones
during the evening; also
he was called upon to do
the passing ami punting -for
the eleven; Douglas Mica,
-another first year, showed
tft advantage, both of de-
fense and offense, as also
did Leonard Tupa. The
Bulldogs turned in what was
considered a real good game
in all of the first quarter
and most of the second. The
score was 0-0 at end of the
first period, with Flatbnia
holding the ball.
-Early in the second pe-
riod, Flatonia had managed
to get to the Bastrop 17, but
lost ball on downs. Bas-
trop psed end runs along
with passes fo rack up sev-
eral first downs, then late
, quarter went over
m yw> FJatonia ttv o *fpa
i tbuch^owit; t^he two point
try was good fo make the
pital and one going up the
Bluff.
Aug. 13. Keeping peace
at the Fair Grounds celebra-
tion, and call to Halstead,
a fight; two men jailed.
Aug. 14. Call west of Fla-
tonia to the new mud plant,
a burglary and air condi-
tioner, typewriter and elec-
tric wrench stolen. Also
call to assist Houston offi-
cers trying to catch a men-
lius Pospisil Jr., Mrs. tal patient they let escape
at Flatonia and Kirtley and
we had our big apprecia-
tion barbecue for all the lo-
cal and neighboring offi-
cers.
•Aug. 5. Call to Rabb’s
Prairie for investigation;
call to Winchester; one jail-
ed for disturbing the peace.
Fritz and Tarkington haul-
ed one to jail for fighting.
Aug. 6. ■ Several local
calls to disturbances.
Aug. 7. Charlie took a
mental patient to San An-
tonio State Hdspital. I went
to Schulenburg and levied
on two cars and Lawrence
went to JVinchester check-
ing on mail boxes torn
down.
Aug. 8, 9. Call to Carmine
Y, a wreck and I went to El
Campo on business. ' _
Aug. 10. Brunner assisted j George Maselc, Henry
in moving a house from Cis-1 Migl, and Ronnie Beck had
tern to Flatonia. ' good luck while fishing on
Aug. 11. Two men were-Labor Day. Masek and
jailed, one for traffic and
one from the penitentiary
brought back for=-new trial.
Aug. 12.~ Callg to three
wrecks, one on Ellinger
highway, one near the hos
for traffic violation.
Aug. 30. 1 made two trips
to Schulenburg and Engle,
investigating a check for-
gery and Charlie took a
mental patient to Waco
Veterans Hospital.
Aug. 31. Call to Ruters-
ville to check on suspicious
car and also near Plum, a
family disturbance.
We handled 25 prisoners
through the jail this month
and collected $1,234.75 in
fines and fees for the coun-
ty and about $500 for oth-
ers. That’s it for now.
Sincerely,
T. J. Flournoy, Sheriff
and Deputies
Larry Zouzalik
Is Party Honoree
stocker cows foun$ more ac-
tivity than a week ago. Sev-
eral deals of top fiogs sold
from $19.70 to $19.90.
Cfonsigned were: 823 cat-
*1 lei, 242 hogs, 36 sheep and
6 horses.
Prices were—
Calves: Good and choice,
$22.50 to $24.75; commer-
cial, $21 to $23; utility, $19
to $21; culls, $19 down;
stocker steer calves, $24 to
$30.75; stocker heifers,
$22.50 to $26.50; stocker
yearlings, $21 to $25; heavy
weight bulls, $18 to $20;
light weight hulls, $T5.50~to
$18.
Cows: Good heavyweight
$13 to $15.70 ; cutter cows,
$12 to $14; canner cows, $9
to $12.
Co wand calf pairs: Good
$175 to $215; medium, $150
to $175; old worn out, most-
ly split and weighed.
HogS: Good and choice,
$19 to $19.90; sows, $14 to
$18; feeders, $13 to $15.50;
pigs, $4 to $8 head.
Sheep: Ewes, $4 to $7;
lambs, $7 to $12; bucks, $5
to $7.
Stockmen To Be On
Pinkeye has been* reported
ss St. ,
" ..4$rop once again got the
Perales Now With
Marines on Okinawa
CAMP PENDLETON,
Calif.—Crossing the Pacific
with troops of the Third
Battalian, Fifth Marine Reg-
iment aboard the attack
transport USS Breckinridge,
is Marine Pfc. Sixto Perales,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Julio
Perales of Flatonia.
The battalion boarded
the Breckinridge, Aug. 16,
for Okinawa where it will
ser^e a 12-month tour of
duty with the Third Marine
Division.
ball on a fumble on the Bas-
trop 40 as the half ended.
The large crowd of spec-
tators thoroughly enjoyed
v „ . , , the half-time show put on
Larry Zouzalik is sched- by both schools, their bands
Mighty Fine Bass!
Beck combined to catch a
7V4 pound bass, and Henry
hooked one that weighed
siix pounds.
These are the largest bass
reported here in quite some
time.
Has Operation
Miss Evelyn Koopmann of
Austin recently submitted
to surgery in the Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital
in Shiner.
At the present time, she
is reported to be improving.
Attend Wedding
Tauch Daughter Born
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Ray Tauch of San Antonio
are the proud parents of a
daughter born Saturday,
Aug. 19. She weighed 7
pounds, 15 ounces and re
ceived the name of Aileen
Ann.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Tauch of
San Antonio and Mrs. A. E.
Dahl of Carrizo Springs.
Great-grandmother is Mrs.
L. M. Doyle of San Antonio
and great-grandfather is
Paul Tauch of Flatonia.
This is the couple’s first
child.
uled to report for induction
into the Army on Thurs-
day, Sept. 7.
Sunday afternoon his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F, J
Zouzalik, honored him with
a party at their home,
which ended with a chicken
barbecue supper with all of
the trimmings.
Attending the pleasant
affair were: Lloyd Stein-
hauser, Ray Bacak, Jimmy
Johnson, Walter Maeker,
Robert Richter, Virgil Fal-
tysek, Jerome Phillipus, Er-
rol Maeker, Gary Warren,
David Faltysek, James Ba-
cak; also Gloria Haas, Gus-
sie Etlinger, Bernice Hoepfl,
Betty Fojtik, Shirley
Schroeder, Patsy Hoepfi,
Rita Simieek, Bobby Haas,
Stanley Zimmerman, Rich-
ard Orts, Georgie Luksov-
sky, Eugene Zouzalik, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Doehring,
Mrs. Daniel Zouzalik, Bob-
by, David, Carol, Gary and
Mary Ann.
and pep squads.
Both of the final two pe-
riods of the game were a
great deal alike, in that the
Flatonia offense just could
not really get rolling, and
the line leaked badly at
times, allowing Bastrop to-
march on down the field,
scoring a touchdown, but
failing to make extra points
in the third quarter, and the
-son, extension veterinarian,
says- stockmen should keep
a careful watch for symp-
toms. among their cattle.
Symptoms include watery
ey£s and swollen and* red-
dened eyelids, Dr. Patter-
son said. Later the eyeball
may become clouded, vision
impaired and sick cattle
will show discomfort in sun-
light, he said. Pinkeye can
cause damage ranging from
simple irritation to perma-
nent blindness, the veteri-
narian added.
. Dr. Patterson said there
are many causes for eye
troubles which resemble
pinkeye, including several
final touchdown and the two infections, growths, vita
AYfro rtninfa In ___ _ • 4 't • a
Henry Proach.^ra. 1L. R,\ QVer in Carmine--,--— -fe Mrs:—August
Brunner attended 'the wed-
ding of their granddaugh-
ter, Miss Joyce Ann Brun-
Freytag, Mrs. Tony Pulkra-! Aug. 15. I took another
bek, Mrs. Willie Brosch, mental patient to San An-
and Mrs. Anton B. Dornak. i tonio State Hospital.
- Aug. 16, 17. I went to | ner, and Malcolm Myner in
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Schulenburg and Weimar. Houston at the Harmony
Doehring of Austin were | serving citations and Fritz Chapel Friday evening at
week-end visitors with his brought another mental pa- 7:30. She is the daughter
mother, Mrs. Vlasta Doeh- tient to jail here. of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
ring. . j Aug. 18. Fritz and Tark-
M-r. and Mrs. Clarence ington brought a prisoner to
jail and Charlie took an-
Lacoume of Galveston visit-
ed with Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Janszen last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. August
Lauer of Texarkanas are
here on a vacation visiting
with Mrs. Vlasta Doehring.
other mental patient to San
Antonio. We had a little
court today, and had a jury
commission.
Aug. 19. One man was
jailed for driving while in-
Brunneh
Mrs. Ed Templin return-
ed home Saturday after a
month’s visit , in Corpus
Christi with Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Templin Jr. They ac-
companied her home and
spent the day.
IT’S A BOY
r
Richard Ililmar Stein, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo H.
Stein Jr., arrived Aug. 30
at 8:20 p. m. at the Hen-
drick Memorial Hospital in
Alwlene; Texas. He tfppetf
the scales at 8 pourtds, 12
ounces. He was greeted by
two brothers, Rodney and
Robert. .
Proud grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stein,
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Syler and
great-grandfather, Alois
Dostalik, all of Flatonia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Clip-
per of Houston spent sev-
eral days with Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Jenkins. Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Jenkins of Cuero
also visited with them over
the week-end.
extra points in the final pe-
riod to total their 22 points
to none for Flatonia. Much
of their yardage was made
an a delayed line plunge,
followed by cutout and run
around the end.
The first downs were 17
for Bastrop as compared to
7 for Flatonia.
Turning in very good line
play was Pat Hanzelka,
who was all over the field;
Theo Fajkus, and Zefrin
Pospisil. Cooper and Tupa
in the backfield also made
numerous tackles.
The Bulldogs are sched-
uled to play the Burton
Panthers on Flatonia’s grid-
iron Friday night, Sept. 8,
beginning at 8 p. m.
__________ _
Attention,
Argus Subscribers!
In remitting your sub-
scription to The Argus, re-
member the state sales tax
must be included in the
Through an oversight, the state of Texas; so, instead
fta-me- of~n greafe-grandmoth- j of -$2t59, -please - make your
er was omitted in last week’s check in the amount of
account of the birth of Dar- $2.55. Cash payments are
rell Mica, son of Mr. and governed accordingly.
Mrs. Robert Mica. The 1 -*--—
great-grandmother is Mrs. Attend Funeral
J. B. Morton of Rockdale.)
Sorry! - Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Mik-
ulik attended the funeral
min A deficiency and wind-
blown forage and chaff
which irritate the eyes. It
is best, he said, to consult
a veterinarian if pinkeye is
suspected so that proper
treatment can be started at
once and also the cause de-
termined. The treatment
varies with the cause, he
said,
Infant Baptized
Darrell Ross Carl Mica,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mica, was batized Saturday,
Sept. 2, in Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, with Rev.
O. B. Kahlich officiating.
The sponsors were Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Brunner of
Texas City.
Correction!
Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Beale spent Sunday in Cis-
tern with Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
nie Beale and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Fougerat and family of
Gonzales visited with Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Mica Sun-
day morning.
services of Rev. Joseph
Kopp at Moulton Tuesday
morning. **
Mr. "and Mrs. Herbert
Lehman and Carol of Hous-
ton visited over the Labor
Day week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Brueggmann.
Muldoon Baptist
Church—
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Training Union, 6:45 p.m.
Evening worship, 7:30
p. m.
Prayer meeting, Wednes-
day, 7:30 p. m.
Flatonia Baptist
Church Services
9:30 a. m., Sunday School.
10:30 a. m.: Morning
services.
7:00 p. m.: Training
Union.
8:00 p. m.: Evening" serv-
ices.
Wednesday, 8:00 p. m.:
Prayer services.
Methodist Church
Services—
Flatonia: Worship serv-
ice 9:30 a. m. ehch Sunday;
Sunday schooll 10:30 a. m.
each Sunday.
Muldoon: 11 a. m. and
8:00 p. m. first and third
Sundays.
Colony: 8:00 p.m. second
and fourth Sundays.
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