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FLATONIA’S JUNE BARGAIN DAY SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH
THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 62
FLATONIA,, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937
NUMBER 21
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understand’ thTat the
Yoakum farmers are. literally
coming money over there this
year .with Jheir toftiato.«cTopt
r-pi'Miminl pric e for tomatoes,
o is predicted that this week
"ill see_ the largest .amount]
«)J money’ever to.be paid out
- in any one. week. for- tomatoes
- M that section.
* *
Why; can’t farmers 0f this!
. seetiorr-do the same? Oh yes,
" e tried it one year, but when
wed id n ’t all get rich. We ^ivu.
Tt Up.".We had only one buyer,
and therefore He yajue ’us his
own price. We had ouly
small acreage, therefore wej
■had only one buyffr. .It is said
that sonle farmers in the
Yo.akiim section will ^alize,
, ibcfiit $400...to $450k. per nefcv
°n- 'heir tomatoes this year.
Is there ahv other crop under
the sun that .wijl produce that
*nuc h- per aerp, unless you do
• strike oil' oi, find gold?
* • * * . ’ ;
I.' t’s start, talking up 'the
. ■tomato : business lignin. (Jet
acreage signed up-for m'x(
yea,, and. (five the game a
try afrain. If if doesn.’t~.work
c|r0P it. .but . let’s
gi\ i' jt at least one more
chance. Tomatoes are an
early cron
95 San Antonio
Business Men la
23 SENIORS GET DIPLOMAS TUF.SDAY_MICHT
Visit Here May 26 pAMOus KEY QUADS TO GIVE PROGRAM HERE FRI.
1L bringing in moneys - ...... ...,______ __________________
£jYhrn< C‘*S(' <s - ready I nitr. of iute.re.st-.'bet w.t*n stilts
The Service ^Wholesalers
and Manufacturers- of S»i
Antonio, 95 strong, witli a
band :«t typfeafpf MexicaTff^
irnisfr. wilt visit The merchants
of Flatonia, Wednesday, May
26th at, 3-: 50 p. trt.
The San Antonio delegation
Hiill stay m - FIatoniir t hirty
minutes giving the San Antonio
business men the opportunity
of visiting with'^their cits-,
tomers, the merchants of Fla.
tonia.
The locaM'hambcr aF Coin-..
mere'e" has a'rraffged all details
for the meeting of the San
Antonio Chamber of Com-
merce Good Will Tour which
will* arrivevhere. at 3:50 ivjp.
The merchants of this city are
asked to., stay jj^-their stores,
unless . they- have* jomeone on
the San Antonio • Good Will
Tour, they especially wish to
meet on The train.. This will
give • the. San Antonio Service
Wholesalers anti Manufac-
ture fa, 'Bankart) agd’ Business
Men, an opportunity to greet
locfil merchants, in their, local
place of business.
Remember 'the date May
26, 1937 and lie sure and
participate iij . this city’s -wel-
come to our' neighbor, Sah i
Antonio-.' These, .Good .Will
Tours promote a fine commii-
Kcy .Quadm
,, agai^—
ffuadruplets in thiyworld-, and
seniors in Baylor .rniversifY
of AYacU, Texas, will appear
Tn a special program to be
ii'llil:. *l1 lh>' , I’ I’aptiaL-whir stressed the need of teach-
church of Flatonia. hoiiorinc
fin* seniors <vf" FTatbriia .iuid
neighboring hig!^ schools,
Friday night. •accordiTtjir to’ an
auuouncoinent made this week
v tlie foinmilIeo-in charge of
the arrangements. The Misses
Keys will come as special
representativos ofM'^-TJitvernor
Pat SI. Neff, President of Ihiy-
l.or University, ' 511(1 will ,be
accompanied by other special
representatives «£, that instim-
•ion. , A \iyied , program has
been arranged bv them, apd
will be presented in the
church auditorium.
The. Misses Keys,’ Leota.
. Mar.v, Roberta and Mona of
[ Hollis. Oklahoma, are reputed
to be4 tin* only .college
quadruplets in the .'world., They
entered Ha.vlor as freshmen hi
1933 and have‘been excellent
■Students thrpliuJjoiri tbjgfr
enllege career. They wfll.take-
their degree with the spring
class All jare active members
Climaxing eleven years of
work, twenty-three seniors, the
largest graduation class, in the
history of the school,, received
their dipldmns frbm the hands
mr&i&r- p «BSfar TbeiRar
night. The ’diplomas w-*
presented the class following
an address by" Dr. C. A
Wilev, professor of Economics
of the University of"-F«*(as, *
ing more practical courses In
the high schools of the state.
Preceedjng the address, the*
class salutatory was given by
Isabel Malcik, second ranking
student of the class. The class
prophecy was read' by Lorene
Boehnke, and the Class Vale-
dictory address was brought
by TJharlotte Rose. Johnson,
ranking student of the- class.’
Each in turn was introduced,__
to the audience by the' class
president. Joe Bartekf*
• Following the progranj,
fi ieii'i|#iawJ relatives of the *
graduates fifed by to express
•hlp’ir congratulations to the
class’, whose person el includes:
(’harloltg Rose Johnson,Isabel
Mah-ik, Edith -Mojsejcik, I/),-
rene .lochen, l.ois Speed, Caliie
Speed, Charlotte .Eiilelbach,
Helen Uollig. Lucille Speed,
Sin Nite, Lorene ■ Boehnke,
•lames'Campbell. .Jr., Bryon
Robinsuii. Dwight Sullh’an,
Jii i 4. * . Wm'dimvanp, - William
; i.fi\V
•city, a-nd *San Antmrio. While
San Antonio is the Market
The Baylor University Quadruplets... the JJiases-Keys (\fHIoHis.~Oklahrmia, FrofH loTriT) •
rrghfT;' Rylierta, • I.eOta, Mona ah (I Mary; They will appearih a, p]*oy rant to 'be given
— itr diofiov ol the Senior ’ class on Friday night 'of 'tlii.s, week’, at the Baptist church.
ill .the -4!a-,v4oi* baud, Fleol/i is. Woulemanti,-Paul Zappe, Jr.,
11111 *41 :1 11 < li 11«r in (lt>. \*>Ai*L* . . t' I I. . . t ’l..... .. • it .....
P k
lave, jjidy-aivake
f«irmef.Oglf^' advantage * of
I us,-- and like the Yoakum Place for ..a great uiany-jaf our JUNE-BARGAIN DAY . IFIGGLY- -WIpfiLY
iain^ej’vju ciciui <jp \\«n the* ~*:a¥ ^...^tr. ■ •'■"- --
_ chanre* comes: Let’s Talk’-- ,fo-
* hi a toes: . '
—.
.
Seen While Ram blip
► Around:—The barber-shop
gang discussing (he “political
address of ptof. Wiley*.....
Certain, high school teachers
• running around “blind” ‘ frv-
ing to get .23 'seniors’ but from
under their eyre
C. D. OSTERloH
Just-as the Arg6s was go*
Dn k” Osterloh. Mr. Osterioh
>cd a wav at hfs homo early
Thursday moaning, after hav-
, "IF complained „f feeling ill.
* Funeral services were' held
Fit lay afternoon at 3:00
• o’clock.from the family home
1w> and one-half miles south
<>l Flatonia. Rev. A. 1L F’al-
k« : burg. Lutheran minister
of Moultofj, officiated, with
R< v. O. M. Cole of Flatonia
a- isting. Interment .was made
,uj 'he Flatonia Citv ComeGow
• e.(’Hr! FUetrich T)slei'-T«7ir was
k boi n. in Oldenburg; Germftny
Wo'1 April 13. 1H70. Ho settled
in Texas some 45
merchants, if is* also the
niTirket place for mu'efi of
the produce and cjjojjs in the
field raised in our area,.
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MISS LAURA MEYER
h IS ELECTED TO DELTA .
KAPPA GAMMA GROUP
iKUAim uai , riuv.lt W15..UI.T -•
SET FOR JUNE 19|. . CHANGES MANAGERS
Saturday. June 49th. has
been set as .the date of the
bext, Bargain'Dav according to
an aiTnoinicenieht made * by
. The Flatonia P-igglv Wiggly
store, changed- nianaxrers this
week wheii K. H. Wossels.
manager,- resigned* to . itecyh
SENIOR PLAY WELL
- ^ JtECEIVED FRIDAY'
yu]standing in the work of thy
L.inTi' Thpaire. Roberta-u"sii»il1y
makes the Honor roll on the
.basis, of beu lugb grade.*. Thei
sine: .jind plav tpgelhei , all
pin ring ^aVTTpiiones.
TbY-y are' /fit* most pu.b.li-
-VII tl'bso wjiu^ at tended llicjeized <|Uadrijplets in trie world
permi-nuiiift*. Fndav night, «»f having, lab-n ’\\»ritteri up in
“Mania’s Baby Boy.”- tht?j numerous magazines a»»d
play presented by the SeHior, iicws|Oipers all over the worlil.
<'lan riee' Haivnii, Alvis Petty,
l-.e*vU Doan, ‘ Julian Wetjen,
Janie-- Darling. and Joe ^
B.aHek —"i’
♦ * m * ' * v - *’
. .“Tin* Game of Life’* \vvas
the subject chosen by Rev. H.
M.'Bmith, Baptistt 3iissionary,-
who spoki—to the Senior Class
of 19137 at the high school .
audit 01411)1 Sunday night at
the Bargain Da'v^ committee a position -with the Daehnc ela> -, found it to lx* a huiglf-I-aiul Imve made numerous radio' I he-, autiual. P.pcealaureate ser
this week. .The drawing wiH lieug Store in' FI 'iiitipu. He, provoking, light nmwly >e**J a.iipoaifhnoes. Tin* . cont'ribiit«* ........
.be held, at the usual timei and
Very recently Miss. Laura will he held in-front of- the
Lone Star Cat’g. Watch for
Meyer ' was ‘'elected”'to thd
Delta Kap.pa* Gamma Society
a national honor—.fraternity
in education. This organiza-
tion' rinijfs its membership to
cerning this Bargain Day, and
in the meantime, continue to
ami his wife moveil. Tuesdii^.l Uiig forth t he dilTirult-ies a freely of their talents to flu*
- lb, . I I /k. , A , I .1.1 t . J .1 I ' m * a ..I I 1 I ... % • • ^ _ .
Dudley Adams
been made
f (Inero na-j (lepression-slrufk- widow- And ’cause
manager -of the 1 willow*# . who trv to make
further announcements con-1local store.*!" fill the vacancy tbeii children appeal* yinmger
of Mr. Weasels. Mr. Adams than they are in order- that
be.cn With the Piisgiv eaeh'mav'-hian
ask for tickets wit li each And Wiggly company' for some
•marry tlie other ToV
if religion.' and have
apnea-red' ‘'.t’hrAughout Texas
with- PrPsideutfiNeff on vat-iot**-
oeeasioits ■ .»
Following'tH'(^ pfSgraW. ?ui'
only one-tenth of the women, every fifty-cent purchase. Yojrt time* and * conic* tvi.rhfvfhAic
teachers in a county and onlyj mav; get. a gfirfdlv share of $.50-.' re'eomm«ided.' Ih* iook*churue '
-ONE auidcE QUITS- 1,£P
ing profession and havV proved *
their abilities* in leadership,
informal sogu.1 hour’ .will'... be
heir*3**’'. “
co-operation . and unselfish
professional spirit. Further-
more membership is based
upon the highest type of
^character. *
It is indeed a signal honor
to Miss Meyer to become a
mem tier of* this society-, apd
she,truly deserves tjie distinc-
tion. Miss Meyer’/ record as
a toaclicc anrt sc hoot :-ctiot7nr
is iin enviable one—won by
hard, „untiring work and
strong perserveyance.- ‘glie
Washington; ,May IS..
Associate Justice Willis Van
De^ITter‘announced today his
retirement from the. Supreme happiness in their
court, effective June 2, thus „ ,, ......- T„ '
morning.
Tht* manv friends of ’ Mi.
and Mrs, Wi“ssels rogret to see
tlnfm leave Flatfinja.' hlM join
in wishing for them much
clearing the way* for President
Roosevelt to make his first
appointment to the. high
beach.
.en joyed -‘on (he clu’ifrh- lawn
The seniors deserve particu-j bv .menibc-vs of the senior
new home. To M>*. Adams and
his wife, wo all join in extend-
ing a sincere . wdleome, And
hope that their venture here
■ , will be both successful and
„The 7S-yeai--(dd justice, who pj.()fjtabie.
has served 26* years in the1 ^ -------io.-- - ■ -« *
«miT, "Tirartw lnrotVTr tits i in e n- j TOM-TOM MOTORC ADE
lion in a letter to the prosj- TO V^IJ HERE MAY 16
dent.
lai ])i'aise lor their Vompara- i lasses prt*sent'
lively smooth and spirited per-
formance'in view of the- fact
that they hail oiilv a little over
twb ..weeks, in which, to stage
the-play. The' arrival of the
hooks was delayed almost a*
mouth, so that JJiy plans for
the production 'were almost
completely‘disrupted.
TIV* play is'* Well suited to
production bv a seliior class, ence in the
vices Rev. Smith, a very,
insfruttive. .and interesting
speaker, compared the lif* of .
a person with a baseball game,
-And b.roaffht a sermon Htat*wa» »
well reeeiv.ed by an apprecia-’
five aud+wi*'»♦/- - . -
UJher past of iV Baccate,”*
rente .soiaTi-T* included Several
■ieleetions-by th(* mixed choir,
[ami a voAtvI solo "'Mf Task” by'
r.,,, ... , - j Vast i ih*‘ Chalk.. Rev. J. ” W.
- who,,> [*Riv**s Inouvhl The invocation,
inyimlmi atfehd the program. ;in(, (,(.y () ’ Vole pro.
which promises to be a very „ m ■ tho. b(.nediction H
, ■
entertaining one.
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Mr*. Frank Stalinach of
Houston, ati-ived Sunday for
a short visit with her parents,
Mr. alid Mrs, Gus Eid(>lb.i:ch,
•J -
'• i
a'f I was married to Mis^Myria I’ lAtonia High
J- htc. Tg this aSSl-Se —b00 inld21 and immediate-
cti Idren were born.
Mr. Roosevelt immediately
Interscholastie
sincevit offem an «>pp<j-rtlltlilvi I.eagtH*--(4m*- ■AcF-I,ifir''^’oiiti st
lor sonic of them to put aside j gav,. her an # : n | v antage over
the dignified soberness so ne\v-| the other members of the cast,
jly thrust upon them and nllowsj Bryon Robinson, the widower
C. OF C. MEETING
There will, be * a. regular
meeting of - the Flatonia
Chamber of Commerce next
Monday night: at 8:00 p, m.
at the-fire - Station. Matters
pertaining fo the R.. V..O. S.
r’onvynTtmr 'wTfC be (ttfeussed,-
and a good representative
crowd is expected and tigged
to attend. Don't forget the
- 1n infanc
one dying
to eTghT grandchildren, and
P1' Py friends—survive.
Hr. Osterloh was a member
y Hmhnan ‘ > SSlffis lodge,
aa l fellow members -Acted St
pallbearers. Mr, j- O'sterTbh
-r“."ved this preci.nct as com-
no-sioner for. one term, being
eVcttjd. to office in 1921. lie*
l’-idc ait excellent official,
•' d in bis memory the court
use at LaGrange was closed
i an hour Friday afternoon.
Hie Argus joins with the
' ■">’ friends of the family in
1 ‘ending to them its sincere
. m,'aU>y the lyss of their
.... F.yed one
Hiss Emma’ Michai returned.
Saturday from' Shinerl
^ 'spitai where site underwent
; ’ operation f0y appondicitin
■ is much improved at this
1 i biK’ i°in in wishing
1 ! n ! 'I; .and ‘ onipjetc
•%The Official Motorcade, jUntm To resume the childish .seekihg to marry inti) Easy j tlniv* and dale. Please be pre
% ■ . - .
E* If. Zouzalik, Sec.
wrote a brief acknowledge iiii advertising the 1937 YoakumJ Irccdom which . sejunnj move I Street-, showed enough, vigor I sent.
..... ............................ long hand, extending' to, the j Tom-Tom,; will -visit Ffatohia I natural to many of t Item. Joe ' ;ind individuality to ^ make ] .
Iy began her studies in 'the jurist ‘‘every^good "wish” apt^lat about 1(1:15 on the morning 1 l’artek and* Chajjf^lte Rose]his ixtrt oppyctitg MJ/s Alalcik’si * *p:-*—*
.....
----••'"linerchnnt^^ryr jritdng Imay amusing jiitcformances,""‘pjil-'I'turned .'back’ the clock bv|Henry member xif th>-
years' 'in DTP .....PmlT'^plTngs
school ahd eight years in the
Flatonia school,, gaining all of
her - college education in sum-'
mer^school. At the end of the
.present summer session she
will receive her B. A. Degree
—a reward for many sum-
mers of hard work.. * ’
The many friends of Miss
Luna wish to congratulate
het mi hi r splendid achieve-
ment in her chosen profession.
‘ , - (Contributed
Mr. and Mrs. Lon York of
Spofford and Mrs, .JohikWoods
and daughter Mary Dealt pf
Spirfford spent the weekend
here «as guests of Mrs. A.
WtHiAmsoit . -
\ F. Bittner visited With
i dative.' a* I tiling 1 hi;- past
week.
Miv and Mrs. Ike York of
CARD
THANKS
'Wer wfsh to Tfinrik .our dear
neighbors and friends- who
were so kind to us Tn our sad
days of grief at the death df
our dear husband and father,
Carl' D, Osterloh. . Especially
-do we thank Rev. Fahkenburg,
Moulton Lutheran pastor and
Rev. CoTo, Flatonia M«*ihodist
pastor for their kind- and
ynipatbotic words spoken at
lOvelty advertisements of the
iTo'm-Tom. wlricti ‘wtir “he
staged ai Yoakum on June jLgh honors for both costume
i• j.i? i i'M'ii • * Miiil pli nj'ui'fiirluul u )m»m
ting themselves into the nartsJ pnit im*-—-Htff-—-Jtpv"* elderly Payette County Parole Board,
with gusTilT T'anT Zappe drew d'otjie.** and manners, Lucille] Lee Cook, kentnneed fbr the
fourth and* fifths
The MotoKcade
Yoakum at 8:00 a
will
leave r^n‘ H,PPoared as a thirteen-
m visit' Ivoaf-old, his husky form mak-
ing Gonzales,'r-Waelder, ' Flato- H ludicrous sight .in t ight
nia, Schuleiihurg. -LaGrange. Lho.-t pants and a red bow
'Columbus, Weln-ilr and jj"?- 7' '*£l,df;\ M'h n'"’
TIalJettsvillr rtn the fttrrtrdwrr-f*^ MfJisujzik, llui other
and eJiasa<;temati.Hr - w'bett-Vhpse meddling' corn plicated i so the ten years, ago,* has bep.
Op May 27 they plan to visit
Victoria, Gnliad, Brrwdltr,
two young Tadics who appear-
ed as c.hihTVen. put* themselves
Cuero.
V . -J ufT, i z KeiiftdVv- Uwnge Nordheim,
the funegal services. We alsd VorUrM .,
wish .Jo thank tho Methodist
ladies, the choir, and all of
our kind frjendn and neigh-
bors, for the beautiful floral
offerings. May God bless eacjh
and everyone of you. ■*:
Mrs. Enielb (). terlolt.
Children and (ii.LMdt-hildreii
Roy »Mitg»rrC. iind ■ F 4-
JX]es¥Ahr" attended a Banker’s
T,Tr^-'convention in Veit Braunsfel..
here.
last Thursday pight.
and
------;o- ■— -
Harry Beale, Sr. is spending
several days* with his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Starry.
Miss Bill MorganYof . Mul-
doow.* visited RqVr and Mrs. J
W. Rives this week.
Leonard Kelly of San
Antonio,-visitod • his sister,
IMrs Ed -ttrnnner Sunday
Mrs A H Bailey visited in
Gonzales Tuesday.
the play.
,()J. those
who appeared
Sp<wd as the vvidower’s sister, death of an• oiT ’field wprker
tlie wedding plans, and Alvis
Petty, the real estate agent
who contributed to the happy
ending. Nor should We forget
Lorene Boehnke ii* the.merce-
final appearance in a child-
ish dress furnished a’climax.
into ‘their narks' with a spirit-(<, th«* hilarity of the. phry:
and ehlhuajasm that bontrib* --•-*■■■'*•
utc/l much to the- success of
released from the. Arkansas
State Prison on probation, and
should lie make good at a
ini) he has accepted in an
East Texas oil field, he will
nary colored mmd wtwse+4rr3»tt+Tjpct tn a pardon. Friend*
.ot Lee rejoice with him that
this interest has been taken
In his behalf bv Mr. Miller
Miss Boelufkc deserves much j and ^Wher interested parties,
credit for a well-conceived.| Working through state offi-
Axpressive interpretation of ciats of Texas alid Arkansas,
the part which - placed her
as the older characters-in the iperformance among the best
play Isabel Malcik ., gave jinpp-the play.
i ■ *I The Seniors wish to thank
the decorating committee for
tliMr* interest, and the crowd
lor their attendance, A total
of $64.50 was .realized from
tlie plav, the same to In- used
to defray cost , of closing-
outstanding charat't-e'8ization
sis Mrs. JVleLean, the fi-
nancially einbarrrasscd but
hopeful* u idtm. iT'i forceful
ftrtei'prctntwn of the 'dashing
bdv bi rhlT’hl mill'll “favorable
comment from the audience.
Isabel’s three years’ experi-activitles.
»• ___. - - -_________
Mr, Miller obtained the pep-
bation period for Lee^ with
the promise of a pardon,
should he make good at his
job within! ninety’ days,
. 1-:0: *■ —•
'Misa Adina DeZavala. noted-
historian of Sari Antonio, and
Mrs. George Willrich of Igu
Grange were visitors here with
.friends Wednesday.*
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