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ARGUS
VOLUME 79
$2.00 Per Year in Advance
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 4. 1954
5c Per Copy
NUMBER •
Is Headed Here
r .JKB2SS*»i mi Fund
at last Friday’s meeting 6:
- the’ Flatoqia Rotary Club
were Rev. Hayes of Op'a-!
r^ -i loosa, La., and Rev. Roos of !>,, p g» ni •, *■ '
t. E. Plowman
a student of Texas A&l, Appointment of E. E.
Kingsville. . • j Plowman to head the Heart
The program for the day: Fund's annual campaign
• was in charge of Joe Grieve, here, was announced recent-
who presented as speaker, b.\ Dr. E. T. Williams,
Fire Chief “Sweet" Mire tier, president of the FayC'lRT
Mueller gave a brief talk I( °unty Association,
concerning Flatpnia’s fire! In accepting the chair-
department, its equipment, tnanship, Mr. Plowman said:
and members. He revealed . "Fund- .■oihsi-rilii.,1 t,y fka
that the department has one! pi - op I v of t avette ( bnip \ in
500 gallon pumper and a 250 'his campaign will be used
galU»n pumper, both, of to fight diseases .ofthe heart
‘What Freedom Means To Me'
(By Betty Earl Plqwman)
'V.'.'-v"-!1" have .lived in | speech that a democracy is
<)Uf. CitM , built. Freedom of speech
n. i / H real,i,w -or “P; means any way of express.
K lh.J, "leaning of j„K our opinion such as the
run dom. VVe have never informal way of talking
"""11 thing hut free- across the backyard- fence
which are valued at. more! and blood vessels, both
than $i3,000j_that IhtiJru.ills y.-ov and .iiatynuilly.
25.men in the department,| “These ‘diseases, take
(>-
making up three different
companies; the men practice
four hours each month. He
also related that-the local
fire insurance ante is now'the
tonia. - “Sweet” also gave
mann, C. C. Barta,
Frank Zouzalik.
and
greater toll of human lives
than all ot.h,er,s combined,, a
fact which underscores the
importance of a concerted
effort* to. combat' the.m
best it-dias'Wtr-heeirln^ht^Thmiim* tfflPWIERT'i research',
Pictured above tft the^ORAND CHAMPION STEKB
-P|.4h«-Flatonia .LEA .FaU&ick Show; -shgwa. willi. Jus, /;
.... r , i . , young exhibitor, Boyce Needham, and-Jack KTesoF
£jL_ ,^'credtTtk fhe t.hr.Z Lti<m and ■ remnimity-pro- .*, h •* .'«<L ,05c
tant chiefs, A. U. wSS, ^ * Jim lame StaFTlPln-(Tisfrrfiut^
tor the Matonia and Schulenbur# area.
dom. \\'e live in the great-
est country in the world and
the very word-—freedom—
is. associated with America
and what America stands
for.
But what is freedom?
have the- mis-
taken idea that freedom
means the right, to do just
what we please when We
please. Nothing could be
1 urther trotn the true mean-
TTng^recclJTm:- Does free-
dom mean the right to tres-
pass of) the rights of others?
Does it mean destroying Our
country's natural resources?
( ortainly being free does
not., -give us thi.se; - rights. Arid "if wTnre
v \ treedom is tied ,witn accused of "committing a
crime,, we know t-puf VO* will
:rs
Rummage Sale
The Gjrl Scout Troop No.
1 is going to hold a Rum-
mage Sale on March. 13
in the building next door to
the drug store. The girls
will pick up articles Mon-
day, March 8. •
J
NOTICE —
Notice is hereby given to
all taxpayers within the
City of Flatonia to make out
and hand to me in my of-
fice,- within two. months
from the publication of this
notice, a full, true,-and com-
4 plete inventory of all real
ana personal property oWfw
ed or controlled by them and
“This-community has nev.
er failed . a worthy, cause,
and' I- am confident that its
people will again respond
generously to the HELP
YOUR- HEART FUND —
HELP YOUR HEART ap-
peal.”
. *•} 1^ "J.
subject to city taxation on
6-6tc
R. A. Scheer,
Tax Assessor
Saered Heart (^atRoBF
Church Notes-A-
Sunday, March 7: Holy
Masses at 7 a. m. and 9
a. m.
Wednesday, Friday, and
Saturday, March 10, 12, 13,
are Spring Ember Days.
Lenten services Wednes-
days and Fridays at 7:80
p. m.
March 11 Date Of
I\-T.A. Meeting:
The Flatonia P.-T.A. will
hold a regular meeting on
Thursday, March 11, in the
High School Auditorium, at
4 p. m. Election of officers
will be held. AH members
ai t urged to come.
Tlfriubject for the month
is, “What Our School Taxes
Provide,” -
Garden Club To Meet
The Flatonia Garden Club
will meet on Thursday
night, March 4, at 7:30
o’clock in the Community
Hall. Don’t forget the plant
exchange.
Cotton Meeting: In
La Grangre Success
Approximately 40 cotton
farmers, ginners and buyers
attended the cotton meeting
held in the Agricultural
Building in La .Grange Fri-
day, Feb/ 26, at 10 a. m.,~
sponsored by the Extension
Service''' The meeting was
tTSO Fund Campaign
Sluggish in County
County Judge Henry
Sehovajsa, county*’chairman
of the USO fund raising
drive, recently released the
following article pertaining
to. that campaign:
“The resOonsp to
USO .Fund
pnign has
a responsibility.,. . Lot's ..look
at sflfiVtT of tHese^Treedoms
and the responsibilities that
go with them. *
America was founded on
the freedom of the individ-
ual and that, »*, “ “lieve, is
the very essence of Amer-
ica. Not freedom for one
select group but freedom for
every individual person, no
matter where he lives, to
what race he belongs, or
what he does for a living,
has
to the formal method of vot-
ing. If \ye could not express
our opinions in some way or
another, it would not he
long before our country
would be taken over by a
dictator. Expressing our
our country free.
Not much is said about
treedom from fear and yet
it is u very important free-
d« > m. See urity- is much the-
same thing. Americans have
more security than any oth-
er people in the world. We
are secure in many things
P.-T.A Sponsor-61
Narcotics Talk By
A. C. Wimpee
A. C. Wimpee, director of
Texas Narcotic Education,
will speak in the Flatonia-
High School Auditorium oa
Monday, March 8, at 1 p.m.
He will speak on Narcotics.
The Flatonia P.-T.A. is
sponsoring this program.
The public is invited. «*
For (he benefit of thoiC
who cannot attend the
afternoon m e e t i it'g, Mr.
Wimpee will again speak in
La’ Grange in the Hermes
Elementary School Cafe-
terla*on March 8 at 8 p. m.
Weather Report—
such as not being 'jifruid »lik he Weather report for the
being arrested without a month of February, as re-1'
have a fair chance to de-
fend ourselves. Only in a
democracy is a person, con-
sidered innocent until
proven guHty. We also
know that if we are con-
victed of a crime, the pun-
ishment will he just. We
are not afraid of having our
homes and our possessions
searched without due notice.
We are not afraid of being
punished for things we say
about the government. Wo
corded by Lloyd Pearson, is
as follows:
Low temperature : 30- de-
grees' F'eb. 8.
High temperature: 87 de-
grees, Feb. 26.
Rainfall: .20 inch.
made America great.
cam-|0ur Constitution is founded j are not afraid of being
.... <u.. ... . “ *qn |jlt, sight i “liquidated” as are the peo-
Piu-^mrge a^- Herhicjde kmy S
raising ...... , . ■ ,
been rather ® t.ict that , , ...
merger up to date. I.ot’s trv ad men are created J pig living behind the iron
not to let our men in the t>qua,T A Ln!m.h.V.ni of P°or; Curtain. If we should ho
service down. I parents has the same invaded by a foreign coun-
"Actual figures show that' chances at a good life as a try, we are secure in know-
.qn .average- Of 100.U(»U Gl’s. Jwi *l"^ m aA^'ei,I
visit a USO center every1 * ' . AjricTitifnt s whtft equipped army to deteial
day in this country alui vou il,e counts, not who j us. We are secure in know-
o Leas anc,lyaur ancestors were or how infr that if we should 4oie
mirin'? « .v ^tV|cb. mon^v—w
rt— ft
enter-
sent out by
Hish School Chorus
Sings Friday Night
In connection with Pub-
lic Schools Week, now be-
ing observed in the local
schools, the Flatonia High
School Chorus will present
a program in the high
school auditorium on Fri-
day night, March 5, begin-
ning at 7 :3() o’clock.
Later, there will be open
house for the visitors with
refreshments to be served.
The general public is.
cordially invited to attend^
Rabies Vaccinations
Scheduled for Area
h reedom, to me, means the ■ we or- our family would
n>mt of every individual to j starve, in many Countries _
"h"‘"Tsi",s ........• "i" tzs
ER jS'rY ; 1 freedom from fear enables 12 noon to give anti-rabiea
wnat joD nc a no inn nave qrlus_tu s>‘' > a-.
Sons of Hermann, will en-
joy a well planned program
at the. American la uion
cotton defoliageation.
F. M. Fuller. Extension
TTJTT ^Yediies7Uiy,3lareh Hb. Fnlonn.I.igist.....then . discuss- “{,(^10,000,
including the reception oT eaCauyn Insect Control and “Nearly
bv GI's totaled more than
Flatonia Baptist
Church Services—
9:30 a m.: Sunday school.
10':30 a. m.: Morning ser*
vices.
6:30 p. m.: Training
Union.
■* 7:30 p. m.: Evening serv-
ices.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.
t Prayer services.
m.:
Methodist Church
Services—
Flatonia—Worship, 9:30
a. m.; Sunday School, 10:30
a. m.
Muldoon—Worship, first
1 and third Sundays,. 11 a. m.
and 7 p.m. Sunday School
every Sunday,, 10 ,T1;
Prayer meeting un. l’nunjj
following first .,und; third
Sundays, 7 p. m.
Colony — Worship, sec-
ond and fourth'Sundays, 7
p m. Prayer meeting'on
Fridays following second
and fourth Sundays, 7 p. m.
- Mr. and ' Mrs. Harry
Schucherl of Austin spent
the week-end in the Adolph
Schacherl home.
Recent visitors of Mrs-
Seeuin, Mr. and Mnv ten
Brunner anrl
Mrs. Otto Olio, Mr and m
Louis Niemann, all of 1 la
tonia.
new members. The cere*
monies will be conducted by
all the officers in their
proper stations, under the
leadership of Arnold Tauch,
president, and H. H. Stein,
secretary.
E. H. Niemeyer will be
entertainment chairman and
various talent has been se-
lected for the social hour.
Visiting members are ex-
pected from Gonzales, Shin-
er, Moulton, and Schulem
burg to participate in the
meeting and initiation.
Shelton Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shel-
ton announce the arrival of
a baby daughter, born on
Feb. 18 at St. Joseph’s Hos-
pital, Houston.
The little lady was named
Elizabeth Ann, and was wel-
thc New Cotton Insecticides.
Mr. Rush, Agricultural Cot-
ton Gin Specialist, was the
last speaker on the program
and he discussed “Machine
Harvesting and Ginning.”
For anyone who missed
the meeting, sufficient
copies of bulletin C-182,
Guide for Control of Cotton
Insects in Texas, 1954, are
available at the county agri-
cultural agent’s office. Stop
by or write for copies.
Locals & Personals
We are sorry to report
that Robert Wehmeyer is on
the sick list.
Mrs. J. F. Melcher of
Houston visited Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Aug.
Nollkamper.
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Noll-
copied by a brother. The Jumper visited with rela-'
mother is the former Dor- f|ves in La Grange Sunday,
othy Schutz. Mrs. Herman Olle Jr. is
visiting with RMSN and
Mrs. Thomas Scates and son,
Michael, in Corpus Christi.
-------- • William Kaiser of San
Donald, ancF*Mrs. Lester f Antonio and Mike Clay of
Gosch visaed in the Nesrsta Filling, • accompanied b y_
Locals & Personals
Mrs. Chas^^lase and son,
,n“
t f , --- . II
“Nearly a million Ameri-
can servicemen and women
are stationed today in coun-
tries whose customs and
languages are \nfamiliar.
Their separation from home
is so complete that the
sense of home created by
USO is a vital factor in
helping keep their morale
high.
“The above figures are
only some of the many rea-
sons that your part in our
campaign in our county is
so desperately needed.
“We have set a deadline
of Friday, March 5, for our
campaign. Your contribu-
tion should be made out to
USO and sent to H. .1.
Schovajsa, La Grange.”
Celebrates Birthday
Mr.""' and Airs. Edwin
Kurtz honored their son,
Calvin with a birthday party
on his sixth bicthday Sun-
day, Feb. 28. Calvin re-
ceived many nice and use-
ful gifts.
Those enjoying delicious
refreshments were: Mr. and
Mrs, Ed Schacherl and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Djiri-
-r to -wnnt ' rhuretr* nr
belong.
The late Franklin t).
Roosevelt, 1 think, express-
ed the sentiments of us all
when he stated, in a speech
before Congress on January
6, 1941, that America wants
only four basic freedoms for
herself and the rest of the
world. The freedoms that
he enumerated are the free-
dom of worship, the free-
dom of speech, freedom
from want, and freedom
from fear.
The freedom of religion
is, to me, the most precious
<d all our freedoms for thi5*
reason. A man cannot be
right with himself or his fel-
low man until hi* is right
with his God. In America
-the right to worship* as we
choose is guaranteed. If we
see fit to worship in an un-
usual or unique way that is
our privilege because we are
Americans. Or if it is not in
our hearts to worship at all.
that also is our privilege for
tht; same .reason—because
vvo are lucky enough to live
in-America. Every time we
set foot in a church or syna-
gogue we should he thank-
till..for this privilege which
is ours >o enjoy as ffe see
uiity. _ I a nil other pets.
In speaking about and He will also he in Prahs
practicing our freedoms, we Feb. 12 from l Until 2 p. m.,
must never forget how these at St'. John Feb. 9 from 1 un-
freedoms were obtained.! til 2 p. m., and at Engle on
Our forefathefs fought long Feb. 16 from 1 until 1:30
and hard to make America p. m.
home over the week-end. Luther Longoria ynd A. E.’ l«*k and daughters, Mr. and
"’Mr. and Mrs, Ted - Brun- Bittner of Flatonia'. visited. Mr. . ''l.. ,: ' '! ' fH
Ivor of Eagle Lake-visited hi the Anton Wagner 'home dUujNitcCs, '?l1 f. and Mrs.J Next' isHlie freedom from
free. But after the freedom
for which they fought so
hard vv^is >vo 11, the task was
not then and still is not over.
Freedom is not something
we possess. It is a way of
life. Freedom is something
that we can lose. To con-
tinue to live as a free peo-
ple in a frde land we mu-t
be prepared to defend our
freedom. By defending our
freedom I not only mean
literal fighting on a battle-
field hut fighting the things
and forces in our'everyday
life which are the enemies
of freedom. By this I mean
fighting such things as
racial prejudice, poverty,
and communist infiltration.
Certainly these things arc
e nemies of freedom because j c'jty
they corrupt from within.
Dr. Owen stated that he
would not be able to make
al[ of the stops made pre-
viously because of limited
time and shortage of help.
Notice of Flection
State of Texas ' )
City of Flatonia )
1. E. H. Zouzalik, in ray
capacity as Mayor of the
City of Flatonia, Texas, do
hereby order that an elec-
tion tie held in said City on
the Gth day of April, 1954.
for the purpose of electing
the following officials for
said City: Mayor, Two Com-
missioners.
That in accordance with
.an order adopted by the
City Commission of said
City, said election shall be
We also defend our free- held at the -following place
with relatives here ovc.‘ the, in'^vvoet Home last Satur
week-end. ‘ - i day.
C.
L Prilnn of S in All-1 Mr and Mrs- A. Loes-
' irlloP ot San sin of Muldoon visited Mon-
tonio* visited Tuesdayf with
Mr. and Mrs. August'Noll-
kamper.
M-Sgt. and Mrs.. Ed Haas
of Victorville,. Calif., Mr.'
and Mrs. John Haas of Mc-
Quceney, and Grandma Nie-
mann visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Freddie Niemann and
sons in Victoria last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Donald St. Wrba and
children, Donna Ann and
Carl Van, returned home
last week after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Beckham at
Colorado City and with her
husband, O.C. Donald St.
Wrba at Fort Sill, Okla.
day with Mr. and Mrs. Aug.
Nollkamper.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Wheel-
er, Mrs. Bill Witt, Miss
Phyllis Richards of Austin,
and I)j. and Mrs. William
H. Wheeler and children*of
Alice visited Sunday with
I)r. and Mrs. John F. Wheel-
er and children in Nixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Ixihman and daughter, Carol
Ann, of New Orleans, La.,
spent the. week-end in the
home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Bruegge-
miinn. Monday was ob-
served 11s Carol Ann’s eighth
birthday.
N o r m h h "< Nbvosad
daughter, Mr. and
George Philip and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Philip and
son and Mrs. Frank, Kurtz
of Moulton, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Schacherl of Austin,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wenskc
and-son of Yoakum', Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Schacherl Jr.,
Mrs. Donald St. Wrba and
children, Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Schacherl Sr. and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy
Pavlas, Kenneth Otto and
Susie Jackson, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfonse Bartek and chil-
dren, all of Flatonia.
and want
Mrs.1
Thrive people out of
do ms by practicing oOr free
dorps-' and privileges. An
example of this is the privi-
lege of voting. Only half
of the people that are
vlielble to vote ever go to
the polls. If a majority of
.t Vi'e* “'--WneiJfcan peopTe lose
their interest "in voting aiiti
in said* City: Court House
Building.
Dr. and Mrs. William II.
Wheeler and children, Dana
and Bill, of Alice spent the
week-end in the Dr. L. A.
Wheeler home.
eVelry four ofthe world’- j voase to vote.'thf cbtlnt’-y
population go to bed hungry will be ruled by only a few,
each night. A person who And When .that happens it
is hungry or in any other rl,)t he long before the
physical discomfort cannot I fight to vote teases to exist
enjoy to the fulllest any of
the other freedoms. A man’s
•physical needs must be sup-
plied as well as any of his
other needs. We Americans
live, in a land of plenty and
it is doubtful if we shall ever
have to go hungry. The
reason, is this. In America
men have learned to wotk
together for the common
good nf all. Only in a
democracy can men do this
and only in a democracy are
men willing ta do iL
The fredom of speech*is
another priceless freedom, is the
It is upon the freedom of which
If we ever become uncon-
cerned about the way our
government is operated, the
government will cease to he
a democratic form of gov-
ernment. In other words
to keep our freedom, we
must use our freedom.
We are all well acquaint-
ed with the history of Our
America and with the live
of the great and noble mer
who worked so hard and
died so heroically to maki
our country what it is to
day—a free republic. Thi
wonderful thing t.
we are heirs. Bu
Mrs. Jerry Garvin left
Sunday for Rockford, 111.,
where she will meet her hus-
bniulT K.F.U. Garvin, w4io ar-
rived home after' serving
two years in Korea and Ja-
pan.
let’s not continue to gaze
backward into our colorful
past hut lift our eyes and
look forward into the chal-
lenging future. Will our
children and mir chihtren’r
children and every genera-
tion that is to follow b»
heirs to the same freedom
which was bestowed upon
us? The way we use and
protect our freedom will
form the answer • to that
question.
(The above is a reprint of
Miss Plowman’s first prize
vimting essay m the contest
ponsored by Tri-Cojunty
lection Council of Jewish
Women.)
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