The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1955 Page: 4 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS,) THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1955
Establish'd Jan. 1, 1875
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Mr. and Mrs. George I’;H-
]«k and children of Port La-
vuca .six'll! the wcek-eml i
here in the. Frank Marfa!
home and with relatives at ..
Moulton.
Louis Jares Sr. and JLm
Fajki's am! on, Charlj.■ nj
-Wesf, Terns, were fit Ff.i-
tonia Monday to attend the
funeral * services of Frank
Fajkus.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bridges
and children visited rela-
tives in Nixon last Sunday.
Lay-a-way that gift for
Easter, at Thulemeyer’s?
WANT ADS
LYRIC THEATRE
(No Refunds Allowed)
..... CURTIS .
AiR
PAIN RELIEF
ANALCESIC
For the relief of mueruler erhee
and poine, due to ovrr-emertlon
commonly n»o<Ulr,l with |
ARTHRITIS, MilUM.it
rheumatism, .mimiiako
JONES DRUG STORE
(Minimum, 35c Each Ad)
w... • -f-rrr ■ . » ■ . -
FOltt) PARTS and exchange
parts for your. Ford. Fla*
Ionia Motor Co.
FOR SAIT/: Different'kinds
of haled feed, and also
■ducks; want to buy, a
good bred Duroc- sow.
Jerome Kon-nek, Route 2«
V yrimlcnbin-g.^ '■ * 10-2tp
•BEN 1 )1X AND I’hitcO Telm
vision sales apd service.
Johnson Electric Shop.
NEW
EASTER DRESSES
For Ladies
Sizes 12 to 20; 14'/j
v - To 24'/,
Girls Sizes 1 Yr. to 14 Yr».
Junior Girls Sizes 9 to 15
BEAUTIFUL SKI RTS
A BLOUSES
DRESS & GIFT
SHOP *
Phono 240
Mrs. T: j: Marik
FWR SALE—Kerosene cook
stove, . kitchen cabinet,
kitchen safe, wash pot
table. See^ at. Arnim’s
warehouse. Contact Joe
Cad well.'--------------- -9-JRp
ARGUS Want Ads are the
most efficient and cheap-
est method to reach po-
tential * customers in this
area.
GOOD 5
$49.40.
FT. refrigerator,
Flatonia Gas, Co,
FOUND—’55 farm truck li-
cense plate 5-P 491 Lon
Flntwii r-PfftHi'Tg ft ’ fSSS’'
Owner pay for ad at The
Argus office, * lt'c
USED DELUXE push but-
ton Hotpoint'range; just
like new. Johnson Elec-
trie Shop.
OPEN—1965 official
spection station. W.
Motor co. ‘
GRAVEL
soil, fill
terial,
phone
Texas..
and 'Sand; fop
and road ma-
John J. Merecka,
930W4, Flatonia,
8-52tp
HOUSE For Rent, on 5 acres
land, at Praha. Adolph
Migl, phone 3-2243, Moul-
ton, T«xa».---- 10-4tp
FOR SALK-^-Nhruhs, ever-
greens, shade, fruit, and
pecan trees; roses, ,45c
eftch. Cistern Nursery,
Route 3, Flatonia, ’IYxaj.
Phone 940W2. *3-tfc
IDEAL HATCHERY Chicks.
Ideal U. S. eertit'ied-pul-
lorum clean—235 to 280
eggs in 300 days—R.O.P.
• sired chicks now on spe-
cial. Seventeen years of
USED HOTPOINT refrig-
erator; perfect condition.
Johnson Electric Shop.
CAB & TRACTOR Repair
t . Service ; free estimates,
Felix Hajek’s Garage,
■ Praha, ph. 93IJ2. 10 31 p
TIRE SERVICE, Wheel
aligning-balancing. W. W,
Motor Co.
— Flatonia —
Now Equipped For Cinemascope
PROGRAM FOR WEEK
ELM GROVE NEWS
Local Happenings
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Collier
San Antonio spent the
wee-end with her mother,
‘Mrsr John T’mi'an, and Mor-
ris.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 11-1?
.....»T"'"T"
I mmtm
Guy Madison
JOAN WELDON -1AMES WHai
WA4 CAm^cmo •» Ottwrm nomw •
\
Plus CARTQON and Special Short, “Gone* Fishing”
SUNDAY & MONDAY, MARCH'13-14
CinemaScOPE
tntpnhst pedigree breed-
- ing-.Ut.hack Uuiin up, This
year buy directly from
\*l
breeder and
your R.O.I
get chicks with ^definite
high egg production bred,
-into them.• Write for one
of nur free catalogs, Ideal held t-heir* monthly meeting
Hatchery & Poultry
•Farm, Cameron, Tex. 9-3t
BULLDOZER WORK
•DRAGLINE; GRAVEL HAULING, TANK
pYiV'
•r
AVORk, BRUSH CLEARANCE
GEORGE SHIMEK *
■ s
<x-.
Phone 4-3894
$hiner,"~Tj£ka»
30c
35c
sqpt -a*, >j®< >mk >ac- -a* ■»
OUR FRIDA Y-SATURDVY. MAR. 11-12
'(' VSH SPECIALS
Large Super Suds
2 Charmin'Kitchen Towels
3 Lb. Box O. F. Mothers Oats, with
Cup and Saucer •
10 Lb, Print Hag Angel Food Flour
2 Tall Cans' Pet or Carnation Milk
1 Lb. Pure Lard * *
1 Lb. Blue Boil net Oleo
1 Lb. Admiration (’offee
2 Lbs. Nice Bananas
No. 2 1-2 Can Hunt’s Peaches
Why Not Pay (’ash and Save? We Know
That You Don’t Sell Anything on Time
1
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WOMEN WANTED. Tem-
porary, six months. Mail
postcards. Good hand-
writing or typewriter.
•Box' 47? Watertown,
Mass:* 9-4tp
WATER HEATERS.— Mis-
sion,’ Day & Night, Gen-
—oral • Klee trim-Flatonia
Gas Co.
Meeting Held By
Praha 4-H Boys
h&r
M-G-M’s
Color
starring
Jane POWELL • Howard KEEL
with Jed Richards • Russ Tamblyn • Tommy Rail
-0j2ua .....
NEWS & CARTOON
WfDNESDAY-A fllUR9DAY, MARCH 1G-17
The Praha 4-H Club boys
in their' Respective class-
rooms with County Agent
James. Reese and all the
members present.
The meeting was opened
by the chairman, Bobby
Fy.ikns. Roll was called
and minutes of the previous
meeting- were read and ap-
proved. . - * ■
* After th;; business jftmion,
Mr, Rfese. Showed IheVboys
visual i;iti slides of 4-H Club
Work* -The slides included
’XST'es.varSf ’fchjjlter, proper
t'^xt' .-ind Care pf hogq., Md/'
TeesT' demonsmired how to
judge calveWA
The recreational leader,
Leonard l’okluda, asked the
boys to join- with- the 4-H
girls in tho recreation pro-
gram.—Reporter.
Locals & Personals
Mr. and ■ Mrs, Henry
(•reive left Sunday for- a
week’s.visit with relatives in
daughter, ■"Dobra, -left -Tues-
day for Houston to spend
tile week with relatives.
Mr., and Mrs. O. D.
J Wright. Mrs. John Kocian.
Albert Lihg, apd Martin;
CINemaScoPE
TAKES YOU BENEATH THE SEAI
Visiting Mr. and.Mrs. G.
L. Brown and Mrs. Betty
Murphy over the week-end
were Mr. and Mrs. .Tommie
Colwell of San Antonio,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hart and
son.- •- ’
Mr.' and Mrs. 'E. O. Bigley
visited in Flatonia Stmday
w;ith Mr, aitd Mrs.’Kenneth
Frierson. ‘
• Mr. -rind Mrs ’ Sherrell
Bartlett of San Antonio
were guests of Mr. ancLMrs.
Max Johnson Saturday.
Mrs. J. B. Davidson vis-
ited in Cuero lastweek with
Mr. and Mrs. J. Collins.
Lois Hfive Brown spent
the week-end at McNeal
with Jackie ‘and Tommie
Lee. Biggs.
Mrs. S. H. McCrorey spent
Friday in Schulenburg with
her mother, Mrs. C. W.
Clark. It was Mrs. Clark’s
birthday. She was 89.
Mrs. Emil - Holubec of
Houston spent the week-
end with home folks.
Beale visited Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland Gosch Sunday. .,
Milvern Cowan of Austin
visited his mother, MBk,
John Cowan, Saturday.
Discontinued "patterns in
Community, now available
VOLl
until April 1. Thulemeyer’s.
Mrs. H. P. Mey$r of Co-
lumbus visited wdth rela-
tives here one day last
week.
Flatonia Livestock
Commission Co.
Doc Hagan, Lee Kahanek,
Managers
SALE EACH MONDAY
Receipts last Monday: 781
cattle, 561 hogs. Doc starts
all cattle; he says market
was very active on all
classes; we had lots of buy-
era here Monday from all
over the state buying Stock-
er calves and good cows and
calves; fat calves were also
in strong demand; had sev-
eral buyers who need a lot
more fat calves, so if you
have any good fat calves be
sure to try us on your next
shipment; we need more
‘
ited Mr. and Mrs, R. M. Mul-
lin' Sunday. -
■ Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Brown spent the week-end
trt Bay City with Mr.-'and
Mrs. Tommie Black.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Brown
attended the revival meet-
ing at McNeal Sunday
night—
Mtn—nftd—Mrs.—Henr
good calves to supply our
Dan Doyle of Austin vis- buyers we have coming here
on Mondays.
—MARKET REPORT—
Choice Calves—-
$19.00 to $22.00 per 100 *
Good Calves— -
$17.50 to $19.00 per 100
Commercial Calves—
$15.00 to $17.50 per 100
Rannie Calves—
$12.00 to-415.00 per 100
• ' —ana ■ -tars.—tienrr "
Gmtch-of^aytnw'hrMr'and'“Cut! Calve
Mrs. Douglas
Houston and
Parker .of
Mrs. Susie
Twc
tonia
Millies
ture
Brunrn
quet ii]
The t\
ler Jrl
Brunnel
sponsoif
Feed
■ Pork I
tatoes, J
cocktail
served
the banl
WilbtF
for the
ers Ass<|
and she
ing the
Plager il
hog judl
the hogij
Stock
years,
differenl
some, of |
meat fre
Fred
lege, dis|
ties of
feeding
hogs,
the pres
20Hi Cifllwy-Fo* preimti
Be/ieafA ffie/2Afi/e/!eef
'Plus NEWS and CARTOON * ’
MATINEES: SAT. & SUN. .......?.....2:30 .
.......:...............
only
Phoo® 155 — — Box 147
V* l ^5ili--7:45 ‘ 1 •’
ADt’lTS •. r ....../......./: 40c
■ '■ -■•»*. ■-.......-__
. CHILDRENS UNDER*. 12 -- . • ^ ;
MtAttAN
DR. JENNINGS B. COOK
Optometrist
Eyes Examined '
Glasses Fitted
Senses Duplicated
Office Hrs.: 8;00 to 6:00;
Sat.: 8:00 to 1:00 P. M.
4r ^
. —* SPECIAL ,CZ ECH SHOW —
- T«fmdtfr, March. i5fh — 7:^5'P."M.
“PRVNI POLIBENI” ,
j
^"(SUPPER
Rep. Koliba Writes
From State Capitol
To the people of the 46.th
District!
This week the House
passed fiWl two of nine ad-
ministration water reform
hills and -sent them to the
Senate; also’approved and
-ont to Senate a bill exempt-
ing -numerous women from
jury service. ‘ »
. ........ The House of Represenju-
Hasethtf vj-ited witiiAMi-. ,n,s "I1 to the present time
i and Mrs. Ejp>ch .Kocian and Mjas introduced (>1< bills and
sons in \\ eittiar Sunday, [38. House joint resolutions.
Mr.-, ’
BACAK BAKLRY & (;R(K FRY
cj«c*>3K- :«■ :«■
nww
•:«< •:«$■.
Mrs. John Kocian.
\ lasta Doehring and sort,
■Vicky, .visited', wit Ii Mr mui-
Mrs, J<>e Korintl and fam-;
'.My in HallettSville TtK’siia^'.
.Mr. and Mrs. Irving Kb-1
MltJiv. public hearings
have li'et'Ti posted, but I am
i'<‘porting only on the bills 1
tiiijik will l»e of interest to
our district.
H. I!. ,\o. 23. cop earning
Praha 4-H Girls
Hold Meeting Friday
The Praha' 4-H Club girls
held their regular meeting
Friday morning with the
home demonstration ageijt,
Mrs. Lois Hopper, and all of
the members pre>K~~k.^ Jt EVERYONE INVITED
The meeting Was opened _
with the recitation of tlfe
4-H prayer and pledge, and
the club song. "God Bless
America.” The roll call was
answered by “The Meal- I
He 1 ped *-T o • Prepa re,” M in-
utes werb .read and ap-
proved.
The'1-H boys joined' with
the girls in the program,
which opened*with *a wel-
come song, ’'How Dp you
Do,' followed bv reading .of
poems, "Don’t Qirtf,” by
Gbnevieve Fjrysek. "Look
Smooth Sailing
WITH A CHECKING
*
ACCOUNT HERK
i
8eattnl t
| spent the w eek-end ^here vis-
jltiirft’ with Mrs. Joe Koh«’
land \(ith relatives in \Vael-
der. , ,
Miss Hattie. Koch left
Supday. for Kingsville
spend a
mmfc
hooks passed the
House, but H.‘ B. 302, also
on comic books, has-been re-
potted favorably .frpni
mi-ttee, but has not reached
the floor for debate. I have
to ; had many letters concerning
Bland Mrs. David Yates.
* Mr. ami Mrs. 1,. X. Lyon
You can be all over town in a few
minutes when you have a cheek-
ing account. That’s because you
can pay all of your bills by check
and dd*fco by mailing thenrall at
one time. And you’ll enjoy the
prestige of a checking account
... plus the advantage of a writ-
ten record on everything you
spend.
few w eeks with Mr. of thd bills.
1 w ant to thank all of you
. ... y.our letters and please
Jr. and Mr-, haunie Alcxrjteel tree to write me your
antler *oi .Houston .visitt'd .opinions oil legislatioiuin the
. W, 'future.
A.! people
*
■|Stind;(y with Mrs. K
Ii Lyon. Dr., and Mrs.-1
S Wju-eler. and Mrs,
Wirr^trr.
Jj i -Mr. a fid Mrs. Ted Brun-
lj tier and 'children, William
and Kay lfetfi, ‘ of Eagle
Lake. ^lr. and Mrs. Alfred
Pokluda, "I Will/’ by.J.ean-
ette Barta, “Fair Com-
plajrit,” by Bobby Fajkus.
All joined in singing “Oh,
Friends as We Gather,” and
"Relaxation. Song.’/_______
After the regular session,
t h e home demonstration
agent outlined the prin-
ciples of food and nutrition,
showing the urgent need for
improving health ah cl nutri-
Amcrican Legion
Hall
Tuesday, March 15
Sponsored by American
■ Legion; Auxiliary ,
Serving Begins at 6 P. M.
Adults .85c, Children 50c
$9.00 to $12.00 per 100
Good Fat Cows—
$10.00 to $13.00 per 100
Cutter Cows—
$8.00 to $10.00 per 100
Hard Canner Cows—
$6.00 to $8.00 per 100
Good Fat Bulls—
$12.50 to $14.90 per 100
Light Bulls—
$11.00 to $12.50 per 100
Good Stocker Str. Calve*—
$t 8.0(V to $21.00 per 100>
Com. Stacker Str. Calve
$16.00 to*$18.00 per 100
Good Stocker Hfr. Calves
$14.00*0 $17.00 per TOO
orrvStocker Hfr. Calve
Coni.
_ $13.00 to $14 00 per 100
Good Stocker Cow;
$9.00 to $12.00'per ' 100*
Com. Stocker Cows—t
$7.50 to $9,60 per 100
Good Cows & Calves—
$90.00 to $150.00 pair
Com. Cows & Calves—
$70.00 to $90.00 pair
Top Hogs—
$16.00 to $16.50 per 100
Heavy Hogs—
$15.00 to $16.00 per 100
Sow*—
$13.00 to $14.00 per 100
Feeder Hogs—
$14.00 to $17.00 per 100
, - . , .
$9.0(110 $12.00 per 100
WARREN SEED & PLANT CO.
a
CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS
6,000 white or yellow onion plants, $3.00.
. 1,000 cabbage plants, $1.50; 1,000 Rutger to-
| mato plants, $2.25. All kinds of vegetables.
Cucumber and certified watermelon seeds.
None better, few as goegd.
manager
to make |
ing grair
Mr. Si
the Berkl
sociationj
make a
due to illl
attend thl
Broken!
ing and
quet wasl
ing to yal
raise the |
:gd of t|
type or
type, Whe|
' be larger
type hog.’|
, The FIs
— ter hhgcg |
, this comr
improve
raise onli
hogs—the
Meeting!
The Fla!
onstration
scheduled
23, has be|
til March
district c«|
Antonio.
BabTsot
Mamie to
of
I opinions from j tion habits which are some
back home help me
No
Flatonia State Bank
1 uacK nome neip me the most Dressing prob-
^y.icr^rve tfie majority vtmrpt^^ dny.
people in District j Mr«E Hopp^ji—demon-
[ strated how to set a table,
! She also stressed the proper
LAST LAUGH
Brunner and son.. Batch, of St riianwho was fond ot',)orter'
’ - ’ .....' ’
Use- of table etiquette.—-Re-
Sclmlenblirg visited Sunday ; ljla.yjiig practical jokes, sent '
w ith .Mrs. Clara Piitzelt. j a friend"* telegram, charges 1 Mrs. Louis Brunner and
Mr. ami Mrs! Arnold j collect,i'>hj?1fc.reatl: “I am Janice, Mrs. Arnold Brun-
Brumu'r and daughter, C,i-, perfectly well.” ;Tier and Carol, were New
rol, visited Sunday in Sfin] A week liter the inker Braunfels visitors last Sat-
Antonio with Mr. and Mis. rccoired a hea^ .mck .vr urday
Robert SyIt r .and daughter.!
to Pay very considerable
charges. Opening it .he
found a big block of con-
crete on which was pasted
the message; "This is the
weight yeur talegram lifted
from my mihd.H
und with llndtB . BniiifiiTT
Mrs. Ralph George and
little .son,* Bob,"of Calgary,
Canada, arrived Tuesday
for several .week* visit with
her parents. Dr. and Mrs. L.
„A. Wheeler.
lav of Marlin visited during
the week-end in the Max
LTeytag home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Michna visited with Mr. and
Mrs. John Michna and
friends in Cameron Sunday.
M1+++++*+++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++4.++4m|.4,^|m|mMm ,
! _
-USED CARS -
’54 FORD PICKUP
HEATER, 6 PLY TIRES
’53 FORD CUSTOM TUDOR
OVERDRIVE, RADIO, HEATER
’52 CHEVROLET TUDOR
RADIO
Mr. and
White arel
nounce thef
son, bom
Hospital
10. He tipi
seven poul
ounces and "
aid Ray. H
by a little |
Kay-
Proud gJ
Mr. and Ml
and Mr. a[
Wtritr^t5f“
mother wasl
’ Georgia Mai
Flatonia
Church
9:30 a m.
10:30 a.
vices.
7:30 p.
Union.
7:30 p. h
ices.
Friday, 7:
services.
Methodist
Services-
’49 FORD TUDOR
OVERDRIVE, RADIO & HEATER
Flatonia Motor Co.
Flatonia
a. m.; Sunda
a. m.
Muldoon—
and third Su
- and 7:30
^ Sflhodywvery
m. Prayer
days follow
third Sunday
Colony —
x>nd and 1
7:30 p. m-
on Fridays
ond and fo
7:30 p. m.
4*
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