The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 67
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 1942
NUMBER 10
FLATONIA AGAIN RECEIVES 25 % FIRE CREDIT
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W6rk Rapidly Progressing On
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* C. OF C. MEETING *
* TONIGHT — 8:00 *
* • An important meeting *
* of the Flatoiiia Chamber *
* of Commefte frill be held *
* tonight at the Court *
* House, starting at 8:00 *
* pm. This is an important *
* meeting, as several vital '*
* matters of business will *
* be discussed, and a nomi- *
* nating committee for of- *
* ficejg for the new year *
.* will be appointed. . All *
* members are urged- to at- *
* tend. *
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MAYOR WHEELER ASKS
PUBLIC TO OBSERVE
TEXAS WEEK MARCH 1-6
. “I want to urge all citizens
bT'YfiTrWnmpIlity and of
Texafc to join in the obser-
vance of Texas Week from
March 1st through March
6th”, Mayor L. A. Wheeler
announced this week. Texas
"Week has been set aside by
an act of the 42nd Legisla-
ture, and is designated as that
week in which March'2, Tex-
as Independence Day, falls.
During -this weekr-—To«H>n*
should make much of the
spiritual values of our history
and of our traditions. Mayor
Wheeler pointed out. We
'sHdUler dediftith o'uV livV a-
fr#sh to ideals of statesman-
• ship, character, letadeVstifp,
and service. I,et each Texa-n
tnake it possible for our own
and future generations to en-
joy liberty of conscience, of
speech,'of the press, of wor-
ship, of public assembly, and
all the other liberties which
we cherish, he pointed out.
“Remember Goliad, Remem-
ber the Alamo, Remember
Pearl Harbor”.
—Support Itnl CrossV£ar FInull—
vrtPft&P ADIES TO
OBSERVE WEEK OF^ &
PRAYER NEXT WEEK
Members of the- Baptist
Women’s Missionary Society
will observe a Week of Pray-
errtrrr Home—Missions,"starts
ing Monday, M>rch 2nd. The
topic for the week is “God’s
Channels of Blessings Through
Our Country”. Programs will
be held each day, and the fol-
lowing leaders have been an-
nounced: Monday, Mrs. Al-
len Webb; Tuesday, Mrs.
Irene Freytag; Wednesday,
Mys. E. W. -Gofer and Mrs:
Dan Minton; Thursday, Mrs.
Travis Robinson and Friday,
Mrs. S. Swinea. .
The programs will be held
at members homes each
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock,
with the exception of Wed-
nesday, at which time the
program will be presented at
8:00 pm. 4s part of the Pray-
er Meeting service.
Everyone is invited to at-
tend this series of service,s. .
—Rail Defense Stamps!—
CARDEN CLUB TO
MEET THURSDAY
The Flatonia Garden Club
will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the .Court House
next Thursday afternoon,
March 5th, Mrs. H. H. Stein,
club president has announced.
The rtie&ting frill start at 2:30
o’clock. - .
The main topic for dis-
cussion will be “Chrysanthe-
mums”, and everyone is urged
to attend the meeting.
'- ttrtnrnifH r Pearl Harbor
G. T. Ilawkes has returned
to work, after several -weeks
of recuperating from a recent
Miners. -Ira Goats of Poren-
berg, who had been relieving
him, returned to his
Tuesday.-
PLOT OF GROUND ON
SOUTH MAIN IS BEING
CONVERTED INTO PARK
Work on the construction
and* beautification of a city
park in the- plot of ground
between South. Main street
and the railroad" .was, under-
way thiij - week, under the
direction of a Flatonia Garden
Club committee and city offi-
cials. The park is a part of
the. general beautification pro-
gram that is being started by
the- Garden dub, in con-'
junction with jthejQity of Fla-
tonia, the Rotary Club of Fla-
tonia, and other civic bodies.
As outlined, the park will
be bordered on the west,
north and east by evenly-
spaced* youpon bushes. At
each corner, three Italian
cedars and senisa bushes will
be placed. Other appropriate
•shrubbery will be spaced
between the hackberry trees
on the .south.
In the west portion 'of the
park, a triangular bed of red
radiance roses will be plant-
ed. .In the central portion, a
rectangular t»ed of roses, and
in the east, end, a crescent bed
will- hU*v hnvy 4nw.fr ‘ 1‘ 1
roses. . 1
The entire park will be in-
terspersed with walks made of
caliche, and occasional shrubsn
House.
Anyone interested in volun-
teering for this office is urged
will"adcl 10 thb gen^h^rbeauty* }>to-C#at&cfcJtfjJi£ixWiieeler for
In the-east end of (he park,
within the cresent-shaped bed,
a flag pole will be erected,
and a caliche walk from the
fire station to the pole "will
be constructed. The ‘ grdund
throughout the entire park
was recently leveled and the
-grass will be kept mowed. . *
Expense of The labor is be-
ing jointly cared, for' by the
city and the garden club,
while shrubs, rosebushes, etc.
are . dbeing, bought with dona-
tions from variqwr othwnwvic v
bodies and individuals. T
—Support' Uni Cross War i'unit!—
MARCH 17 SET AS
DRAFT LOTTERY DATE
Washington. Fein, 22. —
SideeH’B&r servrrp— heH<hrnnrt-
ers Sunday ,set the new draft
lottery for March 17—St.
Patrick's day—-and announced
that the numbers determining
the order of liability of ser-
vice of some 9,000,000 men
will be enclosed in green
capsules.
The lottery itself will fol-
low in general the procedure
of the two previous drawings
under the selective, service
law. Capsules containing num-
bers will be mixed, then
drawn bv blindfolded govern-
ment qfficials. The goldfish
boxyl first used In the 1917
World war drawing again
will hold the numbers.
Those holding the first
number drawn will be the
first of the new group of
registrants <to he considered
for military service.
All the new registrants,
however, will be placed be-
hind these already register-
ed on draft board lists.
None of the new registrants
need expect a call to service
for about town months after
the lottery.
—(flee To Thr Red Cross.'—
A recent study, made to de-
termine the cost of operating
an siutomobile„qt a low and
a high speed, revealed that,
when two identical cars are
driven over the same 1,000-
rnile course, one at 25 and the
other at 65 miles an hour, the
latter consumes 00 per cent
more gasoline and 800 per
cent more oil nnd causes 700
home | per cent more wear on the
tires.—Collier’s Magazine,
Establishment Of An
Air Raid Office Here
Hinges On Volunteers
Mayor L. A. Wheeler has
been in contact with officials
of the y. S. Army and Texas
State Police the past several
days, making plans for the
establishments of a District
Air Raid. Wardens Office in
Flatonia.
According to Mayor Wheel-
er, the office- Will be the
central office for a, wide
district, and must be manned
24 l\gurs per day ,by_ volun-
teers. Eighteen women ‘and six
men volunteers Will be need-
ed to care for the officer The
women will serve three hour
shifts during the day, serving
for a period of oneTweek.
They will then be relieved by
another shift, who will serve
three-hour shifts fqr a one
week period. Men. will serve
on the night shift, and must
be available all during the
night. Two telephones, will he
more complete details.
—Buy Defense Bonds!—
Mr*, .tr L. Mawk and, son,
'and Mr. and Mrs. J.. T. Par-
ma of, OJameron werc .Su.nday
.visitors with Mrs. A.. Lich-
novsk.v, who is ill at the Win.
Kubala home here.
$1,289 IN INSURANCE
PREMIUMS TO BE SAVED
BY FLATONIA CITIZEN?
Fire record credit for an
additional 124 Texas towns
listed 56 in the group re-
ceiving the maximum, 25 per
cent credit, it was announced
Saturday by Marvin Ilall,
State Fire Insurance Commis-
sioner. Flatonia was among
the group receiving the maxi-
mum credit, it \tffts announced.
A Saving on fire insurance
during the 12 months period
beginning March 1. will ap-
proximate $165,000 in the
towns listed, Hall 3aid.'
Saving to Flatonia citypens
who buy fire .insurance will
be % approximately $1,289.00
the report showed.
Twenty-four of the group
improved their good fire re-
cord over that of last year,,
with 45, Hicluding Flatonia,
retaining the maximum credit.
Penalties were listed for 25
towns.
_• Fbrney, Gilmer and Goose-
creek were neutral, having
neither Credit nor charge.
F.F.A, Boys Make Good
Showing At Exhibit
At Schulenburg
SEVEN ANIMALS ARE
EXHIBITED AND BRING
GOOD AUCTION PRICE
Members of the Elatqpia
Future Farmers Chapter join-
ed with members of the Schu-
lenburg, W itchier and La-
Grange chapters in'exhibiting
stock at the FFA Livestock
Show and Auction in Sehulen-
burg Monthly, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. It
was the first show of this kind
that local boys had partici-
pated in, as Vocational Agri-
culture was only introduced
in thiuFlatonia, school This
y«ar.---------------- ------------------ ----------.
In the show, Alphonse San-
tera exhibited a calf; Harry
Herzik, two calves • and a
sheep; J- B. Mullins, a calf;
and.Gene Ilerzik,. two hogs.
Included in the list of the j Sahdera’s calf placed fifth
25 'i credit group were Eagle [ in the light class, and at the
Lake, Fayetteville, Giddings,
Gonzales and Hallettsville.
—Rdmcmber Ptyrl Harbor!—
Harry’s Cafe Is Damaged,
Negro Shack Destroyed In
Sunday Morning Blazes
Wallace Cherry Asks
Election To Office Of
County Commissioner
TWO SEPARATE FIRES
KEEP FIREMEN BUSY IN
EARLY MORNING HOURS
ALIENS HAVE ONLY
TWO DAYS LEFT
FOR REGISTRATION
•Enemy aliens, classified as
be arv W alien of German, Italian tyuight by
“GoTfrt ’or .Lurnmrsr- citizen car- .tiv for 13
required to' register before
March 1st, Postmaster W. J.
Bludwort.li- reminded this
week. Details of the registra-,
tljpn Way bt* secured fVphi tiTriTT
After they hftve rekister-
od, said aliens will be given a
c.iwGiis identification.
—Bun Defense Slumps.'—
-IVIrs. C. A. Pearson is- a
patient in the Reliefer" Hospi-
tal this week, and expects, to
return home this^weekend.,
auction that followed, was
bought for 16 cents by G. E.
Ruhman of Schulenburg. It
weighed 570 pounds.
The^two hogs belonging to
Gene Herzik placed first and
fourth in ' their class,, and
weighed 380 pounds. ’They
Swift mid
13.10 cent.?-*-’
One of Harry Herzik’s calf,
weighing 290 pounds, did not
place in the upper five, but
was bought by Starry &
GTcive for 15 ednts: -^The
other, weighing 470, whs
bought by A. L. Vrana at 14
finite >
The 470 pound heifer calf
of J. B. Mullins was bought
by the City Cafq in Flfftonia at
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.{See “AUCTION” back. Wge)
Wallace Cherry of Mul-
dooii was a' business visit0r*in
Flatonia Wednesday, apd
while here' authorized The
Argus to announce his candi-
dacy for the office of Gom-
missioner of Precinct 3 of
Fayette County, subject to the
July primaries.
“Friends have urged me
during the past years to an-
nounce for this pffice. but due
to business reasons, l had hot
seen fit to enter the race", Mr.
Chiiiry said. "However, 1 am
now in a position to.make the
race, and therefore wish to
announce my candidacy”, he
continued. "If the people of
this precinct- see fit to elect
me to tilts position, l pledge to
give all of my time, to the
duties of the office, and re-
Printing Of Sugar Rationing Literature Is One
OfLje^rnment^xmtmLLf^sest
2. .....1U; * SM S'
best of *my ability, serving the
best interests of the citizens
as a whole.”
Mr, Cherry’s past business
fiiv the olt'ieo Uc seeks. He w,.
well known" ift the eiuire
Fayette County, and especial-
ly in this precinct, having
been a taX-paying citizen- of
Precinct 3 all of bis life. In
the past, be lias been psninect-
ed with tin: Farm Security
office, u»id \vsth the AAA of-
fice, and these duties hirve.
brought hirrf in contact with
nearly the entire citizenry of
Fayette County.
Members of the Estonia
Volunteer Fire Department
vtere kept busy Sunday morn-
ing, whep.tvvo separate alarms
caused th* most fire damage
suffered in the city in the
past sevyml.years.
The first alarm sounded
about ?:30 a.m when a small
negro house in Happy Hol-
low caught fire, and burned
Jo the ground. The house was
completely destroyed before
the alarm was sounded, but
the fire boys- made a record
run, and assisted in keeping
the fire pom spreading to any
of—the ortTer—swffWtmding
buildings. The house was
situated next to the negro
school, and had formerly been
used as a WPA lunclt room,
for the negro students. A
negro man lived in the house
by himself, and was not pres-
ent when the fire whs dis-
covered it vtuiV reported.
At 5:00 am., the fire siren
I., th*- Jd-niu -uimiM, 4U.nl the fire
7hn I Tinvs—miivte invnTtrr* ni-.h call -
to Harry’s Place, a cafe own-
ed bu tr-.rry Otto. The entire
fvonf o* ihe 'building, was a-
America’s great sugar The job required 300 car- More, than 350 bids tverc
rationing program will begin - UKuU of pjiper. Specifications received on the printing work
were prepared, contracts were
awarded. Six mills had to get
fo work oil full-time pro-
within a few weeks. Like
other tasks in the Vast world-
wide fight to preserve'free-
dom, this program began as
a job of printing. It is the
greatest single job of print-
ing ever tackled, though, by
•the Government Printing Of-
fice. It is a job which called
for more than 700,000,000
forms and cards and book-
lets. These required between
11 to 12 million pounds of
paper!
These little booklets and
cards and forms are the tools
with which Americans are to
build a monumental structure
of self-sacrifice. There will be
190,000,000 copies of the War
Ration Book itself, besides
consumer application forms,
trade registration for ms,
cards upon which retailers are
to mount ration stamps taken
in exchange for sugar. There
also will be printed in-
structions to local boards, in-
structions to consumers and
registrants.
The amounts of these book-
lets and forms exceed the
coufitry’s population, of
course, since it Is necessary
to allow replacements for
books that may be lost or^de-
stroyed, for births during the
next six months and also for
demand in certain communi-
ties greater than has been
expected.
This printing job was no
small affair. The Army head-
quarters staff consulted maps.
Other officials pored over
.population charts. Every pos-
sible approach to this un-
precedented assignment was
considered, tested, eliminated.
duction to turn out paper
stock for the ration books a-
lone. This was a very parti-
cular task, for a special ‘paper
had to be prepared to give
protection against counter-
feiting. Ordinary newsprint
paper is to be used for the
consumer application forms,
t t t
Glue Or Not To Glue
Another question: Should
the backs of the ration stamps
be glued? The experts finally
Said “no”. That would have
required more paper, to in-
sert a protective sheet in each
ration book. The. solution
was this; Tlm-glue will be
on the card upon which the
retailer mounts the stamps as
they are collected!
Also, the ration book’s 28
stamps had to be divided
from one another by rules
arid perforations. Printing
with perforated rules is not
a common pmetice. The Gov-
ernment Printing Office tried
this out, though, and ran its
press all night to see what
would happen. The method
worked out all right,
t t t
Printing Job Divided
The Government Printing
Office staff split the country
into sections according to pro-
ducts nnd. distribution areas.
It also had to keep a sharp
eye on transportation facili-
ties, because the distribution
of the ration books and forms
will irivblve some 200,000 bills
of lading. w
i. '
and from these contracts were
sideration', and know that
your vote mid support iiv hts
behalf will be appreciated By
him.—~«----------—-
Him Defeu'se Slumps!—*
a small cupboard in the front
of the building, and was dis*
rnvp*ed bv the Yoakum Chro-
distributor as he drove
by. The bpildinfr^vis owh-
eil bv G. C. Simmons. Great-
est dirhiH^e besides thlt burn-
ed counter and wall nartltlon,
wns done to the cigar,
cigarette and wine stock
stored in the cupboard. The
Chns. Jnrica store in the
wall partit ion, suffer-
ed (p’itp a bit of water' darh-
■..ro Ti-pir .stork was covered
~wdth insurances although non® -
«"c tho rdhnr losses were. The
pjrurlvWt^—ly - -store-. also
These, firms, of course, will
supplement the work of the
Government Printing Office
itself.
Fourteen of "these plants
will turn out the ration book,
printing from plates cast from
molds provided by the Gov-
ernment Printing Office.
The whole program will re-
quire 30 days. The Govern-
ment Printing Office received
the order to go ahead on
February 7 and dxpects to
have the forms printed and
distributed by March 7.
That, means the printing
plan^ jind the governnnmt’s
own crews will have to keep
Working on a three-shift basis
to do the job, turning out
25,000 ration books- an hour.
The printing firms will de-
liver the books and forms to
the Office of Price Admini-
stration, and the OPA*in turn
will send them either to state
rationing directors or directly
to county rationing agencies,
for distribution among local
registration agericies. —
Names of the companies do-
ing the printing wo£k aren’t
being revealed. In fact, the
government is surrounding
this printing project with as
many safeguards as though
the ration tyoks were money.
In a way, they are more
valuable than ’money, for no
amount of money will buy
your family sugar if you don’t
obtain one of these rationing
hooks. .
The ten-week course in
weldin'” will come to a close
this Saturday night when 12
farm voiiths will receive their
certificates from their in-
structor. Arnold Weidemann.
This course has enabled farm
youths bet weep the ages of
16 and £7 to become profi-
cient in tb« techniques of
wePHn*- especially in the re-
pair of farm machinery.
A new course in Funda-
mental:; of Electricity will be-
gin Monday, March 2, at
7:30 pm. at the Freytag
Garage, to be taught by Mr.
Weidemann. All youths, out
of high sflipoh between the
a<”es 27,
a 'ail themselves of this valu-
able course.
— Buy Defense Bonds I—
IMPORTANT LIBRARY
MEETING FRIDAY
An important meeting of
the Flatonia Library Associa-
tion will be held at the Court
House in Flatonia on Friday
night,. February 27th, start-
ing at 8:00 o’clock, Mrs. Dan
Minton, president, announced
this week.
New officers for the asso-
ciation will be named, and
plena for the moving of the
library to a new location
will be discussed. All citi-
zens, interested in the wel-
fare of our public library,
are urged to attend.
—Support Red Cross TVcr Fund!—
Pvt Albert Prihoda of Vic-
toria was a weekend visitor
* here.
housed in the same building,
had no damage.
Damage* at Harry’s Place
was estimated. at about
$250.00 bv Mr. Otto, nnd Mr.
Jurica stated that his damage
Would run ariout $90.00.'Dam-
age to the building had not
been estimated.
Bomb The Bums With Bonds!
TYPHUS FFVFR MAKES
APPEARANCE IN TEXAS
The dreaded nnd danger-
ous disease, typhus fever,
sprend by the rat flea, has
made its appearance in the
San Antonio area at this
time. About a dbzen cases of
this disease exist, just 85
miles west of us. It would b§ *
very wise for every man,
women and child to start a
rat killing campaign imme-
diately. Check closely all
barns and buildings to see
whether these buildings are
rat infested. If Infested, set
trarps, or put out rat poison.
Get busy now, kill the rats’
They are destructive and
dangerous to health.
—Support Rett Cross War Fund!—
RED CROSS SEWING
ROOM DAYS AND HOURS
Sewing days and hours for
the Red Cross sewing room In
the Simmons Building on
south main have bo«n an- •
nounced for every Tu**'***”
and Saturday, from 2:00 to
6:00 o’clock. Any one want-
ing to take garm®hta out and
work on them at home may
do so, ami may return finish-
ed garments on the aboy®
mentioned days.
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