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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 71
$2.00 per year in advance
FLATONIA TEXAS MARCH 7, 1946
-5c per copy
NUMBER 10
As Bridges Sees It - -
Your attention is called to
the Red Cross drive now in
progress all over the nation as
well as in Flatonia. Local com-
mittees are on the job and this
is surely a worthy cause that
merits your support. Remem-
ber, the war may be over, but
the Red Cross’s job is never
finished.
* * *
There is an old, old saying
worthy of reprinting “Hats off
to the past, but coats off to the
future.”
* * •
Cotton reached the highest
price of the last 22 years last
week. If only we had lots of
it to put on the market!
* * *
The oil situation around Fla-
tonia seems more promising as
the days go by. Activity is on
the increase in the nearby Ar-
nim Field, and production may
have been reached in both of
the wells being drilled in Gon-
zales County—the Spahn and
the Henderson, just over the
Fayette County line west of
here. Should these wells prove
to be producers, the immediate
Flatonia area should come in
for much more oil play in the
near future.
* * *
How fortunate Flatonia was
that it was not among the com-
munities which were without
electric power last week-end.
* * *
The Commissioners’ Court
was in session Friday and Wal-
lace Cherry slipped off to at*
tend Rotary' Club lunch. Wal-
lace informed the writer that
, Oscar Grebe is the new service
‘ officer, now and Will be on the
xjob at La Grange after the
11th. He is in- school at the
present time.
,* * *
» Mjss Lorena Johnson was
.seen* greeting, customers at a
postoffice window this we»?k.
•As usual, her cheerful disposi-
tion was .in evidence. •
. * * *
Flatonia, like many other
cities in the state, could cer-
tainly use a good old-fashion-
ed paint-up and clean-up pro-
gram. After all, if we want our
town to grow, we must show
that we are vitally interested
in it, by presenting our own
community at its very best.
* * *
Ever stop to think what a
very small amount your home I
town paper costs you? By tak-
ing it by the year, it costs you
less than four cents per copy.
* * *
Many a candle and kero-
sene lamp were in use here
Tuesday night. The power was
off or two short periods be-
fore midnight. At the time Fla-
tonia received a fine rain and
an electrical storm that wasn’t
so nice.
• • •
We were very pleased the
other day when Mr. Byrnes an-
nounced in Washington that is
was time to be just as “firm”
with Russia as she is with us.
Them’s our sentiments, and
we believe that now is the time
to start taking care of this mat-
ter in that manner.
* * *
Rumors are flying that Sen.
O’Daniel will became a candi-
date for governor of Texas.
Other rumors are that if he
does, Tong. Lyndon John.wn
will also enter the race. So
far, nobody seems to know for
sure just what will happen.
* * *
When a great big storv con-
cerning something printed in
The Argus anpears in a paper
as large as The Houston Press,
we feel that our town has re-
ceived some real publicity.
* • *
No news to speak of has been
noticed in the last day or so
concerning the threatened S.
P. strike, hut apparently it did
not come off. for we still have
our trains both dav and night.
• • •
This vic'nitv has acouired a
ve*-v wide reputation for the
lovelv gardens. We wonder if.
as in othe*1 communities the
h’lehnrds brag about them,
while their wives do the work.
THOMAS ZIMMERHANZEL,
PIONEER RESIDENT, DIES
THURSDAY, FEB. 28
Thomas Zimmerhanzel, 82,
passed away at his home near
Flatonia last Thursday, Feb.
28, at 1 a. m., following illness
of some three years.
Mr. Zimmerhanzel settled in
Texas, coming here from the
old country 62 years ago and
had made his home in Fayette
County for the last 45 years.
Funeral services were con-
ducted last Saturday at 9 a.
m. from the home of R. F. Mica
and the Sacred Heart Catho-
lic Church with Rev. F.. ,1. Bil.v
officiating. The body was laid
to rest in the Flatonia Catholic
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were grandsons
of the deceased, Willie Mraz,
Jim Zimmerhanzel Jr., Henry
Mica, Ernest Mica, Joe Mica,
and Felix Mica.
Those loft to mourn his pass-
ing are his wife, Mrs. Thomas
Zimmerhanzel of Flatonia: one
son, Jim Zimmerhanzel, of Ga-
nado; four daughtetrs, Mrs.
John Mraz of Cameron, Mrs.
Ed Mica of Flatonijt, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Mica of Flatonia and
Mrs. Charlie Mikesh- of Gal-
veston. .Other sufviyors " in-»
elude 27 grandchildren any} It
great grandchildren.
A. L. Vrana Candidate For
County Commissioner, Prec. 3
STAMP NO- 9 GOOD FOR
FIVE POUNDS CANNING
SUGAR AFTER MARCH 11
Five pounus ot canning sugar
can be nail at grocery stores
in tne 44 counties ot tne Hous-
ton uisurct beginning Marcn
11 on stamp i\o. 9 m vVar Ra-
tion nook -i, District Director
Stephen J. luliy Jr. ol the
up A announced.
'Ihe stamp will be valid
through Oct. til, Mr. Tuily
said. It is being validated lor
canning sugar next Monday
throughout tne nation.
“Don’t count on this, but if
sugar supplies in the nation in-
crease enough, another stamp
good for five more pounds ot
canning sugar might be vali-
dated this summer,” Mr. Tuily
said.
“The supply of sugar is still
very short and is expected to
continue short through 1946,
the Department of Agriculture
tells us.
"Stamp No. 9 in your ration
book is intended for home can-
ning only. If you don’t plan
to can, destroy your stamp or
return it to your local board.
Inventories of sugar in many
stores are very low. Don’t use
your canning sugar.stamp un-
less you plan to can.
“If you do, you might be
making it impossible for an-
other family to get the sugar
it needs for canning.
“Don’t use your canning
stamp until you actually are
ready to do your canning.
While it is true that another
stamp may be validated, there
will not be more than these
two at the most.”
A. L. Vrana was in The Ar-
gus otfice Wednesday and an-
nounced that he was entering
as a candidate for County
Commissioner of Precinct No.
3. In making his announce-
ment, Mr. Vrana said:
To the voters of Commis-
sioners l’recinct No. 2, Fayette
County, Texas:
So many of you have asked
me to run for County Commis-
sioner that I have decided to
make the race. Therefore, 1
announce my candidacy for
the office of Commissioner of
Precinct No. 3, Fayette Coun-
ty, Texas, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic pri-
maries.
It is not necessary for me to
state"iny qualifications for this
job as nearly all of the voters
know the kind and quality of
.the , work I did when’serving
you as Commissioner from
1935 through 1942.
] As both of my boys are now
Home from the Army, I can
and vyill give all of my time to
road work and other duties of
this office, if elected.
I expect to make an active
campaign and will try to see
each voter personally/ In the
meantime, I earnestly solicit
your vote and support.
A. L. Vrana.
TEXANS CONTINUE TO
BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS
“Texans are not only pa-
triotic, as evidenced by their
record purchases of U. S. War
Bonds during the war years,”
Nathan Adams, state chair-
man of the advisory commit-
tee for Texas, declared, “they
are also thrifty. With the war
over, Texans continue to buy
U. S. Savings Bonds in a satis-
fying manner with a total of
$17,681,000 invested in Tex-
as during January.”
HILLMEN TO SHOOT
POWER SABOTEURS
AUSTIN, March 5.—Some
hill country citizens are ready
to "shoot down like coyotes”
whoever it was that tampered
with Lower Colorado River Au-
thority lines and caused power
failure, Gov. Coke Stevenson
said today at his press confer-
ence.
The governor said he was in
Fredericksburg when the elec-
tricity went off there. He was
asked:
"Were the people mad at
the LCRA?”
“No, at the saboteurs.”
Five transformers on the
LCRA system went out Satur-
day. Officials said someone
had tampered with transform-
ers at live widely separated
points on the system.
S. Raymond Brooks, a direc-
tor of the authority, said the
FLATONIA ROTARY CLUB
FUNCTIONS NICELY
The Flatonia Rotary Club is
one of the smoothest running
organizations in the state. Fri-
day’s program was in charge
of Rev. Frochnur and it was
brought by J. C. Yeary, Fay-
ette County’s popular county
agent.
He told of the value* of soil
conservation and explained
that the government, both
state and federal, is encobrag-
ing land owners to -Engage in
soil conservation practices.
Mr. Yeary is a very inter-
esting speaker, and like most
all of the-county agents, stands
ready to help Fayette County
in-any way.
'The Rotary Club decided to
contribute $2 to the Garden
Club, to lie used to “service”
the free, planteil by the clubs
jointly. Pres. Miller aptly ex-
pressed it thus.
A bed question which right-
fully belongs to the Chamber
of Commerce, was just let it
“rest.”
DATUS E. PROPER TO
SPEAK TO ROTARIANS
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 8
The Flatonia Rotary Club
is fortunate in securing Past.
Director Datus E. Proper of
REFUGEE KNOWS THE
VALUE OF PEACE
DENTON—Of the 650 vet-
erans enrolled at North Texas
State College this semester,
probably none is more titan k-
tul for the end of the war tnan
Santiago Genoves, who has
wandered from one country to
another since 1939, when he
and ins family escaped trom
their war-ridden homeland,
Spain.
Young Genoves first learn-
ed the meaning of war in 1936
when civil war broke out in
his native Spain. Ifffe father,
an active member of the Loy-
alists, was director of the most
important communication sys-
tem in Valencia and the fam-
ily was soon subjected to all
horrors of war.
For three years they work-
ed and suffered until the Loy-
alists were defeated by the
Falangists, Franco assumed
command of the state, and Ge-
noves’ father was placed in a
concentration camp.
Through the help of friends,
Genoves, his mother, sister,
and an elder brother managed
Datus E. Proper
San Antonio, who will address
the local Rotarians during Lie
icgular meeting on Friday ol
this week.
A short sketch on Mr.
Proper was received tins week
as follows:
I Datus E. Proper is a repre-
sentative ol' the Continental
Oil Company with headquar-
ters in San Antonio. He was
born in Iowa, studied civil en-
gineering at Iowa State Col-
lege, and from 1923 to 1943
was engaged in the roadbuild-
ing field, lie is a past vice
president of the Texas section
of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, past executive
vice president of the Texas
Good Roads Association, and is
NO. 1 SPAHN WELL IS
NOW BELOW 10,800 FEET
Quintana Petroleum Corpor-
ation is scheduled to drill
ahead below 10,800 feet in No.
I Anna Spahn, deep wildcat
four miles northwest of Gon-
zales in Gonzales County. The
well is credited with having
run a string of five-inch liner
from 8,075 feet to the total
depth preparatory to the deep-
ening job. Previous 7 5-8 inch
pipe had been set at 8,075. No
information has been released
as to the shows found in the
lower portion of the hole.
. Reports are that a produc-
tion test on this well will be
made soon.
Amerada Petroleum Co.’s
No. 1 Brooks Henderson, lo-
cated between Waelder and
Flatonia is credited with run-
ning a drill stem test at 8,783
•feet. It found several feet of
saturation at this point. The
well is considered to be in or
near the to]) of the Edwards
limestone.
Owen, Baldridge and King
have made oleation for their
No. 1 Arnim and Johnson, 900
feet west Colling No. 1, Arnim
outpost-, a 2,100-foot test.—S.
A. Light.
VANDALS CUT OFF POWER
IN CENTRAL TEXAS TOWNS
OVER LAST WEEK-END
DECLINE IN NUMBER OF
LOGS CAN BE CORRECTED
At this time of year it is ad-
visable to keep an eye on your
laying flock to detect any signs
ol Slackening in egg produc-
tion. Nut infrequently the
,. „ , strain of producing high egg
now serving on the I exas State ya.lds durillg the wrath months
Board ot Registration tor Fro-1
AUSTIN, March 3.—Max
Starcke, general manager of.
the Lower Colorado River Au-
thoirty, said Sunday that tam-
pering . with transformers- in
substations Saturday night re-
sulted in cutting off electric
power to five towns served by
the agency. v‘
Service has been fully re-
stored at La Grange and Bur-
net, but power was still off on.
Sunday afternoon at Giddings,
billing and Fredericksburg,
Starcke said.
Oil U Drained
The power agency’s manager
said that in each instance, oil
had been drained from trans-
formers at substations located
along roadsides. "In some in-
stances the tampering was dis-
covered before the transform-
ers burned out. Starcke de-
clared. but in others the equip-
ment was badly damaged.
He said the authority hoped
to have power restored to all
its circuits by late Sunday
afternoon, b u t restoration
would depend on how extensive
the damage was.
Several months ago, the
Lower Colorado River Author-
ity’s power service was halted
for several days when union
employes went on strike. The
L.C.R.A. did not re-employ the
strikers.—S. A. Express.
STATE FINANCES ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION
fessional Engineers and on the
Texas State Salvage Board.
Mr. Proper is a past presi-
dent of the San Antonio Cham-
ber of Commerce, has just com-
pleted his third term as chair-
man of the Bexar County chap-
ter of the American Red Cross,
is a director of the Charity As-
sociation of San Antonio, and
is a member of the executive
committee of the Civilian De-
fense Council for San Antonio
and Bexar County.
Mr. Proper has been a mem-
ber of the Rotary Club of San
Antonio since 1929, and is a
past president of that club. He
has been active in Rotary In-
ternational as director, dis-
trict governor and as commit-
tee chairman and member.
offenders, if captured, appar-.
ently could be charged with to escape to France, but Hit-
SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS
DO NOT IDENTIFY
misdemeanor, since no fences
were cut in approaching the
transformers, and nothing was
stolen.
Brooks said the search was
considerably narrowed down
because the same incident had
occurred four times since Oc-
tober, each time on Saturday.
Some individuals have suf-
fered hardships because of
temporary power failure, Mr.
Brooks declared.
He gave as an example two
ex-service men who put all
their resources into a chick
hathcery. When electricity
providing heat went off, the
eggs were ruined and the vet-
erans were wiped out of busi-
ness, Brooks asserted.—S. A.
Light.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given in ac-
cordance with the terms and
provisions of the Texas Liquor
Control Act that Kelley’s Place
intends to apply to the board
at Austin, Texas, for a Pack-
age Store permit, said business
to be conducted in the Old Po-
lasek Hotel Building in Fla-
tonia, Texas on North Main
Street, Block 50, Lot 28.
KELLEY’S PLACE
W. D. Kelley,
Mrs. Bessie Polasek,
9-2tc Owners.
ARMY MUST JUNK WAR
GOODS, EXPERTS SAY
A person’s hair grows faster
in daytime than at night.
WASHINGTON, March 6.—
War Department officials pre-
dicted Wednesday an early de-
cision whether to junk and de-
story a large proportion of the
Army tanks, planes and other
munitions overseas which cost
more than $15,000,000,000.
Brig. Gen. 1). N. Hauseman,
the War Department’s expert
on surplus property, expressed
the opinion that "we would
just have to get the courage to
destroy or abandon a lot of it.”
In the Pacific it was esti-
mated that Army munitions,
rosting $1,500,000,000, re-
mained to be disposed of. Some
$300,000,000 worth has been
dellared surplus.
Of this the foreign liquida-
tion commissioner has disposed
of some $40,000,000 at about
40 cents on the dollar.—S. A.
Express.
ler’s march forced them to flee
to Mexico. From Mexico, the
family came to the United
States where Genoves entered
North Texas State.
Mean while, his father had
escaped from the concentra-
tion camp and fiund employ-
ment in Mexico City.
Knowing a peaceful country,
a democratic government and
a friendly school for the first
time in many years, is what
the young refugee is grateful
for in Denton.
BUS SCHEDULE
GREYHOUND LINES
TO HOUSTON:
3:45 A. M.
10:28 A. M.
3:15 P. M.
8:28 P. M.
9:45 P. M.
ro SAN ANTONIO:
4:02 A. M.
10:43 A. M.
2:32 P. M.
4:13 P. M.
9:13 P. M.
Kerrville Bus schedule:
From Smithville to Yoakum.
Leave Flatonia—
South 11:40 a. m. and 3:30
p. m.
North 9:30 a. m. and 2:00
p. m.
Continental Trailways, Bas-
trop-Victoria :
South hound: Leave Fla-
tonia, 10:50 a. m. and 5:50
p. m.
North bound: Leave Fla-
tonia 10:37 a. m. and 4:57
p. m.
Merchants in almost every
city, according to the San An-
tonio Social Security Board of-
fice, are accepting social se-
curity account cards for iden-
tification purposes. The office
cited one instance where an
employee of the board had left
her identification papers at
home and when she asked a
saleslady in a department store
to accept a personal check for
payment of a purchase, she
was asked to show her social
security card as a means or
identification.
“Under no condition should
merchants, banks, or individ-
uals accept social security
cards as identification for cash-
ing checks, said Jesse C. Car-
ter. manager of the office.
They are intended only for use
of the board in keeping track
of an individual’s social se-
curity account. In other words,
they do not identify an indi-
vidual, rather they identify
only his social security ac-
count.
Subscribe to The Argus, $2.
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Thomas Syler has recently
received his honorable dis-
charge and is again at home
with his people.
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Yoakum to Waco No. 52:
5:30 p. m.
Flatonia to Yoakum, No. 51:
Ar. 1 p. m. lvs. 1:20 p. m.
To Houston No. 6:
7:17 p. m.
To Houston No. 8:
1:55 a. m.
To San Antonio No. 7:
2:55 a. m.
To Ran Antonio No. 5:
1:15 p. m.
lias the effect- ol sapping the
layers’ vitality and anility to
produce eggs in such quantity.
Assuming that your flock is
being managed astutely ana
with care, what then is neces-
sary to restore your layers to
the desired high standard cl
productivity?
Perhaps it will be necessary
only to cull the flock, for the
trouble may stem from the poor
producers which have become
ineffective after a prolonged
period of heavy laying.
Causes of Winter Slump
Then again, the slump may-
be due to lice or mites. The
trouble might Well be found to
be the aftermath of disease,
exposure to dampness or sud-
den changes in temperature, ll
there is a large number of old
layers—birds which have pro-
duced through two heavy-lay-
ing seasons—the need might be
for a change in their feeding
habits, for the prolonged strain
of heavy production may have
cause nutritional deficiencies. 1
Loafing Layers
But if none of these possi-
bilities is the answer, it is like-
ly that your flock is starting to
loaf after a winter of hard
work. Such a general decline
is not uncommon, even in a
flock composed of young lay-
ers. Perhaps a commercial
tonic mixed in the mash may
prove of value. Often their
jaded appetities may be re-
vived and their energy restored
by changing their feeding
formula a bit. However, be-
fore changing a feeding pro-
gram, it is always advisable to
consult your local feed dealer |
about the change you may need
‘to put the layers back on
schedule.
AUSTIN, March 6.—State
Treasurer Jesse James report-
ed Wednesday Texas is in a
healthy financial condition.
The treashry’s monthly bal-
ance sheet showed $89,924,-
264.05 total cash in all state
funds. The general revenue
fund, good barometer of the
state’s financial condition, had
a cash balance of $20,762,-
250.58.
There was $10,547,857.62 in
cash in the unallocated clear-
ance fund, James’ report indi-
cated.
“It boils down to the fact
that the state is in a healthy
financial condition,” the treas-
urer commented,—S. A. Ex-
I press.
OVER-CEILING PRICES
SHOULD BE REPORTED
P.-T.A. TO MEET MARCH 14
The Flatonia Parent-Teach-
ers Association will hold a
meeting on Thursday, March
1 1, at 3:15 p. m. at the school
building. All members are
urged to be present.
NOTICE ! ! !
“Notice is hereby given to
all taxpayers within the City
of Flatonia to make out and
hand to me at my office, with-
in two months of publication
of this notice, a full, true and
compplcte inventory of all real
and personal property- owned
or controlled by them and sub-
ject to city taxation on the
first day of January, A. D.
1940.
R. A. SCHEF/R,
7-4tc City Tax Assessor.
We solicit your job printing.
An urgent request that per-
sons who find they have been
charged above ceiling prices
report the overcharge was
made today by Chairman A. II.
Illume of the Fayette County
Price Control Board.
"Fortunately, most of our
business establishments abide
by price regulations,” Mr.
Illume said. "And if customers
of the others will report it, the
others will fall in line at once.”
"Reports should be made to
Chief Clerk Gertie Alexander
at the City Hall in La Grange,”
Mr. Illume said.
“When the rationing of all
commodities except sugar end-
ed Dec. 31, many persons got
the impression that price con-
trol was ending along with ra-
tioning,” he said. “To the con-
trary,, the OP A is now able to
Concentrate all its efforts on
price control.
“But if we are to avert the
uncontrolled boom which came
after World War I, and the
following bust which shocked
the world's economy, the pub-
lic and our business people
must pull together to prevent
inflation.
"Ilohsewives and other cus-
tomers can help by checking
ceiling prices, refusing to pay
more, and reporting viola-
tions.”
Air. Blume pointed out that
the over-charged customers
may (l) report the overcharge
to tin- board clerk, in which
case the board price panel will
call the seller in, hear his
statement, and if it is decided
he has overcharged, assess an
administrator’s claim against
him, or (2) the customer may
employ a private attorney and
sue the seller for three times
the overcharge, or $50, which-
ever is larger, plus court costs
and attorney’s fees.
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