The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1947 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
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VOLUME 72
$2.00 .per year in advance
FLATONIA TEXAS FEBRUARY 20, 1947
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NUMBER JB
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As Bridges Sees It-
.The Jarbet Construction Co.
of Sa# 'Antonio submitted
. low Ibid of $83,282.08 and re
cieved the contract on the Fla
tonia-Muldoon farip-te-nyirket
road.
* * *
Flatonia’s Homemaking.De-
partrtient of the high school is
a very lovely, place, with nice
furnishings and many built-in
conveniences, all o/ which are
used by the "girls in pursuing
their studies of this important
phase of their high school edu-
cation. Miss Miller is in charge
of the department. We are
indebted to the Homemaking
Girls for an excellent cup of
c-offee last Friday' afternoon.
Not only was the drink de-
licious* it was served in a very
pleasant manner.
Last Saturday night’s.battle
royal, in which knives, pistols
and any other available o
■V-OTV used” and -in which 13
person's at least* were involved,
brings vividly to our mind the
urgent need for a full-time dep-
duty sheriff or other peace of-
ficer for Flatonia. We do not
anticipate any particular real
trouble in this community, and
in fact, trouble is usually a
rare tihng here, but just the
same the presence of a peace
officer tends to prevent these
difficulties from happening in
the first place—<§& believe the
old saying concerning “an
ounce of prevention’* applies in
matters of this kind.
• . * * *
Qu? genial b*
Gray, had, a.\
escape last
O, E.
Knives Flash as 13
Are Injured in Fracas
Here Saturday Night
Thirteen
persons were cut;
two of them seriously and one’
of them also shot in a free-for-
all battle.which occurred here
last Saturday night at a Mexi-
can wedding danffe: -----
Seven paid fines and costs
of $29 each Monday in La
Grange following pleas . of
guilty, to affray charges. Two
paid fines on similar charge^
Tuesday, while two-others are
the Schulenburg hospital and
another in the hospital at La
Grange.
Fayette County Sheriff Jim
Flournoy and Deputy' Will
Rightmer answered the call Jk>
Flatonia and worked on the
case until
officer,.
Seven doctors were summon-
ed to administer aid to the in-
jured, and all ambulances in
the immediate vicinity were
pushed to the scene.
Juan Merales is reported to
be the most seriously injured,
suffering from a stab wound in
the back and another in the
abdomen. . He is in the Sch’ul-
enburg hospital, as is Manuel
Lozano. ’ * •
Stab Wounds'in the back and
Plans Drawn for First Annual
FFA Fat Stock Show Saturday
The firsjt annual Fat Stock
Show of the Flatonia F. F. A.
Chapter is slated to be held
this Saturday, Feb. 22, at the
highway warehouse, jdst north
of tht^ Flftfrcmia Crate .an^l.Box.
Judging of the fat animals
will be held at 10 a. m., witji
the auction sale to be held that
evening at 8 p: m. r: .
•The projects, raised for show
and their F.F.A. erhibitors in-
clude:
Calves—Max Sandera, Vic
tor Zouzalrk, Willie Glen Ray,
Marvin Biersdorfer, Billje Sel-
lers, Leroy Farek, Edward
Mica, Willie Mica and Joe
* ,
Jr% Livestock Show
Exhibits Feb. 25-26
l parly Snn^av mom i Schutz. Prices in this division
Flatonia and area youths
will be among the many FFA
and 4-H Club boys from all
ov.er the county who will vie
for a total of $500 in prizes at
the third annual Fayette Coun-
ty -Junior Livestock Show,
slated ait the Fayette County
Fair Grounds in La Grange on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Eeb.
•25 and ‘26.
The pretoiiAn money* is be,
ing provided by the La Grange
Chamber of Commerce, Fay-
ette County .Pair. Association
this tt, be the largest cutting gfe**
to?n?vestigate h]/^ «fth' .»**•' *».*<«’
20 years’ experience as a peace
sented for each of. the five
places.
Hogs—Ray Williamson, Wil-
liam Cherry, Charles Warren,
John Henry "Warren, ^Charlie
Matocha and Eugene Syrinek.
Prizes: First place, $12; sec-
ond, $8; third, $5, plus ribbon
for all three places; also rib-
boir only for fourth place.
Lambs—Ernest Harsch, Le-
roy Farek and Daniel Zou-
seoond, $5;. third,. $3, plus rib-
bon in each^class.
The local F.F.A. boys have
Q] accident,- r He had the
fprtiyic of having kerosene ex-
pfatfeinto flame?n his face. He
.wasjBntjrely blind. un±tt4ate-i
wn. We are
puje between mem
iiss
Judging will take place the
first day, with swine and
ta.pons to be placed at 10 a.
m., lambs at If, dairy cattle at?
11:30 and beef cattle at 1:30
p. m. * -
Judges will be F. I. Dahlberg
of the animal husbandry de-
partment of A.&M. College
and R. S. Miller, district agent
for the Extension Service, bedf
cattle, hogs and sheep; County
Atfent Joe W. Bradley of Colo-
rado County, dairy Cattle; and
Ted Martin of the poultry de-
zalik. Prizes: First place, $7 y partment of the Extension
Service, capons.
A bjg auction sale headlines
the Wednesday program at
La Grange Minister
Talks to Rotarians
Rev. Guy B. Dutf, Presby-
terian minister of La Orange,
.appeared on the program at
last Friday’s Rotary Club meet-
ing at the request of Dr. F. W.
B. Rockett, and Resented an
.interesting discussion, using as
his topic/ “Selfishness' and
How to Overcome It.
Guests present, at the meet-
ing wefre. Messrs. Miller and
Williams of Austin, Roland
Sullivan! County Agent J. C.
Yeary and County Home Deny
onfU'rftthih
Vrude Dryman.
Visiting Rotarains were Vic-
tor Stindt,, of . Shiner, Frank
Bridges of Waelder and Lee
Sedlemeyer of Shiner.
NO RURAL MAIL SERVICE
SATURDAY, FEB. 22ND
The post office" will be
closed, ai\d there will.be no
rural service on Saturday, Feb.
22nd!
As the F.F.A. boys will have
their show on this date, we will
have a window open from 4 to
6 p. m., so that the rural pa-
trons may call for their mail at
post office. ~ *
. W. J.-Llud worth,
theh.
the block.
He LamimuM IIig.li OiliOol
' ncert
TO LET YOU KNOW
MX
Ipcai ■
held its
County's Veterans
To Get Phosphate
Fayette County has been al-
lotted four cqrs of 2*% super-
phosphate to be distributed to
veterans qn the farm.
This phosphate is being
shipped in the next three
weeks.. .One car to Schulen-
burg, one to Muldoon and two
to La Grange. The cost of this
•20^o*“SuperphQfeph«ite"is $25r24
per toi}. Fayette County ACA
pays $19 per. ton, which ap-
plies against your soil Building
allowance. The cost to the
veteran-is $6.24 per ton. All
veteran farms who are inter-
ested should contact the Coun-
ty' office or their, vocational
teachers in whose class they
are enrolled, if enrolled.
This Allotment is £ special
allotment, allocafe'd * to -this'
CourltJ?1 through the efforts/of
veterans’ organizations, cham-
bers ALreommfVh- M
ciilUiral Conservation
ciation officials
TO BE HERE MARCH 10 -
A deputy collector of the bu-
reau of internal revenue will
be in Flatonia at the Flatonia
State Btkvk on Monday, March
10.
His main purpose in £eing
here on that date is to assist
payers of federal income taxes
iirany possible way.
VET TO USE BALLOON
FABRIC IN CHICKEN
HOUSES, BUILDIN(
hfeTtoww-tfown tfr eaiffl wlWru
eance.
Co. Service OffioMr
Gives Details Oi
NSL Insurance
Veterans who let their NSL
insurance lapse may still have
an opportunity to reinstate
without taking a physical ex-
amination. At present, the
law provides -that ’reinstate
ment can be made without
physical examination up to
Feb. 1, 1947 and-after that
time the regular proceedure
will be effertive which allows
a veteran six months after his
discharge, or three months
from his last due date. With-
in these times, a statement by - ;
the insured to the effect that
he. js iff as good health as he
Was wheji'his'policjr .lapsed i»
all that is required. t , V .
In Fayette County special
made to inform,
veterans of th.e Feb. 1 dead-/
line, and many veterans re-
instated, but this was not the
case over a large majority of
the country. While the men
were in the service, their ‘anna
were twisted’ - to pursuade
them to take odt this insur-
ancet The writer would esti-
mate that the-average-amount
of premiums paid by service-
pay deductibris reach $180 to -
$204). This, multiplied by the
enormous number of men who
‘dropped’ their insurance at
time of discharge, put ^ tre-
mendous cash balance, in the
NSI’s treasury. This rfettey^
cannot be used for any other’
uroose than tanatprfur
e attitude
wans Adinliildtrattttn gcemB.....to1
>. ;
s
_ ursrtut1 imriyes ^
not permanently impaired and1
that he was able to go back to
work after a -day or two’s lay-
off.
* * *
We are in receipt of a short
note from F, H. Cunningham,
who lives down at Wharton,
the contents of which we think
worthy of. passing on to you :
"I want to say that you people
of Fayette County are really
fortunate to have a meW like
Jim (BIG JIM) Flournoy for a
Sheriff, for he is-a SQUARE
SHOOTER and always ready
to lend a helping hand to man
.that has fallen by fhe wa|Bide,
and I am sure that he will re-
spond to every call, and do his
duty:’’ ‘ * '
15c
Saturday will be observed all
over the nation as George
Washington’s birthday. The
Father of our Country is still
regarded as one of the very
greatest men ever to serve this
nation. No official observance
or special program has been
staged for Flatonia, the F.F.A.
Fat Stock Show will be held
here on that date, and all are
urged to be present to assure
success for our first venture of
this type..
* * *
Saw some real cleaning up
work being done on the main
street Wednesday morning. We
don’t know how it should be
’ done, but what we really need
is a regular clean-up program
with periodic trash pickup in
the business section and resi-
dential districts. We have uri
occasional clean up drive and
at times a “clean-up” week, but
we think it is a whole lot easier
and much better to have it on
a regular schedule.' A clean
town is noticeable to visitors
and helps to bring other people
into our city to make their
home and go into business here.
If you are interested in live-
j*oiik.J»M. most of. us. are ' in
this-section, since it is one ol
our most important industries,
you will enjoy the Fat Stock
show 1() be held in Flatonia on
Saturday, Feb. 22., Nine fine
fat calves, six hogs and three
lambs will be on display dur-
ing the day at the highway
warehouse. Don’t forget, the
judging takes place at 10 a. m.
and auction sale at $ p. m.
changed from assault to mur-
der, peace officerfi reported.
JUDGE FUCHS TO HEAR
NON-CONTESTED CASES
IN LA GRANGE ON FEB. 24
Dist. Judge Fuchs is sched-
uled to be in La Grange on
Feb. 24 for' the purpose of
hearing'1'non-constested cases.
These hearings will begin at
2 p. m. on that date.
Also on the same date, Feb.
24, an examiner from the nat-
uralization service will be in
La Grange to give preliminary
hearings on pending petitions
for naturalization. Those pend-
ing petitioners4iave been noti-
fied by j.he, naturalization
service.
Any other aliens interested
in getting their naturalization
papers are invited and urged
to contact the naturalization
examiner at that time.
TRAIN SCHEDULES—
Westward trains:
No. 7, 2:50 a. m.
No. 5: 12:33 p. m.
Eastward trains :
No. 8: 2:04 a. m.
No. 6: 5:11 p. m.
DAILY BUS SCHEDULES
Greyhound Lines—
To Houston:
3:44 a. m. ___
9:57 a. m. ■
1:57 p. m.
3:44 p. m.
8:27 p. m. ' .
9:44 p. m.
To San Antonio:
3:56 a. m!
8:26 a. m. "
10:41 a. m.
* 2:15 p. m. *
3:56 p. m.
8:56 p. ip. -
Kerrville Lines—
South Bound::
6 ;20 a. m.
10 :45 a. m.
S :00 p. m. . • ^
’ North"Bound: ’ *
8:25 a. m.
2:05 p. m.
6:00 p. m. (to Flatonia only),
Continental Lines—
South Bound:
8:33 p. m.
11:52 a. m.
North Bound:
12:02 p. m.
4:49 p. m.
Other year-round projects
gaged in by the bovs Other
than those listed for the shqw
include: ^
Garden Projects — Adolph
Ulrich, Herbert Faltysek, Nor-
‘man Baumgart, Edwin Sftyk,
Marvin Nollkamper, Max San-
dera, Robert Olson, Vjendeline.
Pospjsil, «^rry FaRisek.
Poultry*-Joe Schutz,-Mar-
vin Nollkamper, Adolph Ul-
rich, Norman Baumgart, Rob-
ert Olson, Claude Ray Harsch,
Benjamin Wiedemann, Vende-
line Pospisil, Ray Williamson,
Victor Zouzalik, Jerry Falti-
sek.
Breeding Projects: Edwin
Stryk, turkeys; John Henry
Warren, swine; Earl Ruscher,
swine, tqrkeys, Benjamin
Wiedemann, turkeys; Robert
Syler, beef cattle, swine; Mar-
vin Biersdorfer, beef cattle;
Billie Smith, beef cattle; Mar-
vin Brunner, swine; Vladimir
Pospisil, dairy eattle; George
Hanzelka, turkeys; Eugene
Syrinek, beef cattle, turkeys;
William Cherry, beef cattle;
Billie Sellers, swine; Leroy
Florus, beef cattle, sheep.
Grain—Louis Stryk, Max
Sandera, Earl Ruscher, Ray
Williamson, Robert Syler, Ed-
ward Mica, Billie Smith, Willie
Mica,' Leroy Farek, Leroy
Florus.
Bee Culture—George Hobi-
Z£i\»
Commercial Beef Calves—
Norman Baumgart, Bernard
Vyvjala, Frank Reese, Wende-
line Pospisil.
Commercial Swine—Charles
Warren.
SCOTT’S GIRLS 4-H CLUB
The girls of Scott’s School
held fheif annual 4-H Club
meeting Feb. 14.
A demonstration was held
on selecting colors for differ-
ent pesrdnsy-.and hqw. to have
good posture.. The girls show-
ed the aoarfs -they -h aftjua.de lot
the January meeting. — Re-
porter. '
E. G. LANGSTON
SUFFERS RECENT FALL
.E. G. Langston visited The
Argus office Friday settling
for another year’s subscription.
He stated that he had suffer?
ed a fall a few days ag6, but
luckily no bones were broken.
and observe the ' forward
strides made by the youth of
this county in the improve-
ment of livestock and 'poultry.
*---L-1
CATHOLIC CJ4URCH NOTES
First Sunday in Lent, Feb.
23. Holy Masses at 7:30 and
9 a.‘ m‘. - -
Saturday, Feb. 22: Cate-
chism and Bible study classes
at 9 a. m. . •
Lenten services Fridays and
Wednesdays at 7:15 p. m.
Spring Ember Days (fast
and abstinence), Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26,
28, March 1.
IRIS ROBERTA BRUNNER
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brun-
ner of Rowena are the pr6ud
parents of a baby girl, born
Tuesday, Feb. 11. The little
lady weighed 6 pounds and 12
ounces on arrival and was
named Iris Roberta.
Mrs. Clara Patzelt is grand-
mother to the new baby, as is
also Mrs.. Rose Huebner of
Cistern.
“QUOTES-
or THE WEEK
T m going to marry her, I
hopet”—A u to Driver C?W. Clan-
per, ft, Seattle, arrested for kiss-
ing his girl at traffic light.
“He’d clamp a hradlock on
me!”—■ Mrs, Gloria Deane, De-
troit, divorcing her wrestler hus-
band.
T Jnat lore horses!”—Charles
Payton, Memphis, *jugged for
stealing one. .
' “There is no need of a depres-
sion in America.” — Robert R.
Wason, board chairman, Motional
AssQ'-saiwn o^Ma• -
“The anawer lies in greater tol-
erance, tew selfishness, and in
work, work, work by everybody."
—Walter D. Fuller, pres„ Curtis
Publishing Co.
“There’ll he, no more weeds In
' —Mrs. Maude Norton,
our town f-
wowming office
Dishop, Go.
Mayor
ial offerinj
day iWEa uraifgir —
A blanket invitation ’has The fourth grade _ ^
been extended every Fayette illustrated good Class work-tot^, «»Ya Thw erder
County to atte|*^W showfS s&idVogram. Let OffteKf
us as parents showour appre- Aircraft-Disposals, War Assets
ciation to the children Administration, Washington..
their teachers for giving their The y0QHg veteran plans to
time and efforts in putting on use the bauoon fabric as edv-
these splendid* programs, by
attending the ■‘meetings—that
is the least we can'do! ^
More precious far ‘tffhn any
cloth of woven silk or gnld
Are boys and girlB we have in
trust, to lead and teach and
mold,
May. we with earnest, Godly
care weave in the good and
pure,
Help build the pattfern meant
for them with things that
will endure. ' —Hanson
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
( N on-Denom ina tional)
The Bible Class invites you,
men, to meet with us at the
Fire* Station each Sunday at
11 a. m. for a social hour of
Bible study, where you can
contribute the best in you,
taken from the best in life—
the" Bible.
BALE PER ACRE .
A bale of cotton per acre?
Eugene Butler, editor of -The
Progressive Farmer, writes
how it’s done. Special em-
phasis is placed on the first
step in growing a cotton crop
—the seedbed. He censures
farmers who persist in follow-
ing the bad practice of burn-
ing stalks and Hubam clover
straw. “A good stalk cutter,
he writes, “can handle this
debris with ease.” He further
points out that fairly deep
plowing, is the practice of rec-
ognized best cotton producers
of the state. The lister is high-
ly recommended where soil is
subject to blowing. The stalk
cutter will also reduce wind
erosion since organic matter is
'mix.'il wifr fche Yon' rolftYlng
erosive tendencies.
Most of the farmers inter-
viewed stressed nse of green
manure legumes, such as
vetch, in striving for the bale
per acre goal.—The Progres-
sive Farmer. '
Display ads in this paper are
reasonable in price and can
reach potential customers.
ering for his chicken houses
and farm buildings. He fig-'
ur«?B-aH he’ll need do is slit the
balloon bag and tie no the fab-
ric with the^ anchor ropes.-
There is some possibility,
though, Beesley said, that dur-
ing a windstorm some of his
chickens may get a free ride.
DESTITUTE CRIPPLES
ENTITLED TO STATE AID
AUSTIN," Feb. 19.—In ' tfti
effort to familiarize every per-
son in Texas with the services
offered by the Crippled Chil-
dren’s Division of th^ State
Health Department, Dr. Geo.
W. Cox, state health officer,
has released the following
statement:
Every crippled child in Tex-
as, under 21 /ears of .age, and
of normal mentality whose
parents are unable to pay for
needed care, is entitled to as-
sistance from this division.
Crippling conditions which
may be treated are infantile
paralysis, osteomyelitis, club
feet, harelip and cleft palate,
burns, curvature of the spiiier
arthritis, bow legs, rickets, tu-
berculosis of the bone, flat
feet, congenitally dislocated
hip, muscular dystrophy, su-
pernumery fingers and toes,
wry neck, elephantiasis, spina
bifida, brachial palsy, Potts’
disease, congenital anomalies,
sporidyielisthesis, amputation,
webb fingers, epiphsiti^, and
^arcoma.M
Assistance may be. obtained
by applying to the Crippled
Children’s Division, . Texas
State Department of Health,
Austin, or by placing an ap-
plication htrough an establish-
ed'tity -m-eotnrty health mitt. ”
Full information about lo-
cal groups and organizations
throughout the state.w.ho Are
anxious to assist crippled chil-
dren to establish their eligi-
bility and receive proper care,
may be. had by writing for a
pamphlet, “Handbook on
Agencies.” Address Crippled
'Cnliaren’s Division, State De-
partment'of Health, Austin 2r
Texas. ,
of 4,000 n
wjhicl) were
estimating the life
of the insured/and the
patdd number of drop-out*.
Por this reason, the Veterans
Administration is seeking to
get an amendment to-this law
which will grant veterans an
extension to April 1. If this
amendment is passed, veterans1
will be permitted to reinstate .
all or any amount of their
NSL insurance upon their own
Statement to the effect that
there has been no changes in
their physical condition since
he became delinquent. This
means, that if a veteran wishes
to carry only $1,000. of his
original $10,000 policy, he can
do so by submitting an initial
payment of approximately
$1.30 and continuing at the
rate of only 65 cents a 'month.
Later on, but not bSyond eight
• '>1
- jkA
iighl
years of the date of hia origi
nal term policy, he will be re-
quired to convert his term pol-
icy to one of the other five
forms of permanent policies.
Beside the fact that the vet-
eran can reinstate any amount
he wishes, from $1,000 to $10,»
000 and1 automatically re-
establish the original date of
his term policy, he should‘also
bear in mind that the rates now
quoted are the highest he will
ever be requested to pay, and
reductions, in some form or an-
other, are aflfhost sure to cotne
in the near future. Pracical-
ly the only excuse a veteran
could have to no reinstate is
that he has an old policy with
somq good private insurance
company (which he should
NOT drop) and ijt is as much
as he wishes to carry.
ATTEND CORONATION
OF QUEEN AT SHINER
A group of our local high
school student* attended the
Valentine Queen Coronation in
Shinier laot Friday, Feb-. 14.“ ”
Dukes and duchesses fi?i
Flatonia, Moulton, Yo&ku
Gonzales, Schulenburg _____
Hallettsville high schools par-
ticipated.
Neldean Helton and Leroy
Florus* weresduke and duckies*
from Flatonia. The Queen's-
Ball was held following
coronation. •" * „
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