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ARGUS
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1956
5c Per Copy.
fan* 7th
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Ladies 50e
invited
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$12,95
$14.95
$19.95
$4.98
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JSES
CONGRESSMAN
CLARK W. THOMPSON
9th TEXAS DISTRICT
Washington, D. C.
. . January 12, 1956
Dear Neighbors;
The President’s first me -
sage to Congress was.about
as expected and according
to tradition. He says every-
thing is, or soon will be, just
vdandy and I hope he is
right. He did not an-
nounce his inteptions go far
as ire-election is concerned,
leaving it wide open to run
sr not as he may later cori-
Jude to be best for the
^country and himself.
Of primary interest to us
is the President’s recogni-
tion of a serious farm prob-
lem. Had his advisers kept
him informed he would
have known of it long ago,
and had he been fully
aware of its seriousness he
would have started at least
a year ago to take some of
the steps which he now
finds necessary.
Various different gadgets
will be proposed. It is too
Jearly to give them their
^proper values, but let’s
raich with an open mind
whatever is suggested. I
had many ipciuirres
nrdilght on the
bank?’ L $m not
ryet, perhaps be-
tas, not been fully
ftevery ope of you
as ever talked to me
* it, I am opposed to
«ies. However, in this
f'bfenk proposal, there
|be a justifiable need
Something of the sort.
'8 look at it and then
ifce up our minds.
Of great importance
.ie President’s ic. ignition
)t the need for selling our
rpluses wherever there
ay be a market for them,
"e are either going into
world competition or not. Tf
we are, we must go after
the business like business-
men, ay*l if we step on the
toes qf/'other farm produc-
ing ,f.'«ftions, ft is just too
bltf.'.- Our own people have
t/ rive. If we don’t sell our
•'jrpluses we will ..never
cure oifr difficulties.
I noted with regret that
the Administration seems to
have overlooked suggestin''
the obvious cure for the
family-size cotton farmer.
\ You and I know that he can
i^e MMed up without any
neWTUegislatlon merely by
.giving ‘him his share of the
nation’s production.
Mrs. Thompson and I
take this means of thanking
our generous neighbors for
their Christmas and New
Year’s greetings. Your
■ thought of us is inspiring
and encouraging.
Fayette County • began
enumerating school chil-
dren Jan. 2, 1956. The law
requires that all children
between the ages of 6 and
18 be enumerated for school
purposes. Children born on
or before Sept, l, 19^8 or
after Sept. 1, 1950, must not
be enumerated. All chil-
dren must be enumerated
between Jan. 1, 1956, and
midnight Jan. 31, 1936.
Census enumerators for
Fayette ccjmmon school dis-'
tricts in this immediate sec-
tion are: Cistern, Gilbert
Keilers principal; Praha,
John Stryk, trustee.
Census enumerators for
Fayette County independent
school districts irfe, as fol-
lows: La Grarfge, C. A,
Lemmons, superintendent;
Sehulenburg, Arthur Wink-
lemann, superintendent;
Flatonia, E. E. Plowman,
superintendent.
If for some reason your
Child or ctfildren have fail-
ed to be enumerated before
Jan. 28, 1956, please make
it a point to contact the re-
sponsible person within
your district. In case this
is impossible, please contact
the county superintendent’s
office, and the county su-
perintendent will see that
your child or children are
enumerated.
Article 294 of the penal
code requires every person
having,xontjMLyi any child
which will' Be Tana-
18 yearB of age on
thereafter
the information,under
caHed. for on ^the e
form) * Refusal or failure to
do so may( subject that per-
son to a fine of not less than
five or more <han ten .dol-
lars. Please- answer all
questions and give informa-
tion when requested.
The public will be noti-
fied 'of the total number of
scholastics enumerated upon
completion ‘of the census
enumeration;.
Your cooperation with
the enumerators is request-
ed, and will be greatly ap-
preciated.
A meeting hq^ been sched-
uled Friday, Jan. 13„ ut 7:30
p. in. at the W.O.W. Hall
in Muldoon for, th£ purpose
of discussing the possibility,
of setting up a deer preserve
in the area north and west
of Muldoon. A representa-
tive of the State Game and
Fish Commission of Justin,
will lie in attendance.
If such a deer preserve
were established, it would
be stocked with deer (some
are in the area now), pro-
tection provided for a five
year period, and then hunt-
ing would be allowed. •
All persons interested in
the proposed project are in-
vited and urged to be
present.
Final Rites for Mrs.
George Simmons
Held January 4
God’s Finger touched
Mrs. Jennie Holloway Sim-
mons and she slept to
awaken in her Eternal
Home Tuesday, Jan. 3, in
the Wagner Hospital, Shin-
er, where shy had been
taken the day fefore.
Funeral services were
conducted Wednesday, Jan.
4, from the Spiilh Funeral
Home Chapel, with Rev.
Jim Lewis, pRstor of the
Methodist Church, and Rev.
John C. Jacksin, pastor of
the Baptist Church, officiat-
E. A. Arnim Talks Frank J. Bittner
Before Rotary Club Placed at Rest
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oper-
Last week’s Rotary Club
program was- in charge of
Barhey Wotipka, who pre-
sented E. A. Arnim as the
speaker of. the day. Mr.
Arnim discsnssed the Oak
HilL Cemetery Association
Endowment Fund, its
tion and objectives.
lie opened the talk In-
stating that the present
cemetery property was do-
nated in 1874 by Cole
Pierce, and was first used
as a cemetery in 1876. Ar-
nim said the cemetery asso-
ciation was- organized in
1880. ami that the cemetery
property belongs to the
January 7th
Serial Numbers A
Must for All Big
Trailers, Semis
The Methodist Church ; city of Flatonia.
as. next
so
Joint Gathering Held
'At Methodist Annex
The members of the Wes-
leyan Servicd Guild and
Woman’s Society of Chris-
tian Service enjoyed a joint
meeting at the Methodist
Annex on Wednesday eve-
ning* Jam 4. _
Following the business
meeting of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service
and the Wesleyan Service
Guild, the devotion was led
by Mrs. R. A. Wheeler Sr.
with a prayer by Mrs.
Ix>mie KeathJey. Mrs. R. B.
Froehner presented the pro-
gram for the month,
“Changeless Gospel in a
Revolutionary World.”
The hostesses for the
evening were Mys. E. A-
nim, Mrs. Chris. Wehme
“nd Mrs. C. C. Wisemar
Choir • rendered beautiful
hymns. - .
The earthly remains of a
iqyjng mother and a loyal
friend was tenderly laid to
rest in the Flatonfa City
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers
were: Rrehird Wheeler,
Barney Wotipka, E. A. A^-
nim, Jack Holloway, Rus-
sell McFarland, and Wil-
liam Holt.
Those left to mourn her
loss are: Her daughter,
Mrs. G. F. (Audrey) Mc-
Whirter, and her son-in-
law, G. F. McWhirter, of
Flatonia; several nieces and
nephews. ——
1 The deceased was "born in
Waelder Dec. 28, 1875, the
daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Baird Hollo-
way. She was married to
G. C. Simmons Feb. 19,
hating made her
eter since. G.
The speaker remarked
that the Endowment Fund
is operated by seven trus-
tees in a self-perpetuating
group. Ex-offitRi trustees
are the mayor of the city
of Flatonia and. the presi-
dent of the cemeST/ asso-
ciation.^ Jndge arnim said
that* the interest from En-
dowment funds can be
used in the upkeep and
maintenance of certain of
the Jemetery lots, those
endowed having perma-
nent' Concrete markers on
the nog'h side.
Annifrarsary Surprise
[Given For
skas
ind Mrs. Jim Raska
greatly surprised
i their children gave
big celebration on
9th wedding anniver-
anday, Jan. 8.
Mr.]
w e r
when]
them
theirj
sary
Frank Joseph Bittner, 76,
passed away Friday, Jan. 6,
1956, at 1:07 a. m. after a
long illness, acute pneu-
monia having set in Thurs-
day mprning before his
death.
’Thfc *bftdy lay Tn state at
the Mennenga Chapel at
Nixon Friday, with Rosary
being recited at 8:30 p. m.
The remains, accompanied
by his family, arriveaat the
Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Flatonia at 10 a,
pi. Saturday. Rev.^Joseph
Hamala and Rev. V. A.
Raska condudRd the serv-
ices. The body was placed
at rest in the Flatonia Cath-
olic Cemetery.
Pali bearers at Nixon were
Raymond Wenske, Vincent
Janyske, Frank Wood, Rich-
ard Hausmann, Herman
Derpmer, and Hugo Wage-
ner. At Flatonia they were
E. A. Arnim, Paul Bruegge-
mann, Adolph Scheer, Max
Freytag, E. #. Zouzalik,
arid Louis Foerster.
Surviving are his beloved
wife, Mrs. Agnes Kolar
Bittner; one son, Frank J.
Bittner Jr., of Flatonia; two
daughters, Mrs. Gus Schone-
feld and Mrs. Thomas Mar-
ron of Nixon; one brother,
Anton Bittner, of Flatonia;
three sisters, Mrs. F- W.
(Anne) Dusek of Flatonia,
Mrs. Edward (Mary)
Nitschmann of Orange
Grove, and Mrs. Bfcmun
(Matilda) Wotipty of Cor-
......m
Gilbert H. Eck, county
tax assessor-collector, rw-
cently released the follow-
ing pertaining to the nuniT
bering and registering of
trailers and semi-trailer*:
“We have? b*en advised
by the Texas Highway De-
partment that effective Dec.
1, 1955, all trailers and
semi-trailers having a gross
weight ut' 4,000 pounds and
over must have serial num- ' <
hers on the vehicle and J i
these numbers ,must be
shoWn on the .license i*e-t
ceipts. ,
“This office has been au-
thorized to assign these se-
rial numbers for trailer*
Todd Daughter Born
Mr. and Mrs; Junior Todd
of Fort Worth are the proud
parents of a baby girl, born
Wednesday, Jan. 11, in a
Fort Worth hospital. She
weighed in at six pounds,
9 1-2 ounces and will answer
to the name of Viola.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Hardin Todd Sr. of
Weatherford, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Bridges of Flatonia.
Great-grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bridges of
Nixon and a great-great
grandmother is Mrs. A. C.
Bridges of Luling.
The mother is the former
Mildred Anderson. This is
the couple’s first child.
Employers Can Help
In Early Tax Filing
\\
Gets Promotion
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Vyv-
jala have been informed
that their son, Bernard, re-
cently was promoted from
the rank of Private First
Class to that of Specialist
Third' Cla's.__
Mrs, Henry Vanham, Mrs.
Joe Sockwell and Miss Lil-
lie Sockwell of Moulton vis-
ited Monday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Duff.
Mr. and Mrs. August
Brunner visited in Smith-
ville Sunday with Mr and
Mrs. Johnny Susen and fam-
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meyer
and son, Roy Bailey, of Lu-
ling visited here Sunday
with her mother, Mrs. A. H.
Bailey-
Employers can help em-
ployees file early, A. B
Clark of the Brenham Of-
fice of Internal Revenue
said today.
Business concerns that is-
sue W-2 tax withholding
statements now make it pos-
sible for their employees to
file their returns early. This
assures quick refunds for
thousands. There should
be no delay ip getting a re-
fund for those who file a
correct return now. Tax-
payers are urged to study
their instruction booklets so
that when W-2 statements
are issued they can get their
refunds without delay.
emetery Associate
To Meet orr Friday
.The Oak-Hill. Cemetery
Association will meet in
regular session at 3 p." m.
Friday, Jan. 13, in the Com-
munity Hall.
All interested persons are
invited to attend.
-.-*—_
Fire Boys Plan •
Annual Supper
Members of the Flatonia
Volunteer Fire Department
are now selling tickets at
$1.50 each for their annual
supper to be held at the
American .Legion Hall next
Wednesday night, Jan. 18.
Please get your tickets by
Sunday, Jan. 15, from any
local fireman.
Hermann Sons Set
District Meeting
Flatonia Lodge members
of the Hermann Sons fla-
ternal order will atttend the
district’s assembly in Moul-
ton Sunday, Jan. 15, for the
installation of officers for
1956. Moulton Lodge No.
59 will be host to the color-
ful ceremonies to b© held in
the VFW Hall at 2,p. na. .
Other lodges that will be
represented are Halletts-
ville, Yoakum, Hochheim,
Gonzales, Shiner, and Moul-
ton.
Mayor Will Pundt of
Moulton will welcome the
gathering to' which some
300 members are expected
to attend. t
Grand Trustee Eugene
Lamm, Auditor Frank Siev-
ers, and Dist. Supervisor E.
H. Niemeyer will conduct
the ceremony for the Grand
Lodge of the Order of San
Antonio.
Atty. Henry Paulus of
Yoakum is slated to give the
fraternal address. The host
lodge will entertain with
band concert during the so-
cial hour, An old-time
dance and selection of a
queen of the ball will close
the day.
was oge 6f Flatonia’s ffrst
merchants.and businessmen.
Mr. Simmons preceded her
in death six years ago.
Mrs. ' Sftamops was a
member of the Flatonia-
Baptist Church.j. Her great-
est happiness kvas In her
home with her loved ones
arid' in lending a helping
hand—r-in her I unobtrusive
way—to those , less fortu-
nate than herself, with only
those .who . henefitted from
her good deeds and her God
knowing of her generosity.
She will be greatly missed
by those who knew her
worth, her loved ones, and
her friends.
Those from out-of-town
who attended the funeral
services were: Rfr. and Mrs.
Sam K. Seemore, C. A. Wil-
liamson, Columbus; Mr.
and Mrs. Homflg- Blanton,
Cuerd; Mr. *nd Mrs. R. M.
McWhirter, Pirflas; * Jack
Holloway, Fort Worth; Mr.
and Mrs. Rus!®H McFar-
land* Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Ware, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Ware, Houston!: Mr. and-
Mrs. W. H. T*yU>r, Miss
Margaret TayloiYNavasota;
Mrs. M. M. Ht’Wgley, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur’Hope, San
Antonio; Mr. aOd Mrs. E.
M. Hubbard, W*H»ar.
inner ’ Rt the
homeV of - their daughter,
Mrs. Kalinee. As they were
drivinA there, they. Wfere
stoppeH" by relatives and
friends at tne Flatonia Cath-
olic H ill, everyone wishing
them i happy* anniversary.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Raska were so
surpris sd they could not
.speak i or a while.
There were 23 families to
enjoy t\he delicious basket
lunches) which had been
brought by the families.
After dinner, pictures
12, 1879, ir\ Syveet
Home, Texas,' son of- the
late j^nton and Barbara
Bittnet. Mr..Bittrier was iri
the general mercantile b.us~
ness. in*Flatonia from 1904
until 1'929. He had been a
mepiltar of the Order oj
Hermann Sons for ,51 yea^i
and was a charter mem he
of the Flatonia Lodge; also,
a former director and stock
+>f Flattmia State tax receipt right *W«y.
holder
Bank.
The family moved to Nix
and semi-trailers owned and
operated in Fayette County.
It will be necessary for each
trailer or semi-trailer -own-
er to come into the* office
and make application for *
serial number. The fee for
this number is $1.00. After
a serial number is issued to
yftu, ’you rnyst have it die
stamped on the vehicle.
“We will be unabh
register your trailer;
semi-trailer for the
1956 if it has no seriali
ber unless an applij
for serial number hi
made and proof thatj
been diesstamped on
hide is submitted tOi
Poll Tax fleceii
At Local Bant
County Tax As
cpjpts may be
the Flatonia State Bri
Mr. Eck -also reported a"
total, of 8503 poll taxes had
been issued through Dec.
*1. 1955. ‘ *
To be eligible to vote dt
ing this year, a poll tax
**ftM’tion gflfct be obtain^
g$7an. 31, 1956. This is 1
state and national elect!
year, arid if you' haven’l
done so, better get that pol
<
were taken and the lovely on in .1930, where Mr. Bitt-
Tax Collectu
Tax collectio
Texas are runni]
percent ahead o
R. L.» Phinney,
the Internal Re
ice district off id
reported Friday
Collections f
dar year 1955
221,696,096.33
of-December.
That’s 3.6 ]
$41,968,595.55
the $1,179,727
lected during
month’s collect:
$33,037,668.39
249.44 more tli
449,418.95 tnari
ber, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ko-
cian and son, Charles, Miss
Lillian Kocian, and Warren
Young, all of San Antonio,
spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kocian.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lain
and son, Tommy, Willio
Migl, Miss Josephine Migl,
and Joe Vyvjala spent last
week-end in San Antonio
with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Migl.
Joe Rebecck
dren, Louise an
Harwood visil
Adolph Kocian
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs
kmson and Bill
San Antonio
end visitors of 1
W. A. Webb. ,
South
([nearly 4
Bt year’B,
ector of
|ue Serv-
Austin
le calen-
iled $1,-
|the end
lent and
re than
>.78 col-
. Last
totaled
$5,588,-
the $27,-
Decem-
gifts were opened. The cele-
brants expressed their ap-
preciation. The afternoon
was spent in conversation.
The following families
were present for the nice
surprise-: • * -
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Klaus,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scar-
bough and Linda, all of
Houston; Mr. and Mrs.
, Adolf Kubena, Mr. and Mrs.
Edmund Wolters, Mr. and
MrA Fredrich Shimek, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Petrash, Mr.
and Mrs. Felrx Kobza and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
mund Pavlicek, Mr, and
Mrs. Willie Lobpries and
twins, Mr. and Mrs. Jerom^
Korenek and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Shimek, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Schwenke and
sons, Joe Kobza Sr., Carl
winter, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Raska, all of Sehulenburg.
Also,. Mr. and Mrs. Max
Gebert, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Lee Niesrier and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Jares
and Leo, all of Muldoon;
Mr. and Mrs. William
Hunger Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
Helmuth Hunger and Helen,
all of La Grange; Mrs.
Louise Rabe, Richard Lud-
wig, all of San Antonio;
Mr. and Mrs. August A.
Kaliriec and son of Flatonia.
This was a real happy day
for Mr. arid Mrs. Raska.
Everyone departed wishing
4he Raskas many, many
more happy married years
together.________ .
sd dul-
lest, of
the|
i€5atur-
J. wn-
Jo of
week-
tad Mrs.
ner engaged in farming arid
ranching. Mr. and Mrs.
Bittner had a quiet celebra-
tion of their golden Wedding
anniversary Jan. 17, 1956.
He was a faithful mem-
ber of St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church, Nixon; a kind fath-
er and a true friend.
Engagements........
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Dior-
inger announce the engage-
ment of their daughter,
Maxine, to Robert Stoner.
Robert is enlisted in the
S. Navy and is stationed
Orange, Texas, at the pres-
ent time.
The wedding date has
not been set.
Son for Freytags
—Mr..a;)d Mrs^A. &» Frey-
tag are happy over the ar-
rival of a fine baby boy,
who made his appearance
Jan. 6 at the Weimar Hos-
pital. He .weighed eight
pounds and 14 ounces and
was named Stephen Louis.
He was welcomed by a sis-
ter and brother.
Grandmothers are Mrs.
Wanda Freytag and Mrs.
[Marie Rollig.
Pfc. Joe Schutz left Sat-
urday for Des Moines,
Wash., after spending a 20-
day furlough nere with rel-
atives and friends.
Mrs. Lomie Keathley and
Eugene Sullivan were in
Moulton Monday to visit
with their sister, Miss Mary
Ellen Sullivan.
Bartek Son Born
Mr. and Mrs. Alfons
Bartek are the proud par-
ents of a baby son,"Delphin
David, born on Wednesday,
Jan. 4. He weighed in at
10 pounds and was wel-
comed by three brothers
and two sisters.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Bartek of
Moulton and Mrs. Slavik
Kolar of Moulton. Great-
grandfather of the new
baby is Louis Schacherl Sr.
of Moulton.
Mrs. Joseph Fajkus .Si\
of O’Qumn spent a week
recently with Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Fajkus and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kocian,
Miss Lillian Kocian, Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Kociau,
and Mrs. John Kocian visit-
ed last Sunday afternoon In
Hallettsville with Joe Ko-
cian and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Victor Zou-
zalik attended the funeral
of her brother, Sgt. Billy
Holliday, at Bryan Friday,
whose body was shipped
home last Thursday.
He was killed in action in
Korea Dec. 12, 1950, and
was 19 years of age at the
time of his death.
Flatonia Baptist
Church Services—
9.30 a. m.: Sunday school.
10:30 a. m.: Morning
services.
6:30 p. m.: Training
Union.
7 :30 p. m.: Evening sere-
ices.
Wednesdaj 7:30 pt ni.:
Prayer services.
Methodist Church
Services—
Flatonia—Worship, 9:30
a. m.; Sunday School, 10:30
a. m.
Muldoon—Worship, firw
and third Sundays, 11 a. na.
and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School every Sunday, 10 a.
m. Prayer meeting on fri-
days following first and
third Sundays, 7:80 p. m.
Colony — Worship, sec-
ond and fourth Sunday'
7:80 p. m. Prayer nwetins
on Fridays following *#«
ond and fourth
7:30 p. I
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