The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS '
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VOLUME 69
THE FLATONIA ARGUS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1$44
NUMBER 37
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Flatonia Boys Continue
To Merit Promotions
PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
Mrs* H. W. Lehman has
received word that her hus-
band has been promoted to
Uiy lank oi captain.' Cap-
tain Lehman is with the U.
B. Army Air Forces in In-
dia.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Word has berm received
here that it is now Staff
Sergeant Earnest F. Mica.
Friends-wishing to write
to hin
S. N., 38251810, Co. C, 99th „ _______„
jgjsLBn., .Care of
0, Fnidittan in|BB'IT"FfSflcisco, geant Kaiser is now assign-
California.
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SGT. RIGHTMER IN
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL
- Plt.-Sgt. Burl * Rightmer
of the U. S. Marines, who
was reported missing, ■ *is
now in the U. S'. M. C. Na-
vy Hospital at Oakland,
•California recuperating. He
was wounded in battle on
the island of Guam, s
Plt.-Sgt. Rightmer is- a
brothm- of Mrs. C. S. .Swi-
nga of Flatonia.
CPL. FRED G. KAISER
PROMOTED TO RANK
OF SERGEANT
Moses Lake, Wash., Sept.
15.-*— When promotion lists
were recently posted on tne
bulletin boards at the
Moses Lake.Army Airfield
near ht»r«, .Corporal Fred
TT. Kaiser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Georjfe Kaiser, Flato-
nia, learned he had been
romoted to the.rank of sqr
*' * Hfkn. Dit
. Jf /!tWomcn’i Armv Cor
ruckdriver before ‘be-
ing .inducted into, the ser-
geant Kaiser is now assign-
ed to duty at the mainten-
ance section of this Fourth
Air force ftghter pilot train-
ing. base.
Prior to being transferr-
ed,. to this post oh April 5
1944, he was stationed at
Glendale, California.
His wife, Mrs. Fred G.
(Theresa) Kaiser, is with
him at Moses Lake.
SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN
SERVICE MEETS IN
C. A. PEARSON HOME
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COMMISSIONED ensign
Frankie J. SemberiT, who
recently- spent several
weeks visiting hi:i parents.
M.v. and Mrs. Frank Sem-
bera buruis now—on - sea
.jtrke Woman's-Society of. pufcXfts
Christian Servicer met in the commissioned
home of Mrs. C. A Pearson
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^ ^Saran Manley was cb-host-;
Mrs. R. A. Wheeler Sr.,
president, presided. Mrs. C.
• A. Pearson led the devotion
' nl meditation. Officers and
chairmen gave their month-
ly reports. Mrs. E. E. Plow-
man, program leader, led
the discussion on “Medical
Work in the United States,
Alaska, and the Dominican
Republic. Taking pari in
the discussion were Mrs- L.
. Keathley, Mr. W. O. Bog-
gan, Mrs. R. A. Wheeler,
iMr.-.. W. .0. Garbade and
Mr/,. J. D. Chalk.
? ' At the close of the ses-
sion, the Hostesses served
delicious' cookies and punch
a n Ensign
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Week-end guests of Mrs
Sarah Manley were Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Hill of Lufkin.
Ensign Semberhris a chief
radio officer. .
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TO MEET AT SCHULEN-
BURG SUNDAY
. Knights of Columbus are
scheduled to meet at Schu*
lenburg Sunday, September
24 in an all-day session.
The program is as follows:
7:15 a. m., Assembly at St.
Rose School; 7:30 a. m..
Attend Mass and Commun-
ion; 8:30 a. m., Communion
breakfast; . 10 a. m., First
Degree; 12 noon, Lunch;
2 p/ m.v Second and Third
Degree; 7 p. m., Banquet at
V/olters Park.
All brother knights ai*e
invited.
-Subscribe For The Argus-
Local Oil News
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Continental Oil Company
moved in and spudded in
the North Cistern area on
the Young tract. The well
is located on the west side
of the tract in the Medfbrd
Lea, and is across the coun-
ty line in Bastrop County.
Casing was cemented Tues-
day. Contract is for 4,500
feet or deeper.
PhiHips Petroleum Co.
No. 1 Cockrell, i^bout one
mile south of the Rietz No.*
1 recently core tested to
3,005 feet, is drilling at
about 2,000. This well is al-
so a core te’st to be drillejl
li 3,000 feet.
A large crew moved into
Flatonia Monday night.- It
is pot known generally who
they will drill for, but pre*
sumably for the Amarada
and Continental. The well
is sltfted to be drilled in the
Coloreds Colony section, or
ing Co.‘ are slated to start
n test on their block soon.
• »• • • /....r milna
County.
Coffield, etal, are about
ready to develop, the Cis
tern Oil Field on a farm-out
from the Continental. They
have the. production levels
down to 2,800 feet; Contin-
ental retained the -deepev
rights.
The Texas Oil' Company
took pver-a large block oi
leases, about 6,000 acres,
from Griffith Bros, of Fori
Wlorth. The block was as-
sembled by Glass and oth-
ers. It is northeast a few
miles from Cistern.
Wenkebach is yerworking
his block west of Muldoon
This area had considerable
geophysical work-, done on
it last - winter and eaUy ii
the^past spring. It is pos-
sible a well may be drilled
in this areji soon.
There are rumors of a
1 'Tuimman OiT and Refo*. drilled -Hose to the
area soon by several of the
major .companies. This may
The block is a few miles happen shortly after dhe
northwest of Flatonia. | deep test is completed that
A deep test is slated to is now being drilled north
be started shortly near En- of Slayden W*. Gonzales
gle. oast of Flatonia. I County, as it will give sub-
Another test is to be drill surface information also for
Cd near Moulton, in Lavaca this area, .y
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A Wuc Helps to “Keep ’em Flying’
Brothers Meet In U. S.
Hospital; First Visit In
Four Years
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Women’i ArmyCorp'f (erring with the Air Transport Command, it ihown at
EDWARD BOEHM, 58,
LAID TO REST
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Edward Qoehm, aged 58,
a prominent merchsint at
Moulton, passed away Sat-
urday, September 9, after
ah illness of five days* Buri-
al was in the Moulton Pub
lie Cemetery Monday, Sep-
•tembe.' 11. .
Mr, Boehm was born in
Praha on March 10, 1880
and came to Moulton with
his parents when one and
a half years old.
daughter home for a short
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Keet-
er and family of San Anto-
nio spent the past week vis-
iting her mother, Mrs. O.
L. Lee; and sister, Mrs. W.
L. Miller.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Mor-
gan and F. J. Haas of San
Antonio recently visited in
the home of Mr. arid Mrs.
John Cizmar.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nash
of Waelder and M. H. Ken-
are visiting Mrs. Sarah Man
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iOE FALTYSEK. 86,
DIES AT MOULTON
Funeral services were
held Tuesday morning at
Moulton for Joe Faltysek,
aged,86, who passed away
suddenly Saturday night at
the home of his daughter,
Mrs. John Halnik, Early in
the day Mr. Faltysek was
apparently jn good health.
Death is believed to be due
to a heart attack.
Services wdre at the St
Joseph Catholic Church the
Re v. Kopp; J-astl)r," oFficiat-
ing. Burjal. wag ip Jjau. Miaul
. w
lbjlell at San- Marcm
^Tminlii in (MHimu-. IWrT.fiCTm
mate and-friend at Trinity
Miss Estelle Moody of Hous
ton has also enrolled at San
Man os arrd the two girls
are again rooming together,
Mh*. Louise- Vackar and
Mi’s. Ed ttubenak and dau-
ghters of El Campo visited
Mrs. L. J. Sandera and Mrs.
Frances Faltisek Tuesday.
Send in yhur subscription
Mr. and Mrs. Robert CU-
rriar and family of Austin
were recent visitors in the
home of, his parenLs, Mr
and Mrs. John Cizmar.
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he was wounded near Rome
on May 29th by machine
gun bullets in the upper
right leg. “I was with the
Armored Forces^ before I
joined .the “baggy - pants”.
Take it from me, we had
some outfit. I was on patrol
the ' afternoon I got it I I
went .up with three others
to look ovei; a railroad sta-
tion in -a small village and
the. Jerries had five Mark
VI tanks hidden back of it.
After we spotted them we
tried to figure-out a*way to
knock ’em out, but bur
tommy jguns didn’t seem to
be the thing- to Tise/ISo • w e
'started for demolition
in Mil buUonly hit two of
uAT-crawled 75 '
carried me to'
safety. We took every ob-
jective we were assigned to
take.”
ITRI—WilLLIAMSON
Henry Itri. and Marie
Williamson o f Flatonia
were united in marriage in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Williamson, just out
side the city limits, on Sun-
day evening at 7 o’clock
with Rev. A. C.' Peterson,
pastor of the local Metho- _ ...
dist Church, ,i performing a machine gun company in
the cereifiony.
The groom is. a native of
New. York state, but is now
with* the armed forces of
the United State? and *
stationed a't San Antonio.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wil-
liamson of Flatonia. She
graduated from the local
high school in May of this
year.
MULDOON METHODIST
CHURCH
Services tvill be held at
tho Muldoon Methodist
Church next Sunday at 3:30
p. m. Rev. L. C. Beasley,
District Superintendent of
the Austin District^
sent the- message.
Everyone is cqrdially la-#,
vited. • •
— A: C:*Peterson, pastor.
ROTARY NEWS
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We regreted" to have
three qf our members ab-
sent from our la$t Friday’s
meeting. The .meetjjig was
a very interesting one. We
we re gla d to welcome Bub
Spooner as visiting Rotari-
an from Gonzales; E. E.
Plowman of Flatonia; Doss
DqcHei‘df" of San Antonio;
and J. C. Yoring of Waeld-
ci as .guests. . :r
The program was in
charge of Moe Klein who
uu ik d E. - E. PJowman, to
S’ 8f
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-TKfc mother-d«u*Kt«r comfiinalion, • perennial »tyU_f»Yori»e,
b atlractlrelr featured in tke abura coetutne* modeled by Mre.
Varna Coueb and bar daughter, Wanda, of Shelby County, Ten-
■him. These dresses wore mad# from cotton chicken feed sacke.
set up.
committee consisting
of Rev.’Edmund 13ily,' Dr.
’I,. A. Wheeled. C. A. Pear-*
son and Rev. -A. C. Petersdn
was appointed to work out
some definite plans for the
duj ol victory.'
• —Club reporter.
Raymond Campbell, BM
1-c of the U. S.. Navy re-
cently visited his- oldest
,Sg;, Arthur Camp-
’t Marine Corps, in
a U. S. hospital. This was
the first* meeting -of the-
brother i ir: fou* yoara.
r
^w«r in Ice-
land. The past two years h<
air^mere that he
received a - guiwho: wound.
The Campbell brothers,
Arthur, Janies, John and;
Raymond are all in foreign
service. AH fo.ur boys, grad-
uated from the kutonia
public schools. . '
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tHE TEXAN’S SHARE
IN THE WAR
Those who believe that
tke wards ylipost over woujd
do well to remember that
Texans are still, fighting -—
and ‘being wounded * and
killed—' on all fronts. The
The fact that they aren’t
quitting-^otddmigc-tf-ieiiiitid
er that now is not the time ______
-mya wuCmdc.d. on,Fthe BUI'UV"_____I
Tsr.
pel of -Taylor, Sgt. V’l^tor
Cmerek of - Granger, and
Pfc. Ike Hogford and Pfc.
Bake; Vermillion of Fred-
ericksburg.
Latest -casualty reports
from the Mediterranean re- .
port S-Sgt. Bill Lord of
Georgetown as 4an\ong the
wounded, while Pfc Emili-
an Mensik of La Grange
was recently' reported as
wounded in the Southwest t
Pacific. * *
S-Sgt. Ray Saunders of
Wichita Falls, a spotter for*
I
n
France, was wounded iri thc
Iqft leg and chest, and lay
for many hours under the
lire of both Americans, and
Germans before ho could ,
crawl to safety. Bu'. he^ did
not quit! -lie is no*v In a
hospital in England.
. The example of the Tex-
as lads who didn’t quit,
should prove an inspiration,
to all of those on the home-
front.. No one .should quit
until.the War is* finally won
-L-arul that means v^hen the
last shot has been fired and
every Texas boy is back
home! Meanwhile, every
man; woman aryl ,c.hild in ^
Texas should pitch in to pal
the National War. Fund
trfWira'iffri'bver the top!--
The National War Fund
’drive will he. conducted dur-
ing the next fevv weeks in.
all Texas counties, under
leadership of local men and
vyomar..
\T METHODIST -• f-
CHURCH
Services will be held next
Sunday morning at 9:30.
Sunday school will at
10:20.'
, On Sunday, October 1, *'
Rev. L. C. Beasley will be
with us to presept the mes-
sage. Further announce-
ment concerning the special
service will bq. i^a'de next
Sunday, fr-mai. -------* ~
speak on the new -»elw«d f)nd in the next issue of**the
Argus.
v The Flatonia Methodist
Church - always welcomes
you.
—A. C.’ Peterson, pastor.
■■4 m an •rlginal eoBtrlbutipk to tk» «Uv*r enierable, »tir»ctiv« t *iT~ ——— week
budb«ga w«r« Md« from im mb* m«urj«L . • Send in your subscription Ker;.
• Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mc-
Vea and ., Paschal Faires
Kerr of Houston spent the
week-end with Mrs. Paschal
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Nycum, T. F. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1944, newspaper, September 21, 1944; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988645/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.