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VOLUME 66
FLATONIA, TEXAS
THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1941
NUMBER 49
■Church Group Votes To
Begin Building Campaign
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GIVE THANKS !
(From Lynn Landru m’s
Column, “Thinking out Loud”
in Dallas Newf.)
History Keeps Books
A- man dies, we say, and
we lay his body out of sight,
with ceremony or neglect, ac-
cording to our measure of his
Stature and our leisure for the
luxury of mourning.*
A civilization takes root,
. waxes to full height, flowers
and fruits. And then it dies,
too. And time wears away its
relinquished estate slowly and
inexorably until at last the
sands have covered"'its proifdt
monuments ’ and even * the
language of its learning is as
dead as thu laughter of its
TENTATIVE PLANS CALL
FOR NEW CHURCH FOR
LO’CAL BAPTIST GROUP
At a called business meet-
ing of the members of the,
Flatonia .Baptist Church Sun-
day might following the even-
ing worship service, a motion
was made and carried without
opposition that4' the member-
ship of the church go into a
drive for the raising of funds
to either rebuild or remodel,
the present church building.
A finance committee was
appointed to start the drive,
• and a planning committee will
be named in the near future.
Present tentative plans call
for the rebuilding of the
church . With • Aluldoon rock,
with a basement for Sunday
School rooms. A parsonage is
departed youth. Scholars that a**? anticipated, and the pres-
ume afterward crawl about |pnt rtructure will. i»e
over the .hopes of foigotten | lazedV , and , th-e,, sa,va«e<1
achievements and the shards ! 01'a’usod ,n n. e w
of shattered magnificence to ^urch. Former members and
friends of the church will be
Rotary Ladies’ Nite
Thursday Is Very
Colorful Affair
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f
asked to aid in the program.
VAUDEVILLE SHOW
reconstruct, if they can, a
shaky ghost of the majestic
past.
Man dies, but mankind lives
on; epochs perish, but new COM,NG HERE
epochs take up the march. So
it is that, we7 all .stand debt-
ors to those who had no
thought of us. So it is that we
owe thanks to the past. His-
tory keeps the ledgers of our
account with the race, as it
will set down in after years
how we ourselves paid or de-
faulted on our: reckoning with
our children’s children.
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iHoli-
each
Rendering^ Thank's
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. Thanks becomo the only
coin in which we can pay
»g.fn,r drinfcnjgjttjj
parchmerit, or the Jbarolis! for
Runnyniede — thanks a n d
emulation upon- occasion a-
occasion offers. .
The blood’ that" animates
our flesh and throbs, within,
our , bj’east h heritage. The
freedom that we breathe is
bought freedom, • purchased
with deeds and suffering not
our own. The great day in
which we live and dream and
’_figh.t—arid diji to dream an)'W
—-jar great because little men
1 rose to greatness for its #ake.
It will remain great if we
are men enough to . follow
their example.
':'.**'* ’ ' • •
What Is Americanism? -
What, then, is this Ameri-
canism which we , love and
celebrate? What is the mean
ing of the term? The big-
ness of it commands our
hearts—and baffles the lexi-
cographer’s art. But if we
make answer, let this for the
moment serve:
’ The Vaudeville Playhouse,
the only, tent .show of its
kind iii America, will put ;up
at Flatonia this weekend, Nov-
ember .28 and 29, according
to the advance man who was.
through here last weekend.
The show will feature the
famous Frederick Duo, a
n’Oiipe of educated canines,
Mlxx Mftxihe, the acrobat,
Madaijn Veara, the lady magi-
cian, and Min-etta. There will,
be many other ac-ts, including
-ft ee aerial act mv‘n the'show
groupds at 7 :3fi.
fkiu’k
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AMERICANISM.;
Independence without aggres-
sion—
Loyalty without bootlicking—-
Selfhood without strutting—
Labor without shame.'
Law without cringing—•
Liberty Without leave-—
Riches without royalty—
Poverty without slave.
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Science without censor—
Opportunity without fence—
Success without boasting—
Failure without fear.
Preaching without pomp—»
Praying without pose—
Glory without: gloating—
Sacrifice without regret.
All this, added to the heri-
tage of the nast plus the
beckoning of things to come,
is Amercanism. It was so be-
fore we got it; God grant.
H be so When we hand it on.
EXCELLENT PRO GRAM
FEATURES ADDRESS BY
LOCKHART MINISTER
“The Meaning of Ameri-
canism” was the subject dis-
cussed by the Rev, W. H.
Barsh, pastor of the Lock-
hart Baptist Church, at the
Ladies’. Night meeting of the
Rotary Club of Flatonia,
Thursday, "November 20th,
that Was well attended by
both Rotarians, their guests
and out-of-town Rotarians.
The affair . was held in the
Knights of-Pythias hall.
. Dr. L. A. Wheeler, presi-
dent of the club, was master
of ceremonies, and the' pro-
gram opened with the invoca-
tion by the Rev. Vernon Perry, j
followed by the-surging of the !
first verse of ^“America”. S jT
delicious turkey banquet waslj
then seryed the 72 members |?
and guests by tho Ladies of!'
Uie Methodist Church.
Following the banquet, Dr.
Wheeler, extended the wel-
come of the club to the guests
and visitors, and introduced
| the club guests, and visiting
Rotarians. Club members then
.introduced their Rotaryanns
and their guests.
Spirited group singing was
then enjoyed, following which
Mrs. Wi-H.-'Jfawdi favored the
group wit h two violin
selections, She was accompa-
nied at the piano by Miss
Ellen Hawkes of Yoakum.
Her numbers were enthusi-
astically received by the ap-
preciative audience^ - , ;
, Thq speaker wps introduced
by Geofge W. Hawke ," secrer
tar.Vl. of tly <dnb, nnri aftrv
thp 1 houvIit-nroVokiiiar ■ njea»
JEfjanfeSgtbtng
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Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and, Blue,
For the spirit of America, t hut'at ill is staunch and true,
For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in
fflhlr eyes, ^
And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening
lullabies; * , *
And thankful that our harvests wear no taint of blood
today,
But were sown and reaped by toilers who were light
of heart and gay.
Mrs. F. A. Nesrsta Wins
1st Place At Flower Show
Thankful for the riches that are ours to claim and keep,
The joy of honest labor and the boon of happy sleep,
For each little family circle where there is no, empty
• chair ^
Save where God has sent tM? sorrow for the loving hearts
to bear; ,
And thankful for the loyal souls and brave hearts of
* tile pa t .. .
Who budded that , contentment should be with us to
the last.
Thankful for the plenty that our peaceful land- has
■ blessed,
For the rising sue that
■do bin ho*b-
C. of C. Meets Friday
To Make Holiday Plans
‘I The regular monthly meet-
ing of the Flatonia Chambe?
?j C'ommerce will be held at the
‘ 4'ourF House in Hatonia Fri-
j day, November, 28th at 7:30
: it was announced tins Week.
M The regular, meeting date is
.Thursday, but due to'"Thanks-
; giving Day being Thurs lay*
the meeting has been post-
j polled one day. Christmas
plans will "be- made at the
meeting, and every member
is* urged to’ lie preson.t.
HOMER ECKS GETS "
CASE WORKER PQST
bo .Adults 17c (tax iric j and
Kiddoes, 11c (tax. iric.)
MICHAL-LAUFER
“Miss Armanda Hazel Laufer
and Jerome • Fdvvin
were, united in marriage at
the 'a*Methodjst P a rsonage
uee b.\
For the goal that lies before him and the promise when
he sows * . . ..
That his Tiand shall reap the harvest, undisturbed by
enicl foes*
For the flaming torch of justice, svmbplizing as.it burns:
Here nope may rob the toiler of the prizo. he fairly earns.
* Today our,thanks uc’iv giving-fjji the riches that are •
ours, v-
For the red fruits of the orchards anfrhhe "perfume of
the flowers, ■ «
For sntr homes with laughter ringing and • our heflrtli-
fira* burping bright.
For our.land of peace and plenty and our land of truth
and right:
And we’re thankful for the glory of the old Red, White
and Riuo,
For thu spirit of our fathers and a manhood that is true.
, ■ - —Edgar A» Guest
Homer Eck of LaGrange
ha been apimintcd junjor
case worker for the public
weif.i e department. In Fayette
countr. under' Case W >rk’c-r
^puis Knape.
The appointment is. ef-
fective Monday. However, un-
til Hi;,' Eck winds up bis
l dirties* aa tlntckeeptF'iSS one
of the LaGrange WPA pro-
,igc.(;i at)d q ' .successor .- .has
, liegn a-signed to take his
place, lie will-continue dii his
j on cut job.
The position of assistant
case worker is a newly-cre-
ated office’and hivolves office
and field work. It -pays $125
a monfh.' * ,
•In taking the now job, Mi*.
F.e.k. rjrdh goe'- into" a line
FALL SHOW PROVES TO
BE ONE OF BEST EVER
STAGED IN FLATONIA
Mrs. F. A. Nesrsta, past
pro'iikuU«f the Flatonia Gar-
doM“CTTO, was the first place
winner in the Annual Fall
FtTnver Show staged by the
Garden Club at the Court
House here Saturday, Novem-
ber 22nd. The show, one of
the best ever staged by the
local club,. included many
beautiful,..novel and unusual
entries.
Mrs. Nesrsta was declared
Uq; winner, having placed six
first places, five second places
and four third places fro
among her entries. Mrs. F. F
l’echacek was second with
-live lo-t place*, two seconrf-
i
work in which he Was-.employ-
It- -;
,, y., ., ... ■>.. - features also \uere' the chty-
_-.C.'.- Ad-Artrcn'thc ‘vt-Ticf urogram -■anthemtimM grown and ex-
gnt uiflR'fway in rf’-ru.v.lttle'jMiuu-1 hiDiUed . by . Mrs. C." Kasper,
i tv - oree vJmrs ago. lie Vvns I ,it id.-nt nft ln-idnli. Mrs.
places and two third places.
Mrs. Lomie Keathley placed
third with "five first places.
Other winners included Mrs.
Y. X. Brunner, fourth; Mrs.
Clara Tatzelt, fifth; Mrs. A.
W. Albrecht, sixth; Mrs.
George Fernau, seventh, Mrs.
I,. J. Sandera, eighth; Mre.
F. L. Wotipka ninth arid
M.cs. Otto Olle, tenth.
Outstanding features of the
.How wore the Christmas
A i rungements, in a setting
composed of a - large fire-
place with wajl wreaths-arid
lighted tapers; the Thanks-
giving table .arrang*ements
amid the fall leaves and har-
vest wreaths; and the’ beauti-
ful poinsettns and chrysan-
themums. .
One of the outstanding
1
ntedtov’ of“'Se.f-’ii-i laa icul num-
■ w
,t>ers. The meeting was closed \
With the be' edietion bv the I
■Rev. E. W.' Cofer i
• Ont#of-to.\yn visitors, beside.
the Rev. and Mis.-Bar.sli. in-
Michal 'Tluded several Hallettsfille
Rotarians,
Laid To Rest Here
to; ,-'-m'rfTr (.-10 to enter ariV flowers
V eid. with *tbe WPA. working j„ competitive"showing, but
: timekeeper o.iit of Flato-.; several ”of the chrysanthe-
mums *he exhibited ■wet*e the
jiia and more rcociii!,v,iu La-‘;.
Gfiin* e.- lAiyette Co. Record.
me 'jA.vieinoi.nst r a rsonage
Saturday* riiorning, November
22nd at 8:45, the impressive
n(| ring ceremony being reijd hy
,.w Ryv,‘ yyrnon Perry in' th^g
presence ol relatives of (he
couple.
. Following the ceremony,-
the bride arid gioom left on
a wedding trip, and . will be
at home in Muldoon after
their return. ^
THie bride is the daughter
of Mr. tfnd Mrs, Richard
Laufer of ATuldoon; and the
groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Michttl Flatotila,
Both are ex-students of Fla-
tonia High School, and are
veryy popular among t h e
ybtmger set.--
Those .jyitn^Ssing the cere-
mony incliuletT'Mr. and Mrs.
Aflchal, A1r. and Mrs. Lahfer,
Mr. and ITlrs. FfanW Young,
Mi s Emma Michn! and Emil
Michal of Houston,
The Argus 'joins with the
friendA of tlio „voung couple
in wishing for them a long
• and happy married life.
METHODIST SFRVICES
HERE SUNDAY
Fuel oval Wry it-. v. eve -Febl -i>i.d kindly -personality .*■' „ r-rii o wJnTu nuiwro
■ht-re • Tuesday aftrirnoon*' for ..i- Luge.'circle of.relatives 1/v 111» n.Ar-c
Mr. F. W. Fhito; 88, former and friends will indeed .feel ^,N,XS AlL VALUABLES
I latonia- citizen, Who died at. a keen sense of loss at* his ! A .pjirse stolen from the
JANF.K-PILAT Ids Kingsville home Monday, passing. ' ! (Tiille Beaiite Snlorf here Tues-
Miss Della Pilat and Emil'f November ” 24th. Interment ----- .... ......
was. made in 4he City
levy bv>re at 2 ^ {\miipr man. .She pro- •'*ndeu ; all v.-d'ujtbk .. . . . , ,
Christian Science services’ be- | in doath 14 years ri-'l'niml f>v' a SehulonWurg fn5Se\,a.nd 'vaf »war(led a
1 ------- 'beautiful potte.d plant..-.; ,
Officers and members of
ill iiii* irminri i nri r. i n i.i: imiur mi imii ti. ii
Wallace Bludworth, - J.
!). Artiim, Dr. L. A. Wheel-'
car-
Jauek o,f .Praha were, upiteil
in_niai'i'iauv at the Praha
Catholic church Monday. 'Nov-
ember 24th aL 8»fU> jo’clock,
(he Rriv. J'ohn Anders offici-
ating.
.The bride wore a gown of
moire taffeta, and carried a
bouquet of carnations and
alters. She was attended by
Ml -ses Olga Janok and Leona
Pilat as bridesmaids,
wore pink taffeta, 'and
lied pink carnations.
The groom was assisted by
Willie Miel and Henry Janek.
Louis Grieve and Frank Pilat
Avem the witnesses
The bride is the attractive
dniigMer‘2>f Mr. and Mrs.
.Charles Pilat, Sr., and the
"room is the son of Mr. and
Airs. Frank Janek.'The groom
is employed wtth the Rex
Kitchens Go. of this city.
The best wishes of their
many friends are extended.
BORN
most outstanding entry in the
show.
Alusdamos Peters and Bitt-
ner of Schulenbursf and
Shinick of Weimar were the
judges of thik year’s show, ■
and were high in their prajse
Ai
■<v' read by Harry Hedges.of „m| j; buried at his side ritiv.cn, and was identified-bv
Houston. Active 'pallbearers ||.(, cemctPery here. |u tag ' inside >tSe purse. All
were Wallace Bludworth, J. , y;r piato is survived bv ii; -mouev^ pinsy vumhs, etc. had
i, , |, „ . i si:;fer, Mrs. Alma Flato Yea- *>r«n removed from the purse
or. Ed, Berger, and R. A. j p.,. of Houston, one brother,! '“’fore the culprit threw it
,, ,-0. F. Plato of Kingsville, five nwnv. The purse was found
... Corpus I nit.tcs ^nd fourteen nephews. I *n B'chideiiburg about 1 <30
( hristi. Honorary pallbearers w nipmbor of The the same afternoon it was
who Miller of Flato-.{ ,'hxhe First ! »t«di--ii. No clue 'as to who the
nia, Chas. Amster Peck Wi-l- rl)n|.(.h of Chri^t Scientist inj culprit was ha- been found,
hausen and Max Wolters of i „.,.i *u„ nua,. 4
Wheeler, Jr. of Flatonia and
Frederick Flato of
. . ,tA Boslon, Mass, and the Chris-1
I tian Science Society of Kings-
Fredrick William Llato was | vj|fe
NAT’L DEFENSE PROGRAM
CALLS FOR GREATEST
There will be regular ser-
vices at The Methodist Church
Sundav. November 30th, the
Rev. Vernon Perry, pastor,
nnnonuood this week. Mornr
ing p’orship service will start
rrt 9:00 am.; followed hy
ChnV'h School, with evening
worship services stnrting at
7:00 pm. Everyone is invitgd.
BABY BOY BORN
Dr. "and Mrs. Leslie Wheel-
er, Jr. of Suo’arlarid announce
the arrival of an eight pound
baby boy,4mrn "to them Tues-
day, November 25th in the
Smrarland Hospital. Mother
- Mr. and. Mrs. F. W. THtile-.[ anil baby ate doing fine, as
meyer were Shiner visitor* is “Doc". This is the coupIMs
Air; and ATrs. Jerry Strna-
del of near Muldoon announce
the arrival of a baby boy
born to them Saturday, Nov-
ember 22nd. The young man
was named ■ Harold James.
The mother is the former
Miss Gladys Banner. Congra-
tulations!,
Oundfty efternocn.
«wpnd. child-. Congntulatlornl' inirr
Robert Plagens, aviation
cadet in Kelly Field, was a
Saturday bight visitor in the
G. T. Hawkes ho;ne. Cadet
Plagens will receive his
“wings” and commission on
December 6th as a navigator
with Uncle Tun's Air t-'orpar
He will he remembered here,
having vkited here frequent-
ly. He F the son of Mr. and
Airs. A; II, Plagens of Wei-
born in Catspring, Austin
county, Texas on January 2,
14<51 and was the son of F.
W. and "Sophie Welhausen
Flato. The family later moved
to High Hill and then to Fla-
tonia, where iflr. Flato was
reared. *
As a young ^man, Mr. Fla-
to went to St. T.ouis, Alo.,
where he was engaged in the
commission business, moving
* ’'Phe Argus joins with the CROSS ROLL CALL
many friends of the bereaved*! America’s national defense
survivors in extending its sin- efforts require a great -ex-
cere’ sympathy in their sor-
row.
FORMER ROADMASTER
DIES IN SAN ANTONIO
pension of all American acti-
vities, C. G. Robson,' chair-
ma^ ..of the Fayette County
Red Cross Chapter, declared
today is urging “all-out” sup-
port of the greatest member-
•_ , . ...ship Roll Calk in Bed Cross
Funeral services were held hj.lo,v ,u.ld from November
in San Antonio Saturday j | (|1 ‘ *
bis headquarters bo—Kansas morning at ,10:00 from the “We’must go over the top
City Inter. In the latter city. St. Patrick's Catholic Church ; in thiH Roll Call”, he added,
he was a mojnbee of the for -William August Endorle,. |((1(.JU|jj,,, continuance of
Drumm-Flato Cattle Commis-:.G4, former Southern Pacific
sion Company, which did a foadmaster, who died at his
large business, for many years home at 1129 Crosby St.,
and were very prosperous. In Thursday of a heart attack,
connection - with this [enter- Mr. Enderle was Well known
here, having made Flatonia
a stopping place overnight on
numerous occasions.
lie is survived hy Wis
widow, Mrj. Ray Agnes En-
derle; two daughters and five
business about 12 years-ago, |,sons. Interment was made in
prise, he became acquainted
with cattlemen from a large
area and was universally
esteemed and respected by
all who knew him.
On his retirement * from
ME Flato moved tq Kings-
ville, where he made ’ his
home with his brother, Q. E.
Flato. where he was ‘living at
the time of hi- passing.
Although of advanced
’years, Mr. Flato kept abreast
of the times, and made many
ne\v fri$ncU who AtJmlrefl hj»
the San Fernando cemetery
Nor, 2 in San Aqtonio.
Mr. Enderle recently re-
tired. after having been in ill
health for several months.
His manv Flatonia’ friends
mourn his passing, and join
in extending to the suYyfvors
fhfir tfneer* .
the national Red Cross pro-
gram depends upon the suc-
cess of the local chapters in
appealing ,for members.” '
Funds realized during the
Poll Call period, he. pointe
out; will be used to enable
the American Red Cross and.
its chapters to carry on its
expanded, services to the
Army and Navy and to widen
its national defense program
for the civilian population.
The Red Cross haS more
than doubled the number of
ft cm directors and medical1
workers in its employ station-
ed at Armv aud Navv posts
and hospitals. Red Cross
the club are to be highly con-
gratulated on the excellence
of the shbw.
GARDEN CLUB TO
HOLD MEETING
A regular meeting of the
M utopia Gnrdon Club will
be held at the Court House
on Thursday, December 4th
at 2:30 pm., An, interesting
program will be rendered and
alt members are urged to
attend.
I3w fcRQSS" P»f* 4)
Mrs. Alma Flato Yeager
and daughter, Air*. Gus Blaf-
fer, both of Houston, attend-
ed the F. W. Flato funeral
here. Tuesday. They also call-
ed by The Argus office, and
had their subscription ad-
vanced another year. Thanks!
Air. and Mrs. F. A. Smith
of Lubbock and Willie Smith
of Brenham were Sunday,
visitors in the O. E, Baum-
gart home.
Gray C. Jones and George
W. Hawkes were San Antbnio
visitors Monday and Tuesday,
Mr. Jones attending a Port-
land' foment School of In-
struction. p
Edwin Grieve and Manuel
Hrncir of San Antonio visited
with Praha relatives Sunday.
Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Sam
Michal and Mrs. Willis of
San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Gabitach of Eagle
•Lake visited at the Mrs.
Henry Gabitach home over the
weekend.
Mrs; John Koudelka of
^Bidden was ,a visitor with
Lfrv Joe KQrid*lket lMt
. ,, .
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