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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 68
- FLATONIA. JEXAS THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1943
NO. 7
County USDA Board
Gives Revised Quotas
On Farm Machinery
Kenny L. Stork, 'Chairman
of tho Fayette County USD-A
War Board, gives the follow-
ing list of quotas on farm ma-
chinery and equipment for
1943 as revised January 27.
1943:
Dairy Equipment
Milking Machines .......... 1
Separators .................. 2
Milk Coolers ........... 3
Feed Grinders
Burr Mills .................
Hammer Mttfcrv
Frank L. Wotipka
Appointed To Fill
Draft Board Vacancy
I BOV SCOUTS MEANBUSINESS
- ■ _' ” _______■ - i
...14
Tractors, Wheel Type
Row Planters.....
Tractor Drawn ................10
Listers (With or Without
Planting Attachments)
Tractor drawn
or Mounted ....................15
Mold Board Plows
Tractor Drawn or
Mounted ..:............... 7
Disc Plows
Tractor Drawn ..........:..... 2
Cultivators
Tractor Drawn ......15
Mowers
Tfiactor Drawn ......^........ 4
One Ways, disc plows or
■ '4HMIW f - ~t
Frank L. Wotipka, local
Ford dealer, received his con-
firmation as a member of the
Fayette county draft board
and attended the first meet-
ing of the board last Friday.
Mr. Wotipka fills the va-
cancy caused by the recent
resignation of Edw L.^Marek
of Fayetteville. He was reco-
mended for the post several
weeks ago and the recommen-
dation was confirmed by Gov.
Stevenson and approved b.v
Flatonia citizen to serve on
this board.
E. H. Moss is chairman of
the board and the third mem-
ber is F. A. Smith of Winches-
ter. ,
Announcement . was also
made that the draft board-of-
fices in La Grange have been
moved to the third floor ot
the court house to the offices j
formerly occupied by t]je
county agricultural agents.
Y U'/lII MINIM! —
Grain Drills........0
The above quotas are for
the entire year of 1943 unless
it is possible to revise them
again.. AJ1 purchase certifi-
.cates’ o*n these*u<>riiji*jsfsued
since the original quotas Were
receiv e- ri are -chargeable
against these quotas. Th$ is-
suance of purchase certifi-
cates in excess of thtyje quo-
tas is not authorized.
In the event one or nu)rC q!
these q'uotas are exhausted
and the’ County * Rationing
Committee has a meritorious
application on file for one of
these itfenis, it is permissible
to request and incrtase'ip quo-
ta "fron. the State reserve. Re- w irfor” the "duration^
leases from the State reserve j tho war lu„ a period of not
can be made only upon recom-l more than six months there-
mendatlon by the County Ra-j after. Members wtftir distinc-
tion ing Committee, accompa- ( * uniforms, with insignia
nied by a staterriertt from thej and accessories, all supplied
Committee clearly ►snowing' a'by the government,
strong agricultural need for
the machinery or equipment.
—Subscribe For , Uural Progress-
INTEREST IN WAAC
ENLISTMENT GROWS
• ’ *
“This is our war—join the
WAAC.” is the keynote <>f*hll
thought and activity of Mrs,
F. A. Nesrsta, local recruiting
Army Auxiliary Corps. ~TT1
answer» to many* questions,
that are being asked of her
this week since last week’s an-
nouncement of her appoint-
n^ent to the chairmanship,’she
gives- the following informa-
tion. .
The 'Women’s Army Auxi-
liary is a corps of Women in
military uniform and under
military discipline, organized
for noncombatant service with
life army. It is the only wo-
men’s organiztdionr exclusive
of the Army Nurse Corps, au-
thorized to serve with- the
army. It offers American wo-
men, regardless of race’, color
oA creed, an exceptional op-
portunity fo’r service. . .
Term of service in ^he
The plans Ur’e not yet com-
pleted fdt the observtihee of
BoyScout Week by the Fla-
tonia Troop*, Scout master Fred
Klatt stated Wednesday* but
a program of scouting activi-
ties which includes a Father-
Son banquet and it Scout Re-
ligious service will be carried
out. ■
Boy i^out Week which is
lieid; front. Kolv"M**'*.^ j^ace 'and 'free-
a iufw njeaefing This- yeaf with dohi. .Mr. <Kfaft-« concluded
iL .. * V.'. .. 4 4 ril . .T T . . T' V»n 1* ollmi- Ivi i wtn m r» t \ *
OLDEST CITIZEN OF
COLORADO COUNTY
DIES IN COLUMBUS
Columbus, Feb. 1.—Mrs.
Malzena Ann Zumwalt, one
of the few remaining real
daughters of .1812, and Colo-
rado County’s oldest citizen,
died at the age of 101 Mon-
day morning. Mrs. Zumwalt
-.suffered a fall from a wheel
chair, to which she had been
confined for several years, on
Christmas Day and had since
been confined to her bed.
Funeral services were held
at the First Methodist Church
Tuesday at 3 P. M. with Rey.
C. F. Bohmfalk officiating.
Surviving are two children,
O. A. Zumwalt, former mayor,
of Columbus, and Mrs. Erma
West; five«.grandchildren, and
two great grandchildren.
Because of her advanced
age and her prominence in
various organizations, Mrs.
' Zumwalt’s birth anniversary
has assumed the character of
a town celebration during the
past years, with friends gath-
ering from all over the state
to pay her homage.
_ miY iv/i a noNO/tr— '
TAX ASSESSOR NOTICE
P. A. Nikel, County Asses-
sor ami Collector, will be in
Flatonia on Wednesday and
Thursday of next week to as-
sess taxable property for the
year 1943. He warns that
property must be assess-
ed and a claim made
for the homestead exemption,
otherwise the exemption can-
not be allowed by the Asses-
sor-Collector.
Notice his announcement on
another page of this paper.
Anyone interested in ob-
taining Additibnal information
and application blanks for en-
rollment in the W A AC’s is
asked to contact Mrs. Nesrsta
immediately.
- Throw Yout Scrap Into Tlic Fight I—'
MEXICAN SUPPER IS
SELL-OUT SATURDAY
The Mexican, supper spon-
sored by the Flatonia P. T. A.
Saturday night in the K. of P.
hall was very successful, offi-
cials made known this week.
The tasty \plate lunches were
sold out long before closing
time and many people were
turned away because of £be
sell-out. Those who came
the motto “Toughen „Up>
Buckle Down and Carry On
To- -Victory.’'* Scouts in this
community fcs .wgll as all oyer
the nation are doing every-
thing possible to help win the
war on the home front.
The local troop was instru-
mental in gathering approxi-
mately 8000 pounds of scrap
metal Saturday in the Arnim
warehouse. This metal was
donated by Judge E. A. Ar-
nim to the boy's who sold it-
and put the moncj* in the lo-
cal trodp fund. •
. , “We? are truly grateful lq
Judge Arnim for this fine.do-
nation,” Scoutmaster Klatt
said in speaking for the troop,
“and if therp is anyone else"
who has scrap metal and has
no nee.d for it, please get in
touch with the Scouts./ Help
ua all- you can as -we' are
.The following poem ad
dressed to- Judge Arnim. was
written By one of the Scouts:
Judge, We are very (hankful.
Recause you help keep our
hank full.
Although the hoys sweat and
toil,
That metal will make some
Jap boil.
All the boys will be sore for
a week,
Hut Hitler’s victories will
spring a leak.
Rationing Of All Canned Goods
And Fruits To Start March 1st
Local Youth, Aerial Qunner On
Carrier Hornet, Tells Own Story
Thomas Harbich,. Flatonia i --
boy, who was a naval aviation j . ’ _ ,
radioman on the aircraft car-1 Annual Drive For
Her Hornet, sends the follow-' . " . .
ing story of the sinking of Infantile Paralysis
Is Successful Here
that carrier.
“I was a
survivor and a
ri.fiitr.-i. front tho ttiiy.tuill--ca.r-
rierK Hornot, which was sunk
in the battle of San Cruz Is-
land,- on October 39, 1942. by
enemy dive bombers and tor-
pedo planes. I was very- fortu-
nate due to the fact that 1 was
uninjured during this en-
gagement.
“It was the most trying day
of my life. The first attack
came off about 10:00 a. m.
and after that things were
really poping. That was the
longest day- J -ever, lived. Min-
utes' seemed like hours arid it
Seemed as if night would
never fall.
"The most painful words 1
ever heard wejc ‘Abandon
Ship'. It seemed as if the crew
'would have rather died than
to. have heard those Words;
S A|L E|S ON CANNED
FOOD WILL BE FROZEN
AFTER FEBRUARY 20TH
The OPA announced Tues-
day rationing of canned and
frozen fruits and vegetables
and dried fruits will start
Mareh 1. Grocery store sale
of these commodities will stop
at midnight Feb. 20, and will
not be Resumed until the ra-
tion date.
4 tkThis ^.Fruu^': set by
officials for the purpose of al-
lowing grocers to stock up, to
arrange and mark merchan-
dise, and undertake other pre-
parations for the complicated
“point rationing” system.
Beginning Feb. 22" and
stretching over sixty days,
the entire civilian population
of the county will be register-
ed in school houses and else-
fVhce o Btf TfMr m ThCarSW
nuai drive-for Infantile. Para-
ylsis totaled $46.86 this year,
Mrs. A. F. Freytag. Flatonia
chairman, announced this
week. The President’s Birth-
day activities were climaxed
Saturday night with * dame
w hich was held at the S. P, J.
S. T. Hall. 174 tickets were
sold and a net total of $40.92
was realized. The. coin col-. , , .. . _
lection boxes which were plac- ^Bor® f?r IBs new type of ra-
t'd at the two cafes and John- t*°ning, in a manner similar to
son’s Drug Ktoro were Yespofi* fBe- nutjon-wide registration
siblo for a collection of $5.9-1.
“I want to thank all who
took part ih. contributing to
this worthy cause,” Mrs. Frey-
tag continued.. “Through your
contributions and those of
other responsible and proml-,
Omtomm &*** &*» .Will
Boy Scout Week February 6-12 ■ '-LftS ™ 1
over
this mysterious, disabling di-
sease. Specal thanks go to J.
L. “Red” Etjj^ger for donat-
ing the riiuStcwhich made the
dance a success.’/
Records sho]|' that the re-
sponse to the drive this yeai
were considerably larger than
last year as only $18.00 was
■the amount turned 'in for
1942. Flatonia citizens can be
proud to know that they have,
done tHeir part to protect tho
health of’ tJwwe whq wit! be.
was in
and a half hours before l was
picked up by a destroyer.
“Since that time ^ 1 have
been placed in the radio de-
partment of the Naval Air
Sf at Ton in Seattle, Washing
ton. I have been placed in the
Admiral’s staff and hope to
be here some time. The coun-
tzy, here is beautiful but it is
cold. There arc about two feet
of snoW on the. ground, as l
write this.”
for sugar nearly a year ago.
At this registration, every-
one who can show he has war
ration Book No. (1,, the cou-
pon sheet for sugar and cof-
fee, will be entitled to receive
war ration book No. 2, which
will be psed both for canned
will also be used about a
month later for meat ration-
ing.
Before getting the new ra-
-tion \>ook, however, each fam-
ily,'wil| have to declare how
many cans the family had on
hand Feb. 21. F?om ‘thia mffe-
ber» wilF’be substracted five*1
cans for each person in, the
family, and coupons from the
mew book ^will be tom out for
aqy cans in excess of five per
person.
— - BUY WA It BONDBf — ■
NOTES FROM COUNTY
AVAR RATIONING BOARD
An operator who has an
appeal pending before ODT
after January 31, may not Jae
issued a temporary transport
ration unless he can present
to the board a postcard notifi-
cation from Oit)T acknowbdg-
ing the fact that his appeal is
under consideration.
The board is now allowing
first and second quarter and
gallonage shown on certifi-
cates of war necessity for the
early commented on the goodj transport rations are issued
to ■ cov.er both quarters. T-l
and T-2 books are ndw being
dated to July 1,-1943, and no
further ration will be allowed
if all stamps in books are
used before- the : expiration
date. ,
If additional gas is needed
on passengqr cars, please ap-
ply for supplemental applica-
tion at the Rationing Board
and do not wait until the last
minute. Board meetings are
bHd onee a week and books
caftnot he issued when appli-
cations are brought into the
office. The board must act on
the same first.
Tire*.
Please apply for gas books
certificates of war neces-
food and praises were espe-
cially high for the excellent
chicken tamales. Net receipts
for the affair were approxi-
mately $22.
The P. T. A. feels grate-
fur Tor the splendid patron-
age, it was Btated, and also
wishes to thank all who con-
tributed food and helped to
prepare and serve the meals.
—Throw Your Scrap Into The Fight!—
Sgt. August Linburgger,
who is stationed in the 56th
Ferrying Sqd. at Camp Luna,
Las Vegas, N. M. viriited in the
home of his aunt, Mrs. F. F.
Wotipka, last week.
Wallace Cherry, Commis-
sioner for this precinct, states
that the topping of the school
bus road knoWp as Beale
Lane has been completed this
week.
Mrs. Lucy Davenport re-
turned Friday from an ex-
tended rvisit in Jackson. ........•
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Niemann
and baby of Gonzales visited
wtith relatives here during
the past week.
sity before applying for tires
and tubes. If you do not have
your gas hooks, your tire ap-
plication may be held up.
Sugar and Coffee.
February 1. 1943, Stamp, turn as to
Np. 11 for* sugar in War Ra-j Hook *1
85 VACCINATED
FOR SM ALL-POX
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Strauss
have .vaccinated about 85
students - of the Flatonia
Schools against smallpox, it
was announced this week.
Students who were absentA at
the time of the vaccinations
and colored school students
will be vaccinated later.
Many sore arms are evident
this week but" the immunity
gained is priceless. The I*. T.-
A. bought the vaccine and Dr.
and Mrs. Strauss are donating
their servees in the adminis-
tration of the vaccine.
Tin oiv Yam Scrap Into The Fight/—
Misses Anita Rietz and El-
vern iVogt of Sohulenburg
were weekend visitors in the
Walter llietz home. *
Pvt. Geo. W. Hawkes of
Perrin Field is spending the
weekend here.
15. 1943.
February 7. 1943, Stamp
25 for coffee in War Ration
Book tine will become valid
and will not expire until
March 21, 1943.
The age of children who
were fifteen years after the
registration for sugar cannot
he changed as yet. This office
has received no information
as to wtoen this change can be
made.
This office has no informa-
when War Ration
wilt be issued.
tion Book One became valid j Please do not apply at this of-
and will not expire until Mar. | fice for same.
lough before hfing stationed
fn Washington But was unable
to give his story until the offi-
cial announcement by the
Navy* of the sinking of the
Hornet, His address now is T.
.1. Harbich ARM 2tC, Fleet Air
■U. S. N. A. S., Seattle’ Wash.
- IIIIY H'Alt UONlmi —
JUNIOR RED CROSS
COLLECTS BOOKS
FOR SERVICE MEN
' Members of the Junior Red
Cross, which includes all
school children in / Fayette
County, are now collecting
books for use by the men in
the armed service.
The types of books wanted
are naturally “best sellers”,
'adventure and-westerA stories,
detective and mysteries.
■ The drive is on now and
Will extend to March 5. Give
a book*.or as many books as
you wish to any school child
and they will be sent to our
men in service who really ap-
preciate good reading ma'/er.
Thriili) Your Scrap lata The Fight 1—
METHODIST CHURCH
Services will be held at the
Methodist Church next Sun-
day at 9:80 h. m. and 8:00 p.
m. The morning services will
be' a special laymen’s service,
in which S. ,P. Conn, Superin-
tendent of the Waeider High
School, will be the main
speaker. He will have an in-
teresting and timely message
for you. Tho pastor will speak
on a very important subject
at the night service.
Spnday School at. <10:15. A
class -,for every age.
We want you to know that
everyone is welcome at any
ami all services'.
A. C. Peterson, Pastor.
Throw Your Scrap Into The Ftghtl—
College students home for
the week-end between semes-
ter were Miss Shirley Klein,
James Schutz, and Frank Pe-
rihacek of the University of
Texas at Austin, Donald Gar-
hade and Joe Caldwell, Jr., of
the University of Houston,
Marvin Freytag of Texas Lu-
theran College at Seguin,
Coftnty chapter for assistance
in (his .area.
— Throio Your Snap Into The Fight 1—
JAP SUB TO BE IN
SCHULENBURG FRIDAY
Many Flatonia citizens arc
planning fo drive to Schulen-
burg Friday. February 5, to
view the two-man Japanese
submarine shown there on
main, street from 11:00 to
2:00. The suicide ship is on a
War Savings Bond tour for
the United States Treasury
and admission for reviewing
the craft will be a 25c war
saving stamp for school chil-
dren and $1.00 or more in
stamps for-'each adult.
This first trophy of- our war
with'Japan has been sjiown in
some 153 towns and cities in
the nation and War Savings
Bond sales have averaged
more than $10,000 fo^ every
hour the submarine has been
shown.
The War Savings Commit-
lee for Fayette County will
keep accurate account of the
sale Qf bonds and stamps
from' "Feb. 1 to Feb. 5, so a
public report of the safe of
each town’s bonds and stamps
clni he given by the announ-
cer at the submarine.
BUY Wilt BONDS! -t .
ENROLLS IN COLLEGE
Donald Kopecky, Argus
linotype operator, left Tues-
day for Austin where he en-
rolled as a freshman in the
University of Texas.
Donald, a graduate of Fla-
tonia High School last y^ear,
has been employed at the* Ar-
gus office for three years. He
will work in the print shop ot
The Daily Texan, University
publication, and expects to
enlist in the Naval Reserve
V-l program about March 15.
He was accompanied to
Austin hy his father. E.
Kopecky, and Rev. A. C. Pe-
terson, who returned the
came day. *
—Throw \ oitr Scrap Into The Fight1—
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Thule-
tneyer were business visitors
in Gonzales Friday.
The Flatonia Rotary- Club
u<ds honored at the regular
Friiiay luncheon last Week by
a visit from District Rotary
Governor, Allan Sears of flar-
risburg. He brought an-inter-
esting address to the Rotari-
ans and their, guests. '
. Wallace Cherry, the. club’s
newest member, attended for
the first time and the follow-
ing visitors were also presept:
Mrs. M. Klein and daughter,
Shirley, J. D. Chalk, Dan
[Minton* Donald ‘ Garbade,
Fred Thulemeyer and Kev.
Hubbard of t^eimar.
— UVY WAlt BONDS!—
John Joe Kolar of Corpus
Christi spent the week-end in
the home of his mother. Mrs.
Joe Kolar, befor# reporting
for service in the prmy in San
Antonio, Tuesday.
Miss Bonnie Bruegemann
spent the week-end in Hous-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Swinea
were called to Borger Friday
to the bedside of Mr. Swinea’a
mother, who is very ill.
Miss Mary Oma^ Kolar of
San Antonio and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kolar of Nixon visited
with relatives here during the
past week.
Mrs. John J. Merecka has
just returned home from Chi-
cago, 111., where she haB been
visitingl with her husband,
who is stationed there. His
address is Pvt. John J. Merec-
ka, 994. T. S. S., S. Michigan
Ave., Chicago, 111.
Harold Sundberg, a former
Flatonia boy, was a visitor
with his grandmother, Mrs. H.
Freytag, Thursday of last
week. He reporteirto San An-
tonio Saturday whem he re-
ceives his call having volun-
teered in the Air Corps.
Mrs. I. L. Massey and
daughter of Sherman were re-
cent visitors in the Ed. Muel-
ler home.
Mrs. A. S. Early left Mon-
day for Clovis, New Mexico,
to be with her husband, wko
js stationed there. Mrs. Earley
was the former Miss Cleo
Mueller.
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