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FLATONIA ARGUS
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955
5c Per Copy
.Edwin E. Barta, 50 years,
6 months, and 14 days,
passed away' suddenly last
Thursday, Nov. 20,•'at his
home,
Fufrieral services were
held Saturday, Oct. 23, from
the -Elatonia Smith Funeral
Home at 8:30 a.'m., with
continuing services follow-
ing, at the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Catholic
Church in Praha at 9 a. m.,
with Rev. Marcus Valenta
at.XUtt. .Requiem
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for gen-
College,
Bege of-
made -in. the -Prajia C-fithe-
lic Cemetery. ‘ . •
Pallbearers were: Milton
Barta, LeroV*Kubenka, Ber-
nard f^reive, Marvin Kin-
b'e'nka, Ernest' and Emanuel
Faltysek. * %
Surviving are: His widoiv;
one daughter, Mrs.. Bbwdy
(Dorothy) Migl of Houston;
a son, Marvin L. Barta, serv-
ing, with the U, S. Army in
Germany; five sis.tprs, "Mrs.
Jo?- (Edith) Kiifienka, Mrs..
Charlie (Justine) Kubenka,
Mrs. Hugo (Albina). $tern-
adel, Mrs. Edwin (Helen)
MBrottirr MTsrNntan (Elfinri
beth) Wagner; four broth-
ers, lil, Vine, Alfred, and
Albi, Barta. One brother,
Rwtknf, preceded—him-
death.*-------------. ' r
Bulldogs Edge Stockdale
In First District Game
' Engaging in the first dis-
trict football contest of the
current season here last Fri-
day night, the Flatonia High
School Bulldogs managed to
squeeze by the Stockdale
High School Brahmas, 14-13.
The two successive extra
points kicked by Wally
Freytag with Donald Lee
Plowman holding, ’provided
the narrow margin, of vic-
tory. —- ................. —•-
Tit? Bulldogs'*" will play
there
March of Dimes
.1; * *
Director Named
H. A. “Bim” Freeh; of La
Grange will direct the 1956
March of j Dimes campaign
;rsity
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P.-T. A. Members
AtC^nd Conference
Several members of . the
local P.-T.A. attended the
District 15 Texas Confer-
ence on Education held in
Columbus Oct. 18.
This conference was held
at the request of President
Eisenhower. More confer^
ences will- be held later on a
statewide and nationwide
the Nixon Bdbcats,.
Friday night, Oct,.28, «i an
other district game. Nixon
has a vgry'potent bail club
•and Flatonia iwll have .to he
at its be-st in’order to win.
A large crowd of Bulldog
fans is expected to he in
Nixon Friday night. Local
players and, fans have been
showing excellent* spirit all
dveek and a good game te hi
prospect. , .
The Bulldogs scored first
in the opening period
against Stockdale after -se
c-.uring~.a- break io-the-fe
of a. Stockdale fumble On
the Stockdale 32-yard line,
with Tauch. finally going
in °ver from ttie 4-y»rd ljne.
Freytag’s kick made it 7-0
Flatonia. Stockdale scored
immediately on the kickoff
as Liiker ^ook the ball, ran
The point was added and it
was 7-7. •' ‘ * ' '
Tauch and Matocha com-
bined to make 'two first
downs following the kick-
off; Freytag lofted «i pass
to Plowman, which ’ was
beautifully
Pageant, Coronation
Ceremony at PTA
Carnival Oct. 29
One of the highlights o
the PTA CarniVal to be held
Saturday, Oct. 20, is th&
pageant by the grade school
pupils. mi
The theme of the pageant
is “Texas Starlights." Some
of the colorful variation^ to
b,e depicted will be Mocking
Birds, Yellow-Roses, Heroes,
Clowns, Flag«. The .scenes
wilL-iJA
intersjiei.-x.Hl
memRW' ffrTW1
Grade- School
songs by
Flatonia
jShorus.
The coronation cer’etfliTny
will precede the program.
The crowning of th^ king
,ar\d queen of .Flatonia High
School, and introduction of
the royal household will lie
an. interesting and gala af-
fair.
"the play got
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attend the ptAVn.conTqijeiicr.
The purpose of thes<vC/in-
ferenceS' if to'Jdif£uss the
ronia
confronting our schools such
as what they should acc.otti-
plish. the need ■ of schools
and teachers, finances, and
provisions for higher educa-
tion. Those attending the.
conferences are to offer sug-
gestions f<n—the solving of
these problems.
“We are glad to see the
Flatonia P.-T.A. members
taking an interest in their
local school.
in Fayette .County, it has
been announced by Major
General K. L. Berry, state
chairman.
‘•Other county campaign
appointments will be an-
nounced is the near future,
Mr. Frede is associated^
with the-La Grange Motoir
Co. as a Ford salesman. He
is active in" community af-
fairs and a member of the
Lions Club, Junior Chambor
of Commerce and Veterans
of Foreig’MfcVars.
Reservists father
“C” Co. 980th Engr. Bn.
(c> held its regular meet-
ing Tuesday, Oct. J25; Form-
called.’ The men were then
dismissed for their regular
2-hour class. The class lec-
ture was MG Cal. 30 As-
sembly and Bissaseemldy.
This was the second class
held on the 30 caliber ma-
chine gun. During the 2-
hour class period the men
diso’ssdmbled and assembled
the 30 caliber machine gun.
Film strips were shown to
the class in helping the men
l^arn the different working
parts of the gnn.
The class instructor for
Tuesday nighfs class was
Baker Davte.pf Yoaku
“* * -Visitorr—
Au;
Hi School Homecoming
Set for November 4tR
For the first time in the
history of Flatonia, a home-
coming for all students and
ex-students of Flatonia High
School will be held. This
occasion is being sponsored
by the Student Council, and
will be held Friday, Nov. 4.
All former students aye
invited’ to visit the school
any time during the day. If
anyone in town-kwo**- the
would be fntert^ied in
coming to this homecoming,
the Student Council would
appreciate5 it very much if
you would let them know
about itt
That night, at.-the hyif-*
time of the SchertzCrbolo
football game, a liomecom-
13 from County
Due Physicals
Names and home ad-
dresses, as given at the time
.of registration, of the HI
from Fayette County, orfler-
ed by Lotal Bonrd _No.Vd.-l,
fiswnge, ft> report
’beffeally:
Francis Bovd Andrews, j1*' E;1ieT<. and La Verne Ful-
/i »» • xr > kPiNitn • .k**v Jim ,i>\VK tikii
La Grange; Benjamin Voj-
tech Bohac, Rt. 3, La
Grange;. Benjamin Frank
Cprn.v, Rt. 2. Schulenburg;
Emil James Kocian, Rt. 2,
ing queen will be announced, j Flatonia; LeRoy .1 o h it
She is to bS"elected by the. Krvnek, Rt.- 1; Fayetteville;
" ffTHaT success. Pay a visit to ^1 tnu-l, ~M/ublB1'11 ’ ~ P*fM*
your old Alma Mater FriV JPe“ Jacob Stork, Round
you havenjt seen in years. |. Martin Zu erne man n Jr.,
student body of Flatonia
High. Following thJ^iot-
ba 11 game, a dance will bf
held in the gymnasium.
Let’s all come out for the.
JUig. occasion and make it a
Henry Martinek Jr., War-
rfentqn; Leroy Paige, Rt. 2,
La Grange; Robert Frayk
Pfertner, . Lo Grange; Leo
Phillipus, Rt. 2. Schulen-
hurg; William Harr e 1J
Golden Wedding-
Celebrated by Mr.,
Mrs. Charles Jurica
Rotary Club Notes—
Tust- ,
led,. 14-7, Play *rbcked cost of $7,834,72 apd that
back, ancV forth (luring the *|>;atiehl aid expense thrbugh
PRjOMO^TED
fereqees is taVdwfcuss the M’cnaalmhVt- -af“, -ht*>, quarter. l^e end pi the year \i-ould ~ ~ > „ ■
present ailMfuture problems with neither team'MhrAitf ;fpprr>xiniatp an adefttionrf '-♦■'S^jrL-Airhte BaH^seiN-
ening. $6,400. This''points to the
The Stockdale .Band put need for redoubling efforts
an a good half-time dljpiay hi the forthcoming drive,
jjs did the local Maroon- Mr. Frede said,
ettes, including its newest I 1-
o,.. little-l*n ^1 Aiinette Ki-hovjak
ing with the 8th Air Police
Squadron in Itahsuke, Japan,
was promoted r recently to
Technical Sergeant.
He plans to leave there
for home on Nov. 5.
Last Friday's Rotary Club
On Oct 23 Mr. and Mrs jo^^ve.'^who presented
Charjes F Jurica of hay- Dist. Clerk kkv J. Petras,
etteville celebrated oO yea.s who, in turn, iwiroThfeed Ed
of happy married life. ] Campbell, director of Fav-
A big celebration was ette Memorial Hospital, La
held at their home by rela- Grange, as speaker of the
tives and triends; day
aaidthe
hftn-proftt in--
NUMBER 43
Regular Meeting
Held by P.-T.Jl.
The Parent-Teacher Asso-
ciation of flatonia held its
regular meeting Thursday,
Oct. 20, shortly before 8 p.
m. in the high school audi-
torium.
The various committee re-
ports were heard. The
Dr-T.A. decided to^buy a full
page advertisement in the
high school annual. The
Eighth Grade won the book
count. \.
for this
3f'Three
The program
So," by Doris Johnson, Mol-
kerson; Rev. Jim Lewis also
gave a very interesting and
worthwhile talk on “De-
mojcracy in the Home and
Family.*’ He stated that
parents should tihith their
children to be good sports,
both in victory, and defeat,
and that they must worship
with their children and not
only send them to church.
Everyone present enjoyed"
his talk. •
after the meeting at the H.
E. Cottage.
old time sint
ceived many nice and useful IrxwA
celebrate were: pifaL T^e closed bv staHng^
Mr. and Mrs EmR Jprica pi.obll.ni of charitA
ol aiiiU imn, Mr. and Mrs. K.lls<>s. jn 'tHt> hos,)it-svl f
A be d Jurica and Joyce■ o! t (,
(ilulden, Mr. and Mwllul-1
lie Jurica bj Muldoon, Mr.
IiurPiTbt‘ii
i tpfi»ru»&^T
n by rn ^(n-yin/hut it. many *
^ytivrtfes. The F, F. A,, cai-
nftout-
IJalouia F.^F, A,
Holds Regular Meet
The regular Flatonia High
School F. F. A. Chapter
meeting was held Oct, 12 at*
8:L5. President Gillett Jones
presided and the following
business was transacted:
Special committee reports
on the chapter’s program
were given and approved.
Another item of business
was the discussion of the
lanned* “Doukify Basket-
G.iinc." uJiich probabjy
This
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tew
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Activities of The
Colored High School
The Flatonia Colored
High School is again expect-
ing to have another great
Hallowe'en Carnival and
Country Store fhisvear. The
cooperation of the merchants
and business men of Fla*
tonia, along with the pa-
trons of our community,
helped to make this affair
successful last year. This
cooperation is deeply appre-
ciated, and the school hopes
to receive ‘similar support
in this activity this year.
The homemaking students
have prepared several din-
ners and spld them as an ac-
tivity project for the support
nf the school.
Students appearing on
the Honor Roll for the first
six weeks of school are, as
follows:
First Grade: Kachell Al-
len, Horistine Williams, and
Otis Clayborne, «" • '
Second Grade: Earline
Williams and Alice Fay
.Jones. ~ ,
Third- Grade: Rolland
Williams.
Fourth Grade: Earl Sat-
terwliite.
Fifth Grade: Jo Ann
Williams, Jimmie Williams,
William Satterwhite, Bish-
op Evans, and Harold Lloyd
Butler..
Sixth Gi^de: Sewilla
Gardley,—Cilffll
k
;art. ,_.
and Ronnie Jenkings
Seventh and Eighth
Grades: Naomii lackey,
Autnry Godley, and Olan
Clayborhe. ., , • .
Three of the high school
students made ‘A’'in-typing.
Gladney,
with a lighte(Gl«ifon.’Their
Efforts wore well received.
Stockdale took the kick-
off to open the second half
and at once put on a drive
toward Flatonia’s g o a 1,
making four first downs and
scored from the Flatonia 7-
yard line. A line play fail-
ed to add the tying extra
point and PllBtmia'was still
-ahead. 11-13"
Both teams iri.ed desper-
ately .during,,Hie -remainder
of the contest with neither
getting really close. Dur-
ing this vital part of the
fray, the Bulldogs did a
very good job of bottling up
the Brahmas, including the
exceptionally fast Luker of
Stockdale, who was a con-
stant threat from anywhere
on the field.
The first downs were
even at bine each. The
Bulldogs turned in one of
theif best over-all games of
the season, with the line
play being much improved.
Matocha and Tauch turned
in good offensive play, as
did also Freytag and Plow-
man. Wehmeyer played
what was perhaps his best
football game to datej
James Mica played well,
especially on defense. The
return of Tauch and Beck
to the lineup following re-
cent injuries, added consid-
erable power to the team.
BEAT THE BOBCATS!
I^ev Son Born
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F.
Lev of Rosenberg are the
proud parents of a baby boy.
The little lad will answer to
Ihe name of Michael Gene.
Grandparents are Mr. and
'Mrs. Joe Anders of Weimar,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie F. Lev
of,Flatonia, and a great-
grandmother is Mrs. An-
tonia Dev, also of Flatonia.
Mr. and Mrs] Theo.
Krhov.jak honored their
daughter, Annette, with a
birthday party at the Amer-
ican Legion Hall; Saturday
night, Oct. 22. She received
many beautiful and useful
gifts.
A delicious lunch, con-
sisting of roasted weiners,
potato chips, pickles, cake,
rosettes, and- soda water,
was'serVecL
Those attending were;
Judy and Billie J. Zimrtier-
hanzel, Myrtry Etlinger
Janet Smalley, Annie
Reese, Evelyn Mica, Mollie
Farek, Doris' Johnson, Rich-
ard Steinhauser, Willie
Schacherl, David Tauch,
Jimmy DeWitt, Kenneth
Ottp, Jim Wampler, Otto
Hoffman, Botchy Cook,
Ray Bacak, Dan Vyvjala,
Frank Bridges, David Falty-
sek, Leslie Greive, Douglas
Mach, Lloyd Steinhauser,
Gilbert Huth, Errol Maejfer,
Mr. and Mrs. Harrell Right-
mer, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ma-
rik, Miss Mary Prihoda, and
Ray Vacek of Schulenburg.
Bill.v
bara
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Krhovjak Improves
His many friends report
that Prof. John Krhovjak, of
near Engle, who injured his
spine severely a few weeks
ago fn a fall from a pecan
tree, is up and about with
the aid of braces. He was
dismissed from the Weimar
Hospital recently.
Ervan Zouzalik of Texas
A&M College, spent last
week-end at Home. _
Mr. and Mrs.O. E. Jans-
zen attended a games party
at Hostyn Sunday night.
Men. E. L. P^vlicek of
Moultoh visited with Mr.
and»Mre. Tom Hobizal Mon-
day. • • -j*sr
David Gene Syrinek
A birthday party was
given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Beck Sun-
day, Oct. 23, honoring their
grandson, Xiavid. Gene Syri-
nek of El Campo, on -his
first birthday.
Those who came to help
little David celebrate were:
Carolyn Lynn an<l» Max
Xikcl Jt\, Barbara Ann and
Joe1 Steinocher, Bar-J
.Joari Vybiral, Ronnie
and Danny Beck, Sandra
Grieve; also, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Syrinek, Mr. and Mrs.
Rudy Nikel and Maxine,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grieve,
Mr. and Mrs. James Starry,
Mr. and Mrs. John Beck and
son, J. J., Mrs. Anton Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Nikel,
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Zem-
licka, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Steinocher, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Vybiral, Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Schacherl Jr.,
Mr. and,Mrs. Willie Beck.
Dinner was served, con-
sisting of barbecued mutfbn
and all the trimmings, along
with plenty of refresh-
ments. A large white cake
trimmed in blue stood in the
center of the table.
Little David received
many nice and useful gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. S. John-
son of Muulton and Mrs. W.
E. Miller Jr. and children
were in Schulenburg Tues-
day on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Ko-
iar and family of Houston
spent the week-end with
Mrs. Joe Kolar.
’Mrs. Lee Roy Best was
-son, Royce, of Fayetteville,
Mrs. John Kocian of Fla-,
tonia, Mr. and - Mrs. Otto
Kocian, Annie Marie and
Junior of Schulenburg, Mrs.
Ed i^olqb and son,-E. J., of
Houston, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Flores and son,
Kenny, of San Antonio, Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Barhprak
of Mppjtpn, Mr. and P.
A. Jurica and ,son. Junior,
of Columbus, - Mrs. H.- T.
Berkenhoff of Rhiiiei’.’Clthr-
lie and Carrie Burborak ol'
Moulton, John Murncik of
Fayetteville, Adolph and
Julia Barborak of Moulton,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eggert
and family of Houston, Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold. Molta and
famijy of Fayetteville, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe-Kocian, Ben-
nie and Jo Ann of Halletts-
ville.
called to Dallas one day last
week to the bedside of her
brother, who is seriously ill."
Mr. and Mrs. I). J. Dech-
erd of San ^Antonio are
spending a few days here
with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mitch-
ell and son, Tommy, of
Houston spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Janszen.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Prii
hoda and children, Rose-
anne and Mary Jane, of Cor-
pus Christi visited over tin-
week-end with Mrs. Joseph
Prihoda, other relatives, and
friends.
Mrs. Marvin Nollkampyr,
Mrs. Joe Sladecek, Mr. and
Mrs. August Nollkampcr
and Mrs. Frank Nollkampcr
spen,t Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Nollkamper, Doris
and Gary in New Braunfels,
and helped Doris, celebrate
her fifth birthday.
Max R. Walla, whe is em-
ployed by the Winburn Tile
M anti factoring -Co... qX Ark:.
For Jan Simons
Mrs.' B. J. Simons honor-
ed her daughter. Jun, on her
third birthday with a paj’tv
last Saturday, Oct. 22, from
3 until 5 p. m.
Jan was'all excited open-
ing her gifts. She received
many nict gifts. Delicious
reIreshinputs were served-,-
consisting of sandwiches,
potatochins, soft drink-i and
1 he Ifirthday cake to the 'fol-
lowing:
Willard- DeVilbiss, Susie
Jackson, Jenny Lynn Need-
ham, Clinton Needham,
Janet Smalley, Pamela Wo-
tipka, Kenny Bridges, Carol
Steinhauser, Jerry and Gary
Bigley, Teresa and Jack
Simons Jr. of Weimar, Ron-
ald Bailey, and Jan; also,
Mrs. Jack Simons of Wei-
mar, Mrs. Milton Bigley,
Mrs. H. H. Steinhauser, Mrs.
Geo, Bridges, Mrs. F. L. Wo-
tipka.
ndar, which has been spon-
sored by the chapter, was
also discussed. A commit-
tee was appointed to contact
people, who mig-ht be inter-
ested in participating in
sponsoring the calendar. .
Two committees of ■ the
Chapter’s progr-uni of work-
gave their reports, which
were approved. These re-
ports Were on community
service and supervised prac-
tice.
And last but not the
least, was the elecion of the
chapter sweetheart. The
■following girls were nomi-
nated:’ Jeanette Zapalac,
Josephine -Barnik, Pauline
•Fiords, Myrrui .Vlaeker, but
the wiii’ni-r will not be an-
nounced until the night of
the sweetheart dance during
November.
The meeting was ad-
journed with the regular
ceremony.
In Wagner Hospital
We are sorry to report
that Mrs, Max Rithter is a
patient in the Wagner Hos-
pital in Shiner. She under-
went surgery on Thursday
of last week, and is now do-
ing as well as could be ex-
pected.
ansas, returned to his home
in Little Rock, Ark. Satur-
day, after attending a,three-
day ceramic convention in
Austin, and (ilso visiting
with his,mother here over
the week-end. . -
Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Muejlor and daughters vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Hallmark in San Antonio
over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fer-
nau, Mrs. Mattie Schorre,
and Miss Lottie Kernau were
ip Kerrvifle Suntlay Miaw
Lottie remained for a longer
.lay. .
Mr. and Mrs. Mart Hom-
esley of Cleburne spent sev-
eral days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Homea-
ley.
ATTENTION!
The Flatonia Independent
School District Trustees art;
serving notice to all boys
and girls to keep off of the
school property on Hal-
lowe’en night, October 31.
Parents are asked to see
that their children remain
a»way from the school prop-
erty on Halowe’en night
and are reminded that par-
ents are held liable for dam-
ages or unlawful trespassing
committed by minors.
The Flatonia School
42-2tc Board
Franklin Kocian .of San
Marcos spent the week-end
with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Giea-
ecke and children of San
Antonio spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gar-
Ijade.
Mr—and—Mrs.—Km eat
Harsch of Victoria visited
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harwell
over the week-end.
Mrs. Nona Olsen and H.
F. Stierling of Edna visited
with Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Thulemeyer Sunday.
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