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HE BELLVILLE TIMES—11 Yoinceful Little \ets Write Aboutin 1893, with the Rev. Anton Motycka as first pastor. For the past 16 years, since 1940, the Rev. Josef A. Barton has pas tored the congregation, tne to tal membership of which num bcrs 407.The congregation is now using its third church building, i which was built from 1947 to 1951, most of the work being done by donated labor. In order to build the church, a group of members bought the old Star Hill dance hall, dismantled it, and gave the lumber to the congregation to be used for the new building.A growing Sunday School, a young people's group, Christ ian Sisters' Organization, and a Men's Fellowship, comprise some of the congregation's activities.T. M. Kamas started his service station and garage business in 1921, during the Model T Ford and 490 Chevrolet days. He located his garage on the lot where Mr. Joe Motycka’s home now stands. In 1930. when Highway 159 came throughNelsonville, he moved the original building to the present location. In 1949 he built a new building, and includes in his business groceries, a bar, andfeed.Newspaper”Mr. Kamas likes to recall thetime he had to have gasolinedelivered to him with a teamof horses, as the road fromBellville to Nelsonville was al most impassable after a series of heavy rains.One part of the Kamas building is the barber shop of Nelsonville, presided over by Otto Chernosky. This genial farmer-barber—for almost a song--trims heads of hair from Hous ton, Baytown, Bay City, Free port, Eagle Lake, Pasadena, Rosenberg, Freeport, Temple, Fayetteville, and the entire local area. He barbers for a hob by, and follows a schedule of opening the shop only on Friday night (often till midnight) and all day Saturday. Mr. Cher nosky has served as treasurerVof the Nelsonville church for several years.Louis J. Albert came to Nelsonville with his father, Paul Albert, in 1921, and together they set up a general country store on the corner of the pres ent Mrs. Paul Albert property. In 1935 he took possession of the store, and in 1936 moved it to its present location. His store still follows the pattern of the old-fashioned country store, including groceries, feed, hardware, dry goods, shoes, drugs, and a bar. Mr. Albert comments, “The farmer buys a lot more today than he did 20 years ago. Then I sold 15loaves of bread a week, todayI sell 150.”Alvin J. Flentge is the Nelsonville blacksmith since 1939,but is best known as “Mr. Fix it Man. Mr. Flentge does not confine his efforts to blac k smith work, but is also a skill ed mechanic, repairing not only automobiles but heavy machin ery of all kinds. And it is not unusual to see a lady bring him a purse to be repaired, or a child bring a broken toy to be “fixed.CD1CT T r.rttJA \Tfl. 68.which today has 478 members,was organized in 1906, as a partof the large, statewide SlavonicBenevolent Order of the Stateof Texas. A hall was then builtfor the purpose of holding meet ings and entertainments. President of the lodge is John Bra venee, and secretary is EdwinShupak.The Kaase gin, located twoand a half miles east of Nelson ville. nearformer Fischer gin which hadbeen in that family since 1894,X NELSONVILLE Page 31MONUMENT LIKE ABOVE 41 •_* ft. SIZE. __ AIN BEST “SILK OF THE TRADEWinnsboro Blue-Grey GranitePRICE $160.00, DELIVERED AND SETOTHER FINE MOM MENTS IN STOCK AT30% DISCOUNTL. W. STOLZ MEMORIALSLa Grange, Texas
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Bellville Times
Bellville, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 07, 1956
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