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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1943
Page
1
The Moulton Public Schools will present its third Victory Concert at the high school auditorium on Thursday night, April 15, beginning at 8 30. The High School Band, the Senior and Junior Choirs and the Rhythm Band will participate. Admission is by purchase of war bonds and savings stamps.
The Moulton FFA Chapter works toward its first stock and dairy show set for April 17. Local Lions club business leaders and citizens support the event with efforts to ensure its success. Exhibits include dairy cattle beef cattle hogs poultry and projects from the National Defense Shop.
The passage argues for updating the tax system to a cash basis, requiring people to pay taxes from current earnings. It endorses a pay-as-you-go approach to eliminate delinquent taxes, noting that spending the last penny of income would coincide with paying the final tax. A brief arithmetic and reasoning are cited as supporting this plan.
Citizens of Moulton cast ballots twice in the past week as part of local elections. The piece urges participation, stating democracy starts at home and full participation is essential at local, county, state, and national levels.
The third victory concert is scheduled for Thursday April 15 at Moulton High School Auditorium. The school band senior and junior choirs and rhythm band will perform. Admission is purchase of war bonds and stamps, which the purchaser keeps plus free concert entry.
Three hundred University of Texas co-eds were named the 300 most beautiful at the 14th annual Spring Round-Up Revue and Ball. The Bluebonnet Belles featured a campus life skit and a dance as Miss Marjorie Marian Darilek, daughter of Judge and Mrs. A. J. Darilek, was introduced as the campus sweetheart.
Light interest marked the city election on Tuesday with 29 total votes. Elo Fehrenkamp led for mayor with 29 votes, aldermen Fred Pietsch and Joe Biehunke each 29, city secretary Wm Wachtendorf 29, city marshal Chas Welff 28, and election officers Geo von Lienen presiding judge G J Bohnenkamp and George Baur clerks.
Pvt. Clyde Jones appointed coach of the Squadron volleyball team at Randolph Field. His squad won the championship with 14 victories and one loss in 15 games. Jones previously taught at Moulton High School for several years.
Judge A J Darilek announces Moulton contributions to the Red Cross War Fund totaling $631.68. The amount was forwarded Wednesday to county chairman E B Kelly and reflects a mighty fine showing for the community.
The Lions Club is completing an emergency landing field about three miles north of Moulton. A sign with black and orange letters stands 18 feet tall and legible from 5000 feet, serving as a guide for pilots who may be lost during cross country flights. An arrow on the roof points north.
Arnold Freytag and Lee Jarosek elected to the Moulton Independent School District board. Sat urday election polled 136 votes with Freytag 86 and Jarosek 84. others included C. C. Orts 55 and Herbert A. Fiedler 47. County trustee Emil E. Dips received 125 votes. George von Lienen presiding judge with clerks G. J. Bohnenkamp and George Baur.
Comedy drama in three acts to be staged at Komensky School on Sunday April 18 at 9 PM. Cast includes Erna Mae Vogt as Charlie Hoppe Eugene Hrock as Larry Elliot Willie Paglas as Mortimer Kersey Edwin Kubenka as Uncle Aleck Virginia Wenske as Mrs Farnhem Dorothy Michalec as Smythe Kersey Helen Kubenka as Vivian Kersey Georgia Olsovsky as Nora Malone Herman Bohuslay as Officer Tim McGill. Admission 10 and 25 cents.
Fire chief W H Pundt and Mayor Elo C Fehrenkamp led Moulton attendees to the Firemen's Convention in Yoakum on Sunday. Addresses were delivered by Lt Governor John Lee Smith of Austin Colonel DeArmond commanding officer District No 1 Eighth Service Command U S Army and Captain Neil Killough of San Antonio.
University of Texas home economics department advises eating vegetables raw to maximize nutrition. Leafy greens and tops from beets and carrots can be included in green salads.
The Moulton FFA Fat Stock and Dairy Show, sponsored by the Moulton Lions Club and local citizens, will be held in Moulton on Saturday April 17. Exhibits include hogs, feeder pigs, dairy and beef cattle, sheep, poultry, shop and OSYA projects. Judging at 10 a.m. demonstrations at 2 p.m. and an auction sale at 3 p.m. Judges are Lloyd Henderson and Mr Ford.
The Komensky PTA held a meeting on Thursday April 1. They discussed various business matters and noted a successful Red Cross drive in the community with a $15 contribution. Mr Meyer announced the senior play Here Comes Charley to be staged Sunday April 18. The last term meeting will be Friday May 1.
Lieut Colonel Henlein and a group of men have been stationed in this area since last week. Beams from powerful searchlights are sent skyward nightly to spot airplanes at considerable heights. Many locals stay up late to watch the maneuvers.
Mr and Mrs Fred Fehrenkamp and son Otro of Temple spent Saturday and Sunday in Mouton visiting home folks and friends.
Robert Marburger a longtime Moulton resident died at his family home Thursday morning April 1 at 1 30. Funeral services were held Friday at 1 30 from the home with burial in Moulton Public Cemetery. Surviving are his widow two daughters Laura Selzer and Hilda Suehs three sons Otto Walter and Oscar and 13 grandchildren.
Moulton Lions Club met at the home economics cottage with 14 members present. William Mieulka heads a prize money committee for the FFA fat stock and dairy show set for April 17, and John O Simpson reports progress and activity among the boys. Committee to lease railroad property for athletics to be reviewed, windsock for emergency field to be made, and Fehrenkamp warns of the forthcoming 13 billion dollar victory fund drive.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid Society of Moulton held its regular meeting last Thursday with committees named for the month. Visitors included Mrs O L Bunting of San Antonio Mrs Ed Meyer of Shiner and Mrs Erwin Haas. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday May 6.
The Moulton High School P T A will meet at the school auditorium on Wednesday April 14 at 8 PM. The Rhythm Band will perform.
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Stone of Fort Worth welcomed a baby boy. The child is a nephew to Mrs. Julius Krejci of Moulten and adds happiness to the Stone household in Fort Worth.
Staff Sgt Theodore H Novak son of Eddie Novak of Moulton and Ona Fay Pfeil daughter of Mr and Mrs EB W Pfeil of Shiner were married in Hallettsville by Justice of the Peace Oscar Shoemake Saturday at 10 AM. The bride wore a navy suit and the groom wore his uniform. Ona Fay a Shiner High School Class of 1940 graduate. The couple will reside in Paris Texas.
Graduation exercises at Oak Grove School will be held Tuesday evening May 4. Six students will receive diplomas: Dorothy Pavias Doris Picha Benjamin Sustr Harvey Schuman Georgia Anderie and Dorothy Fojt.
The University of Texas Bureau of Research notes no commercial failures occurred in Texas during February. This finding suggests stability in the state’s business climate for the month.
Farm cash income in Texas for February totaled 5 million dollars, compared with 86 million in February 1942, per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
Mr and Mrs L R Valenta of Corpus Christi Mr and Mrs J L Valenta and gon James of Sweet Home and Mrs Mary Taylor of Houston spent Sunday in the home of Mrs R Valenta.
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