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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1960
Page
2
The 1960 Census enters its final stage on Saturday April 16 with a mopping up operation by interviewers to complete the count of people and homes. They will visit households with blue questionnaires left unreturned and follow up by phone to obtain missing or incomplete answers.
Mr and Mrs. John Brom, Mr and Mrs. H. L. Ellinghausen Miss Millie Sykora and Mr and Mrs. Jim Sykora attended funeral services for John Buzek, 59, in Ammannsville last Saturday. Final rites were read at the Ammannsville Catholic Church.
The Geier Merrem Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Home with 14 seniors and 3 juniors. Delegates were elected for the District Spring Convention in Angleton April 23-24. alternates named. The group ordered 1000 poppies for Memorial Services and set Mother's Day observance. Corsages and lunch planned. Next meeting May 4 at 8 PM. members urged to attend and bring lunch.
A patchwork column discusses Kennedy's Wisconsin victory, debates about patriotism and prejudice, praises pioneer Sarah Ann Braches, laments the effects of popular music on youth, and reflects on Berlin, Khrushchev, population myths, and Civil War draft practices highlighting wartime leadership failures.
Texas cotton farmers set 1960 acreage with an extra 509,528 acres under Choice B. Extension economist Tom Prater noted Choice A totals 5,543,000 acres with 283,194 CR contracts and Choice B at 1,783,228 acres. Combined A and B reach 7,326,220 acres, up 483,621 from 1959 due to larger allotment holders adopting Choice B.
Mrs. Lucille Buzek of Route 1 Moulton earned an honorable mention in Gladiola Flour Baking Recipe of the Month for Refrigerator Date Cookies. The contest offers a top prize of 100 dollars and ten 10 dollar honorable mentions monthly to homemakers in Texas for yeast bread recipes using Gladiola special hard flour.
Notice must be sent promptly to the Social Security Office when a claimant for monthly benefits moves. The card or letter should include full name, claim number, new address, and duration of the change. Delays may cause checks to be sent to the old address.
Joseph R. Dischino a 37 year old Lee High School teacher was sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to bigamy. He appealed the sentence and was freed on $1500 bail. Three members of the so called love triangle attended the Wednesday hearing. Wife one mother of three and wife two who has one child lived eight miles apart and neither knew of the other. Dischino said he stayed at a resort where he held a part time job to explain his absences.
The physician corrects Miss Smith on her title then toggles between good and bad news. The dialogue plays on mistaken forms of address as a light miscommunication unfolds.
Louis Alfons Supak aged 56 of Houston died April 7 in Columbus Hospital after a heart attack while en route to Fayetteville for a relative’s funeral. He had been in poor health since his wife’s death in 1959. He married Vlasta Supak in Ganado on February 14 1928. Survived by son Marvin of Houston and siblings John Wied George Moravia Frances Kahanek Emilie Chudej Rose John. Funeral held at Earthman Funeral Chapel and St Peter the Apostle Church. burial in Garden of Gethsemani Cemetery.
Miss Cherry described as a true Christian with a life of helping others. Survived by sister Fannie Mae Sockwell of Moulton and many nieces and nephews. Preceded by parents four brothers Fayette Jim Will Tom and two sisters D R Hull and Hix Sockwell.
The Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. Tom Beale Friday for a session led by Mrs. Wehmeyer and Mrs. Beale on Colors for You and Fabric Combinations. Fourteen members attended and plans emerged to place flowers in churches on May 1 and hold a social May 31 at the American Legion Hall in observance of Home Demonstration week.
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