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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1953
Page
1
A Sunday morning front brought wind and hail to the Molton region. Marble sized hail covered ground, light rain fell, and crop damage was limited where crops were small, with heavier losses reported north of Hallettsville along the Schulenburg highway toward Newkirk. Farmers welcomed the rain.
Mr. W. L. Gibson accompanied by Edwin Knox took Miss LaVerne Gibson to Sanatorium Texas and returned Sunday morning. Gibson reported hills were white with hail through Brady and Johnson City but the travelers kept behind the storm and did not need windshield wipers. LaVerne had been visiting at home.
Komensky resident Wen zel Gajer died at his home Wednesday April 15 at 4 a.m. Funeral services are set for Friday starting at 8:30 a.m. from the residence and continuing at Moravia Catholic Church at 9:00 with burial at Moravia Catholic Cemetery.
At a Virginia convention the AMA leader argued increasing doctors won’t solve rural shortages without adequate facilities. He warned training takes six to thirteen years and facilities must exist before doctors accept rural posts. Accommodations nearby towns may help, and Moulton could attract a physician with proper setup. Reservation details for the Chamber of Commerce banquet April 29 are given with tickets by April 20.
Funeral services were held for Mar solo Nieto, 27, who died at Renger Hospital after a lingering illness. Services began at his mother's home and continued at St. Joseph's Church with Rev. John Matocha officiating. Interment followed in Catholic Cemetery. Survived by widow Triny and son Steven F. Three brothers Filip Joe Severno. five sisters Arlyne Ellen Estella Laura Mary Betty. One brother Biebe preceded in January. He was a lifelong farmer.
Mrs Louis Alvin Stewart of College Station daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Laqua of Moulton and daughter in law of Mrs Albina Stewart of Fin tonia was chosen to represent the Texas A and M Student Agricultural Council as a duchess to the 19th Annual Cotton Pageant and Ball at Texas A and M College on April 24 at 730 PM. She will wear a cotton format of her own selection in the Pageant continuing the tradition of honoring Cotton the King of Agriculture.
Acreage released for peanuts may help other Lavaca County producers. Allotment releases could be made through April 15, 1953 for fields not intended to be planted or harvested in 1953.
The A Cappella Choir of Southwestern University Georgetown directed by John D. Richards will perform sacred music in Shiner High School Gym Sunday April 19 at 4 PM. Admission is free with a free will offering to defray expenses. The 40-voice group tours statewide through May 19 after a San Antonio and Seguin stop and has 22 engagements.
A special attraction screens Miracle of Fatima in technicolor at the local theatre Tuesday and Wednesday April 21 22 with a 7 00 PM start. Lions Club sponsors a second show Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 29 featuring The Big Sky starring Kirk Douglas and Denny Martin to support Little League expenses.
The crowning of the King and Queen of Midget Town drew a large crowd last Sunday and will be repeated Sunday at 3 pm at St. Joseph's Parish Hall. The event, staged by St. Joseph's School grade students, accepts free will offerings for the new school building fund. Hermann Sons To Meet Wednesday.
On Wednesday April 22 the Moulton Lodge No 59 Sons of Hermann hosts a reception for new members followed by a Texas Day social honoring Independence Day. A Texas Flag salute recalls Alamo heroes with songs Eyes of Texas Beautiful Texas and more. all members invited.
Cotton farmers wishing to place under Government Loan from the 1952 crop must file by April 30, 1953. The maturity date on loan cotton from the 1952 crop is July 31, 1953.
Hallettsville won the Schulenburg track meet last Friday with 58 points. Weimar scored 35.5, Flatonia 30, Schulenburg 27.5, and Waelder 1. Hallettsville also won the grade school meet with 29 points, Weimar 24, Moulton 8, Flatonia 3, Schulenburg 2.
San Jacinto Day is recognized as a legal holiday on Tuesday April 21 1953 and Farmers and Merchants State Bank will not be open for business.
Patsy Pavlicek and Mary Ann Gillar of Komensky and Mary Jo Eilers of County Wide 4-H Club won first in the Senior Division of the 1953 Dairy Foods Demonstration Contest held April 11 at Hallettsville High School Homemaking Cottage. Junior winners were Irene Lev Margie Faltysek and Anna Ray Kahanek.
Delegates Rev K Windecker and Mr Henry Helweg attended the Texas District American Lutheran Church convention in Seguin starting April 10. The gathering opened with services and communion and featured speakers Rev Geo Beck of Houston and Rev E A Sagebiel of Stuttgart Arkansas. Dr H F Schuh praised church missions in the United States Canada India and New Guinea and urged unity of Lutheran bodies. Windecker and Helweg served on the Home and Foreign Missions committee.
Miss Anita Windecker, UT graduate and music teacher at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, will give an organ recital at Zion Lutheran Church on April 26 at 7:45 PM. The program blends religious, classical and semi classical works. A Carnegie Hall recital will follow a June study period in New York with Prof. E Treumann. A plate collection will be taken.
Mrs. John A. Schmidt, born Hedwig Wenske in Moulton in 1891, died of a heart attack on Sunday April 5 in Orange Grove while en route to visit relatives. She is buried April 7 at Orange Grove Cemetery after services at the local Catholic Church. Surviving: her husband John A. Schmidt of Orange Grove, three daughters Jilla Wastal of Orange Grove, Frida Otto of San Antonio, Alma Schmidt at home. two sons Hermann and Emil of San Antonio. eight grandchildren. three sisters Martha Hoepfl, Maggie Boehm of Moulton, Annie Boehm of Ganado. two brothers Theodore and August Wenske. Six of her nearest friends served as pallbearers. one son Ferdinand Schmidt was killed in France during World War II. She married John A. Schmidt in November 1913. the couple moved to Orange Grove in 1925, farming there.
Houston's H L Hawkins plans a 9000-foot test well in the Hallettsville Field about 1000 feet south of the known discovery. The field, opened in 1947, yields Wilcox gas and distillates from 7450 to 8600 feet. In Fayette County, a 4000-foot Carrizo wildcat spud near Richard Ohnhiser’s land sits six miles NW of Schulenburg, ten miles east of Muldoon Field production.
In Lavaca County near Hallettsville locals uncovered a skeletal remain believed to be Tucker Foley, slain by Indians in 1840 en route to Gonzales. The discovery near a live oak between two posts aligns with historic notes and a 1936 skeleton finding by the Fishbeck brothers.
Ninth Congressional District Legionnaires will meet in Shiner Saturday and Sunday April 18 and 19 to hear State Commander Albert D. Brown Jr. of Austin, elect a district commander, and enjoy a dance at 9 p.m. with 1953 membership card admission.
The April term Grand Jury returned six indictments, four felonies and two misdemeanors. Names include Richard Hogan for burglary in Yoakum on December 5, 1952 and James Ortis Perkins charged in Hallettsville with killing Mrs. A. W. Lilley in an alcohol related head-on crash on Highway 90 A last November. Other indictments list burglaries near Hallettsville and at the Felix Drive In, plus rape and aggravated assault charges involving local youths. The panel was led by Foreman Sam Kelly with Lester Holt presiding as judge and W W Elliston and Paul C Boethel prosecuting. Bailiffs named.
Five Yoakum Chamber of Commerce industrial committee members attended the Rice Hotel event in Houston for the Industrial Area Development Forum. Speakers praised Southwest business benefits and gas and electricity savings cited by Wright Manufacturing President Thomas Millane.
Mr. A H Tyler celebrated his 50th birthday on Tuesday April 7 at his home. Neighbors and friends attended a luncheon and dominoes were played. Guests wished him many more happy anniversaries.
The semi annual Firemen's Convention in San Antonio drew over 500 registered attendees. La Grange and Kenedy tied for first in the pumping race with 29 seconds, Yoakum took second, and Moulton showed representation by G G Fisbeck and others. next convention to be held in Gonzales.
The schedule lists games on April 17 in Shiner April 21 in Sheridan April 24 in Flatonia May 1 in Hallettsville May 5 in Shiner and May 8 in Sheridan All games start at 3 45 p m The public is invited to attend.
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