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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1976
Page
4
Local notice urging buyers to mark graves with a Memorial Stone from Bill Novosad Pesek Memorials. Store ad promotes an Exquisite Form product line at Wagner's Department Store, Moulton.
Two Victoria men Ricky Williamson 17 and Albert Fisher 20 are jailed in Victoria County on burglary charges from the Shiner Palace Cafe burglary. A third suspect Roger Gabriel remains at large on unauthorized use of a vehicle and burglary counts. Fisher was arrested by Shiner Police Chief Ronnie Swisher, and Williamson was later jailed in Victoria. Gabriel fled with the police car but remains at large as Lavaca County and Hallettsville authorities aided in the case. The Shiner officer praised for the Fisher arrest that led to Williamson’s capture.
Lavaca County Sheriff and County Jail host dispatching for Highway Patrol City Police and ambulance fire services. The 24 hour dispatch alerts volunteers and coordinates with Moulton Shady Oak Nursing Home Hallettsville Fire Department and local ambulance services. Cooperation aims to save taxpayers money across Lavaca County including Moulton Shiner Yoakum and surrounding areas.
Texas requires all real and personal property to be rendered for taxation between January 1 and April 30. Home stead claimants must sign the homestead oath yearly for exemption. Deputies will be at Moulton City Hall on April 29 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM to collect renderings for 1976 deadlines.
The Bevan family expresses gratitude to friends relatives and staff who offered kindness during their mother and grandmother’s passing. Special thanks go to Shady Oak Rest Home Shiner Memorial Hospital St Cyril's St Joseph's Moulton and the Smith Funeral Home Altar Society and local florists. Easter Sunday visits and a baby shower are noted along with numerous relatives and friends visiting or attending services.
A historical overview credits print culture and booster literature with fueling westward expansion. It notes newspapers, guidebooks, railroads, and immigrant bureaus lured settlers, sparked gold fever in California, and helped create a national boom by spreading tales of prosperity and easy riches.
Property listings describe multiple tracts around Moulton including 51 acres four miles east on Highway 95 with an older home and frontage, 50 acres four miles south west featuring a home and trees, and 63 acres between Moulton and Komensky with 13 acres grass, rest farmland, wells and minerals. Owner financing with a $10,000 down payment. Also Sulphur Park area listing of 70 acres with home and trees priced at $800 per acre and an eight unit motel with housing quarters in Shin priced at $55,000, plus several MOULTON homes and farms for sale with owner financing.
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