Advertising Skepticism Faces Retailers and Market Shift
Ed's Viewpoint notes skepticism among retailers about advertising and whether enough buyers will come to a store. Cotton experts urge higher grade production as foreign fibers fill demand, while a growing cotton surplus piles up. The piece also mentions a damp weather effect on a downtown parade and a shift in weather patterns affecting farming, plus anticipated tax hikes to balance the state budget and fund teachers' salaries.
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Daniel
Senate Bill Targets Gas Price Signs To Curb Gimmicks
A Texas Senate committee backed a bill to curb bait signs at filling stations. The measure would permit only one eight by ten inch sign attached to a pump and display gasoline prices clearly. Senator Krueger of El Campo urged passage to protect the public from misleading displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Transportation
Olf
Arthur
Krueger
el Campo
Malec
Senators
Massachusetts
School Transfer Notice for 1959-60 Districts
Parents seeking a public school transfer for the 1959 60 year must file a written application with Lavaca County County Superintendent W A Eilers by June 1. A child must be transferred each year regardless of grade or prior school attended.
Rainfall updates with town 0.95 inch. floods close FM Road
Rainfall totals show .95 inch in town since last week while western areas report up to 3 inches. High waters shut the FM Road to Gonzales over Peach Creek Sunday and Monday.
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Here
Gonzales
Peach Creek
Flatonia Livestock Report Markets Steady to Strong
Flatonia Livestock Commission Co reports 609 cattle and 385 hogs consigned. Hog market strong, calves in demand with limited supply. fat calves fetch 28 to 31.50 dollars. Cows and bulls varied with top hogs 16.20 to 17.00. Broadcast times 6:55 a m and 2:30 p m on KCTi each Monday.
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Flatonia Livestock Commission Company
Kcti
Seed For Planting Peas Now Available
Yoakum Canning Company announces seed for late plantings due to rain. Manager J L Summerall says plans include canning large volumes of Purple Ribbon Peas and other varieties. Company offers planting and harvesting advice at Yoakum plant. processing deal publicized in Yoakum Moulton and Hallettsville papers.
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Yoakum Canning Company
J. L. Summerall
Canning Company
Yoakum Canning
Yoakum
Moulton
Hallettsville
Shiner Robbers Sentenced In District Court
Thomas Pollock and Michael Parenti received five to ten year terms after pleading guilty for robbing the Mareak Service Station in Shiner. Other defendants include John Kenneth Cooper jailed five years for cattle rustling in Yoakum area and Clyde Clark sentenced to under two to five years for multiple burglaries in Shiner.
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Thomas Pollock
Michael Parenti
Shiner
Hallettsville
Pollock
Parenti
Alton Allen
John Kenneth Cooper
Yoakum
Henry S. Paulus
Cooper
Cuero
Clyde Clark
Fritz Place
Jak
Clark
Move to new home in Parkdale Village addition
Mr and Mrs Robert Sadiger and son Robert John moved this week into a new brick home in Corpus Christi at 4521 Driftwood Place Parkdale Village addition.
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Robert Sadiger
Robert John
Corpus Christi
Driftwood Place
Parkdale Village
Carl Cooper of Palestine Dies
Carl Cooper 78, longtime Palestine resident and retired railroad engineer, died April 15 in a Palestine hospital. Born in Old Moulton, he married Mary Hull in 1903 and the couple settled in Palestine. He is survived by his wife two sons three daughters and several grandchildren along with three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services were held in Palestine on April 17.
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Carl Cooper
Palestine
Mr. Cooper
Moulton
John
Mary Cooper
Mary Hull
Cooper
P. E. Cooper
Flatonia
H. B. Cooper
Gonzales
Clyde Cooper
Gee
Gabitsch
Less Terrll
San Antonio
Louis Johnson
Ray Hull
Mrs. Frank Pilat Interred Here Sat
Mrs Mary Frank Pilat longtime resident of the Novohrad area died April 16 at M D Anderson Hospital Houston aged 53 years four months six days after a prolonged illness. Born in Praha she was daughter of Albert Pilat Sr of Moulton and survived by her husband Frank Pilat and son Louis. Funeral services were held April 18 at 9 15 a m with burial to follow.
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Frank
Mary) Pilat
M. D. Anderson
Houston
Praha
Albert Pilat Sr
Moulton
Novohrad
John Kistynek
Praha Catholic
Morovian
Louis
Bohuslav Feed Mill Plans 30 Carload Grain Storage
The Bohuslav Feed Mill at Kamensky is under construction with a large all metal grain storage capable of holding 30 carloads. An elevator and modern equipment will aid storage and handling. Orders for storage space are being accepted and the bin should be ready before harvest.
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Bohuslav
Kamensky
Wage Tax Rate Increase Takes Effect
R L Phinney district director of internal revenue announced the new wage tax rates to start January 1. Employers face 244 percent and employees 21 percent for a total of 5 percent, applying to the first 4800 of wages per employee. Wage returns are due this month for the first quarter of 1959.
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R. L. Phinney
Internal Revenue
Woman’s Apron Hidden Gin In Apron Pockets
Winnfield Louisiana police arrested Leona Perkins after hearing an apron slashed reveal eight half pints of gin sewn into bottle sized pockets beneath the apron. The suspect, 36, faced suspicion as officers examined the concealed spirits.
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Winnfield
Leona Perkins
Local Blood Donors In Houston Sunday
Frances Fisbeck Daniel Brom John Wagner Laddie Mikes and Wilburt Roznovsky traveled to M D Anderson Hospital in Houston Sunday to donate blood for Mrs Mary Pilat who had died.
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Frances Fisbeck
Daniel Brom
John Wagner
Laddie Mikes
Wilburt Roznovsky
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Mary Pilat
Social Security Representative Visits Shiner April 27
A Social Security Office representative from Victoria will be at Shiner City Hall at 9 AM Monday April 27 to help residents file retirement survivor or disability benefit claims and answer questions about the program.
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Social Security Office
Victoria
Shiner
City Hall
Moulton FFA 4-H Project Show Scheduled Friday
Parade canceled though the Moulton FFA and 4-H project show will be held Friday April 24 with project judging at 10 00 A M if weather permits A limited auction sale on Front Street at 8 00 P M will proceed if conditions worsen Parade committee members agreed to cancel the downtown procession due to circumstances beyond control Public invited to view exhibits by FFA and 4-H club members rain or shine
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Front Street
Moulton Chamber Banquet Set For April 29
The Moulton Chamber of Commerce will host its eleventh annual banquet on Wednesday April 29 at 8 00 PM in the local high school cafeteria. Principal speaker is Mr H C Pittman assistant vice president of the Austin National Bank Master of Ceremonies will be Mr William Lee Young. Tickets are sold by Arnold Freytag Julius Jasek E A Oehl Henry Kocian W H Etlinger C C Orts Ed Maresh Wm Wach tendorf or August W Etlinger with a sales deadline of Saturday night April 25.
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Star Theatre
Moulton Eagle
Eagle
H. C. Pittman
Austin National Bank
Moulton Chamber of Commerce
Wm. Lee Young
Arnold Freytag
Julius Jasek
E. A. Oehl
Henry Kocian
W. H. Etlinger
C. C. Orts
Ed. Maresh
Wm. Wachtendorf
August W. Etlinger
Babe Ruth Baseball Practice Saturday at Lions Field
Local boys aged 13 to 15 are urged to join Babe Ruth Baseball League practice at Lions Field this Saturday April 25 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Lions Field
Groce-Wearden Food-O-Rama Exposition In Corpus Christi
Groce-Wearden Company sponsors the 13th Annual Food-O-Rama Exposition and Banquet in Corpus Christi at the Coliseum and Exposition Hall on Sunday April 26 from 9 30 A M to 4 00 P M. The event aims to update retail and consumer food merchandising with 120 product displays and sampling plus a banquet at 11 00 A M. More than 5 500 attendees are expected from over 290 GW Rainbow Foodcraft and Voluntary Group Stores across fifty counties in south and south central Texas. The program features demonstrations and musical entertainment by the Devoir De Vauche Red Bird Band and a Barber Shop Quartet from Victoria.
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Groce-Wearden Company
Corpus Christi
Exposition Hall
Rainbow, Foodcraft and
GW_ Voluntary Group
Foodcraft
Rainbow
GW Voluntary Group
Grace-Wearden
Fifty County
Texas
Hochheim Prairie Mutual Convention Held in Port Lavaca
Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Inc Association held its annual conventions in Port Lavaca April 20 and 21. It drew 108 delegates and reported almost 70 million dollars of insurance in force with over 6 million dollars in new coverage sold. Delegates from Moulton Branch No. 13 included Rud Haas Anton Raab Wm J Meyer and Erwin Kram.See BANQUET page 7, col. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Inc. Association
Port Lavaca
Moulton Branch No. 13
Rud. Haas
Anton Raab
Wm. J. Meyer
Erwin Kram
VEW Convention To Be Held In Shiner
The 24th District VFW and VFW Auxiliary Convention will be held in Shiner on Sunday April 26. All members of the Moulton VFW Post and Auxiliary are urged to attend this District Convention.
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Shiner
VFW
Moulton
New Lavaca County Names Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Mary Frances Burmeister to become Lavaca County Home Demonstration Agent on April 27. She comes from Crystal City after 2.5 years in the role and 13 years with the Texas Extension Service, a UT graduate. She succeeds Mrs. Doris Myers who resigns for a promotion with the Extension Service.
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Mary Frances Burmeister
Lavaca County
Gus J. Strauss
Miss Burmeister
Pleasanton
Crystal City
Texas Extension Service
University of Texas
Doris Myers
Extension Service
Adolph Kubenka 86 Buried At Praha
Adolph Kubenka 86 native of the Praha community died April 17 at Colonial Rest Home Schulenburg. Services at Smith Funeral Home Chapel Flatonia and Assumption Church Praha included Requiem Mass offered by Rev. Marcus Valenta. He married Anna Kalina in 1895 and Rosalie Anderle in 1909. Survived by two daughters Mrs Julius Peter of Weimar and Mrs Anton Masek of Praha.
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Smith Funeral Home
Flatonia
Adolph Kubenka
Praha
Marcus Valenta
Francis Kalina
Colonial Rest
Schulenburg
KJT Lodge No. 1
Catholic Workman
Augustin
Terezie (Kubicek) Kubenka
Anna Kalina
Julius
Amalie) Peter
Weimar
Anton
Cecilia) Masek
Adolph
Vaclav
M. Alphonse
Anna
Incarnate Word Order
Rosalie Anderle
Hermann Sons Lodge Meeting Held at VFW Hall
Sons of Hermann Lodge No. 59 met at the VFW Hall on Thursday April 16 at 8 p.m. The minutes were approved. Plans discussed for the Pearl Brewery social on May 18, 1959 with tickets and bus reservations through Emil Jaluska and Nolan E Wagner. Guests Mr and Mrs Henry J Koester of Seguin attended.
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Sons of Hermann Lodge No. 59
VFW
America
Pearl Brewery
Emil Jaluska
Nolan E. Wagner
Henry J. Koester
Two Boys Suffocate In Refrigerator in Gary Indiana
In Gary Indiana two young brothers Gale Holbrook five and Jay three crawled into an unused refrigerator on a back porch and suffocated last week. Parents Hubert and Mrs Holbrook and friends found them after a frantic search. Deputy coroner said they had died about four hours earlier.
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Gary
Ind
Gale Holbrook
Jay
Hubert Holbrook
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Senate
Austin
Joe Malec
Texas Service Stations Associated
Walter Malec
W. A. Eilers
Flatonia Livestock Comm. Co. Report
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FHA
FFA
Edward Hanslik
L. A. Jarosek
Bengie Machalec
Ted Krause
Ben Darilek
Ralph Dietschke
Leroy Fishbeck
Harvey Fishbeck
Richard Orts
Dennis Barta
Beau
David Anderle
Bruno Wenske
Johnnie Dietschke
Rainer
Miss Carey
Selma Atkinson
Packer
Nellivee Pilsner
Delores Migl
Carolyn Fojtik
Rose Marie Strieder
Dorothy Wenske
Fha Beau
Jace
Frank Pilat
Shiner Man
FK. A. Oehl
August Etlinger
Wm. Novosad
Babe Ruth
Groce-Wearden
Corpus Christi Sun
Vauche
Red Bird’ Band
Opelousas
Louisiana
Lee Banquet
Lavaca H. D
Ad. Kubenka
Hermann Sons Lodge
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