Geier-Merrem Post Elects Officers for 1947 in Texas
Geier-Merrem Post No. 392 American Legion of Moulton Texas elected officers for 1947 led by Commander Frank J. Wagner Jr. and 11 others including Arthur H. Schodde Adjutant Wm Miculka and chaplain Zat S Johnson. Delegates and alternates to Department Convention named for Sept 1946.
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Geier-Merrem Post
American Legion
Geier-Merrem
Moulton
Texas
Frank J. Wagner Jr
Arthur H. Schodde
Nolan E. Wagner
Jodie G. Meiserschlaeger
Wm. Miculka
Zat S. Johnson
Frank J. Wagner
Oscar F. Raab
Albert Pavlicek
Louis J. Pavlas Jr
Johnnie Holub
Otto J. Keil Jr
Dennis Wegner
H. J. Strieder
John Lee Culak
Department
August P. Barecky
Adolph G. Bartos
Victor O. Fehrenkamp Jr
C.C. Wiseman
Record of 1946 crop totals and Legion post growth
The Texas peach crop is estimated at 2,613,000 bushels while the U S crop should reach 81,065,000 bushels, one percent under 1945. There are 15,000 American Legion posts, up 2,585 in 12 months, with ten new posts chartered daily at national headquarters.
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Texas
United States
American Legion
National
Voters urged to vote August 24 in runoff races
The notice calls on all qualified voters to go to the polls on August 24 and register their choice in races not decided in the first primary, emphasizing every citizen's right to suffrage.
Soil Care Advice Promotes Yearly Restorative Practices
An agrarian note urges returning nutrients to soil to boost profits. Recommendations include growing legumes to enrich soil and terracing land to conserve moisture and prevent erosion. The guidance links sustainable farming to higher yields and long term productivity.
Creager Predicts GOP Bid for State Offices in 1948
R. B. Creager, leader of the state Republican party, forecasts the party’s strength rising enough in 1948 to pursue state officer offices. He cautions that predictions require actual votes to win.
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R. B. Creager
Voter Turnout Cited For Moulton Primary Runoff
About 55 percent of qualified voters in the Moulton precinct participated in the recent primary. Officials urge higher turnout for the August 24 run off. Voting is presented as both a privilege and a duty.
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Moulton
Moulton Marks First Anniversary of World War II End
Moulton observed the first anniversary of the termination of World War II by suspending all business activities. Some townspeople attended patriotic celebrations elsewhere while others stayed home to thank Almighty God for the cessation of hostilities and victory.
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Moulton
Run-off Primary Candidates Listed For Six Contests
Eight days remain until the run-off. Interested candidates include Governor Jester Rainey. Lieutenant Governor Shivers Boyce. Congress Mansfield Sulak. State Senator Betts Strauss. Sheriff McElroy Reaves.
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Jester and Rainey
Shivers and Boyce
Congress
Mansfield
Sulak
Betts and
Strauss
Sheriff
McElroy
Reaves
Opportunity for a Hairdresser to Locate in Moulton
With no beauty shop in Moulton, local women currently travel elsewhere for hairdos. The paper offers to provide information to a qualified hairdresser wishing to start a business in town.
Justice to Bi and the world peace debate
The text warns of parallels between postwar treaty talks and Versailles, criticizing balance of power tactics and secret wartime pledges. It argues for a universal, just peace over deals among great powers that exclude small states, calling for a world order based on justice and mutual security.
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Byrnes
Dr. Evatt
Australia
Wendell Willkie
Local families enjoy weekend fishing trip to Port Lavaca area
Mr and Mrs Arthur Schulte and children Arthur and Patr icia of Moulton along with Mr and Mrs Bob Hempel of San Antonio spent a weekend fishing at Palacious and Port Lavaca.
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Arthur Schulte
Arthur
Patricia
Moulton
Bob Hempel
San Antonio
Palicious
Port Lavaca
Lavaca County Women Attend Postwar State Meeting in Amarillo
Lavaca County Home Demonstration Club delegates Mrs Frank Polasek Mrs Leonard Benarden and Mrs Chas Chovanetz prepare to attend the Texas Home Demonstration Association three day postwar state meeting in Amarillo Texas August 14 15 16 Mrs Leon Sullivan president will preside The three will ride a chartered bus with about 35 other club women from District 10 traveling from San Antonio to Amarillo.
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Frank Polasek
Leonard Benarden
Chas. Chovanetz
Lavaca County
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Amarillo
Texas
Leon Sullivan
Red Oak
San Antonio
Legumes Boost Cotton Yields in Lavaca County
The winter legume program aids Texas coastal cotton farms. In Lavaca County 255 farms planted legumes last fall and random checks show cotton following legumes averaged two more bolls per stalk than soil without legumes.
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Texas
F. C. Elliott
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Lavaca County
Elliott
G. C. King
Halliburtons Welcome Second Daughter at Shiner Hospital
Mr and Mrs Alton Halliburton announce the arrival of a girl at Shiner Hospital on August 11. This is the second daughter in the family.
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Halliburtons
Alton Halliburton
Shiner Hospital
Congressman Mansfield Visits Moulton Campaign Stop
Congressman J. J. Mansfield, Ninth District, called at the Eagle office Tuesday afternoon. He had recently been in Hallettsville Yoakum Shiner and other towns in support of his bid for re election.
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J. J. Mansfield
Ninth District
Eagle Office
No Bank Failure In 27 Months
Washington says no U S bank failure in 27 months per the FDIC. Of 14 740 banks active on June 30 about 13 526 or 92 percent with deposits around 150 billion were insured.
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Washington
United States
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Papacek Family Welcomes Baby Daughter Lynda Carole
Mr and Mrs Arnold Papacek of El Campo welcomed a 7 pound 1 ounce baby girl named Lynda Carole Papacek on Wednesday August 7. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R B Papacek of Moulton. Mrs Papacek and daughter were visited by Miss Marjorie Papacek in El Campo.
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Arnold Papacek
el Campo
Lynda Carole Papacek
R. B. Papacek
Moulton
Marjorie
Moulton Stockman Loses Eye in Cow Pen Accident
Friends of Pren Lockwell report prominent Moulton stockman suffered the loss of his left eye Saturday. The injury occurred when a cow struck his driving stick, breaking it and striking him in the eye. He was taken to Nix Hospital in San Antonio and the eye was removed. He is resting well Thursday morning.
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Pren Lockwell
Moulton
Lockwell
Nix Hospital
San Antonio
Victory Day Celebration Held At Schulenburg
Schulenburg held a Victory Day observance on August 14 with a large parade and war veterans from Moulton joining in. A free barbecue dinner was offered to World War II veterans and local businesses closed for the first anniversary of the war’s end.
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Schulenburg
Moulton
Moulton Family Relocates to Fredericksburg Texas
Mr Otto E Zimmermann and his family moved last week Wednesday to Fredericksburg Texas where they will reside. Zimmermann has taken a job in a cafe there.
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Otto E. Zimmermann
Fredericksburg
Texas
Zimmermann
Enjoy Fishing Trip In Old Mexico
Dr. Sam Jaeggli of Moulton Frank Wotipka and Fred Cad well of Flatonia have returned from a fishing trip to Coahuila Mexico. They report having had a most enjoyable time.
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Sam Jaeggli
Moulton
Frank Wotipka
Fred Cadwell
Flatonia
Coahuila
Mexico
Sugar Rationing to Continue Through 1948 Says OPA Official
New Orleans August 13 George A Dice director of the OPA sugar ration division says sugar rationing will continue for a couple more years with no end before early 1948. He cites reduced sources shared with Europe where beet sugar supply remains unrecovered.
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New Orleans
George A. Dice
O. P. A. Sugar Ration Division
Europe
Land Sale Amendment Vote Set for Veterans
Gov. Coke Stevenson ordered a special election on the first Thursday in November to vote on a constitutional amendment permitting sale of state lands to World War II veterans. The move follows a two day shift from the general election due to a legislative resolution error.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Undertakers Meet at Hallettsville South Central Texas Association
About 90 funeral directors attended the district meeting in Hallettsville. County Judge Paul H. Fertsch gave the welcome address. J. F. Bozka served as toastmaster and Pete Etlinger of Bellville, the association president, presided over the business session.
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South Central Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
Hallettsville
Paul H. Fertsch
J. F. Bozka
Pete Etlinger
Bellville
Annie Elizabeth Kuhen Dies at 42
Annie Elizabeth Kuhen aged 42 years four months two days died at her home Wednesday morning at 4 o clock. The funeral was held from the Old Moulton Baptist Church Thursday afternoon with interment in Moulton City Cemetery. A fuller notice will follow next week.
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Annie Elizabeth Kuhen
Moulton Baptist Church
Moulton City
July marriage licenses total low in Lavaca county
In July Lavaca county issued seventeen marriage licenses, down from eighty six in June. For the first seven months of the year the total reaches one hundred ninety seven, compared with sixty nine in the same period last year.
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Lavaca
Electrician Killed At Yoakum Store Attic
Ed Wacker a 35 year old electrician was killed instantly while wiring the attic of Long's store in Yoakum Sunday morning. Survivors include his widow and two children Annie Marie and Edward Richard and five brothers Oscar of Houston Marion of El Campo Henry of Ft Worth and Martin and Anton of Monahans.
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Yoakum
Ed Wacker
Long’s
Annie Marie
Edward Richard
Oscar
Houston
Marion
el Campo
Henry
Ft. Worth
Martin and
Anton
Monohans
Butschek Family Holds Reunion at Hallettsville Parish Hall
About 125 relatives gathered at the Catholic parish hall in Hallettsville for the initial Butschek family reunion. Attendees traveled from Houston San Antonio Shiner Nordheim Rosenberg Needville Telferner Moulton Yoakum Gonzales Schulenburg Weimar to share memories and reconnect.
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Butschek
Hallettsville
Houston
San Antonio
Shiner Nordheim
Rosenberg
Needville
Telferner
Moulton
Yoakum
Gonzales Schulenburg
Weimar
Alvin Schoenfelds Welcome Baby Son Bobbie Gene
An 8 pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs Alvin Schoenfeld on Friday August 9. He was named Bobbie Gene Schoenfeld. Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Otto Pilsner.
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Alvin Schoenfeld
Bobbie Gene Schoenfeld
Otto Pilsner
William Eilert Spends Weekend With Pilerts
William Eilert of San Antonio spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs W F Pilert, in a family visit noted in local society notes.
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William Eilert
San Antonio
W. F. Pilert
Veteran of Bikini A Bomb test visits family
Lt. Taylor Biehunko returned from Bikini Atoll after participating in the A-Bomb test and spent the weekend with his wife visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs Frank Biehunko Jr. in town.
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Lawrence Taylor Biehunko
Bikini
Frank Biehunko Jr
Mrs. Hohlt and Children Visit Fehrenkamp Kin
Mrs William Hohlt and her children from Lexington spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Fehrenkamp.
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William Hohlt
Lexington
Henry Fehrenkamp
Mrs Katerina Krejci Buried at Shiner
Funeral services for Mrs. Katerina Krejci 82 were held at Shiner Catholic Church with Rev R C Hoffmann presiding. She was buried in Shiner Catholic Cemetery. Survived by four daughters and four sons with 33 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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Katerina Krejci
Shiner Catholic Church
R. C. Hoffmann
Shiner Catholic Cemetery
Tom Miker
Adeline
John Dusek
Shiner
Joe F. Krus
Hermleigh
Charles Hund
Wharton
Charles
Albert
Frank Krejci
Thomas Krejci
Hallettsville
Fire destroys feedstuffs near Moulton on Friday
Elo Seifert near Moulton lost nineteen loads of hay corn tops and hay, while Valigura on the same place lost two stacks of corn tops in a Friday blaze of undetermined origin. Timely arrival of the fire department and neighbors saved the buildings.
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Elo Seifert
Moulton
Valigura
Pik-Pay Grocery Changes Hands
R N D Boehm sold the Pik-Pay Grocery to Joe Schoenfeld and Rudie Steinacher who took possession of the business Monday.
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R. N. D. Boehm
Joe Schoenfeld
Rudie Steinacher
Little Girl Arrives At Albert Krejci Home
Mr and Mrs Albert W Krejci of near Moulton welcomed a six pound eight ounce girl born at Shiner hospital on August 2 in the family.
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Albert Krejci
Albert W. Krejci
Moulton
Shiner Hospital
Local VFW Post Sponsors Dance in Moulton
Moulton. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6971 will sponsor a dance at Herman Park Hall on Tuesday night August 24. Bill Cornelson's well known dance band will provide the music.
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Moulton Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Herman Park Hall
Moulton
Bill Cornelson
Moulton Cotton Receipts Reach 140 Bales
Moulton has received 140 bales of new cotton up to Thursday morning, according to Ad A Haas, public weigher. The report notes the tally is current as of the latest weigh in.
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Moulton
Ad. A. Haas
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France
Santa Claus
Congressman Mansfield
Arnold Papaceks
Moulton Stockman
Old Mexico
OPA
Alvin Schoenfelds
Taylor Biehunko
VFW Post
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