Moulton Public Schools Set to Open for 1952 53 Year
The Moulton Public School district announces the 1952 53 scholastic year begins Monday September 15 with a full staff. Superintendent J W Pyland leads, high school principal Malvin K Merrem, and teachers including Edward E Darilek in Elementary William Lee Young in Vocational Agriculture and Mrs Selma Atkinson heading Homemaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
J. W. Pyland
Malvin K. Merrem
Edward E. Darilek
Elem
William Lee Young
Voc
Selma Atkinson
Nannie M. Carey
N. E. Strandtman
Gilbert G. Drozd
Robert W. Taylor
Bana
Reuben R. Jochec
Moore Avenue pavement widening noted by Highway Department
The Highway Department expands Moore Avenue from West Street to Highway 95. Moulton praises the project as vehicle inspections loom with only two weeks left to meet the deadline. Rural readers are reminded to visit inspection stations promptly. Young Americans head back to school as summer ends and fall term begins in nine months. Texas farmers planted corn hybrids on 71 percent of 1952 acreage, up from 15 percent in 1945 and 1 percent in 1941.
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Highway Department
Moore Avenue
West Street
Moulton
Young America
Texas
Democratic Run-off Primary Day Encourages Voter Turnout
Citizens are urged to vote in tomorrow's August 23 democratic run-off primary. Officials note a light turnout in the July 26 primary and call for a record vote to reflect civic duty.
Stulken Nominated for Texas State Representative Seat
Lavaca county Republicans nominate H L Stulken of Hallettsville to run for state representative in the Gonzales Lavaca district. He faces Democrat Fred Nieman of Yoakum in the general election. The piece notes states naming presidential choices by primary and upcoming preferential primaries. The Texas Legislature will propose a constitutional amendment to establish preference primaries.
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Lavaca County
H.,. L. Stulken
Hallettsville
Gonzales
Lavaca
Stulken
Fred Nieman
Yoakum
Texas
Stevenson Eisenhower Nomination Promises Clean Campaign
The nomination of Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower as opposing presidential candidates should raise campaign standards. Both men say the race will be clean, and it seems mudslinging days are being relegated to the scrap heap.
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Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vote: Freedom, Fight, and the Call to Action
A persuasive plea urging readers to engage in democratic participation. It extols freedom, urges reading, arguing, and thinking, and ends with a exhortation to vote. The message emphasizes equal rights and the value of liberty.
Thompson Asks Voters To Consider Record
Congressmen Clark W Thompson urged District Nine voters to weigh his record of service before Saturday. He touted four million dollars added to the 1952 rice crop via the House Agriculture Committee. A Farmers and Ranchers committee to re elect Thompson listed members from Austin Brazoria Chambers Galveston and Wharton counties.
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Galveston
Clark W. Thompson
Thompson
Buckshot Lane
Wharton County
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Farmers and Ranchers
Austin County
Julius Brune
Otto A. Severin
J. W. Wilson
Brazoria
Joe J. Kucera
J. H. Blackwell
Albert Nelson
Conald Harper
George Duncan
Chambers
Guy C. Jackson
Army Calls 47000 Draftees in October
The army announced a call for 47000 draftees in October, up from 30000 in September, bringing total inductees since September 1950 to 932000. The marine corps reports 81430 men drafted. The increase in October 17000 is to cover nearing ends of draft tours for late 1950 inductees.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Lavaca 4-Her Elected State Conservation Camp Chairman
Camp chairman Gibbo Gerdes of Lavaca county was chosen for the State 4-H Conservation Camp held near Tyler. Attendees included J. D. Stewart, Helen Cinadr, Henrietta Kouba, County Agent John V. Lindsey, and Home Demonstration Agent Callie Isora Worth. The Federal Cartridge Company sponsors the annual camp.
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Gibbo Gerdes
Lavaca County
Tyler
J. D. Stewart
Helen Cinadr
Henrietta Kouba
John V. Lindsey
Callie Isora Worth
Federal Cartridge Company
Facts Are Guideposts For Control of Disease
Dr Geo W Cox Texas State Health Officer argues disease control must rest on facts from the lab patient and environment. He notes many polio theories lack evidence and seeks funds and monkeys for research on flies and cockroaches in disease spread. He cites high dysentery and diarrhea rates and funding shortages hindering research efforts.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Cox
Bellaire
Texas
State Bureau of Laboratories
Oil Mill In Operation At Moulton Ed Kolar
The Moulton Oil Mill owned by Ed Kolar is operating day and night with many employees. A large portion of its earnings is spent with local concerns.
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Moulton Oil Mill
Ed. Kolar
Typhus Fever Appears During Summer Months
Texas Health Officer Geo W Cox warns typhus rises in summer and fall. Exterminating rats is essential since fleas from infected rats spread the disease. Texas is home to an estimated 13 000 000 rats. Temporary measures like poisoning and trapping help, but permanent control requires rat proofing and starving out rats to protect food supplies.
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Cox
Dr. Cox
Man
Texas
Europe
Telephone Company Installing Dial System in Moulton
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company begins installing dial phones in Moulton and plans to put the system in operation in the last week. Moulton will be the first city in this region to receive dial service.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Moulton
Electoral Votes Again and the Unit Rule
A 1950 census shows 16 of 48 states change electoral votes for the upcoming race. California gains seven while Pennsylvania loses three. others shift by one or two. The piece argues the winner take all system distorts the popular vote and notes the Lodge amendment as a possible fix to apportion electoral votes by state proportions.
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California
Pennsylvania
Darilek Brothers Open New Grocery at Henkhaus
Edwin and Vladik Darilek open a grocery store at Henkhaus about five miles south of Moulton and invite public patronage. The brothers also operate the gin at Henkhaus.
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Darilek Brothers
Henkhaus
Edwin and
Vladik
Moulton
New Peanut Price Support Program Explained
Chairman Edgar Freytag outlines a 1952 peanut price support plan offering four loan and advance options via Farm storage, warehouse storage, purchase agreements, and CCC financed advances through peanut cooperatives. The program ties eligibility to picking and threshing within the allotment with a marketing penalty on excess peanuts, and sets base and premium rates based on kernel quality and moisture.
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Edgar Freytag
Lavaca County
PMA
Freytag
Castor Bean Huller to be Available Soon in Hallettsville
A state PMA representative said a Castor Bean Huller will be available by early September. The Jax Beer Warehouse near the facility will store beans and hulling equipment. Farmers will be paid 10 cents per pound net weight by Light Draft via Lavaca County PMA.
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PMA
Hallettsville
Jax Beer
Chetta
Lavaca County
Edgar Freytag
Havliks Attend Funeral for Mrs. Slovinsky in Houston
Mr. and Mrs. J V Havlik attended funeral services for Mrs. Annie Slovinsky 64 in Houston Saturday morning. Mrs Slovinsky was a cousin to Mrs Havlik and mother of Mrs Jimmie Bohuslav of Boling.
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J. V. Havlik
Annie Slovinsky
Houston
Slovinsky
Havlik
Jimmie Bohuslav
Boling
Texas Earns Over 11 Billion in 1951 Income Gains
Texas residents reported total personal income of 11.285 billion in 1951, a 14 percent rise from 1950, with per capita income at 1412 dollars. National income rose 12 percent, while Texas earnings have surged 326 percent since 1940.
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Washington
Department of Commere
Department of Commerce
How Bills Become Laws in Texas Explains Legislature
UT publication reviews the path of a bill through the Senate and House from introduction to final passage. It explains amendments, governor vetoes, and terms for reconciling different bill versions. Copies cost 50 cents from the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin.
Bohuslav Joins 45th Antiaircraft in Germany
Corporal Marvin B. Bohuslav of Moulton Texas has joined the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion at Mittenwald Germany as an aerial director locator. The 45th is part of the 34th Brigade and recently joined the North Atlantic Pact Army in Europe. Bohuslav enlisted in December 1950.
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Mittenwald
Germany
Marvin B. Bohuslav
Bohumil Bohuslav
Moulton
Texas
45Th
Europe
Bohuslav
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