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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
9
A new advisory speed sign system now appears on Texas highways, warning of safe speeds for curves and turns. The signs stem from a Texas Highway Department program and Governor's Highway Safety Conference recommendations, with speeds set by curve by curve studies.
Mrs. Henry Petras Sr. of Schulenburg visited Mrs. Ed. Boehm Sr. in Moulton Saturday. Mrs. William Lee Young and children spent several days last week in Austin visiting relatives. Gary Gene and Marilyn Herzik of Schulenburg were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elo C. Fehrenkamp. L. J. Vincik was in Moulton several days this week visiting and attending to business matters.
Gilbert C Keilers and his family from Cistern visited Moulton on Sunday for church services and socializing. Keilers previously lived at Komensky where he served as a school principal and now leads the Cistern school.
The community papers report Mr. Weldon Knape and family with Mr. Marvin Merrem and relatives in Smithville Sunday. Cpl. Kenneth Freytag from Randolph Field visited his parents. Jo Ann Eberhard of Texas Lutheran College spent Thanksgiving weekend with her parents. The Eberhards and children visited Houston relatives. The Nesista and Horelica families joined Ernest Laqua at his home. Rev. Matocha and F. C. Smith attended the Texas A&M game in College Station where Texas won 42 to 14. The Schoenberg family hosted Thanksgiving with F. C. Smith’s household. Emma Fehrenkamp traveled to Caldwell to visit Bill Hohlt and family. Mrs. Rud Valenta and Mrs. Bertha Firasek visited in Sweet Home. Johnny B. Dunagin and daughter returned to San Antonio after visiting Fredeicksburg folks. Joe Balajka and daughters from Houston visited Moulton relatives after Fredeicksburg weekend.
Three A. and M. College trainees I Q Sewell of Shamrock Marvin Cernik of Moulton and Felix Copeland of Antelope Texas areTraining with William Lee Young vocational agriculture teacher Moulton this week. Messrs Young Sewell and Cernik were pleasant callers at The Eagle sanctum Monday morning.
Mr and Mrs John Cinadr and family spent Thanksgiving weekend in Houston and Richmond attending the Rice Baylor game where Rice won 21 to 7. The Boehm couples from San Antonio and Moulton visited with local friends in Flatonia Victoria and other Texas towns.
Henry E. English of Dallas has been elected president of the American Trucking Association at the national convention in Boston. He founded Red Bull Motor Freight and has led Texas Motor Transportation Association, emphasizing trucking as key to the economy with about 7,500,000 trucks nationwide.
Herbert C Petry Jr of Carrizo Springs will speak at the annual Lions Club Christmas party in Yoakum on December 13 with District Governor C N Hilcher and deputy district governor W R Towery as guests. Zone 3 B meeting precedes the party and Cuero Gonzales Luling Nixon Yorktown Cubs will attend.
The census bureau reports the U S population at 149,947,000 on October 1 with an estimated pass of 150,000,000 since then. The figure includes 487,000 in the armed forces overseas and shows a 244,000 gain in September and nearly 1,000,000 rise for the first nine months of the year.
Mr and Mrs Adolph A Wag ner and their son Gary returned Sunday from a visit with relatives at Westhoff and San Antonio.
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