Inauguration News From Mexico City and Royal Coronation Plans
Governors and dignitaries attend the inauguration of President Alfonso Ruiz Cortinas in Mexico City. Sister Elizabeth Kenny dies in Australia. England prepares for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation on June 2, 1953 with massive crowds and decorations. Lavaca and Parcé counties discuss oil, crops, and poultry output. The 83rd Congress opens January 3, 1953 as Eisenhower prepares to be inaugurated January 20. Citizens encouraged to contact state lawmakers about proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Texas Dignataries
Alfonso Ruiz Cortinas
Mexico City
Mondy
Cortinas
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Lavaca County
Parce
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Incomplete Texan Election and Holiday Notes
The article notes Lavaca County in the 15th Senatorial District and Gus J. Strauss representing it. It cites national public school enrollment estimates, previews Eisenhower inauguration plans, and mentions John Nance Garner’s 80th birthday deer hunt. It also reports Christmas shopping reminders and cotton ginning totals in Texas for 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca
Eisenhower
Gus J. Strauss
Hallettsville
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Texas
United States
Garner
Fettle
Eisenhower Leads With 1,102,878 Votes in Texas
The official county tallies show General Dwight D. Eisenhower winning Texas with 1,102,878 votes, while Stevenson trails in second place. The counts reflect the national vote spread and indicate Eisenhower's plurality in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhow
Texas
Moulton Volunteer Fire Dept Elects Officers
The Moulton Volunteer Fire Dept elected officers by acclamation at the regular Monday night meeting 7 30 pm at the Fire Station. Officers are Elo C Fehrenkamp president Donald Bunting vice president Marvin Merrem secretary William Miculka treasurer W H Pundt chief Ed Dariles first assistant chief Edmund Kram second assistant chief and Rev John Matocha chaplain. The department will aid in the Christmas program at the bank corner on December 22 featuring Santa Claus and seeks new members as about four members are expected to leave soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elo C. Fehrenkamp
Donald Bunting
Marvin Merrem
William Miculka
W. H. Pundt
Santa Claus
Moultoi
Fire Boys
Legion and American Legion Meet Discuss Hospital Gift and Drive
The Legion and American Legion met at V. F. W. Hall to plan hospital gifts for patient members and to consider buying shares in a new hospital or clinic. A membership drive runs through December 31 with two camps led by Frank Meyer and James Koncaba vying to recruit more members for a free meal from the other side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
V. F. W. Hall
Legion
Frank Meyer
Army
James Koncaba
Marines
Many Can Retire Now
Lavaca County residents aged 65 or older with about 11 years of Social Security work are now insured and eligible for retirement benefits after changes in 1950. Self employed, domestic workers, farm workers and others can qualify for payments. Retiree benefits range from 25 to 85 dollars monthly, and a worker with a spouse from 37.50 to 127.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca
John K. Shelton
San Antonio
Two Local Students Named First Lieutenants in A and M Cadets
Oscar Anton Darilek and John James Bohuslav were appointed as first lieutenants in the A and M corps of cadets Second Wing at College Station. Darilek is the son of Mrs. Lilly Darilek and Bohuslav is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F W Bohuslav of Komensky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Anton Darilek
John James Bohuslav
A. and M. Corps of Cadets
College Station
Darilek
Lilly Darilek
Bohuslav
F. W. Bohuslav
Komensky
Thousand Dollars Awarded in Alienation Case
La Grange reports district court awarded $1000 in the alienation of affection suit of Mrs. Martha Bodungen against Mrs. Eunice Frederickson. The plaintiff received $500 for loss of her husband's affection and $500 for the defendant's relationship with her husband. The case drew notable attention after moving from Columbus due to a deadlocked jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Martha Bodungen
Eunice Frederickson
Lloyd Ross
Columbus
Quail Season Opens Amid Mixed Texas Outlook
The annual quail season opened December 1 with expectations of an average hunt. Drought has left some areas sparse while Texas may reach a quail population near 15 million, promising exciting small game hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State draft boards back 19 year olds for March call
State draft directors agreed Sunday that drafting 19 year olds by March will likely be necessary. A survey shows boards are running out of 20 year olds and may struggle to meet January quotas without 19 year olds.
Kills Deer With Unusual Antlers At Dagg Ranch
Arlen Pietsch, 17, son of Fred Pietsch, bagged a 4 point buck at the Dagg Ranch Sunday at 9 am. One antler side has three points and the other one. one antler may have been broken or shot off earlier. Kill occurred at 25 yards. Hayden Wallace, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wallace, sophomore at Moulton High, made a kill at 40 yards during Saturday morning hunt at Peach Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen Pietsch
Fred Pietsch
Here
Dagg Ranch
Hayden Wallace
Peach Creek
Hayden
M. L. Wallace
Moulton High School
Christmas lights brighten Moulton for Santa visit
Moulton's Christmas lights blaze as preparations begin for Santa’s Dec 22 arrival. Lions Club American Legion VFW and Knights of Columbus sponsor the event with Chamber of Commerce support and a 6:00 p m bank corner concert. Santa will give gifts as bands perform and kids enjoy nuts fruits and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Corner
Oscar Raab
Santa
Daddy
Mommy
Anderle Buried After 64 Year Life in Town
Edmund E. Anderle 64 died at Wagner Hospital Monday morning December 1. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9 am from Smith Funeral Home and at St Joseph Catholic Church. He was born near Moulton and lived here all his life a farmer until three years ago. He married Mary Wenske on November 7, 1910. Surviving his wife are son Herbert of near Moulton sisters Mrs John Hoepfl Mrs Emil Grunwald Mrs Henry Sonsel all of Moulton Mrs Joe Schindler Shiner Mrs Joe Selzer Victoria brothers Emil San Angelo and Joe Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund E. Anderle
Wagner Hospital
Smith Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mr. Anderle
Moulton
Mary Wenske
Herbert Anderle
John Hoepfl
Emil Grunwald
Henry Sonsel
Joe Schindler
Shiner
Joe Selzer
Victoria
Emil
San Angelo
Joe
Bonds Beaten in Hallettsville Pool Vote
The Hallettsville city special election resulted in 232 votes against a swimming pool bond and 154 in favor with about 400 total ballots cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallettsville
Blinka Rites Held for 83 Year Old Shiner Resident
Mrs Frantiska Blinka 83 died Saturday in Shiner Hospital after brief illness. Requiem high Mass was held at Shiner Catholic Church with Rev John Hanacek deacon and other clergy attending. Born in Solonec Moravia she married twice and had twelve children with four daughters and three sons surviving along with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her husband and several siblings predeceased her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frantiska Blinka
Shiner Hospital
Shiner Catholic Church
John Hanacek
Msgr
Joseph Pustka
Yoakum
Victor Raska
Flatonia
Alois Goert
Ludvik Blinka
Hallettsville
Shiner
Louis Blinka
Jim
Bozena) Krejci
Frank
Mary) Prochaska
Fort Worth
Jeromina Pechacek
San Antonio
Louis
Frances) Krenek
Oldrich Vala
Houston
Jerry Blinka
Borger
Albert J. Blinka
Vallejo
Calif
Julia Maeker
Slaton
Annie Stankowitz
Monrovia
John Machacek
Ganado
Eager Miss Beaver to Be Staged by Moulton High
The Moulton High School senior class presents The Eager Miss Beaver at 7 30 pm Sunday December 7 at the high school. Admission is 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton High School
Beaver
Promotion for Leon J. Mican in Korea’s 3rd Infantry Division
Leon J. Mican of Hallettsville Texas was promoted to sergeant first class while serving with the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. The unit breached the Communists line during the Bloody Angle engagement in 1951. Mican, an ammunition supply specialist in Service Company 7th Infantry Regiment, arrived in Korea last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Leon J. Mican
Hallettsville
Texas
7Th Infantry Regiment
Mican
Eisenhower Names Cabinet Members and Roles
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower reveals his cabinet appointments with Foster Dulles as secretary of state and Charles Wilson as secretary of defense among others. Public opinion praises the selections as demonstrating sound judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oe Foster Dules
New York
Charles Erwin Wilson
Detroit
Mich
Douglas McKay
Interior
Salem
Ore
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Ohio
Herbert J. Brownwell
Harold Stassen
Mutual Security
Minnesota
Ezra Taft Benson
Utah
Sherman Adams
White House
New Hampshire
Oveta Clap Hobby
Federal Security Agency
Houston
Ivy Baker Priest
United States
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
Eisenhower
Prolonged Rainfall Stays Heavy Across Region
The region endures a third week of wet weather with 2.70 inches recorded from Friday to Wednesday morning, bringing total rainfall to 7.15 inches. Persistent rain keeps roads muddy, hindering farm and town travel as most water soaks in rather than running off.
Samuel Byrley Dies in Houston Veterans Hospital
Samuel Byrley, 45, died Monday at 7:00 p m in the Houston Veterans Hospital. He was born November 28 1907 in Greensboro NC and lived in Houston for 10 years working in the Houston Water Department. He married Nora Koester December 11 1943 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church Seckelnburg. Survived by his wife and brother Eugene of Greensboro NC. Interment in Moulton City Cemetery. World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Byrley
Houston Veterans Hospital
Nora Koester
Fred Koester
Houlton
Greensboro
N. C
Houston
City of
Water Dept
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Sechulenburg
Eugene
Moulton City
Rev
K. Windecker
Cotton Buyer in Town Announces Reopen of Purchases
Jim Thompson, a local cotton buyer, has announced he will again buy cotton. He will be in town at the usual places and requires samples before purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Thompson
Oak Grove PTA to Hold Regular Meeting
The Oak Grove PTA will hold its regular meeting on Friday December 12. Plans will be made for the Christmas program. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. V. Dullye, Rep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove Pta
V. Dullye
Schulenburg School Plans Bond Issue For New Facilities
Schulenburg School district directors propose a 25000 bond issue to build a nine room colored school and a nine room grammar school with other improvements. If approved, the tax rate would rise to 1.20 per 100 valuation and bonds would mature in 27 years at interest not exceeding 3 1 4 percent. The board called for an election on December 16 to avoid state affiliation loss and prevent losing the superintendent and department heads if defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulenburg
Home Economics
Letter from Sandbag Castle Hill Korea
Sgt Joe J Koudelka writes from Sandbag Castle Hill near Sniper Ridge on the Eastern Front. He notes mortar and artillery fire from Chinese forces, snow, and cold as he endures a second tour with the Regular Army while awaiting a transfer and hoping for sleep before more shelling. He signs off awaiting the home town paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe J. Koudelka
Moulton Eagle
Sandbag Castle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Moulton Bobkatz defeat Schulenburg Short Horns 52 to 35
In a Tuesday night game Moulton Bobkatz beat Schulenburg Class A Short horns 52 35. The Moulton B string also won in the second game. The Lavaca District Boy Scout Exposition in Yoakum scheduled for December 6 was postponed to a date in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Bobkatz
Schulenburg
Lavaca
Yoakum
Polio Drive Coordinator Noted for Countys Fund Raising
A Fort Bend County polio campaign leader, Aaa Paha Joe Polichino, directs drives for Colorado Fort Bend Jackson Lavaca Matagorda and Wharton counties. Lavaca received 25200 emergency aid with 9600 requested, Jackson 3500, Matagorda 800, and Rosenberg drives raised substantial sums for local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Polichino
Fort Bend
Robert Smith
Texas
Colorado
Jackson
Lavaca
Matagorda
Wharton County
Tional Foundation For
Polichino
National Epidemic Emergency Aid Fund
Rosenberg
St. Mary’s Seminary
Houston
Holy Rosary
Lions‘ Club
Rotary
Knights of Columbus
Yoakum Wife Killed In Wreck East Of Hallettsville
A Yoakum woman, Mrs. A W Lilly, died instantly in a head on collision on Highway 200 three and a half miles east of Hallettsville. Four others including her husband and two small children were injured. the driver of the other car, James Perkins, was also hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallettsville
Yoakum
Here
Highway 200
A. W. Lilly
Renger Hospital
Moulton Robbatz Schedule Highlights Local Games
The Moulton Robbatz basketball team plays Dec 5 at Schulenburg and Dec 9 at home against Flatonia. They host Dec 12 13 in the Moulton Tournament and travel Dec 16 to Flatonia. Schedule lists district games from Jan 6 Hallettsville to Feb 19 Shiner with all games at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Robbatz
Schulenburg
Flatonia
Moulton
Garwood
Shiner
Hallettsville
Waelder
Weimar
Gonzales
Sheridan
Soldiers receive winter clothing in Korea
Pvt Aureli A Esparza and his family in Waelder Texas report that heavier gear has been issued for the winter months by the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. The article notes sub zero winter conditions and the need for warmer apparel for American soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Aureli A. Esparza
Esperanza
Carlos Esparza
Route 1
Waelder
Texas
Husbands in Germany Join Families of Culak Kin
Mrs Ad Culak and her son and Mrs Rubin Culak and her daughter left for overseas and landed in Germany on November 23 where their husbands serve in the army. The husbands are the twin sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Culak of Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad. Culak
Rubin Culak
Germany
Frank Culak
Moulton
Hay deliveries reach Texas under relief program
About 55,000 tons of hay reached Texas as part of the drought relief program ordered by Texas farmers under the Production and Marketing Administration. State PMA chairman B. F. Vance said deliveries through last week used 55,487 tons of 201,161 tons ordered, with about 11,000 additional tons already shipped from points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
B. F. Vance
Scott's School Property for Sale by Bid
Trustees of the Flat Independent School District offer sale by bid of Scott's School grounds near Flatonia Texas including schoolhouse a garage windmill cistern and land with mineral rights reserved. Bids must be sealed by 6 p.m. December 9 with 10 percent deposit. Robert Cooper president. Also notes Esparza awarded Combat Infantryman Badge and Korea service ribbon with one campaign star arriving October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Independent School
Scott's
Flatonia
Robert Cooper
7Th Infantry
Minster
Korea
Esparza
Chief Vinne to Entertain At Yoakum Scout Exposition
Chief A. M. Vinne of the Chippewa Tribe will entertain at the Lavaca District Scouting Exposition in January 1953 at Yoakun School Gymnasium. He is Camp Ranger at Camp Tom Wooten near Austin and a Carlisle University graduate and former instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Vinne
Lavaca
Yoakun School
Order of the Arrow
Vinne
Tom Wooten
Austin
Texas
Carlisle Univer
Capitol Area Council
Yoakur
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Eal San Drama AT
Elizabeth Kenny
Australia
Kenny
England
Izabeth
Jane
Prent
Dwight D. Eisenner
Eagle
Bureau
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Anderle
Bonds
Blinka Rites
Ike
Oak Grove
PTA
Schuburg School
National
Paha
James Perkins
Tom Cook
Wilbert Horstmann
Scott's School
Haskell Indian Institute
Lawrence, Kansas
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