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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1956
Page
3
Distilling officials conclude no machine or person can match a housewife's skill for gift wrapping. Hiram Walker Inc purchases miles of ribbon to present Canadian Club in hand wrapped, beribboned packaging as a festive Christmas gift.
Miss Floris Ann Hoepfl and Miss Dorothy Louise Wenske celebrated their 16th and 15th birthdays on Sunday afternoon November 25. Friends and family from Flatonia Earlene Barta Moulton Houston San Antonio Shiner La Grange and other areas attended with honorees Floris and Dorothy. The gathering included photos light conversation and a later lunch of chicken salad sandwiches potato chips cake pickles and soda pop.
From Buck Benson's store a father scolds his son for saying Charge it after receiving a peppermint. The observer notes people repeating views on beer without facts and urges readers to seek truth and think for themselves.
Lavaca County growers will vote December 11 on the nationwide cotton marketing quota referendum. Outcomes determine quota penalties and price support levels for 1957 crop. a two thirds yes favors quotas and 75 to 90 percent parity, while a one third or more against quotas yields no penalties and 50 percent parity. acreage allotments remain for price eligibility.
Mr and Mrs Alfonso Jodhec of San Angelo announce the birth of their first child a daughter born at the Clinic Hospital of San Angelo on Nov 10 at 805 am. She weighed 69 pounds and was baptized Nov 18 at Sacred Heart Church by Rev Kevin Moeddel. Grandparents are Adolph Kocian of Moulton and Pete Jochee of San Angelo.
Texaco representatives led by Vince Renmet Emil Jalufka and Vie Jungbauer attended a breakfast and meeting at Lakeside Cafe in Schulenburg on Friday November 30 to introduce Sky Chief Supreme with Petrox gasoline. Later events note a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Hoepfl family and others.
The Humble Company television program Texas in Review will feature Roy Forkner of Lubbock, a successful cotton ginner, with a profile of his work and family life. Also shown is a Dallas Public Library tour highlighting its services and the use of mobile X ray units in early TB detection.
Call 3-4871 The Moulton Kavile to share news tips and story ideas with the newsroom. We welcome reader submissions and report on tips that are verifiable and timely.
Mr and Mrs Adolf Selzer marked their 50th wedding anniversary at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall reception in San Joaquin California. Married in November 1906 at St Josephs Church Moulton they moved from here to Sanger in 1923 and San Joaquin in 1924 where Mr Selzer farmed until 1944. They have nine children twenty grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A Lavaca County Farm Bureau special executive meeting in Hallettsville assigns committees for 1957. President G O Little names leaders for Membership Legislative Resolutions Service Publicity and Publicity groups with members from Hallettsville Moravia Shiner Moulton Wied Shiloh and Shiner areas. The note also urges prompt Christmas mail with names and addresses on envelopes and early mailing advice.
A playful wedding moment unfolds as she declares him her husband after a lighthearted exchange about her father’s status as the best shot in the country. The couple’s banter highlights a joyful betrothal and new union.
The Navy Area Audit Office conducts internal and contract audits at Naval activities in the Washington area for the Comptroller of the Navy. LCDR Butschek is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry J Butschek of Moulton. Plans finalize for the National Capital Texas A and M Club to sponsor an Aggie scholarship for his four years at Texas A&M through contributions to the Scholarship Development Fund. The Aggie will be selected from area schools by a committee led by Charles M Shepherdson, former Dean of Agriculture at Texas A&M. he will enroll in fall 1957. This is the first out of state scholarship sponsored by a Texas A&M Club.
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