Terrific Car Crash Claims 1 Life
A fatal crash near Moulton killed James C. Meazle 32 a Rath Packing Co. salesman from Houston. His car swerved struck a parked Plymouth injuring no one and rolled over multiple times before Meazle died at Burt Clinic. His brother in law Dennis Berckenhoff 18 was treated for minor injuries.
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Moulton
James C. Meazle
Rath Packing Co
Houston
Here
Meazie
Dennis Berckenhoff
Route 1
Wagner Hospital
Shiner
Services Held For Auto Crash Victim Tuesday Morning
The Christmas Eve joy turned to tragedy when James C. Meazie 32 of Houston died in an auto crash here at 11 45 p m Saturday Dec 24 Funeral services were held Tuesday Dec 27 at 10 15 a m at Smith Funeral Home Chapel then at St Joseph s Catholic Church 10 30 a m Rev Bernard Goebel officiated Burial followed at the Catholic Cemetery with American Legion and VFW rites Rosary was recited at the funeral home Meazle born in Rusk Texas attended Rusk High School and served in World War II See VICTIM page 3 col 8.
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James C. Meazie
Houston
Smith Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Bernard Goebel
American Legion
VFW
Mr. Meazle
Rusk
Texas
Rusk High School
March of Dimes Drive Opens in Lavaca County
Preparations for the 1956 March of Dimes in Lavaca County advance. Geo. Kallus again chairs the drive with local community chairmen named in Hallettsville Yoakum Shiner Moulton Witthing and Kamensky. Past Lavaca County drives raised $37 288 84 for 1952 1953 1954 1955 with January 1955 net of $7 429 72. The county chapter has spent $92 on patient care in four years.
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Lavaca Co
Geo. Kallus
Cecil G. Shirley
Hallettsville
Ernest Long
Yoakum
Clyde Otto
Shiner
Alton Haliburton
Moulton
Alfred Technik
Witting
Guthrie Blahuta
Moravia
L. B. Mladenko
Wied
Henry Kalich
Kamensky
American Legion Auxiliary
Sweet Home
March of
Roof Fire Damages Home Near Komensky
The Moulton Fire Department rushed to the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Pavlicek in the Komensky vicinity last Thursday as their roof caught fire. The blaze was extinguished with minor damage and the cause remains undetermined though fireworks are suspected by a family member.
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Moulton
Herbert Pavlicek
Komensky
Plymouth sedan crash fatally injures James Meazle
James Meazle died last Saturday in a Plymouth sedan crash. Dennis Berckenhoff, who rode with him, escaped with minor injuries. The wire fence was smashed through twice as the car rounded the corner in front of Mrs. John Zavesky’s residence on FM Road 532 south of here.
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Meazle
Gonzales
Leroy Pelech
Rt. 3
Pelech
Meazie
Plymouth
James Meazle
Dennis Berckenhoff
Mirs
John Zavesky
Here
Old It on Belt Association Approves Three Point Program
The Old Iton Belt Association of Texas backs a three point legislative plan to aid Central and East Texas farmers. It seeks repeal of the 1953 cotton acreage record, revision of 1951 52 plantings, and continuation of a 1 cent reserve for small farms. The push aims to address inequities in county and farm allotments and protect growers from biased reporting and arbitrary reductions.
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la Grange
Texas
Wilivy
Centra
East Texas
E. O. Lundgren Sr
Ely Association
John Vernon Stiles
Taylor
Association
Agriculure Department
Central
East
Lundgren
West
West Texas
Congress
Agriculture Secretary
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Aricultur Economics
Association i
ASC
Lubbock
Lynn
Howard
Martin, Hockly
Dawson
North Texas
Wilbarger
Wheeler
Hardéman
Collingsworth
Childress
Contract Set On New School Building
In a special meeting on Wednesday December 21 the school board awarded the contract for the eight room fireproof school building to B. W. Construction Company of Bryan. The bid of 76400 was accepted over three other bids. Construction is to begin within eight days later this week.
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B. W. Construction Company
General Contractors
Bryan
B. W. Construction Co
Jalufka Service Sta to Close January First and Second
The Jalutka Service Station will be closed Sunday and Monday January 1st and 2nd.
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Jalufka
Sta
Jalutka
Cattle Rustlers Targeted in Texas in Review Preview
The Humble Company TV program Texas in Review will feature the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association tracking rustlers using modern methods. It will also show activities at the El Paso border patrol training school and reiterate the same episode schedule as prior issues.
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Texas
Humble Company
Texas In
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raiser Association
Border Patrol
el Paso
Humble
Soldier Bobby H Faltysek Serving With 7825th Army Unit
Specialist Bobby H Faltysek of Flatonia Texas serves in the 7825th Army Unit Headquarters and Service Company in Toul France. He joined the Army in April 1954 trained at Fort Bliss and arrived overseas in October 1955. The 21 year old attended Flatonia High School.
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Toul
France
Bobby H. Faltysek
Pete Faltysek
Flatonia
7825Th
Faltysek
Fort Bliss
Tex
Flatonia High School
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Amarillo
The Amarillo diocese appoints an auxiliary bishop to assist Bishop L J FitzSimon who has been ill. Born in Lavaca County near Praha, he studied at American College in Rome and was ordained in 1933. He holds a doctorate from Georgetown University 1935 and has served in Weimar St Ann's San Antonio and St John's Seminary.
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Amarillo
L. J. FitzSimon
Lavaca Co
Praha
North American College
Rome
Gregorgian University
Weimar
St. Ann’s
San Antonio
St. John’s Seminary
Catholic University
St. Leo’s
Newsprint Deliveries Will Be Cut
Five major newsprint makers informed newspaper clients that deliveries will be reduced from 714 to 1314 percent in 1956, according to the American Newspaper Publishers Association. The cuts are expected to shrink paper sizes for papers relying on these suppliers, a spokesman said.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Last Rites Held for Fr. J. Haas
Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 11 from Smith Funeral Home Chapel for Fr. J. Haas who died at home after a two week illness at age 94 years 6 months and 21 days. Rev. Geo See conducted the rites.
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Smith Funeral Home
F. J. Haas
Geo
Lavaca Farm Bureau Explains Its View On The 2 Percent Reserve
The Lavaca County Farm Bureau explains the 2 per cent reserve resolution adopted at the State Convention. It argues the plan favors hardship cases and small farms, notes Lavaca’s past acreage gains under the 10 per cent reserve, and cites perceived regional shifts in allocation across West Texas and North Texas.
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Lavaca County
ASC
West
Moultonites Brother Buried At Goliad
Alex Horney 60 brother of Mrs. Ad A Haas of Moulton dies at Goliad County Hospital after three months illness from injuries in a Sept. 24 auto accident. Born June 8 1894 in Goliad he was a farmer and WWI veteran. Funeral Dec. 22 at Immaculate Conception Church burial Holy Cross Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Surviving: daughter Alice Narvar Goliad son Raymond Bruckmiller Paint Rock seven grandchildren two brothers Ben and Henry Goliad two sisters Mrs. Mathilda Wiest Victoria and Mrs. Ad A Haas here.
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Alex Horney
Ad. A. Haas
Moulton
Goliad County Hospital
Mr. Horney
Goliad
Giduis Horney
Minnie Welms
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Peter J. Kolvenback
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Richard Horney
Ben Horney
Johnnie Gayda
Frank Malech
Edward Diebel
Alex Haas
Alice Narvar
Raymond Bruckmiller
Paint Rock
Ben
Henry Horney
Mathilda Wiest
Victoria
Here
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J.C. Meazle
Burt
Fire Dept
Joe’s Chevrolet Sales Company
Wrecker
Wilbert Horstman
Tom Cook
March of Dimes Drive
Raab Studio
OLD @ITON BELT ASSOCIATION
Texas In Review
V.ec
Alois Zidek
O. W. Davis
Guadalupe Vat
Joan L. Morkovsky of
FR. J. Haas
HAAS
Lavaca Farm Bureau
F. B. Page
Moultonite
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