Fire Department honors past president with pin
In a recent monthly meeting the local Fire Department awarded Mr Elo Fehrenkamp a past President's Pin. Fehrenkamp declined re election as Fire Dept President due to illness. The photo lists Edmund Kram Edward Darilek W T Pundt Elo Fehrenkamp Donald Bunting William Miculka and Arnold Freytag.
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Fire Department
Elo Fehrenkamp
Fire Dept
Edmund Kram
Edward Darilek
W. Tl. Pundt
Donald Bunting
Wm. Miculka
Arnold Freytag
Fire Dept. President Retires Gavel Passes to New Leader
Mr Elo Fehrenkamp retires as Fire Dept President and hands the gavel to newly elected President W H Pundt. Mayor Pundt brings twenty years as Fire Chief and is a former President of the Guadalupe Valley Volunteer Firemen and Fire Marshall Association with life membership.
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Elo Fehrenkamp
Fire Dept
W. H. Pundt
Pundt
Guadalupe Valley Volunteer Firemen and Fire Marshall Association
St. Joseph’s School Celebrates Second Anniversary
A large crowd attended St. Joseph's School second anniversary event. Father Joseph Kopp and Father Bernard Goebel blessed marble statues of St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother. A cake auction featured Valentine and Patriotic themed boxed cakes. Doris Ann Clouhy won a quilt and Mrs. Anton Pulkrabek won a pig.
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St. Joseph's
Joseph Kopp
Bernard Goebel
St. Joseph
Blessed Mother
Doris Ann Clouhy
Anton Pulkrabek
Scout Meeting To Form Moulton Troop At VEW Hall
A Scout meeting is set for February 22 at 7 30 p m in the VEW Hall to discuss forming a Boy Scout troop in Moulton. Richard Bentley District Scout Executive will attend to answer questions and present a film strip on Scouting. Geier Merrem Post 392 American Legion sponsors the effort inviting youngsters and parents to plan early.
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Moulton
VFW
Delara
Richard Bentley
Geier-Merrem Post
American Legion
Masons Plan Washington Birthday Party in Hallettsville
The 34th Masonic District of Texas gathers with ladies Thursday night February 16 at Lavacan Cafe in Hallettsville for an open event honoring Washington’s birthday. Led by Harry G. Hamilton, guests include Randall E. Briscoe speaker Grand Junior Warden. Tickets cost 1.50 per plate. District covers Yorktown Cuero Westhoff Moulton Shiner Yoakum Hallettsville.
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Masonic District
Texas
Washington
Lavacan Cafe
Harry G. Hamilton
Murchison Lodge No. 80
A. F
A. M
Randall E. Briscoe
Grand Lodge of Texas
Runge Trip Mischief: Kubenka Heads to Mexico Fishing
Mr. Joe Kubenka Jr. traveled with friends of Runge on a fishing trip to Mexico last week Wednesday.
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Joe Kubenka Jr
Runge
Mexico
Burglars Strike In Moulton At VEW and VFW Halls
Burglars entered Aug J. Mel nar’s car during a wedding dance at VEW Hall and stole a clock from the dash while attempting to take the radio. A separate theft at VFW Hall last Saturday night Feb 11 saw two hub caps removed from Marvin Haas’s car with little to guide investigators.
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Moulton
Aug. J. Melnar
VEW
VFW
Marvin Haas
PTA Meeting Set at High School Gym February 21
The Monster T A will meet in the High School Gym Tuesday February 21 at 7 30 p m. The program will be given by the 5th 7th and 8th grades. N E Strandtman president.
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N. E. Strandtman
Miss Ella Kuhen Dies in Schulenburg at 71
Miss Ella Kuhen 71 died in Schulenburg on Saturday morning February 11. Funeral services were held February 12 at 2 p.m. at Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jackson and Rev. Vernon Sydow officiating. Interment followed at Moulton City Cemetery. Survived by one sister Mrs. R B Wood of Del Rio and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers listed.
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Ella Kuhen
Schulenburg
Smith Funeral Home
Jackson
Flatonia Baptist Church
Vernon Sydow
Old Moulton Baptist Church
Moulton City Cemetery
Old Moulton
Asa Alex. Kuhen
Flatonia
R. B. Wood
del Rio
Robert Vivial
Sgt
Jesse Wood
Farl Kuhen
Frank Pechacek Jr
Ivy Kuhen
Jasper Kuhen
Hobbs Announces For Sheriff In Lavaca County
Winford A. Hobbs a former Hallettsville police chief and Southern Pacific detective announces his candidacy for Lavaca County sheriff. He cites Navy service World War II and a term as Hallettsville chief plus work in the Southern Pacific Special Agents Department and American Legion leadership. He appeals for votes in the July Democratic Primary and notes his family and age.
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Hallettsville
Southern Pacific
Winford A. Hobbs
Lavaca County
Lydia Kouba
Shiner
Bishop Morkovsky to celebrate Pontifical Mass in Hallettsville
Sacred Heart Parish in Hallettsville plans a Pontifical Solemn Mass for Bishop John L. Morkovsky at 10:00 a.m. on March 4 with a procession from the school to the church. A parish dinner follows in the hall, with a 2:30 p.m. civic and parish reception.
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John Morkovsky
Hallettsville
Sacred Heart
Bishop Forest
John L. Morkovsky
S.T.D
Morkovsky
Lavaca
Feyelle
Colorado
Sacred Heart Church
Rome
United States
Alois J. Markovsky
Long War Ends for 11 Japanese Soldiers
Reports from Tokyo say 11 Japanese soldiers who spent over a decade in Indonesian jungles are en route home after discovering World War II ended.
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Tokyo
Indonesia
Charlie F Mueller dies after long life in Moulton area
Charlie F Mueller died at his home on February 10 with funeral held February 12 at Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Julius Holm officiated. He was born February 13 1871 in High Hill Fayette Co moved to Pin Oak then Moulton. Survived by wife Helena two daughters Olenda Richter and Daddie Mueller. one granddaughter Vivian Slatton. one daughter Daddie predeceased him. Pallbearers named. Funeral attendance noted.
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Charlie F. Mueller
Smith Funeral
Julius F. Holm
Moulton
High Hill
Fayette Co
Karl Mueller
Pin Oak
Helena Janszen
Olenda
Dadie
Helen Mueller
Olenda Richter
Vivian Slatton
San Angelo
Dadie Mueller
Theo Wenske
Eugene Ermis
August Etlinger
Wm. Etlinger
Wm. Miculka
Donald Bunting
Family farmers urged in farm policy plan
Walter Malec of Hallettsville calls on U S Congressmen to end subsidies for large farmers. He proposes graduated cotton allotments and market pricing with parity payments limited per farm to aid family sized farms as the nation’s foundation.
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U. S
Washington
Walter Malec
Hallettsville
Malec
Soil Bank
Governor Shivers Elevates February as Heart Month in Texas
Governor Allan Shivers proclaims February as Heart Month in Texas highlighting heart disease as a leading killer and inviting Texans to join a national campaign of voluntary work and contributions. He is joined by Senator Lyndon Johnson and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, both recent heart attack victims, to urge broad support for the 1956 Heart Fund.
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Lewis S. Griffing
Texas Military
Shivers
Texas
Allan Shivers
Lyndon Johnson
Texas Heart Fund
Dwight D. Eisen
Hower
Eisenhower
My Son John at Star Theatre February 28 29
The Star Theatre presents My Son John on Tuesday and Wednesday February 28 and 29. The 122 minute suspense film starts at 7 30 p m and is sponsored by the local American Legion to raise funds for an American Legion Home.
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John
Star Theatre
Son John
American Legion
Lavaca County Homemaker Of The Year Contest Winner
Raymond Meyer of Sweet Home won second place and Mrs Ed Zimmermann placed third in the Lavaca County Conservation Homemaker Of The Year contest. The Education Expansion Committee led judging. Mrs Willie Menke chaired. Mrs Hugo Albrecht and Mrs Raymond Meyer served on the committee. Meyer did not judge.
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Lavaca County Conservation Homemaker
Raymond Meyer of
Sweet Home
Mrs
Edwin Zimmermann
Lavaca County
J. P. Harbich
Rt. 4
Yoakum
Bill to Aid Distress Family Farmers Introduced
Congressman Thompson reports a new bill to give temporary relief to distressed family farmers from acreage allotment cuts. It would extend soil bank benefits to prior years, apply to basic crops only, and cap payments at $500 per producer and $1,500 per farm. Payments rely on 25 percent of the estimated yield of nonbasic acres times the current support price.
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Clark W. Thompson
Soil Bank
VFW To Hold Games Party On Saturdays
The local VFW will stage its weekly games party on Saturdays beginning this Saturday and continuing through Lent. The event starts at 8:00 p m with special and other prizes remaining the same.
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VFW
Lavaca County Domino Championship Sign Up
The Lavaca County Championship Domino Tourney will be held at the Hallettsville Recreation Hall next Sunday February 19 with play starting at 9 00 am. Sign up with a partner by 9 00 am at Werner s Sporting Goods Hallettsville 2 50 per player. A meal will be served for 1 00. Consolation prizes have been dropped. regular championship prizes will be awarded.
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Lavaca
Recreation Hall
Hallettsville
Werner's Sporting Goods
Bobkatz Win One Lose One in District Games
The Bobkatz won their 10th district game against Eagle Lake 57 to 51 on February 7, led by Moulton in a fast start, then lost their 11th district game to Giddings 77 to 57 on February 11. The B team fell to Giddings 38 to 31. No game vs Eagle Lake was played.
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W. L. Boethel
Bobkatz
Eagle Lake
Giddings
Moulton
Will Announce For Representative C Y Jacobs Joins Race
C Y Jacobs, a native of Ezzell, plans to announce next week as a candidate for state representative. A farmer rancher active in Yoakum and Hallettsville chambers of commerce, Farm Bureau, and Old Cowboys, he led a county delegation to Washington and presided at a major Hallettsville congressional hearing last fall.
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C. Y. Jacobs
Ezzell
Jacobs
West Texas Farmers Drop Damage Suit
West Texas farmers drop a $10 million damage claim from an injunction suit against the state agricultural stabilization board. Federal Judge Joe Ingraham set February 17 to hear arguments on the government motion to dismiss. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlos G. Watson argues the case should have been filed in Washington, D C. Plaintiffs Willis Hawkins Ralph White Floyd Smith and George J. Smith sought to halt quotas they alleged were discriminatory against West Texas cotton farmers.
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State Agricultural Stabilization Board
West Texas
Joe Ingraham
Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty
Carlos G. Watson
Washington, D. C
Federal District Court
Willis A. Hawkins
Ralph White
Floyd Smith
George J. Smith
State Board
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