Change in Moulton since 1895 shown in local photos
A 1958 article reflects a 63 year view of Moulton’s Front Street and business district. It recalls horse trading hubs, cotton platforms by the railroad, local water well on Moore Ave FM Road, and sites later rebuilt as Pilot's Super Market and Etlinger’s Locker Service. A 1908 fire devastated much of the north end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Front Street
Moore Ave
Ed. Annim
Wagner
Ed Boehm
Pilot’s
Boehm
Etlinger’s
Ed. Boehm
Bank and Drug Store
Independence Day and the spirit of enterprise across history
The passage reflects on factors behind business success from Sears Roebuck to Singer and Woolworth, noting courage and ingenuity persist amid change. It links these lessons to Independence Day, urging citizens to act to preserve the freedoms won by forefathers and the government built from those actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Richard Warren Sears
Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Lightning Strikes Waelder Park Burnout Destroys County Barn
A bolt set a Waelder county barn ablaze destroying four county dump trucks and tools. A road maintainer narrowly escaped. nearby observer Mrs. Sadie Johnson, 65, died after mistaking the blaze for her sister’s home fire.
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Waelder
Sadie Johnson
Johnson
Farm Bureau Barn Dance At VFW Hall Thursday
The Moulton Farm Bureau sponsors a Barn Dance at the VFW Hall Thursday night July 3 featuring the Ray Krenek orchestra playing jovial tunes. Three awards will be given, and a large crowd is expected as locals and visitors gather for the event.
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Moulton Farm Bureau
VFW Hall
Ray Krenek
Farm Bureau
Vacations Start For Novosads In Wichita Visit
Mr and Mrs Jim Novosad left Sunday for Wichita Kansas to spend a week in the home of Lt and Mrs Joe Fehrenkamp and daughter They were accompanied to Temple Sunday by Mr and Mrs Norman Novosad and children where they boarded a train for the trip.
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Jim Novosad
Wichita
Kansas
Joe Fehrenkamp
Temple Sunday
Norman Novosad
Local Apple Tree Bears Over 50 Regular Apples
Frank A. Koncaba of the northern town reports his north-side apple tree, planted eight years ago and two feet tall, now bears over 50 regular size apples resembling Winesap in taste. The tree survived drought and began bearing three years ago with this year’s crop largest. Tommy Gene Bartos of Houston stands nearby during a vacation with relatives.
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Frank A. Koncaba
Tommy Gene Bartos
Houston
Town to Close Friday July 4 Observing Independence Day
The city of Moulton will be closed all day Friday July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Citizens are reminded to shop accordingly.
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Moulton
Star Theatre
Moulton Eagle
Rancher Celebrates Stork Brings Heifer in Texas Lane
Schulenburg couple Mr. and Mrs. Scott Dulling moved from Houston to a nearby farm last summer to start a cattle herd. The herd produced only bull calves until Mrs. Dulling found a note on the door announcing a girl. She rushed to the corral to see the calf, but her husband was at the county store passing out cigars.
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Schulenburg
Scott Dulling
Houston
Here
Dulling
Margaret Sieber Crowned Lavaca County Farm Bureau Queen
17 year old Margaret Sieber of Rt 1 Halletsville was crowned Lavaca County Farm Bureau Queen for 1958 1959 at the Queen Contest held June 28 in Halletts ville Recreation Hall. She will represent Lavaca County in the Dist X contest Sept 1 9 with the overall winner entering the Texas IB Contest in Corpus Christi Nov 9 12. Several area contestants won a $2 cash award: Leonita Vasek Dorothy Wenske Shirley Ann Dierschke Merlene Fishbeck Vera Kocian Nehievee Pilsner.
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Margaret Sieber
Rudolph Sieber
Rt. 1
Hallettsville
Lavaca County
Farm Bureau
Recreation Hall
Sieber
Corpus Christi
Leonita Vasek
Jerome Vasek
Dorothy Wenske
Bruno Wenske
Shirley Ann Dierschke
Johnnie Dierschke
Merlene Fishbeck
Raymond Fishbeck
Vera Kocian
Comm
Henry Kocian
Nehivee Pilsner
Ed. Pilsner
Babe Ruth Team Sweeps Yoakum in League Losses
Moulton’s Babe Ruth nine defeated Yoakum 7-2 as Stalla yielded seven hits for the locals while Rutledge allowed two. Earlier Lions Field saw a dramatic 8-7 heartbreaker as Flatonia trailed 6-4 after six innings but rallied in the ninth with Cooper giving up ten hits for eight runs.
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Moulton
Yoakum
Stalla
Rutledge
Lions Field
Flatonia
Cooper
Mystery Farm Identified as Alex Hrnci Farm Near Komensky
Frank Hanslik correctly named the Mystery Farm as Alex Hrnci’s located five miles east of Komensky. Hrnci family, married 1941, farmed on 95 acres bought in 1946. They have three children and belong to St. Joseph Church with KJZT and Knights of Columbus. The farm uses a Farmall Super C with Brahma cattle and soil building rotations.
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Frank Hanslik
Here
Alex Hrnci
Komensky
Hanslik
Star Theatre
Hrnci
Hrneck
Lillian Appelt
Joe Mikulik
Hrnek
Betty Jo
Barbara
Billy
St. Joseph Catholic Church of
Moulton
KJZT
Knights of Columbus
Farmall
Rainfall Drenches Moulton Area With Winds
About .75 inch of rain fell Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning as swift showers swept through Moulton and nearby communities. Breslau reports rain with high winds that leveled corn nearly to the ground. Skies remain cloudy and more rain is expected.
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Moulton
Breslau
Faculty Tenors Honored at Texas Lutheran College
At the commencement exercises Texas Lutheran College recognizes faculty with long service. Anita Richter is among the ten year honorees and receives a bouquet of red carnations matching each year of service.
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Texas Lutheran College
Anita Richter
Merchant Assured Of Right Name
Augusta merchant Sam Bruce doubted a check after reading the name and the signer’s address. Bank officers confirmed the check was legitimate, but the customer’s name Blue Monday and address Dead Man’s Alley Langley South Carolina added to his suspicions.
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Augusta
Sam Bruce
Bruce
Langley
S. C
UT June Graduate Spann Joins North American Aviation
Among the University of Texas June graduates Robert Louis Spann earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering and accepted a position with North American Aviation in Los Angeles as a Thermodynamics engineer. He is the son of Lon E. and Mrs. Spann of Houston Texas and was born in Moulton where the Spann family formerly resided.
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University of Texas College of Engineering
Robert Louis Spann
Robert
North American Aviation of
Los Angeles Calif
Local Youth Bailed After Train Derailment Attempt
Birmingham Alabama junior J. D. Moore, 18, was held under $1,500 bond for trying to derail a train. He gave no reason beyond saying he had never seen a train wreck.
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Birmington
Ala
J. D. Moore
Lutheran College President Honored In Seguin Sunday
Dr Willian F Kraushaar president emeritus of Texas Lutheran College was honored Sunday in Seguin marking the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the Lutheran ministry. Speakers included Dr Otto Schawe and Dr Edward A Sagebiel with tributes from family and colleagues and presentations by church officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran College
Seguin
Willian F. Kraushaar
Texas Lutheran College
San Antonio
North Dakota
Theos S. Morck
Otto Schawe
Path
Edward A. Sagebiel
Clarence Oestreich
Kurt Hartmann
la Vernia
Hitler Kin Hit Wolf Pack: El Paso-Siegfried Charged
El Paso Siegfried Hitler II claiming nephew status to Adolf Hitler was charged with holding up a service station at knife point in a recent incident.
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el Paso
Siegfried Hitler II
Adolf Hitler
SP Disbands Section Hand Crews Across Austin Division
The Moulton section hand detail of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Austin Division was disbanded last week with foreman Charles Hooker transferred to Chilton. Crew members including Joe Pohler and Henry Kloesel moved to other sections as track upkeep shifts to Flatonia. The Auslin divisions drop from 16 to 10 section hands, with more reductions anticipated and continued limited service between Hearne and Yoakum.
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Moulton
SP Railroad
Austin SP
Charles Hooker
Chilton
Waco
Joe Pohler
Shiner
Flatonia
Henry Kloesel
Giddings
Hearne
Yoakum
Car Won't Start Mystery Solved by Theft
Milwaukee worker Richard Diobik from the American Motors Corp Body Division found the car's starter failed because a thief had stolen the crank shaft and transmission from the vehicle. The ignition and generator were intact, but the missing parts prevented any start.
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Milwaukee
Richard Diobik
O. K
Diobik
American Motors Corp
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Raab Studio
J. C. Penny
Isaac Singer
Singer
Frank W. Woolworth
Wichita, Kansas
Roach Studio
Stork
Heifer
Margaret Seiber
Babe Ruth
University of Texas
Molly Kraushaar Nelson
Kraushaar
Dad
Roy Ro Krezdorn
H. H. Weinert
TLC Board of Regents
Julius F. Slolm
Hitler
Southern Pacific Railroad
Auslin
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