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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1955
Page
1
An editor notes rising mental illness rates, with 20 to 25 percent of workers affected and one in twelve children needing hospitalization. Experts condemn underfunding of research, frequent custodial care, and calls to reframe focus beyond neglectful treatment while urging progress in medical attention.
Bohuslav is promoted to yeant technical train sergeant at Force Headquarters. He is a medical technician assigned to the ethics section of the U S Army Surgeon’s Office here. Prior service includes Moulton Texas High School athletics. He is married to Georgia Michalec and resides with his parents at 4917 Southern Avenue Biloxi Mississippi.
S Sgt Doug at the local Air Force Base announces a new policy allowing all veterans from Moulton area who left service after July 1951 and who have Air Force skills to re enlist with attractive adjustments. The program aims to benefit veterans and ensure recruitment of needed technicians. Details on qualifications and assignments are being provided by base officials.
Texas researchers report four treatments of diesel oil spray wiped out 99 percent of Johnson grass in College Station cotton fields. Hand hoe efforts reached only 44 percent. Rea notes spot oiling saves labor. knapsack sprayers mix one oil type with diesel. Typical cost is about 14 dollars per acre, with variation by infestation and oil use.
Hallettsville will host a statewide Fraternal day on Sunday July 17 with a free afternoon program. The event will honor each Society and Lodge with a Fraternal ribbon and Flag salute while M S Carl Biebers a Grand President and national board member speaks. Muehlstein Band will provide music and Moulton Lodge 59 and Culak Lodge SPJST organize games and supper with all invited.
Rudolph Roznovsky 25 of Houston suffered a fractured back after a power line pole fell on him while his crew from Houston Lighting and Power Co. set the pole. He was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital and is listed as a catcher for the Houlton baseball team.
Rudy Kurtz Sr 23 son of Rt 1 Shiner Texas was promoted to corporal at Fort Lewis Washington where he serves with the 2nd Infantry Division He gained combat experience in Korea with the Indianhead division and now trains with his unit Kurtz an automotive inspector in the 702nd Ordnance Battalion Headquarters Detachment joined the Army February 1954 and finished basic training at Fort Bliss He attended Shiner High School His wife Mary resides in Tacoma Washington.
Chris Rudi 79 of La Grange died July 2 in a Schulenburg Rest Home after a long illness. Funeral services were held July 4 at La Grange Funeral Home with Rev. H. A. Fraugott officiating. Burial in Swiss Alp cemetery. Born Oct 30 1875 in Fayette County he married Lydia Kaase who died in 1936. no children. Survived by three brothers and many relatives. Attendants from Moulton included Helen Urban and Helen Kaase. He was brother in law of F. C. Kaase.
The Star Theatre extends its weekly run to include Wednesday and Thursday night screenings in addition to the four nightly performances. July birthday registrations offer a free birthday movie pass after providing name age and address. registrations are accepted only during July. Franta Vavrik, head of Czech films in Texas, will attend to discuss upcoming Czech cinema.
The text reports a robbery at Miller Grocery on Hochheim Street Yoakum with a Negro suspect seen in dark clothing fleeing toward Tex Tank. Officers including Constable McGrew Deputy Sheriff Charlie Clark questioned about 15 witnesses and sought two suspects in Austin for lie detector tests. The band reportedly stole between 475 and 500 dollars including 20 bills many fives and tens and silver. A separate note mentions a dry goods sale extended at W H H and Linger's store.
Dr Henry A Holle Texas Commissioner of Health reports 5372 Texans died last year from one cause. Automobiles caused 2519 deaths accounting for 47 percent of total. Falls caused 650 deaths. Traffic deaths over the weekend exceeded Safe-Devts predictions with 407 deaths vs 308 forecast.
University of Texas biochemists report liver derived glutamine may form a new alcoholism therapy. Preliminary human tests support earlier lab findings that glutamine reduces alcohol appetite. If validated in extensive trials, it would supplement vitamin therapy introduced in 1951 by Dr. Roger J. Williams.
On Monday August 15 a centennial event commemorates the 1854 founding. Matthias Novak arrived that year and later donated 20 acres of land for a church. A daylong celebration began with a 9 30 Solemn High Mass led by Rev. Robert, Archbishop, with King Emil Gre Tim Bily and Pastor Petru assisting.
Sally Harris Williams, born 1854 in Hallettsville to early settler Buck Harris, married Shiner merchant C L Williams in 1892. Williams helped educate several local children and built Flatonia’s first structures, shaping the pioneer era in the town and county.
Louis W A Baur 57 died Thursday in a Houston hospital after living in Houston 31 years. He was born July 4 1897 in Moulton and married Amanda Wunderlich in 1922. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad and was active in Grace Lutheran Church and Boy Scouts. Survived by wife a daughter and three grandchildren, with services in Houston and Moulton.
The Moulton Eagle seeks rural correspondents from Ko mensky Witting Oak Grove and Henkhaus areas. Write or call the Eagle office if you live in those communities for an appealing offer from The Publishers.
A wingless helicopter style craft has hovered over Moulton farmlands over the weekend. It is stabled at the VFW Hall grounds and conducts surveys for surface explorations of uranium and lease holdings in this and neighboring counties. No hot spots reported yet, but hopes rise for showings in the Old Moulton area where rare rock specimens are said to be present.
Four Shiner youths paid fines and court costs totaling more than 80 dollars in Justice of Peace A J Darilek's court Tuesday morning. They were charged with disturbing the peace Saturday night at the Jal ufka Service Station. Damages to gasoline pumps will be settled with Texaco Co. locally.
The South Central League hosts the second annual All Star game on Wednesday July 13 at 8 15 PM. Lee County League players come from Carmine Dime Box Giddings Lincoln and Manheim while South Central Texas League players hail from Ammansville Flatonia Hallettsville Holman La Grange Moulton Plum and Shiner. Notable players include Richard Roberts Don Peterson Winford Hollas Melvin Nuenendorff Allan Hoelscher Herman Popp Dennis Caka Victor Roznovsky Charlie Otto Paul Walla Jerry Muras Charles Hengst Travis Etzel Francis Cernosek Ovie Roensch James Fric Joe Kozelsky Alvin Bollum and manager John Kana with assistant Les Blume. The 1954 game was 12 to 2 in favor of Lee County Leaguers and organizers hope for an even larger crowd.
A uranium exploration pact covers 22 000 acres in Gonzales DeWitt and Lavaca counties. Southern Minerals will drill and cover exploration plus mining costs if deposits are found. Gulf Coast Leaseholds gets half of all net profits from eventual production.
Hallettsville Little Leaguers beat Moulton 5 to 2 to extend their unbeaten streak after a 4th inning rally. Moulton's Kloesel had the game’s only extra base hit with a 3-base hit and pitched six hits. On Tuesday, Hallettsville defeated Flatonia 17 to 7.
Waelder Constable Lester Ham and Sheriff L. O. McGinty investigated a theft from melon buyer A H McBryde who lost five hundred dollar and twenty dollar denomination bills along with a fifty and smaller notes while staying overnight at a Waelder tourist court. The incident occurred on a Friday night and was kept quiet for days to trace a big denomination clue.
Production from egg laying flocks is expected to dip five percent or more this fall below the same period last year, likely pushing prices higher for producers. Farmers have raised 19 percent fewer replacement chicks this year, and fall flocks may be six to eight percent smaller than a year ago, with Texas and South Central states showing larger-than-expected cuts.
Corrine, District Highway Engineer at Yoakum says Cage Brothers bid $258,617.38 for grading and structures on FM roads from the end of SM 532 near Moravia to US 77. The FM 1891 project runs from its end to Sweet Home SH 95 in the Charlottenburg-Shiner area.
Friday July 8 at Yoakum and Tuesday July 12 at Shiner listed for Little League games.
The 35th Annual Encampment of the Dept. of Texas VFW and Ladies Auxiliary met in Corpus Christi June 23 to 27. New officers include Commander Ted Connell and S V Commander Bill Cole. installation by National Army General Julian Dickinson. Delegates from Moulton attended with Gene Hinch installed as 24th District Commander.
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