Industry shifts and union wage pressure spark inflation fears
Across the nation workers press wage demands as costs rise. In Houston painters seek a 15 cent an hour increase while a Tennessee atomic plant study by a presidential committee follows worker strikes. Seguin plans a fiberglas plant producing 200000 yards monthly before distribution to California. O Shiner's wire works outputs nearly $500000 yearly from backyard start. Schulenburg steel plant converts external steel into hoes and shovels. The piece argues for better local opportunities to mimic larger cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Shiner’s Wire Works
Schulenburg
FFA Boys Attend 26th Texas Convention in San Antonio
Texas Future Farmers of America prepare for their 26th annual state convention in San Antonio from July 21 to 23. State President Jon Hagler of La Grange and six regional vice presidents lead planning with local San Antonio merchants. events include a downtown parade, La Villita fun night, Plaza Hotel business sessions and exhibits, and sightseeing trips.
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San Antonio
Texas
Farmers of America
Old City
Piney Woods
Panhandle
Jon Hagler
la Grange
Old la Villita
Plaza Hotel
Little Leaguers Sweep Shiner In Weekend Showdown
Moulton’s Little Leaguers defeated Shiner 10 to 3 after trailing 3 0 early. Orts took the pitching loss as Yoakum built a big lead before Moulton answered with four in the third and steady scoring through the sixth. The win ties Moulton for third in league play with another 4 2 victory over Shiner on Tuesday.
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Little Teaguers
Yoakum
Stalla
Moulton
Shiner
Fishbeck
Vasek
Zimmermann
Lee Lil
KC Knights of Columbus Install Officers at Parish Hall
The Knights of Columbus Council No. 3244 held a formal installation of officers last Wednesday at the parish hall. District Deputy A J Rohan installed the officers including Grand Knight A Eohl and Deputy Grand Knight Joe Burger, with plans announced for an August 22 social at the VFW Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
A. J. Rohan
Yoa- Kum
A. Oehl
Joe Burger
Frank Kouba
Willie Simper Jr
Eugene Hinci
Edward Darilek
Herman Kurtz
Aug. Etlinger
A. W. Krejci
August Kasper
Alfons Vana
Joe Heger
E. J. Jaluska
William Hoepfl, Jr
Lavaca County students apply to Texas Lutheran College
Six Lavaca County residents applied to Texas Lutheran College in Seguin for the fall term. Names include Wilbur Lioewe Wayne Renger Jocelyn Haas Randle Kriedler Gordon Hildebrandt and Grace Cook. Enrollment is expected to rise with more than 50 percent more applications than last year.
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Seguin
Lavaca County
Texas Lutheran College
Wilbur Lioewe
Wayne Renger
Hallettsville
Jocelyn Haas
Moulton
Randle Kriedler
Shiner
The
Seguin College
Gordon Hildebrandt
Grace Cook
Edward A. Sagebiel
Firemen battle rail tie blaze at Rainbow Inn on Komensky Road
Moulton firemen answered a Monday night call around 10 o clock to the Rainbow Inn on the Komensky Road where a pile of used railroad ties caught fire. About 20 ties burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Rainbow Inn
Komensky FM
Watermelons Get Sweeter in Yoakum Market
The Yoakum watermelon market has shipped over a million pounds to Canada and northern markets. Melons weighing 20 to 30 pounds bring about 75 cents per hundred pounds, while smaller ones travel farther. Dr. A L Harrison notes future sweetness could rise with USDA varieties reaching 10.5 percent sugar. current best Yoakum melons run 8 to 9.5 percent, with soil conditions influencing sugar content.
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Canada
A. L. Harrison
Yoakum
USDA
Krametbauer Rites Held Thursday
Funeral services for Frank Krametbauer Sr aged 88 were scheduled for Thursday at Buffington Funeral Home at 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. at Shiner Catholic Church. Burial was planned in Moulton Catholic Cemetery. He died Tuesday at 5 p.m. Details were unavailable at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Krametbauer
Buffington
Shiner Catholic Church
Moulton
Krametbauer
Carol Lockstedt Promoted at Camp Sheridan
Carol Lockstedt stationed at Camp Sheridan Chicago Illinois has been promoted to private first class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Lockstedt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Lockstedt
Camp Sheridan
Chicago
Illinois
PFC
Carl Lockstedt
Half Inch Rain Drenches Moulton After Storm
A Wednesday noon thunderstorm dropped about a half inch of rain on Moulton. Memorial Day registration books were picked up at the south gate of the City Cemetery. return to Moulton City Cemetery Association.
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Moulton
Moulton City Cemetery
U S Cotton Acreage Declines in 1954 Texas Crop Outlook
U S Department of Agriculture reports July 1 acreage down 21 percent from 1953 to 19,910,000 acres. Projected yield 300 pounds per acre implies about 11,976,000 bales, with over 9,000,000 bales carried over. Texas holds 8,000,000 acres, about 84 percent of last year, with potential output near 3,000,000 bales versus 3,850,000 in 1953.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Department
Texas
Lone Star
Last Kites Read For Mrs. F. Berckenhoff
Mrs. Fred Berckenhoff of near Moulton dies at Shiner hospital after fifteen days confinement. Funeral services at Smith Funeral Home and St. Josephs Church with Rev Matoc ha. Survived by husband eight children four sisters and four brothers. She was 53 years old.
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Fred Peickenhoff
Moulton
Shiner Hospital
Smith Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
John Matocha
George Holub
Gus Welff
George Berckenhoff
Gorge Migl
Raymond Berckenhoff
Ed. Koudelka
Berckenhoff
Czechoslovakia
Fred Berckenhoff
Alfred
Sophia) Barta
Old Moulton
Edwin
Ida) Hemmie
James
Dorothy) Meazle
Houston
Rose Marie Berckenhoff
Rudy
Otto
Old Kinkler
Dennis
Willie Ray
Maria Szyskal
Antonia Sebastian
Prairie Duchin
Wisconsin
Anastasia Migl
Praha
Rosie Vaculik
Kamensky
Joe Koudelka
Schulenburg
Frank Koudelka
Anton Koudelka
Shiner
Charles Koudelka
Ganado
Park Improvements Underway by Local Club
The Lions Recreational Field is getting picnic tables under the trees with work by the Home Demonstration Club. To finance the beautification the club sells sandwiches and soft drinks during Little League games, inviting community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Cadet Raab Shines in ROTC Voice and Command Training
Cadet Quinton J. Raab of A M College of Texas demonstrates during the Voice and Command phase at the Reserve Officers Training Summer Camp at Fort Lee Virginia. He is assigned to Company E Second Battalion and will return to his home near Moulton to prepare for his senior year at A M College of Texas after summer training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinton J. Raab
A & M College of Texas
Joe Raab
Parish Picnic Date Set by St. Joseph's Parish trustees
Church trustees at St. Joseph's parish set the parish picnic for Sunday September 12. At last year's event a bale of cotton auctioned and re auctioned brought nearly 1500 dollars.
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St. Joseph's Parish
Girls Complete Summer Work
The local Homemaking teacher Mrs Selma Atkinson announced that 26 girls earned credit in Home Making for June summer work in Home Practice and Home Project. Names include Lexi Etlinger Doris Melnar Mary Kocian Marion Vana Frances Michalec Patsy Sadler Joyce Jahn Evelyn Styrk La Verne Muelhstein Twila Atkinson Linda Breitschopf Mildred Gal Marion Michal Jo Dein rause Loretta Novak Dolores Jopek Dolores Fotsik Betty Jane Raab Irene Kocian Alice Clouhy Gene Marie Halata Margie Pavlicek El Rose Ander le Esther Mae Kuehn A della Hanslik. Projects included canning sewing home freezing painting upholstering home decoration care improvements gardening marketing laundry and other duties.
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Selma Atkinson
Lexi Marie Etlinger
Doris Ann Melnar
Mary Kocian
Mary Charba
Marion Vana
Frances Michalec
Patsy Sadler
Joyce Jahn
Evelyn Styrk
la Verne Muelhstein
Twila Atkinson
Linda Breitschopf
Mildred Gal
Marion Michal
Jo Deinrause
Loretta Novak
Dolores Jopek
Dolores Fotsik
Betty Jane Raab
Irene Kocian
Alice Clouhy
Gene Marie Halata
Margie Pavlicek
el Rose Anderle
Esther Mae Kuehn
A.della Hanslik
S. C. T. All Stars To Play Lee Co League At La Grange
The South Central Texas Baseball League All Stars from Hallettsville Moulton Weimar Holman Ammansville and Plum meet Lee County League All Stars in La Grange on Wednesday July 21 at 8 15 p m A selection of three or four players from each club is expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grange
Hallettsville
Moulton
Weimar
Holman
Ammansville
Plum
Lee County
Lee County League Teams and SCTL All Stars Details
Warda Carmine Dime Box Ledbetter Giddings Manheim Lincoln Lexington compete in the Lee County League. Admission is 50 cents adults 25 cents students tax included. SCTL All Stars pitchers are Bottom of Halletts ville and Hellas of Ammanns ville. Red Calhoun and Lawrence Rothbauer manage Hallettsville with John Kana assisting. managers of the first place SCTL team will be chosen. Player selections from each team will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee County League
Warda
Carmine
Dime Box
Ledbetter
Giddings
Manheim
Lincoln
Lexington
SCTL
Hallettsville
Hellas
Ammannsville
Classroom and Bus Garage Expansion at School Grounds
Construction of an annex to the veterans classroom and bus garage is underway. The Albert Schuman crew handles the work, Bevan's Gin Structures will house mixing equipment at Beran's Gin, Mill and Feed grounds are added, and a sheet metal tower will hold feed hoppers with a 10 000 pound capacity, Emil Beran states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schuman
Beran
Emil Beran
VFW Auxiliary Games Party Supports Fire Truck Fund
VFW Auxiliary members vote to donate all net proceeds from a Friday night game party at the VFW Hall to the New Fire Truck Fund. Watch for announcements on future events and fundraising efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW Aux
Fire Truck Fund
VFW
County Shares In Education Funds In Texas
Austin report shows Lavaca County among top beneficiaries of public education funds for 1949 to 1953. County received 452 218.78 dollars in the last fiscal year from a 211 million state total. Governor Shivers cites Gilmer Aiken distribution, noting boosts in teacher numbers and salaries and increased funding for school administration improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Lavaca
Texas Education Agency
Allan Shivers
Gilmer Aiken
Shivers
Terrific Heat Dreuth Continues
The sizzling heat wave over Texas since Sunday brought temperatures up to 104 on Sunday and 107 on Monday. The dry sky Tuesday worsened conditions with wilting cotton and rapidly deteriorating pastures prompting more livestock feed.
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Texas
Notice To Cotton Buyers and Ginners Lavaca County
There will be a meeting next Thursday July 15 at ten o clock A M in the District Court Room to explain marketing quota instructions for the 1954 upland cotton crop for ginners and cotton buyers records to be kept and reports to be submitted All ginners and buyers in Lavaca County are urged to attend Edgar Freytag chairman Lavaca County ASC said it is important for all ginners and buyers to understand the regulations
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Lavaca County
Edgar Freytag
First Bale in Wharton Sets Date Record
Wharton County reports its first 1954 bale ginned at 11 am Friday at Modern Farmers Co operative Gin. The 436.5 pound bale, grown by Jack Tullos, beats the prior date record for first bales. The bale arrived Thursday night at 392 pounds and was filled Friday morning to meet marketable weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton County
West Wharton County
Jack Tullos
Tullos
Rev Kopp to Visit Native France With Two Clergy
Pastor Rev Joseph Kopp of St. Josephs Catholic Church plans a July trip to France his homeland. He will be joined by Monsignor Joseph Pustka and Rev Vic A Raska with a layover in New Orleans Chicago and a steamship from New York harbor July 20.
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Joseph Kopp
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
France
Father Kopp
Joseph Pustka
Hostyn
Vic. A. Raska
Flatonia
New Orleans
Chicago
New York Harbor
Raska
New York
Father Tropp
Africa
Telephone Company Names New Huntsville District Manager
O J Jubile Clements to replace Cecil Kennedy as BeauMont district manager, supervising 14 exchanges and 96 000 telephones. Kennedy moves from Huntsville to BeauMont. Clements will oversee Huntsville area including Moulton and exchanges at Bellville Brenham Calvert Columbus Eagle Lake and more. Clements a 26 year veteran and UT Longhorn baseball alumnus known locally as Jubile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo Telephone Company
Cecil Kennedy
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Huntsville
Beaumont
Kennedy
O. J
Jubile) Clements
The
Tele Company
Dallas
Beau
Mont
Clements
Moulton
Bellville
Brenham
Calvert
Columbus
Eagle Lake
Flatonia
Hearne
Hempstead
Jewett
Center
Cleveland
Corrigan
Madisonville
Nacogdoches
San Augustine
Timpson
Emergency March of Dimes Drive Aims to Fill $20 Million Gap
The National Foundation seeks an August two week drive to raise twenty million dollars for polio research and vaccine work. Lavaca County needs fifteen thousand more dollars after a sixty three thousand dollar past grant. local workers and contributors urged to support the special drive led by Paul H. Fertsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation
Lavaca
Lavaca County
National Foundation For
Paul H. Fertsen
Altar Society Plans Ice Cream and Games Party
At a regular meeting the Altar Society finalized plans for an ice cream and games party at the Parish Auditorium on Wednesday July 21 at 8 p.m. They also voted to donate $10 to Playground Park improvements led by Home Demonstration ladies. Hostesses named for the next meeting were Mesdames Kasper Kolar Kotzebue Kouba Kozelsky Kubenka Kurtz and Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Society
John Matocha
August Kasper
Anton Kolar
Roy Kotzebue
Frank Kouba
John Kozelsky
John Kubenka
Herman Kurtz
Wm. J. Meyer
Eagles Pounce Weimar 14 to 2 in playoff push
Moulton Eagles surged to a 14 2 win over Weimar on Sunday behind 16 hits led by Krejci 5 for 5 with a home run. Kotzebue allowed 3 hits and 9 strikeouts in a complete game. Needham took the loss as Moulton advances to the playoffs and faces Holman next Sunday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Eagles
Weimar
Senator Strauss to Speak at Farm Bureau Meeting
Senator Gus Strauss will be guest speaker at the Farm Bureau meeting at Rock Inn on July 22. He will discuss amendments that will be voted on in the coming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Strauss
Farm Bureau
Rock Inn
Yoakum Assembly Elects 4th Degree Knights Officers
The Yoakum Assembly of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus elected officers for the coming year on June 30 at Stary's Cafe in Yoakum. New officers include Faithful Navigator Joe Hoffman, Faithful Captain A J Rohan, Faithful Admiral Wm Novosad, Faithful Pilot Emil Jaluska, Faithful Comptroller Henry Raska, Inner Sentinel Aug W Etlinger, and Outside Sentinel Charles Merian, with several officers from Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Knights of Columbus
Stary’s
Moulton
Joe Hoffman
Coero
A. J. Rohan
Wm. Novosad
Emil J. Jaluska
Henry Raska
Aug. W. Etlinger
Inner Sentinel
Charles Merian
Sentinel
Active Civic and Alumni Participant Highlighted
A local figure described as an active participant in civic and alumni activities appears in readable portions of the article. The piece notes ongoing community involvement and ties to the university network through these roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ents
Reservists to Meet at Schulenburg American Legion Hall
Air Force reservists in Moulton area are asked to attend a July 22 meeting at the Schulenburg American Legion Hall at 8 PM. The session aims to acquaint all reservists with the new Air Force specialized program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulenburg
Air Force
Moulton
American Legion Hall
Professor Studies Population Shift in Texas Rural Areas
Assistant Professor Wilfrid C. Bailey of the University of Texas says rural Texas is losing population except irrigation farming regions in the Panhandle and Lower Rio Grande Valley show gains. He notes better roads raise villages into shipping centers and new industries improve rural living, while small farms face changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Wilfrid C. Bailey
University of Texas
U. S
Texas Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Bailey
Panhandle
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Bevan's
Dreuth
Wharton
Rev. Kopp
Herman
Moulton Lodge
Sudiio
Eagles Pounce
Krejci
Kotzebue
Eagles
Needham
Sen. Strauss
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