Boy Scouts Enjoy Outing At Sulphur Park
The Moulton Boy Scouts spent a day at Sulphur Park with swimming tests and merit badge work. E C Newman Yoakum and Weldon Knape assisted, about seventy five tests and sixteen merit badges achieved, Second Class Scouts named and a Board of Review formed to confirm progress.
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Sulphur Park
Moulton
E. C. Newman
Yoakum
Weldon Knape
Fred Fehrenkamp, Jr
Edwin Stainacher
Gordon Wells Fehrenkamp
John Eilert
Rudolph Jahn, Jr
Leon Hinck
Erwin Biehunke
Civilian Conservation Corps Proves Its Value to Nation
The Civilian Conservation Corps shows lasting usefulness with 134 billion trees planted and projects across erosion control, roads, bridges, lodges, dams, and telegraph lines. In six years the program has moved millions of enrollees’ families toward half a billion dollars in wages, while building human resources and national asset value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
CCC
San Antonio Evening News
Sam Jaeggli Jr Sends Postcard From San Francisco
Sam Jaeggli Jr son of Dr and Mrs Sam Jaeggli of this place sends postcard greetings from San Francisco reporting a brief sunny visit and cheerful notes to family.
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Sam Jaeggli, Jr
Sam Jaeggli
This Place
San Francisco
Dickson School Citizen Joseph Bartos Dies at 74
Joseph Bartos of the Dickson School area died Sunday afternoon at his son Emil’s home from a heart attack. He was 74 and buried Tuesday at Moulton Catholic Cemetery after services at St. Joseph's Church. Surviving are six children and eight grandchildren. Mrs. Bartos died two years ago and daughter Francis passed at age 12.
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Joseph Bartos
Dickson
Emil Bartos
Bartos
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Moulton Catholic
Joseph Kopp
Europe
Texas
Francis
Joe
Frank Bartos
Flatonia
Mary Bareak
Dickson School
Annie Rebecek
Nickel
John
Koswig
Germany
Carolina Koenig
Moulton
Koenig
Louise Mueller
Frank Koening
Floresville
Emil Pundt
F. W. Krause
Olmos
Emilie Henrichs
Robstown
Ada Koenig
Jim Hanzel
Witting
Emil Schulte
Kimil Mueller
Rosenberg
U S Plans Cotton Export Subsidy This Week
Washington announces a federal subsidy of 1 cent a pound on cotton sold abroad to secure the U S share of world trade. Exports of cotton goods processed in the United States will receive an equivalent payment with rate adjustments possible. Officials project 6 to 7 million bales exported this year, up from 3.49 million last season, the lowest in six decades.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Agriculture Department
Moulton Sells First Bale of 1939 Cotton
The first bale of the 1939 cotton crop was marketed in Moulton on Monday evening. Domingo Martinez delivered the bale which Ed Boehm's Sons purchased for 9.12 cents per pound, totaling 53.20 dollars. It weighed 660 pounds, ginned by Kolar Brothers, from the Ben Davis Farm near Nickel.
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Moulton
Domingo Martinez
Ed. Boehm
Kolar Brothers
Ben Davis
Nickel
Firemen Attend Training School At A and M College
W H Pundt and Lee Jarosek report 669 attendees at the firemen training school held last week at A and M College. Edward Fehrenkamp Bill Pundt and Victor Fehrenkamp Jr joined the first aid course as Mil ton troop members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Pundt
Lee Jarosek
A. & M. College
Edward Henry Fehrenkamp
Bill Pundt
Victor O. Fehrenkamp, Jr
Moulton
Skunk Bites Man Leads to Rabies Test in Texas
Homer Schilling of Wied was bitten by a skunk in his chicken house early Saturday. The skunk head was sent to the Pasteur Institute in Austin and diagnosed as rabid.
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Hallettaville
Texas
Homer Schilling
Pasteur Institue
Austin
Edna Beats Shiner 7–2 on Sunday Afternoon
The Edna baseball team defeated Shiner 7 to 2 at Shiner Sunday afternoon. Local baseball enthusiasts from the area watched the game.
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Edna
Shiner
Annual Legion Picnic Set for October 15 in Moulton
Geier Merrem Post No 892 American Legion of Moulton announces its annual picnic at Herman Park on Sunday October 15. The program will be announced later.
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Geier Merrem
American Legion
Moulton
Herman Park
Sauer Pfeil Wedding Shiner
Edna Sauer daughter of Herman and Mrs Sauer married Kio Pfeil son of A C Pfeil in a ceremony here.
Pioneer Resident Franz Koenig Dies After Brief Illness
Franz Koenig longtime Moulton resident dies at home Friday July 21 after a weeklong illness. Funeral from his daughter's home and Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. Jacobs. burial in Moulton Public Cemetery. Survived by five children, 25 grandchildren, 83 great grandchildren, and three stepchildren.
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Franz Koenig
Moulton
Emil Pundt
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Moulton Public Cemetery
KE. Jacobs
W. H. Pundt
Edwin Pundt
Emil Koenig
Frank Koenig
Alfred Krause
Willie Koenig
Prominent Sub lime Farmer Burned Saving Home
Julius Wolsdorf of Hallettsville Texas suffered burns to his hands feet and shoulders while fighting a fire that threatened his home early Sunday morning. The incident occurred in Hallettsville on July 25.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Julius Wolsdorf
Eiffel Tower in Paris Reaches Fiftieth Anniversary
The Eiffel Tower in Paris marks its fiftieth year in celebration with ceremonies and public display as a landmark of architecture. Officials note ongoing upgrades and tourism milestones amid the milestone anniversary.
School Per Capita Apportionment Set At $22 for 3rd Year
Austin records an 8 to 1 decision by the state board of education to set the 1939 40 per capita apportionment at 22 dollars for the third consecutive year. The board approved spending 2 million dollars on extra free textbooks and planned to bid on additional volumes in October.
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Austin
State Board of Education
16000 Texas Youth to Gain NYA Work This Year
A monthly average of 16000 young men and women will be given part time jobs on National Youth Administration projects in Texas during the 1939 40 fiscal year. State Administrator J C Kellam said today. He added 250 work projects had been approved since July 1.
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National Youth Administration
Texas
J. C. Kellam
First Bales Reported From Elgin and Yoakum
Elgin reports its first bale of new cotton received July 20 grown by E Pomerus weighing 409 pounds. Yoakum marks its first bale marketed July 17 grown by Frank Matocha weighing 499 pounds.
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Elgin
E& Pomerus
Yoakum
Frank Matocha
Hallettsville Receives First Base Growth by Mozisek
Hallettsville reported its first base grown Monday by farmer Joe Mozisek, weighing 510 pounds.
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Hallettsville
Joe Mozisek
Sweet Home Patriots Debut at First Base Saturday
Sweet Home saw its first base Saturday as a seedling grown by Martin Pesek. The plant weighed 572 units, marking a notable early milestone for the harvest and the gardener's effort.
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Sweet Home
Martin Pesek
Hugo Giesbers Suffers Leg Fracture Working on Bridge
Hugo Gies, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Giesbers, sustained a fracture of his left leg after falling from a bridge while working with a bridge crew at George West. He resides several miles north of town.
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George West
Hugo Giesbea
Hugo
Paul Giesbers
Farmers Face Slow Program Rollout At Local Meeting
A Friday night meeting at Moulton High School Auditorium drew many farmers to hear about marketing quotas and the farm program. Speakers included Mr. Spring from the AAA office and G E Jacbne from Hallettsville who explained quotas and acreage allotments and fielded questions. Local farmers voiced dissatisfaction with government pace and small allotments, urging representation in Washington and coordinated action among cotton growers. Lavaca county reports show 850 growers receiving red cards this year versus 1800 last year, about 250 with cotton in government loans, and 4000 to receive white cards. old cotton should be reported to the county office, and no tax is due unless over planted.
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Moulton High School
Stanley F. Cernosek
Spring
Tripple A
G. BE. Jacbne
Hallettsville
Washington
Congress
Lavaca County
Guadalupe District Wins Trophy at Firemen’s School
The Guadalupe Firemen's Association softball team captured first place and a trophy at the firemen's training school held at A and M College. The eighteen inch trophy will be presented to the district at the Hallettsville convention in October, with Chief W. F. Pundt of Moulton directing the team.
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Guadalupe Firemen’s Association
A. & M. College
Hallettsville
W. 4. Pundt
Moulton
Transfer Deadline and Hearing for School Transfers
Parents must file transfers before August 1 and no transfers after. Those unable to secure district trustees’ signatures must appear with their local trustees before the county board on Saturday, August 6 for the county trustees to decide the transfer.
Lavaca County Issues 21 Marriage Licenses in June
County clerk records show Lavaca county issued 21 marriage licenses in June, up from eight in the same month last year. Eleven licenses were issued in May.
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Lavaca
Solid Vote for Tax Levy by Consolidated District
The consolidated school district at Cistern Fayette county voted 50 to 0 to levy and collect a maintenance tax of 15 cents on the 100 value of property.
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Cistern
Fayette County
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Moulton Choir
WOAI
WOAL
Kenedy
Liberty Mills
San Antonio
Hearts Delight
Liberty Bell
Zavesky
Dorothy Jean Windel
Edna Gummelt
Edith Mikes
Ethel Josephine Wagner
Lillian Darilek
Mabel Marie Fehrenkamp
Cordelia Boehm
Ora Willis Janszen
Sybil Pustejovsky
Elenor Butschek
Lillian Hinck
Kenward Kolar
Cecil Hull
Charles Pustejovsky
Victor Boehm
Willie C. Batey
Erwin Mikuleneak
Rudolph Darilek
Emery Pustejovsky
Victor Jemelka
Frank Wagner, Jr
Victor Beran
Edward Biehunko
F. L. Teague
Marjorie Darilek
Stella
E A. Jaeggli
Helen
Marguerite Boehm
J. B. Wilson
F. J. Wagner
Ed. Biehuke
W. D. Wachtendorf
Henry E. Fehrenkamp
U.S
Skunk
Legion
Paris
NYA
Guadalupe
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