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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1923
Page
1
Mrs. S. A. Kirk and her daughter Miss Nettye Kirk departed on Monday for Buffalo New York to spend several weeks with Mrs. Roger Young, daughter of Mrs. Kirk.
Miss Helen Boehm of Moulton will spend the summer with B H E Hoppe and family to pursue a music course. Willis Gray arrives from Georgetown where he attends Southwestern University and will remain briefly for a summer course prompted by illness. Dr J A F Kroschel leaves Sunday for California and Yellowstone Park.
Misses Hilda Fehrenkamp and Frances Zak travel to Oklahoma City for a vacation with Mrs. J F Maddox, remembered as Miss Isabella Hummel-Shiner Gazette.
German services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock with English services in the evening at 8 o’clock. The notices advise parishioners to attend according to their language preference.
The article notes the United States will soon bolster defenses of the Panama Canal. It states there will be no war, but emphasizes precautionary steps by the government.
A $400000 biology building for the University of Texas at Austin is planned. 160 graduates at A M College of Texas this year. Wilson county authorizes $215000 bonds for road work. Interurban line Houston to Orange to start next month. Southwest Texas Normal College San Marcos enrolls 1765. Per capita school fund gets another dollar with 50 cents remaining. Dunlap Memorial Fountain unveiled on Victoria public square. Southwestern Traction Company in Temple loses facilities to fire from lightning, about $100000 damage.
Miss Viola Valenta departed Tuesday for Houston for undisclosed arrangements, with local friends noting her travel is routine and related to personal matters.
Twenty five children received their first holy communion at St. Josephs Church during a 7:30 mass led by Rev. Jos Kopp. The class trained for two years with religious instruction on Saturdays and heard talks in English German and Bohemian about duties and temptations. Boys listed: Edward Darisek Liberal Berkenhoff Herbert Elster Alvin Faltisek Elo Faltisek Richard Gaertner John Novosad Anton Pavlicek Joseph Pavlicek Herbert Pavlicek Adolf Pesek Frank Pesek Otto Pilzner Edward Raab Charlie Seifert Fred Stavinoha Joseph Schoenfeld. Girls listed: Angela Gebauer Margaret Gebauer Emma Gaertner Frances Kolar Lilie Kolar Rosa Novosad Leona Pilzner Mary Polasek.
A list of proposed improvements for Moulton includes a street sprinkler system a creamery a brass band lighting at street corners more rent houses a ladies rest room a tourist camping ground improved water system a swimming pool a choral club a larger school campus and a commercial club.
A remark on audience behavior in a ball room leads to a quip that Darwin’s idea of humans evolving from monkeys might be accurate. The comment uses humor to draw a comparison between behavior and natural selection.
The Eagle records receipt of a fair catalogue for Shiner to be held June 27 to 30. Readers who have not received a copy should write Secretary Ponton for a copy. Hon. Lynch Davidson of Houston, former Texas lieutenant governor, will formally open the fair.
Mr Jim Nachlinger and family and Mr Will Klaus of Taylor visited the G J Bohnenkamp home last week with Nachlinger and Klaus returning to Taylor on Monday.
B. Cruz, an employee in the Ed. Boehm's Sons store, has relocated with his family to the southern part of town.
Mr Mills Kopecky and family of Gonzales are in the city visiting relatives. Mr Joe Kovar and family of Rosenberg visit the Rudolph Valenta home. Will Krause Joe Kopecky August Dulak Mills Kopecky Jacob Cinadr Frank Krenek and Anton Jilek returned last Thursday from Nada after several days fishing with good luck. Phone your news items to No 99.
A special meeting of the Moulton Independent School District board appointed Joe C. Kopecky to fill the unexpired term of John C. Mueller. Prof. Steve DeBord resigned as principal. his vacancy remains. Teaching staff for the new term includes Mrs. Roger Robbins Huntsville Ella M. Remmers Shiner and Mr Joe C G Bludworth Flatonia. The bid for the Moore Institute addition went to Mueller 3550 over Janssen Bros 4000. The building committee may authorize advances to F T Fehrenkamp & Sons to cover building material payments.
Our father O F Knape editor of The Eagle and his family left for Port Lavaca for a week of visiting fishing and listening to the waves. Clarence Knape and his sisters Mildred and Bernice produced this issue, claiming it the best paper ever printed in Moulton.
Miss Ernestine Ripple of Cistern is in the city visiting friends. Her trip highlights social routines and local hospitality as she connects with acquaintances during her stay.
Mrs Etlinger visits Hallettsville to see her grandmother Mrs Etlinger. Mrs James D Gray of Yoakum visited Rudolph JaegGli home Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Evelyn Bittner from Fla tonia visits Ed and Anton Kolar homes. Mrs. E M Ragsdale from Fla tonia visits daughter Mrs. Sam Jaeggs. Mrs. Paul Goetz and children Paula Paul Jr and Mr Southerland spend Sunday at the Ed L Etlinger home. Evergreen school principal Mrs George Hamon travels to San Marcos for Southwest Texas Normal College session. Adolph Windel family returned from Eagle Lake with rain report. Lillian Jaeggli Theodora Jaeggli Alyne Meyer sail to Los Angeles to spend summer with Uncle Henry Simank. Eagle wishes them a pleasant journey and safe return.
Walter Ehlers and Isabelle Bertha Effenberger wed Wednesday at the bride’s father Frank Effenberger home near Shiner. Rev. Father F. X. Wolf officiated. The couple will live in Yoakum where Ehlers works at the State Bank. The Eagle extends congratulations.
Raymond Pustejovsky has completed his studies at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and returned home last Thursday. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pustejovsky of this place.
Mr and Mrs Louis Baur and Mr and Mrs A Wunderlich of Yoakum and Mr and Mrs Clemens Pietsch of Wied returned from a week long visit to Corpus Christi Brownsville and other valley locales.
Mr and Mrs R Robbins of Huntsville left Tuesday after a pleasant stay in our city. He came to take charge of the station during Stationmaster R Preston's absence in West Texas and she had arrived from Houston where she taught school.
The Oak Grove note reports corn and cotton nearly laid by and haying underway. A barn on Mrs. Vince Pavlicek’s rental property burned in the early hours Sunday. Irish potatoes failed this year, and crop losses are noted for seed and ground rot. Weather since June 8 has brought daily showers. a similar pattern two years ago ruined cotton.
The St Josephs Society of Moulton re elected all officers for another year led by President Wm Brosch and including vice president Anton Bratrich secretary of protocol Frank Seidenberger Jr secretary of finance Rud A Haas treasurer Ernst Pelzel marshal Albert Schoenfeld and flag bearer Willie Bratrich. Delegates chosen for the 25th annual D R Staats Verband of Texas convention to be held in Fredericksburg July 24 25 26 27 are A J Elster Joseph Heger and Adam Schuetz with alternates Rud A Haas and John Schuetz. The Fredericksburg celebration will mark the Staats Verband 25th anniversary and the St Josephs Society anniversary with cornerstone laying for the new parochial school.
F W Krause, an experienced ginner, has been appointed as manager of the cotton gin recently purchased by the Farmers' Co operative Association from Kolar Bros. of this place. R L Vivial of San Antonio was in the city several days this week on business.
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