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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1978
Page
2
A claim states that the typical high school student carries about 10 cavities in the mouth. The statistic is presented as a general figure without sourcing, calibration, or context for age, health, or dental care differences.
An House Armed Services Committee member accuses the Pentagon of wasting millions on recruiting gimmicks such as Frisbees ice scrapers and bumper stickers. The Navy says the items serve as prompts while the Army and Air Force also spent millions on trinkets. Carr criticizes the practice as wasteful and aimed at students rather than providing hard recruiting information.
The sixth annual Krause family reunion took place on June 6 at St. Joseph's Catholic Gym in Moulton with over 80 attendees from Seguin, San Antonio, Ganado, Corpus Christi, Cuero, Hallettsville, Kennedy, Three Rivers, Beeville, Houston, Victoria, Sealy, Flatonia, Hurst, Skidmore, Friendswood and San Francisco California. A picnic lunch followed at noon featuring fried and barbecued chicken, sausage, vegetables, cakes and pies, with a short meeting deciding the next reunion will be in Kennedy Texas.
The Young Homemakers held a Summer Social at Sulphur Park on Sunday June 13 starting at 2 30 P M. Activities included swimming and volleyball with a meal of home cooked beef stew and bread in the evening. Attendees included Vic Jasek and family Roy Friedrich and daughter Willie Perez and family Bob Olle and son Ben Darilek and family Alvin Kocian and daughters Rodney Petrek and son Dennis Barta and family Sam Barta Larry Selzer and daughter Larry Seifert Gene Selzer and family Carl Henke Bobby Pilat Gus Targac and daughters Ervin and guests.
The St Marys Catholic Cemeteries Association met after the 7 30 pm Mass on June 2 1976. Members discussed dues payments for upkeep of graves and paths noting many non parishioner descendants share responsibility. The association maintains a trust fund using only interest for expenses and adjourned with a prayer. next meeting is July 7 1976 after Mass.
Joe F. Kuss 88, a longtime Hermleigh resident and retired farmer, died Sunday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral Mass was held Tuesday at St. John's Church in Hermleigh with Fr. Thomas Jordan officiating. He was born February 16, 1888 in Czechoslovakia and married Ella Krejci in 1912 at Shiner, Texas. she died in 1951. Surviving are a son, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers. Several relatives visited over the weekend.
The rodeo features calf roping bareback bronc steer wrestling bull riding saddle bronc cutting horse daily team roping cloverleaf barrel racing pole bending breakaway roping goat tying and queen contest. Admission Box Seats 2.50 general adults 2.00 children 1.00 season tickets offered. No parade this year but a big parade is planned for June 26 during the Bicentennial Celebration. About 475 top cowboys and cowgirls from Texas will compete in Hallettsville's 5000 seat arena. The Harris County Sheriff's Junior Posse performs Saturday night June 19. Board notes cover Moulton ISD goals and Keystone Insurance for 1976-77. Jim Kubicek Jr. hired as custodian.
Mr and Mrs Luke Cowan of Houston announce the birth of their son Luke Allen on March 8 at a Houston hospital. He weighs 8 pounds and measures 20 inches. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Emil James Tousek. great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Emil C Tousek.
Lavaca County undertakes new construction and remodeling of jail and office quarters for law enforcement to meet federal and state requirements. The project aims to improve prisoner care and efficiency of sheriff's department operations with funding from various programs and revenue sharing.
Garza's pickup overturned and rested upside down 72 feet from impact as the Williams family and Mrs. Turk return from Corpus Christi. Mrs. Turk, mother of Mrs. W F Pettus and Wayne Turk, previously lost husband George Turk on Jan. 20, 1975. Surviving are three sisters, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, and Mrs. Turk a Shiner United Methodist Church member.
Mayer was the winning pitcher and Maretz the loser. Moulton broke open a 10-0 first inning with 10 runs on 6 errors by Flatonia, then outscored Flatonia 4-2 to finish 12-4. Schacherl won while Mayer lost in a separate decision. Moulton faces Flatonia on Thursday June 17 at 7:30 in Flatonia and Columbus on Monday June 21 in Moulton at 6. Everyone is invited.
Ginny Koranek, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alphonse Koranek, works as nurse practitioner at Walnut Clinic under a UNC pilot project started in 1970. The program jointly directed by UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing Public Health and Medicine aims to expand medical care in underserved regions. She is a 1970 Moulton High School graduate and Breckenridge Hospital School of Nursing alumna.
Legionnaires from Page 1 elected officers for the 1977 year including Commander Willie Bartos and 1st Vice Jimmy Luksovsky with other posts filled by Jacob Tousek Jr Rud Braeuer Louis Fishbeck George Mig Julius Gertner James Rose Theo Metal and Larry Seifert. Bartos won the Kitty and a beef stew supper was served after the meeting.
Miss Patsy Moczygemba of Pleasanton earned a BS in Elementary Education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College San Marcos in May. She will teach fourth grade at Path Elementary School for the 1976 77 term. Her mother is Olivia Zidek of Moulton and her father is Fred Moczygemba.
National Association of Realtors President Phillip C. Smaby of Ohio urged a three part plan to rekindle the Spirit of 76: get involved in politics, be better educated, and give better service. He stressed that service to clients, communities, and the industry is the most important obligation and urged members to use their talents to improve their communities and nation.
The Legion Auxiliary approved $5.00 rental for a punch bowl cups and plates with replacement for broken items. They voted to add American Legion Aux lettering to funeral sprays and send flowers to local businesses Fisbeck Grocery Ad Haiken waelder and Suzy Luksovsky. Mrs John Kozelsky will run lunch in June and Mrs Hattie Pavlas in July. New officers for 1976 77 include President Adella Haase 1st VP Dolores Koncaba 2nd VP Stella Braeuer Secretary Willie Mae Williams Treasurer Verona Vogt Historian Betty Hohmann Sgt at Arms Edith Luksovsky Chaplain Roslyn Kocian and color bearers Lollie Bartos and Sidonia Fishbeck. Edith Luksovsky was named Jr girl in charge. Meeting closed with prayer for peace.
The Gonzales market saw steady prices for good stocker and feeder calves and yearlings while lower quality calves moved slowly. Packer cows soft by about 2 to 2.5 dollars, bulls steady but slow, and cow and calf pairs very active with gains around 25 dollars per pair. Hog prices held near last week with varied tailends across grades.
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