Houston Sees Millionth Citizen By July Fourth Week
The article notes Houston expects its millionth resident by July 3 1954 as industry and strategic location lure youth from small towns. It discusses urban migration, farm mechanization, potential land reform concerns, defense production, a future Beau mont Austin highway by pass, and a new lake reservoir transforming the San Jacinto river bottoms for water supply and recreation. Higher grocery prices and inflation follow bumper Texas vegetable crops, with wages tied to prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
San Jacinto
Beaumont-Austin
Humble
Rainfall Drought Relief Reaches Komen Sky Area
Thunderstorms brought up to 1.5 inches of moisture to the Komen sky area toward Moravia on Sunday. Shiner saw rain Monday while Moulton remained dry. Corn is drying prematurely, especially on sandy soil, and late corn risks poor stalks if rains do not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Komensky
Moravia
Shiner
Visits Moulton by Judge Hancher for DA bid
Judge John A. Hancher of Columbus, candidate for District Attorney, visited Moulton on Wednesday to campaign and meet local supporters.
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John A. Hancher
Columbus
Moulton
July Best Buys Highlight Hamburgers and Melons
The U S Department of Agriculture reports July offers plentiful market supplies including hamburgers watermelons fried chicken and ice cream. Expect more varieties than last year with continued cheap broilers and frying chickens and broad availability of beef dairy products vegetables nuts and peanut butter nationwide.
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College Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Henrichs Aids In Korean Construction
I CORPS 204th Field Artillery Battalion member Corporal Emil Henrichs Jr. from Route 1 Moulton joins officers and Korean labor in building a new village government structure. He entered service October 1952, completed basic at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, and arrived overseas April last year.
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I Corps
Emil Henrichs Jr
Route 1
Moulton
204Th Field Artillery
Korea
Korea Civil Assistance Command
Henrichs
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
State Selective Service Tells Of Largest Call For Doctors
State Selective Service announces the largest monthly call for doctors for the armed forces since August 1953. The August quota for Texas is 27 physicians, topping July's four and June's six, with prior months listing minimal requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Lavacans Hit Form to Subdue Moulton 17-4 in Weeknight Clash
Hallettsville Lavacans untracked a five-player lineup to beat Moulton 17-4 in three hours and 15 minutes. Zaruba pitched all nine for Lavacans with 10 hits allowed, Judd homered and tripled, Krejci also homer, Kotzebue added a triple, while Bollom started for Moulton and worked six innings with seven hits allowed.
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Hallettsville Lavacans
Moulton
Ammansville
Alvin Bollom
Lavacans
Judd
Brisco
Zaruba
Hallettsville
Krejci
Kotzebue
Bollom
Ermis
Meyer
Lil Leaguers Rally Then Fall To Hallettsville In League Play
The Moulton Little Leaguers won 12-0 against Shiner with Orts pitching a two-hitter while Vasek hit a homer aiding a first win of the season. Hallettsville topped Moulton 9-2 as Dietschke allowed 12 hits and Boethel eight.
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Moulton
Shiner
Orts
Bleir
Vasek
Hallettsville
Kersh
Lindsey
Howard
Kloesel
Barta
Dietschke
Boethel
Evangelical Lutheran Church Services Schedule in Witting Tex
Sunday School at 9 a m and Divine Services at 10 a m noted for a church in Witting Texas. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 2 30 p m with church council Friday at 8 p m. Also listed is Evangelical Lutheran Church Witting Tex with Sunday School at 2 30 p m and Divine Services at 3 p m.
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Ladies Aid
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Witting
Tex
Moulton Chamber seeks new Secretary Manager after resignation
The Moulton Chamber of Commerce will search for a new Secretary Manager following Mrs. Clemice Vanham's resignation. The Monday meeting formed special committees on street signs and a trailer parking area. A proposal for a small industry was discussed with figures expected at the next meeting amid low attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Hopeful Mexican Senoritas Seek Husbands on San Antonio Day
Mexican maidens crowd churches on June 13 to honor Saint Anthony of Padua, hoping for a match. They collect 13 centavos to buy candles, praying at San Antonio’s altar, especially at the San Juan de Dios church, believed to aid in finding a sweetheart.
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Mexico City
San Antonio
Anthony of Padua
Mexico
United States
San Juan,de Dios
Blinn College Evening Classes Offered Across Towns
Blinn College provides day and evening courses in Brenham and evening sessions at Shiner Moulton Hallettsville Weimar La Grange Giddings Navasota Cameron Brenham Sealy for employed students. Courses cover business English government among others. Evening classes run 7 to 10 pm and welcome veterans and non veterans.
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Blinn College
Brenham
Shiner
Moulton
Hallettsville
Weimar
la Grange
Giddings
Navasota
Cameron
Sealy
Texas
Korean Vet Benefits Spire Soon
Public Law 550 sets schooling deadlines for Korean veterans and outlines education stipends. Veterans discharged by July 20, 1952 must be in school by July 20, 1954, or lose benefits. others have two years after discharge to enroll. The bill mirrors World War II veteran programs and offers monthly subsistence stipends from 50 to 160 dollars.
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U. S
Remodeling and Painting Sweep Frone Street Businesses
Frone Street undergoes interior and exterior remodeling at multiple establishments. Kotzebue Drug Store Piggly Wiggly Store Modern Meat Market Famil's Place Main Bar Etlinger Store Eugene Ermis Store Schulze Package Store and Smith Funeral Home all receive paint jobs, new blinds, lounges, or updated fixtures as part of the renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frone Street
Kotzebue Drug Store
Rexall
Piggly Wiggly
Famil
Etlinger
W. H. Etlinger
Eugene Ermis
Schulze
Smith Funeral Home
Air Force Cadet Attends School in Cheyenne Wyoming
Second Lt. Oscar A. Darilek Jr who entered the armed forces on May 17 is stationed in Cheyenne Wyoming where he attends school as a member of the Air Force. Lt Darilek has his wife and baby with him in Cheyenne. He is a Texas A M College graduate and the son of Mrs Lillie Darilek of Moulton.
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Oscar A. Darilek, Jr
Armed Forces
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Air Force
Darilek
Texas A. & M. College
St. Darilek
Lillie Darilek
Moulton
Lions Club Installs New Officers at Thursday Meeting
At Pundt's Thursday night, the Lions Club installed new officers led by installing officer M. K. Merrem of Weimar. New officers are President Carl Smith, 1st Vice President Dr. M. M. Wagner, 2nd Vice President G. G. Fisbeck, 3rd Vice President Rev. John Matocha, Secretary Roy Kotze bue, Lion Tanner Frank Petrash, Treasurer E. A. Oehl, and directors Henry Kocian John FE. Jana cek E. E. Darilek Wm. L. Young Frank Biehunke Jr. Tail Twister. A year-in-review was presented with more details to appear next issue.
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Lions Club
Pundt
M. K. Merrem
Weimar
Moulton
Carl Smith
M. M. Wagner
G. G. Fisbeck
John Matocha
Roy Kotzebue
Lion Tanner
Frank Petrash
E. A. Oehl
Henry Kocian
John FE. Janacek
E. E. Darilek
Wm. L. Young
Frank Biehunke Jr
South Central Texas League Schedule Abstract
The record lists league games with matchups by town dates. June 26 and July 4 191? fixtures show Weimar Holman Moulton Ammannsville at Plum Malllettsville.
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Weimar
Holman
Moulton
Ammannsville
Clum
Malllettsville
Hallettsville
Plum
Ammannsvile
Moutton
Lavaca Co Little League Schedule Shows Busy Schedule
Lavaca County Little League posts a string of intercity games across June and July. Matchups include Yoakum Moulton Hallettsville Shiner across Fridays and Tuesdays with varied home and away sites.
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Lavaca Co
Yoakum
Moulton
Hallettsville
Shiner
Jeep starts on push but driverless car exits field
Mr Jerome Technik near Komensky reports a jeep with a weak battery was pushed to start. The pushed vehicle sped away with the switch on and throttle open, traversing half a mile of fields before crashing into a creek. Joe's Chev Co. wrecker towed the damaged jeep to town for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Technik
Komensky
Technik
Joe’s Chev. Co
Mr Ignac Jaluska Patient at Renger Hospital
Mr Ignac Jaluska of Moulton is a patient at Renger Hospital. He underwent surgery this Wednesday.
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Ignac Jaluska
Moulton
Renger Hospital
Lavaca SCD Sponsors Conservation Plow Show on Welhausen Farm
The Lavaca Soil Conservation District will sponsor a demonstration of the Graham Conservation Special plow on the Welhausen farm in Shiner on June 28, 1954 at 2:00 PM. The device combines chisel plow, bedder, deep fertilizer placement, and legume planter to cultivate hubam clover and other legumes with minimal moisture loss. The event follows a model by Clinton Harbers of West Point Texas who rotates land with hubam clover, vetch, and sweet clover and uses bed restoration techniques before row crop planting. Directions: from the intersection of Texas Highway 95 and US 90-A in Shiner, go 5 blocks east on Hallettsville Highway, turn at Patek Store, then 1.4 miles south to the Catholic church, 0.8 miles east to the mature YB clover field, 2.2 miles from the turnoff.
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Lavaca
Clinton Harbers
West Point
Texas
Harbers
Weihausen
Joe Kneifel
Shiner
Patek
Catholic Church
Cost Of Living Keeps Rising In May Across United States
May saw a 0.3 percent rise in living costs led by higher prices for meats, fruits, vegetables, frozen juices and coffee. The food index jumped 0.8 percent, with overall costs at 115 percent of 1947-49 average. Wages kept pace as factory pay rose to a record hourly rate, while weekly earnings slipped due to shorter hours.
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Texas
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
May
Texas Cotton Industry Turns Waste Into Wealth
A Texas agricultural surge builds a 400 million dollar industry from cottonseed once discarded. Texas, the top cotton state, grows 153 177 farms and produced 4 350 000 bales of cotton and 1 803 000 tons of cottonseed last year. Cotton and byproducts accounted for 38 percent of farm income.
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Texas
Improvements At VFW Hall Ahead Of Barn Dance
The VFW and its Auxiliary report multiple upgrades at the hall for the upcoming barn dance this Saturday June 26. New large fans have been installed along with painting of the dining room annex and other improvements. Proceeds from the event will fund a lounge for the hall.
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VFW
The
Be On Alert For Screw Worms In Cattle
College Station Texas stock men are advised to watch for screw worms and treat all livestock wounds to prevent infestation. Mild winters may cause early worm buildup says extension entomologist Neal M Randolph. He recommends EQ-335 smear with lindane for lasting control. One weekly application suffices in mild to moderate cases. Dolores Fojtik undergoes appendectomy in Gonzales Crews Hospital.
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College Station
Texas
Neal M. Randolph
Randolph
Vocational Education Funding Raised by House Vote
The House, by near unanimity on June 9, voted to raise vocational education funding from 18.67 million to 23.67 million dollars. Texas should gain about 200 thousand dollars, with increases across four programs including agriculture, home economics, trade and industrial, and distributive education. If Senate approves, the measure heads to the floor in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representives
Lewis B. Taylor
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas
Taylor
Texas
Senate
Texans
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Lewis B. Hershey
National
Moulton Eagles
Wsville Lavacans
Abrhe Moulton
E. Kubicek
Simper
G. Roznovsky
Arndt
R. Roznovsky
L. Mikes
F. Kubicek
L. Roznovsky
J. Kubicek
Lil Leaguers
Moulton Abrhe
Fishbeck
Luksovsky
Pesek
Zimmermann
Ny Stalla
Hanslik
Stalla
Mgr
Marion Wilhelm
Moulton High School
Air Force School
Lavaca Scd
VFW Hall
Dolores Fojtik
Gonzales
Dolores
August Fojtik
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