Halliburton Installed as President of Moulton Lions Club
The Moulton Lions Club held its final meeting of the year on June 19 with thirteen members and one guest. New president A F Halliburton was installed, with J W Pyland and W L Knape among officers, and committee work planned with other civic groups for a hospital and clinic project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halliburton
Moulton Lions Club
William Lee Young
J. W. Pyland
G. G. Fisbeck
Moulton
Frank Meyer
A. F. Halliburton
W. L. Knape
Frank Biehunke Jr
Elo C. Fehrenkamp
Lad Hruska
Roy Kotzebue
Malvin K. Merrem
J. L. Meyer
Moulton Community Notes on Debt, Crops, and Elections
The editor highlights a debt rise from under 17 billion to over 260 billion in 21 years and reports expected bumper crops for Moulton farmers with corn and cotton promising good yields. It notes Ray Barnick of Mission Texas sold the first cotton bale at the Houston Cotton Exchange for 2.58 a pound plus a 1350 bonus totaling 2684 dollars. W L Knape of The Moulton Eagle joins the South Texas Chamber board. County voters prepare for Republican and Democratic conventions in Chicago, with Estes Keefauver leading. The piece urges participation in the July 26 primary and praises Moulton’s recent cleanup efforts and cooperative citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Cotton Exchange
Ray Barnick
Mission
Texas
Local apothecary owner seeks physician to settle here
The Eagle notes Lad Hruska of Ye Apothecary Shoppe is in touch with a Houston doctor to locate in town. Houlton misses a practicing physician after months, and residents hope his efforts succeed. A good doctor is badly needed in Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle
Lad Hruska
Houston
Houlton
Mr. Hruska
Moulton
Moulton Theatre To Re open
Emil Grunwald announces the Moulton Theatre will reopen on Tuesday July 1 after a June closure due to polio in the community. The program opens with On Moonlight Night starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, plus color shorts and news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Grunwald
Moulton
Mr. Grunwald
Doris Day
Gorden McRae
Grunwald
Former Moulton Man Runs in State Judicial Race
Judge Kenneth K. Woodley of Sabinas Texas seeks election as Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals where he serves as a commissioner. A longtime district judge and district attorney with no opponents, he is a Moulton native and former district leaders head of the 38th Judicial District.
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Kenneth K. Woodley
Sabinas
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Woodley
Southwestern University
University of Texas
Cumberland University
38Th Judicial District
District and Appellate Judges Association
Moulton
the Eagle
Lavaca County
Travis County
Jesse Owens
Wilbarger County
Olin Culberson
Jackson County
Joe A. Laird
Brazos County
Martin Dies
Angelina County
Charles M. Dickson
Bexar County
Phil Hamburger
Harris County
Edwin O. Nimitz
Orange County
Herb Petry Jr
Dimmit County
Roy Selman
Houston County
John Lee Smith
Lubbock County
Robert S. Calvert
Jesse James
John Ben Sheppard
Gregg County
Curt Stiles
Dallas County
Supreme Court
Spurgeon Bell
Frank P. Culvar
Tarrant County
Glenn R. Lewis
Tom Green County
A. R. Stout
Ellis County
Graham B. Smedley
Robert Bruce Keenan
W. St. John Garwood
Clyde E. Smith
Tyler County
Mrs Joe Gold Sr Home From Hospital
Mrs Joe Gold Sr, recently discharged from a Hal lettsville hospital, is reported to be getting along fine and returned home last week.
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Joe Gold Sr
Hallettsville Hospital
Political slate for Texas Democrats in July 26 primary
Official list names Allan Shivers and others in governor race and major statewide posts. An onion shipment story follows detailing J. T. Jaeggli & Son in Moulton: crop size 125 to 250 bags per acre, 200 field workers, 15 shed workers, 600 bags per carload, 24 carloads shipped so far, with total payments to farmers and workers around 18,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. White
Wichita County
Billy E. Beard
Brazos County
Walter McKay
Gillespie County
Bascom Giles
Travis County
Guy Patterson
Eastland County
Hallettsville teen wins Texas state high school rodeo title
Elstner Appelt of Hallettsville is named Texas champion Shawnee cowboy after a three day state rodeo. Nathalyne Kendrick from Aldine claims all around cowgirl and girls cutting horse titles. Sissy Howard of Rosenberg is rodeo queen. Awards go to Frank Cole Alvin for steer wrestling and bare back bronc, with many other champions and cash prizes. The finals ran late with tense finishes as judges crowned winners amid thousands in prizes.
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Hallettsville
Magnolia
Frank Cole
Alvin
David Bahner
Wharton
Buddy Jones
George West
Jack Hennig
Austin
Wayne Foster
Beeville
Gerald Leonard
del Rio
Charles Black
Ozona
Nathalyne Kendrick
Nathalyne
Texas
Leon Kahanek
Alton Allen
Claude Mullins
Pete McKenzie
Thomas and
Clipson
Expensive Hunt Near Sheridan Ends With Fine
Haden Kelly of Houston paid 326 after lawmen found him deer hunting from his car with a spotlight on highway 200 near Sheridan at 2:00 A M. His 19 year old son was with him. a 30 30 rifle and a .22 auto were inside the car.
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Hallettsville
Haden Kelly
Houston
Highway 200
Sheridan
Clarence Beezley
Emmett Wolfsdorff
Columbus
Kelly
Long Range Battle Against Polio Outlined by Texas Health Official
State Health Officer Geo W Cox outlined an eight point plan to combat polio in Texas. The measures include eliminating breeding sites, cleaning dumps and debris, improving sewerage, ensuring pure water, protecting food, regular inspections, and using fly tight garbage cans. Cox warned cleanup takes months and says a sustained program may span one to five years for larger cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Cox
Mrs Steinacher Buried in Catholic Cemetery Tuesday
Mrs. Jacob Steinacher of Moulton died Sunday June 22 after a long illness. Funeral services were at Smith Funeral Chapel and St. Joseph's Church in Moulton with burial in Moulton Catholic Cemetery. Survived by husband five sons and six daughters with one son, Emil, a World War II casualty. Nine grandsons served as casket attendants.
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Jacob Steinacher
Moulton
Smith Funeral
St. Joseph’s Church
Moulton Catholic
John Matocha
Frank Lidiak
Edward Lidiak
Edwin Steinocher
Larry Barta
Kenneth Steinocher
Otto Lee Zappe
Steinocher
Shans Dera
Flatonia
Jacob Steinocher
Fayette
Lavaca
Frank
Vladik
Eddie
Bill
Rudie
el Campo
Rosie Kubenka
Hallettsville
Annie Barta
Cecilie Lidiak
la Grange
Emma Wind
Houston
Bessie Kelso
Austin
Sophie Baker
Pasadena
Emil
Italy
Vernon Miller Laid at Rest at Aransas Pass
Vernon Speck Miller of Aransas Pass Texas died in a Corpus Christi hospital Friday at age 47 years 10 months 24 days. Funeral services were Sunday at Cage Chapel with interment Prairie View Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Edna Miller a son Ronnie his mother Agnes Miller and two sisters Earnest Emily Chapman and Joe Erna Meiners. Moulton relatives attended.
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Vernon (Speck) Miller
Aransas Pass
Texas
Corpus Christi
Cage Chapel
Prairie View
Roy Cooper
First Baptist Church
Edna Miller
Edna Kaiser
Moulton
Ronnie
Agnes Miller
Earnest Emily Chapman
Joe Erna Meiners
George Kaiser
Frank Luksovsky
Harry Kaiser
Fred Kaiser
Soldier Jasek Serves with 2nd Infantry Division in Korea
Pvt. Ernest A. Jasek of Moulton Texas serves as a rifle man with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. The unit was early in the Korean conflict and earned fame last fall for its conquest of Heartbreak and Bloody ridges.
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Pvt
Ernest A. Jasek
Moulton
Texas
Korea
Jasek
Eight Point Fly Control Plan Aims to Cut Disease
Dr. Cox urges a city wide program to sprayed alone is ineffective. He says spray systems must be combined with methodical block by block elimination of breeding sites to reduce fly borne diseases including diarrhea typhoid and cholera and polio incidence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moulton Eagle
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
South Texas
Chicago
Taft
Eisenhower
Estes Keefauver
Moulton Theatre
Moulton's Union Business
J. T. Jaeggli & Son, Moulton
Jaegglis
J. T. Jaeggli & Son
Raab Studio
Moulton, Texas
Vernon Miller
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