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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1938
Page
1
Cotton farmers who produced cotton in 1937 will vote Saturday March 12 by secret ballot to decide on marketing quotas for the 1938 crop. Ten Lavaca county districts name polling places open 8 AM to 7 PM with no poll tax required.
Funeral services for Mrs H Bultmeyer were held at Ackers Funeral Home in San Antonio with interment in Mission Cemetery. Born August 28 1861 at Fayetteville she died March 2 in San Antonio at age 77. Surviving daughters Anita Irene Bultmeyer siblings Ida Lizzie Lueke Minnie Skiles Charles Lueke. husband Henry Bultmeyer died 1921. The Eagle expresses sympathy.
Piano students of Mrs. J. T. Jaeggli and Mrs. Shropshire present a program at Mrs. Jaeggli’s home at 3 o clock. Reed and brass pieces added for variety. all music lovers invited to hear the students perform.
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs. Frank Prasek 68 who died shortly after supper. She had suffered heart complications since November 15 and is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Julian Ploch of Gillett Mrs Herman Schultz of Orange Grove two sons J F of Path and Rudolph L of Karnes City one half brother I E Valenta of Sweet Home and one half sister Mrs Rudolph Valenta of Moulton.
Those from here attending the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. Mat Prasek, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Prasek, Mr. and Mrs. Kalisek, Mr. Fred F. Fehrenkamp and family, Mrs. Rudolph Valenta and Miss Virginia Valenta. The Eagle extends its sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The American Legion Auxiliary committee Ethel Wagner Helia Fehrenkamp and Ernestine Miculka express deep regret at the death of Emilie Westerhoff. They resolve to send a copy to the bereaved family spread the minutes and publish in The Moulton Eagle. Moulton Texas March 9 1988.
Texas Lutheran College Bulldogs will enter the state junior basketball tournament in Tyler on March 14 and 15. The team owns the best record in school history with twenty-two wins in twenty-seven starts, and the photo lineup includes managers, trainers, players, and coach G F Kiefer.
At the Moulton Volunteer Fire Department meeting delegates were chosen to represent the department at the Guadalupe Firemen's Association convention in Cuero on Sunday April 3. Nominees include Erwin A. Oehl William Miculka Malvin Merrem Victor O Fehrenkamp and Emil Beran with Edward Darilek Lee Jarosek Weldon Knape Adolph Ermis and Joe Ducho as alternates. Honorary members were named to the fire prevention committee with a fifth member to be appointed later.
Lee Jarosek William Miculka John Novosad and Ed Pundt represented the Moulton Volunteer Fire Department at a firemen's training school held in Hallettsville recently.
Lightning struck and killed a milk cow owned by Ad. Anders of this city during a Tuesday morning thunder shower.
Mr and Mrs H B Moeller of Moulton who just marked their golden anniversary have been invited to take part in Golden Wedding Day at the State Fair of Texas Golden Jubilee. October 22 is set as the day and couples across Texas and the Southwest will be invited to join the celebration. The invitation extends to those married over fifty years as well as this year’s golden couples.
Lockhart, March 6. Mrs Georgette Frances Stevens, 93, widow of a Confederate veteran, has 128 living descendants. They include four children, 28 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren and 20 great great grandchildren.
Birth notices from near Moulton report the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Ernest T Zimmermann on February 24 named Clarence Leroy Zimmermann and a son to Mr and Mrs Louis Pavlas on March 1 named Elmer Joe Pavlas.
Mrs Joe Mikulik underwent an appendicitis operation at a Shiner hospital and was able to return home several days ago the Eagle reports.
A claim notes 1,100,000 Boy Scouts in the United States and 494 certified women air pilots. The statement presents rough counts without additional context or sourcing.
About 400 farmers and business men attended a meeting at Moulton High School to learn the 1938 government cotton program. Texas growers are allotted 9,839,627 acres. all who grew cotton in 1937 should file a worksheet to set county quotas. The referendum on March 12 will determine actual allotments and marketing quotas with penalties for overplanting.
The commissioners court appoints election officers for Moulton Precinct No.23 for 1988. Appointees include William Hillmer J T Jaeggli Frank Biehunko and William Wachtendorf. Oak Grove nominees are Frank Wendel and Frank Picha Novohrad officers Vaclav Jasek and F K Hrncir.
Austin report shows Texas last year had 5 090 more births than 1936 for a total of 120 208 with a birth rate of 19 per 1 000 population and a rise of 51 770 lives versus deaths. The death rate likely dropped in 1937 due to population growth and a 9 percent five year rise in births.
An election will be held in the Evergreen School District on Saturday March 19 to vote a flexible school tax not to exceed 25 cents on the hundred dollars of the assessed valuation.
Ed Boehm of Moulton attends a Fort Worth soil conservation meeting last Friday with large attendance. He reports instructive discussions on the new soil erosion act and notes his role on the agriculture committee of the Moulton Business Men's League.
Tax paying voters of the Victoria Independent School District authorize issuing bonds totaling 125000 for school building purposes.
The Lavaca county district court convened in Hallettsville on Monday for the spring term. Grand jury foreman C. C. Welhausen and members Theo Golsch P J Davis Arnold Wagner R B Papacek KE C Fehrenkamp O R Borchers L F DeBord J W Harvey J L Roberts Frank Blahuta Louis Wolfsdorf heard the usual charge from Judge Leeter Hult.
Miss Evelyn Timm of Hallettsville has been elected a member of Alpha Lambda Delta freshmen honorary society at the University of Texas. She also joins the German Club, is a Hallettsville High School valedictorian graduate, and formerly belonged to the Debate and Home Economics clubs and played tennis.
Miss Edna Gummelt received a pretty party Friday evening at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs F C Kaase for her birthday anniversary. Games were played and refreshments were served.
Lavaca County records show 16 marriage licenses issued in February, up from seven in January and eight in the same month last year, according to the county clerk’s office.
The town designates April 3 through 10 as Clean-up and Paint-up Week to organize beautification efforts. Residents are urged to participate and improve public spaces during the period.
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