Census year alert warns of impostor peddlers at doors
Ed's Viewpoint cautions readers about night-pose census takers and door-to-door sales frauds. It notes the official red enumerator badge and seals, describes the census report form carried by takers, and recalls price inflation trends since the nation’s birth. It also criticizes Navy spending and college executive palaces as taxpayer waste, citing figures from Comptroller General Joseph Campbell and state education leaders.
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U. S. Commerce Dept
Teacher College
Sam Houston’ State Teachers College
True but Will Judge Believe Story
Sault Ste. Marie Mich in the hands of the law would be worth at least two ng tickets. A crow snatched the windshields of two automobiles. A witness Mrs George Vermeskey of Sault Ste Marie Ont claims she saw the brazen thefts.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
George Vermeskey
Ont
Texans urged to get vehicle inspections before April deadline
Col Homer Garrison Jr, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, says more than two million motor vehicles remain to be inspected before the April 15 deadline. He urges Texans to obtain new inspection stickers early as stations cannot inspect in wet weather and lines may grow long.
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Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
DPS
Garrison
Local Bobkittens Claim Runner-Up Trophy At State Final
Pictured are the Bob kittens of Moulton after the State Conference A gins state basketball championship game in Gregory gymnasium Austin. They receive a large trophy for second place. Players listed include Coweh Thomas Hoyer Pauline Stryk Gloria Slaas Gussie Mae Etlinger Barbara Wenske Georgie Luksovsky Mary Jasek Carmen Mitenperger Rita Simiick Lillie Jasek Rose Marie Berckenhoff and Sandra Hohlt.
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Bobkittens
Moulton
Gregory Gymnasium
Austin
Babe Ruth League reaches 100000 players in 45 states
Babe Ruth League, Inc. reports 1 215 leagues and 6 844 teams with over 100 000 boys ages 13 14 15 playing in 45 states five Canadian provinces Alaska France Germany and Hawaii. The organization operates with a 21 member board and eight U S regions headed by elected regional directors.
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth League, Inc
Canada
Alaska
France
Germany
Hawaii
Trenton
New Jersey
United States
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Midwest Plains
Southwest
Texas
Ranch Hand Arnold Jezek Found Dead Near Edna
A death verdict labeled a self inflicted gunshot wound was returned for 38 year old Arnold Henry Jezek found dead along the Navidad River six miles east of Edna. He had worked four years on the A A Peters ranch and left Monday claiming he would go to the river. The inquest named JP Hobart Dunham and cited a single 410 shotgun blast above the right eye. Survivors include five sisters and three brothers with one half brother listed.
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Arnold Henry Jezek
Navidad
Edna
Jezek
A. A. Peters
JP Hobart Dunham
Russian Army Hero Survives Needle In Skull Surgery
Moscow says Boris Barshukov, an artilleryman, endured years of head pain before an X‑ray revealed the problem. A surgeon cut a hole in his skull and removed a two inch needle he apparently swallowed as a young man.
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Moscow
Boris Barshukov
Red Star
Barshukov
Farmers Co-Op Sells Buildings at Auction
The Moulton Farmers Co-Op Gin and Mill Company sold a house and garage to Joe Kubenka Jr and a smokehouse to Jim Welff of the city at last Saturday's auction. The buildings will be moved soon as plans materialize for a new storage bin for the Co Op in the near future.
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Moulton Farmers Co-Op Gin & Mill Company
Joe Kubenka, Jr
Jim Welff
Co Op
Wife jailed for smuggling hack saw blades to husband
Rockingham North Carolina reports Mrs Joanne Bullard aged 22 began a six month prison term after trying to smuggle three hack saw blades and a note reading Hurry home honey to her husband in the county jail.
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Rockingham
N.C
Joanne Bullard
Highway Contract Awarded in Lavaca County
A Bryan firm, Rr. B. Butler, Inc., won a 1.5 mile US 77 and T7A project in Lavaca County with a bid of $198,194. The work includes widening structures and approaches on F 3737 and SF 5428 between Yoakum and US 90A and is slated to take about 165 working days under District Highway Engineer M. G. Cornelius and Resident Engineer C. V. Rambert.
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Lavaca County
Bryan
Austin
State Highway Commission
Rr. B. Butler, Inc
Hallettville
Yoakum
VFW Post Elects Officers and Distributes Donations
At Moulton VFW Post 6971 regular meeting George Pesek was elected commander with Jimmie Luksovsky Jr as 1st vice commander and Johnnie Wagner as 2nd vice commander. Donations were approved totaling 60 dollars to the Rural Fire Truck Fund and Red Cross. District Commander Hilary Lenertz announced the 24th district convention set for Yorktown on April 23 and 24.
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Moulton
VFW
Red Cross
George Pesek
Jimmie Luksovsky
Johnnie Wagner
Ted
Metal
Johnnie F. Kubenka
Buck Sherry
Haas
Ernest Chaloupka
Hilary Lenertz
Port Lavaca
Yorktown
Mother and Daughter Die in Long Beach After Long Illness
Bertie Balding, paralyzed by polio since infancy, waited for mother Daisy May Balding to care for her. Daisy May failed to appear on March 9, and Bertie died six days later from malnutrition. Daisy May died in sleep. both were buried together after a double funeral.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bertie
Mother
Newly Organized Moulton Scout Troop First Outing
Eighteen local Boy Scouts enjoyed a day of hiking and camping at Bill Reeves farm north of Fla-Mernia. They started from the hut at 8:00 am with flags and marched north on Highway 90.
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Moulton
Bill Reeves
Fla- Mernia
Msgt
James R. Bryan
Fort Worth Press Honors Soil Conservation Winners
The Fort Worth Press lists the district winners Mary Ann Simper II from there winning first in Moulton and Frank J. Olsovsky of Moravia as outstanding farmer A A Bludau of Hinlette ville comeback farmer Mary Migl first in Sacred Heart School Hallettsville Jackie Keith first in Yoakum High School and Geraldine Brown of Yoakum taking the first place essay The paper says the winners were entered in state and regional competition.
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Fort Worth Press
Soil Conservation District
Mary Ann Simper
There
Moulton
Frank J. Olsovsky
Moravia
A. A. Bludau
Hjnllettsville
Mary Migl
Sacred Heart School
Fire Destroys Large Home Near Shiner
A one and a half story frame home in the Green School community was destroyed by fire Sunday around 12:30 PM. Mr and Mrs Ieamund Boch their daughter Mrs Sfelen Brown and two children occupied the house. Shiner Fire Department fought the blaze but it was unrecoverable with valuables lost including belongings though a TV and some clothes survived.
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Ieamund Boch
Sfelen Brown
Green
Mother Fills Tub Leaves Son Drowns
Carmelo Renaldo Cruz, age 1, drowned in a bathtub in Miami after his mother left him and his 2-year-old sister Teresa in a running bath. The tub overflowed when she returned, drowning the boy and leaving the girl clinging to the tub’s side.
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Miami
Carmelo Renaldo Cruz
Carmelo Cruz
Homicide
R. J. Gow
Teresa
G IL Farm Class Dinner Set at Rock Inn
The annual G IL farm class dinner will be held at Rock Inn on Sunday March 27. All ex members of the Moul ton Farm classes are invited.
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G. IL
Rock Inn
Moulton
Two Lobkitten Members Named to All State Girls Team
State recognition honors two Lobkitten players Lillie Jasek and Sandra Hohlt on the All State Girls Basketball team. Honorable mention goes to Rose Berckenhoff and Georgie Lukovsky.
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Lobkitten
Lillie Jasek
Julius Jasek
Sandra Hohlt
W. H. Hohlt
All Too Common Errors Listed By IRS in Victoria District
Taxpayers in the Austin District are urged to avoid five common mistakes per Internal Revenue Service official Lloyd G. Hall. Errors include unreadable writings, arithmetic mistakes, missing signatures on joint returns, failing to attach W-2 forms, and not listing dependents with names.
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IRS
Austin
Loward G. Hall
Internal Revenue Service
Victoria
Texas
Helweg Family Visitors From Richmond Spend Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Helweg and their son Frederick of Richmond visited relatives here over the weekend, sharing time with family and catching up on local news.
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Leon Helweg
Frederick of
Richmond
Local VFW and KCs Contribute to Rural Fire Truck Drive
Local donors led by Moulton VFW Post No. 6971 and Moulton Council K of C No. 3244 each gave $50 to a rural fire truck fund. Readily available gifts from Anton I. Fatusek Sheriff Theo C. Long and others bring the total to $387.50 as the American Legion Post backs the effort for enhanced rural fire protection.
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VFW & Kcs
Moulton Vfw
Moulton
Council K. of
Moulton V.E.W. Post No
Inc
Moulton Council K
C. No. 3244
Anton I. Fatusek
Theo C. Long
Wm. Kortwig
Pilot’s
Super Mit
Jacob Tousek, Jr
Louis Selzer
Rudie Wenske
CLG Sincose
Robert Wolff Salia
Moulton American Legion Post
Basketball Letter Awards Announced
Coach Thomas H. Hoyer of the Moulton Bobkatz and Bob kittens announces season letter winners. Bobkatz lettered Edward Rainer Jr Donnie Jaroszewski Leon Vasek Ben Darilek Charles Lukosvsky Keith Strandtman Leroy Fishbeck. Managers Harvey Fishbeck and David Eberhard. Bobkittens lettered Sandra Hohlt Mary Jasek Bob Wenske Lillie Jasek Georgie Lukosvsky Rose Berckenhoff Rita Simecek Pauline Stryk. Girls manager Charlotte Petrek.
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Thomas H. Hoyer
Moulton Bobkatz
Bobkittens
Bobkatz
Edward Rainer
Donnie Jaroszewski
Leon Vasek
Ben Darilek
Charles Luksovsky
Keith Strandtman
Leroy Fishbeck
Harvey Fishbeck
David Eberhard
Sandra Hohlt
Mary Jasek
Bob Wenske
Lillie Jasek
Georgie Luksovsky
Rose Berckenhoff
Rita Simecek
Pauline Stryk
Charlotte Petrek
Local Sickness Roundup Lists Patients and Recoveries
John T. Thompson of Nickel suffers a light stroke and remains at home. W H Pundt of F M State Bank confined to Renger Hospital HalLettsville since Thursday, progressing. Ed E Kolar admitted to Renger Hospital Friday, doing well. Chas Luksovsky at Citizens Memorial Victoria, improved. Tom Tousek and Charlie Welf Jr visiting ill relative Charlie Welfl Sr in Houston. John Hoepfl hospitalized in Shiner after fall with two broken ribs, resting comfortably.
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John T. Thompson
Nickel
W. H. Pundt
F. & M. State Bank
Renger
Hallettsville
Mr. Pundt
Ed. E. Kolar
Renger Hospital
Chas. Luksovsky
Citizens’ Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Tom H. Tousek
Charlie Welff Jr
Houston
Charlie Welfl Sr
John Hoepfl
Shiner Hospital
Buffington
Hoepfl
Appointed Officers Named by VFW Auxiliary
VEW Auxiliary President Josie Lee Albrecht appointed officers for the year including Secretary Georgia Meyer Banner bearer Ann Few Flag bearer Marie Jarosek Patriotic instructor Leonita Culak Color bearer Sidonia Mayer Irene Pohler Annie Zidek Mamie Jo Luksovsky Musician Lillie Filipp and Historian Alice Schoenfeld.
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VEW
Josie Lee Albrecht
Georgia Meyer
Ann Few
Marie Jarosek
Leonita Culak
Sidonia Mayer
Irene Pohler
Annie Zidek
Mamie Jo Luksovsky
Lillie Filipp
Alice Schoenfeld
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U.S
Joseph Campbell
Navy
Navy Department
Farmers Co-Op
Lavaca Co
GEO. Pesek
Stanley Zimmermann
Victor Marko
Jimmy Bryan
Robert Etlinger
Billy Hohlt
Stephen Holm
Sidney Malinek
Claude Sherry
Daniel Vyoral
Donald Wagner
David Joost
Kenneth Joost
Dennis Kocian
Harvey Kocian
Louis J. Welff
Dennis J. Wagner
David Crawford
Michael Hoim
Mary Ann Simper II
SCD Award
Shiner
Shiner Fire Department
Fred Berckenhoff
Frank Luksovsky
Rose Berckenhoffs
Vorabli
Basketball Letter
VFW Auxiliary
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