Drexler Baker Wedding Attendants Named
Miss Mildred Drexler and Emmet Baker Jr announce June 9 ceremony at St. ae Catholic Church Rosemary Drexler maid of honor. Matron of honor Mrs Baker. Bridesmaids Janice Dobecka Shirley Drexler Karen Tousek Ilene Baker Mariann Baker. Best man Michael Kosarek. Groomsmen Ronald Baker Lee Baker Robert Fair Don Ramosek Ricky Berger Mark Ellingson. Ushers Phil Roeber Donald Prause Keith DuBose Larry Mercer. Witnesses Leon Drexler Walter Sterradel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Drexler
Emmet Baker Jr
St. Ae Catholic Church
Rosemary Drexler
Mrs. Baker
Janice Dobecka
Shirley Drexler
Karen Tousek
Ilene
Mariann Baker
Michael Kosarek
Ronald R. Baker
Lee Baker
Robert Fair
Don Ramosek
Ricky Berger
Mark Ellingson
Phil Roeber
Donald Prause
Keith DuBose
Larry Mercer
Leon Drexler
Walter Sterradel
Remembering Battles and Beliefs in a Lone Texan County
A reflective column links San Jacinto memories and early Czech settlers to modern politics. It questions atheism and communism, praises marriage, laments arms and taxes, and urges active, informed citizen participation in government.
Equality in Education and Public School Finance
The speaker argues for equal citizenship in education and questions whether district wealth should affect school quality. They propose state-wide distribution of school taxes to fund districts by student enrollment, seeking uniform educational equality regardless of district wealth.
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Austin
Noise and inflation pieces overshadowed by Watergate talk
The author notes public focus on Watergate while inflation and unemployment rise and 22 million rural residents move to cities. They criticize Meany for opposing interference and urge attention to small farmers and economic hardships beyond political noise.
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Meany
William Smeathers Founding Pioneer of Yellow Banks
An extended history notes William Smeathers as a frontier hunter and lawman who built the first cabin at Yellow Banks around 1797 1798. It traces his roles in Kentucky Ohio and Texas including service in the War of 1812 and ties to notable figures like Joe Hamilton Daviess and Abraham Lincoln. The piece chronicles his movements from Kentucky to Brazoria County Texas dying in 1837 and his descendants shaping Lavaca County with the Smothers name.
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Ohio River
Yellow Banks
The
Messenger and Inquirer
Bill Smeathers
Yellow Blazed Trail
Hartford
William Smeathers
Kentucky
Smeathers
Owensboro
Bill Smothers
Wabash River
Samuel Hopkins
Texas
Ohio
Ohio County Court
Benjamin Duncan
Court House
Smothers
William Smothers
Matthew Rogers
John Smothers
Hopkins
Henderson County
49Th
Joe Hamilton Daviess
Colp. Daviess
Raisin
Col
Abraham Owen
Owen
McClure
Ashby
Lavaca County
San Jacinto
Brazoria Co
Old Columbia
Brazoria County
Jim Bowie
Archibald Smeathers
John Smothers Sr
John
Eleanor
Cynthia Kelley
Archibald Smothers
Lavaca River
Mary Ann
Elijah Kelley
Lavaca
Jenny Rhodes
Joel Rhodes
Emmett Smothers
Jenny Smothers
W. H. Turk
L. F. Mohrmann
Appie Dickey
P. M. Brown
Columbia
Praha Happenings and Local News Notes
Community notes record donations to the Praha Cemetery Fund, hospital visits, a high school commencement at Bishop Forest High School in Schulenburg with four local graduates, and various weekend social visits. Local families and relatives are mentioned along with a ballgame outing to Houston.
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Frank Hajek
Praha
Joseph Stryl
Shiner Memorial Hospital
Anton Migl
Youens
Susan Parta
Helen Bell
Catherine Kubenka
Roland Kalina
Hedweg Jasek
George Mig
Emil Lev
Claude Jaluska
Moulton
Henry Jasek
Hallettsville
Annie Pilat
George Cerny
Houdon
Frank Cerny
Alois Anderle
Felix Krischke
Freyburg
Benedict Pokluda
San Antonio
Paul Pokluda
Henry Brosch
Houston
Anton Stasney
Houston Astros
San Francisco Giants
Mexican Immigrant Recognition Debate and White Advancement
The passage questions Mexican immigrants seeking recognition and compares it to historical immigrant groups and Negro achievement in sports and culture. It asks whether Texans should accept assimilation or maintain Mexican identity and ponders whether whites can advance only through education and hard work.
A Yankee In German America
Vera Flach of Comfort Texas chronicles 120 years of German American life in the Hill Country from 1800 arrivals to today. The memoir details weddings funerals folk dances sausage making and evolving language and culture through one pioneer family and the marriage that bound them.
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Texas
Naylor Company
San Antonio
Vera Flach
Comfort
Hill Country
Chicago
Hill Country Village
Germany
Flach
Illinois Wesleyan University
Columbia School of Dance and Physical Education
Chalif School of Dance
New York
SAN Antonio Express
Ernst Kapp Flach
Tries Revived After Earlier Attempt
A prior effort failed, but organizers are attempting again with renewed plans. Key figures and groups involved are identifying new strategies and timelines to push the initiative forward.
Soil Stewardship Sunday urged across states in 1950s drive
The Lavaca Soil and Water Conservation District praises pastors for past Soil Stewardship Sunday efforts and invites all churches in the district to participate again this year. The push grew from Farm and Ranch magazine to national scope with the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts taking charge and encouraging nationwide observance.
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Farm and Ranch Magazine
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Lavaca
Cochran Family Guests In Houston Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Eugene Cochran and their son Charles from Houston stayed with Mr and Mrs W L Gison over the weekend, enjoying hospitality and family time.
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Eugene Cochran
Charles of
Houston
W. L. Gison
Bold and Hardy Defender and His Family a Kind Parent
A compact note describes a strong protector and caring family figure, praised as a steadfast guardian and benevolent parent within the community. The text emphasizes resilience, responsibility, and supportive leadership by the named individual and their kin.
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Drexler - Baker
Moulton Eagle
Malec Publishing CO
Moulton, Texas
Edwin Gallia Jr
Gladys Malinek
Leona Biehunko
Herman Kurtz
Earl Kalser
Charles Dennis
Henry Joe Henke, JR
V.F.W. Post
Charlie Filipp
Gene Hruck
Moulton Hermann Sons Lodge No 59
Moulton Vfw Hall
Sec’ y.Treas
Emil J. Jaluska
Adelly Haase
A. J. Breitscher
Louis Drexler, Sr
Moulton Chamber OF Commerce and Agriculture
City Hall
Board of Directors
Herman Hanslik
Margaret Hermes Ioer A
Ee Lavaca CO. Farm Bureau
P. O. Box
Yoakum
Frederick Lemsky
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Samuel W. Morrison
America
Prague
Joachim Ganz
Doughan Gannes
Bohemia
White Mountain
New World
New Braunfels
Europe
Western
Lutheran College
Seguin
Carl Marx
Elsie Turk
Smothers Wharton, Texas
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Allen Gentry
New Orleans
Rockport
Indiana
Alfred Grass
Jean Smeathers
William
Cynthia Smothers
A. J. Smothers
Mary Ashby
Charles Smothers
Rebecca Stewart
Fanny Munson
Emma Robbins
Sam Smothers
Joe Smothers
Martha Ann Smothers
Jefferson Butler
Dufners
Greers
Mary Hinch Smothers
McElroys
Houston Telegraph
Ernst Kapp
ST. Paul
Gonzales, Texas
Olle Pharmacy
Olle
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