Commencement Exercises At Moulton High School May 20
Large audience witnessed the May 20 commencement at Moulton High School gymnasium. Eighteen girls and two boys formed the class. honored for regular attendance and honor roll. Mary Nelms sang When the Lights Go On Again, and diplomas were awarded by Superintendent Cernosek and Frank J Wagner.
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Moulton High School
The
Cluss
Mary Nelms
J. T. Jaeggli
Stanley F. Cernosek
Armed Forces
Frank J Wagner
Cernosek
Julius Krejci
Texas Cotton Production in 1942 Reaches 3.088 Million Bales
Texas produced 3,088,000 bales of cotton in 1942 with a crop value of $330,004,000. Lint yield per acre rose by 17 pounds compared with 1941, signaling improved efficiency and output.
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Texas
Ration Book 8 Applications Sent to Heads of Families
Heads of families received application cards by mail for Ration Book No 8. The book will supply new stamps to replace expiring ones. All applications must be mailed by midnight June 10.
Texas reduces general fund deficit to five-year low
The Texas state general fund deficit declined by 8.51 million dollars over the past year. The current shortfall stands at 20.78 million dollars, the smallest in five years.
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Texas
Moulton Lions Club Opens Local Cannery Project
The Moulton Lions Club will sponsor a cannery with a competent supervisor. The plant will start operating immediately and several pressure cookers will be installed so the cannery serves the community.
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Moulton Lions Club
Lions Club Field Ready for Emergency Landing North of Town
The Moulton Lions Club sponsored field for emergency landings is prepared. The committee plans to have airbase flyers land here. An arrow on the local lumber shed marks the field direction.
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Moulton
Death of Dr Joe J Taylor Dallas editor 78
Dallas publishers mourn the death of Dr Joe J Taylor 78 longtime editor of the Dallas Morning News after a Dallas Monday death. A North Carolina native he came to Texas in 1884 and served on the News editorial staff for nearly 40 years leaving a widow and two sons surviving.
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Joe J. Taylor
Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Taylor
News
North Carolina
Texas
Mississippi Flood Rages Across River System
The Mississippi River and tributaries surge, flooding low lands and forcing thousands from homes. In St Louis the river tops a 99 year high. Soldiers aid rescue efforts as the Red Cross estimates about 150000 people affected by the flood.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
The
Red Cross
Rain Delivers One Inch. Thunder and Hail Reported
A good rain fell here Friday night and Saturday morning totaling about one inch. Witting section saw heavy rain while Evergreen and Komensky reported lighter showers. Another inch of rain fell on Monday with a terrific electrical display and hail in areas south of town.
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Witting
Evergreen
Komensky
Firemen's Training School Attendance Report
Edward Darilek secretary of the Moulton Fire Department left Sunday for College Station to attend the 14th annual school for firemen at the Agricultural and Mechanical College under the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association.
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Edward Darilek
Moulton
Former Moulton Coach Buried In San Marcos
John Hancock former Moulton High School athletics coach died at Ballas aged 82. He was buried in San Marcos Sunday afternoon. Survived by his mother a brother and other relatives. Friends here grieve his passing.
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John Hancock
Moulton High School
Ballas
San Marcos
Hancock
A and M Students Return Home
Victor O Fehrenkamp Jr Victor Bevan Lester Raab and Henry Butechek students at the A and M College of Texas came in Friday afternoon.
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Victor O. Fehrenkamp Jr
Victor Bevan
Lester Raab
Henry Butechek
The
A. and M. College of Texas
Moulton Lions Sponsor Canning Course and Donations
The Moulton Lions Club met at the schoolhouse on May 19 and approved a canning course tied to national defense. The club donated 5 to the fat stock show fund, boosting total civic contributions to 122.50 with community gifts. Radio Zemlicka joined as a member and arrangements for the course were assigned to Vladik Boehm Elo Fehrenkamp and Roy Kotzebue. An earlier meeting had given 37 to the Moulton High School band uniform fund. An auditing committee of Miculka Darilek and Kotzebue was appointed.
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Moulton Lions Club
Radio Zemlicka
Vladik Boehm
Elo C. Fehrenkamp
Roy Kotzebue
Moulton High School
William Miculka
A. J. Darilek
War Book No 1 To Be Used for Canning Sugar
The Office of Price Administration announced a revised sugar canning plan for home use. Housewives will use stamps 15 and 16 in ration book one for five pounds of canning sugar per person, valid next Monday through October 31. If more than ten pounds per person is needed, families apply to rationing boards. Stamp 18 will be valid June 1 to August 15 for five pounds.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Insurance Convention Held at Yoakum
The Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Association held its 52nd annual convention at Yoakum last week. Officers for the ensuing year were elected: Philip Lorfing president Hugo Rothkamp vice president Ki Hagens secretary E Hilert Kuck treasurer Fritz Barre grand director. The next convention will be held at Hallettsville in 1944.
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Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Association
Yoakum
Philip Lorfing
Hugo Rothkamp
Ki. Hagens
Ehilert Kuck
Fritz Barre
Hallettsville
Party Enjoyed By Moulton Juniors
The Juniors of Moulton High School spent an enjoyable hour at Sulphur Park Friday evening. The party was chaperoned by Miss Anita Richter and Mr. John O. Simpson, members of the faculty. Refreshments consisted of sandwiches, cookies, and punch.
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Moulton High School
Sulphur Park
Anita Richter
John O. Simpson
Father and Son Banquet Held Here
The Father and Son Banquet sponsored by the Moulton FFA Chapter at the high school gymnasium on Tuesday night May 18 was enjoyed by all. Gene Boehm presided as toastmaster with officers reporting club activities. Frank J. Wagner introduced the school board and O. F. Knoape the Lions Club. Mayor Elo C Fehrenkamp urged support for future farmers. Colleen Fehrenkamp received a bracelet, and BE R. Alexander of A and M College spoke on farmers product purchasing power over the last twenty five years.
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Moulton
FFA
Gene Boehm
Roland Welff
Frank J. Wagner
Lions Club
O. F. Knoape
Elo C., Fehrenkamp
Farmers of America
Colleen Fehrenkamp
Be, R. Alexander
Department of Agricultural Education
A. and M. College
Farewell Party Held for Rev Jacobs and Family
About 75 attendees gathered at Luther Hall on Friday evening May 21 to bid farewell to Rev E Jacobs and his family. They left Thursday for Iowa where he will serve as pastor. Jacobs preached at the Moulton and Witting Lutheran Churches for four years and made many friends in Moulton.
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Rev. E. Jacobs
Luther Hall
Jacobs
Iowa
Moulton and
Witting
Moulton
Notice to Lutheran Men In Service in Texas
The Luther League seeks names of all Lutheran men from this community serving in the country. Send names promptly to Miss Ethel Mary Boehm in Moulton Texas so the Lutheran newspaper A Mighty Fortress can be mailed to them.
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The
Luther League
Ethel Mary Boehm
Moulton
Texas
Hallettsville Boy Named to West Point
Hallettsville May 24 Sam Devall son of Lieut Col and Mrs Sam Devall of Halletts ville has been chosen as principal appointee to the United States Military Academy at West Point for 1948 by Congressman J J Mansfield. The youth, a law student at the University of Texas, is a great grandson of the late Gen A P Bagby.
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Hallettsville
Sam Devall
Sam
Devall
United States Military Academy
West Point
J. J Mansfield
University of Texas
A. P. Bagby
Mrs Emil Darilek Jr Returns From Visit to Victoria
Mrs Emil Darilek Jr returned to Victoria Saturday after visiting relatives and friends. She attended commencement exercises Thursday evening where her brother Fred Fehrenkamp Jr was in the graduating class.
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Emil Darilek Jr
Victoria
Funeral Rites Held for Fred F. Fehrenkamp in Moulton
In a large Moulton gathering, funeral services for Fred F. Fehrenkamp, 46, were held Thursday at his parents’ home with Rev. A D Klages officiating. Fehrenkamp, long a prominent local figure, died on duty at McCloskey General Hospital Temple, with burial at Moulton Public Cemetery under Moulton Lodge A F and A M.
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Fred F. Fehrenkamp
Moulton
Temple
Texas
McCloskey General Hospital
A. D. Klages
Hallettsville
Moulton Public Cemetery
Moulton Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Moulton Lions Club Holds Second May Meeting
The Moulton Lions Club met Thursday May 20 at Ed's Cafe with sixteen members present. A field move was approved, Rev E Jacobs receiving thanks as he leaves for Iowa. New member Rudy Zemlicka introduced, nominating committee named June election candidates.
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Moulton Lions Club
Ed’s
Evergreen Board Re-elects Teachers
The Evergreen school board re-elected Malvin Merrem as principal and Max Seidenberger as assistant teacher for next year during a recent session.
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Evergreen Board
Evergreen School Board
Malvin Merrem
Max Seidenberger
First Plane Lands On Local Field
Lt Selman and a mechanic of Easter Field landed the first plane on the emergency landing field at Moulton Wednesday afternoon. They inspected the field and pronounced it satisfactory in every way.
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Selman
Easter Field
Moulton
Move To San Antonio By Lt. Stanley Cernosek
Lt. Stanley F. Cernosek and his family departed Thursday toward San Antonio to establish their new home there.
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San Antonio
Stanley F. Cernosek
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National Defense Program
Martha Okruhlik
Glorine Laqua
Harvey Krejci
Firemen’s Training School
Canning
Moulton Juniors
American Legion
Geier-Merrem
James V. Allred
Ninth
Moulton Herman Park Society
State Pension Department
Fehrenkamp
American Legion Band of
Corpus Christi
Ursula Stevens
Houston
Emil
Dorothy Louise) Darilek Jr
Viola Valenta
Fred Jr
Ozro
F. T. Fehrenkamp
Louis
Victor
Elo
Henry
Austin
Lloyd Jilek
Bio C. Fehrenkamp
O. F. Knape
Rudy Zemlicka
R. B. Papacek
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