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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1952
Page
14
The excerpt riffs on census growth of six thousand six hundred sixty six per day and asks about yearly sleeping pill consumption. It notes a Parliament era golf law making play a crime and mentions Luther Burbank’s grafted plant bearing both tomatoes and potatoes in a whimsical historical vignette.
A collage of trivia and asides covering ships fuel use, place names, disease naming quirks, time calculations, wages, city freedoms, animal disease claims, Napoleon handwriting, tooth power, octopus intellect, colonial lineage, bird species, a strongman feat, and royal marriages.
The Hallettsville T and O depot recorded a September 1952 revenue rise of 36,641.54 over September 1951 thanks to oil tank car loadings at a Shell Pipeline crude oil depot two miles southwest of Hallettsville. Shell’s facility, led by C W Jackson, can fill many cars at once, forwarding crude oil to Houston area refineries.
Funeral services for Fritz Steinberg 66 were held at Kabena Funeral Home and concluded at Old Kinkler Cemetery north of Hallettsville with Rev Henry Smith officiating and American Legion Chaplain E J Schindler assisting. Steinberg WWI veteran in 32nd division survives his wife two daughters Ludvig Pete Steinberg and one grandson. The birthstone for April is diamond.
Edna Burkett of Yoakum, after 34 years with the post office, received a corsage and a life membership in the United National Association of Post Office Clerks at the South Texas District No. 1 quarterly meeting in Cuero. Presenters and speakers included H N Heneke, Brandon Brantly, Shelly Tarkington, Bert Rohre, Walter Boehl, and Maxwell Kobitz. A barbecued chicken supper preceded the gathering with 26 attendees from Yoakum Victoria Yorktown and Cuero. Groundhog Day also noted as Candemas Day.
Major Biehunko and family arrived from Cocoa Florida as he leaves Patrick Air Force Base for Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio. He is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Frank Biehunko Jr of Moulton. Mrs Biehunko is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Malec of Hallettsville.
Austin reports 859 teams in the Texas Interscholastic League girls basketball season, up 78 from last year, with 117 in AA 170 in A and 572 in B. Growth marks the league as the fastest expanding sport. participation may reach about 13,000. AA includes Denison Greenville McKinney Sherman Conroe Texarkana and Corpus Christi Miller.
The army Monday issued a draft call for 48 600 men in January. It is the highest monthly call since last January when 59 650 men were inducted through selective service. The new call brings to 1 202 430 the total number drafted or earmarked for induction since selective service resumed in September 1950.
Iowa's name derives from a Native American term meaning beautiful land. The interpretation highlights the land's beauty and the state's Indigenous heritage.
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