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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1956
Page
1
Ed's Viewpoint notes Christmas spirit as city crews string colored lights for the season. Texas Farm Bureau criticizes cash foreign aid at convention in Houston urging help via agricultural products and opposing tax dollars. The piece discusses trade, births, death rates, and population. no further specifics given.
Kemil Beran, Purina dealer, built four 30 by 22 foot pig parlors four miles east to fatten hogs on an assembly line. Each parlor handles 50 hogs, with 60 to 70 pound feeders staged until market. Construction costs run about 400 dollars per shed featuring concrete slabs and easy cooling and worming. Adolph Petrek also has two parlors on his farm north of town. See hogs page.
Local schedule lists a November 22 double bill with Hallettsville Sacred Heart School at 7 p.m. Two Friday games versus Fayetteville then a November 27 showdown with Sheridan in a double header. All games at the local gym with 20 and 40 cent admission.
The Witting Farm Bureau met Thursday night November 15 with Walter Hildebrand presiding. Twenty three members attended. Harvey Pohler reported on the State Convention in Houston. Officers elected: Chairman Walter Hildebrandt, Vice Chairman Joe Wagner, Secretary Treasurer Harvey Pohler, Reporter Mrs. Harvey Pohler. Next meeting December 10 features a Christmas program.
District Governor Noble Field of San Marcos addressed local Lions at Pundt's Cafe on Lions International aims. He outlined the non profit non political nature and global reach with over 550000 members in 12300 clubs across 75 countries and six continents. First Vice President Dr. M M Wagner led the meeting in President Meyer’s absence. Guests included Otto Fisbeck Wilbert Manning and W H Hohlt.
Vienna report notes Agi a 20 year old donkey famed for hauling loads to the Summit of Gruenberg in Upper Austria now spends days giving rides to visitors and smoking up to 20 cigarettes daily. Locals say he enjoys the habit and sniffs at pockets for offers.
Texas Farm Bureau delegates at the 23rd annual convention in Houston urged extending the soil bank as a voluntary program with parity-based incentive payments. They called for emergency harvesting rules, higher export funding, and fair acreage allotment practices while promoting rough rice sales abroad.
Mrs Theresia Valenta fell in her back yard on Saturday November 10 sustaining facial injuries. She was treated at the Shiner clinic where she received stitches and expressed gratitude to the American Legion Auxiliary for flowers.
Several hunters recount opening and weekend deer kills across counties. Vake Petrek and Adolph Petrek each harvested 7 and 9 point bucks on opening day at the Ed Kolar ranch south of Sheridan. August Etlinger, Thomas Hoyer, Julius Krejci, G G Fisbeeck, William Hare, Jake Hull and Earl Malone also bagged multiple deer at sites near Sheridan, Concan, Peach Creek and surrounding areas.
The local post office will be closed Thursday November 22 and no rural delivery will be made on that date. Moulton will observe Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 29 while the post office remains open and rural mail carriers will deliver.
Godfrey J Kubicek, 67, of Route 2 Shiner, died November 17 at Veterans Hospital Trouston after long illness. Born September 22, 1900 in Moulton, he farmed in Shiner, served in World War II, and was a member of the American Legion. Funeral services were held at Buffington Funeral Chapel and Shiner Catholic Church with burial at Shiner Catholic Cemetery. Surviving are wife Mary, mother Ludmila Kubicek, two brothers Adolf and Alfred, three sisters Mrs. Frank Mig, Mrs. Frank Bromand, and Mrs. Joe Luksovsky, pallbearers from the Moulton American Legion.
Funeral services for Alfons Jilek were held at Smith Funeral Home and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Moulton after his death at his San Antonio home on November 15 from a heart attack. He was 57. Survived by wife, five children Jerry Judith James Edward Clement, one brother Frank, five sisters, six grandchildren, with pallbearers listed.
Willie F. Martens prominent Hockley farmer cattleman and rancher of Tom Ball Texas died at Leon Memorial Hospital Tomball after being pinned under his tractor for nearly eight hours. He suffered a crushed chest and limbs and died from gangrene poisoning. He said the tractor turned over near a gully about two miles from his farm two miles from Roberts Cemetery Road Rosehill around 9 30 a m Tuesday. He remained conscious until about 5 p m when his son Oswald F Martens found him after four hours of searching.
A 21 year old inmate in Dallas County jail gave birth to a five pound fourteen ounce son at Parkland Hospital at 5 08 am. Mother and child were reported to be thriving. She is serving two concurrent 30 day terms on charges of passing worthless checks.
Public invited to meeting at the local high school gym on Monday November 26 to establish a Ground Observer Corps post. supervised by Air Force Sgt. Jordan of Austin, the GOC is a Civil Defense partner with radar and fighter-interceptor units to provide early warning and tracking information. No age limit. observers report by telephone to a filter center in Trouston.
Washington reports the Census Bureau's day estimate of the United States population at 169,265,260. The figure surpasses September by 283,000 and is 2,865,000 above the prior total, reflecting continued growth in the national count.
The Eagle features photos of local fruit varieties including Thompson seedless grapes bananas and oranges with grapefruit now pictured. Miss Helen Kaase in the western town displays a laden grapefruit branch while Mrs John Pavlas in the south shows a pink variety tree. Despite drought trees continue to bear well in the area.
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