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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1937
Page
1
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced loans at 9 cents a pound for this year’s cotton crop. A subsidy up to 3 cents a pound will be paid next year to producers who join the 1988 adjustment program and meet production controls on 65 percent of this year’s basic acreage.
Washington officials said the Commodity Credit Corporation will issue the first 1937 cotton loans within 10 days at 9 cents a pound. Farms move to cotton belt points this week with storage receipts as loan basis and borrowers must join the 1938 crop control program. Loans carry 4 percent interest and mature July 31, 1988. unpaid loans would be taken over by the government.
The Moulton Public Schools begin the 1987-88 scholastic year on Monday September 6. All pupils should be present on opening day. Superintendent W E Smith enters his twelfth year in the post.
The Moulton Catholic congregation prepares for the annual church feast at Herman Park on Sunday September 12. Dinner will be served and the Parish Band will provide music.
L. A. Woods, current state superintendent of public instruction, announced plans to run for a fourth term next year. He is serving his third term at present.
Welff and Batey weighers report 5290 bales of new cotton marketed in Moulton up to Wednesday night.
Alex Giesbers of Temple died Saturday August 28 after several months illness. He was 57 and had served in the Temple Fire Department for 87 years. Burial was held Sunday with many friends and relatives in attendance. He leaves a widow, his mother, one brother and three sisters. The Eagle extends sympathy to the survivors.
Austin reports a further reduction of the old age pension rolls with 114,455 pensioners to receive checks totaling 1,570,882 at an average of 13.73. Rolls likely stay around 115,000 unless law changes, with possible drop to 105,000 to 110,000.
County Judge Paul H Fertsch calls an election in the newly incorporated town of Moulton to elect a mayor marshal and five aldermen. The vote takes place October 5 in the directors room of the Farmers Merchants State Bank from 8 a m to 7 p m presiding officer is George von Lienen with William Hillmer George Baur and William Wachtendorf as clerks eligibility requires voters 21 and qualified under state law.
Sick William Miculka is absent from his post at the bank this week due to illness. Frank Biebunko Sr has been ill for some time and worsened last week. Mrs. Ad Filipp, near Culak school, is quite ill at her home.
The Nickel School begins the 1937 38 term on Monday September 13 with C A Carpenter as principal and Miss Ruth Jo Becker and Mrs Joyce Bednar on the faculty.
Mr. Hamil from Yoakum visited Moulton on Tuesday to handle local business matters.
Mrs. Leo Hrchek and her daughter Miss Eleanor of Shimer visited relatives here on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pietseh along with Mr. F. C. Kaase and Miss Helen Kaase spent Sunday in Austin, recording a brief family excursion with city visit.
The joint teachers trustee and county board meeting will be held in Hallettsville on Saturday September 4 at 9 00 A M at the high school building. All teachers and trustees of the county should be present.
Robert Lee Bobbitt chairman of the state highway commission his wife and 16 year old son were injured when their car overturned on a highway near Devine. A passing motorist took them to a San Antonio hospital where Bobbitt had a fractured rib and bruises Mrs Bobbitt suffered lacerations and bruises and the son had a fractured arm.
Kerrville inventor W G Leazar has developed a metal locating device that reportedly finds buried metals accurately. He recently located a pile driver buried beneath gravel in the Guadalupe river bed near Kerrville and speculates the cannon at Moulton may also be detectable.
Judge and Mrs. A J Darilek and children Marjorie of Moulton and Allen of San Antonio spent Sunday in Houston visiting Dan Darilek.
Miss Lorena Ruth and Miss Frankie Smith are spending the week touring New Orleans and Lafayette in Louisiana.
Miss Mildred Brunkenhoefer returned to San Antonio Sunday after a pleasant visit with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bohnenkamp in the area.
Some thirty youngsters and grown folks gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kolar to mark the seventh birthday of James Edward Kolar. Delicious refreshments were served.
Malvin Merrem Weldon and Wesley Knape were in Seguin Tuesday afternoon attending to matters not specified in the fragment.
Arthur Schodde and Henry David of San Antonio and Miss Wilma Schodde of Moulton left Monday for Anthony Kansas to visit Mr and Mrs Edwin Schodde.
At least three influential Texas senators oppose new taxes in the planned special session. Clint Small of Amarillo says the state is in fine shape and no new taxes are needed. Frank Rawlings of Fort Worth opposes all new taxes and Rudolph Weinert of Seguin expects a vote on child welfare and needy blind amendments adopted August 23.
Webb Brooks faces a murder charge in Hallettsville Texas for killing his brother in law John W Miller with a pocket knife last Wednesday. The Sublime justice court set bond at four thousand dollars which Brooks could not meet. Brooks is a widower with two married daughters.
Birth notices list Rose LaNelle Schumann born August 25 to Mr and Mrs Albert Schumann of Moulton a girl. A daughter named Calvin born August 25 to Mr and Mrs Walter Haas of Moulton. A girl named Marjorie Mae born August 26 to Mr and Mrs Ben Novak of Moulton. A daughter born August 28 to Mr and Mrs Roy F Meyer of Flatonia.
To Subscribers Who Are In Arrears In going over our subscription list we find many readers behind on payments due to money scarcity. Conditions have improved and we request settlement at an early date. Statements mailed and some readers have remitted for dues and a year in advance. More statements will be mailed soon. Visit the office for a friendly payment handshake.
Mrs Guy Carter and her children and Miss Tillie Franke of Yoakum visited in the Victor Fehreokamp home Sunday.
Miss Theresa Selzer called at the office on Wednesday and ordered The Eagle to be sent to her father Jos Selzer.
Mrs. Harry Wiedemann and Miss Hilda Wiedemann with Mrs Tom Beal and children and Mrs. George von Lienen returned Saturday from Bandera where they visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Meitzen.
Theo Agricola, 59, died after a brief illness on Saturday night. He is survived by his widow two sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held Monday in Flatonia Texas.
Mr. F. T. Fehrenkamp and Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Fehrenkamp with their children attended the funeral of Alex Giesbers at Temple on Sunday.
Mrs Leona Merrem and her son Malvin spent Sunday in San Antonio with relatives. Malvin also attended the wedding of Elmo Meyer of Westhoff to Miss Mary Martin of Christine at Jourdan on Sunday morning.
A reader named August Krause, living some distance south of town, called on Wednesday to report his subscription figures have been raised by another year.
Mr. Fred D. Mueller and his family came back to Paducah Sunday from a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Mueller. He also stopped at The Eagle to renew his subscription, pushing figures up another notch.
Weather conditions have been favorable this picking season and fully 80 percent of the cotton crop has been gathered. The report notes continued activity and suggests strong harvest progress despite any lingering concerns.
Mrs Georgia Maggie Jilek died at her home near Old Moulton on Wednesday morning after a long illness. Funeral Thursday from the Jilek residence with services at St Josephs Catholic Church Rev Joseph Kopp officiating. Burial in Moulton Catholic Cemetery. She was 41 years old with five children Conrad Margaret Robert Louvenia and Mary Ann Jilek. She is survived by five brothers and five sisters including Louis Johnson of Fl tonia and Leona Leazar. The Eagle extends sympathy to the family.
Texas outbound shipments of poultry and eggs rose in July with poultry at 46 cars versus 32 a year earlier and eggs at 40 cars compared with 31. Only two carloads of eggs arrived from other states, down from nine.
The semi annual gathering of the Guadalupe Firemen’s Association will be held in La Grange on November 7. The first convention was held in Moulton on May 2.
President Roosevelt meets with Senate and House leaders to discuss calling a special session this fall. Agricultural problems appear to require immediate attention and action.
The Moulton School Board on Monday afternoon elected H Keith Brown of Centerville to fill the teaching staff chair previously held by Marion Hedge. Brown will assume duties this term and serve on the school board’s education committee.
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