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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1956
Page
1
Ed's Viewpoint notes the new elementary school and renovated high school as the community faces drought. It covers the Texas Water Reserve Committee proposing rainmaking research and cloud seeding. It also urges stricter traffic enforcement after a Sunday crash and cites reader tips from California on fines and car impounding.
The St. Joseph's School Club held its first meeting of the scholastic year on Friday night September 7. Room mothers for the coming year are named by grade with lists including Mrs. Alvin Meyer and others. See MOTHERS page 3.
Arnold Technik age 9 dies from fractures after a two car collision at the FM Road 532 and Highway 95 intersection near Moulton. George Technik and family were en route to the St Joseph Harvest Festival when hit by a speeding 1956 Ford driven by A W Moeller of Houston. Moeller is charged with negligent homicide as victims are treated at Wagner Hospital Shiner. funeral services for Arnold Technik held in Shiner.
During a thunderstorm last week two horses owned by Earl and Ervin Kuhen near Peach Creek west of Moulton were struck and killed by lightning. The riders reported no other injuries and authorities advised precaution for livestock during storms.
Pr and Mrs J C Burt attended the Tex Dist 9 Medical meeting held Sunday in the home of Dr and Mrs Willis Crews in Gonzales. The gathering was well attended and active.
Liquor control officers raided the Recreation Hall in Hallettsville on Saturday night at 10 00 pm arresting five teenagers for possessing intoxicating liquor during a dance. Mrs Margaret Dolezal was charged with selling beer to a minor who flashed a navy discharge card. Authorities checked local beer sellers and charged J C Winton, owner of a Sub lime beer garden, for selling on Sunday morning.
The Texas Public Safety Commission set September 15 1956 to April 15 1957 as the inspection period for motor vehicles under state law. Col Homer Garrison Jr urged motorists to inspect early to avoid end of period delays and log jams. George W Bushby said over 4 200 inspection stations would have stickers ready and could inspect vehicles without delay.
Moulton Lodge No. 59 plans a meeting Tuesday September 18 at Rock Inn Hall. A new member class will be introduced and Grand Lodge officers from San Antonio are invited. Lunch refreshments and entertainment will follow the social hour. All members are invited.
Mrs Milton Seward 57 was found dead in a pig pen at the Seward farm in Lacon Illinois. Her clothing was shredded and her body torn by about 15 pigs after her husband returned from a trip last Wednesday night. He suspects she collapsed due to diabetes and the pigs did the rest.
Mr. E. E. Eberhard has been hospitalized in Victoria for two weeks. Mrs. Eberhard and Mrs. Francis Fisbeck visited Tuesday and reported he is doing fine.
A joint funeral was held in Forest Park Cemetery Houston for four Houstonians killed in a Laguna Atascosa crash last February. Remains found August 5 were interred in a single grave. names include Joseph E. Shiver George Simon Eugene A. Mills and Christian E. Ebersole. Survivors have filed damage suits totaling 400000 against the crash’s pilot estate and owner.
Lavaca County Farm Bureau board voted to maintain government loan cotton records for members. Members may bring papers to the FR office. secretary lists farmer name grade staple bale number and weight of each bale for buyers seeking specific cotton.
Texas Farm Bureau launches its annual fall membership drive with a September 20 rally at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin. About 200 county chairmen attend as 80 000 farm families are targeted to enroll, aiming to propel Texas to the lead in the South and into fourth nationally. H W Robertson of Arkansas Farm Bureau and TFB President J Walter Hammond speak.
The Lutheran Ladies' Aid held its meeting on the first Thursday of the month with 27 members attending. Sympathy was offered to several members- families. Mary Ammermann resigned as treasurer and Mary Zimmermann was named to complete the term. A $20 donation was approved for lawn watering and plans were made for a bazaar social on October 20. Meetings will begin at 2 p m in the winter season.
Applications for Texas Highway Patrolmen will be accepted from now until October 15. Examinations statewide in late October will select top scorers for the recruit training school starting next January. Col Homer Garrison Jr announced the plan.
Members of the Moulton Home Demonstration Club are reminded of the regular meeting on September 20 at 2 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Roy Kotzebue. Members should bring their yearly reports and visitors are welcome.
Farmers Home Administration will run the program with county offices handling applications. Certificates worth 7.50 per ton cover hay and roughages through 1956 and are cashable at banks through dealers. Eligible counties include all 185 Texas counties declared disaster areas. eligibility follows grain program rules.
George Chudej of Moulton Route 1 learned Tuesday he won a set of four tubeless tires from the Hub City Cities Service Station in Yoakum after a drawing held Saturday.
A record crowd attended the St Joseph Parish Harvest Festival at the VFW Hall. Five cotton bales were auctioned with prices ranging from 44 to 80 cents per pound, totaling over 1 1/2 thousand dollars, and buyers included Rev Joseph Kopp and local business leaders.
Drouth stricken farmers and ranchers receive tax relief on livestock sales under Public Law 629, announced by R L Phinney, District Director of Internal Revenue, Austin. The sale can be an involuntary conversion if it exceeds normal practice and is exempt from tax if replaced with like kind within the period specified, generally by the end of the next year. Phinney cites IRS Farmers Tax Guide 1955 publication 225 for procedures, available free. see RELIEF page 6, col 4.
Mrs Elmer E Johnson is a patient at Bohman Hospital in Cuero She underwent a minor operation on her right leg.
A stove explosion in Less Walker’s home on FM Road 532 caused a kitchen blaze and damaged bedding and clothing in an adjoining bedroom. Local firefighters arrived quickly and saved the house, owned by Frank T. Barta, from total destruction. repairs under insurance proceed this week.
A Houston man driving a 1950 Ford overturned east of Flatonia on Highway 90 Monday around 8 00 am as he tried to avoid hitting a stopped school bus. He brake and lost control, landing in a ditch. He was taken to Youens Hospital in Weimar with injuries not listed as critical.
The annual St Joseph Harvest festival announced prize recipients from the area. Kasper Cinada won a lawn chair, Frank Koudelka a portable electric mixer, and Jim Kubicek two prizes an electric frying pan and a bed spread.
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