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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1956
Page
1
Ed's Viewpoint notes three farmworker deaths in September from tractor accidents. It cites danger from careless operation and urges safer practices. Roads are also deadly with a recent two car sideswipe and a toppled Chevrolet within a short distance of each other.
The annual Texas Nutrition Conference will be held October 4 5 at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A and M College campus. Nutrition problems involving poultry.
Ford introduces 19 new body styles in five series for 1957. The display at Moulton Motor Sales opens Wednesday October 3 with Lee Jarosek inviting the public to attend. Highlights include the Fairlane and Fairlane 500 lines with pillar slimmed silhouettes and a longer lower design, plus the Victoria and Sunliner variants.
A Country Store and Bake Sale will be held at the Moulton City Light Office downtown this week Saturday September 29 beginning about 9 00 a m. Cakes kalaches bread pies cookies fryers noodles and more will be for sale. The event is sponsored by the Primary Department of St Joseph School.
Lois Jeanne Meneley an 18 year old daughter of Mrs John Meneley Gonzales was crowned Texas Dairy Princess in Austin by Ruth Marie Peters on the National Dairy Princess honor. She will represent Texas in October for the National Dairy Princess title. Meneley’s mother Henrietta Butschek of Moulton is the former dairy queen.
Mrs. Bertha Brunkenhoefer of our city was notified Tuesday night of the sudden passing of her son Irwin A. Brunkenhoefer of Cisco. He was born October 3, 1909, in Moulton and spent most of his boyhood here. Funeral was held Thursday at 4:00 pm in Cisco. He is survived by his wife a son Irwin Allen of Houston and a daughter Ann at home.
Dr. J. C. Burt, whose health has improved, is now in full time practice. His office is open to patients daily except Thursday afternoons, and he can answer all house calls in town and rural communities.
Lavaca County VA SC announces extended grazing date for 1956 Acreage Reserve of the Soil Bank from September 30 to December 31 due to drought disaster program assistance. Arthur G. Stratmann notes the final date extension by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Miss Iris Dean Raab a 16 year old resident of Moulton has been chosen by the Moulton Chamber of Commerce to represent the town in Gonzales Come and Take It Day on Tuesday October 2 observing the 121st anniversary of the Texas Revolution firing. She will wear a blue western two piece suit with white fringes black boots and a white stetson hat. Her escort is Pat Kubicek. Iris is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Raab of Moulton.
Pvt Larry Maresh of Yoakum Texas has enlisted in Company E 357 Infantry local unit Yoakum He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Maresh of Moulton Also Pvt Robert Janak has enlisted in Company F E 357th Infantry See RESERVE page 5 col 5
Eugene Beyer, 23, died from a broken neck and fractured skull after his 1954 sedan flipped near Oaks Court north of Yoakum Saturday night. Ben Matus and Junior Stafka, both of Midway, were treated for minor injuries at Huth Memorial Hospital. Beyer’s widow Marilyn Charbula and their two sons survive, along with his parents, a sister, and a grandmother. In separate incidents, Willie Wagner Jr. of Hallettsville sustained a fractured hip and ankle after a highway 90A crash west of Hallettsville, and Albert Kahanek of Hallettsville escaped injury when his 1953 Tudor Chevrolet overturned south of Breslau on the Hallettsville Breslau road following a tire blowout.
L. A. Jarosek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jarosek of here, fractured his right foot during a school basketball game last week. He was taken to Burt Clinic for treatment and the injury is reported to be mending nicely.
Funeral services for R L Bob Vivial 58 were held at Schwenke Baumgarten funeral home in Schulenburg at 2 30 P M and continued at Moulton City Cemetery Sunday. He was a charter Schulenburg Lions Club member and past district governor Lions International Dist 2 S 3. He owned an insurance company in Schulenburg. Death followed a stroke in a Galveston hospital after about three weeks illness. Survived by widow Martha Vivial of Schulenburg.
W H Etlinger Dry Goods and Grocery present a Balloon Buster Sale on Friday and Saturday September 28 and 29. One hundred dollars in free prizes will be awarded from two hundred fifty balloons each containing a value from 15 cents to 15 dollars. A 15 dollar barbecue grill is among the top prizes with many reduced grocery and dry goods items throughout the store. Endorsed by the store as a major local sale with a one page ad promoting specials.
Lubbock reports a labor shortage as harvest begins early. B O'Connell of the Texas Employment Commission says 30,000 cotton pullers are urgently needed across the South Plains to handle the bumper crop. The Lubbock Cotton Exchange estimates 1.4 million bales across 20 counties.
Austn Legionnaire and Auxiliary Officers of the 781 Posts of The American Legion Department of Texas will assemble here on September 29 and 30 for their annual Post Officers Conference. Commander Joe L Matthews of Fort Worth announced. The conference aims to inform Post Officials of the department programs for the coming year. The session opens at 9 30 A M at the Stephen F Austin Hotel with Invocation by Department Chaplain R W Taitte. Greetings will be given by Mrs Lynn Bethel.
The Eagle corrects a past caption stating a surviving team member as Wm. Krause of San Antonio and lists the correct name as Wm. Franke of San Antonio. The correction fixes the historical record for the Moulton baseball team photo forty years ago.
The Moulton P TA met on September 18 in the high school gym to plan for the new school year. Members voted to begin a membership drive October 1 to October 12 with a one dollar fee to fund playground equipment for the grade school. Plans include purchasing climbing bars and a slide if funds allow. The group will not sponsor a 1956 fundraising project. Third fourth grade program November 20. first second grade Christmas program December 18.
The Komensky P TA invites all residents to the October 4 meeting described as of special importance. Attendance is urged for community members to participate in plans and discussions.
Alfred A. Grauke 30 formerly of Moulton Texas was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary for attempted robbery after a June 15 confession to San Antonio police. He had been released June 13 after 14 months of a prior burglary sentence from Huntsville. He claimed he used a comb as a gun in a taxi robbery on Highway 90 east of San Antonio. The driver, W L Bolt 37, stopped the car and police were notified. Bolt collected Grauke's $1.85 fare.
Moulton joins forty seven Central Texas communities launching the annual Boy Scout budget campaign on October 9. W. H. Hohlt leads the drive with local volunteers contacting over 19,000 residents to support 30,000+ eligible youths in Cub Packs Troops and Explorer Posts across a 15 county Capitol Area Council.
President George Branecky and Roland Proske of the Moulton FFA Chapter attended the District FFA meeting at Columbus on Tuesday September 18. The session opened with ceremonies and officer elections in which Branecky ran for vice president and secretary but was not elected. The meeting ended with the pledge to the flag and closing ceremonies. The boys reported an enjoyable time.
A Guanajuato father was arrested after cutting off his 5-year-old son's tongue when the boy asked for money to buy food. Federal agent Enrique Cardona said the father was intoxicated at the time.
The Moulton FFA Chapter held its first meeting on September 19 with officer elections. Elected officers include President Leroy Kubenka, Vice-President George Branecky, Secretary David Anderle, Treasurer Benedict Jasek, Sentinel Joe Machalec, Reporter Oscar Lee Kubenka, 2nd Vice-president Joe Dari lek, 3rd Vice-president Edwin Gaertner, Historian Dennis Fishbeck, Parliamentarian Paul Flessner.
An attractive motion picture entitled Rainbow on the River will be shown at the local St. Josephs School Auditorium this week, Saturday September 29 beginning at 7 30 p m. Don t miss this entertaining feature film with some of your favorite motion picture celebrities in dramatic performance.
Victoria Foster AFB hospital released T Sgt Billy Silvertooth his wife and three children after treatment for injuries from a freak fire Saturday night. Susan Carol Silvertooth six was killed in an explosion and flash fire as the family drove into the garage. Other family members returned home doing very well.
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