Hallettsville Semi-Weekly New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 71, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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FRIDAY, APRIL 10th, 193U
NO. 71
SUCCESSFUL | DEATH OF “ZACK" POLK ! J
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The 9th Tradw Day for E. T. (“Zack”) Polk, a I and
Hallettaville, held Wednesday, pioneer and highly respected Pasa
ANOTHER
TRAD!
)VSKY—ANDERSON
Bordovsky of Houston
Ruby Anderson of
were united in raar-
was successful in every rear i citizen oi the Subimte section,
pect, being attended by, many passed away? at hi* home one-
from all over this section. Peo- naif mile from Sublime, Tues-
ple were here from early in day at 10:30 a. m. Mr. Polkl
the morning until late in .the
rgiii
had been suffering with kid-
ney trouble for several years
and made a courageous fight
for lifd. He had reached the
ripe old age of 81 years, 3
months and 22 days.
, The funeral was hold from
his home Wednesday at 11
a. m. with burial In the Wil-
low Creek Cemetery. J. W. W.
Harvey, an old friend of the
family, delivered the funeral
oration.'There were many sor-
rowing relatives and friends
at the last rites and many
beautiful flowers were in evi-
dence. The pallbearers were:
C. T.IJ. R. Brooks, J. W. Williford,
IG. H. Weller, Clark Brooks,
Registered bulls over 21 Vol Harris and G. F. Rodgers,
years—Leon Kahanek 1st, Dr. Elza Taylor Polk was bom
evening taking advantage of
the many specials offered by
our merchants. The American
Legion Band furnished good
music throughout the day. The
regiatered Jersey heifers were
awarded to A. J. Steffek and
Frank Rainosek.
The Beef .Stock exhibit, a
feature of the day, had many
entries. Prizes were given in
the following events: Jt A&,
Cows over 2 years—Philipp
Rothschmilt.
Registered bulls under, 2
years—C. L. Barnes 1st, Mrs.
H. A. Mertz 2nd. Dr,
Dufner, 3rd.
on M»ren »ui
I A baby girl arrived in
home of Mr. and Mis. Isidoi
4ik of Rt. 6 on March 15th
Hgos her name Marguerite ALu-jr.
This makes two girls and a boy
■ the family. ^
riage Sunday. evening at 7
o'clock. The wedding occurred
at the Hostyn grotto and was
performed by Rev. P. P. K
par of Plum, a close friend
the groom. The witnesses w
Mr- and Mrs. Rud. Bordovsky ^
of this city, brother and nister- NORDENBERGr—KAfcLKE
*u'i£w kro°m." Eugene James Nordenberg
The groom, Who was born 0f Grand Rapids, Michigan,
^nd Miss Annie Kaelke, po-
Ipular daughter of Mr. and
'Mrs. Christian Kaelke of the
‘Breslau section, were married
in the courthouse by County
Judge Aug. W. Janszen Sat-
and reared in Lavaca county,
is a fine young man and h*®
many friends in this section
who will wish him and his
• bride a long and happy,mar-
ried fife. Jaro left Hallettsville __________o
several years ago for Houston, urday afternoon, April 4th.
' «trV« nM<x rv la nAtfr nncnal'nnf aik/)_ rill I •« •
where he is now assistant sec-
Paul Renger, 2nd.
The Trades Day Associa-
tion will meet next Tuesday
afternoon to set the date f^r
10th Trades Day.
ROTARY CLUB
This week's meeting of the
Rotary Club held at Fink’s
Hotel Tuesday was well at-
tended. v4l
Secretaary Walter Heye
distributed programs of the
district conference to be held
at San Antonio on April 26,
27 and 28.
President Halbert Simpson
read a letter from the Yoakum
Chamber of Commerce invit-
ing Hallettsville citizens- to
take part in the Tomato Tom-
Tom to be held ip May.
President Simpson also read
a letter from Major Robt. Co-
ker, assistant air officer at
Ft. Sam Houston. Major stat-
ed that he had heard that Hdl-
lettaville had lust completed
a municipal flying field-and
wanted particulars concerning
same.
President Simpson asked the
Road Committee to meet af-
ter lunch. • ‘.V
Visiting Yoakum Rotarians
were: Ed Palmer, M. A. Mey-
er and W. T. Browning.
DANCES
• • •
Dance at Breslau Saturday,
April 11th. Music by Buska’s
Orchestra. (71c
' *%£, y, • .. * . . T. .
Old Time' Dance at Ameri-
can Legion Hall, Hallettsville
Thursday night, April 164 Mu-
sic by Baca Orchestra. (70tc
Dance at Sublime Saturday,
April 11. Good music. Every-
body invited. (71p
Dance at Fuller School Sat-
urday, April 11th. Music by.
Mascheck Bros. Band. Bene-
fit of School.
Old Time Dane£, Legion
, Paris Pavillion, Shiner, Texas,
Wednesday, April 15, 1931.
1 Sponsored by City Garage.
Michna Bohemian Dance Or-
chestra. ' Refreshments on
groupd. Everybody cordially
invited. Admission 50c.
.'Old Time Dance at Henk-
haus, Saturday, April 11. Mu-
sic by Patek's Orchestra.
Everybody invited.
Dance at New Bielau Hall
Saturday night, April 18th.
Music by Lupe's Orchestra.
72c)
Dance, Legion Park Pavil-
lion, Shiner, Texas, Sunday,
April 12, 1931. Music .fur-
nished by Migl’s • Orchestra.
New Oak Floor. Refreshments
on ground. Everybody cor-
dially invited. '
m
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Veselka
and baby of Louise visited on
Easter Sunday with her par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. John Lanik
Sr. of Sweet Home.
Miss Mary Hone of San
Antonio visited Easter Sunday
with her parents at Sweet
Home. A
on Dec. 17,. 1849, in Crenshaw
County, Alabama. .In Novem-
ber, 1870, he came with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt.
Polk, tTo Texas, and the fam-
ily settled at Sublime in La-
vaca county. The deceased
had lived in the house where
he died for the past 60 years.
The, father died the first year
the family came here, while
the mother passed away about
80 years ago. “Zack” Pojk
was the last surviving member
of the family, the last sister
dying a little over four years
ago. Mr. Polk was a familiar
figure of that section for many
years and numbered his
friends by his acquaintances,
all of whom regret to hear of
his passing.
AlthoUffti Mr. Polk had
never married, he is survived
by many nieces and nephews
whom he treated as his own
children and who all, loved
him dearly. It is said of him
that life helped rear twenty-
seven children. Among the
survivors are ope niece, Mrs.
Vena Selph, who had lived
with him for many years and
one nephew Robt. Horsworthy
of EzzhlL
To the bereaved ones, the
New Era - Herald offers con-
dolence. •
Star Bag and Bagging Co. He
is a son of J. S. Bordovsky,
formerly of here, but now of
San Antonio. The young peo-
ple will make their home in
Houston.
The New Era-Herald
tends congratulations to
newlyweds.
ST AATSV.ERB A N D
' DIRECTORS TO
MEET HERE
The board of directors of
the Catholic Staatsverbandsof
Texas will meet in executive
session on Tuesday afternoon,
April 14, at 2 o’clock in the
parish hall here.
Preliminary plans for the
state convention to be held in
Hallettsville in July, and other
matters of importance will be
discussed.
A boy (JH6. 3) was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Borchsim of
Hope on Msreh 29th.
■the
isidor Ma
of Rt. 6 on March 15th. She
HURT IN WRECK
The Chevrolet Sedan of F. F.
Janak of Wied end the Overland
tonring car belonging to Anton
Kainer of here ran together at
the Worthing hall Monday night.
Tfye Mieses Kainer were occu-
pants of the Overland and Min
Martha Kainer was thrown out
of the ear. After an examination
of the injured lady by Dr. Reng-
er, it was found that she was
hurt about the back and
also internally injured.
Both cars were considerably
damaged.
The young couple will make
retary-treasurey of the Lone Ueir home on the farm of the
bride’s parents,
H The New Era - Herald joins
yieir many friends ih extend-
ing congratulations and wish-
1|«ig them p long and prosper-
*' is married life. ,
S. G. McCOWN
S. G. McCown, 94, died at
the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. ’A, J. Rosenthal, 719
Ridge street, at 8:05 a. m.
Sunday. Mr. McCown was a
Confederate Veteran and a
life-member of Yoakum Lodge
No. 662 A. F. & A. M. He is
survived hy twp sons, Dr. J. R.
McCown of Creedmore, and A.
C. McCown of San Antonio,
three daughters, Mrs. S. Se-
well of Vernon, Mrs. A. J.
Rosenthal and Mrs, W. F.
Remschel of Houston. . The
body was forwarded to
Yoakum at 7:35 a. m. Monday
over the Southern Pacific lines
by the Westheirfier Company.
Funeral services were held
at the Baptist church in Yoa-
kum at 1;30 p. m. Monday.
Burial was in the Yoakum
cemetery under direction of
Buffington Undertaking Com-
pany of Yoakum. Services
were under the puspices of
lodge No. 662, A, F. and A.
M,—Houston Post-Dispatch.
Mr. McCown formerly lived
in Hallettsville* operating a
in at the Geraes stand. He
ad many friends in this sec-
tion. * ;••. .
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NOTICE
On account of improvements
at the swimming pool, will
sell season tickets until open-
ing day, for children $3.60 and
adults $8.50. After openin
will go back to original pri
MOORE’S SWIMMING P<
72cY A. uv- </; Moore,
8I0K LIST
The condition of Mrs. Theo.
Hermes, who was operated on in
Ranger's Hospital last week, re-
trains serious.
Hug. Dworsky of Rt. 2, who
has been seriously ill of pneumo-
nia, is better*
O'John Ehler of Rt. 5 is much
better at this writing.
% Mrs. Eunice Morley is on the
Bek list. )
Laura Irene and Vernon Smo-
thers Jr. are sick.
Vernon Miller is suffering with
an attack of appendicitis.
\Ladislav, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F; P. Janak of the Wied section,
isi sick with diptheria.
'’Mrs. Katie Blaschke and child-
ren of Witting were at the bed-
e of their sister and aunt Mrs.
ke Roznovsky at Shiner, Mon-
Mrs. Roznovsky is seriously
BIG HORSE RAGES
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
At 3 p. m.
Between Roll Koonce Horse
and Joe Gerlich Mare. They
will run for $50.00 purse.
EVERYBODY COME OUT
AND SEE A GOOD RACE
ON WM. GERLICH TRACK ‘
Want to spend an enjoyable
evening? Then come to the
Vysehrad School program at
Worthing Hall, Sunday, April
12, at 7:30 p. m. Admission
only 10 and 15c. A 25c dance
follows a short program.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peach
and Pons of El Campo spent
the week end with her par-
ents at Sweet Hoirte.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sacky,
Frank Sacky, and Miss Eliza-
beth Barcak of San Antonio
visited friends and relatives
at Sweet Home and Halletts-
ville.
“Dr. Jim” a 4-act play at
Boethel School Sunday night,
April 12th. Come!
Remember —Trades Day
Specials good ALL this week
at S1EGMUND & QUITTA.
Miss Rose Drozd of our city
visited op Easter Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Matusek of
Old Sweet Home.
Miss Mary Hanzelkp of here
spent the Easter holidays with
her parents of near Yoakum.
Memorial Day will be ob-
served in Flatonia, on Sunday,
April 19th. at 2 o’clock p. m.
at the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Notice—-Here’s the last
warning. The Vysehrad school
program at Worthing Sunday,
April 12, at 7:30 p. m. sharp.
•Mrs. John Riley spent the
w«ck end in Corpns Christ i.
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Pustka
Louis Janak and sons Mat and
Louis, Mat Pustka Jr. of Wied,
Mrs. Mat Pustka Sr. and son
Steve of Shiner, spent Easter
Monday with Rev. Jos. Pustka
at Nada. x
Remember —-Trades Day
SCHOOL FEAST and Old
Time Dance at the Wm. Tell
Hall, Witting, on Sunday, I Specials Good ALL this week
April 12th. Starts at 1 p. m. at SIEGMUND & QUITTA s.
Plenty of entertainment, eats Mr. and Mrs B. T. Long of
and music. Benefit of school i.San Antonio arrived Wednesdya
and P. T. A. You are cordially
invited to enjoy the day with
us. V j ... •> .
71c) Committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Han-
zelka and family and Miss Le-
nora Kupka of near Sweet
Home visited relatives in Shi-! Clay’s the Thing*’ will
ner on Easter Sunday. ! you do it.
to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Barnes and
daughter Merle Marie, Janet Ro-
ther and M, A. Moons returned
Tuesday from a visit, to Houston.
Come and laugh off your
blues tonight at the High
School Auditorium. “The
make
O. J. Woytek’s pure
butter 35c pur Ik. at
IUND & QUITTA. (71
i and Mrs. M. I.- Dickey and
son M. 1. Dickey Jr. and Mrs.
Sue Dickey returned Tuesday to
Houston after a visit to relatives
here.
Get your money’s worth this
time—by going to the Vyse-
Krad School program at Wor-
thing Hall Sunday, April 12,
beginning promptly at 7:30
p. m. Program followed by a
25c dance.
The Appelt Hill Gun Club will
hold a meeting Sunday, April 12,
at the Appelt's Hill Hall begin-
ning at 10 o’clock p. m. All mem-
bers are asked to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Morkovsky,
Mrs. Emil Morkovsky and child-
ren, Mrs. A. Siegmund visited in
(•anado Wednesday.
Good Fresh istimmer Sau-
sage, 19c lb. at Siegmund &
Quitta. (71c
Miss Betty Tichacek of San
Antonio visited here Monday.
Erwin Pietsch visited in Nord-
hoim Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Be-
ranec, Mr. Martin Cerny Sr.
and sons Shorty, James, and
Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Fr. Janik
and two sons, Misses Vlasta
Pospisil and Lillian Cerny
were Sunday guests of Mr.
Albert Pilat and family.
A box supper will be given
by the Alter Society at Sweet
Home Sunday, April 19. fol-
lowed by a dance. Everybody
invited. * v (73c
Among the relatives from a
distance who attended the
funeral of “Zack” Polk at
Sublime Wednesday were:
Mrs. R. A. Byers, Trinidad;
Mrs. John Gillis. Humble;
Mrs. W. A. Childress, Sour
Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Brimaer, New Gulf; Mrs. Daw
RhodT. Bay City; Miss Effie
Briscoe, San Antonio; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Briscoe, Rosen-
berg.
Don’t forget the farce com-
edy in three acts “The Clay’*
the Thing” given by the C. D.
of A. Dramatic Club at the
High School Auditorium to-
the benefit of New
Fund and P. T. A
CITY ELECTION RESULTS
A total of 264 votes were
cast in the Hallettsville city
election Tuesday. Marshal O.
T. East was re-elected by a
large majority over F. A. Sim-
mons in the only contest. The
results were as follows:
For Mayor:
W. D. Timm....................253
For Aldermen:
J. G. Traxler ................239
A. J. Hill ........................236
For Marshal:
O. T. East........................189
F. A. Simmons ................63
For City Attorney:
", S. S. Devall ....................251
J. L. Mikulenka was pre-
siding judge, H. C. Obelgoner,
judge, and N. A. Moreland
and Joe Appelt Jr., clerks.
MRS. ANT. KOCIAN DEAD
We have informed of the
death of Mrs. Anton Kocian,
who passed away suddenly at
her home at Hungerford,
Wharton county, Monday af-
ternoon at 5 o’clock. Burial oc.
curred yesterday (Thursday)
morning at Hungerford.
Mr. and Mrs. Kocian were
both former residents of Lava-
ca county, moving to Hunger-
ford several years ago.
The deceased was reared in
the Sweet Home section and
has many friends in this sec-
tion who will regret to hear
of her deiqise.
Surviving are her husband
and several children: three
brothers, Wm. Chaloupka of
Sweet Home, Ad. Chaloupka
of Yoakum and Frank Chal-
oupka of Cuero, and six sis-
ters: Mrs. Louis Kutach of
Worthing, Mrs. Jim Pesek of
Sweet Home, Mrs. Emil Pesek
of near Yoakum, Mrs. Victor
Orsak of Old Sweet Home,
Mrs. John Baass of Victoria
and Miss Bessie Chaloupka of
Yoakum.
We extend sympathy to the
bereaved.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend thanks
to all who so kindlv assisted
us during the last illness and
after the death of our beloved
relative, E. T. (“Zack”) Polk.
Your kindness -will always be
remembered by us.
His Relatives.
DANCES
59 tickets were sold for
the dance at Wied Wednes-
day night. Worthing Band fur-
nished the music.
Rother’s Orchestra furnish-
ed music for the dance at Ap-
pelts Hill Monday night where
136 tickets were sold.
The Easter Monday dance
at the American Legion Hall
was fairly well attended and
all present report an enjoyable
time. Music was furnished by
the Dixie Wilson’s Ten Ten-
nesseeans of Corpus Christi.
108 tickets were sold at
Worthing dance last Monday
night. Music was furnished by
Konvicka Band. The next
dance will be April 27th.
LOCAL GUN CLUB TO HOLD
SHOOT
The Hallettsville Gun Club
will hold their opening prac-
tice shoot for the season April
12. Traps will open at 9 o’clock
a. m. Member program shoot
will start promptly at 10
o’clock a. m. On this day the
club will give each member
one box of shells and targets
free for practice.
A gold-medal will be given
.to the high gunner of thte day.
The club also Has a Gold Tro-
phy Cup to be given to the
high gunner at the close of
the season.
Practice shoots will be held
every two weeks after the
opening. In May the club ex^
pects to have an all day mer-
chandise shoot which will at-
tract some of the best shooters
of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Ad.
Topperwein have asked to
hold an exhibition shoot on
that day.
Sunday, April 19, will be
decoration day at the Halletts-
ville City Cemetery. The pro-
gram will be announced later.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mikulen
ka, Mr .and Mrs. T. H. Henry
of here, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Mohyla and sonj of Koerth.
Frank Kocian and family.
Louis Kutach and family of
Worthing, Wm. Chaloupka
and family, Victor Orsak and
family, Jim Pesek and family
of Sweet Home, Emil Pesek
and familv of near Yoakum.
Adolph Chaloupka and Miss
. mrufTMir w________-wl Chaloupka of Yoakum attend-
night, beginning at 8:00. For ed the funeral of Mrs. Anton
Kocian at Hungerford yester-
day. *'V , ' .
SHINER ELECTION
Following are the results of
the Shiner city election held
Tuesday: For mayor, E. Runk
394; For three aldermen, C.
J. Garbade 38L J. F. Kasper
367, B. J. Novak 377; for city
secretary, J. M. Canon 358,
Wm. J. Reichardt 45.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Strunk
and son Junior, Paul Miller
and sister Miss Janie, all of
Oakland, spent Monday after-
noon with Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Miller of near here.
Mrs. S. M. Kuykendall, Mra.
E. G. Peterson, Mrs. Joe Duf-
ner, Rev. H. G. Fraser and
Mrs. Fraser attended the Gon-
zales Association Workers
Conference held at Waelder
on Tuesday and report a de-
lightful time.
Tonight at the High School
Auditorium, you will see soma
of our prettiest girls in a
style revue, representing tha
merchants of our town.
Co. Agent J. M. Parks,
Prof. Chas. Chovanetz and
Rev. A. H. Falkenberg have
promised to speak at the Wit-
ting School heast Sunday.
O. M. Craig and Victor Bueh-
anek ot’ Baytown are visiting
here.
The South Mustang School
trustees have asked us to state
that there was an error in the
report of the Lavaca Co. Ru-
ral School Fair furnished us.
They stated that South Mus-
tang, instead of Breslau, won
second place and the pennant
in the Intermediate work.
The new curtain, recently
completed at the high school
auditorium, is being loudly
praised. It will be used for
the first time at the C. D. of
A. play tonight (Friday).
Mr. and Mra. N. B. Fehron-
kemp and Miss Selma Staha
spent yesterday in Houston.
In reporting the honor stu-
dents of the Providence School
the following pupils were
omitted: Alfonse Kalmus, Lu-
cille Laake, Stazie Steffek, Al-
bina Steffek, Annie Steffak,
Louis Wick and Emilie Wick.
INTENTIONS TO MARRY
John H. Petru and Miaa
Olga Heinzel.
T. M. Powell and Ora Mao
Smith (col.)
Price Bell (eol.) and Rosie
Prince.
P. T. A. MEETING
P. T. A. meeting at Moravia
tonight (Fri.) at about 8
o’clock. Very important mat-,
ters will be discussed.
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