The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME FIFTY SIX
Meat Market to Move
Mr. J. J. Hodanek has ar
ranged for a lease on th
building formerly occupied b,
Ed. Berger grocery betwee
H. R. Thulemeyer and Lyri,
Theatre and will move h
meat market in same after tl
first of next month. Mr. W
Ungerer is renovating the i
side and will be put in fir
class shape. The ceiling is b
replastered and all fixturj
will be taken down and r|
built. Two large show wi
clows will be installed in fror
and a barbecue pit in the rear. I ENGL
In connection with the meat
market Mr. Hodanek will
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY APRIL 9, 1931
NUMBER FIFTEEN
Surprise Parties
Miss Lomie Sullivan was
reated to a surprise party at
e home of Mrs. Idabelie
ichaels on last Wednesday
vening. Employes of the tel-
phone company arranged the
program at which Mr. F. W.
Moore, district traffic chief
officiated. The chief program
of the evening was the prcse-
entatiori of a thirty year serv-
ice button to Miss Lomie and
Mr. Moore made the trip esn-
cially to make the presenta-
ion.
Saturday another party of
friends called on Miss Lomie
Company at her bome bringing with
Florianeci ^em ^r> Munro and a joint
Engle Events
Auto Burned
Personal Mention
Miss Hattie Stavinoha
been ill of late. f
Mr. John Koudelka was in
our village Sunday.
Miss Eltsner and Mrs. A. J.
Beck went to Hallettsville
Thursday to spend the Easter
holidays.
The Engle Dramatic Club
staged their play ,“The King-
has Mrs. Ray Simmons is suffer-! We are glad to report Mrs.
ing trom painful injuries re- F. A. Machac greatly improved
ccived in an auto accident last since her serious illness.
Sunday night while returning! Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kristek
trom La Grange with her sonjof Ellinger visited the Kristek
William Taylor. Loose gravel| home here Monday,
on the highway caused the: Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Templin
car to become unmanageable and Ed. Jr., of Yoakum were
and was turned over in the Sunday visitors at the Ed. Ber-
ditch. The car, a Plymouth
dom of Hearts’ Content ’, to an) sport coupe caught fire and
The Port Arthur
stock a full line of fancy and|is now drilling tho
staple groceries. A new ref-j well north of Eng,e The faotJ birthday party was held for
rigerator show case will be tom of the h[)le was reached Miss Lomie and him. Among
placed in front. A full line ofj Monday and drilling is going the I)rest’nts was an electric
fresh and cured meats will be on steadi,y. Mr> E!am was here]coffee percolator, cups and
on sale at all times. The move| Monday morning and stated i saucers und cake- Miss Lom-
wi,l be made -iust a!S soon asj that every thing was in good!ie was obli*ed to cook the cof-
the remodeling of the building! shap,e and a fu„ crew was at, fee and this was done and a
is finished. work. There is no doubt but! good time was etli°yed by all.
that this test will be thorough-!
TOMATO GROWERS MEET
The Flatonia Tomato Grow-j terference.
ers Ass’n., met at the City hall j
to discuss the marketing of the
crop. A good attendance was!
on hand and reports are that
the tomato plants are making
good progress. It was not an-
ly made without further in-
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RAIN NEEDED
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS
HERE SUNDAY
The Flatonia Wild Cats op-
en this local baseball season
This territory would wcl- here SimdaV afternoon against
come a half inch rain in the ^a^e^sv'de’ This game will
next few days. The high nor-
nounced who would come here! therly winds which prevailed
this year to buy. It seems the|the past few weeks have done
Cistern folks will have a hard (much to,ward taking up the
time getting a receiving sta
tion as no one is interested in
inland packing sheds. Should
they have to market their to-
matoes jn Flatonia they will
be greatly handicapped in the
harvesting as much time will
be lost in delivering here. It is
hope some plan will yet be
worked out whereby Cistern
tomatoes will be received at
Cistern.
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TESTING FOR CLAYS
A large company is conduct-
ing a series of tests west of
surface moisture. Farmers
generally are busy planting
cotton. Some of it is up and
in places much of the corn had
to be replanted. Much trouble
has been experienced this year
in getting crops started, the
planting of both cotton and
corn at the same time has been
hard on the average farmer.
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P. T. A.
at I and are having regular pract-
J ice. The baseball fans may
MULDOON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Minor of
Houston were visiting rela-
tives here last week.
Mrs. Ella Foster and Mrs.
W. T. Ivy were shopping in
be the first official game of
the Tomato League of which
there are eight clubs; Flatonia,
Hallettsville, La Grange, Yoa-
kum, Schulenburg, Ellinger,1
Weimar and Columbus.
The local hall club is com-
posed of the following first
line players: Herb. Agricola,
Pitcher. M. W. Williamson.
P, B., Win, Albrecht, C; W.
A. Webb, Abe Mueller, Her.
Olle Jr., Ray Simmons, Bill
Daehne. There are prospects
that Harold Foitik will come
and will serve as catcher.
There are several other very
The Parent Teachers Assoc-[^ood players that will be add-
ition met in their regular busled to the club. I he boys are
iness session at the Court !in >?ood vvork‘n» condition
Flatonia for suitable bleaching! House Thursday April
clays which is used in refining] 3 :t)0 p. m. After the old bus
oil... The prospecting will con iness was settled the question| exPec’t a snappy game Sunday,
tinue for several months if any i of a delegate to represent our
indications point to a sufficient1 association at the convention
supply. Samples are being! which is held at Goose Creek
sent to laboratories daily. If j on April 7 and 8. was di.scus-
the right kind of material is|sed. Mrs. F. A. Nesrsta was
available here, mining will i unanimously elected as deleg-
begin shortly on a large scale.! ate to this convention.
Preliminary testing shows the j Another important question] blde,lbmE 1 tiesday.
samples submitted to be high-] arising was the primary and Miss Estelle B>ler ol Waco
ly satisfactory. Two classes! intermediate grades program |uas v*sdlnK bt>1' parents last
of clays are desired. One is at the close of school. At tho j wepk*end-
Fullers earth, commonly term- urgent request of various moth- !,nd ( ^v,n' -I<mh-s.
ed joint-clay and white kaolin.! ers the P. T. A. voted unan-j^1, E\eiiett ( heny and Miss
These are desired in ledges; imously to ask the faculty to fvlb' Pierson were \ is it ing
of 8 feet thick or more and defer this program until thej'n ,b<> vabc^ and Mexico last
first part of the next school I week-end.
term. Under present conditions! Misses Irma and Vereo
this program interfere greatly] Jackson wert* with their aunt
given preference but should with the school work and the ^rs- M. 1. I\>.
any one know of further dep-j pupils can neither do justice Miss Willie Belle Pitman
osita or wishes information mayi i.o his part of the program orjwas *n Smithville Friday,
get full details from the ed- do his school work, which we
feel needs his entire attent-
ion.
The following officers have
wanted are discovered, it will: been elected to preside for the
mean a new industry for Fla-jensuing year.
tonia which will give regular Mrs. F. A. Nesrsta, President] nesday.
employment to a number of! Mrs.,J<?r Cad well. Vice Pres-1 Mr. Everett Cherry return-
men. Several are now on the I idenl, (Vln,. F. L. Wotipka. Sec.|ed t0 Trinity Wednesday,
payroll in tho prospecting Mrs. W. (). Gurbade, Treas.] ^
fields. At present the Eddie ‘Ir h1 !ix Brunnci, Cor., occ-^ Pmp Springs cx-itudent. will
B anecky farm is being thoro-jretary. . [present “Nora Wake Up” on
nghly tested out. Samples of The next meeting will ho'Wednesday April Kith at T;45
these clays may he seen at the held on the first Thursday injp. m Admission 15 & 25 cents
Argus office "by any one int- May for the installation of of- Public cordially invited to at-
cvested. j ficors. Committee. 1 tend. - »
immense audience Tuesday
night. The Rythm Band was
very prominent in the
and white uniforms.
The last game the Engle
Panthers played was against
Scott School. It was a victory
for our Panthers with a score
of 10-4.
Miss Viola Albers, the prin-|
cipal was granted a prize in
the Amateur Ad writing con-
test iast week! This contest is
being conducted by the
Houston Chronicle. The J. W.
Carter Music Co., gave Mrs.
Albers the prize on the follow-
ing ad:
A Piano:—The essential and
source of entertainment has
lived throughout the ages.
The home circle isn’t com-
plete without this instrument.
The most fastidius are pleas-
ed with the tone, quality and
graceful lines of our pianos.
See our pianos to-day and
find that Queen Quality Reigns
Supreme.—J. W’. Carter Mus-
ic Co.
completely destroyed. William
who was driving escaped with
black minor scratches. Mrs. Sim-
mons sustained several bad
bruises is however not con-
sidered seriously injured.
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ANTON CERMAK NEW
MAYOR OF CHICAGO
ger home.
Mrs. M. Fernau was a recent
visitor with relatives in San
Antonio.
Mr. Maro Williamson was in
San Antonio Wednesday.
Mrs. W. H. Kerr visited rel-
atives in Houston the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Brunner
and Mrs. Emelia Brunner vis-
“THE SEA GOD’
Diver’s Love Nil Without
Can-Opener
known to cover several acres.
Several, tracts now under con-
tract will be tested out and
itor of this paper. This is an
opportunity well worth pur-
suing because if the materials'
Mr. Anton ( ermak, the | Red relatives at Elm Grove
Democratic candidate was el-j Thursday,
ected Mayor of Chicago and, Mr. R. M. Harrison was here
carried the election yesterday ; Sunday from Yorktown, his
by nearly two hundred tho us-' mother Mrs. Mary Harrison ac-
aiul votes against his Republi- companied him home for a few
can opponent and present in-jdays visit.
cumbent Bill 1 hompson. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Kempe
Cermak is a native born | Were in Shiner Sunday.
Bohemian and for many years Miss Della Kristek of WTei-
has been a political leader in
Chicago. He takes over the
reign of city government to-
day.
A play will be given by the
Scott Home Talent Club at
Scott School
April 11th. The same play
will Jbe presented at Freyburg
on Sunday night April 12th.
mar spent the week-end with
home folks.
Mr. and Mr. George Hamon
spent Sunday in Hamon with
relatives.
Mrs. Wiseman, Mrs. P, E.
Cooper and Robert were Shiner
Saturday night visitors Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Cadwell and chil-
Miss (’destine Ball of Har-
wood was visiting friends here
last, week.
Misses Pearl and Ruby
Frierson and Miss Celestine
Ball were in La Grange Wed-
Richard Arlen’s activities as
a motion picture player have
taken him from thousands of
feet above the earth to fan-
thorns below the ocean's sur-
face.
It was the air epic, “Wings”
that started Arlen on the way
to stardom. While that picture
was being filmed, he was in the
air every working day for sev-
eral weeks.
In his role as a diver in
Paramount’s “The Sea God”,
he spent much time on the
ocean floor under several fat-
homs of water.
Of the two extremes, Arlcli
says he prefers the air.
“It is an uncanny experience
to be wandering about with the
fish down on the ocean’s floor”
he declared. “And when the
heavy di\ ing helmet over my
head. I f“It as though I were
being sealed in a tomb. It was
a tremendous relief to come up
into the air and sunshine and
get out of that cumbersome
outfit.
“However, the submarine
sights were intensely weird
and interesting, and I woundn’t
have missed the experience for
anything.”
Fay Wray plays the femin
ine lead opposite Arlen in
April 28 Is Birthday of
Great Ameircan President
More Presidents of the
United States have been born
in April than in any other
month and few of them , have
been greater than the man
whose memory we honor on
April 28. He was the last of
the line of Chief Executives
which Virginia, the Mother of
Presidents, gave to the nation
in the early days of the repub
lie ; he was a soldier and states
man and the man whose name
is inseparably linked with a
great document still import
ant in our international rela-
tions. ‘ .
His memory is preserved in
a number of interesting monu-
ments. Read about them and
about his career in the illus-
[ tented article, “Memorials t<
Monroe.’ by Elmo Scott Wat
son, in this issue of the Argus
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Lutheran Church Service
Next Sunday night Apri
12ih. The pastor will conduct
English service at the Flatonia
Baptist church. Our attendan-
ce has been wonderful. Every-
body is taking such interest in
our church service. Come and
worship with us please. The
church with a welcome.
A. H. Fa 1 ken berg, Pastor.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Zappe
and Miss Irma spent Tuesday
in La Grange.
Mr. George Pechacek is
I spending the week in College
" I he Sea God with Eugene station visiting friends there.
Pallette having another feat Mi:i, At|l|jp |[l,|1jz,| „r ||„„
ured role. ston in visiting with her par
George Abbott directed this] cuts,
advciitureronie tale of lover;] Mr. Fred Weid* 1 of Hunt ton
who find happiness after . anjspent Sunday here. ,
amazing series of adventures' Mr. Lonnie Garbade, IjeM-
on and near a cannibal isle. It! ter Webb and Walter Freytag at work planting cotton
dren invent the" weekend in
San Antonio.
Mrs. Lem Cowan and Lonnie
of Colony were shopping here
Thursday.
Mrs. Mamiq I.aux, Miss Mar-
garet and Miss Josephine
Moore Were visiting Halletts-
ville friends the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ray '
of Bethany were shopping here
Saturday.
Mrs. Gertrude Spaiher and
c hildren Miss Loraine and Mr.
Ed. Spainer of Goose Creek
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Munro the past week.
Mrs. Spainer is Mr. Munro’s
sister and they had not met in
seventeen years.
Rev, and Mrs. T. H. Crowd-
er. Sarah Manley, Mrs. John-
son, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pear-
son, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. John-
son. Mrs. Stella Bludworth,
and Miss Lomie Sullivan at-
tended the Yoakum District
Conference at Victoria this
week.
Rose, Katheirne, Alfonse.
and Thomas Harbich spent the
week-end in Victoria with
their brother Mr. and Mrs. J.
i\ Harbich in Victoria.
Mis. P. C. Zappe and Miss
Irma spent Thursday in San
Antonio.
Judge and Mrs. George Wil-
rich of La Grange visited Mrs.
R. (). Faires last week. •
Miss Dick Faires Burns and
Weaver Moore of Houston
wore' guests of Mrs. Faires
Tuesday.
Owen and Killough Faires
have been quite busy for the
past ten days planting clover
md grasses on their farm west
of town.
Friends of Lee Cook receiv-
'd a letter this week from him
stating he was getting along
iust fine and that he was busy
and
•ftf: -M
! will show at the Lyric Theatre-\ M College spent thei c om. He is stationed in Tuok-
2 days beginning Sunday. • • l week end with home folks. 1 er, Ark.
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Sedlmeyer, J. J. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1931, newspaper, April 9, 1931; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112964/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.