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YOAKUM HERALD-TIMES
COVERING LAVACA mi COUNTIES
VOLUBUC LXin
Thursday and Friday
■eoand Clu* Postage Paid at Yoakum, Texas 779*1
Friday, May 15th, 1970
10 CENTS PER COPY No, 50
Spring Music Festival Opens
With Patriotic Note Sunday
The St. Joseph's Music Depart-
ment is having its annual Spring
Music Festival of piano and or-
gan solos Sunday afternoon May
17th at 3:15 p.in. in St. Joseph's
Gym.
Since it coincides with Nation-
al Patriotic Sunday, the Festival
will open with the presentation
of collors and the concert edi-
tion of The Nation'll Anthem, a
piano arrangement p’ayed by
Willene Gee, and organ played
by Jo Ann Rcnkcn.
music — a special gift of God —
with you, your relatives and fri-
ends.
Baylor Music
Students Present
Duo-Concerts
C.D.A. Officers
To Meet Monday
Junior Catholic Daughters of
America council officers and
: ec Tvr’C'fs (idso r.eo.-utviive
course!-ts) will hold their re-
I t’hlar 1’ior.t' I;. moot mg Mon-
J. C.
the 11170’s during the annuai
stockholders' meeting to !>,• held
Fair ;
The Festival will close w th
“A Prayer e'aPoace" by Fathei
Al Padalec'ir an-f the who'e as-
seinb’y will sing “God Bless Am-
erica.”
The public is invited for an en-
joyable musical afternoon. St.
Joseph's Music Department wants j
to share this beautiful gift of,
dey, M ly 18!'l. 7:15 p. m. at
tt-e homo of Mrs Leslie Kaiser
on I! into 2. Junior Catholic
Da gh'ovs who arc Seniors this
c..r a.e also invited.
Patricia iloffer, Senior Music
student and Iron McManus. Jun-
ior Music student, recently pro-
j sented Organ Concerts ui Waco
and Longview.
Tile Waco Chapter of Amerl-
] can Gmid or Organists span -ored
;tJalri' .a ,uid Don in a cmc.it at Tuesday, May 19, at the
CaIvory Baptist Church in Waco, t niont Motel «» Dallas.
The versatile duo in’luded in1
their program the premier per-1 While Pres. C' L. Wright will
fonnai'ce in Texas of * Sonata *°<>k back to 15)611 as he reviews
for Four Hands" by Raynor i operations for the past year, tile
Drown. major emphasis wil) ix* on the
Tile Fii t Baptist Cl.ureli of' future as Chmn. William M. Bat-
I.i.ngviiuv sponsored lh<> concert *on discusses the outlook for 19-
'll Patricia's home town on May TO.
10.
Penneys To Focus On 1970s
At Annual Meeting In Dallas
STATE OFFICIALS YOAKUM GUESTS
Penney Company, Inc. a regional credit, office; a buy-
will assess the possibilities for ing ollico; and a fasliion distii-
rctailing in general, and spec.- bution faci ity.
fical.y its own opportunities for _ -
Mitchell Bros.
Now Serving
Uncle Sam
Game Social
At Neighborhood
Club Sunday
There will be a Game Social
at the Neighborhood Club House
on Sunday, May 17th at 7:30
p. m. The public is invited.
Harvey Wick In
John Sealy Hosp.
Hi**ey Jce Wick is confined
lo •“Sealy Hospital in Gal-
ves a. Those who wish to send
hidf a card may do so at this
address: John Sealy Hospital,
Ward 6 A, 6th Floor, Galveston,
Texas 77550.
Thanks To Voters
Commissioner Candidate Ed-
ward Hermes today extended
his thanks to voters as follows:
I wish to take this means to
thank all the people who voted
for me and supported me so
Patricia and P«i ,n, students
of Joyce i 'stnic. .r of Or-
gan at Baylor University School
of Music.
Kin Of Malecs
Robbery Victim
Milan Malec, 51, nephew of
Publisher Walter Malec of Hal-
faithfully in my bid for election j lottsville, was shot to death by
in the commissioners election ; robbers in California early this
for Precincts 4 and 5. To the | wccH, rep: i ts reaching horn
voters who saw fit not to sup- today indicated,
port me, there are no hard feel-
ings. Although I was not sue- I ,c s ,00llri;: 1S ,,u> so"
cessful in the race, I enjoyed I ' ,n<1 '' ! S' Godfrey <Bob>
meeting many more people and ] <lf 1 ;|,<IS Verdes Estates,
making many new friends a- r‘‘tl“n,lv t,f Gniaha,
mong the people of our fine ^e*,Kls^a' ^ mi,n* Milan
‘is survived by two brothers.
communities. Once again, my
very deepest thanks to you.
Respectfully,
Edward Hermes
(58-l|xl>
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Robert Malec of Omaha, and Ir-
v *n Malec, also of California.
Reports received at Hallctts-
ville revealed that Milan was
shot and killed white at his
place of business at Palos Ver-
des Estates Several young
hoodlums walked in, shot him
and looted the place, a phone
call indicated. No other details
were available immediately.
Tills will lx- only the second
time in a number of years that
Penney s has held an annual
meeting outside New York City,
according to diaries Asby Yoa-
kum manager of Penney’s. The
most recent such meeting was
in Los Angeles in 1968.
Dallusis an appropriate site
for tile meeting as Texas has
played an important role in the
Company's recent history.
Near.y 10 of the Company's
over 1,650 stores arc in Texas,
making it the second most |»pu-
lous state in terms of total num-
ber of Penney stores.
Mrs. John Polis
Dies In McAllen
Mrs. John "Inc/'' Pclis, aged
; 19 years, passed away in McAl-
len on Thursday, May 14. She
A number of sales-.xupporting
aetivit.es, headed by the South-
ern regional uflice at 5217 Ross
Avenue, are headquartered in
Dallas. This office is led by J.
B. Jackson in his capacity as
Southern regional manager and
Vice President of the corpora-
tion. Also headquartered in Dal-
las are four district managers;
Special guests at a luncheon the interest cf the state meat vice pii-outlet heard how meat
here Wednesday noon were Dr. inspectors school currently bo- ! inspectors were being trained
.1. B. Copeland, center. Deputy ing conducted by Dr. Louis j in the school here headed by
t ci.muss.one:* of the Stale Do- Beetling, the third party in litis I)r. Boen.iig, termer local veter-
pa!inient of Health, and Sena- photo. inarian new it. charge of the
A representative atidienct of new r■»lit c which will turn
Yoakum businessmen, profes- out more than 500 inspectors a
sional piopte. ranchers and. ser- * vear in order to keep the State
of Texas m compliance with the
tor William <Hill• Patman of
Ganado, on the left in the pic-
ture,. who came to Yoakum, in
Pfr. Henry .Mitchell
Rites Saturday
For W. L. New
sy officiating. Interment will be
in St. Joseph Cemetery.
was born March 18, 15)21 in Yoa-
kum and had been a resident of
Mi A! cn for 37 years.
Funeral services will be hold
Survivors are her husband,
John of McAlli'n; 2 sons, Nyle
Dean Polis and David Polis, both
of Houston; her roomer. Mrs.
George Hagan, He. of Yoakum:
1 brothers, C. O. Hagan of Aus-
. Funeral serv ice!* for W. L.
“Bill" New, aged, 82 years, will
be held at Buffiigtoii .Chapel Sat-
urday, May 16 at 2 pin., Rev.
J If. Tieadwdi and Rev. W. W.
Connal-.y officiating Interment
will lx' in Hebron Cemetery.
Herald-Times
In Semi-Weekly
Schedule Again
Plans ar* being advanced by
fede: til meat packing and pro-
cessing laws.
It s tot !he most popular
task, c uamerted Dr. Copland,
tin ,Xus'ri Vi I)., since lus de-
partment deals with regulations
and no mn Ikes to lx* regulat-
ed But at the same time the
federal and state requirements
Malec Publishing Company,
must be f ait tiled as prescribed
by the various state and federal
r:» t ’;%if ihrs 3 « -Fir- r-
mudeM o, tins n, ha, L 1. t™ Wo *"T"“r 10 *»■>
■" 1-'" * .lii'iiu,. ; More „ » X
Srrv.v.tis are lus wife. Yir- weekly r>',ssl ,Mc ,he !aho<>1 SYS-
K.e New of Y-ukum: 2 brothers. I Promoting the move to a nngnt lx- expanded to meet
Jessie New Of Bay lily and Os- twiee-a-ucek patx*r arc e'er " federal and itate
car New of Edna: a sister, Mrs. increasing production and mail-j
Myrtle Holt of California.
Pfr. .lames Mitchell
Pfc. Janies I). Mitchell and
Pfc. Henry H. Mitchell, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Mit-
tin. R. M. Hagan at Yoakum, j chell, Rt. 3, Yoakum are both
George Hagan Jr. of Columbus | presently serving in the Armed
Forces.
Johnny Luna, at left here, Mel-
vin JantJf center, and E'^iy Gon-
zales, ri'V/y/verc the f, ^Seniors
on tlie s //dent guest Jt'^jl'edncs-
day at the Yoakum fc^^ry Club
luncheon session atTl 'jMancha.
ucation.
Melvin Janak, ti two-yepr f<x)t-
ball man, is due to graduate with
23.5 credits and enroll tit Sam
Houston State University with
^ a major field of interest t(( tie
They completed the " *.*dule by' decided tutor. Son of Mr. and
which the Seniors wei^ntrodueed ' Mrs. Eugene J. Jantik of Sweet
to the Rotary Club here. Past | Home, Melvin also takes part in
President Arles Teston announc- j D stributive Education work anil
ed. He described theseries of training and has Shop Club and
presentations as an interesting German Club activities among his
program continuing throughout j spare time interests. At class
the school year, and regretfully ' time Melvin studies Government
ending with the departure of Distributive Education, German 2
and Allan Ray Hagan of Yon
kum; 5 sisters, Mrs. Alois Rrz- i Pfc. James I). Mitchell is in
o/owski of Gonzales, Mrs. A. F. the U. S. Marine Corpus at
Stark of Houston, Miss Gladys \ Camp rendition, California.
Hagan of Yoakum, Mrs Forrest P(c. Henry It. Mitchell is
Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.nt. at I Terrell of Columbus and Mrs. j stationed in Thailand with the
St. Joseph Catholic Church Yoa* 1 Richard Vick of Farmington, New U. S. Army Security Branch,
kum, Rev. Michael O'Shiiugnos-1 Mexico; nieces and nephews.
Jiral Named
Buddy Poppy
Sales Chm.
Swimming Pool
To Open
Rotary Scholarship Winner
Headed For A&M University
D. C. O’Neill
Among 1st State
Champs At YHS
many Seniors to different loca-
tions. Career statistics completed
the introduction finale.
Johnny I.una wlio will graduate
this month with 21 credits, Dlans
and English 4. Working time
rounds out his schedule with the
D.E. training.
Tony Gonzales, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edmumlo Ortega of 1102
to serve out his military obli- C'ark Street, plans to graduate at
gallons first and Burn consider | YHS in May 15)70 with 24 ere-
suitable employment according to
training: received. Residing here
dits and follow that up with high-
er education at A&I at Kings-
at 1114 West Grand at the home viJIe. Forestry will likely be his
of Mr. l/>ui.s Nunez, Johnny has j major interest. Secretary of the
Some clarifications and cor-
Commandcr Joe Brown of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
2456 of Yoakum today named
tit® Memorial Day Buddy Pop-
py sales chairman for the Sat-
urday. May 23rd annual pre-
Memorial Bay event. Com-
mander Brown said Johnny .li-
ral, local postoffice employee
will head th * 1970 sales project.
The Popp.es will he sold by
V.F.W. volunteers on Saturday.
May 23id. This will mark the
ing costs and pressure on the
production crew to meet the
various deadlines.
Although it is not certain at
this time which issue will be
dropped, it appears likely the
J choice wiM b» for a mid-week
paper and the Friday editions, day. M.n 17 at l pm.
f he I ublishers krts will be sk for stui
——— '•'>(<" lor adults. Season
Rain 1.63 Friday kr,!i wI11)0 <n **
The Yoakum Swim
will open for business
lections arc in order with ro-j 49th ^.sccuiiic vear of their
terence to lists of Class ,U Inter- ! sale by the Veterans of Foreign <,‘ rpasss
scholastic League winners, ac-
cording to Mr. R. G. Winchester.
Among thk earliest of student-
to bring special honor to Yoakum
High School was It. C. O'Neill,
1st place winner in both discus
and javelin at the state meet
j in 1!>34 and again in 1935. O'Neill,
ti powerful athlete, had more
"Wing" in tvs throwing arm
than anyone else in scIhioI m
those days.
Botihy Ely was state ehanqi
Wars.
The Poppv as the "Memorial
Flower was inspired by the
opening words of Col. John
McCrae'* immortal poem “Ir.
Flanders Fields", which jxitd
tribute to Hu men who lost
their lives among the fields ol
P Peies m one of World War
I s histone battlefields.
M • m/I t r l>nces will lx* $7 for
Morning, May 15 sn.oo m. two
Almost eligible for the title i Slo.00 tor a family, of,;^j
of droutli-lirei’.ker the 8 a m. '’tore
to It a m. thundershower in hours wall be'
Yoakum Fiday morning May ur,|l school is di.sm/si _
15th was measured at 163 jn. summer: Monday throirf
ches at the Yoakum weather 1 - 8 p.nt, Saturday 9
station. Low temperature for Noon and 1:30 p.rn.
the morning was 66 degrees. Sunday 1 pm. to 8 p m.
following some high marks of J A swimmmg lesson schedule
90 degrees earlier in the week J will lx' announced at a later date.
High wale- blocked some tin- ! Individuals interested in rent-
bt a fly din ing the ing the |>nol after closing hours
sudden downpour which was are requeSltxi to contact Pool
generally beneficial and time- Manager Joe Sutton at the POOL
ly for crops and rangeland. i PHONE 295-9068.
LAWYERS TO TALK TURKEY
CONCERNING UNPAID BILLS
Cuero — A suit on account f t*st and attorney fees,
was filed in 24th District Court ! In DeWi!t County Court. Char-
Veterans organizations in the ^cdni'-dav by Yoakum Parking > les Nelson Perry man was fined
Fnitid States first sold Popp.es ( " of Voakum against House-j $10(1 after entering a plea of
in 1921 in rcsfHUi.se to an appeal ,10^ I’lattu s Inc. of Shelby, | guilty to driving while intoxi-
Yoakum High School in the yeat
1939.
In 195.3 the YHS I-.lterarv team
Interviews of a special com- Carl O'Neill, at right here with 1 wag ted by Julius Hivxlrlman and
pole vaultcr when he representi*d , font Madame Guerin of France Texas.
rounded out his high school car- FFA one year, Tony lias four mittee have resulted in the se-1 his parents Mr. unq Mrs. John Bobby Gust with, tint was tin
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for funds to aid needy and dis-
abled war veterans.
In 1922. the Veterans of For-
eign Wars conceived the idea of
I call'd, lb* was also assessed a
err with Distributive Education
1 mid 2 and a'so with Shop Tra'n-
years membership with the FFA. ( lection of Carl O'Neill, Yoakum | O’Neill, was announced the win- year they won 1st at the state S‘‘‘‘ nt \IRM\\. p. 2. col. 8
Itis schedule for that -bnal year | High School Senior, to receive*
ing. His routine in the class- j in high school is called Chernis- the $1.01(0 Rotary Club Scholar-
rooms revolves around English j try, Geometry, Co-op Agriculture, i ship far 1970. President Jim
4, Government and Economics, English 4. Government and Hcon- Witte announced at the regular
Journalism and Distributive Ed-1 omres arid one work period also, luncheon session.
Young Fanner Chapter Signing
Up Students For Short Course
Two shortcourses are avail-1 Farm Eleetrificatirn Febru-
ahlc for scheduling next fall ary 8-11. 15-18, and 22-25
and winter and spring in De- J Farm Arc Welding March 8-
Carl. son of Mr. and Mrs.
John O’Neill, is a member of
the National Honor Society.
w ti Countv according to Re- ! 11. 15-18 22-25 and a similar Boy while in the Eighth Grade. I Ron. And they both have plen-
porter Arten Goebel of the schedule of welding instruction Carl continued gathinng.special t.v of Jthi»* work.
ner of the Si.000 Yoakum Ro- j meet in Austin, in the boys de-
tary 4 hit* Scholarship at the oMe contest,
noonday meeting of the Rotor- Farther on down the calendar
Ians at La Mancha Wednesday. 1963 it was Tom Roily Mar
more than a day or two during winning 1st in 1»>1«- vaulting
his school days. | a* s,a*e mert.
Gucsis of honor also at the j Th,'lc we,v sixxxid place
Rotary session. Carl s parents! 'vin,M’ls «• 'bc state meet also.
Foi r-year fcatbtill man. letter-1 Mr. and Mis John (Marie) O'- The list includixt Myrna Loy
ing in 15169-70 is tin item in his Neill were recognized and ere- | ^|,as* and Mary Lmi Veazey,
career record. Carl has a high ( dited with guiding more than 1 ~",s debate team in 1952: find
school g ade average of 91 45) one youth up the ladder of sue-
and is Treasurer of the YHS cess. They have some eleven
Chapter of the National Honor years of cx|x>rionec in leadership
Society Voted Best All Around with the Cub Scout organi/a-
The pecking company alleges three-d iv jail term by Judge
the plastics f nn owes $775.64 George Trowcll, The term was
on 50 smoked turkeys ordered suspended for a year,
last December 8 and December LcRoy Nations has Ixen char-
22. The company is suing for god with wde and child deser-
that aniottin, six per cent inter-j lion in ciunty court.
YOAKUM VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS INSTALL
Y'cung Farmer Chapter at Cue
ro
The courses vary in cost from
$2 00 to Jlf'.OO per student The
available schedule is as follows
for different courses:
Oxyncetyione Welding Sent.
7-10. 14-17 pnd 21 24. this fall.
Beef Caltle Production Nov-
ember 2-5, 9-1? 'and 16-9.
Electric Molors November
9-12 and Ncv. 16-19.
Pasture Development No.
30,-Dec. 3, Dee. 7-10 and 14-17.
Beef Production January 4 7,
11-14 and 14-21.
in April. honors with special distinction j John is employed at Stevens
Tractor Maintenance courses in I'orciya Language this year,; Plumbing and Repair Shop.
are available for 1971 in May. j in the awtirds schedule for gra-
Swine Production short fours- dilation day. He was at College
es are slated for teaching in Station tty.ng to plan a suit-
Jure, 1971, I able college career aimed at
Adult farmers and other slu ! Civil Engineering when called
dents Interested in taking the back to Yoakum and advised
shortcourses may contact Young that the scholarship committee
Farmer Chapter President at had a gift for him His engine-
Cuero Phone 275-5969. or by * ering study will be designed for
calling Advisor Bo Mcl'arland I most usefulness with the high-
at Phono 275-2186. way department.
Reservations for the courses A real student and athelete,
should he turned in before May Carl O'Neill was credited with
28th they said. . J good attendance — absent no
Marie ts employed at Jahn Re
frigeration. Maintaining a good
home is the other part of their
work besides civic activities and
keeping their part of the Scout
organization in good order.
The Rctary session included
memorial services for the late
club member Rotarian Bill
White, led by Rev. John Zieg-
ler. Rotarian Henry S. Paulus
was directed to pi-epare Resolu-
tions of Rf sport to be forward-
ed to Bill White’s family.
Truman Quast and James Ses-
sions in Extcmtxiranooas Speak-
ing.
Robbie Walters likewise ro-
rresented YHS at a slate meet |
in Austin and came home with
3rd prize for Extemporaneous
Speaking.
Credited w ith * ’ ing up a lot
of interest in thi record books
and archives th pr was a
graduating Senior t Yoakum
High School. Ginny Rinn 197(1
1st place state meet winner in
Poetry Interpretation, was be-
lieved to he the first to win
that event for Yoakum and the
first girl to win a first place.
Names of other state meet win-
ners may be recalled by local j ies held at Lakeside. The -follow-
citizens and may be fumed in ing wr-rc duly installed:
by calling 393 2KU. _ 1 Front row. left to right: N. B.
The Y'oakum Post No. 2456 Vet-1 Vrazei, Quartermaster; Wesley i ant; Bart Harless, Fkwt Surgeon;
erans of Foreign Wars, installed Jirsl, Senior Vice-Qsnmander; : Joe Brown, trustee and immedt-
officers Monday n’ght lnreremon- Larry Legler. Commander: and atp past Commander; Cecil Mar-
Melville Moore, Jr. Vice-Cam- j esh, Advocate; Withe Machs,
mander. trustee; and Jon Villa,
Standing an X U Vo*, Adjut-1
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