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YOUR HOMI
NEWSPAPER
SINCE 1872
READ BY MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER LAVACA COUNTY NEWSPAPER
OF SERVICE TO ALL
CONTROLLED
BY NONE
VOLUME 84
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1956
NUMBER 2
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THINK IT
.OVER ,
During recent months con-
troversy has raged over mod-
ern methods of teaching reading
in public schools. “Why can’t
Mary read?” is asked by the
parents. And the teachers answ-
er that she can read and she
reads well for her age.
But, if Mary can read, equally
important is the question, “Can
Mary write?”
A metropolitan business
school which gives private tutor-
ing in shorthand and office pro-
cedure gets requests for hand-
writing instruction regularly.
Another business school for
post high school students makes
a class in handwriting compul-
sory for everyone who enrolls.
And a third school, where
good penmanship is thought to
be a prerequisite for job place-
ment. is considering adding a
penmanship course to its curri-
cula because many adept stud-
ents never even succeed in get-
ting an interview with a pros-
pective employer because of the
poor impression created in fill-
ing out an application blank.
Many businessmen lament
that fine penmanship is rare
and handwriting is becoming a
lost art. They know the situation
well. One department store
spokesman says, “Everyday we
have examples of packages that
have to be traced or bills that
have to be adjusted because of
poor writing.”
Handwriting is a tool for com-
munication and by the time a
student reaches high school he
should attain a standard quality
of writing. But at that polni
writing usually gets progressive-
ly worse with age. There art
long assignments to prepart and
students in their haste make in-
complete letters and 1 e a v e
words poorly spaced. Thus illeg-
ibility is bom and grows.
These students later become
living headaches in some busi-
ness office, or at home, where
the milkman has a difficult time
deciphering the housewife’s
message left in empty bottles.
These individuals not only
have a difficult time reading
someone else’s scrawly script,
they often cannot read their
own handwriting.
Before berating the children
for illegible handwriting,
though, parents should take a
lodk at their own. They, too,
may be in need of some con-
centrated Instruction. . _
BAND LEADERS — Twlrlers Marianne Shirley, Carolyn Appelt, Drum Major Roslyn Renger,
Twirlers Margaret Sieber and Burma Lee Buschermihle will lead the Hallettsville Brahma
Band for the 1956 football season.
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yards for a
followed by
skirted end
•Jack Moore
up
the
the
The Renger Memorial School
of Vocational Nursing is pleased
to announce that nine of its
students passed the state board
examination in Austin on Aug-
ust 20 and will be issued Texas
licenses to practice vocational
nursing. The names of the suc-
cessful candidates are: Misses
Elmarine Besetzny, Imogene Be-
setzny, Ethel Fritsch, Gladys
Hrncir, Katherine Janak, Mag-
daline Ray, LaVerne Muhlstein,
Helen Pesek and Mrs. LaNelle
BRAHMAS OPEN SEASON WITH
23-0 WIN OVER SMITHVILLE
Nine Renger
Students Pass
State Exams
The Lions-Rotary s o ft b a 11
game will be played Thursday
night, September 13 at 7:30 at,
the high school field.
All arrangements have been
completed and members of both I
clubs have expressed confidence
that “their team will win.”
Proceeds will go to the youth |
activities funds of the two clubs. I
Lions-Rotary
Softball Game
A penalty put the ball back
on the one and after three plays
failed to gain a first down,-Mo
tocha dropped back in the
end zone to kick, but got a bad
pass back from center and fum-
bled the ball. Before he could
get from behind his goal line
Jack Moore and Earl Koehn
brought him down for a safety
and two points.
Neither team could get
steam for the balance of
quarter and at the end of
first period. Hallettsville led 2-0,
Early in the second quarter,
the Tigers went to the air only
to see .their passing efforts back-
fire whpn Motocha shot a pass
intended) for Garrett with dimes
intercepting on about his own
20 and racing it back to the Tig-
er 48 behind beautiful downfield
blocking. However, the Brahmas
| offense stalled and David Muska
kicked out on the Tiger seven.
The Brahma defense held and
the Tigers kicked out of bounds
I on their own 18. On the first
play Wallace Jones skirted end
for pay dirt only to have the
play called back on a holding
I penalty. Starting from the 32,
i Jones made six, Vachala one,
and a pass went incomplete be-
fore Jones ran 12
first down, to be
Jerry Vachala who
for 12 and a TD.
added his first of three points
I after touchdown as the half
(ended with the Brahmas hold-
ling a 9-0 margin.
I At half time the Smithville
(band presented their twirlers in
a flag twirling act and followed
Strong defensive line play | the Tiger 40. Jones got four and
brought results here Friday then Vachala slipped through
night with the local football and went 33 yards to be brought
team winning over the Smith- i down from behind by Motocha.
ville Tigers by a 23-0 score. The [The Tiger defense stiffened and
game was the first of the season [ the ball went to Smithville on
for both teams. I the five.
In racking up the win. the
Brahmas showed strong defens-
ive play that gave up only 45
yards on the ground to the visit-
ors and only 15 yards in the air
for a total of 60 yards. While
holding the visitors to small
yardage, the Brahmas displayed
an offense that rolled up 196
yards on the ground and nine
in the air for a total of 205
yards.
Throughout the game, the
Brahma forward wall knifed
through the Smithville line to
trap the ball carrier before he
could get up steam, and when in
possession of the ball, the Brah
ma line ripped open holes in the
opposition for the ball carriers
to move through and displayed
beautiful downfield blocking.
The entire forward wall was
outstanding throughout the con-
test.
Winning the toss, the Brah-
mas received with Motocha kick-
ing to Jerry Vachala on the 20
with Vachala getting back to the
45. Wallace Jones and Vachala
alternated to move the ball to
Mrs. Don Kaspar
Assumes Lavaca
GOP Chairmanship
Mrs. Don Kaspar of Shiner,
vice-chairman of the Republican
Party for Lavaca County, has as-
sumed the duties of county
chairman upon ^he resignation
of J. R. Ragsdale of Hallettsville
who was appointed county chair-
man in March.
Mrs. Kaspar has taken an
active part in the affairs of the
Republican organization since
her appointment as vice-chair-
man in May, attending both the
state convention in Houston in
I May ai?d the state convention in
I Corpus Christi August 28, where
she served as a member of the
committee on platform and res-
olutions.
She was county director of
the Lavaca County “Thank You,
'Mr. President” drive, which is a
I nationwide project handled ex-
clusively by women to raise
campaign funds for President
Eisenhower’s re-election.
Mrs. Kaspar will serve in the
capacity of county chairman un-
til a new county chairman is
appointed or elected.
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Mrs. Frank Slovak
Expires, Rites
Read In Shiner
I _________________________________________
Mrs. Hattie Slovak of Route
2, Shiner, passed away in the
Huth -Memorial Hospital, Yoa-
kum, August 31, where she had
been confined for six weeks.
She was 47 years, seven months
and 26 days of age.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Monday, September 3.
from the Czech Moravian Breth
ren Church with Buffington Fu
neral Home in charge with the
Rev. Gordon Heil and Rev. F. J.
Kostohryz officiating. Burial
was in the Czech Moravian
Brethren Cemetery with Wm
Gerum, Frank Schovajsa, B< n
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FOOTBALL
SCOREBOARD
• Hallettsville Brahmas 2.3,
Smithville 0
Sacred Heart 33, Sealy 20
Eagle Lake 20, Shiner 7
Bloomington 7, Woodsboro 6
Rockdale 21, Giddings 0
La Grange 26, Schulenburg 0
Gonzales 40, Columbus 6
Refugio 13, Industrial (Vand-
erbilt) 0
Bastrop 48, Flatonia 6
Yoakum 30, Goliad 14
i Luling 13, Taylor 6
HHS BRAHMA BAND—Makes first appearance under Director Paul Philippus at Brahma-Tiger
game. Reading, bottom row, left to right: Sara Lou Devall, Lois Bennett, Betty Appelt, Mary
Ann Bennett, Charles Mozisek, Glenn Schulte, Don Wenglar, Dorothy Treptow, Carol Whitley.
Second row: Pat Roth, Don Minear, Elsa Vavrusa, Arlene Blahuta, Caroline Treptow, Marsha
Bonnett, Judy Treptow, Joyce Ann Spies, Vivian Klimitchek. Third row: Darlene Shoemake,
Kent Sobotik, Delores Botard, Lois Schroeder, Daniel Drozd, Helen Galetka, Bobby Lee Cole,
Bobby Schwartz, Ervin Honish. Fourth row: Wanda Schulte, James Barborak, Jane Richards,
Bonnyo Whitley, Milton Rebel, Chari Ann Sommers, Eunice Nance, Bernice Treptow. Stand-
ing, left side of band: Carolyn Appelt, Margaret Sieber and Roslyn Renger. Right side of
bond: Director Paul Philippus, Marianne Shirley and Burma Buschermihle. Not pictured:
James Evans, Lawrence Dornak, Eugene Parr, Franklin Mozisek.
ONE DEAD IN SUNDAY WRECK
NEAR MOULTON: SIX INJURED
In the hospital less seriously
cars were demolished.
The
I ville.
earlv
for i
struck
a i n
good to
P
TEXANA
SUNDAY.
TEXANA
SUNDAY.
EAST OF SCHULENBURG HIGHWAY AND
STREET, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY,
WEST OF SCHULENBURG HIGHWAY AND
STREET, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY,
Indians
holding
back on
it , i
on
He is survived by his wife,
three sons, Carl Zbitowsky of
San Antonio. Lee Paulus Zbit-
owsky of Bloomington, Cart
Zbitowsky of El Campo; three
daughters. Mrs. Louise Appelt,
Mrs. Ruby Theis, Mrs. Mildred
Bitzkie, all of San Antonio; two
sisters, Mrs. Lena Shiver, Cor-
pus Christi, Mrs. Ida Schultz,
of El Campo; 13 grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Smolik kick-
the 40 with
through the
score. Point
FORD DAMAGES
WHEN COWS HIT
ON HIGHWAY
fol-
Tn-
Walter Hildebrandt, of Witting, dry planted Texas hybrid
620 grain sorghum and Martin maize on April 11 to compare
yields. Light showers brought the Martin up to a fair stand,
but the hybrid hardly made a showing. However, a second
shower some two weeks later brought more of the hybrid up
to a stand equal to the Martin. The sorghums suffered from
lack of moisture throughout the growing period. The hybrid
yielded 540 pounds of grain per acre while Martin yielded
only 200 pounds per acre. However, according to our experi-
ment stations, several years are usually required to definitely
prove the superiority of one crop over another.
Four officers from the liquor
control board, headed by W. R
Nicholson raided the Southern-
airs dance at the Recreation
Hall Saturday night at 10:00 p.
m. and arrested five teenagers
for having intoxicating bever-
ages in their possession. Mrs.
Margaret Pauline Dolezal was
also filed on for selling beer to
a minor, who is reported to have
displayed a navy discharge card.
None of the teenagers lived in
Hallettsville
After the raid on the hall, the
officers checked out all other
places of business where beer
I was sold Sunday morning they
ent occurred on
north of Halletts-
A 1950 Ford received slight
damage and one of two cows ft
hit was killed Saturday night
at 8:10 on Highway 90A east ot
Hallettsville near the O. J.
Woytek place. Driver of the car
was listed as Ervin Victor Grafe
of Hallettsville who was en
route to Marvin’s Place at Al-
tair He was accompanied by
i Indians working ihe
! to the Hallettsville
i fumble was
Rossler and
ball to the
Vent back
downs. Six
WATERING SCHEDULE UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE; ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL
Monday, September 10, 8:00
m. Ag Shop. Regular meeting
FFA Chapter.
Tuesday, September 11: Hal-
lettsville Home Demonstration
Club meeting. Home of Mrs. T.
J. Pesek, Mrs. J. R. Goode, co-
hostess.
Tuesday, September 11, Pub-
lic School P-TA meets at High
School Gym, 8:00 p. m.
Wednesday, September 12,
8 00 p rh. V. F. W. regular meet-
ing. Recreation Hall. District
commander will be present
Thursday, September 13 at
7:30 p. m. Lions-Rotary softball
game at high school field.
Friday, September 14, 8:00
p.m. P-TA meeting. Ezzell
School.
Sunday, September 16, Home-
coming Day at Mossy Grove
Church Bring picnic lunch.
at 6:20 driven by Mr Technik. Also in
I the Wagner Hospital were Clar-
ence Moeller. 21, of Houston
land Flatonia, Route 2 and Leroy
Pelech, 23. of Gonzales and
I Houston. Moeller had a broken
'arm, several teeth missing and
other injuries. Pelech was suf-
fering cuts and bruises.
Both cars were travelling west
on Highway 95 and Mr. Technik
was turning left off the highway
to the Moulton picnic grounds
with his family and had gotten
almost completely off the high-
way when the car , driven by
Moeller hit the ’49 Ford on the
left rear, knocking the car some
97 feet down the highway, turn
ing the car over about twice
with it coming to a stop on its
ville. Both escaped injury.
According to Highway Patrol- |
man T. C. Cook, who investigat-
ed, with his partner, Wilbert
Horstmann, I
east when the two cows
onto the highway in front of
(the car, one cow being killed
>and the other injured.
Recreation Hall
Raided By Liquor
Control Men
According to Highway Patrol-
man T. C. Cook who investigat
1 with Patrolman Wilbert
Horstmann. Howard- was com-
I ing toward Hallettsville and
was slowing down behind a
>’j chicken truck which had stop-
'p ped for a school bus that had
■•i stopped to pick up children.
C. H. Zbitowsky
Dies In San Antonio
Rites Held Here
Technik,
and Mrs.
Route 3,
HOUSE TRAILER
DEMOLISHED
BY TRUCK
Mr
aid of Rockport, was
ed Friday morning at 8:20 when | hitting the Technik car. Both
it was hit from the rear by a
1953 Ford truck-trailer driven
by William Winslow Jr . of Bry
an. The truck belonged to the
Bryan construction Co and was
The accident was investigated
le|by Highway Patrolmen Wilbert
'Horstmann and Tom Cook.
The death of Arnold Tecnnik
pushed Lavaca County’s high-
way death total up to three for
1956. The first death listed was
that of a Negro who was run
over on Highway 111 south of
Yoakum and the second death
came last week end when Mrs.
John Leopold was killed in a
two car crash at the intersection
of Highways 90A and 77A west
of Hallettsville.
----——o—----—
was :
with
Krchnak moved the |
Indian 27 when
to the Indians
plays later the In-
—---- i Moeller was attempting to
A house trailer belonging to | pass the Technik car at the time
and Mrs Logan Lee How- of the crash and skidded 150
s demolish- I feet down the highway before
One person was dead, another1 injured were George Technik,
in a critical condition and six]45, Mrs. George Technik, 38,
other persons in the Wagner and two other children of the
Hospital suffering injuries from [couple. Patricia, two and
a two car crash at the intersec | George, 13 They were all oc-
tion of FM 532 and State High jcupants of a 1949 Ford coach
way 95 near Moulton
Sunday morning
Dead was Arnold
nine, son of Mr
George Technik of
Shiner. He died at 5:15 Monday
morning in the Wagner Hospital
at Shiner from a crushed skull
His sister, Eunice, seven, was in
a critical condition with a crush-1
ed skull.
INDIANS WIN OVER SEALY
FRIDAY NIGHT BY 33-20 SCORE
The Sacred School Indians yard line only minutes later and 1
(took the measure of the Sealy Leopold rammed the middle for
High Schoo] eleven Friday night
| in a game that saw eight touch-
downs racked up. with the In-
dians holding the scorin'
five to three The final
was Indians ,33 and Sealy 20.
Both clubs spent the
part of the first quarter feeling
the other out and it was not un-
til about midway, of the first
period that the Indians ivent to
work. Jaking the ball on then | mo^d’ their own 27 I
| to pay dirt. Kristek ran tile ball]
| to the 46. Kloesel picked up
[eight and Leopold ran to the
Sealy .36 Kloesel then scooted I
around end to the 2.3 and Leo-'
pold picked up five On the next
I play Kloesel passed to Smolik
'who latera'.led to Kristek for the j
TD making the icon 26-14
the Indians.
Sealy was forced to kick
lowing the kickoff and the
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own 30 yard line and marching
70 yards for the score. The drive
found Kristek. Leopold. Kloesel
and Pagel alternating in the
chores of carrying 'he ball'with
an occasional pass mixed in Io
keep the defense shook mi. The
pay-off came when Kristek
scampered 61 yards for the
goalline. Point
Smolik kicking
holding.
The Indians
early in the second quarter aft-
er taking a kick on their own
40 . Kloesel hit Goedrich for a
first down on the Sealy 13 and
Kristek picked up nine. Kloesel
hit Pagel for five. Leopold and
Kristek each took a crack at the
line and then Kloesel passed to
Smolik for a TD. Point iry fail
ed and it read 1.3-0 for the In-
dians.
Sealy jumped back into the
ball game in three plays after
the kickoff. Rossler and Krch-
nak alternated at the line and
then Krchnak hit Rossler with
an aerial that carried 52 yards
for a score Point was
make it 13-7.
Sealy kicked to the
and two plays later a
penalty set the Indians
their own six. The Indians mov- [ Mary Rose Strauss of Halletts-
ed to the 14 where
ed to Krhcnak on
Krchnak running
entire team for a
try was good and Sealy led
14-13.
The Sealy lead was not to last
long since the Indians pounced
on a loose ball on the Sealy one
for Charles Henry
with the Very Rev. A. J Mor-
kovsky officiating. Burial was
in the Hallettsville Catholic
Cemetery. Rosary was recited
at the funeral home Saturday
and Sunday nights at 8:00 p m.
Mr. Zbitowsky passed away
at his home in San Antonio Sep-
tember 7, 1956 at 4:55 p. m. at
the age of 70 years, two months
and seven days.
Born in Weimar June 30,
1886, he was united in marriage
in Hallettsville October 13, 1914
to Miss Matilda Boltz and they
Grafe was going made their home here until s-
stepped|bout two years ago when they
moved to San Antonio.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning from the Ku-
bena Funeral Home at 8:45 and
the Sacred Heart Church at 9:00 filed on .1 C. Winton and charg-
for Charles Henry Zbitowsky ed him with selling beer on
Sunday.
Three of the teenagers filed
on were from San Antonio, one
from Moulton and the other
from Yoakum.
the score to bring the half time
score up to 20-14.
To start the second half. Sealy
score to Indians with the’
’ 1 b ill back •
18 where a when the truck-trailer hit the
recovered by Scajy. trailer house from the re$r, de-
Imolishing the trailer and? caus-
ing damage to the 195.3 Buick
he was driving. Howard said he
:was not sure whether he had
'come to a complete halt at the
I time of the crash or not. Wln-
| slow said he djd not see the
j school bus ahead. No injuries
were listed, but Winslow was
i filed on for follow ing too close.
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