The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 80 No. 81.
American Red Cross
Starts Campaign For
War Relief Fund
With the invasion of Holland,
Belgium, Lux&rburg and other
parts of Europe the war has
entered a phase which will in-
evitably and at once bring wide-
spread and appalling suffering
to millions of helpless m;n, wo-
men and children. In order to
inaugurate prompt relief,meas-
ures the American Red Cross
is at once launching a campaign
for a minimum of ten million
dollars. The Austin County
Chapter of the American Red
Cros« has its quota set at $600.-
00. Therefore, in order that
such quota might be reached
in Austin County, the local or.
ganizations are calling for con-
tributions. The c ontrlbutions
to said relief fund may be given
to your local community chair-
man or sent to the County
chairman at Bellville, Texas.
American Red Cross War Re-
lief Fund Campaign, Dan Hrus-
ka, Chairman.
Veteran Editor At
Eagle Lake Dies
Eagle Lake, May 14.—Bruce
W. McCarty, editor of the
Eagle Lake Headlight, died
here early today.
Mr. McCarty, who has pub-
blish;d the Headlight for 37
years, suffered a heart attack
Sunday.
He is survived by his wife;
a daughter, Madeline, who is
a student at Texas Christian
University; a ion, Bruce Wilson
McCarty, and a brother, S.
O. McCarty, all of Eagle Lake.
Funeral arrangements have
noi b.en completed.
Cat Spring New*
The high school pupils are
busily preparing, “A Little
Clodhopper,’’ a three-act come-
dy to be staged Saturday night.
Most of these characters are
amateurs, but they will do their
utmost to satisfy the people.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Skeen
of Houston spent the week end
with Mrs. Mary Skeen.
Miss Bernice Strauss of
Houston visited with her par-
ents during the week end.
Miss Irene Weiss and sister
and brother of Richland spent
last week end visiting friends
here.
Miss Josie Marie Gurdis of
Warrenton is spending this
week with Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Use.
Ben Pro use of near Bernardo
became suddenly ill last Monday
while at work.
Chas. Dittert who has been
suffering with a paralytic
stroke for about eight weeks,
is showing signs of rapid re-
covery.
The loss of Allen Ladig, bet-
ter known as “Bozo,” caused
great excitement here last Sat-
urday. The little chap went out
to hunt for squirrels about two
miles from town when he lost
his sense of direction and won-
dered all the way to Nelson-
ville to the home of Mr. C.
Skalak. A large group of peo-
ple were out searching for him
when Mr. Skalak brought the
boy tto town.
The new home of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kroener is near-
ing completion. The home is
being built on modern designs
with all modern conveniences.
The large brick veneer home of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henneke
at Bernardo has recently been
completed.
All of this construction work
goes to show that this com-
munity is progressing in. spite
of having to bear hardships.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jecmen-
ek of Wallis are at present visit-
ing with homefolks in New
Ulm and Ellinger.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martinka
anj s°n °f Houston spent Sun-
day evening with Mr. and Mrs.
John Wavra and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wittner
and Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer Rath
of Brenham were visitors in
the Chas. Rath home Thursday.
—
Mansfield Is Told AAA
the New Ulm P. T. A.
urer.
From Tree To Desk In NYA Farm Shop
Lutheran Church News
ed with
the
pro-
for
end
States savings bonds
at a discount basis
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Au-
rich returned from Schulenburg
last week to spend a few days
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Aurich.
to do
that
Mrs. H. L. Frnka, Mrs. Otto
Ashorn, and Mrs. R. S. Schlies-
ser visited with Rev. and Mrs.
Simon and daughter, and Mere-
dith Ann King at Frelsburg
Monday afternoon.
beds,
chairs,
Miss Adela Persky of Indus-
try is spending a few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
age purchases of
each business day since 1
1. 1935, when these bonds were
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Chandler
left Wednesday to spend a few
days in Waco visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Vaughn.
Last Sunday afternoon, May
12, the lid was blasted off in
the Austin County Softball
League. Reports of the games
are as follows:
Bleiblerville 1. Travis 4
Industry 15, Oak Hill 2
Welcome 11, Roach Prairie 5
The schedule for next Sun-
day, May 19, is as follows:
Welcome at Bleiblenrille
New Wehdem at Oak Hill
Roach Prairie at Travis
Industry no game.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Schultz, Mias
Freida Kuehn and Julius Sch-
ultz of Bleible'-ville were visit-
ors in the K. O. Schweke home
Monday.
is the way National Youth Ad-
ministration Centers in the
Houston District cobperate in
obtaining equipment facilities
to train out-of-school Texas
youth between the ages of 18
and 24, inclusive, for private
employment.
NYA’s Full-time Resident
Center for Boys at Woodlake,
Texas, includes, as a part of
its shop training, the complete
processing of lumber. These
NYA boys cut the trees, haul
them to the mill, operate the
sawmill, and stack the lumber.
When it has been properly cur-
ed, they process it in the wood-
shop into tables, office desks,
typewriter desks, beds, kitchen
tables, dining tables, and ben-
ches.
In establishing the boys’ Full-
time Resident Center at Wood-
lake, surrounded by pictures-
que East Texas pine trees and
located in Trinity County, it
was the desire of the National
Youth Administration and the
Ulm confirmation class will be
confirmed. In connection with
this there will be a chicken
stew. Everybody is welcome. So
let us be there. In the after-
noon of the 26th, the Luther
League of Sommerville will en-
tertain the people with a radio
program. These young people
have put on programs in the
various Lutheran Churches and
from all indications, they will
be very good. Come, bring all
df your family and eat chicken
stew and listen to music.
Cat Spring Lutheran Church
Rev. G. Wolf, Pastor
Sunday, May 19th, no Sun-
day school but special Memorial
Service at 2:30 p. m. on St.
John’s Cemetery. Everybody
cordially invited. No Saturday
school this Saturday.
Austin Co. Softball
League Opened Sunday
Officer* elected for the fol-
ng year were as follows:
rs. Walter Mieth, president;
R. S. Schliesser, vice presi-
t; Mrs. Nora Mohnke, secre-
; and Mrs. C. E. Helwig,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ditt-
mar and daughter of Mentz
spent Saturday here on busi-
ness.
struct furniture for their homes,
and barns, fences, and other
articles needed in running a
farm. For the project itself
they have constructed ri
lockers, dining tables,
and fences.
The boys are taught
practically everything
might be required of them on
a farm. {During their work
periods, they clear land, repair
roads, build bridges, repair
fences, run the sawmill, and do
general shop wort. On their
own time they farm the thirty
acres of land on the project
and raise their own cabbage,
corn, sweet potatoes, onion, pin-
to beans, greens, English peas,
Irish potatoes, tomatoes, rad-
ishes, parsley, strawberries, and
oats for pasturage.
Through these facilities the
National Youth Administration
and the Farm Security Ad-
ministration are offering East
Texas youth work experience
and job training that will pre-
pare them to return to their
own farms with cortfidence and
ability to operate them on a
proven, sound basis.
Mrs. 'Walter E. Rinn of
dustry, left last Thursday
Denton to spend the week___,
with her daughter, Ila Mae,
who is a student at Texaa
State Teachers’ College for Wo-
men.
The Er-ienprise is authorized
this week to announce the can-
didacy fo Edward L. Vint, for
a second term as Representa-
tive of the 25tii District, which
is composed ’of Austin and Col-
orado counties.
In announcing his candidacy
Mr. Vint states that his earnest
desire is to serve the people of
this district well and in serving
a second term in the same of-
fice, he feels that his services
will be of greater value to the
people of this district. He feels
that honest, sincere, and effi-
cient representation for the
welfare of the people of this
district and the entire State is
of prime importance and will
attend the duties of office in
that manner at all times. In all
instances he has endeavored to
bring about economical admin-
istration of governmental affairs
and continuing as your public
servant, he will strive to ac-
complish that goal in all in-
stances.
Mr. Vint sincerely appreciates
the trust bestowed upon him
in past elections and respect-
fully asks your support of his
i candidacy for a second term as
Representative of this district
in the coming Democratic pri-
mary.
bonds redeemed, the maturity
value of savings bonds out-
standing on March 31, 1940,
was approximately $3,495,573,-
600.
The total maturity value of
purchases for the calendar year
1939 was $1,104,050,000, an av-
erage purchase for each busi-
ness day
667,975.
United
are sold
and mature in 10 years from
one-third more than their pur-
chase price. For example, $75
is the purchase price of a $100
face value bond, which matures
at the end of 10 years. Records
of the sales for the individual
post offices authorized to sell
savings bonds are tabulated in
cash value.
For the period beginning Jan-
uary 1, 1939 through December
31, 1939 New Ulm ranked 21st
in the list of third class post
offices for the state of Texas
per capita sahs, according to
Postmas:cr Louis O. Muenzler.
During this period cash sales
of United States savings bonds
amounted to $11,006.25.
During the year 1938 statis-
tics showed New Ulm post of-
fice having sales totaling $21,-
248.75 and as being ranked 5th
for the entire state per capita
sales for all third class post-
offices.
I Visitors in the Mrs. Carl
Schuette home Sunday were:
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoppe of
Van Vleck, Mr. and Mrs. Les-
ter Aurich and Palmo Hoppe of
Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Heinsohn of near Fayette-
ville. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hoppe
of Industry, Mr. ar.d Mrs. Paul
Aurich and Bobby Danchak.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Schuette
Bid daughter, and Mr. and Mrs.
mil Galle.
Frelsburg and New Ulm
Rev. Leo Simon, Pastor
Frelsburg: Sunday, May 19,
at 10:00 a. m. the 1940 class
will be confirmed. The children
to be confirmed are: Lillie As-
chenbeck, Ruth Rodgers, Gladys
Schultz, Amanda Klaus and Ru-
bin Klaus.
Sunday School to begin at
9:00 a. m.
Holy Communion to be ad-
ministered on Sunday, June 2.
in the English language. Those
who wish to partake kindly
make announcement to the pas-
tor.
New Ulm: Sunday, May 19,
at 8:00 p. m., German services.
Sunday school at 9:00 a. m.
Wednesday, May 22, meeting
of the Luther League. Leaguers,
let us all be there and have a
meeting as we have never had
before.
Sunday, May 26, the New dining table and chairs,—that
Austin, May 14.—From East Farm Security Administration
Texas tree to typewriter desk, to <?ive employment and related
instruction to rural boys who
wanted to make farming their
life work.
Woodlake proper consists of
some 2,000 acres of land. Al-
| though Woodlake is operated
by the Farm Security Admin-
istration, fifteen of the project
houses and thirty acres of land
were turned over to the Na-
tional Youth Administration in
November, 1938, for this work
experience program.
The training program is di-
vided into two sections—farm
shop work and agriculture.
Each section is alternated, with
the boys spending one-half of
each day doing shop work and
the other one-half in the agri-
culture division. Each morning
three-fourths of the boys at-
tend classes while one-fourth
work. A reversal of these fig-
ures is made in the afternoon.
Woodlake Resident center as
a farm project teaches sixty
boys better farm methods, soil
conservation, stock raising,
practical farm shop work to en-
able would-be farmers to con-
died early Friday morning fol-
lowing an illness of several
weeks duration.
Surviving are her husband,
E. W. Voelkel, and ten chil-
dren: A. E., O. B. and W. A.
Voelkel of Shelby; A. H. Voel-
kel of Fredericksburg; Mrs. Ad.
(Paula) Wickel of Brenham;
Mrs. W. F. (Tillie) Neumann
of Pisek; Mrs. C. A. (Ines)
Warnaach of Rockhouse; Mrs.
F. (Juanita) Kraemer of Green-
vine; Mrs. O. (Myra) Miller and
Mrs. G. H. (Louise) Warnaach
of Shelby; 33 grandchildren and
6 great grand children; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Emma Menking of
Brenham and one brother, Alex
Weid of Fayetteville, as well as
many other relatives and
friends.
The following relatives and
friends from distant places
came to attend the funeral:
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Voelkel
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Weber and family, all of Fred-
ericksburg; Aug. J. Voelkel,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernst H. Voelkel,
and Mrs. Walter Schuman and
Washington, May 15.—I. W.
Duggan, Southern division di-
rector of the A. A. A., advised
Reprorentative Joseph Mans-
field Wednesday that any farm-
er participating in the agricul-
tural conservation program may
provide on his farm the crops
needed for <fcod and feed for use
on the farm.
Mansfield had communicated
to the Triple-A complaints from
fanners in Texas that ’ they
were not permitted to plant suf-
ficient feed crops and requests
for modifications in acreage al-
lotments.
“While certain limitations are
placed upon the acreages of
soil-depleting crops," Duggan
said, “many farmers in Texas
have found that they can pro-
duce non-depleting feed crops,
particularly cowpeas and sweet
clover, more profitably than
soil-depleting feed crops. When
used for feed, non-depleting le-
gume crops compare favorably
with the depleting crops, and
they have the further advan-
tage of leaving the soil in a
more productive condition.
“In addition, these crops may
be produced on the entire acre-
age in the farm in excess of
the total soil-depleting allot-
ment without reducing the a-
mount of payment which would
otherwise be made under
■agricultural conservation
gram.”
Duggan explained that the
need for feed and forage crops
in certain areas is realized and
that the program provides sweet
sorghum, Sudan grass and mil-
let when pastured or harvest-
ed for hay are not classified as
soil-depleting and may be pro-
duced on land in excess of the
total eoil-depletir.g acreage al-
lotment for the farm.
Also the Triple-A official
said, there ia provision for
farmers operating small farms
permitting them to elect to have
their farms considered as non-
general allotment farms. Any
farmer electing such option
may plant up to a minimum of
20 acres of corn, wheat, grain,
sorghums and other food ano
feed crops without incurring
a deduction from payments
otherwise earned.
Mrs. K. E. Voelkel and family
of Austin; Albert Earl Voelkel
of San Antonio; Mr. and Mrs.
Travis Voelkel of Lufkin; Mr.
and Mrs. Hy. Banker of La
Grange; Miss Minnie Mae Voel-
kel of Denton; Louis Ehlers,
Mrs. Alvina Wolters and sen
of Shiner- Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Smith ana Mrs. Roxie Miller
of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Hasskr and son, Jessie and
Mrs. Alma Pless, all of Cat
Spring; E. E. Reinecker of Bell-
ville; and Alex Weid and sons,
Ben, Chas, and Alex, of Fay-
etteville.
The outgoing president, Mrs.
p. H. Baumgart, thanked the
organization for the splendid
Cooperation given during the
bast year. The report of the
treasurer showed that the PTA
is in good shape, financially.
After the business meeting
as over, a program was given
the school children. A fine
was made by Rev. Leo
imon on “The Value Of Edu-
tion.
R. S. Schliesser, principal of
e school then made a few
marks concerning the close of
ool. He gave Josie Schultz
nd Agnes Laake certificates
showing that they have com-
pleted the prescribed work erf
the New Ulm school.
At a late hour folks depart-
ed for home—pleased with the
work the PTA did during the
past year and also pleased with
the program that had been ren-
dered.
Olen Frnka and sons of Hous-
ton and Mr. and Mrs.
Frnka of Eagle Lake were
ors in the H. L. Frnka
Sunday.
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