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Vacation Bible School
At the Baptist Church
Preparation day for the com-
ing Vacation Bible School at
the Flatonia Baptist Cijurch
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
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Having approved stop-gap ex-
tension of price, wage, and al-
location controls, Congress
settled^ down this week for a
closer” look at legislation to
carry on federal activities for
the next fiscal year.
Before the government of-
ficially closed its books Satur-
day midnight, both Houses
This means employed hired by
the counties, not elected coun-
ty employees.
5. To. authorize regents of
the University of Texas to in-
vest the permanent funds of
the state institution in securi-
ties.
Senator Strauss closed by
stating that the session of the
Legislature recently <
was a hard-working-one which
achieved many goals.
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Rev. A. V. Maneth of St.
John’s, near Schulenburg,:’ *
ited with Rev. V. A. Ra
recently,
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Lloyd Pearson announces that
9.70 inches of rain fell in Fla-
tonia during the month of
June.
He also reports a high tem-
perature of 95 degrees during
the month on June 1, June 2,
June 17, June 18, June 28.
A low reading of 64 degrees
was record^ on June 12.
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Frederick C. Wjseman, V8N, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Wiseman of
i Fla Ionia, Texas, receives congratulations from Rear Admiral Ralnh
•J. Arnold, Supply Corps. USN, upon being promoted in rank to Com-
mander. at the U.S. Naval Aviation Supply Depot, Philadelphia Penna
ilmmedia<ely after his promotion, Cmdr. Wiseman was detached from
Ihls assignment as Assistant Offlcer-in-Charge of the Technical Groun
at the supply office and -was ordered to duty as Navigator of the aircraft
carrier IJSS Shatigri-I.a. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph—1071540)
the county.
June 30. Continued posting
election notices and call nekr
Swiss Alp, a wreck, one jail-
As I mentioned above, we
did not have many prisoners,
but they were all pretty good
cash customers. We ccdlected
$1,479.40 in fines and fees for
the county this month and
handled 26 prisoners through
the jail.
So long till-next month,
T. J. Flournoy. Sheriff
and Deputies
Girl Scouts Plan Trip
The Flatonia Girl Scouts
are planning a week’s camp-
ing trip to Buescher Park, Bas-
trop, beginning July 23.
Mrs. E. E. Plowmaji, their
leader, will be in charge of
the Girl Scouts. '
The Methodist Church
FLATONIA—
Morning worship, 9:30 a. m
Church school, 10/:30 a. m.
M. Y. F., 5:30 p. m.
Chojr practice every Thure*
day, 7:30 p. m.
W.S.C.S. on the second Mon-
day of each month, 3 p. m.
MULDOON—
Church school, 10 a. m.» -
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
first and third Sundays. ■ v
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
first and third Sundays.-
COLONY— . - •
Afternoon worship, 3:30 p.
m. second and fourth Sundays.
F. C. Harrell,-pastor
as outlined by the senator, are:
1. To permit creation of ru-
ral fire prevention districts; to
be voted upon in the individual
rural districts.
2. Pertaining to veterans
and their problems, particular-
ly bonds to furnish funds for
veterans who wish to buy land.
3. To’ increase amount of
welfare services for the various
state agencies.
4. To set up a retirement
July 13, and 8:30 a. m. each
day. AH boys and girls of the
> chamber of community are invited,
ey will advise _’**'----~-----
Cotton Insect Report
From Fayette County
Boll weevil and fleahopper
damage to cotton in Fayette
County seem to be on the de-
crease from the previous week.
Elevem reports show an aver-
Wf*-11 -percent-—
tationvand 4 percent fleahop-
per infestation. However, the
bollworm infestation seems to
be on the increase. Five
farms in the Winchester-
Rabbs Prairie and Ellinger sec-
tion show light infestation of
the bollworm. V
This is not enough to be
alarmed about but it should
put the cotton growers on no-
tice and’ on their guard. Cot-
ton farmers should watch
their fields closely for boll-
worm eggs and young larvae.
When four or five young lar-
vae are found per 100 terminal
buds the cotton farmer should
start control measures as
recommended in the Guide C-
182 and be sure to follow
through every five days with
their spraying or dusting.
Contact your county agents
or ag teachers for further ad-
vice and information.
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NOTICE —
As a result of the laws re-
cently passed by the Legisla-
ture, it will be necessary for
those who possess punch
boards and all kinds of marble
tables or slot machines, to re-
move them from their places
of business immediately.
T. J. Flournoy, Sheriff
Fayette County, Texas
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Mesdames Lomie Keathlcy
iTnd Chag, F. Bowes spent Fri-
day ifi San Antonio.
Mrs. Annie Fuller, Mrs. Dick
Young and children of Hous-
ton spent Friday in the home
of Mrs. Iola Wright.
• Mr. and Mrs. Art Avazato
and son, Johnny, of New York
spent the past week with Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin OrAak.
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CUT FLOWERS
system for county employees. | DOWN YOURSELF
If the sunflowers stand
feet high in your alley, don't
call the health department.
Nor yet the city hall.
Cut ’em down yourself.
That was the substance of
the advice given Thursday by
Philip N. Albright, city health
department sanitary engineer,
cioJecL wh° -Pointed out that the law
makes property owners solely
reSpossfble for the alleys ad-
joining their homes.
If an alley is choked with
weeds and rubbish, it's the
property'owner’s duty to clean
it up, Albright pointed out.—
San Antonio Express.
The above could certainly
be applied to similar conditions
in Flatonia as well.
write about this time, other
than' »ur We
didn’t have too many prison-
ers in jail this.month; fact is
we went two njghta. with the
.tail completely empty, but this
gave us a good chance to turn
the water. h*se in an the cell
blocks andwgive. them .a real
good cleaning and disinfecting.
The city of La .Grange remod-
’ (4ed the little city jail that js
located i,n the county jail yard
and it really Improved the
looks of things around there.
Thanks to you city dads.
June 1. One jailed for DWI.
June 2. I went to Yoakum4.begun with_an invocation by
for investigation and also call
to Plum for investigation.
June 3. Two jailed for DWI
this date, one a woman.
June 4. Qpe jailed for Bas-
trop County for-chicken theft
and trip to Schulenburg. Call
at night, one Jailed for dis-
turbing the peace and call on
a prowler.
Future Farmers Due
For Fine Convention
j Washington, July 4 — In Houston July 11-13
Future Farmers from aU.
oyer the state are in for the
“time of their lives” at the an-
nuaOstate convention sched-
uled for July 11 through 13 at
the Shamrock Hotel in Hous-
ton.
A special committee of
prominent Houstonians, who
iu’e. milking _eiiLertainni£nt.
ranch boys, have just an-
nounced final plans for the en-
tertainment phases' of- the
convention. General R. C.
Kuldell, chairman of the Hous-
ton Chamber of Commerce
agriculture committee, heads
the group who has worked
hard to make the boys’ stay in
Houston' an en joyable one.
Arriving at the Shamrock
Hotel Wednesday morning,
July 11, the boys will register
in the hall of exhibits. At the
registration desks, the youths
will find schedules of the en-
tire convention proceedings in-
cluding all the entertainment
features.
Meeting shortly after lunch
Wednesday in the air condi-
tioned meeting rooms of the
hotel, the boys will hear wel-
comes to Houston from Glenn
H. McCarthy; Gen. Kudell;
Ralph A. Johnston, president
of the Houston Fat Stock
Show,and .Vernon Frost, pres-,
ident of the Houston Farm and .
Ranch Club. The fat stock i
show, farm and ranch club,
and chamber of commerce
have joined forces in sponsor-
ing the convention Houston.
Following the.-short after-
noon meeting the boys will
board a caravan of air condi-
tioned buses for a trip to the
San JaCinto Battlegrounds, .
shrine of Texas Independence,
and the huge battleship Texas,
berthed near the 600-foot San
Jacinto monument.
All of Wednesday will be
spent in convention business
sessjons, with thC exception of
Wednesday evening whgu._the
Shamrock Hotel is going all
out to provide hours of special
entertainment for the farm
and-ranch youths.
Zouzalik for a commission as
a second lieutenant in the
United States Army.
The camp is under the direc-
tion of Col. H. L. Boatner, pro-
r science and
. College of
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Sheriff’s Report Sen. Strauss Discusses
for Last Month Amendments Before ?
' 1 don t have anything,- to
Rotary Club Meet
t On last Thursday evening at
7 :45 p. m. in the American Le-
gion Hall; the Flatonia Rotary
"Chib put on its annual-summer
gathering, ' customarily ■ held
just prior to the time at which
new officers take over on the
first of July each year. „
Barbecued chicken was On-
joyed by the large group of
Rofarans, Rotary-Anns, invited
guests of the Rotarians and
the club. The’ gathering was
Rev. V. A. Raska.
Immediately following the
splendid repast, Mps. Lillian
Blythe, an exceptional accor-
dianist, played .several num-
bers to the delight of all those
in attendance. * '
Serving of master of cere-
monies was W. D. Johnson.
President J. B. Cook and the
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Plowman spoke briefly, as also
did incoming District Gover-
nor Eli Rubin of Hallettsville.
The principal speake’Pof the
evening, Senator Gus J-. Strauss
of Hallettsville, was intro-
duced by Moe Klein.
Th"e senator opened by stat-
ing that 541 bills were passed
by the recent Legislature, with
a majority being game laws
for the various counties, and
that the big appropriation bills
were passed first, due to rules
set up this year; the redistrict-
ing bill was passed^ He also
revealed how this waft done
and also revealed that Legis-
latiY©__exBenditures were the
same as those of previous ses-
sions. Sen. Strauss told of the
passing of the gathering tax
on natural gas, anti-gambling
laws with teeth in them, as well
as various anti-crime laws.
Then, the speaker revealed
he would give a brief review of
the five constitutional amend-
ments, passed by the Legisla-
Vybiral Daughter Born
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vybiral
are the proud parents of a
baby girl born Monday, July
2, at the Renger Hospital th
Hallettsville. The little miss
weighed six pounds 15 ounces
and has |)een named Barbara
J is {in.
Catholic Church Notes
Sunday: July 8.—Holy
Masses at 6 and 8 a. m.
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Scouts Now At
Camp for Week
The Flatonia Boy Scout
Troop left Sunday on their an-
thtn+ " wK's camp
Tom Wooten (July 1 to
July 7).
These boys went camp
and will work on the follow-
ing achievements:
Arnold Carl Tauch, first
class scout, work on merit .
Radges.
Donald Lee Plowman, first
class scout, work on merit
badges.
Jesse Logan,, first class
scout, wWrk on merit badges.
’* Larry DeWitt, second class
scout, work on first class re-
quirements.
Maxie Steinhauser, second
class scout, work on first class
requirements.
Ira Syler Jr., second class
scout, work on merit badges..
All Ira® needs to become a
first class scout is signaling,
therefore, he is eligible to start
working on his merit 'badge.?.
E. E. Plowman will stay at
Gamp-Tom Woolen th44 whole—-
week with the boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tauch
and ijavid and Mr. and Mrs.
Max Steinhauser and children
took the boys to camp.
VOLUME 76
Wildcat Test Spouts Oil 90
Feet Into Air Sunday Morning
. Exciterpent ran high in the
’• . Flatonia section last Sunday
’ morning when it was learned
that the deep wildcat test of
.—-.^he' jS’ohio Petroleum’ Co. "had
blown oil 90 feet into the air,
- thus presenting the possibility
of a new oil field for the Fla-
tonia area in Fayette County.
The.sudden thrust of pil reach-
ed the derrick man’s platform
located 90 feet from the
ground.
The total depth of the wild-
cat was reported to be approx-
imately 7800 feet,-with the oil
erupting from what*is known
as the Buda lime.
• This new oil strike is called
, the No. 1 N. B. Brown Estate
. and is located 11 miles north-
west of Fhitonia and about one
mile from Elm Grove. The lo-
cation is some 4 1-2 miles from
the Stein ha user-Huff produc-
tion.
Workmen at the <vcll were
’ at>1e to bring- it under control
almost immediately and then
went about the task of setting
casing in order to complete
the well. Estimates of poten-
tial production run high, but
. these are only estimates, as the
actual production will not be
known for quite some time.
In connection with oil ac-
tivity near here, Continental’s
No. 3 Huff Estate was recently
’ ^^^Sht in as a producer, thus
adding one more well to Fla-
tonia’s growing number of oil-
producing wells. This well is
some five miles northwest of
Flatonia and is producing
from what is known as the
Steinhauser formation, and is
another of the shallow pro-
ducers. .
had signed, a 31-day continua-
tion of the Defense Production
Act, amended to prohibit roll-
backs or new, ceilings during
July. Knocked' out by the
amendment will be Price Sta-
bilizer Michael V. DiSalle’s
planned ceilings on a number
of manufactured goods and a
second rollback on cattle
prices, effective Aug. 1.
_ Cong. Clark W. Thompson
today hailed the temporary
extension as “the only far way
for Congress to obtain a full
appraisal of all our controls
problems.”
“This action prevents the
price stabilizer from monkey-
ing with the buzz saw until
we have passed permanent
legislation,” the Ninth District
representative continued. “This
week we will take up the Sen-
ate bill and study it in the light
of the past year’s unsatisfac-
tory experience.”
Before considering the ex-,
tension measure, the House
last week passed the long-de-
layed Mexican farm labor pro-
posal. The bill then went to a
Senate-House conference com-
mittee, and final approval was
expected this week-.
Other Congressional action
included approval by the'
House Judiciary Committee of
a bill to give coastal states per-
manent rights to their tide-
lands. Texas, by the agree-
ment under which it entered
the union, would receive title
to its oil-rich submerged lands
for a distance of 10*1-2 miles
from the coast. House consid-
eration of the bill is expected
some time later this month.
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Pfc. Kenneth Brown
Attends Food School
One Marine who wont be
‘ growling about the chow” is
Mariner Pfc. Kenneth O.
Brown, 19, son of Mr. and_Mrs j._
ftTrral Route I’aRS(’d'
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Pfc. Brown is now attend-
ing Food Service School at
Camp Lejeune, N. C., the most
complete*amphibious training
base in the world and the
home of the Second Marine
.Division.
The course Brown is taking
covers such things as personal
hygiene and sanitation, equip-
ment, preparation and serving
of food.
A former student of Fla-
tonia High School, the young
Leatherneck enlisted in the
Marines on March 2 of this
year. He took his “boot”
training at San Diego, Calif.
Zouzalik To Get
Intensive Training
FORT HOOD, Tex., July 2.
Cadet (Victor E. Zouzalik, son
of Mr. and Mrs; E. H. Zou-
zalik of Flatonia, arrived here
recently to attend- the Reserve
Officers Training Corps sum-
mer camp.
Cadet Zouzalik, major in
agriculture at Texas A. & M.
College, will receive six weeks
of intensive field training. Em-
phasis will be placed on the
development of leadership
qualities and tactical employ-
ment of the latest weapons
and equipment. The cadets
will, participate in actual oper-
ations of a military unit under
simulated battle conditions.
The camp is being conduct-
. ed for nearly 1000 advanced
military students from 20 col-
leges, universities and military
academies in 10 different
states and the Territory of
Puerto Rico. Satisfactory com-
pletion of summer cAhin and
required military Instruction
Baptist Church Revival
To Begiijjt Muldoon
On Sunday, July 8
The Bi^ptist revival at Mul-
doon begins- on Sunday, July
8, with Rev. W. L. Shuttles-
worth of Houston preaching,
and Mr?. Edwa'rd Bigley play-
ing the pjano. We extend to
everybody a most cordial wel-
come to all of the services.
Hours for services are ten
o’clock in the mornings; sing-
ing begins at eigfrt o’clock in
the evenings. Please, every-
body, be at the church prompt-
ly at eight every evening to
sjng with us.
Wg have one of the greatest
E.' evangelists"in "Texas? Cotne,
everybody. . ..
L. L. F. Parker, pastor
OPS Meeting Slated
For Schulenburg
Merchants and businessmen
in Fayette County and vicinity
will have an opportunity to ob-
tain first-hand ' information
about government price regu-
lations Tuesday, July 10, at
Schulenburg.
An OPS price clinic will be
held from 9 a. m. until nodn
at the First National Bank.
Price specialists from the
Houston district Office of day from July 9 through
Brice Stabilization will cop-
duct the clinic with the coop-
eration of the cl_____‘___ S-
commerce. Tht ‘ 2__
and assist businessmen on all
OPS regulations.
Businessmen throughout the
area, including- operators of
such consumer service as laun-
dries, service stations, barber
shops, beauty shops, etc., are
fry th-durged.to bring their OPS prob-
lights of the five amendments, Winerich Jr., Houston OPS
director.
“OPS clinics are being held
on a local community level in
order to help 'all businesses
comply with government price
regulations,? Mr. Winerich
said. “All questions will be
answered by our representa-
tives and they will give busi-
nessmen and the public every
assistance possible.”
investigate a disturbance; call
at night to Cottonwood Inn, a
fight; five wera arrested; also
call to City Cafe, a drunk
jailed.
June 6. Trip to Schulenburg
vicinity for investigation.
June 7. Call to West Point'
and on to Smithville, one ar-
rested and jailed for theft;
also call to Fayetteville for in-
vestigation.
June 8. Twa men to Ellin-
ger to assist with funerals;
call near Schulepburg to check
on a calf reporSed ;
found in adjoinii
not stolep.
June ’9. C
reference theft*-of" money,I
money recovered.
Jurre 10. TrifTtb Hostyn and
general routine.
June 11. Call to Schulenburg
a wreck and one jailed for
theft of the money.
June 12. Call to Flatonia for
investigation.
June 13. Call to Plum, dis- 1
turbance at negro cafe. ’ , >
June 15. Call to Flatonia
and Giddings reference a cut-
ting, two jailed in this connec-
tion and one drunk jailed; call
to Park- to assist with an in-
quest. * *
June 16. Trip back to Park
to further investigate the
drowning of a young lady; two
jailed for DWI and one ar-
rested for reckless driving;
call to Oldenburg, a wreck;
call to Freyburg Hall refer-
ence a lot of mischief in that
vicinity and another trip to
Freyburg at night.
June 17. Regular routine
and trip to Ammansville.
June 18. Swiss Alp section
serving citations.
June 19. One brought in
from Schulenburg far fighting.
One jailed for prowling, one
arrested for violation of liquor
laws; call to Dobbins and Tom-
my Taylor’s places.
June 20. Another jailed for
violtaion of the liquor laws.
• June 21. Tpp to Freyburg
jsection for investigation.
June 22, One jailed for 4n-
decent exposure.
June 23. Worked on the ra-
dio station and all radio cars;
call on three wrecks at night.
• June 24. One deputy to Cis-
tern celebration and I went to
St. John and call at night on
another wreck. .
June 25. Trip to Engle and
Freyburg and arrested two
boys for breaking the lights al
the Freyburg Hall and other
mischief; at night, call to
Schulenburg to check on a dis-
turbance; also call on another
Wreck and two jailed for DWI
and one drunk; call at night
to Rutersville, a suspicious
man.
June 26, Call tn ..gkh>iip»_
burg after a patient for the
state hospital.
' June 27. One drunk brought
to jail from Flatonia? -*
June 28. Knippel to Austin
with patient for state hospi-
tal; I went to Flatonia and one
deputy to Haw Creek section
with election notices.
June 29. Two deputies post-
ing election notices all over
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. Excitement ran. high in the
morning when it was learned
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