The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1951 Page: 2 of 6
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THE ONLY WAY!
He was a retired business-
man, turned gentleman farm-
er. Back in'the city for a day,
he was extolling the joys of
farm living to an old acquain-
i tance. “Fred, you just canlt
beat "it for relaxation. When
I’m feeling low, I go out and
milk a cow.” .
“That’s the only way you
could, when I was a boy,” re-
plied his friend. .
Mrs. G. S. Eidelbach return-
ed Sundav from a week/8 visit
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THE FLATONIA ARGU3, THURSDAY. JANUARY £5,
“I GIVE YOU TEXAS”
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"If you can’t teach old dogs n'ew'tffks, I'll try the pups," declared
pioneering county agent Tom- M. Marks in 1907 after the farm demon-
Wtratora in Jack County, Teyasf had mad, a nt...... .t »i..—■
—---aui’n giuvVll under trifnoristrtft ion methods. Tlie’ next year newspapers’
were full of praises of a group of Jack county farm boys who had
made unusual com yields in Mr. Marks.’ corn club. Thus the farm youth
club work in Texas was born. Today there, are 113,514 4-H club boys
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is fast developing new leaders for our agriculture of the future.
... Tom Marks’ "pups” arejjeauiing new.tricks and taking them back
home to their parents. '
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1 COLOrfr NEWS
(Mrs. A. C. Cowan, Cor.)
Sick Folks
Sorry to report* Mrs. Sam
Cowan and Mrs. Ida Brown on
the sick list.
them a speedy recovery.’
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Personals
Mrs. Bernice
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nt practices by
hk are effective
Bhating losses
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Texas Venture
In Edypation • 1876-1951
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By BOYCE HOUSS
FYom time to time," wiec-
dotes have been tpld in this
space about Big-Foof Wallaug,
that grand old frontiersman '
and colorful Texan. Several
years ago, Annie A. Poor of
San Antonio wrote me a letter
about Big-Foot
“He was my great uncle and
would visit our home when he
published each Thursday" in
the Argus,,BuiJding, Penn Ave.
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Geo. W. Bridges
Owner and Publisher
UNITED GAS^*— ~~
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Flatonia Lumber Co.
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A Cancelled Check
ville, Texas, left Sunday, Jan-
uary 21st, for Dallas and Fort
Master John Ed ward Bigle.wof Worth to th« Spring and Sum-
mer. Style Shows for all ladies
ready-to-wear. These styles
will be shown from New York,
California, Chicago and Saint
Louis.*. All these up-to-date
styles in ladies ready-to-wear
will be shown in the Meyerhoff
Pry Goods Company store for
Spring and Summer;, so w^en
you get rea^y for your Spring
and Summer outfit, see Meyer-
hofFs fifist. They can fit the
whole family from head to
foot and will at all times save
you money. We claim the
Excellent Paints, Varnishes,
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Lynn Were week-end visitors in
Cameron.
Save 25 per cent of your hog
feed by using Singer’s Miner-
als in your feed. Jones Drug
Store. —------------
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Dorsey*
motored to Marble Falls Satr
urday to spend the day,, and
Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. J.
B. Cadwell and little sops. —
It’s good to see That'5 Mrs.
Charles Wehmeyer is ‘well
enough to be about again.—
Mrs. .Winnie Maeker is con-
fined in Dr. Wagner’S Hospi-
tal in Shiner after having sub-
mitted to a serious operation.
Rev. V. A. Raska attended
the funeral of Mrs. Louis Ma-
tula Sr., mother of ReV. A. Ma-
tula of St. John’s and Moravia,
at Hallettsville-Monday.
' Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Collins
and children of El Campo vis-
ited at the Catholic rectory on
Monday. 4
Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
wore in San Antonio on
ness Tuesday. > » j
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pisil, James Vackar and Ed-
* -■pVdftPSfr’ihe? were Yoakum vis-
itors Sunday evening at the
open air theatre.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. McWhir-
ter were in- San Antonio on
business Monday.
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ladies rerfUy - to-wear, trim-
mings^ ladies underwear, hats,
men’s and boys’ clothing, and
that line of ladies slippers that
you hear all the ladies talk
about “the natural bridge
line;” men’s Nun-Bush shoes,
Manhattan shirts and under-
wgar, Interwoven hose for men
and Stetson hats, all first class
advertised lines you can find
at Meyerhoff’s store in HaL
letUville... ..„:;
. The Meyerhoff Dry
Goods Co.
The Big Store on the Cohiej-
The Store That Advertises
Nothing But the Truth ,
The Store That Always Sells,
It For Less
Lavaca County’s Best, Biggest
And Busiest Dry Goods Store
'The Outstanding Dry Goodt
Store in Lavaca County”
HALLETTSVILLE, TEXAS
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The use of good sanitation
and managenvt
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means' for pi^
from swine enti
Locals and Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Weh-
meyer ami Miss Louise Weh-
Entered as second mnt Imeyer attended the funeral of
ter al. the post office at Fla Robert Wehmeyer in Yoakum
tonia, Texas under the Act of Tuesday.
Mrs. R. A. Wheeler Sr. is a
guest of Mi’s. L. N. Lyon in
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph George
of Houston ** ,wepe 'Sunday
guests of Dr. and Mrs. *L. A.
WheelerL ,
"ME and Mrs. 0. J. Pittman
and little son, Davie", and Miss
Jeanne Wheeler were* Hous-
ton visitors Saturday. —;—~~ —
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Wheel-
er and sons, Ricky and Bubba,
were guests during the past
week of Dr. and Mrs. L. A.
Wheeler Sr.
Gabardine and long sleeved
dresses 'at great reductions.
Art & Gift. Shop.
Mrs. ’W. O. Garbarte"’ is
spending several * days this
week with the Curtis Giesecke
family in San-Antonio.
F. W, Thulemeyer, Mr. arid
Mrs. Hugo Stein, Mr. and Mrs. ""“Xs'm’Antnn^ JT”6"
Arnold Tauch, Paul Tauch and ■ b San Antoni°- m°th.
John Keil attended the district
meeting of the Hermann Sons
Lodge in Gonzales Sunday.
Mr. und Mrs. A. F. Kleiber
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THAT’LL DO IT
Wild-eyed Man—“Oh, doc-
tor, I’m areadfully- afflicted.
X 2Tl?e ghosts of my departed rel-
atives come and “perch on the
tops of the fence posts all
around my garden when dusk
is falling. I can look out into
the gloaming any evening and
see a couple, of dozen spooks
sitting on top of the posts, wait-
ing, waiting, waiting! What
'can I do?”
Doctor—“Sharpen the tops
• of the posts.”
„. , . . , — ' - -- and little daughter,, Sandra
High yielding pastures are a 1 *—** *----------’■ —J -!i
, cash crop and should be treat-
ed as such.
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ORDER YOUR
TICKETS NOW
JAN. >1 THRU FEB. 11
TAKE YOUR CHOICE! . . . Ord.r your
tickets by mall, toy 'tohbne or pick
them up yourielf at we Milby Hotel
lobby. Addresi maW Mairs tot Ticket
DiActor . . . P. 0. toe 2371 . . .
Houston, Texas. AMMh extra 40c to
cover tha east of riralftarecf mail. Or
|uit call AT-1118 for retervationa The
prices are 12.10 1*63 60 And do re-
member to get yoyiJpront Gate Tickets
at a saving of MY / . , by gelling
them NOW . . of four tickets
for only
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er’s maiden name was Mary
Jane Wallace and she was
born in Gonzales County.
“Big-Foot was very palsied
and it was my duty and pleas-
ure to. help steady his coffee
cup.
“A hammered silver brooch,
set with an amethyst, is one
of my treasures*, presented to
M'.’.by Big-Foot on-my 14th-
birthday.
. !, 11 ‘ ’’U H1. a It'Union j C|Ub work in Texas was born. Tudav there .-i
nt < nnlederate veteiwm.-wa'-H. •rxd girls in 4^05 club.'
held in Floresville, celebrat-
ing the dedication of the new
icourthouse. Big-Foot w a s
there and the center of attrac-
tion. The' evening’s festivities
started with a ball which Big-
Foot and I were to open by
leading the grand march.
“The merchants of Flores-
ville decided at the 11th hour
that he should be fitted with
new clothing instead" of march-
ing in his old homespun clothes
and brogan shoes with brass
toe tips. The result was I
standing around waiting for
on him" -finally arriveij as
marchers putting" around
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DI^ D. k TAYLOR
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes examined Glasses fitted
Schroeder Bldg. Phoncf 353
La Grange, Texas
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Eatablished Jan. 1, 1875
Reich man s Leave For
Fort Worth, Dallas
Style Shows
Mr. and Mn. Sam Reich-
We hope for man, buyers for the Meyer--
hoff Dry Goods Co., Halletts-
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The Ideal Place To
MEET YOUR
FRIENDS
For choice food* and the finest
of drings.
Plate Lunches Steaks
Sandwiches Aeg. Dinners
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A f performers and a lot of good acts to make the
/\\j big show a success.. That’s the way it is in the .<Jm|
\/ natural gas business, too. We of United Gas
have thousands of employees performing fiun-. -
I dreds of acts every day in the production,
\ ) transmission and distribution of natural gas.
The result — dependable natural gas service
for some 400 cities and towns and more than
2,000 industries, many of which are being
called upon to help strengthen the defense of
free notions against aggression. Thisj^yr big. *----*- ——
gest act. of oil—the delivery of adequate, . ' •
dependable supplies of natural gas to those ‘ ‘
industries. ' ' . • <
; it is a witness that will stand up in any court ;
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\ Open your checking account now at the Fla- J
j tonia State Bank and provide yourself with ;
- ; the best in payment protection., It’s simple, I
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why you’ve been without it.
Flatonja, State Bank
YOUR FRIENDLY BANK
Flatonia, Texaa
was
him. Lie. .finally arrivecj
arid we brought up the rear.
As soon as the march was end-
ed, Big-Foot sat down near the
door, pulled off "his new shoes
and put on h^HM
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right, whW| ■
ly well witl^B
"j. was a master oB
?' shift” wherein
drawn, fired, tossed Tri~tKe air,
^'caught in the other hahd'aniF
firing resumed. He was city
marshal; then as head of a de-
teettve agency, he convinced
saloon and gambling hall pro-
prietors that they* needed his
protection—except Luke Short
owner of the White Elephant
Saloon, who had done quite a
little effective shooting in Ari-
zone and Kansa.T’boom towns.
The two had a short conver-
sation and both went for their
guns. * A bullet from Short’s
„ weapon, out first, hit Court-
W right’s right thumb; he toss-
g ed up the gun for the “shift”
H but while it was in the air,
C Short fired-three more limes
R and Courtright had the long-
k est funeral procession Fort
B Worth had ever seen.
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Maildoon spent Saturday wrtn
i Mrs. Ethel Bigley.
I Mr. and Mrs. Oran Best of
Sari Alitonio -spent the week-
"erid'with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Brown.
. Mrs. F. W..Brown, and Bil-
lie Ken were business visitors
to Weimar Friday, «
Mrs. Ernest Bigley and Mrs.
«B Sellers attended workers,
conference in Gonzales Fri-
day. .
* -Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ball of
Harwood and Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Frierson of Flatonia
spent Sunday "with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Bigley.
A. M. Frierson of Bristow, largest »tock of piece goods,
tOfcla. spent Thursday night ' ‘
with his sister, Mrs. Ethel Big-
i Lorene Brown srient Friday
with Mr. and Mns. J. Q. Tyrrell.
Mtfrs. Ethel Mgley spstpl Sun-
day With MrS. Ida Brown.
.4 Mr. «rfd Mrs. A. C. Cowan
spent Sunday with his mother,
“Mrs. Bessie Cowan.
Mr. and Mrs. J, C- Fipch
Jeddo visited Mr. and Mrs.
Enoch Needham Tuesday
I night. •
Mrs. Dave Ellis and
tin Sunday.. ♦ •
THE SMARTEST!
“Who was the Smartest man
> ever Jived?’’ the third
to see what the children would
say., ,
-“Thomas Edison,” came a
.voice from the back row.
| Pleased, she asked why he
chose Edison.
' ‘‘Well,” Sammy explained,
. r ■ “he invented the phonograph'
Any of the Commonly usea and the radio just so pebple
household , soaps can be used, would stay up all night and
Handwashing is recommend- use his electric light bulbs.”
ed for the delicate trixnmings. , . ' __
Squeeze the" suds through the 1 [ w_
fabric, rinse in warm water, tinea at Jones Drug Stoi
squeeze out excess moisture _________
and hang to dry. J Argus si4>scnptlana,for sabi,
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Bridges, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1951, newspaper, January 25, 1951; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1254477/m1/2/?rotate=0: 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.