The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1952 Page: 1 of 4
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School Week
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
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Oiivefsal Military Training Bill Edward F. Mueller WS
Fayette Letter Carriers
Re-Elect Officers At
La Grange Meeting
Officers of the Fayette
County Letter Carriers Asso-
ciation were re-elected at their
fall meeting held in La Grange
last Friday.
Heading the organization
are Kermit Blume of Ledbet-
tej', president; Hubert Little.of
Schulenburg, vice president,
and Frank Pechacek of Fla-
tonia, secretary-treasurer.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary named
Mrs. Frank Pechacek of Fla-
tonia as president, Mrs. Eu-
gene Hollas of ’ Schulenburg
vice presideiit, and Mrs. Ker-
mit Blume secretary-treas-
urer.
Delegates ajid alternates to
the state convention to be held
at Lubliock in July were named
as . follows:, carriers, J. W.
.Lueders <>£ .Muldoon and Lee
Krause or Round «Ton; Auxil-
iary, Mrs. J. .W. Lueders of
Muldoon and Mrs. John L.
Giese of West Point.
■ The next county meeting is
slated to be held in Flatonia.
It was announced that the
Ninth District carriers will
meet in La Grange in May or
June.
hold Wiedemann home during
Mrs. Aniia Steinhauser, Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Gosch and
children, Edgar Steinhauser,
and Miss Frances Mica' spent
Sunday in Austwell and Cor-
pus Christi.
. Frevtag k
rdiysTof
j'.’.F ,1 e. I'ultnnia Garden I Before entering the Nix
Club, will be held on Thurs- Hospital in San Antonio, Mr
day night, March 6/at 7:30 Koricanek visited in Dilley
o clock in the Communitv with his son-in-law ana
Hall. All members
to be present.,-
Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson and family and Anton man and daughters of Fred-
J. Pinn attended the rodeo in erickshurg visited in the Ar-
San Antonio Sunday. ’ ------ ’
Glothlin and son < 5 ~
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Haddock
Lena Kurts of Moultonspent
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J. D. Stuehrenberg.
for parents will begin with
short program in the g.,...
nasium after which the real
school day will begin with
each parent going to the roopi
in which their child has his or
her first class, meet the teach-
er, and find out what is done
every day.
There will be a lunch pe-
riod where refreshments will
be served the parents and
school will, resume for the
This school day.Will require
In Nix Hospital
2 C. W. Koricanek (Route 3,
’ 1. surgery
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I hursday Night, Mar fi moval of a cataract from his
. ,, (right ege. Dr. W. E. Muldoon
. *he regular-monthly meet- is the attending physician.
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NUMBER 9
Building of Flatonia
School System
In the first part of the month
of October, 1945, the Pin Oak
school building of.the then an-
nexed common school- district
No. 51 was moved to the' Fla-
tonia school campus and set
upon its foundation of creosote , --------
blocks by a Mr. Rinn, a house >n, Charlottenburg,
mover of the New Ulm conn-
munity. This building was put
to use in February, 1946, with
W. M. Milltcan beginning the
first agriculture classes, since |llved in Conzales
the'fall semester of 1941 * lyear&Jjm^haa-n
During the summer of 1946 I h°me m Flatonia si
a shop room was added on the
west end of the building. This
work was carried out under
the direction of Frank Prihoda
with the a_Me assistance of
Anton Pinn, our school cus-l
teacher, and Edwin Plowman" | ta’ne<^ fall
the superintendent. 1
Laborers were difinitely
the addition is still standing | interested in sports, particu-
and serving well. I.. .’”7 - " v':y ~
qf 1946 the students of the|w*^ Jnissed in
at
building. The total cost of
moving, enlarging-, and paint-
ing this building was $1700.
The farm shon is equipped
with woodworking tools which
were given to the school by Catholic Church Notes
Mr. Flato of Corpus Christi |
and the NDT program .which I Sunday, March 2,: Holy
was carried on during World Masses at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m.
* * Way of
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World Day of Prayer
Services on Friday
The World Day of Prayer
will be observed on Friday’
29, at the Methodist
Church from 2 until 3 p. m. i
All ladies are invited to At-
tend these special .services.
Garden Club Meets
Personals
Mrs. Harry Maeker attend-
ed H. DSv.Council meeting at
La Grange on Saturday after-
noon.
Mr. and "Kirs. Paul Green
visited relatives in Shiner on
Wednesday evening.
Miss Jacqueline Wiedemann
of New Braunfels spent the
week-end with home folks.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Wiedemann,
Evelyn; and Mrs. Harry Mark-
er took her back to New
Braunfels. , ■ -*
Mrs., Tom Beale, attended
the meetirig of the YorktoWif
group of Sunday school teach-
ers at Mission Valley on Sun-
day afternoon. •
. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hull of
San Antonio spent the 22nd in
the Paul Machalec home.
about two hours of your time the nexL the congressman de-
i as
NOTICE —
9 Notice is hereby given to all
UxPa.vers within the Qity.of-
^latonm to’nttike out and hand'
to me at my office, within two
months, from publication of
this notice, a full true and
complete .inventory of all real
or personal property owned-or
controlled by them and sub-
jePt to City taxation ori the
J’’’!!*, day of January, A. D.
R. A. Scheer,
Tax Assessor
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_Not JuivingJier radio_t uned
to the program and trying to
get it on fast enough, she fail- e
ed to identify her selection, IXlajoZ.McCoy* Lonnie
but has deceived an award bade, Frank Novak,
certificate for two dozen pair Gray, Christian Barta, and Joe
of Mojud hose and three |Grieve.
Those left to mounf his
I passing are : The widow, Mrs.
Dora Mueller, of-J'FIatonia; . .
three daughters, Mrs. I. L.
k£Maxine) Massey of Orlando,
. . Arnold F. (Cleo)
Earley of Houston, Mrs. Jackie
I (Billie) Brown of Houston; a
Ison, Edward Eugene Mueller,
I of Flatonia; two brothers,.
Arnold Mueller of Yoakum and
William Mueller of Sugar
I Land;- two granddaughters,
I Misses Vera Lee and Jo Ann
I Massey of Orlando, Fla. i
| Edward Friedrich Mueller
I Lavaca County, on Aug. 21’
1883. He was married to Miss
Dora Mueller of Flatonia on
Oct. 3, 1907 in Flatonia. They
'lived in Gonzales for three
-------... Jlatonia since*
Mr. Mualler was employed 'W
by Southern Produce Co. in
Flatonia for a number of years.
His occupation throughout the
years was that of a carpenter
- and pajnter, the trade at which
todian, Wilson Milljcan, the be. Waa working when he sue-
teacher, and Edwin Plowman, pained the fall on Feb. 16.
the superintendent. ’ He was known as a man"
were difinitely I was kind to everyone,
hard to get at that time, but °f others, and keen-
and serving well. In the'faU |la^/ fishing and baseball He
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griculture classes painted the | munity.
Mrs. Adela Gehrels of Shin-
er visited with relatives here
over the week-end.
Rev. E. B. Kolodzie
Moves To Koerth
This week, Rev. E.
Kolodzie, who. had been serv-
ing as pastor'of the Cistern
and Barton Creek Catholic
I churches, left to resume pas-
| torate of one of his former
parishes, that of St. John the
Baptist, at Koerth. .
He was succeeded at Cistern
by the former’ Koerth pastor,
the Rev, Ignatius Kopczynski.
rather Kolodzie seYvrd the
K^f^th congregation between
19J5 and 1938, and then U-as
pastor at Palacios, Boerne,
Nixon, Hondo, and Columbus
prior.to his going to Cistern.
School Census
All parents or guardians are,
required by state law to
enumerate children between
the ages of 6 and 18 for the
Public schooU-epsits. AU chil-
who will be six years of age on
or before Sept. 1/1952, will be
enumerated and the parents of
these children are asked to
ontact the superintendent of
schools, E. E. Plowman, and
sign a census card.
a Edwin E. Plowman, Supt.
3tC Census Trustee
Mr and Mrs. Jim Faj“kus
Kedc,n the Frank Syrinek
home Sunday evening.
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and information aS you j’our-
ney about the school, as you
did many years ago, and as
your children do today, with
! some changes.
Rites Held Sunday For
Mrs. Johnnie Wood
Mrs. Johnnie Wood, age 84,
died Friday at 11:40 a. m. at
the’ Crews Hospital, Gonzales,
and services were held Sunday
at 3 p. m. from the Seydler Fu-
neral Home in Gonzales, with
Rev. Claude 0’Neall, pastor of
the Waelder Baptist Church,
and Rev. M. T. Jenkins, pastor
of the Eastside Baptist Church,
Gonzales, officiating. Inter-
ment was made in the Gon-
zales Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Wood was born on Feb.
17, 1868, in Raleigh, N. Q,, her
parents being John William
and Mary Griffin, both natives
of North Carolina. She was-
married to Frank F. Wood,
who preceded her in death on
Jan. 16, 1936, She was a mem-
ber of the First Baptist Church
in Gjonzales. -
Survivors include a step-son, I
J. F. Wood. Gonzales; a step-
daughter, Mrs. Mattie Spann,
Ballinger; sister, Mrs. A. H.
Bailey, Flatonia; half-sister,
Mrs. George-Cooper, Moulton;
18 nieces and.nephews.
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| 2.88 Ins. Rain
‘ Ends Drouth
[ , . Beginning early last Thurs-
day afternoon and continuing
I at intervals until Monday
I morning, Flatonia received a
I. total of 2.88 inches of rain, ac-
cording to Lloyd Pearson's of-
Dividing the welcome fall of
water into days, the rainfall
was as follows:
Thursday, .60 inch; Friday,
L .. 1.45 inches; Saturday, .20
meh; Mopday, .63 inch.
This amount of rain helps a
great deal, as drouth has pre-
l vailQd here for many months;
however, it is hoped that more
rain falls within a short time.
Some ranchers report they
still need water in their stock
tanks. ------ ■
Scouts, Cubs Active
In Training Courses
* Patrol Methods and Funda-
mentals of Cub Scouting tVas
the main topic bf discussion at
the Cub Leaders and *§cout-
masters Training Courses in
the Flatonia High School Tues-
day night of last week. This
being the first of six sessions
in the training courses, 45
troop, and Cub pack leaders
( from_ Schulenburg, Flatonia
and La Grange were present.
Oris Day, field executive, in
charge of the meeting, said
that the purpose of the train-
ing course is, “The Know-How
of How. Scouting Operates.”
A technicolor film was shown
to answer some of the prob-
lems which the leaders had in
mind. The film also showed
..how the Bov Scouts and theirJX*of tVa™*
leaders should co-operate. f The Argus-
Preceding the meeting*-the
group divided into patrols and
each chose a patrol leader and
scribe. These oatrols make a
training troop which- will
function a great deal in scout-
Eor this session, Mr. Dav
.presided as‘scoutmaster and
Lloyd Jilek acted as senior pa-
trol leader.
Charlie Zimmermann, chair-
man* of the \listrict camping
committee, announced-:that the
dates for the Boy-Scout Camp-
orPe were set for Anril 25 and
_26. Camp will open at 4 p. m
“riday and close at 3:30 p. m
Saturday. The location for
the camn site has not been de-
termined. but he has several
convenient plates in mind.
Mr. Zimmermann also re-
noested that each troon should
send, him three suggestions of
what events they would like'to
see in the Camporee contest’
This information should be
given to Mr. Zimmermann as
soon as possible.
• The next scoutmasters train-
ing course will be held at La
Grange with the tonic of dis-
cussion being, “Program Plan-
ning.” under the leadership of
» Jne’ Kotrlik.
Cub News
Floyd Davis, director .of
Cubbing in the Capitol Area
Council, said the tonic of their
discussion was the fundamen-
tals of Cub Scouting. They
also covered the'duties and re-
. snonstbilities of the parents to
—'Cud Scouts. I hev ulso wore
shown a film, “What Cub
Scouting Is.”
The den meeting for the
Den Mothers will be held from
l_fo 4 n. m. oh Monday. Msuich
17, at La Grange. The Cub
pack committee will have their
evening session from 7-15 to
9?45 covering the park admin-
istration and program plan-
ning.
Mrs'. Kate MHler, bo™" Sm | vS
Grove, and-a brother, Mar-
shall McCrorey of San Ari-
SCOTTS ITEMS
Fine Rain Falls
- Our. people are happy and
thankful for the good rarins re-
ceived in the past week. 0.
J. Boehm’s gauge • registered
.two inches.
Mrs, Steinocher Improves
We are glad to report that
Mrs, Bill Steinocher is better
and is at home after a “feu*
days stay in the Renger. Hos-
pital in Hallettsville.
Injured in Accident
Frank Zamykal was badly
cut on his arm last Wednesday
• while cutting wood- with a
nower saw. Fourteen stitches
were needed to close the
wound. He is getting along
•ill right at this time.
Attend Wedding ‘ • ’
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Novak
and children of New Orleans,
' La., M>r. and Mrs. Karl Kofcb-
man and children of Fort
Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Frankie
Barta of Houston; Mr. and
Mrs. Theo. KrhovjaR. and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Zamykal and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Svatek and chil-
dren attended the wedding of
Charles Zamykal and Mrs. Al-
bina Pesek of Hallettsville,
which took place Mon’da.y
morning, Feb. 25, in the Cath-
olic Church at Moulton.
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1 hompson said he would
'Hie telescoped school day UMT Under military control,
‘ j a permit reservists to be called
gym- to active duty “without consent
The
was in charge of F. A. Nesrst'a, schedule is to help care ’fiin change ‘tFe
XJlt Mil v« 0.. .. I f*/ k *• 4 V» x-» m • • —- V .•
pounds, shown* by John ’ Joj • ,’!0".,nan- Presentetra number
at $100 per pound.
shown by^^Leo Jares, bought
In the morning, Lloid Jlen-
as judge of all exhibits.
.
Joe ’ Marshall Kelly;
gene Peters^ lambs. ’Billy Joe
Simond served as auctioneer at
the sale, with Earl Needham
The show and sale
sidered successful ...
way, with the sale being
room for 35c. The parents are P1.
especially 'invited to visit the 1 developments
rooms of their /children and .“then vote f'o
a n d
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nrovjde. _qjje nation. .
.J security.”
legislation is very
misunderstood,”’ he
1 urge every- '
explain
W hen the
Being Considered in WashingtonLa,d t0 Red
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.^- L ‘
(lenvral debate on the univer-
sal military training bill was
•scheduled to start in the House
•L’presentativt.s this week,
_-igAiuTTKc v^e
early next week.
Cong, ( lark W. Thompson,
. . .committed to UMT in
piinciplo, planned to watch
. . J closely
then vote for whatever
r .. ____ ■ - -.sure will nrc ”
f((|»owmg--arrangmwnt-r Par- 'mOTflieWt :
“This legislation
greatly i '
continued, “and I
which should explain this
w^ek’^ debate. When the va-
rious amendments are pro-
PJ'St'(lT MLI hajxe. we-
... i present bill to
conform more nearly with that
i<•< <>rninen<lv<l by the veterans
’“For example, I would sup-
port an amendment to cut the
basic training period from six
to lour months,” Thompson
observed. “This. Ufmkl en-
able our young men to con-
tinue" their education uninter-
rupted and at the same time
Flatonia) underwent r"“~
I on Friday, Feb. 22, for the
(right ege. Dr. W. E. Muldoon
Before
Thurs- Hospital in San Antonio, Mr.
Community with his son-in-law and daugh-
s are urged ter, Mr. and Mrs. Q. o.
i Hunter. ,.,7
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hanne-
J. Pinn attended the rodeo in erickshurg visited in the
~.^J’..'and Mra* Ernest Me- the week-end.
of Luling,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Haddock
and sons of Waelder and Mrs.
Lena Kurtz of Moulton spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
called Jeanne Gress I Feb. 21, in the Yoeuns Hospi-
ol this city, to^idgntify a piece |tal in Weimar. Injuries, suf-
of music being played at the 1 ' -
time on the ABC radio net-
work.
fur.lreatment_jQ*f his fall
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Flatonia is and why it was so (considered critical, and
' "passing was entirely
pected. He had reached the •
age- of 68 years and six
months. - "I
Rev. Charles F. Bowes of-
ficiated at the funeral services.
The body was tenderly laid to —- —-1
rest in Flatonia City Cemetery. |
Serving 0 as
award bade, Frank Novak,
February NW'
Final rite* were held last
Saturday‘afternoon^ Feb. 23, at ....
2, o’clock from. .the Smith JEu-g
tl^isj^rtkVftm; f^Milel^ ^o
p/lOH/i nvnM 4-•% *-A I)/’ C* I - u _ -• •
Antoni°, culled Jeanne Gress |Feb. 21, in the Yoeuns'Hospi-
fered in a fall on Jan. 16 re- .
suited in his death. While it
was known he was in the hos-
fiTomes, askecriier just where tlnjuries, his condition was, not
p Iui/»H1<> 1 o «» »-» zl *X ._ I — _ __ *1 i */• « __ JI I- -
named. All this being heard
on the air, Jeanne said she was
Wered, but others who
flLlbv program say she did
Beken, Hagan & Kahanek,
Needham, Maeker Buy
FFA Grand Champs
Dividing the welcome fall nf FFA Chapter, held on Thurs- ( ll,b Notes— !„atJu^hJ« th4.^h'’01 .lluich already con
/Visiting Rotarians present at
last F iiday s meeting w’ere
Paul Wakefield of Schulen-
burg,■ Lee Sed.lrmeyer’ of
Shiner, L. C. Stokes of Schul-
enburg, II. E. Deterling df
Schulenburg, and Dean H E
were Doss Decherd of San An-
tonio, and Mrs. Lee Sedle-
mever of Shiner.
program of the day
who, aided, by Supt. E. E.
I Plowman. prosenterpif Iii;n;ke,
of slides showing the buildings
of the Flatonia school system.
Mr. Plowman also gave\i dis-
cussion of the. buildings ,as
they were shown.
PTA Night Meeting
Proves Successful
The joint* PTA “Founders
Day” and “Family. Relations”
meeting proved to be a very
successful one on Tuesday'
night, Feb. 26, in the high
school auditorium.
The following program was.
presented: ‘
Prayer, Rev. L. L. F. Parker.
Minuet, Fifth Grade.
Founders Day Skit.
Comments on “Family Re-
lations,” by Jerry Coers and
Mrs. Cecil Nix.
Fjlnrs, “Feeling of Rejec-
tion,’’ “Shy Guy.’1
Mrs. Ira Syler, publication
■chairman,, reported that she r.
had gotten five subscriptions al;fFnooJ}’
to Parent-Teacher Magazine.
E. E. Plowman, chairman of
the school needs program,-re-
ported that two meetings had
been held,' plans made for
Public School Week (March
2-8), and invited all parents
to visit the school and lunch
room during this tinie. , ’
Mrs. Arnold Tauch read
some of the accomplishments
achieved by the Flatonia PTA
during this school teym.
.■ . . Mr. Plowman announced thv
World Day of Prayer services
to be held at the Methodist
Church on Feb. 29, from 2 un-
til 3 p. m. , t
The Fourth Grade won the
book count.
Refreshments ' of cookies,
sandwiches, coffee, and choc-
olate were enjoyed by all in
the Homemaking Cottage. ’
Services Sunday At
Flatonia Baptist Church
Services will be held Sun-
day, March 2, at the Flatonia
Baptist Church, both at 10:30
a. m. and 7:30 p. m„ with the
Rev. 1. J. Holland ot AVharton
doing the preaching.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
Sunday, March, 2.:
. unc
The devotion of fto '
the Ci-oss, Fridays-, at 7:30
p. m. ’ y ■*
Muldoon Baptist Church'
Bunday School every Suh-
ajr, 10-11 a. m.
Preaching every Sunday, 11
la. m.; ijigm, 7c30 p. m.
W.M.tl. every Tuesday, 2:30
p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wed-
nesday, 7,130 p. m.
Everybody cordially invited
to be in all of our services.
L. L. F. Parker, pastor
The Methodist Church
FLATONIA—
Morning worship, 9:?0 a. m
Church school, 10 :30 a. m.
M. Y. F., 5.00 p. m.
Choir practice every Thura*
day, 7:30 p. m.
W.S.C.Sv oh the second Mon-
day of each month, 3 p. m.
MULDOON—
Church school, 10 a. m.
Morning woi
first and third _ ,
Evening worship, 7 p. m.
first and third Sundays.
COLONY—
have lunch according to the
ents who have children in the
first and second grades visit on
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al l,n..knc,r: s.h“
nesday, seventh and eighth
grades visit on Thursday, and
high school grades on Friday.
for the additional numbers
who will visit -during tfie week ... _u
and the lunch room staff and Krganizatiom*
teachers cah better prepare to
entertain the parents and citi-
zens.- Any parents and citi-
zens who do not have children
in school are cordially invited
to visit the sthdol on any day.
The second project and 'a
very important One, will be the .
school day for all parents and provide the- necessary funda-
F’tizeas J,nt Tuesday evening, /mentals in handling weapons.”
Thompson said he would
fight, any proposals to put
permit reservists to be called
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of Congress, or to alter the
“code of conduct” for trainees.'
f “These provisions must re-
main substantially as they
are,” he pointed out, “so as to
assure a completely demo-
cratic system.”
Thompson made a hurried
trip to Galveston last week to
confer,with local officials re-
garding the establishment of
an air force base there. Fly-
ing down one night and back
this Tuesday evening, but you scribed his one-day mission
will find it worthwhile, in fun “very successful.”
Final RitesjAre Held
For Mrs. Cora Fike
Fune’ral services were held
at the Elm Grove Baptist
Church Wednesday, Feb. 20,
.for. Mrs. Cora Fike, 69, who
expired Tuesday at Schulen-
burg, where she had been re-
siding at the Colonial Rest
Home. Interment was -made
in the Elm Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Fike was born at Elm
Grove, the daughter of Abel
and Sarah Weir McCrorey.
She was the widow of the late
Sam Fike.
Surviving here arc two sis-
. cu.n piuLcu ujuis in me snoj
land they have remained there.
Next week we shall give in-
formation on the school gym-
nasium.
11
Sflhdays.
first and third Sundays.
COLONY—
Special notice to the mem-
bers and friends of the Colony
Methodist Church:
The hour for preaching from
now until warm weather will
be 3 o’clock P. M. instead of
the evening hour. You are
cordially invited to come and
worship, with us, each second
and fourth Sunday of the
month.
F. C. Harrell, partot
FFA Chapter, held on Thurs-
day of last week at the auction
barns of the Flatonia Livestock
Com mission’Co.,- the champion
exhibits- were sold as auction,
as follows: ■
Grand champion steer, 835
pounds, shojyn by. Royce Need-
79c-per pound.
Grand champion swine, 273
pounds, shown by Wiley Mil-
ler, bought by Hagan & Ka-
hanek at 75c per pound.
Grand champion larrfb, 95
Migl, bought by Earl Needham
at $1.00 per pound.
Grand champion broilers,
shown by Leo Jares, bought
by Harry Maeker for $37.00..
In the morning, Lloid Jlen-
dersqn of Schulenburg'served
as judge of all exhibits. The
showmanship awards went io:
Joe-Marshall Kelly; steeds;
Wiley Miller, swine; and Eu-
gene Peters, lambs. Billy Joe
Simond served as auctioneer at
the sale, with Earl Needham
se starting prices.
was con-
in . every
ceptionally pleasing in. spite- of
the rain which fell during the
afternoon prior to the sale.
Complete results of all plac-
ing, exhibitors, and sales, can
be found elsewhe^g in this’ is-
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Bridges, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1952, newspaper, February 28, 1952; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1255048/m1/1/: 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.