The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
SEALY, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1935
VOLUME 48—NUMBER 1
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WITH 16 MEMBERS;
DIRECTOR CHOSEN
FRANK H. MELONECK
PASSES AWAY IN
HOUSTON HOSPITAL
EARNED BY C. P. & L
IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
OVER 100 PEOPLE
HEAR SPEAKERS AT
HARTSVILLE MEETING
Remainder of Austin
County School Meet to
Be Held March 22-23
THREE BALE COTTON
ACT TO AID TENANTS
OF SMALLER FARMS
Mother of Mrs. Gordon
Dies at Indiana Home
3 R. Contest
Story Telling
Declamations:
Are You Interested
In A First Aid Class?
Deepest sympathy is extend-
ed to Mrs. Gordon in her be-
reavement.
can Co-Eds!
Thelma Todd and Patsy
Kelly Comedy and
Latest News!
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Saturday, March 23:
Radio Pictures Presents
STEFFI DUNA,
francis McDonald
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“Variety Nite” to Be Presented
Next Week, Friday, March 29
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Final plans are being made for the most entertaining event
of the year—“Variety Nite”—which will be given one week
from tonight. The program will consist of songs and dances by
children of the grammar school, a one-act play by some of the
best talent in Sealy, and, lastly an old-fashioned black-faced
minstrel. Refreshments will be served at the clase of the per-
formance by members of the Pep Squad.
Would you like to see the “La Cucaracha,” latest Spanish
dance, put on like it should be? Can you imagine Superintendent
Presnell as the stern old judge who has to pass sentence on
Miss Nentwig for doing “40 miles an hour?” Would you like
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Presents—
FRED MacMURRAY and
ANN SHERIDAN in
“CAR 99”
Also Selected Shorts
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The dance at the Liedertafel
Hall Saturday night was a suc-
cess, in spite of the cold weath-
er. Two hundred and twenty-
three tickets were sold. Two
orchestras, Bender’s and Happy
Cousins, furnished the music.
to see and hear Shem Hatchett and Fred Westerman, black as
pitch and warbling sweet music, and an entire blackface circle
of seventeen people, each of which will send you in to peals
of laughter?
There will be music, solos, duets, tap dances, harmonica
solos and duets, and jokes. If you don’t care to laugh, the High
School auditorium will be no place for you on next Friday night.
Some of our leading citizens will be the “goat” in some of the
jokes.
This entertainment will benefit the Sealy Athletic Associa-
tion. For the past several years large crowds have turned out
for “Fancies and Follies.” As the expense has always been large
for this production, especially for the costumes, it was decided
to have a different type of program. And so “Variety Nite” will
give you the type of program that will be sure to please—
singing, dancing, acting and comedy galore. Some of those
scheduled to take part are Mr. Borgel, Mr. Presnell Mrs. Hess,
Miss Nentwig, Mr. Home, Mrs. Mikulenka, Robert Hill, Fred
Westerman, C. V Rice, Mrs. Moebes, Nettie Marie Hill, Ola
Balke, Dorothy Moebes, Miss Peavey, Miss Vint, Eddie Hluchan,
Dee Brune, Bud Hughes, Mrs. M. E. Ball, Mrs. George Cook,
Shem Hatchett, Viola Pescheke and Roddie O’Connor. There
will be over twenty-five grammar children in their several
numbers.
The admission will be 15c and 25c. Every seat in the house
will be reserved, but at no extra cost. Tickets are on sale at
Meyer’s Drug Store. Those who buy theirs early will have the
. best seats. Don’t forget, the curtain goes up at 7:45 sharp.
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The Interscholastic League
meet of Austin Co. will take
place at Wallis today and to-
morrow. The program is sched-
uled as follows:
Friday, March 22
LITERARY EVENTS
9:30 to 9:45
Assembly in High School
Auditorium
Arithmetic_______________-------Room 6
Essay Writing_____________Room 7
Spelling__________________________Room 3
Picture Memory-------------Room 4
GINGER ROGERS and
FRED ASTAIRE in
“ROBERTA”
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ANN HARDING in
“Biography of a
Bachelor Girl”
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Spring made its official entry
shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday,
and a balmy, spring-like day it
proved to be. Vegetation is
springing up, trees are budding
and every indication that the
queen of the seasons has truly
arrived is in evidence. All that
is necessary now is for a suf-
ficient rainfall to come to this
vicinity to cause the flower,
vegetable and other seed to
germinate. This, the weather
man promised, but even the
gentleman who claims to under-
stand weather is more often
wrong than right in Texas.
ant farmers suffered discrimi-
nation when cotton allotments
were made. It is alleged that
large land owners met the re-
striction problem by reducing
their number of tenants.
Therefore, dispossed or unem-
ployed tenants drifted to feder-
al relief rolls.
President J. S. Wanamaker
of the Cotton Growers Associa-
tion estimates that cotton cur-
tailment has forced 40 per cent
of the growers on relief rolls.
The effect of the Doxey bill
would be to reduce the cotton
allocation of the larger produc-
ers, thereby enabling the ten-
ant producers to return to a
maximum three-bale production
and depart from the dole.
For Little Fellow
The Doxey bill is “legislation
for the little fellow.” It guar-
antees to him his normal share
in profits from cotton produc-
tion while imposing on. the
large operator drastic limita-
tion. The House favored the
bill by more than two to one.
There can be no mistake about
the redistribution of wealth ob-
jective. Witness the remarks of
Representative J. W. Martin
Jr. (R. Mass.):
“I recognize the need for
prompt passage of the legisla-
tion. Hundreds of thousands of
cotton farmers have been push-
ed into dire distress through
the operation of the curtail-
ment program.
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OVER SEVEN MILLION Sealyewinsvourrnirst
Jerome Kubala of East Ber-
nard, who owns and operates
the well known Kubala Hatch-
ery, was in Sealy Tuesday in
the interest of his hatchery.
Mr. Kubala stated that his
business is growing steadily
and he is receiving a liberal
amount of patronage from this
section. His place is equipped
with a Smith all-electric incu-
bator. Read his ad elsewhere in
this paper.
Friday, the first part of the
County Meet was held at Wallis
at which time the tennis match-
es took place.
Sealy school came out with
all four first places. Marian
Claire Koy played for the girl’s
singles, and Adelle Frimel and
Geradline Hatchett represented
the doubles. Freddie Hluchan
was the boy’s single player,
while Freddie and Ennis Nent-
wig composed the boys’ doubles
team.
The playground ball games
were also played. Sealy won
second in the junior high school
girls divsion, and both the
junior boys and junior girls
were given third place in the
ward school division.
storm damages.
During the year there was
provided for Federal 3% tax on
sales of residential and com-
mercial electricity, $93,126.16
which was formerly paid by
the consumer. There was also
provided for Federal capital
stock tax $12,102.
After deducting operating ex-
penses, including proviive Cvt
retirement, interest on funded
debt, general interest and
amortization, there remained _ a
net income of $261,271.49 avail-
able for preferred stock divi-
dends as compared with $335,-
127.22 for 1933. On August 1,
1934, the company resumed the
payment of preferred dividends
which were discontinued on
February 1, 1934, by the pay-
ment of 371 cents per share
on the 6% preferred stock and
43% cents per share on the 7 %
preferred stock.
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An educational meeting of
somewhat wider scope was held
in conjunction with the regular
farmers’ discussion gathering
at the Hartsville School on Fri-
day, March 15.
Along with many other
prominent speakers and visitors
was heard C. A. Taylor of the
State Department of Agricul-
ture, whose address on “Sani-
tation of the Dairy Farm” was
well presented and received. J.
A. Stark, who conducts the
regular meeting at this school,
presided, at a gathering of ap-
proximately one hundred peo-
ple. ——
It is to be hoped that these
gatherings will be made larger
and better through the efforts
of the community members, for
whose benefit they were origin-
ally instituted.
Hartsville extends a welcom-
ing hand to all who will aid in
creating and keeping alive an
interest in the social and eco-
nomic problems that face every
progressive people. Make it a
point to attend these meetings
—and participate.
Frank H. Meloneck, 50, died
in a Houston hospital Monday
morning at 7:12, following a
long illness. Several weeks ago
he suffered a severe attack of
influenza which left him in an
extremely weakened condition.
He had been in Houston two or
three weeks under treatment of
physicians and it was not
known here the seriousness of
his condition. The report of his
rdeath came as a complete sur-
prise to friends and relatives.
The remains arrived from
Houston Monday and funeral
services were held at the fami-
ly residence Tuesday afternoon
■at 1:30, Rev. A. E. Hughes,
pastor of Meyers Memorial
Methodist Church, officiating.
Later the body was carried to
Millheim cemetery where ser-
vices were continued under aus-
pices of the Sons of Herman, R.
A. Engelking, Sr. being the
speaker. A large gathering of
sorrowing friends and rela-
tives were present to pay their
last respects to this good man,
laid to rest among large banks
of flowers, which testified to
the high esteem in which he
was held.
Surviving are his wife and
two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle
Stravoski and Miss Waldine
Meloneck; two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Ludwig and Miss Louise
Meloneck, and two brothers,
Herman and Emil Meloneck, of
Sealy.
Mr. Meloneck was born at
Millheim December 1, 1884, and
was married to Miss Lillie
Goebel January 18, 1911. Twen-
ty years ago he moved to Sealy
and engaged in the mercantile
business. Some years later he
retired from business and ac-
cepted employment in the Sealy
Broom factory, where he con-
tinued to work until a few
months ago when his health be-
came poor. He was scrupulous-
ly fair and honest in dealings
with his fellow-man and will be
greatly missed by his wide
circle of friends.
Austin County Meet
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Sealy is to have another
brass band which promises to
be a real live and peppy or-
ganization. A meeting of those
interested was held in the
Chamber of Commerce hall
Tuesday night and sixteen
members were enrolled.
G. W. Gaedecke of Cat
Spring, a band man of long ex-
perience, will meet with the
local organization every Tues-
day night and direct them. Mr.
Gaedecke will also give private
instructions on Tuesday after-
noon, preceeding the rehearsal.
■ Saturday, March 30:
BUCK JONES in
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The Rev. A. W. Nesvadba
and Rev. C. J. Kunc spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week at West, Texas, at-
tending St. Joseph’s celebra-
tion there. They are of the
opinion that Raymond Hamil-
ton, fugitive from the death
cell in Huntsville, passed them
on the road near Navasota
Monday night. Hamilton and a
companion are said to have
held a Houston Press reporter
‘captive on the highway be-
tween Hempstead and Nava-
sota before daylight Monday
morning. After leaving the
reporter bound on a country
road south of Navasota, they
sped away on the highway,
presumably going north.
Field Representative Zichm
has announced that the Red
Cross will sponsor classes in
first aid in the very near fu-
ture in Austin county. G. G.
Medders was appointed chair-
man of the county. An invita-
tion has been extended to Sealy
citizens to form classes for this
very beneficial instruction, and
all who are interested in at-
tending are urged to leave their
names at the Tolbirt Chevrolet
Co.
Every one, and especially all
mothers, should avail them-
selves of this splendid oppor-
tunity, not only for their own
personal benefit, but for the
good of the community.
Register at the Chevrolet
plant as soon as possible that
this splendid work may get
under way immediately.
An invitation is extended
anyone wishing to join the
Sealy band to be present next
Tuesday night at the Chamber
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zation is composed largely of
Firemen and American Legion
members. A name for it will be
decided upon at a later meet-
ing.
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FUTURE FARMERS TO
SPONSOR POULTRY
EXHIBIT HERE SOON
At a called meeting Monday
night, March 11, the Sealy
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America decided to give a
Poultry Improvement Show in
the near future. Each boy will
be pledged to bring at least one
coop of three birds, that is, two
hens and one rooster, and if
they care to they may bring
singletons or pens of birds, a
pen being four hens and one
rooster.
There will be a booth in
charge of an F.F.A. boy, with
advertisements of various man-
ufacturers of poultry feeds,
remedies and appliances. The
boys plan to have a side show
attraction with a small ad-
mission price for those who
care to enter.
The purpose of this show
will be to interest the people
of Sealy community in the pro-
duction of better poultry.
More information about this
event will be published in this
paper later.
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A crew of workmen have
been busy the past few weeks
making soundings at the loca-
tion where the new bridge is to
be constructed across the
Brazos river five miles east of
Sealy near the Katy railroad
bridge.
Bed rock was located on the
west side of the river at about
sixty-five feet and they are
still working on the east side
at this writing.
Authorities inform us that
as soon as the soundings can
be completed and plans and
specifications are drawn up,
the construction contract will
be offered for bids.
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Washington, March 20. —
The House of Representatives
has substituted action for words
in the dispute over redistribu-
tion of wealth.
A diversion of- profit from
one set of pockets in the cotton
belt to another set of pockets
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the Doxey bill which awaits
Senate action today. The House
passed it yesterday.
The Doxey bill exempts
farmers producing three or
fewer bales of cotton from the
restrictive terms of the Bank-
head production control act. Be-
fore this Congress convened
President Roosevelt proposed
exemption of all farms produc-
ing not more than two bales.
The Doxey bill applies to in-
dividual farmers.
To Aid Tenants
Representative Wall Doxey
(D. Miss.), , a lawyer and con-
gressman since 1928, wrote the
bill. It is intended to relieve
tenant farmers. Complaint
comes from the South that ten-
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■ JANET GAYNOR in
One More Spring”
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Thurs.,-Fri., March 28-29: E
CARY GRANT and •
ELISSA LANDI in g
PECIAL MATINEE
• Sunday IV 3 P. M.
Prices 10c and 35c
Texas Theatre to Show
‘‘College Rhythm” at
Matinee Here Sunday
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The attention of the patrons
of the Texas Theatre is called
to the special matinee to be
presented there next Sunday
afternoon. The big attraction
will be “College Rhythm,” a
musical comedy, in which those
exceedingly popular screen,
stars, Joe Penner, Lanny Ross,
Jack Oakie, Helen Mack, and
Mary Brian are co-starred.
The show begins promptly at
three o’clock p. m. "I, you. can
not see this wonderful skow qh
Sunday, then do not fhito
come out Monday night. "-s,
BIDS TO BE ASKED
FOR ON NEW BRAZOS
RIVER BRIDGE SOON
The mother of Mrs. V. Gord-
on, Mrs. Sarah Miller, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Evelyn McGuff, in Montecello,
Indiana, on Sunday, March 10,
after a lingering illness. The
body was returned to Renssel-
aer, Indiana, the former home
of the family, where interment
was made on the following
Tuesday.
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. McGuff
were guests in the Gordon
home here last year, and the
friends they made while here,
and the friends of Mrs. Gordon
regret to learn of her mother’s
demise.
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Total gross earnings of Cen-
tral Power and Light Company
and subsidiaries, which serve
179 communities with one or
more classes of utility service
in south and southwest Texas,
amounted to $7,169,778.95 in
1934, which represents an in-
crease of $364,991.25 or 5.4%
over 1933. Electric revenues in-
crease $162,270.57, or 3.6%,
while ice revenues increased
$143,803.40 or 8.3% over 1933.
Water revenues increase $27,-
016.70 or 4.7% over 1933.
Operating expenses before
provision for retirements,
storm damage and taxes, in-
creased $130,369.35, practically
all of which, according to the
company’s report, was due to
the increased costs of operation
under NRA provisions. The
provision for retirement for the
year 1934 was $755,952.24, or
an increase of $141,950.31 over
1933. In addition, the manage-
ment, realizing that storms
have occurred which resulted
in unusual maintenance expen-
ditures, and desiring to provide
against a sudden similar un-
usual operating expense charge
in the future, has provided out
of 1934 earnigs an amount of
$104,330.17 as a contingency
reserve for possible future
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Junior Girls, Rural.
Junior Boys, Rural.
Senior Girls, Rural.
Senior Boys, Rural.
Senior Boys, Class B.
Senior Girls, Class B.
1:00 p.m.:
Junior Girls, Class B.
Junior Boys, Class B.
Junior Ward Girls.
Junior Ward Boys.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
1:00 p.m.:
Track and field events,
Seniors and Juniors, Rural
Ward School Track Events.
Field Events, Class B.
Volley Ball, Mixed Teams,
(1 and 2 Teacher Schools.)
Saturday, March 23
ATHLETIC EVENTS
9:30 a.m.:
All Class B. Track Events.
Ward Schools, Field Events
Volley Ball, Class B and
Ward Schools.
“Red Morning”
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Bracewell, E. W. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1935, newspaper, March 22, 1935; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1590928/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.