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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 4
SEALY, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940
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NEW ... LIVING SOUND!
Sealy Is Where the Railroads
And State Highways Cross
Thirteen Is News
Lucky Number For
Month of March
PAVING TO START
AT COLUMBUS ON
HWY. 73 MAY 15
AUSTIN CO. WINS 2ND
PLACE AT HOUSTON
FAT STOCK SHOW
MUCH DISCUSSION
BUT NO DECISION
ON CUT-OFF ROAD
CONSTRUCTION WORK
STARTED ON KATY
END OF HIGHWAY 73
Large Attendance
At Funeral Friday For
Mrs. Johana Damek
AUSTIN COUNTY BOOTH
PLANNED BY COUNTY
AGENT WM. MEINSCHER
MAGIC
VOICE
HIGHWAY, WHARTON
TO EAGLE LAKE TO
SEALY, IS ASKED
WOULD CONNECT HIGH-
WAY 12 AT WHARTON
WITH HIGHWAY 73 HERE
for the funeral service of Mrs.
Johana Zapalka Damek, which
was held at the residence Fri-
day morning- at ten o’clock. Ser-
vices. were conducted by Rev.
F. J. Kostohryz, of Temple. He
was assisted at the grave by
Rev. Joseph Barton, of Austin,
and Rev. Joseph Miksovsky, of
Sealy. The choir of the Mora-
vian Bretheren Church render-
ed beautiful songs and the Sea-
ly Choral Club sang at the ser-
• Of great news to the people
of Austin County is the fact
that the Austin County Booth
of Pasture and Feed, Conser-
vation and Utilization exhibit-
ed at the Houston Fat Stock
CONSTRUCTION WORK
WILL TAKE ABOUT
THREE MONTHS
CONCRETE PAVING
HAS REACHED TOWN
ON HIGHWAY 73
MORE CAR, TRUCK
REGISTRATIONS
THAN LAST YEAR
SAN FELIPE WELL
WILL BE DRILLED
TO 6600 FEET
WELL WAS TEMPOR-
ARILY ABANDONED AT
DEPTH OF 6029 FT.
TOTAL OF 3967 IS
120 MORE THAN LAST
YEAR’S TAXPAYERS
PAVING WORK WILL
MOVE WEST TOWARDS
BRAZOS RIVER
CONSTRUCTION CAMP
SET UP BEING MOVED
WEST OF TOWN
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SEVERAL COMMITTEES
NAMED TO LOOK AFTER
SEALY’S INTEREST
NOTICE
• The Peters-Hacienda home
show last week
prize.
There were ;
of the
SCREEN
NOTICE OF MEETING
• The Sealy Cemetery Asso-
ciation will meet Tuesday af-
ternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. M.
E. Ball.
with the inevitable.
K, argument available
east wind is to put
greatcoat.—Lowell.
There is no good in arguing
The only
ROUND 'BOUT TOWN
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These are
community
with an
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Sun.-Mon., April 7-8:
I Don Ameche, Al. Jolson,
Andrea Leeds, in
"SWANEE RIVER"
in Technicolor
I Fox News and Cartoon
I Matinee Prices, 10-254
Nite, 10-354
Tue.-Wed., April 9-10:
Bob Bums,
Susan Hayward, in
"Our
| Leading Citizen”
Also An Amusing Comedy
i Thur.-Fri., April ll-12th:
Alice Faye,
| Warner Baxter, in
“BARRICADE”
Fox News and Comedy
• Around thirty attended the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Wednesday at the court house
on Main St.
The meeting was promptly
called to order at 8 p.m. by
Pres. Edward Vint with Secy.
R. A. Engelking, Jr., recording
the proceedings.
The two routes for the cut-
of road from Highway 73 to
Main St. were vigorously dis-
cussed, Frank Krampitz and
Oscar Schier representing the
committee on route number
one, and Rev. Joseph Miksov-
sky representing the commit-
tee on route number two. Both
commitees presented petitions
signed by a large number of
people, both in Sealy and the
surrounding territory. The good
points of both routes were em-
phasized, but no decision reach-
ed as no definite figures were
presented as to the cost of the
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUAOF
Visual Educational
Meetings In County
April 8 to April 20
• Austin County home and
agricultural demonstration ag-
ents will again conduct a series
of visual educational meetings.
Beginning April 8th and con-
tinuing to April 20th, these
meetings will be held in var-
ious communities in the coun-
ty. Time, place and community
chairmen are listed below.
The educational subjects that
will be stressed at these shows
will be, Orchard Work, Rural
Electrification, a travel pic-
ture of a trip from “Miami to
Buenos Aires via Cristobal and
the West Coast of South Am-
erica.” This film will be fur-
nished by Pan American Air-
ways. We also hope to have a
film on canning.
These are agricultural educa-
tion pictures, and of interest to
every man, woman and child.
To-Night, Friday:
Dorthy Lamour,
Akim Tamirof, in
"Disputed Passage”
won second
that their survey might be
available to help out in getting
a map and field notes of the
property.
Dr. Sigler also suggested the I
possibility of a farm locker j
project for Sealy as is had by
some other towns in south
Texas.
A committee of three was
appointed to arrange for a plat-
form and other needs for a
band concert here in the center
of the street some time in May.
Ralph Sloan, Max Kroener and
S. B. Lewis were named on the
committee.
A committee consisting of
Mike Keer, E. G. Rudloff, Ralph
Sloan and Ed Buis was ap-
pointed a standby committee to
await a call from Eagle Lake
to meet with the Junior Cham-
ber or Rotary Club there on
the road from Eagle Lake to
Sealy project.
A committee will be appoint-
ed to go to Gonzales on May 21
to look after Sealy’s interest in
a hearing there on that date as
to establishing a bus service
through Sealy over Highway
73.
The matter of water service
for his part of town was
brought up by J. S. May. It
was brought out that five sub-
scribers were assured, if the
water company would extend
main at a probable cost of
around $800 to take them on.
The chamber agreed to co-op-
erate with the citizens of that
part of town in any way pos-
sible to secure the facility.
• Just what the population
total of Austin County will
show this census no one knows,
but a healthy increase is ex-
pected. But a total of car and
truck registrations to April 1
has been reported as 3967 and
is an increase of 120 over last
year.
This total of nearly 3500 is
made up of passenger cars,
commercial trucks and farm
trucks. The registration show-
ed 3425 passenger trucks, 295
commercial trucks and 247
farm trucks, as reported by tax
collector’s office.
This total of 3967 shows an
increase of 120 registrations
over last year.
right-of-way of each route.
The argument got a bit heated
at times, but the best of feel-
ing prevailed, as the humorous
often mingled with the serious.
Secy. Engelking and Pres.
Vint reported on a trip to Eagle
Lake where they conferred with
the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce and the Rotary Club on
a possible road to Sealy from
Eagle Lake to connect at Eagle
Lake with- the recently desig-
nated highway from Halletts-
ville to Eagle Lake. From
Eagle Lake to Sealy would be a
direct prolongation of the high-
way, and help bring traffic
from the Eagle Lake area via
Sealy enroute to and from
Houston.
Dr. I. B. Sigler brought up
the matter of further develop-
Tip Top Tavern
Being Enlarged
• The Tip Top Tavern is und-
ergoing quite an expansion pro-
gram. A 20x32 foot addition
is being made to the south-
east portion of the building
which will provide booths for
tables and floor room for danc-
ing, amusement and recreation.
Mr. and Mrs. Matejka have
built up the business which was
launched a few years ago to
the point where expansion is
necessary.
They will have a formal
opening when the extension is
finished in the near future.
free pictues. The
and community
• Thirteen, that disliked num-
ber that most people want to
give a black-out, is The Sealy
News lucky number for the
month of March.
Thirteen is our lucky num-
ber because that is the number
of new subscribers taken by
this office the third month in
the new year. That makes
thirty-eight new readers for
the News this year, which
should make a strong appeal to
local and foreign advertisers.
Too, the old reliable subscrib-
ers who have been readers of
this paper all their lives, and
still are, continue to step right
up to the counter and say, “send
’er on, we enjoy reading the
News every week.”
Montgomery County received
first place, Austin County sec-
ond place and Harris County
third.
The Austin County booth,
was planned and arranged by
Wm. E. A. Meinscher, County
Agricultural Agent, it received
many comments from visitors
who saw the exhibit.
Mr. Meinscher is to be com-
• Breathes there a man
With soul so dead,
Who never has turned his
head
And said—
“Hmmmm, not bad!”
Fritz Kellner making the
main drag with a bucket of
beautiful hen fruit.
Eddie Hluchan, a fore run-
ner of summer with his turtle
back hat.
John Phillips, of San Felipe,
breaking down and admitting
that he never could whistle.
CAROLYN JEAN
SCHROEDER
• Mr. and Mrs. Milam Schroed-
er, of West Point, are announc-
. * ing the arrival of a daughter.
This is the second child born
to this home. She has been
< named Carolyn Jean Schroeder.
• John Mayo et al No. 1 Rhe-
mann, a wildcat test in the San
Felipe area, Waller County, is
preparing to drill deeper. The
wildcat had been drilled to 6019
feet and temporarily abandon-
ed. However, operators have
completed a deal to take the
well 600 feet deeper to the
Cockfield. Christian and Car-
penter Drilling Company now
is moving in a rig to carry the
role to 6600 feet.
This depth may uncover
something east of here and be-
come an asset to the Sealy area
and also to Waller County.
chairmen and dates are as fol-
lows. We hope to start all
meetings by 8:00 p.m. For
further information consult
your chairman.
April 8, Industry, W. F. Ha-
jek; April 9, Wallis, Eddie
Renken; April 10, Shelby, Fred
Grebe; April 11, Bleiblerville,
Adolph Stephan; April 12, Bell-
ville, (Concordia Hall), A. C.
Machemehl; April 13, Sealy,
Clarence Schier; April 14, New
Ulm, Wm. Wennerwesser; April
16, Peters, Wm. Hoff, (tempor-
ary chairman); April 17, Ken-
ney, Raymond Luhn; April 18,
Frydek, Ammon Polosek; April
19, Cochran, Emil Ueckert;
Millheim and Cat Spring, Jul-
ius Goebel.
Wm. E. A. Meinscher,
County Agricultural Agent.
Mrs. Walter Elliott zooming
around about town in a swell
new Chrysler automobile.
Did John Ripple’s feet swell
out of his shoes, or did the
shoes shrink off his feet. Else
why did he come in home bare-
foot from a fishing trip?
And now John Boesling is
puffing a meerschaum, and we
thought he was just a budding
youth.
Louis Zapalac, Joe Pyka,
Julius Vykoukal and the Zap-
alac youths back Sunday from
ment of San Felipe park, and mended. He is a capable coun-
was informed by Pres. Vint ty agent, and has a fine county
that the lack of funds to have to exhibit when it comes to ar-
the park surveyed in order ranging a display or exhibition
• A large assembly gathered that a deed might be made booth for a show, fair or any
transferring the park to the exposition,
state was holding things up,
but that this would likely soon -----------
be worked out. Mayor Kunze | TWAC IIINAIDT
informed the meeting that a j HXA EA KE
certain oil company had made j ________________________
a survey of the park area and |
a day on the good old Brazos.
They bagged a four inch fish,
all of them together.
Grandpap says that thar
census taker’s got a trillion
questions and they "are more
personal than a sweet six-
teen’s diary. . . . Well, that
taker will have to pack a full
Nelson to get an answer to
some of his quizzes.
And a young lady calling to
leave a message to this scribe
that she didn’t like the moon-
shine feature; the other was
quite right!
One of the pathetic sights
this week in Sealy was the
colored woman ambling home
from work, her moaning to be
heard for -blocks, a sufferer of
asthma.
Chas. Champese assuring
Sealy public that Cyril Krchnak
will fall victim to the Leap
year epidemic soon.
E. W. Josey looking over the
fine points of some curly faced
Hereford bulls. You can’t get
the hankering out of the heart
See ’BOUT TOWN on Page 8.
demonstration club will meet at Greer, chief engineer of con-
the home of Miss Willie Mae struction and design, and E. J.
Vornkahl on Wednesday, April Arney, administrative assis-
10th, at 2:00 p.m. tant.
vices.
Pall bearers were: J. W.
Ripple, M. E. Ball, J. K. Hill-
boldt, Chas. Rosenauer, Chas.
Petrusek, and George Maier.
The floral offerings were in
profusion and very beautiful,
attesting in a measure, the af-
fection of friends here and else-
where.
Mrs. Damek was very ill
three years ago, from which
illness she recovered. She took
ill with flu about two
months ago and recuperated n
again. A stroke of paralysis
last Tuesday morning rendered
her unconscious and she never
recovered. She died Wednesday,
March 27th.
Born in Moravia, Czechoslo-
• vakia, July 2, 1857, Mrs. Damek
was 82 years, 8 months and 25
days old. She came to America
fifty-one years ago and settled
in the Rexville community,
moving five years later to Fry-
dek. She was a wonderful moth-
er, helping to raise three step-
sons and three step-daughters.
She also raised her grand
daughter, Mrs. Frank Wosnitz-
ky, from a small child. Her
first husband, Mr. Zapalka,
died forty-two years ago. La-
ter, she was married to Mr.
Damek and lived in Sealy after
that time. Mr. Damek preced-
ed her in death.
Mrs. Damek was a true
Christian. She loved all and
was loved by all. She attended
church services Good Friday
before her death on the fol-
See MRS. DAMEK on Page 8.
• East Bernard, Louise, El
Campo, Eagle Lake and Hous-
ton appeared the latter part of
last week before Julian Mont-
gomery, highway department
engineer at Austin requesting
the designation of a new high-
way that would run from Whar-
ton to Eagle Lake and to a
point on Highway 73 near
Sealy.
The proposed highway would
be a connecting route from
Highway 12 at Wharton to
Highway 73 near Sealy via
Eagle Lake.
On this project, County At-
torney Thomas H. Abell of
Wharton was the spokesman.
He pointed out that there is a
gravel road on this route but
the cost of its maintenance was
a heavy burden and the peo-
ple along the route hoped the
state highway department
would designate it a state high-
way, maintain it and ultimately
make it a real, modern high-
way.
In the delegation were:
Wharton: County Judge
George Seydler, County Com-
missioner D. H. Treadway,
County Auditor P. L. Marquis,
County Attorney Abell, Coun-
ty Engineer B. D. King, State
Representative W. J. Galbreath,
Mayor F. I. Moore, Charles A.
Davis, chairman of the recla-
mation district; L. F. Worth-
ing, president of the Wharton
flood control board; Clarence
Vick, agent of the Bowen Bus
Lines; Sol Separd, merchant,
and Frank Haines, district
agent for the Texas Company.
East Memard: County Com-
missioner Claude B. Dill.
Louise: County Commission-
er Clarence Bergstrom.
El Campo: County Commis-
sioner C. A. Ellwood, Mayor J.
S. Carroll, County Engineer S.
A. Russell and M. L. Moody,
secretary-manager of the El
Campo Chamber of Commerce.
Eagle Lake: County Commis-
sioner Harry Redding.
Victoria: D. L. Granberry
and William Miller.
Houston: Glen R. Blackburn
of the chamber of commerce.
Two other highway depart-
ment officials sat in with En-
gineer Montgomery and the
delegation. They were D. C.
• The concrete paving on
Highway 73, from Brazos River
to Sealy, reached the Santa Fe
overpass Wednesday and work
is now under way west of the
overpasses here in Sealy.
The construction'camp set up
is being moved from the Katy
depot site at San Felipe, about
two miles east of town, and
will be located at the Cane Belt
crossing of Highway 73 to
serve the west section, Sealy to
the Bernard River.
The link from Sealy to the
Bernard River is a little more
than eight miles, and with work
under way, it will likely be fin-
ished in eight weeks or by June
.1, provided the weather is fa-
vorable
The work on the two Ys in
Sealy, connecting Highway 36
with Highway 73, will likely
be done following the paving
from Sealy to the Bernard.
This surfacing on the Ys will
be black top, or asphalt with
iron ore topping.
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• Paving work has begun at
Katy on Highway 73 and will
move west towards the Brazos
River where it will connect
with the concrete slab which
i • has been laid on the link of
Highway 73 from the Brazos
River to Sealy.
The stretch from Katy to
$ Brookshire to the Brazos River
is around fifteen miles long,
and at the rate of a mile of
paving per week, it would take
L • about 15 weeks or about three
months to pave that section.
I The grade work was done
| . A some time ago and is now ready
to receive the pavement.
The concrete slab will be 22-
• feet wide with a four foot flex-
a, ible shoulder.
• Construction work on the
Columbus end of Highway 73
will start May 15th. Work will
commence at the intersection
of Highway 73 with Highway
90, a short distance east of
Horn’s filling station and work
east to Bernard Bridge where
it will connect with the con-
crete on the Sealy end of the
highway.
Briggs and Killian Construc-
tion Company, of Pharr, Texas,
has the contract, and it is esti-
mated it will take about three
months to complete the job.
This company will be delayed
on starting the work because
of other work that had to be
done before starting this pro-
ject. which is about 12 miles of
paving.
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Kendall, C. P. The Sealy News (Sealy, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1940, newspaper, April 5, 1940; Sealy, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1591085/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial Library.