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NEWS
VOLUME 59—NUMBER 50
SEALY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, 1948
King Leopold Arrives in Cuba
now “count to 25 in English and
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
Baruch was quoted.
to come,”
“NO BUSINESS DEPRESSION” —
“PRICE BREAK GOOD” BARUCH SAYS
KENNETH KURTZ, BLIND 24 YEARS
SUBMITS TO EYE OPERATION THIS WEEK
SEALY WOMAN’S
KIN ARRIVE
FROM GERMANY
Every country in the world is
planting the largest food crop in
history.
“If we can get peace, if only
feels
door.
want to go to school.”
“We were in constant
that the Russians would
fear
find
and
can
AUSTIN COUNTY
LADS TO BECOME
EAGLE SCOUTS FRL
COST OF LIVING FOR FAMILY
RISES SHARPLY IN TWO YEARS
TEXAS THEATRE
RCA PHOTOPH
Park Improvement
Meeting Set for
Friday Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kanewske
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seale and
family, of Houston, were guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Kanewske over the week-
end.
Local Youngster to
Appear on Crippled
Children’s Ball
Talented George Wayne Kunze,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Kunze,
will appear in the Shrine’s Crip-
pled Children’s Ball at the Coli-
seum in Houston twice during
the week-end. He will partici-
pate during the two-night pres-
entation, Saturday and Monday
nights, February 21st and 23rd.
The Robert Shelton School of
Dancing, which George Wayne
attends in Houston, will present
the numerous styles of dancing
from 1890 to 1948. George Wayne
will tap out the tune, “Hello, My
Baby,” dating back to 1908, his
sailor hat and cane bringing out
the fashion of the era.
Serving Sealy
and Austin County
for 60 Years
Friday and Saturday
Weather Forecast
HAVANA, CUBA—(Soundphoto)—King Leopold of Belgium and
Princess De Rethy shown here as they are escorted down the gang-
plank of the ship “Sommelsdyk” by General Perez Damara, Chief of
the Cuban Army. %
CHICAGO — Typically Ameri-
can is the story of J. 0. McClin-
tock, first permanent chief oper-
ating executive of Chicago’s Board
of Trade. Son of a farmer, oper-
ator of his own farm at 19, grain
merchant Mr. McClintock is now
executive vice president of the
world’s largest grain exchange. He
resigned from his position as vice
president of Continental Grain Co.
January 1 to take over his new
duties after serving as president
of the exchange for a year.
Don’t Keep Your
Business A Secret—
Advertise It!
Farm Boy Heads
Exchange
“Everyone in the world
hunger stalking at his
Mrs. H. Clay Elliott, of Whar-
ton, spent last week-end at the
home of her sister, Mrs. W. J.
Newcom and mother, Mrs. Win-
nie Koy.
Cole Theatre at Wallis
Reopens Friday
The Cole Theatre in Wallis
will open on Friday, February
20, with the picture, “Sioux City
Sue,” starring Gene Autry. The
theatre has been in the process of
being extensively remodeled for
the past few months. Jean Schu-
bert, decorator of Cole Theatres,
Inc., has been doing the work.
The theatre will feature im-
proved projection and the best
RCA sound system available, with
Simplex Projectors and new
sound screen.
Mart Cole Sr., general manager
of Cole Theatres, Inc. has book-
ed an attractive schedule of pic-
tures.
The theatre will be operated
on Friday and Saturday, and Sun-
day and Monday, and will be
under new management.
A new policy of the Cole The-
atre in Wallis will be announced
shortly, however, the present
policy will be two changes per
week, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday. Due to the fact that
during the time the Wallis the-
atre was closed many good pic-
tures were skipped and because
of numerous requests some of
these pictures that the patrons
in Wallis missed will be brought
back. The new schedule of ad-
mission prices will be 9c for chil-
dren and 30c plus tax for adults,
making a total of 36c.
LOUIS ZAPALAC, JR.
LETTERS AT TARLETON
Varsity football letters at John
Tarleton College have been a-
warded to 21 Plowboys, two Plow
boy managers, and five yell
leaders, according to Coach C.
M. “Dutch” Flory. •
Included in the list of Plow-
boys receiving letters is Louis
Zapalac, of Sealy.
FIREMEN SHOWN THROUGH
LOCAL RICE MILL
MONDAY NIGHT
Helping firemen to familiar-
ize themselves with the huge rice
mill plant along the Santa Fe
tracks south of the business dis-
trict, Walter A .Virnau and Ralph
Bollinger, owners and operators
of this firm, explained the many
varied details of such a plant to
nine local firemen last Monday
night.
Fire prevention, naturally, was
the purpose of the visit, local
firemen being shown how to gain
admittance to the building and
where electric switch controls
were located.
Those present seemed to really
enjoy the tour through the mill,
with Messrs. Virnau and Bolling-
er narrating details of rice finish-
ing. Their plant has a capacity of
fifteen thousand barrels.
Mrs. Richard Schoettler and
Mrs. Rudolph Schoettler of Or-
chard were Tuesday evening
guests of Mrs. Chas. Kaechele.
Showers and mild until turn-
ing colder Friday afternoon;
colder Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schindler
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Palm
were in Houston last Saturday,
where they attended the Fat
Stock Show and Rodeo.
JESS BOZEMAN TAKES
APPRECIATION DAY GIFT
Raymond Hradil’s Garage and
Levine Bros., contributed the
two additional prizes that went
to Mrs. Clarence Himley and
Louis Mazac during Wednesday
afternoon’s Appreciation Day
program. Jess Bozeman receiv-
ed the big prize of the week.
Plans looking toward further
development of the Stephen F.
Austin State Park will be form-
ulated at a meeting to be held at
San Felipe Church Friday, to-
morrow afternoon, February 20,
at 2 p.m. Everyone interested in
this project is invited to attend.
Gordon Shearer, executive sec-
retary of the State Parks Board,
is scheduled to outline over-all
plans of the State Board and will
hear recommendations of Austin
County citizens for the San Fe-
lipe Park. Representative Charles
McLellan will accompany Mr.
Shearer here, and it is believed
that Senator Gus Strauss will
likewise be in attendance.
The celebrated old location,
which attracts many, many in-
terested visitors each year, is one
of the oldest spots in- Texas.
Through an improvement' pro-
gram this park can be made even
more beautiful than its natural
surroundings make it, and can be
made to accommodate more visi-
tors who seek enjoyment in the
playland along the Brazos.
Arrange to attend this meeting
and help toward presenting views
and needs in the way of im-
provement of the park. Being lo-
cated only a stone’s throw from
the park, literally speaking, Sea-
ly citizens should take a special
interest in this project. Everyone
in the county taking any inter-
est, holds an invitation to be pres-
ent at the San Felipe, church to-
morrow afternoon.
Wallis C of C Banquet
To Be Held Tonight
Around one hundred people
are expected to attend the Wal-
lis Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet at the high school building
tonight, Thursday night. Cecil
Baker, of Rosenberg, will address
the gathering, along with W. D.
Bryan of Sealy, county judge,
who will likewise appear on the
program.
The Sun, New York evening
newspaper, last week quoted
Bernard Baruch, financier, as
saying the break in commodity
prices is a good thing and does
not forecast a business depres-
sion.
Baruch’s views were express-
ed, in an interview.
“The break in commodities had
March of Dimes
Drive Nearing $2000
Marvin Steck of Bellville, re-
ported a total of $1,921.93 contri-
buted to the March of Dimes
campaign prior to Tuesday fore-
noon. Shelby community, the
Sealy ’school, and a few other
rural schools scattered through-
out the county, had not made
any reports till then.
Industry contributed $105.06,
New Ulm $96.21, and an addition-
al $53.02 from Bellville and $28.-
86 more from Bleiberville came
in since the report submitted on
Tuesday of the past week.
B. N. Bracey expressed him-
self as being very pleased with
this year’s campaign for the in-
fantile paralysis foundation. It
is believed that a total of $2000.-
00 will be reached.
Realizing the fact that he had
nothing to lose, but had a chance
to win, Kenneth Kurtz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kurtz, sub-
mitted himself to an eye operat-
ion in Houston at 7 o’clock Mon-
day morning. It is now only a
matter of days until it will be
known whether the young man’s
eyesight, which he lost 24 years
ago, will be restored.
Kenneth was accompanied to
Houston by his father and H. G.
Habermacher, Saturday, and his
mother and Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Hillboldt were with him as the
operation was performed by Dr.
Daily, a lady doctor, at the Mem-
orial hospital, who is endeavor-
ing to restore eyesight to a part
of a severed eye.
As a youngster of seven, Ken-
neth suffered the loss of his
were “an attempt to describe and
measure a modest but adequate
American standard of living.”
Report said, four person fami-
lies in each of the large cities
surveyed would have had to
spend more than $3,000 annually
to live “modestly.”
“The budgets are a list of
goods and services that, accord-
ing to the prevailing standards
of the community, are consider-
ed essential,” the statement said.
It said the cost figures were
based on the needs of a 38-year
old working man; his 36 year-
old non-working wife; a daugh-
ter, eight; and a son, 13.
Separate dollar estimates were
given for each of the 34 cities,
but no national average was es-
timated. The cities, and how
much the “necessary” annual
budget would have cost in each
last June, included Houston,
Texas, $3,020.
an ‘armed peace,’ we will have
enormous activity in business.
Everybody in the world wants
something and we would be fools
to give it to them for nothing,
but if they will work they can
make a living. If they don’t work
it will be waste of energy to
supply them, and if we do sup-
ply them anyhow, why, of course,
they won’t work.”
The Sun said Baruch made it
clear he did not look for a de-
pression and reported he added:
“When prices go down, every-
one wrings his hands. When
prices jump, then also everyone
wrings his hands.”
Arnold, 13; Imgard, 10,
Brigitte, 8. The children
Bellville Fire Chief
Heads State Group
Fire Chief Joe A. Peschke of
Bellville was recently installed
as president of the Texas Gulf
Coast Firemen’s Association, at
a meeting in West University
Place. He succeeds Chief L. L.
Hay of Pasadena.
Others installed were Chief Ver-
non Eschenfelder of Lindale,
vice president, and Richard
Strauss, Jr., of Bellville, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Following a barbecue, pumper
races were held with eight teams
participating. Winning team was
Rosenberg, with a time of 18
8/10 seconds, followed by Rich-
mond, with 20 7/10 seconds and
Bellaire, with 22 1/10 second.
“On My Honor,
I Will Do My Best”-
. “On My Honor I will do my
best: To do my duty to God and
my country, and to obey the
Scout Law; To help other people
at all times; To keep myself
physically strong, mentally a-
wake, and morally straight.”
And then there is the Scout
Law—
Trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind, obed-
ient, cheerful, thrifty, brave,
clean, and reverent.
Remember, when you help
Scouting you are strengthening
the present and the future of
the United States of America.
HOSPITAL NOTES
For medical treatment:
Miss Anna Renz, Eagle Lake.
Frank Matyas, Frydek.
Mrs. Dora Brosig, Peters.
Mrs. Karl Celetka, Eagle Lake.
Mrs. R. A. Cone, Jr., Katy.
Emil Henneke, Columbus.
Mrs. W. D. Poorman, Katy.
Mrs. Steve Sliva, Sealy.
Mrs. Vick Boyd, Sealy, minor
operation.
Mrs. B. F. Beckendorff, Brook-
shire, minor operation.
Miss Katherine Faulk, Katy,
■ minor operation.
ANNOUNCING:
The arrival of a baby daugh-
ter,, weighing 6 1/2 pounds,
born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Perez of Katy.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vicenik
of Sealy announce the arrival of
a son on Feb. 13th, weighing 812
pounds.
$87,000,000 For
Texas’ Destitute
Eighty-seven million dollars
will be spent in Texas this year
on state and federal aid to the
old folks, the needy blind and
dependent children.
The Department of Public Wel-
fare reported Monday to Gov.
Beauford H. Jester that this
year’s program will cost $36,-
800,000 state money and $40,200,-
000 federal funds.
Seventy-four million dollars
will go to old-age pensioners.
This month 201,252 drew checks
averaging $30.22. The maximum
is $45 each.
About $2,300,000 will be paid
to needy blind. This month- 5,-
512 received an average of $33.70
each, also with a $45 maximum.
Seven and a half million will
be spent aiding dependent child-
ren, who have lost one or both
parents. This month 16,944 fa-
imilies received an average of
$37.19, based on 42,858 children.
About one half of all Texans
over sixty-five are on state re-
lief. Texas leads all states in
numbers but lags behind Cali-
fornia in money spent. The lat-
est figures available for compari-
son, August, 1945, show Califor-
nia spent $9,945,995 a month and
Texas $5,850,307.
Colorado, with 43,059 aged on
its list, gave an average of $64.-
98, highest in the nation. Texas
ranked thirty-eighth in average
payment, and $6.50 below the
nation-wide average grant of
$36.39.
Fair Meeting at
Bellville Begins
At 7:30 Tonight
Home Demonstration clubs,
Lions clubs, Chambers of Com-
merce, and all other organized
groups are asked to send at least
two representatives to the county
wide meeting at the courthouse
in Bellville, tonight, Thursday
night, at 7:30 o’clock. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to discuss
and make plans for the 1948 Aus-
tin County Fair.
The help of farmers, business-
men, civic leaders, clubwomen,
school leaders, newspapers, agri-
cultural workers, and many oth-
er groups is requested in pre-
senting the fair this year. All
county citizens are invited to be
present for the meeting.
The newly elected board of di-
rectors consists of G. R. Schu-
mann, president; A. A. Boriack,
vice-president; Walter Chatham,
director; Douglas Thompson,
treasurer, and Robert Blum, O.
A. Severin, and T. M. Kamas, di-
rectors. There are several va-
cancies of the fair board of di-
rectors which must be filled, and
it is believed that the people of
the county should have a voice in
selecting them. At least two di-
rectors will need to be elected
at this meeting.
Sealy High School
Juniors to Present
Comedy Next Friday
The Junior Class will present
a three-act play entitled, “House
For Sale—Haunted!” on the stage
of the Sealy high school audi-
torium next Friday night, Febru-
ary 27, at 7:45 o’clock. This will
be a chiller-thriller fun-sation
in three acts, which is guaran-
teed to keep people in a jittery
state of suspense and side-split-
ting ha-ha’s until “Pop” goes
the final curtain.
The cast is being directed by
Mrs. A. A. Preibisch.
Sealy Stores
To Close Monday
R. W. Brau, president of the
Sealy Chamber of Commerce, has
announced that local stores will
close Monday, February 23rd, in
observance of Washington’s
Birthday, which is on Sunday, the
22nd. Mr. Brau requests that
all shoppers stock up on suffi-
cient supplies Saturday for the
entire holiday week-end.
Saved from the constant fear
of starvation and being “taken
away at night by the Russians,”
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ehlert and
their three children have come
to Texas from the Russian-occu-
pied zone of Germany to live
with Houston relatives whom
they haven’t seen for 17 years.
There was much cutting of
red tape and considerable ex-
pense involved before the five
finally boarded an American
Airlines plane for New York
last week. Now they are at the
home of Mrs. Ehlert’s sister,
Mrs. Edna Goebel of 1005 Welch,
Houston.
The Ehlerts were married in
Houston 17 years ago and sailed
for Mr. Ehlert’s native land, Ger-
many. Their three children are
out we ’wanted to leave and they
would take us to Siberia,” Mrs.
Ehlert said.
Another sister, Mrs. Agnes Ar-
dahl, lives at 7334 Moline in
Houston, and their 78-year-old
mother, Mrs. Ida Ludwig, has a
200-acre farm here at Sealy.
“We kept dreaming of this
farm when we were working on
one in Germany,” Mrs. Ehlert
said. “There the crops were
bad, and we had no meat and
potatoes and we were hungry
all the time.”
Mrs. Goebel, who was aided
by American Airlines and Stod-
dard’s Tour & Travel Service in
her efforts to bring her relatives
here, first had to fill out an affi-
davit of support, which was pre-
sented to the United States Con-
sul in Germany.
Her relatives had to present
health and vaccination certifi-
cates, along with the affidavit
of support. Mrs. Goebel sent
the money for the plane trip to
New York and the railroad trip
to Houston. Mrs. Goebel had
to include $50 in currency for
any additional expense that
might occur, a requirement in
bringing immigrants over, accord
ing to Hal H. Hixon, sales man-
ager here for American.
American, Pan American and
Trans-World Airline, as well as
steamship companies, have
brought many immigrants to
this country who have finally
landed in Houston.
“It’s a particularly tough job
to get them out of the Russian-
occupied zones,” said Mr. Hixon.
“It took about six months to
bring the Ehlerts here.” —The
Houston Chronicle.
The government reported from
Washington recently that a “ty-
pical city family of four needed
between $3,004 and $3,458 a year
to maintain a “modest but ade-
quate” standard of living at
June, 1947 prices.
The report—result of a 2 1/2
year study of living costs in the
nation’s 34 largest cities—was pre
pared by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. It. was submitted to
a Senate-House economic sub-
committee by Ewan Clague, com
missioner of labor statistics.
Clague told the subcommittee
it was “safe to say” that retail
price increases have boosted
city family expenses across the
nation “at least another 3 per
cent” since the budget estimates
were made.
The government report was
in the form of a “city worker’s
family budget.” An explanat-
ory statement said the budgets
vision as a result of an accident
at his home. The explosion of a
blasting cap necessitated the re-
moval of one eye, and the sever-
ance of the other. Other burns
about his chest and hands were
healed, but the blindness re-
mained.
The young man attended
school for nine years at the Blind
Institute in Austin, where he
learned to read by brail, enter-
ing the school in September of
1928, four years after the occur-
rence of the accident on October
28, 1924. He also attended school
here for one year. A music lov-
er, Kenneth plays and tunes
pianos, doing a remarkable job
of both.
Dr. J. A. Neely, at Bellville,
who attended the boy following
the explosion in 1924, said a few
years back that it seemed that
eyesight may be restored. In ten
days following the operation the
bandages may be removed, and
Kenneth may again see mem-
bers of his family, whose feat-
ures he remembers from more
than twenty years back. If the
efforts of such surgery are suc-
cessful, Kenneth will not only
undergo a great experience in
witnessing the remarkable
change in the past twenty years,
but will realize the wonders of
vision as well.
New Starting,"
Saturday ____________
Sunday Yg
1st night show ah
2nd show at apr"
9:00 p.m.
Thursday-Friday,
“KISS OF DEA’T
Victor Mature,
Brian Donlevy
Saturday, February 21st
"SADDLE PALS”
Gene Autry,
Lynn Roberts
Sunday-Monday, Feb. 22-23
“MOTHER WORE
TIGHTS”
(in technicolor)
Betty Grable,
Don Dailey
Tuesday-Wed., Feb. 24-25
“CALENDAR GIRL”
Jane Frazee,
Wm. Marshall
Thursday-Friday, Feb. 26-27
“ALBQUERQUE”
(in technicolor)
Randolph Scott,
Barbara Britton
Saturday, February 28th
“BELLS OF
SAN ANGELO”
(in color)
Roy Rogers,
Dale Evans ___________
COMING SOON —
“THIS TIME
FOR KEEPS”
(in technicolor) -
Esther Williams,
Jimmy Durante 2.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE FE CURE
Three Austin County boys will
be made Eagle Scouts when Dr.
John A. Stiles, O. B. E., former
Chief Executive Commissioner of
the Boy Scout Association in
Canada, will address the Eagle
Class at the Lamar high school
auditorium, Friday, February
20th, at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Stiles has
been three times decorated by
the King. J. Burney Wilson, ad-
vancement chairman for the Sam
Houston Area Council, will pre-
side at the meeting.
The program opens with a
Band concert by the Lamar high
school band, Lee Keting, direct-
or, followed by the Processional
by Floyd Woodard, for the
Eagle Class and Mothers..
Sixty-two Eagle candidates
will be in this first Council-wide
Eagle class in the Sam Houston
Area Council.
The boys in this district be-
coming Eagle Scouts are:
Ernest Baumgart, Jr., Troop
325.
Ben Goebel Jr., arid Clifford
Goebel, of Troop 116.
The Goebel boys are grand-
sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Muench and Charlie Goebel, of
Sealy.
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