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SEAT
NEWS
SEALY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 3rd, 1948
$2.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME 60—NUMBER 13
Both are in the local
QUEEN BERTHA NELL
KING FRANCIS
regular
3
in behalf of the Austin-
group
Washington
of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Billig, of Sealy, the meeting.
CHAMBER TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
LEGION MAY FETE
WELL ATTENDED
Friday and Saturday
Weather Forecast
Madden Joins
Blinn College Faculty
For Summer Term
FIREMEN PURCHASE
GMC TRUCK UNIT
TO BE BUILT IN S. A.
ber of the graduating class
Sealy high school this year.
WALLIS FAMILY
ESCAPES SERIOUS
AUTO-TRAIN CRASH
bruises,
hospital.
The
CAT SPRING FEST
SET FOR SUNDAY
Saturday
Sunday _
FORMER COACH
RETURNS TO SEALY
HIGH FOR ‘48-‘49
PEOPLE’S SUPPORT
NEEDED IN GETTING
BAND HOUSE HERE
Thursday-Friday, June 3-4
“THE MIRACLE OF
THE BELLS”
Fred MacMurray,
Frank Sinatra
Every Week
For 60 Years
Lions Club to Meet Stearns-Rogers
DONKEY BASEBALL
TOMORROW NIGHT
Patronize Your
County Merchants
______2:30 p.m.
___3:00 p.m.
MISS PACKER IS CLERK
AT LOCAL 5 & 10c STORE
Miss Annie Mae Pacher is em-
ployed as clerk at the Sealy Five
and Ten Cent Store, where she
began employment Monday, May
24th.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Pacher, she was a mem-
Louis Koym and Buster Shop-
pe left Monday morning with the
group of Bellville F. F. A. boys
and F. W. Volkmann on a two
or three week’s scenic trip, which
will take them to Grand Can-
yon.
WITH SINGER CO.
Miss Bertha Nell Vicenik has
accepted a position with the Sin-
ger Company in Houston, begin-
ning employment Tuesday a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tipton and
son, Joey, accompanied by Mr.
Tipton’s grandmother, who join-
ed them in Arkansas, are visiting
Mrs. Tipton’s relatives in North
Dakota.
TEXAS THEATRE
RCA PHOTOPHONE
New Starting Time
MISS JAN ARRIVES
Mr. and Mrs. Emil L. Jan, of
Bakersfield, California, announ-
ce the arrival of a daughter,
Cheryl Diane, at Kern hospital
in Bakersfield Wednesday, May
25th. The young lady tipped the
scales at six pounds and ten and
one-half ounces, and is their first
child.
Partly cloudy, little change in
temperatures, widely scattered
showers Saturday.
R. G. Arnold, Organization Di-
rector, Southern Region, Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation,
Auborn, Alabama will be the
guest speaker at the Cat Spring
Agricultural Association annual
picnic, Sunday, June 6, accord-
ing to Mr. O. A. Severin, presi-
dent of the Austin County Farm
Bureau.
In twenty years of work with
Austin-Washington
Soil Conservation
District Wins 2nd
Toe Taska accompanied Wm.
R. Finch, of the Soil Conservat-
ion office of Bellville, Conrad
Juergens, Sr., and County Agt.,
Wm. E. A. Meinscher, to San
Antonio where they received a
second place award of $200 in a
contest sponsored by the Fort
Worth Press. This award was
received by the Austin County
Edwin Rench is returning to
Sealy to become athletic foot-
ball coach of Sealy high school
for the next school year. He is
already at work at the Melvin
Preibisch furniture and hard-
ware store, where he will be em-
ployed throughout the summer.
His family will move here Fri-
day.
Mr. Rench coached here one
season six years ago, and for the
past five years has been coach
at Eagle Lake. During the past
three years his football team
lost only seven of twenty-nine
games, and his basketball team
won the district championship
during the past year.
Bennie Prause providing music
throughout the day and again
for the dance at night.
The society is returning to the
custom of displaying agricultur-
al products in an exhibit, which
is open to people from Cat
Spring, and all surrounding
areas. These exhibits will be ac-
cepted in the morning and judg-
ed that afternoon.
Frydek Catholics
To Hold Fete Sept. 26
An announcement by Father
Lad Klimicek, pastor of St.
Mary’s Catholic church at Fry-
dek reserves Sunday, September.
26th, as the date for the annual
celebration of the Frydek Catho-
lic church. The event will be
held at Firemen’s Park here.
Eric Boriack was in Oklahoma
City, where he attended a meet-
ing and the showing of the new
1949 Ford. He joined around
200 Texas Ford dealers in Hous-
ton. About 2000 dealers from
10 states were, represented at
automobile was badly
Lad Janda Slated
For Legion Dance
Saturday Night
Sealy Legionnaires are bring-
ing Lad Janda and his orchestra
back to their bandstand for a
Saturday night presentation at
Legion Park this Saturday night,
June Sth. The popular orches-
tra performs well and their mus-
ic is well-liked in this section.
The Legionnaires will welcome
you at their dance.
Austin County Rodeo
Association Plans
First Show Friday
The Austin County Rodeo As-,
sociation will sponsor the first
of a series of summer rodeos at
the Bellville Rodeo arena Fri-
day and Saturday nights, June
4 and 5, beginning at 8 o’clock
each evening. Clipson and Tho-
mas, of Eagle Lake, will furnish
the stock, they being contract-
ed for the summer.
The show is open to all con-
testants, and events featured in-
clude calf tie-down, calf break-
away, steer bull-doging, and
bronc-riding, with added money
to various events.
R. W. Hintz is president of the
board of directors, which is com-
posed of Mr. Hintz, Eddie Ker-
sten, Bailey Huff, J. A. Camp-
bell, Otto Scherbig, L. A. Hu-
ber, L. A. Lang, and H. L.
Adams.
Soil Conservation
chased fourteen of the stubborn
little fellows, and promise lots
of entertainment for all in at-
tendance. Tomlinson plans to
cover quite an area over South
Texas promoting donkey softball
games with civic organizations
participating, and this is to be
more or less of a trial offering, at
reduced prices, incidentally.
Local Lions recently purchas-
ed an eye testing apparatus for
the use of school children of
Austin County, and a part of the
proceeds of this donkey softball
game will go to the Lions to be
used to help promote some
worthwhile project.
1st night show at 7:15 p.m.;
2nd show at approximately 9:15
p.m.
District for second place honors
received by this district in this
1948 contest. Last year the dis-
trict received first place.
The group enjoyed a splendid
banquet in San Antonio given in
honor of the winners in the var-
ious contests in this region. Geo.
A. Vasicek, of the Industry Con-
servation District, was given a
plaque for being the outstand-
ing man of this region, in com-
pleting his conservation plans
and work during the year. .
The Austin-Washington Soil
Conservation District was rated
second best on the basis of work
planned and work completed
during the year.
Chief Harry Nowak has re-
ceived a price from Burke and
Simms’ Fire Equipment Com-
pany of San Antonio of $3,375.00
to build a fire-fighting apparatus
on the recently purchased GMC
truck chassis. Nowak says there
may be a slight variation of final
figures as minor changes are
made.
The GMC truck chassis was
purchased from a Seguin dealer
for $2450.00, Louis Koym, Gil-
bert Meier and Frank Russ go-
ing after it last week. Herman
Meloneck is letting the truck be
stored at a garage at his home,
awaiting the nod from the entire
local fire body so it may be tak-
en to San Antonio for final con-
struction.
Result: Approximately $6,500
gone from the fire department
treasury.
And, incidentally, local fire-
men are reminded that tonight
(Thursday) is practice night and
they are to be on hand at the sta-
tion for roll call at 8:05 sharp.
The chief possibly will discuss
the new truck, with a definite
decision to be reached at next
Sealy Men Attend
Houston Dairy Show
Henry Holtkamp, sons Elroy
and Henry, Jr., and Vick L. Boyd
were among some 2000 dairy en-
thusiasts attending the Harris
County dairy day at White Oak
Gun club park near Houston,
Wednesday, June 26th. One hun-
dred and ten of the registered
animals that produce milk were
exhibited at the event.
Dairy interested commercial
companies provided free barbe-
cue, ice cream and coffee which
was enjoyed by the many visit-
ors.
the farmers of the south, Mr.
Arnold has been instrumental in
an increase of membership from
some 25,000 members to 490,000
members at the present time. He
is an enthusiastic speaker and a
great agricultural leader. Ac-
cording to Mr. Severin, this pro-
grarn will be of interest to all
farmers and land owners of Aus-
tin County.
Mr. Severin is anxious that
everyone know and understand
the Farm Bureau Program.
Chamber of commerce mem-
bers are reminded that next
Monday night is meeting night
for the local group, and all are
urged to be present at the school
house at eight o’clock.
Harry Korthauer is president
of the group, with Harry Nowak
14 Couples Get
Marriage Licenses
Throughout May
Ten white couples made appli-
cations for marriage licenses in
the county clerk Lawrence Dit-
tert’s office at Bellville during
the month of May. Four Negro
couples likewise were matrimon-
ially-minded, thus bringing the
list to fourteen.
The group of ten included:
Odis G. Hill, Miss Dorothy He-
len Donnell, May 3rd; Johnnie
J. Jurik, Miss Ruth R. Petrusek,
May 3rd; Arthur L. Diestel, Miss
Gloria R. Vicenik, May 15; Waco
A. Dernehl, Miss Delores Blazek,
May 15; W. H. Hartman, Miss
Alva Dean Winchester, May 21;
Florin Andrlla, Miss Gloria
Hintz, May 22; Alfons L. Rohan,
Miss Elizabeth Ann Mikeska,
May 26th; George Allison Cook,
Miss Juanita Chambless, May
27; John W. O’Brien, Miss Jua-
nita Ann Sander, May 27; Steve
Krusleski, Miss Kathryn Joyce
George, May 29.
Colored couples were: Jim Ri-
ley, Audrev Hawkins, May 8;
Clifford Fasher, Lenora Stew-
ard, May 13; Willie Dabney, Ru-
ther Mae Cloud, May 14; Ralph
Lilly, Katherine Sylvester, May
17th.
Wallis Doctor
Transfers to ElCampo
Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Wigle and
children of Wallis, are moving
to make their home in El Campo,
where Dr. Wigle will join Dr.
E. A. Weinheimer in a partner-
ship. He closed his Rosenberg
office Saturday, concluded work
at his Wallis office Monday, and
will begin practicing in El Cam-
po the latter part of this week.
Dr. Wigle and his family came
to Wallis around a year and a
half ago, and during the time
of their stay in that town
made numerous friends there
and in the surrounding communi
ties, who regret to see their phy-
sician leave them. The new po-
sition in El Campo is a definite
advancement for Dr. Wigle and
offers splendid possibilities. He
will practice surgery.
Vernon Madden will join
the Blinn College faculty during
the summer school, as an Educat-
ion instructor. He is superin-
tendent of schools at Sealy. He
holds a B. A. and M. A. degree
from Sam Houston State Teach-
ers College, Huntsville.
An interesting feature on
Sunday will be the annual feast
sponsored by the Cat Spring
Agricultural Society at their hall
in Cat Spring, with a dinner at
noon being the kick-off signal.
There’ll be games, amusement
stands, concert music by the Bell-
ville Booster Band and the like
throughout the afternoon, with
The car of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
lie Hundl of Wallis, was struck
by the 5:44 southbound passen-
ger train Monday afternoon at
the railroad crossing north of
the depot, which is a joint Santa
Fe and S. P. station, at Wallis,
according to information from
E. C. Zunker, agent. Mr. and
Mrs. Hundl were rushed to the
hospital by Knesek and Sons am-
bulance, where immediate atten-
tion was given. Their one year
old daughter, Charlene, was the
only other occupant of the car
and escaped without injuries. ■
Mrs. Hundl sustained a fract-
ured right arm and bruises over
the body, while Mr. Hundl re-
ceived scalp lacerations and body
Members of the local Lions
Club and employees of Stearn-
Rogers construction company
will vie for honors with the oth-
er donkeys in a game to be play-
ed tomorrow night (Friday) at
the local field, game time being
eight o’clock.
The first donkey softball game
of the season, a large turnout
is anticipated to partake of the
many laughs, and stunts of both
players and mules alike.
Raymond Tomlinson, along
with his manager, L. D. Wasicek,
recently returned from trips to
Rio Grande City, where they pur-
Name Barbecue For
Sunday, July 4th
Wallis Legionnaires are mak-
ing plans for their annual July
4th barbecue to be held at the
Legion Hall at Wallis. Dinner
will be served beginning at 11
o’clock, and softball games, a-
musement stands, and music by
Krenek’s will provide the after-
noon’s entertainment. Krenek’s
will also play for the dance at
night.
ATTEND O. E. S.
INSTALLATION
Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Weaver
and son, DeWitt, Mr. and Mrs.
Lon Davis, Miss Maggie Brune,
and Mesdames J. J. Schindler,
Dolly Cherwak, Ruby Hinze,
Ruth O’Connor, Bessie Muench,
Mahala Hackbarth, Fannie Mey-
er, Dessie Hintz, Emma Laura
Cooper and Jewell Bartlett at-
tended the installation of O.E.S.
officers in Brookshire Monday
night. All of this group, with
the exception of young DeWitt
Weaver, are members of the
Sealy chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Florence England was in-
stalled as Worthy Matron at
the Monday evening ceremony.
smashed and the family mirac-
ulousy escaped serious, if not
fatal injuries. They were cross-
ing onto the highway, and did
not see the train until it was
directly upon them, reports
state. The mother bent forward
over her child when she saw
the oncoming danger, and sav-
ed her from being cut or bruis-
ed.
Jerry Svajda of Wallis, accom-
panied the injured couple to
Sealy, offering aid to Mr. Hundl,
who was badly cut, and suffer-
ing from loss of blood, accord-
ing to reports. Mr. and Mrs. B.
M. Mayer brought the child af-
terward.
ANNOUNCE NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stephens, of
Salem, Oregon, announce the ar-
rival of their first-born, a daugh-
ter, on Tuesday, May 25th. The
young lady weighed seven lbs.
and twelve ounces, and has been
named Susan Annette.
Mrs. Stephens is the former
Miss Marie Billig, daughter of
If the people of Sealy and this
community show sufficient in-
terest a band house may be se-
cured by the Sealy high school,
and may be used as a Boy Scout
lodge and a teen-age center. The
building may be secured from
the War Assets Administration,
June 9th, the last day for ac-
ceptance of such offer.
“In order to accept we must
know the community wants it
bad enough to get in behind it,”
Supt. Vernon Madden said. The
people will need to back the pro-
ject with contributions totaling
around $1500, which sum will
be needed for the building, the
moving and the erecting of same
here, he stated.
It is believed a Booster club
is the answer. Anyone contrib-
uting to the fund would be en-
entitled to the club with mem-
bers of the local Lions club hand-
ling memberships. If the Sealy
people are interested in acquir-
. ing such a location for their
young boys and girls, this will
be a splendid opportunity for
them to have one. Contact any
Lions club member or Supt.
Madden.
Become Dealers For
Ferguson Tractors
John and Louis Vicenik, of
Vicenik Bros. Garage, located at
the Y on highway 90 are announc-
cing their sub-dealership for
Ferguson tractors and equip-
ment. This is a recent addition
to their line of general car re-
pair work.
Wednesday night’s
monthly get-to-gether.
UNAC Campaign
In Wallis To
Open This Week
The Wallis Chamber of Com-
merce will open its drive for
United Nations Appeal for Child-
ren next week, Mrs. B. M. Mayer,
chairman of the drive, announced
Tuesday. No quota has been
set, but it is hoped that people
of Wallis and community will
give generously to this cause.
Millions of children in war-
ravaged countries are in such
desperate need of food that for
the first time in world history
nations have banded together in
an effort to halt the hunger that
imperils a large part of human-
ity.
The International Children’s
Emergency Fund, established by
the United Nations to help alle-
viate the appalling conditions is
a participating agency of Ameri-
can Overseas Air-United Nat-
ions Appeal for Children which
is conducting a nation-wide cam-
paign to promote America’s
share in this global effort. In a
single federated appeal, AOA-
UNAC is seeking to raise $60,-
000,000. Americans everywhere
have the opportunity of partici-
pating in a practical demonstrat-
ion of democracy in action by
helping in this thoroughly Ame-
rican way of meeting the urgent
needs of victims of war’s tragic
aftermath.
Saturday, June Sth
“UNDER THE
TONTO RIM”
Tim Holt, Nan Leslie
Sunday-Monday, June 6-7
“THREE DARING
DAUGHTERS”
Jeanette MacDonald,
Jose Iturbi
The interior of the American
Legion Hall of Sealy was im-
mediately transformed into a
royal palace when King Francis
of the House of Waterbury, of
Katy, was announced and made
his appearance in the aisle to-
ward the stage setting at the
May Fete Monday evening.
Queen Bertha Nell, of the House
of Vicenik, made her royal en-
trance and after the court had
assembled, was graciously crown-
ed Queen of May by her king,
amid the beauty and grace of
youth in elaborate formal at-
tire.
Palm leaves arranged in fan-
fashion adorned the back-
ground of the stage, where a
throne marked the royal coup-
le’s location, with baskets of
colored hydrangea outlining the
forepart of the scene. Green
matting covered the floor and
made it a neat setting for the
colorful ceremony.
Her majesty appeared in a
gown of pink eyelet embroidery
and net designed with a cape-ef-
fect collar. She wore long opera
gloves, and her long train of
white satin glistened with sil-
ver sequins and glimmering or-
naments. The king wore a
white suit with an all-white cape
lined in satin, and a king’s
crown. -
Assisting with the queen’s
beautiful train were trainbearers
Billy Schavrda and Henry Ka-
hanek, Jr.
Princess Ronita Harper appear-
ed in a gown of white net over
pink, and a white net train with
silver sequins. Prince Orville
Benton wore dark trousers with
a white tuxedo coat. The queen’s
ladies in waiting, Miss Virginia
Bryan, in deep rose taffeta, and
Miss Neva Knowles, in green
net, each wore a train of gold
mettalic fabric. Miss Bryan’s
train was trimmed in pink, while
green trimmed Miss Knowles’
train. Each wore a tiara of
pearls. Their escorts, Virgil
Svajda and Leroy Marburger,
were dressed in white tux coats
over dark trousers. All other
escorts wore the same white and
dark ensembles.
The junior princess, little Miss
Diane Hluchan, was dressed in
a dainty blue organdy gown and
wore an elaborate little crown.
Her junior prince, Bill Schroe-
der wore all white.
Dee Brune and Miss Adelle
Maresh deftly handled the an-
nouncing of the queen and her
court, and Miss Tanya Schmidt,
of Brenham, in brilliant cos-
tume, added much to the prog-
ram with her acrobatic perfor-
mance and capable assistance. A
crowd well over six hundred
made a fine and attentive aud-
ience for the coronation, and the
program arranged and directed
See CORONATION, page 5
Tuesday-Wed., June 8-9
“ALWAYS
TOGETHER”
Robert Hutton,
Joyce Reynolds
Thursday-Friday, June 10-11
“DAISY KENYON”
Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda
— COMING SOON —
“TREASURE OF
SIERRA MADRE
Humphrey Bogart,
Walter Huston . , '
Men, Women
Make Appeal For
County Nurse - |
Around fifteen Austin County
citizens joined County Superin-
tendent George Hill in a session
with the commissioner’s court in
Bellville, Tuesday morning, when
they made an appeal for the em-
ployment of a county nurse for
Austin County. The appeal was
accepted by the court, although
no decision was made, County
Judge W. D. Bryan said.
The county will be subject to
the payment of possibly one-
half of the expenses of the nurse.
Although the plan met the
court’s approval, no certain steps
have been taken due to the fact
that information is now being
awaited from Austin, as to
where the funds may be obtain-
ed.
as vice-president, Eddie Hluchan,
secretary and R. W. Brau, treas-
urer.
Several matters probably will
be submitted for discussion, with
the need of a representative
number of local members to par-
take in the details.
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