The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1951 Page: 1 of 6
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OVER SIXTY-ONE YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO WEST
AND COMMUNITY
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VOLUME 61. NO. 35
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951
$2.50 PER YEAR
LET’S TALK IT
OVER
Leonard
Webb
U. S. News & World Report
began a recent article on Inter-
national affairs with these
words, "Joseph Stalin once
again Is making an offer of
^ peace to the West. The Russian
'dictator makes It plain that
peace can be had noW, as it
could have been had all along,
at a price."
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^ The catch, of course, lies tin
the phrase "at a price.” For, ac-
cording to the same well-in-
formed magazine here Is what
Russia Is demanding: “Asking
price for peace In Asia—aban-
don Korea to the Communists;
give China's UN seat to the
Communists; give Formosa to
the Communists; give Com-
munist China a voice In decid-
ing Japan's future; withdraw
Western forces from Southeast
•Asia. Asking price for peace In
rEurcpe—accept permanent Rus-
sian control of Eastern Ger-
many; give Russia a voice in
the management of Western
f'Germany; accept Russian con-
trol of Albania, Hungary, Bul-
garia, Rumania, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia; abandon plans to help
Western Europe rearm.”
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This is a sky-high price, but
Russia shows no evidence that
she might be willing to lessen
it materially. It is equally clear
that the United States will not
pay that price or anything
rfhsembllng it. It would, in the
American view, be appeasement
of a'character even more poten-
tially ruinous than that of
,< eMunich just before the last war.
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Vet the Western powers cer-
tainly do not see eye to eye on
the matter .Some of them would
go a long way toward meeting
* Stalin’s demands. Britain, for
example, despite the fact that
British troops are fighting in
Korea, wishes to give Red China
, a seat in the UN and let her
have Formosa. Italy and France,
despite brave words from some
of their leaders, seem willing to
go to the most extreme lengths
60 avoid war—lengths which
4’oud, in the view of many
Authorities, pave the way for
Russian demination of Europe
.without the firing of a shot.
^It is
apparent, therefore, that
one of the hardest and most
basic tasks now facing this
country is to persuade Western
Europe to do something more
than talk about the Red
menace. The feeling is un-
questionably widespread that we
cannot do any more for Europe
until and unless she demon-
strates her willingness to do for
herself. This was the view which
Herbert Hoover expressed in his
last speech. Various commenta-
tors. the brilliant V/alter Lipp-
man among them, think that
this view is now predominant
in the minds of the American
people.
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* ^The hope of stirring Europe
into action now rests, largely,
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Frank Moucka
Buried Monday
FRANK MOUCKA
Churches Donate
$177.41 to CROP
J. C. Bennett, local chairman
for the Christian Rural Over-
seas Pregram, announced this
week that local churches had
contributed $177.41 to the cam-
paign for the aid of the very
needy overseas. Mr. Bennett ex-
pressed his appreciation for the
cooperation received from local
churches. All funds came from
special offerings and will be
sent to the various church re-
lief agencies overseas in the
form of food and fiber for dis-
tribution.
Mr. Bennett announced that
funds are still being received
from those who wish to make
contributions. The following
donations were listed:
Prefsbyleriajn Cjhurch $18.30;
Mrs. B. Alexander $1.00; Catho-
Frank Moucka, age 66, passed
away at his home here at 1:30
p. m. Saturday after an illness
of several months. Mr. Moucka
had been editor of the Vestnik,
published at West, for the past
18 years.
Funeral services were held
here at Aderhold’s Funeral
Home at 10 a. m. Monday.
Burial was at Ennis at 1 p. m.
Stephen Valcik of Houston and
Jos. Vytopil of Ennis conducted
the final rites, all officers of the
Supreme Lodge, SPJST, taking
part in the services.
Pallbearers were Frank J.
Cocek, J. F. Holasek, Raymond
Urbanovsky, Frank Lichnovsky,
John Kubala and J. A. Urban-
ovsky.
Mr. Moucka was born In
Czechoslovakia. He came to the
United States in 1908 and
moved to West in 1932 as editor
of the Vestnik, official organ of
the SPJST lodge. In 1934 he
married the former Mrs. Marie
Cernoch. his first Wife having
died in 1929.
In addition to his duties as
editor of the Vestnik, Mr.
Moucka was active in all affairs
of the SPJST ledge. He was an
outstanding orator and was
much in demand as a speaker at
Czech gatherings all over the
state.
An accomplished musician,
Mr. Moucka devoted much time
organizing and directing bands
and orchestras. In 1936 he led
the orchestra which played at
the Cottcn Bowl for the Czech
dance "Beseda.” His orchestra
also played at Waco Hall and
other places in the state.
Mr. Moucka is survived by
his widow; two sons, Alfred
Moucka of Atlanta, Ga„ and
Eric Moucka of Ennis; three
daughters, Mrs. Alice Kopecky
lie Church and St. Mary’s School
$110.57; Methodist Church $13; jof West, Mrs. Libb Zaludek of
Assembly of God Church $5; Ennis, and Mrs. Virginia Neme-
cck of Corpus Christ!; nine
grandchildren.
The following from out-of-
town were among those attend-
ing funeral services for Frank
Moucka on Monday: Charles
Holasek, Frank Kucera, Ted
Hruska, Rud. Troubil, Joe J.
Krusinsky, all of Corpus
Christi; Joe Anton, Stephan
Valcik, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Chernosky, all of Houston; Ed-
ward Marek, F. J. Chupick, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Urbanovsky,
Fayetteville; Charlie Navratil
and Frank Matus, Temple; Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Urbanovsky, Ed-
dy; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sejansky
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bar-
tosh of Penelope.
First Baptist Church $30.64.
P-TA WiHMeet
Thursday, Jan. 18
The West Parent - Teacher
Association will meet at the
High School gymnasium at 7:38
p. m. Thursday, January 18th.
Dr. Lorena Stretch of Baylor
University will be the principal
speaker, using as her topic “How
Valuable Are Report Cards.”
Mrs. Gerald Hatchett and Mrs.
Grover Dilling will present a
dialogue, directed by Mrs. J. W.
King.
Social hour will follow the
program. ^
Parents with pre-school age
children are Invited to leave
them at the nursery in the
band house where they will be
cared for during the program.
This department Is conducted
| by Mrs. Jimmy Gidncy and her
i Home Economics Department.
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| One can catch the devil with-
I out. being fleet of foot.
1951 Plymouth Displayed Here Sat.
j" New Plymouth Beautifully Styled
j
There arc beautiful new lines In the new 1951 Plymouth cars.
$ new grille, redesigned front fenders and hood, and a wider
windshield provide an appearance of massiveness combined with
smart streamlining. The cars feature unprecedented roadability
and riding qualities and numerous mechanical improvements.
Jb *E. J, Jerabek local Dodge and Plymouth dealer invites every-
one to come Saturday to his show rooms and Inspect this new
nlodrl cai'.
Texas Sets Grim
Polio Record
Texas wound up 1950 by set-
ting a grim new record in polio
incidence—2778 cases for the
year.
Never before in state history
have so many cases been re
ported during a 12 - month
period. Eight cases occurred
Turing the last week In Decem-
ber.
That in itself is significant,
for not a single week passed
that didn't see at least one case
of the so-called hot weather
disease being diagnosed in some
part of the State.
The total 1949 incidence of
the dread disease reached 2355
cases, establishing a record up
to that time. But there were 53
weeks in 1949 instead of the
normal 52, and that figure in-
cludes cases occurring all 53
weeks.
Two hundred and 3 counties
out of the state’s 254 were in-
volved In the 1949 outbreak.
That's comparable to the 201
counties which experienced polio
in 1950.
The counties of Coleman,
Harris, Jefferson. McCulloch,
Nueces, Tarrant, and Tom
Green each reported a single
case of polio the last week of
the year. A Veterans Adminis-
tration hospital had one case
as the year ended, bringing the
total for the week to 8 from all
sources.
The disease reached Its peak
on August 12, when 131 Texans
fell ill. That marked the great-
est single weekly incidence ever
to be reported.
At that time State Health Of-
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WILLIAM "HOPALONG CASSIDY” BOYD and his horse
“Topper” will star at 19 performances of the World Championship
Rodeo at the Houston Fat Stock Show and Livestock Exposition,
January 31 through February 11, in spacious Sam Houston Coli-
seum In Houston. Another headliner will be Eddy Arnold, the
Tennessee Plowboy, and his Oklahoma Wranglers. Boyd is known
to millions for his Western motion picture, radio and television
work.
Southern Association
Lists West Hi School
TPL Specialist to
Assist Farmers
Homer M. Gibbs, rural de
velopment specialist, has been
employed by Texas Power and
Light Company to assist its
farm and rural customers and
to work with existing agricpl-
tural agencies and other in-
terested groups in Improving
farm practices.
•‘It has always been the policy
of this Company to help de-
velop the area it serves,” said
W. W. Lynch, president, "be-
cause the prosperity of Texas
depends basically upon the
prosperity of agriculture.
Through the work of Mr. Gibbs
and his staff, we hope to con-
tribute to the long-range de-
velopment of better farming
practices which will assure Tex-
as farmers of larger incomes
and will conserve for future
Texans the agricultural re-
sources of the state.”
Mr. Gibbs has served as voca-
tional agricultural teacher in
Galveston County, and as as-
sistant and then county agri-
cultural agent of Fort Bend
County. In these positions he
worked actively with both Fu-
ture Farmers and 4-H Club
groups.
During the war, he spent two
years In the U. S. Navy, and
after his discharge returned for
a year as Fort Bend County
Agent. In 1947, he became super-
visor of the rural department
of the Houston Lighting and
Power Company where he served
on junior livestock and poultry
committees of the Houston Fat
Stock Show.
Sir. Gibbs was born on a farm
near Justin In Denton County
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Trojanettes Play
Gatesville Tonight
The West Trojanettes, coach-
ed by Ralph Mercer, will play
the Gatesville girls here at the
High School gymnasium tonight,
Friday. Both A and B teams
have games scheduled with
Gatesville, the first game get-
ting underway at 7 o’clock.
A large crowd Is expected to
witness these two contests, Both
A and B teams have a very good
record for the season, and arc
Improving with each game.
The West glrlj go to Whitney
on Friday. Jan. 19th, for games
with the Whitney A and B
teams.
The Texas Executive Com-
mittee of the Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, threugh its chairman,
Gordon Worley, has informed
Superintendent M. F. Kruse
that the application of West
High School for renewal of
membership in the Southern
Association has been approved
without reservation by the
Texas Committee, the Central
Reviewing Committee of the
Regional Association, and the
Commission on Secondary
Schools.
West High School has belong-
ed to the Southern Association
since at least 1928, originally
having been one of the first two
schools in the county to be ac-
cepted. In order to remain a
member, a school has to meet
the requirements set by the
association. These pertain to all
phases of education: instruc-
tion, qualifications of the staff,
physical plant and equipment,
administration. records etc.
Because these requirements
demand the maintenance of
high standards, it is a distinct
advantage to a student to be
graduated from a high school
affiliated with the Southern
Association.
Pvt. John A. Aimer
Dies in Korean War
POW BUDDIES VISIT
Edwin Vrana of West enjoyed
a visit last weekend from
Michael Giordano of Louhers,
New York. Giordano and Vrana
were German prisoners of war
together during World War II.
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The loose-leaf system dates
back to the Garden of Ed"n.
Jan. 28 is “West
Day” at Stock Show
Miss Mary Cecile Nemecek
will represent the West Long-
horn Club at the Fort Worth
Fat Stock Show and Rodeo on
January 28, “West Day" at the
Exposition. Miss Nemecek was
selected when the Longhorn
Club met last Friday night.
Matinee tickets for the Fort
Worth rodeo are now available
at the News office for the Jan.
28th show. All who desire these
tickets must make purchase
before January 20th.
Boosters of the Fort Worth
Show visited In West Wednes-
day morning. They were tour-
ing this section of the state In
a special bus, Inviting everyone
to attend the show.
Officers Elected
The West Longhorn Club
elected the following officers
at their mceing Friday night.
These oficers were elected for a
one year term:
J. F. Holasek president; John
Nemedek, vice-presid$nt; Miss
Gladys Morris, secretary; Mrs.
John Nemecek, treasurer; Mary
Beth Montgomery, mascot.
Style Review to
Be Presented
The second and third year
Homemakers will present their
style show Monday, January
,15th, at 7:30 p. m. in the West
High School gymnasium. Ad-
mission to the show will be 9c.
The style show will be pre-
sented in three separate divi-
sion, adding variety to the
.review.
First will be the Kiddie Parade
composed of approximately 30
pre-school age children. The
garments to be modeled by these
children were made by the
second year Homemaking girls.
In the second division, the
second year Homemaking girls
will model their tailored cos-
tumes and their home projects.
Concluding the fashions, the
third year Homemakers will
model their special occasion
costumes.
Cordelia Hawkins will be the
commentator. The judges are
Mrs. Fristo Kelsey, Mrs. Dick
Tucker, and Mrs. Johnnie
Christian.
Mrs. Gidney and the Home-
making girls have spent much
time and effort to make this
show a success.
Philosopher Says Not Fair
To Let Conscience Guide
(Editor's Note: The Aquilla voluntary one. "Let your con-
Philosopher on his Johnson | science be your guide in fixing
grass farm on Aquilla Creek prices,” ho advised,
seems to be conscience-stricken j What I would like to say is
this week, if we understand his ain't there some other way to
letter, which sometimes we | arrive at a fair price?
don’t.) j Why put the burden on your
Dear editar: j conscience? That is, why ruin
I was out here walkin around
in my pasture the other after-
noon to get
my mind off
the fact that
I ought to%
have been busy
on my income
tax, it ain't
that I owe
anything but
gcttln hold of
enough figures J. A.
to prove it is my problem, what’s
yours, when I saw a newspaper
blowin along the ground and
I was in, need of something to
read so bad I speeded up enough
to Intercept it just as it blew
across the path in front of me,
I’ve missed a few by not quite
gettin there in time but never
by goin past one too fast, and
what little conscience we got
left?
It’s cnc thing for the price
czar to say you can't get but
22 cents a pound for a Jersey
steer, but it’s another to per-
suade your conscience to charge
the same thing when some bird
is willin to pay 25 cents. The
way I sec it, the new policy not
only ain't gonna control many
prices but is gonna wreck a lot
of consciences to boot.
Take any item, cotton, corn,
shoes, bread, milk, eggs, etc.
All our life we've been trained
to get all we can for it, and to
turn around now and ask our
conscience to do an about-face
and see how little we can get
for it is askin too much of a
conscience, at least too much of
mine and I got a pretty good
picked it up and got to the! Idea a lot. of other consciences
will be affected the same way.
We ought to keep prices down
if we can, but there ought to
be some ether way. No use
havtn high prices and wrecked
consciences both.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
nearest tree and sat down and
after restin a man's mind ought
to be fresh when he reads,
opened it up and read where a
man named Valentine, who is
in charge of controlling prices
for the country, says for the
time bolus, We policy will .be a
Dime Campaign
Opens Monday
The 1951 March of
campaign for McLennan County
will oppiclally open Monday,
Jan. 15, Walter Creamer of
Waco, County March of Dimes
chairman has announced.
Three devastating years of
the worst polio epidemics in
history have wiped out patient
care funds of the National
Foundation for Infantile Para-
lysis, and left unpaid bills of | fore his death.
$5,000,000, states Creamer. j Mr. and Mrs. Aimer last heard
So the 1951 campaign which from their son on November
opens Monday must raise $50.-! 26th. In this letter he said, “I
hope we don't go any further
Into North Korea."
Memorial Services
Memorial services for Pvt.
Aimer will be held here at the
Catholic Church at 8 a. m. Sun-
Pvt. John A. Aimer, 18, soi
of Mr. and Mrs. John Aimer,
Route 2 West, has been killed
in action in Korea, according
to a telegram received Tuesday
I afternoon from Major General
Dimes Edward F. Witsell, Adjutant
General of the Army. The mes-
sage stated that Pvt. Aimer was
killed in action on Nov. 29, and
expressed regret for the un-
avoidable delay in notification.
Pvt. Aimer enlisted in the
Army on Feb. 16, 1950. He train-
ed In camps In Kentucy and
Virginia before being sent over-
i seas In October, one month be-
000,000 nationally. As yet, Mc-
Lennan County has not set a
definite goal.
This sum Is essential to en-
able the Foundation and Its
local chapters to provide finan-
cial aid, equipment and skilled day, Jan. 14th.
workers for the thousands of
children and adults who will be
victims this year, and for those
needing care from earlier years.
Also, the Foundation must con-
tinue to pay for research in
the treatment and prevention
of polio, and the training of
professional personnel.
"Let us meet this financial
crisis, and give freely to con-
quer this vicious polio enemy,”
McLennan County Campaign
Director Charkis McGregor
urged.
W.S. Starnes
Rites Monday
Surviving are the parents;
four brothers, Pfc. Ernest Aimer,
Ft. Riley, Kansas, C'pl. Albln
Aimer, Tucson, Arizona, Cpl.
Alfons R. Aimer, with U. 8.
forces in Korea, and Joe Aimer
of West; a sister, Frances Aimer,
also of West.
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Noted Stars to
Be Seen at Fort
Worth Mardi Gras
The Fourth Annual Mardi
Gras sponsored by the Laneri
High School Boosters Club of
Fort Worth, January 13, will
have as Honorary Queen.
West,! Dorothy Malone, young actress
were held at the First Baptist j with Warner Brothers, who has
Church here at 3 p. m. Monday. | Played In "South of Old St
The Rev. Joel A. Haley con- ^u*s' Two^Guys From Texas,’
ducted services. Burial was in
Funeral services for
Stevens Starnes, 71, of
Wylie
Bold Springs Cemetery. Mr.
Starnes died at his home at 7:30
a. m. Sunday.
Survivors are his widow; two
sons, Wylie Starnes of West and
Willie Starnes of Hillsboro; two
daughters, Mrs. Alise Spurlock
of Corsicana and Mrs. Lencra
Duncan of Hillsboro; three bro-
thers. I. L. Starnes of West,
David Starnes of Conroe and
Joe Starnes of Hobbs, N. M., and
one sister, Mrs, Frankie Elliott
of Corsicana.
BILL TOWNLEY GETS
XMAS GIFT FROM ITALY
Bill Townlcy is the proud
possessor of two expensive Bar-
celona hats, direct from Italy.
The hats are a Christmas
gift from Warrant Officer Bert
L. King, doing submarine duty
in the Mediterranean with the
U. S. Navy. Bert is the son of
Mrs. J. B, King of West.
Mr. Townley Is really ppoud
of this visit from Santa coming
from Italy. He said it couldn't
have been better.
"Colorado Territory and re-
cently opposite Glenn Ford In
"Convicted." The parents of
Miss Malone live in Dallas.
Gilbert Bartosh of Granger,
football star from Texas Chris-
tian University, will be King of
the Mardi Gras. The program of
the evening will include dance
numbers by Janan Hart and
Jere Admire; vocal numbers by
Russ Carter and Glenn West,
and a juggling act by Chuck
Haynes. Epod (Norman Alden)
of Radio Station KXCJL will act
as Court Jester. Parker Willson
will be Lord Chancelor of the
Program and Frank Mills of
WBAP-TV is Master of Cere-
monies.
This Variety Show will be
given at 9:15 p. m. The drawing
In the Give-Away Program of
the Ford, Television and re-
frigerator will be at 11 p. m.
Music will be supplied by Ted
Weems and his orchestra. Tick-
ets are $1 each and are avail-
able at the News office in West.
Admission tickets are good for
the drawing and the winner
does not have to be present.
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