The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1939 Page: 3 of 6
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THE FLATONIA ARCUS
FAYETTE CO. COMES
UNDER THE AUSTIN
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
Fayette Comm is now in-
iir the service area of
the Austin office of the Social
Secuiity Board, it." was an-
nounced today by Zola E.
■Avery, Manager of that-of-
fice, why was a visitor in
Flatonia on Thursday. This
W is of particular importance
V to employers and employees,
he-pointed out, since tha-ser-
vices which the Austin of-
fice hereafter will afford
-have previously' been render-
ed by the 'Houston office of
the Board.-
. ^ In accoidance with this
.•change of offices, residents
of" Fayette County, desiring
to obtain social security ac-
count numbers or . duplicate
account number ca.ds, should
address their applications t<?
* the Austjjo, office,, which - is
located at 104 old Federal
Building. Persons who de-
V" sire to file .‘claims for lump-
sum—be n ef i ts %tnwl it * o 171 -
age insurance program, and
pi i-iBiis ejltfsiiing general 4n-
foi maflb'h concerning Ybe
Social Security Act should*
** ateo- comTntmicate —with -that
Office.
Under the old-age. insur-
ance program, lump-sum
payments are being made .to
workers who reach the age 65
and .to close relatives or
estate-' of deceased . workers.
TbP benefits*alnount to 15C
per cent of the total wages
leciived by.the workers from
.« .-c«Vqlvfl ^ lueiployment, not,
■ counting more than $3j000
annually from any one em-
1 • plov.er, since January 1,
1957, and up to the*attain-
• men of age 65 or death. Per-
sons.we believe that they are
eligible should address their
inquiries-16 the Austin office
where information and as-
sistance will be furnished.
Old-age insurance should not
* be confused* with .payments^
made to the needy aged by*
the Texas Old-Age Assistance
p- Commission. "
‘ “The Austin* office desires
..provide prompt and cf-
•♦et;.jive‘ service to, employers
. and employees and-, the
public in gbiierul,” Mr. Avery
said, ■‘‘ami the resident of
Fayrite County are c«rdiaBy
' iir. <d to make full uSU of
itskfaeill.tlc.8-..
•'1 lawt-ver." be -continued.
• , “the i ii:inge ]ji field ^offices
thF' cofintj does not af*
feel Jiui.ttei'.i , cuneernijig
federal social .tertjrm- ritacs/
■ which ’should be directed, 'as
in. the past. to. the Collector
y4 Intel nal Revenue, at Aus-
tin. Rn iherWire;/ the ac.tivi-
tli p| tin office are entire-
|; d.fffei.cnt from, the admi-
, nrvtration by the State of un-
compensation
- •in-rfnildre ■ns.si.sty.7ice. All
m; ” ;-V pyifaining ' to mw
Hli'VnVd lie directed " to Or-
ville -S. Carpenter,' Director
(,t the T?yas Unemployment.
Compensation Commission,
•Andii;. TexaSf; and matters
pertaining to old-age assist-
ance to W. A. kittle, Directo-
or of tin1 Texas Old Age As-
sistance Commission, Aus-
■ tin.” ' , _ . .-
The address of. the Social
F ' li'li.v Board office in Aus-
tin is 104 Old Federal Build-
ing.
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* OEMS OF THOUGHT *
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Viituc «
The only sure path to a
tr;oniuil life is virtue.—JuVe-
nal. —----i--——
I! iter the frugal iniel-
j(.i; nal repast with content-
ment and virtue, than the
luxury of learning with
egotism* and vice. — Mary.
Baker' Eddy.
Confidence in another
man’s ■ virtue, is. no . slight
evidence of a man’s own—
Montague,_____________
The man who in _thisf
can keep the whitetteW
r his soul is not likely to
/ lose it in another.—Smith.
With virtue and quietness
ope muv conquer the world.
_Lao Tsze.
.. Virtue, the , strength and
beauty of the soul, is the best
gift of Heaven.—John Arm-
strong.
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fURSDAY, MAR. 23, 1939
THE OLD LIGHTHOUSE STILL STANDS
11
£NT£Rpre
TriTTaioa
OPPORTUNITY
CjT| 2.
Mis
V
Wki-U
mm
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■4MgiSNr. %
State Chairman
To Aid Cripples
202-YEAR-OfcD
BIBLE DISPLAYED
AT MERCURY OFFICE
Maybe you can’t #teU. p
book by its covers but one
thing is certain. If a book has
a fine leather cover, it will
la.st at least 202 years,
In case seeing is believing,
take a trip by the Mercury
office where, on display,
you’ll ...have an opportunity
to, turn tljo pages of a .curi-
ous 202-ycar-6fd tome.
It’s a Czech Bible, publish-
ed in 1757—thirty-nine years
before the Declaration of
Independence, aloiy? about
the time George Washington,
your first president, was a
wee . lad of five years
Looking none the worse for
ijs 202 " years of existence,
it’;,the highly prized proper-
ty of Will Waicjiar,. "Weimar
resident, wYio says it has-been
handed down from zme
generation of his'' fore-fatnets
/to jAy next. •Having the ap'-
Ff?EE CRIPPLED
CHILDREN’S CLINIC.
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On Good Friday, April 7,
105!), at 10. o’clock‘in thT?
morning, Memorial Hospital
in Houston • will conduct a
FREE CLINrC FOR CRIP-
PLED AND DISABLED
CHILDREN. Any child'corn-
in' •.iiYuler. the .classification
of bone, 'niuscle* or joint do-
le ■(-;. or deformities * deaf%
hatidip. cleft ivalate or skiu
graft js ’.welcome...at the
Clinic.
The " Phy sical Restoration’
Service-Division Vocational
RolVabiljtflJio?h**Slate e-Du'pari-
Trte’itt .of Education. Justin,
T< xas, will ma I<e it' possible
for these children to be
hospitalized without any cost
%i them or their parents. Any
chilit undei; 21 vears of age
will be accepted.
Friends of . crippled • chil-
dren ■everywhere, >are 'urged
■ to pi'oxdtte , tr:fh,5poKtatioa tfio
peaiance of a miniature I as -■*!* m.'dye-it possible . foe.
pirate’s chest, it is bound in tin- nnloitunale.s to >ret to
perfectly preserved leather, j * ■ *1’**• “* xf
has leather tongs which clasp ; flue of the l|«%;ton dairies
'it together, and contains 1600 ! xyill furbish, FREE milk
pages. Triangular, flowery-1 chocolate, to those' attemjjng
etched brgss corners have' and the Woman’s Auxiliary
protected the Jomo from* the -of IJakJlosjntak wiir see that
Ernest R. Tennant, president of
the Dallas National bank, this year
heads the sixth annual Easter Seal
sale carnpuifULoit Texas. Announce-
ment of Mr, leilnhnt's acceptance'
of tips work in behalf of Texas
crippled children was made today
.by.Chas. r. Ashcroft of Sulphur
Springs, president of the Texas
Society for Crippled Children. «
The sale of Easter Seals will
commence Mafcfij25 ana continue,
untif April 10. All receipts from the"
sale of Easter Seals will lie devpted
to the hospitalixatiog of cripplee
children otherwise unable to help
themselves.
FREYBURG NEXT ON
LIST FOR ELECTRICITY
line' for rura+^ulectriflca--
A repregentativy-aUJhe
tide Construction " Com-
wcar and tear.of two con-
tjtriek.- •Though iK paper
crTgo.4 nrc blacky each of its,-
104)0 Rages art' in perfect
condition.,,find the ' planting
thereon appears f<> lie as
clear as if was two centuries
ago. j>
Attesting to the fact that
book-binders of the 1700’s
knew ffieirJwMness. the book
is -(ill lightly bound and per-7*
fpctly stitched.
Evcn—Uuui,—|niiilci:s»..^il>ti..
hallettsville to vote
-ON LATERAL'^OAD'BONDS
# - s
llallettlKrile, Texas, March
11 .-—A road bond oleotioji is
calletf for April b, the, amount
tn iya k-to.ootv, amf the money
td'Tu' used tor barrlditTg hTuT.
vnaniritgrirYnr 1 .aH>r?iT' miitFi ~RS
ously liked color printing. The
front page is a “two-color
ioh’k-altcrnat.Hg in rad -and
black.—W(• imar Mereury.
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•mad -distric-T iTinUbef two of
J .:i\ :ic:i cnlllll V ■ This
COLUMBUS CIVIC LEADER
DIES SUN, AFTERNOON
Columbus, March 14.—4 II.
L. R. Skinner, 58, Well known
Columbus citizen, ■•prominent
here in’ civic affairs, died at
5 p. m. "Sunday in a local
hospital.
lie wijs stricken Saturday-
afternoon .with peritonitis.
Mr. pinner was secretary
of thh Masonic Blue Lodge,
secretary of the Columbus
chamber of commerce for 10
years, investigator for the
Texas old-age assistance com-
mission in Fayette County
and formerly was superin-
tendent. of the Baptist Sun-
day school at Columbus for
20 years.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 5 p. mi Monday.
Born in Mississippi, ’ he
came to Texas as a child. He
Was married to JfffSs Olive
Hightower in Columbus in
1913f, moved to Palacios fork
five’ years and has resided
in Columbus since.
He is survived by his wife,
one son, Rennet Skinner,
Atistiir:—ft (laugher, Mrs.
Wyne Holcomb, Houston; his
mother, Mrs. J. A. Skinner,
Columbus; a sister, Miss
Lucile Skinner, Brownsville;
three brothers, Dr. John Skin-
ner and Fred Skinner of Dal-
las and Dr. L. E. Skinner of
Taylor.
•cavh child Ts presented with
•-'rm ’MSM*?** ~
•n.:-
It was announced at the
meeting of the directors of
the Fayette County Electric
■ Cq-operfition that the.,Frey-
, burg section would bo ■ next
in lyin' for rura+^olectriflca-
tioTl.
Uvalde
pahy stated that work would
begin within the next four to
six weeks, .Following the
JSreyburg* project, Cistern
would >J»e next in line.
A number of the people
living south of Schulenburg
wo.ro at the meeting and
were assured that if enough
people would Take electri-
city, that lines would be in-
stalled whonthV allotment
of fedora! funds arrived in
%JuljAt—Schulenburg Stjcken
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* FLATONIA
* FRATERNAL * 1
ORGANIZATIONS
* Schc*lule of Meetingt . 1
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FLAIONIA LODGE
> A. F. A A. M- -
No. 436 ■ ,
embraces, territory extending
from South Mustang Creek,
to the Lavaca-FayettP coun-
ty line and includes the city
of Hallettsville. The district
expects, to socuiv a PWA
grant so dial total monies
available for road "purposes
will bo $150,606..
NOAH’S BIG° MISTAKE
“Paw?”
--“Now, what?”. . • ,
’“Why didn’t Noah swat
both the flies when he had
such a good chance?”
"F
* YOUR HEALTH AND •
* 110V,’ TO KEEP IT *
•♦**•*-•**-
“Flu”.
Austin, Texas. March 15.—
The first week of March
showed 1000 casts of in-
fluenza in Texas. Dr. Geo.
W. Cox, State Health Offi-
cer, has issued the follow-
ing .statement on the disease.
“In its present form the
symptoms may range from a
common W'4d to high fever,
back ache and prostration.
However, pnoumonia as a
complication r represents .a
real hazard and it is well
known pneumonia is an ex-
ceedingly dangerous disease.
The remedy is go to bpd upon •
the first appearance of the
cold and remain there until
advised by a ph.vsirian be-
fSfe one can- safely gCt^out
of it.
“Everyone should -realize,
that kt its lightest f-ornr in-
fluenza can very easily' be=
vention is far better than
cure and.the caYeful obseev-
•anri* of .4 few common sense
rules will "materially Blrehgtli-
rm ones resisttmee to an, at*
tack of- jnfluenza. Some of
these rules a.r£
*“‘(1) So far as possible
avoid contact with members
of families wath %olds or in-
fluenza. - ■
(2) Keep tbt' feet dry.
(3) Wash the hands be-
fore - meals.k
(4) Avoid unnecessary
fat igue. _
(5) See that ^<>qr alimeit.
firy system, is "regular.7 in
action - , . ;. ,
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COLORED LOGIC
The train was very late,
and fhe .traveler was grumb-
ling and “cussing” the rail-
road while, the colored port-
er brushed him off, and got
"him ready for bis station.
“They certainty run this
railrdad in lousy "fashion,” he
companied, half to himself
and half Jo the ’jWtcr. ‘ Every
time I ride it lately, I get in
late. I don’t see why the
Devil they go ^o the tumble
of publishing a time-table at
all.’*
“Sense, me, Sub," said the
pi)?ter, “lail dFy’s got fo have
a -timetable, cause jf’n dey
didn’t hab dne,• how would
dey know iFn de’ train wuz
Me?"
First Lady Hears of Seal
Sale for Crippled Children
..
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In Dullas to lecture upon the “Ideals of YoutW’ Mrs. Franklin D,
Ri-sovelt, first ladv of the land, hears plans of the 1939 Easter Seal
Sale for the benefit of crippled children in Texas. Here (left) U shown
ftMrs Walter E. Kinirabury, Dallas, chairman of the Women’* Division "
of tic Texas Crippled Children’s Society,^rnd Ernest R. Tennant, Dal-
las, hairman of the 1939 seal sale campaijtn.’conferrink With the p*«s-
id>'nt’» wife upon the work being carried on in Texas. Mrs. Kingsbury
atro extended Mrs.'Roosnvelt an otficial invitation to, return to Llaltaa
to attend a Joint convention of tho National and International.Societies
for' Crippled Children, Oct. .26. -Easter .Seals are being distributed^
through women’s clubs and organisations throughout the state.
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t'lci’k-to boss b,v telephone:
“Listen . Chief, .1 won’t he
able to motor'’ back until
Thursday.”
“8o you want a few more
days of grace, eh?”
“No, sir—of Helen.”
Squire: “Well . Matthew,
and how arc you now?”
'Convalescent: * “Thanksee,
siy, 1 be beeter" than I"Were,
but, sir, I beaut as well as* I
were afore I was as. bad as
I be now.” ‘
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Cljurcf) Notices;
FLATONIA BAPTIST ,
CHURCH NOTICE
Preaching each first, third
and fourth Sunday at 11:00 a.
m. and 7 :30 p.m..
Sufiday school every Sun-
day morning at 10:00 o’clock.
W. M- U. meets' every
Monday aft or n turn at 3:00. 'J
i*
Mill-week prayer service
each Wednesday night at
7:30. You are invited to af-
-tend these services, w
G. R. Hopson, Pastor
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iPRAHA CATHOLIC CHURCH
-First mass at 8:00 a. m.
High mass at 9:30 a. m.
Rev. John Anders, Pastor] ‘ Rev. J. A. PuSf.kiti|Pas(ot>. .
METHODIST CHURCH
CALENDAR
Flatonia
Church ratvoot at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and
7:80 p. m. every first, second
and fourth Sunday.
Muldoow**
Preaching at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. every third Sunday.
Prayer (jjeetflig-7:30 each
Wednesday.
. . , r ■ % Colony
Services at 3:00- p.m. every
second .and fourth Sunday.
Our friends are always wal-
tome to worship with us.
J. C. Gibbons, Pastor,
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SACRED HEART CHURCH
1,ow Mass -vfYTi Rngtish
sermon, 7i!W u. in.
High Mass with Czech ser-
mon, 9:00 a. m.
* '* • ,9
■ i-.*i; - -
Meets second. Monday night in
eaefi -month. A'll- - visiting
brothren are cordiaHy Invited
to attend • monting^-—G. F.
siy. W. y hi.lli l «■ K>1
PXTHIAS
Flatonia Lodge
_ No. 208
Meets every 1st and 3rd Tues<
day in their Castlft- Hall-
Ira Syler, C.. C.; Henry
Miller, K. R, and S.
O. V. H. S.
Germania Lodge No. 15
Moots 1st Sunday of each
month. Visiting brethren in-
vited to ntleud.
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■ Miss Sarah Caldwell
—rrrsou rbBT^M^y- ■Hoti'd oTGi nsr,“
! CORPUS GHRISTI, TEXAS-
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large gathering at the same time"
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1939, newspaper, March 23, 1939; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth985699/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.