The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 65
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAR. 21, 1940
NUMBER 13
Cub Pack Registered
With Eight Cobs—
Registration was completed
at the last session of the Cub
Training Course held at the
.Seout. IIall Thursday- night,
airu^dven runners and eight
Cubs were registered for the
coming year. Scout Field
.Executive E. C. Newman
was in charge of the course
that .was well attended by
both parents and prospective
Cubs.
Work Completed OnEASTER Monday to Surface Casing Being Set On
WPA Road Project BE DAY HOl,DAY Hynes Well North Of Town
* AWAY; SPRING IS
* HERE, THEY SAY *
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Spring is here!
At' least that’s what the
calendar says.
It arrived officially - Wed-
Frank. Zouzalik, Jr. was nesday, March 20 at 12:24
■o’clock, aifd Flatonians, with
one of the coldest winters
behind them, can start put-
rfcgistered use Cubmaster,
with a Cub committee con-
sisting of G'e'rfrge W. Hawkes,
as chairman, John Rogge, E.
If. Zouzalik and Moe Klein.
Mrs. M-oe Klein was named
as Den. Mother for Deir No.
1 and Mrs. Minnie L. Starry
was named. .Den Mother for
Den No. g. Cubs enrolled in-
cluded St dart Klein, 'Richard
Earl ; Brunner, Richard Joe
Schmidt, John KLimej
ting tlfeir Overcoats" 4 and
furs . . and red flannels In
mothballs.
If winter decides to invade
us again, just blame it on
the non-cooperation between
the weather gods and the
Daniel Zouzalik, James Jilek, —...... .... .....« —
% —RilHo Rot)' Marsh and ’Oscar) sPn,,P- At least- that's what
Lo«- Rogge. ; Le».»y‘ Juripa 1 the>L to-l(l nl° >J» school. What
and Max Walla were register- is the vernal eqymox?.. I
• ed. as Den Chiefs. thought you’d ask . that. It’s
Registration of the Boy the time of the Vear wheri
Scout Troop is also under- the sun, apparently mowing
way this week, and will be
• ' completed by Saturday.
About Z7 boys are expected
to* reregister.
men who make.the calendars.
SPltnU ’the^'vlftim-:- ^ that a
■r — ' i a , . . •,* • . of 341.7:59.SO Was snont oil.
iatfmarks the beginning of
.1
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ROTARY CLUB
IpT-NEWS ,TEM
An interesting debate on
“Socialized Medicine” was
presented by the debating
teams, of Flatonia High
School and enjoyed by the
Rotary Club qi'; Flatonia at
their regular weekly luncheon
Friday noon. The affirmative
„sid(t was presented, by 'Otto
Ste i n ha tiser a n d„ H ugh Dhen-
iier, «aml the , negative sidh
IVas presented "toy Shirley
Klein and.Dprptlry McCall.
Dorothy Sc blitz, Mary Oma
Kolar and Max Walla were
the alternates.
Visjtihg Rotariansf .present
included Dr. C. T. Dufner,-
Dr. Everett Ranger and Vic
Miller of Hallettsville, and
W. A. Winterrowd of San
Antqriio was the guest of J.
M. Cadwell.
PROMINENT TEXAN
DIES IN SAN ANTONIO
Funeral services were held
in -San Antonio Wednesday
for Mrs. Elizabeth Vanhan
Kokemot, 6!), wife of H. L.
Kokernot, prominent ranch-
man of (his section of Texas.
Mrs. Xokernot, well known
by many of our local people,
was born in Lavaca county,
* and was active In' church and
civic enterprises.
Airs. Kokerhot had joined
her husband in his various
gifts to the Baptist institu- (
lion- in Texas,- including San' The njkt meeting with
Marcos Baptist Academy at Miss Jones will be on April
San Marcos. Recently Mr. (15, at Miss Bertha Psencik’s
and Mrs. Kokernot deeded home, where the girls will
the Nixon Building in Coipjas learn how to prepare and
ChrUti -and' other properties serve a dinner.
northward, shines directly on
the equator. Yesterday was
on6 of the t\Vo days ip the
year when day and night the
world over were qf equal
length. September 22nd is
the other clay when such a
thing occurs.
This is all brought about,
mind yqu, by the fact that, the
earth’s axis is not perpen-
dicular to the plane of the
earth’s orbit around the sun.
If it were perpendicular, $ay
and night everywhere- liquid
he the , same length, and
eqiiil conditions of tempera-
ture would prevail. They tell
us.’however that the axis is
tilted 23 degrees • aftd’• "2?
minutes away from perpen-
dicular 4> t.he ofbit, *and this
is what ntakes tli'e sun , appear
tb movJ north and solith vfrith
the seasons. .On June 24 st,
thp sun reaches thp-fartherest
point, and then begins moving
southward again.
Spring is here! That’s what
they say, but don’t take their
wdkd fer it.. Old Man Winter
may have something to say
about that!
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CISTERN 4-H CLUB NEWS
The Cistern 4-H Club
Meeting was held on Mon-
day, March 18 at the school
house with Miss Vada Jones.
The Meeting was called to
order and a club delegate
was chosen. Miss Ruby Kelly
was elected with Miss Lucille
Harbich as alternate.
Miss Jones then gave a
demonstration on making
mitered corners for dresser
scarfs, sheets, handkerchiefs,
and pillow cases. The girls
then tried it and also learned
to hemstitch. Games were
played and after singing the
“Eyes of Texas”, the meeting
was adjourned.
to the Baptist Foundation of
Texas for administration in
behalf of trust funds for
Baylor University at Waco
and the Southwestern Baptist
Theoligical Seminary at Fort
Worth.
; Surviving, besides her hus-
band tire a daughter. Mrs. J.
G. Hardin; a son, H. L. Ko-
kernot. Jr.; two sisters, Mrs.
T. K. Harwood and Mrs. W.
B. Savers of Gonzales; a
brother, J. H. Vanhan of
Moulton; two granddaughters
and one great-granddaughter.
NOTICE!
Those farmers and ranch-
ers who are interested in the
Government Range program
are. urged to get in- touch
with Wallace Cherry of Mul-
doon for particulars.
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Mi. and Mr.®. (5. D. Wright
and Mrs. R. Ling were Com-
fort visitors Sunday and
Monday.
REP. MANSFIELD WILL
SEEK RE-ELECTION
Representative Joseph J.
Mansfield of Columbus will
be a candidate for re-election,
a telegram from him stated
Tuesday. The Judge is re-
covering from a recent oper-
ation, and expects to leave
the hospital in a few days.
“My recovery has been rapid
and satisfactory,” his tele-
gram to The Argus read, “I
will be a candidate for re-
election,” it concluded.
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Mrs. Fred Tate left for
Brownsville Tuesday after a
visit with Mrs. T. T. McConv
mon.
Mrs. G. T. Hawkes and
George W. Hawkes spent
Sunday with G. T. Hawkes,
who is a patient in the S. P.
Hnsnital in Houston.
Mi', and Mrs. G. F. Mc-
Whirtcr were San Antonio
visitors this week.
Work was completed this
paw)—wowk . oil. .VV444" 1 protect
No. 10965, that included the
grading- and topping of
twenty-two and one half
miles of road in the Cistern
section of Commissioner’s
precinct No. 3,•project fore-
man Gray C. Jones announced
Wednesday. Thet project was
Started about- fourteeji
months ago, and was . com-
pleted in 393 work days.
An average force of 7i> men
was used on the project. -
Topping used includes
five miles of iron ore gravel,
11 miles of good gravel ancl^
60j'miles of caliche, All
materials gite .the Residents
of that settioji all-weather
roads.
of , $41,739.80. was. spent on.
.the construction of this roAd.V
Foreman’ Jones said. “Of
this amount,' ‘the Federal-
Government paid $29,434.84
in labor and truck hire,
while Fayette Co.., through
Commissioner Vrana, spent
$12,304.96 on truck and
machinery *hire, material
costs and other expenses.
Contrary to the general
public’s belief, the sponsor
paid nearly one-third of the
cost of the project,” , Jones
concluded. ...
A work order is now be-
ing awaited from the San
Antonio office to begin work
on a new project irt the
eastern part of the precinct
that will include rflad grad-
ing and topping. This project
is expected to get underway
in the very near future.
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OPERATED ON ,
Frank Peehacek, son .of
Mur and Mrs. F. F. Pe.cbaeek
of this city, was operated"
on .for •appendicitis In the
M&S Hospital in San” Antonio
Thursday, March 14th. fie
is rapidly convalescing, and
will he home this weekend.
H1s friends .join in ’ wishing
for him a speedy recovery.*
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TO ALL.FARM OPERATORS
Flatonia will observe the
same list of holidays in 1940
as in 1939, Chamber ofCom-
minonncoij
mciYo officials
this wyidv The majority of
the merchants stated that
they were well satisfied with
the list as it was adopted
last year.
Good Friday will be ob-
served as a holiday from
12:00 noon1 until 3:’00
o’clock, ' it gives clerks* and
businessmen the opportunits'*
to attend church services.
Stores .will reopen at. 3:00
o’clock. Easter Monday will
be observed all-day, giving
our citizens a- chance to “get
out in - the open*’ for a two-
day holiday.
Other holidays include
THTTTvday, duly "'4Hi, .In-
dependence Day; Monday,
7Syp.femtoer godf1 tattotrr Day;
November -11th, Armistice
Day;* Thursday,- rN°renibpr
21st, thanksgiving; Wednes-
day December 25, Christmas
and Wednesday, January 1,
1941, New Yeay Day.
Good Friday will he ob-
served by the local school as
an all-day holiday, but
school will be held on Easter
Monday.
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C.».q£ C. Election McfttinglSfil For
Thursday Night, March 28th
. . . Thur^la.v night, March
* WILDCATS MtET •** 28th has been set as” the
* YOAKUM SUNDAY * date of the organization .rqcet-
* The Flatonia Wildcats * ■ ing of the Flatonia Chamber
* will meet tRe Yoakum * of Commerce, President F.
* Nine at the Fair Park * , *A. Nesrsta announced t his
* Diamond here Sunday * | week. A nominating com.--
* afternoon at 3:30 in the * | niittee wjll report at that
Jk r*__A____.L _ * i- . 1 1 ! •
* first game of the season, *
* we learn just at press *
* time. The game is not an *
f official league ’ game. *
INTJERESTING , MOVIE
TO BE SHOWN HERE
A CATHOLIC CHURCH
An interesting talking
.picture, “Perpetual Sacrf-
• i'ice,” will be'qhown at ti*e.
.Sacred Heart- Church, on
Sunday evening, March alst
at 7:30 o’clock, .Rev. J. A.
Pustka aniKiunced this week.
The picture is the story of
.the Mass, and will "be of
interest to both Catholics and
Protestants alike, he said.
Further details will be given
BLACKMON NAMED AS j next week.
ASST^ CHIEF TO ' ---------.’-o'—-
REPLACE BRUNNER * j ATTEND MEETING —"
- ’ ' t C. A. ‘Pearson, Gray C.
Lemon “Pud” Blackmon j ,Toties, George W-. Hawkes,
was yarned Assistant Chief Frank Zouzalik, Jr., and E.
•time, and election of officers
to serve for the coming year
will he hold. The meeting
will lie held at the Court.
House instead of at the F'ire
Station, and 7:45 has been
sejt as the tip}e of meeting.
All niendfer"“are urged to
aU.'OjJ thisxqyanizaliqn nieet-
ms, 'Tftur Virtue prfTTTTf-od lo
.should, sponsor. There are
several ways in which you
can sup|tort your town, and
membership in your Chamy
her of Commerce, and at-
tendance at its meeting are
two of the most important.
of tJ!T Flatonia, yolunteor
Fire Department Wednesday
night to succeed E^ A. Brun-
ner. Mr. Brunner recently
moved to Kenedy. r Mr.
Blackn^yii has been, ui mem-
ber,. of .the local depart-
■ ment jar & number of years,
and has been'.very active, in
tire 'department. ■
■ l.loyd Jilekt CP&L-scrvieo-
man. Ms', rrajned’ to • fill
Blackmon’s' position in tile
hose, e^npany. . -
O’bANIEL NAMES
COLLEGE HEAD TO
WELFARE BOARD
Meetings will he hohU in
each community by the local
committeemen relative to
signing work sheets and to
make Farm Plan Sheets for
every farm for 1940. Work
sheets must he signed in order
for your farm to be eligible
to receive payment in 1940.
The Farm Plan Sheet will
he made out by every farm
operator and he will have an
opportunity to work out, i ROCKY RIDGE, CARMINE
with his committeernap, the! WIN LAGRANGE MEET
Austin, March . 18.—00V.-
ernor W. Lee O’Daniel Mon-
day appointed Dr. Tom Tay-
lar, president of Howard
Payne 'College in - Brown-
wood,. as a member of, the.
state board of piijifie-* .wel-
fare which administers old-
age pensions, distribution of
surplus commodities and other
Social Security functions.
Doctor Taylor succeeds
Rev. M. E. Sadler of Austin
who resigned recently.
t<> .79 inch. Government
Weather' Observer W. D.
Johnym reports. Falling very
ydowly, all the moisture went
directly in. the ground, aild
will (irove very beneficial to
spring gardens. "Ymi can
almost see things growing”,
everyone . enthusiastically
states.
maximum opportunities that
the program affords in plan-
ning his farm operations that
■are most needed on his farm
with respect to (1) soil build-
ing practices’ (2) non-de-
pleting crops and . land uses
(3) food and feed crops and
(4) farm income.
You Will be notified where
and when to meet your
committeemen, but be ...sure
to sign “The work sheet and
make nut this plan sheet. If
you fail to go to these rfreet-
Ln Grange, March 19.—
Rocky Ridge piled up 171
points to win first place in
Division one>t>of the Fayette
County rural meet held
here. Carmine, with 106 0)
points, look honors in Divi-
sion 2.' In Division 1, Mul-
doon was second with 91
points and Prairie Valley
third, scoring 60. Winchester
took second place in Group
”. scoring 91H, Ellingcr
82
Regular Easter services
will l>,. held at the Sacred
Heart Church here Sunday
morning at 7:30 and 9:00
o’clock. Rev. J. A. Pustka
announced.
taking third place on
ings, it will be necessary for j points.
you to come to the County---:o:-
Office since it is necessary EASTER SERVICES
that these sheets be executed
before your farm Is in line
for payment.
- The State Office has de-
signated May 1. 1940 as
closing date for “New” work
sheets. This applies to both
the Range and Farm Pro-
gram.
The final date for de-
signating- f.-irms as Non-gen-
eral allotment. farms is
March 31, 1940. All farms
that received less than'20.0
acres general allotment can
plant 20.0 acres in general
crops without a penalty but
musl declare the farm' as
Non-general .-before this date.
All farms to be reconsti-
tuted for 1940, “Split or
Combined,” must also be
done before March 31, 1940.
Additional soil building
practices under the Range
Program recommended by
the Coupty Committee in
connection with deferred
grazing have been approved
by the State Committee and
any ranch operator perform-
ing this practice can take
advantage of these supple-
mental practices. In regard
to these, see your Range
Inspector, Wallace Cherry,
Muldoon. Texas, or contact
the County Office,
MAX CITZLER ,
Chrmn. Co, Committee
CHAMPION MOTHER,
DIES IN GONZALES
AT AGE OF 100
Gonzales, Mar^pFl7.--Mi's.
Mary Jane Skimier, 100-
year-old champion grand-
mother of the United States,
died early today in th’e home
she occupied 80 years with-
out having -realized her most
j-herished desire-*-to bold, in
-her lap a sixth . generation
baby.
The end came peacfully
for IIml 'ttfle “pioneer
‘tvoman who* would have been
101 year^|ohT~April 23 She
has nr'&fjy 100 desee'nclents
extending to the fifth gen-
eration.
V-. Kopeckv attended the
Fayette County District meet-
ing of the Boy Scouts, held
hr La Grailge,. Tuesday night.
Interesting reports of the
year’s work were heard, aiul
Stanley Harris, an executive
front the* national office;
brought an. interesting ad-,
dress. '
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SOAKING RAIN IS
BOON TO SECTION .
The .Flainnia section was . , - . .
lili "<l With a ■ fine hm*^*'* ''Yi'X ,,H‘l JJ"-
Wednesday, that amounted.. room 1"rs-
Surface casing is being;
iaal-QB-UhaJE .1., .ITnVes No. I
well on the Kerr tract north-
west of .Flatonia today, fol-
lowing a week of activity on
the part of the drilling crew..,
“The derrick, a new steel con-
struction, arrived Monday ,and
wws completely set .up by
Tuesday noon. Three boilers
that arrived last weekend
were also quickly connected,
And' a crow of sixteen will
drill 24 hours per day until
the test is completed.
. Johnm Clark is ,the con-
tractor tot - charge of the
Work, and a Y^'lcox test hole
to the depth of 3500 feet is
plained It war, not learned
whether or not the test would
•go deeper i i favor-
able -signs.____
present auy jiroioctoil , nuc bi ^tface sand, some
the Chamber -r*PnmmWc? rntface pipe was
rp.* ' on the scene to be- -used in.
ease it was ntieded. Two
slush pits' have been con--
stfucted by County Commis-
sioner Vrana, and quite a lot
of post oak dimber had to be
cleared away from the site
of the well. Water is being
pumped from.- a fatal home
well about three-quarters of
a mile away, and from- a.
tank, about the "same dis-
tance.-* The* lease was assign-
ed to F. J. Hynes by the Con-
tincnttfl Oil Co. - j
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LOCAL CONCERN TO
HANDLE G. E. LINE '
The Flatonia (las 'Co. of
this city, has been appointed
as dealer of General Electric
Appliance*, h was announced
this week; -They wdi handle
*.t com plete line of all electrical
equipment .made bv Genoral
Electric, and . inv;te your
visit to "their store to see the
• ' r *• .. , . \erv lates1 in moilern-elodyic-
Mondav. .afternoon fimeYat a, hom(> appliances. ' Note ;
their -»d. on two of this
issue. . *»
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M. A. Davenport and
EASTER SERVICES
AT PRAHA ANNOUNCED -
Easter services at The
Praha Catholic Church have
been announced a* follows
by Rev. John Anders:—
Good Friday—Services at
9:0Q o’clock and the Stations
of the Cross at 3:00 o’clock.
Holy Saturday—Services at
7 :00 o’clock. *
Easter Sunday — Regular
services at 8:00 and 9:30
o’clock.
Easter Monday—Services at
9 :00 o?tdock.
SCHOOI CENSUS
NOTICE!
Children from 7 to 17
years of . Age . imdusivc must
1st. P. E. Cooper Is the school
census enumerator for the
Flatonia Independent School
District. If you children have
not been registered with ML
Cooper, please report this
oversight- to him. The State
department pays $22.00
toward the education of each
child that is enumerated.
.Skinner, piirt of whiclj Was log-
cabin built by Her husband
80 years ago. Interment was
made in a yowntryside ceme-
tery two miles away -in, a
grave beside her husband. J.
F. Skinner’. Civil War veter-
an. who died in 1899.
It has been custom each
year on Sunday nearest Mrs.
Skinner’s birthday for, her
children and many grand-
children and relatives to
gather qt old home place for
a reunion celebration.
Mrs. Skinner’s - centennial
birthday party •, last year
droyv over 2,000 relatives
and friends.
Unchallenged claim of
being champion grandmother
brought wine publicity. Fan
mail filled two bushel
baskets. Count of grand-chil-
dren at last year’s birthday
party revealed she had 55
grandchildren, 211 great
grandchildren and 65 great-
great grandchildren. Rela-
tives believe* count Would
have been increased over 50
this yeftr.
Mrs, Keith of Morales, 82,
oldest living child somewhat
champion grandmother
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ATTENDS course
Wilbur" “Sweet” Mueller
returned Saturday from Col-
lege Station, where ho had
been attending a week’s"
course conducted bv the State
Department of Agriculture.
The- course dealt with “Egg
Grading”, and H. G. Fe
Ham a nn of the State Depart-
rnent* was in charge of the
course. "Sweet” made the
highest grade in the entire
class, • and will recejve a
Ijconse as a government egg
grader. He was sent by the
Southern Piroliuce Co. of this
city.
■ -4'if* Vu- ’ d'w
her own right with 10 chil-
dren, 53 grandchildren, 22
greatgrandchildren counted
a vear ago.
Mrs. Skinner last year cxL
pressed hope she would live
to be 110, attributing longe-
vity to “abiding faith in
God” and ability to keep
from worrying. She cooked
her own meals, washed, iron-
ed own ciothefl until age 95.
During past two years she
spent most of the time sitting
in her favorite rocker and in
bed. She liked to talk, often
sang. Only 10 minutes before
death she asked a member of
the family to adjust her pil-
low.
family* of San Antonio spent
last weekend with , Mrs. Lucy
Davenport here.
Miss' Mary' IT Willi ford, of
Whu^-kw*1 and Mrs. Ida Her-
der of Yoakum visited here
with friends last week.
Mrs. Lloyd Jilek is suffer-
ing from an- attack of flu
this week.
Raymond Peehacek of Vil-
laplatt. Louisiana spent Sui)-.
daV with his parents here.
Rev. J. A; Pustka spent
(he first part of the week in
San Antonio. While there
he attended several- of the
lectures given by Paul * Mc-
Guire, under the auspices of
the Knights of Columbus.
F. I-. Wotipka spent last
weekend fishing in Old
Mexico.
* Mrs. E. W. Hander of
Waco will make her home
here with her daughter. Rev.
and Mrs. Vernon Perry.
Tom Marik was a Houston
business visitor Wednesday.
T. R.. Tate of Kings Ranch
was a visitor in the McCom-
in I mnn home la«t week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kline
of Laredo and Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Leming and Joy of
La Grange were Sunday
guests in the W D. Johnson
I home. 4
Flatonia Motor Go. re-
ports the delivery of a de-
luxe tudor Ford to Mr. and
Mrs. G’us Reiehers.
F. L. Wotipka and Abe
Mueller were San Antonio
business visitors MondaV.
Miss Nona Ned Biddle of
Three Rivers spent Monday
here.
Emil Michal returned to
Houston Sunday after spend-
ing his vacation here.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Holmes
and family of Gonzales were
Sundav visitors in the Ei* V.
"Koneeky home.
, Mr. and Mrs. .Arn^'rt
W.iedeman, Miss Julia 1
hoda and Tom Marik wd*e
San Antonio visitors Sunday.
Lloyd Hull was a
Columbia business
Wednesday. „ iaffM
Miss Melba Mueller
Corpus Christ! M visiting
relatives here.
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