The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1959 Page: 2 of 6
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Geo. \V. Bridges
Owner and Publisher
Phone PRescott 6-3510,-
Entered as second class
matter at the post office* at>
Flatonia,.. Texas under the
Act .oJ, March 8, 1879.
Published each Thursday
in The Argus Building,
Penn Ave., Flatonia. Texas.
Scotts Items
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Birthdays
Recently observing their
birthdays at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslje Haas, wore Ronnie,
whojje birthday was on Aug.
6, and Ike, who observed his
fourth birthday on Sunday,
Aug. 16. The group at-
tending enjoyed games and
refreshments.
Return* from Navy Service
, Mike Burger returned
One Year $2.00j home recently, having co'm-
Six Month* $1.25 pleted his Navy service. He
Outside of Texas had been stationed in' and
One Year 42.50 j around Washington, I>. C.
for the past three years.
He. is the son of Mr. and
Alts.. .Inc Burggr................
Houston spent the week-
end with Mrs. Tom Beale
and^Thomas.
Week-end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Fraplfc Zamykal
and children wepr'Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Tupa and
daughters of Victoria, Mr,
and Mrs. Willie Marcak
and daughters of-Port La-
*vaca, Mr. and Mrs. James
-Fre.vtag of Houston,, and
Miss Mary - Zamykal of
Shiner. „
ELM GROVE NEWS
. Week-end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Stell ‘Gossch were
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard
Ua.ilniank. .ill ..Wimldcr._Mr.
j and Mrs. Stell Hallmark, of the Joe Ivy home were Mr.
To Leave for Germany San Antonio. Mrs. Myrtle and Mrs. Maynard Ivy,I jness visitors in La Gran ire
Pvt. Wayne. Wiedemann, Michalski, Mr. and Mrs. Barbara, Linda, and Junior. Friday
who has been stationed at | Lester Let-singer, Mr. and of Austin. Mr, and Mrs. I nillv Brown of WnritN-
Fort Sill, T)kTa., Ls to leave .Mrs. Pat Biggs and Pat Jr. (Lewis Xlbrecht of La | boro snent the week-end
for Germany in the near fu-. of Fort Worth. Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lath home folks
ture. Visiting him the pipt I MrsFE. O Bigley visited 1 Lueders. • f vtr -mrl \L— >' Fnneh
weekend at Fort Sill were in Clark Monday ftftemmtn+- M^imd’-Mrs.-Lo'nnie Rob J Needham • were business
Rody PMr. -imd I bins- amT"Mike" 6f KollntZe , visitors" in "Moulton" 'FridavT
L. Laff* I spent the week-eridT with Mr. and Mrs. Billy Sellers
S. II. -Mc(. ioio> s 4M^ and Mrs. Charlie Fro1 and- Janice of Flatonia vis-
Brevities From
Bethany-
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben
Helton, James, Ben, Patsy,
and La Nelle spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Mach* and family near La
Grange.
Sunday
and Mrs.
and Mrs.
were,,Mr,
Fulkerson
arul Mrs. Finis. Fulkerson
and Doyal Wayne of Colum-
bus, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fulkerson, Crystal, Violet
Ann, Carol, Butch, Chuc.k,
Minnie, - * “ -
Lake.
Visitors of Mr.
Elijah Holstien
S. A. Fulkerson
and Mrs. C* W.
of Flatonia, Mr. |
and"Rose of Eagle
l*ast.......week's—v-HUor*—
COLONY NEWS—
(Mrs. A. C. Cowan, Cor.)
Mrs. Elle,n Ware of
Schulenburg spent several
days at home last week
with her sister, Miss Eliza
Lackey.
Franklyn Brown of Cor-
pus Christ! visited ' home
folks shortly Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Need-
ham and children of Fla-
tonia spent Sunday in the
Enoch Needham home.
Gary Bigley of Flatonia
spent Thursday night and {
Friday with Mamaw, Sister f
and Uncle Snook. •
Mrs. Ethel Bigley, Mrs.
Bessie Needham, Gary Big- j
ley, and Mrs. A. C. Cowan
spent Thursday afternoon
in Gonzales and Waelder. 1
—Mrs:—&—Eh--Sellers and
Mrs. Charlie Jurica is on
an extended visit in Waco
with Mr.‘ and Mjps. Reynold
Pareya and daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Wayne Lueders of Corpus
Christi spent several days
last week with Mr. and.
*Mrs. George Zimmerhanzel.
Saturday, • Mrs. Zimmer-
hanzel and Gary, Mr. and
Mrs. Lueders spent the day
in San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Manofdky and Peggy of Dei
Rio visited over the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Wehmeyer. Mrs!
Manofsky and Peggy re-
mained for a week’s visit.
Joe C. Merecka and fam-
ily and Clements Krhovjak,
all of Houston, and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Krhovjak of Schul-
enburg visited in the hbme
of Frances Merecka last
week.
Mrs. F. W. Brown were hus-
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS
NO. 2Vi CAN COCK O’ THE WALK APRICOTS 2^c
3 CANS UNC. WM. HOMINY ..............................25c
1 LB. BAG WASHBURN’S MEDIUM PRUNES 33c
5 LBS. GLADIOLA FLOUR ......................... 48c
25c BAG NABISCO VANILLA WAFERS 20c
PINT HOT SHOT P.UG KILLER ...................... 49c
WALKER’S BAKERY & GROCErV
Phone PR 6-3733 Flatonia, Texas
L.
Mr. and Mrs
of Flatonia, Mr, and Mrs. j Mr.*. J
Rudy Wiedorxahu, CypthiaJ Mis.
and Karon, also his wife and
sister-in-law of'Houston.
Week-end visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. II. A. $chutz were
‘Mr. and "Mrs, James ScKutz
and children of Arlington,
Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Barta
and baby, .of Houston. - —
PREPARE NOW!
For A Top Position
FALL TERM, Sept 8
ENROLL NOW
Day and Night Classes ...
Telephone AX 3-2542 or
visit the school office and
let Baldwin’s Vocational
Counselor guide you toward
» successful, career in the
-
Member of the National
A**’n. and Council of Bu*i-
Schools, Washington,
ne»*
D. C.
Yoakum, Texas
Phone AX
3-2542
JusU About Folks *
. Mrs. C. W. Matthews ktul
Mrs. Lillie Mae Mitchell of
lading spent a few days this
week witlfMf. and.-ilfs. Ay
j. Ellis and cjj.ildreti. itj#
~Mr. and Mrs, Paul Green
were.. Shiner visitors one day
last week in,the Waldemar
Tieken home and on Sunday
they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Sterling and children in
Shiner.
Mr. and M rs. Daniel
Boehm and children of De-
Walt are visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Boehm for a
few days.
Recent visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wiedemann were
Miss Evelyn Wiedemann of
Houston, Mr. and Mrs..Mar-
vin Hahn of New Braun-
fels, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Boehm of Moulton, Miss
Hattie Wiedenuum.-of-.Fla-
tonia, Mr. and Mn. Leslie
Haas and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Rudy Wiedemann
and children.
Recently visiting Mr. and
Mrs: Joe Burger and sons
and Anton F'esl were
hr. Jf' W^-st P.dntTMrT
and Mrs. John PesI and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Cy-
ril Pesl and children and
ySSiJBK*JoHda- visited
UeflT Murphy G.
week-end guests were
and Mfs. Billie Gosch
son of Houston, Mr.
Mrs.- Clarence Hallmark
and Mrs: D. D. McCrorey
of Waelder. . -
- Mr. 'and Mrs. Preston
Mrs.
L. Brown Monday.
•Mr. and Mrs. Bud Robin-
son had as their guests
Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Hill and daughters,
Annie Josephine and
Bertha Let, and “Grand-,
ma" Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Big-
ley were among those at
the ice cream social in the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Mil-
ton Bigley Friday night.
Mr."* and Mrs. M. L,
Bfown visttecl in - Waelder
Tuesday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Ballard.
Mr. I bert.
and |,
and
Mr. and Mrs. John Sulak
of West visited over the
week-end witflP Mr.*~ and
Mrs. F. F. Pechacek Sr.
Mrs. Ed Sarrazin of Fay-
etteville visited with Miss
Clara Koch Tuesday.
Mrs. Otto 01 1 e and
ions | grandson, James Vogt, of
Mr. | Victoria ^pent Vast Weeing**
na t Rhe. ~ arid n
Francke accompariied them
ho mis for a week's visit. On
M r. and Mrs
Boehnke of San. Antonio
and Eddie Boehnkb of Se- j
gain were visitors' in the |
Henry Boehnke and Mrs.
Herpjati Boehnky homes last
jveek. * - * .:
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Black-
-well and family of Freeport
were visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Blackwell Sun-
day.
Mrs. Lottie Barker, Mrs.
Mary Holstien and Bonnie
of Flatonia, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Hart of Muldoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Rob-
bins of Kountze, Charlie
Fulkerson and children of
Eagle Lake were recent
visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Elisha Holstien
i ited . in the E. B. Sellers
Ernest! home Sunday evening.
E.
;; 1958 Chevrolet Fordor, Radio & Heater
• • 1957 Chevrolet Fordor, Radio & Heater
. Saturday viators of Mr.
and Mrs. C. JlRichter were
Misses Lynda Adams, Jan-
ice Lutringe^-Yjrginia Rich-
■lesriJrastati
L’
ter, Char!
and Mrs. Charles Richter
and son Of Houston, and
Ricky Fleck of Pasadena.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H,
Wheeler and children ‘of
Alice visited with Mrs.
Lomie Keathley Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. W. L.
Froehner of San Antonio
and Nolan ’ Froehner of
Dimmitt visited over the
Used Cars Sale-
L. I’ig- I! 1956 Ford Fordor, 8 Cyl,, Heater
t \1 I 1 I _ * * 1 T> I ■ ■ 1 L ' I ’ a. J I 1L« M — - - .
Mr. and*»Mi>.
ley- and .children of Mill- ± 1957 Plymouth Tudor, Like New
doon spent Sunda*- after- •• 1955 Chevrolet Tudv>r Bel-Air, 8 Cyl.
noon in the .Mrs. Ethel Big- .. 1954 Chevrolet Tudor, Cheap
ley home. - 4 t;* 1953 Chevrolet Sport Coupe, Real Nice
f?;' 1952 Chevrolet Tudor; has a"“Buick”
$1695,00 ::
$1395.00 ••
$ 895.00 -
$1095.00 t
895.00
$ 595.0b'
..$ 795.00
En^ipe, Trans, Rlar End; Radio, Heater
and Air-Cond. See Thi^ One .............$ 795.00*
1954'Ford Tudor, Very Clean, 8 Cyl. $ 695.00
1952 Ford Victoria Coupe, Lots of Extras $ 595.00
1950 Ford Crestline Tudor, Overdrive,
Radio & Heater, Red and Black $ 395.00
1953 Buick Super Fordor, Perfect $ 495.00
1946 Ford Tudor, Good Transportation ......$ 95.00
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.if lofa £on‘ia-£ Tud<£ Hard,toP* A Good Buy $ 395.00
R. B. Froehner. L J®** £ord ^d,or Customline. Radio, 8 Cyl. $ 595.00
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Weh- $ ]959 porj picitup) Brand New ............. DISCOUNT
meyer Jr. of Houston spei\t ;;
the week-end with Mr. and ••
Mrs. Hugo Wehmeyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert ;;
Keilers, Lloyd and Sandra, :;* '
attended the dedication of L
the new St. Johns Lutheran
Church in St. John Sunday.
Mrs. R. J. Walla, spent
the weelPend in Schulen-
burg with Mr. and Mrs. Gil-
bert C. Winkler and chil-
dren.
STOP-SHOP —SA V E
— TERMS WITH EASY PAYMENTS —
C. J. RENKEN
Mr.
cian of
the enl
daughtif
Miyhalj
K. o|
Mrs. A1
son, I)a|
visited
O. B. Hi
Mrs. Fj
week-111
Mr.
Brunnerl
. and Mrl
rind Misl
Houston!
itors of F
BrunneJ
ed the If
Saturday
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Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Zapalac : the day with Mrs. die *.
of Smithvfjle. .
Miss Susanna
and the girls returned hbme
Beale ^of 1 with her.
ANNOUNCING-•
GRAND OPENING
OF NEW SALES BARN
Flatonia Livestock
Commission Co. -
. • 1
HIGHWAY 90 1>2 MILES EAST — FLATONIA. TEXAS
MONDAY, AUGUST 24TH
Sale Starts At 12:30 P. M.
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Designed for tht* C’omfort and C’onvenience Of
Buyers, Sellers, and Spectators
PLENTY OF BUYERS FOR THIS SALE
(OUR SCALES AND WEIGHER ARE BONDED BY THE
_ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) ;__
YOUR PATRONAGE IS APPRECIATED —
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Bridges, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1959, newspaper, August 20, 1959; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988923/m1/2/: 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.