The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
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VOLUME 80 $2.00 Per Year in Advance
FLATONIA, TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1955
5c Per Copy
NUMBER 14T
Rev. Theo T. Janysek
Is Silver Jubilarian
Rev. Theodore T. Jajiy-
sek, pastor of Holy Trinity
Parish, Falls City, "and for-
mer pastor of Sts. Cyril and
Methodius Catholic Church
at Cistern, will note the 25th
anniversary of his ordina-
tion> to the priesthood on
Sunday, April 17, at 10 a. m.
Father Janysek will offer a
Solemn High Mass of
Thanksgiving and for his
deceased parents on the an-
niversary date commemorat-
ing his silver jubilee. Msgr.
Peter Foegelle of Kosciusko
will be Deacon; Rev. Benja-
min Kaminski of Yorktown,
Sub-Deacon, and Rev. Ju-
lius.- Dwcrraczyk of Cesto-
howa, Master of Cere-
monies. Rev. Roy Rihn of
San Antonio will give the
jubilee sermon:»
Father Janysek is the son
of Joseph Janysek and
bom April 19, 1905, at Hel
ena, the eighth of 11 chil-
Mrs. Louise Weidel Mueller and Tauch
Laid To Rest Here
' ♦
On Wednesday
-Funeral services for Mrs.
Louise Mary Weidel were
held Wednesday afternoon
at 8:30 o’clock from Smith
Funeral Home, continuing
at 4 p. m. from Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, with
Rev. V. A. Raska officiat-
ing. Interment was made
in Flatonia Catholic Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Weidel passed away,
Tuesday, April 5, in a Gal-
veston hospital, after being
in failing health for many
years. She had reached the
age of 73 years, two months,
and 16 days.
The deceased (nee Louise
Schrader) was born Jan.
19, 1882, in the Cistern
community, and resided
practically all oT her life-
Mrs. C. A. Pearson
Named as TrusteesjClaimed by Death
Tuesday Afternoon
The unofficial election
returns from the Flatonia
Independent School Dis-
trict Trustee election held
last Saturday resulted in the
election of W. W. Mueller
and A. R. Tauch to the two
posts. The ballot count of
the two election boxes re-
veal the following:
,,Muldoon Flatonia
Mueller 21 1'27
Tauch ......... 27 104
Mercer i.v...... 26 85
Totals: Mueller, 148;
Tauch, 131; Mercer, 111.
After the election has
been canvassed by the Fla-
tonia School Board the two
highest candidates will be
.declared elected for a. term
of three years, 1955-58. v .
was--time in -and near—El
She was married to Louis
Weidel, who preceded her
Mrs. C. A. Pearson, 76
years and three days, passed
away about 2 p. ip. 'Tues-
day, April 5, in the Wagner
hospital in Shiner, where
she had been taken a feu-
hours earlier. She had been
ih very- poor health for a
ed to be critical, thus her
passing was entirely unex-
pected.
Funeral services were
held this morning (Thurs-
day) at TO a. m. from the
Decoration Day
Date Fs April 17
As has been the practice
in Flatonih for
• --- many years,
the annual Decoration Day
wA’risM.wi11 be hcld'Tn Oak
Hill Cernetery- (commonly
termed City Cemetery) on
the third Sunday in April,
which is April 17 this year.
The program for the event
in very poor neaun tor a [h£ 'time, bu" it- is ho|£d
number of years; however, 0ail publish tho pr ^ J
her condition was not deem- ,)>e-»ext issue At any rat",
the date is Sunday, April 17,
■at 2 p. m.
Red Cross Fund
«
Drive To Begin
In Flatonia
Funeral services fdf' A. W.
Albrecht will be held this
afternoon (Thursday) at
The American Red Cross] 2:30 p. m. from the Smith
Funeral Home Chapel in
Interment will be-
dren. He was baptized by *n death some eight years
Father Tom Moczygemba ago. Mrs. Weidel was a
(now deceased) at the lm- member of Sacred Heart
maculate Conception Parish Catholic Church,
in Patina Maria. Sponsors _ Surviving is a cousin,
were Paul Mika and Annie
Snoga (both dead). His
jarents are, also,both dead.
sTis mother died on Sept. 24,
-1981 j his father -died on
July 10, 1937.
• Rev. Janysek attended the
Helena Public School with
Miss Irene McNeal as his
.first teacher. Then he at-
tended the Immaculate Con-
ception Catholic School with
Sister Carolina (now in San
Antonio) as his teacher.
Then he/entered St., John's
Seminary, San Antonio, with
Henry Mosmeyer, of Fla-
tonia,, who cared for her,
and. .Math whom she made
her home for a number, of
years.
Half-Day Holiday
On Good Friday
A half holiday will be ob-
served in Flatonia on Good
Friday, April 8, beginning
at 12 noon.
BASEBALL—
Trash Haut On
April 14 and 15
all unburnable trash free on
Thursday and Friday, April
14 arid 15* The trash must
be accessible to the pick-up
men and be in containers.
City Commission
Mrs. Edith King
Awarded GokUKey-^
Mrs. Edith King, journal-
ism teacher at Tech School
in San Antonio, was award-
ed a gold key at the 31st
annual convention of the
Columbia Scholarship Press
Association in New York.
Joseph M. Murphy, director,
announced the winners at
the closing luncheon.
This js-the highest award
ri high school journalism
F.F.A. Members
^ isit Studelnt Farm
SKS’SM!1" Sa" v"t<-"i»
Flatonia City Cemetery. Four boys from tho-.Fla-
(A Amore complete articleforint F. «F, A. Chapter;along"
will appear in the next issue
of The Argus).
April 11-April 16 Is
with Mr. Millican, went to
Sail..Antauio in the-interest
«'i buying a cliiipter boi\M^0\v of its groat work. The
i ho boys and Mv. chairman is E. E. Plow-.
i jrimi' tlic L in hot1 UtirDnm; t iYian.--- —
.Gilbert defeateA- ■ 4WA-.—Ha- Sherirlrm IkdiflUie D.i.l-tU, UBltt.n..
drive for funds will get un-
derway in Flatonia begin-
ning Monday, April 11, and
concluding Saturday, April
16. Volunteer workers will
cqntact you during this
week eitber^at ywr home
or in your place of business.
- The Red Cross provides
many services to people in
time of emergencies and
catastrophies. The Red
t russ also carries on a pro-
granrof safety and accident
prevention and in thisxom-
munity has provided a
w ater safety p r o g r a" m
whereby.ghildeen are taught
to swim. Your support of
this organization is sincere-
ly requested by those who
Clean-lTp Week Here
Next week'from April 11
through April 16 has been
officially designated- as
Clean-Up Week in Flatonia
by Mayor E. R. ZouzaJik, t , .,,, , , .
As has been done in for- , ni'lt1 maided whether they
mer years in similar drives, will buv-a boat-Jio\yr.oi: lmisi*...
Vocational Student. Farm.
The F. F. A. Udvisor showed
them around the farm' and
showed them the many I)u-
roc hogs they have. Mr.
Millie an and the boys have
A. W. Albrecht
Rites at 2;30 P.M.
Flatonia.
made in Flatonia City Cem-
etery, with the Masonic
Lodge in charge of grave-
side -sewices.
Mr. Albrecht passed away
early Wednesday morning
at his home, following sev-
eral weeks of serious illness.
He had reached the ago of
84 years and four days.
(A more detailed account
will be published in the next
issue). *; „
housewives are urged to
place all trash in containers,
and are asked to place these
one.
Boys who attended .were
Arnold Tauch; Frankie Vyv-
containers in the alleys ur|j:j*a’, • ^'rnon^ Jtietz, and.
other nlaces where the Dick- Wvbyd HPgh Brunner. Mrs
other places where the pick
up men will be certain to
find them.
Once again, we call your
attention to the fact that a
large number of visitors will
be in our city on Sunday,
April 17, * Decoration Day,
antk of course, we wish to
Millican also went to San
Antonio ahd did. some shop-
ping while the-boys and Mr.
Millican visited the Student
Farm.
eral,
aK.____ ____.......____
Rev.- Laurence Fitz Simon
(now bishop Of Amarillo"),
Rev. Mariano Garriga (now
bishop of Corpus Christi. He
was confirmed by Bishop
Shaw and took the name of
Thaddeus. . ..
Father Janysek was or-
dained- on March 25, 1930,
in San Fernando Cathedral,
San Antonio, by tho- late
•Most- Rev.. Arthur J. Dres-
saerta, first archbishop of
Sari Antonio, .with nirifc of.
his classmates,v the largest
class yet to be ordained from
St. John’s Seminary. . The
class consisted of Rt. Rev.
A. A. Leopold, St. Ann’s,
San Antonio; Rt. Rev. Gus
P. Staff, St. Cecelia’s, San
Antonio; Rt. Rev. John F.
Basse, St. Peter tho- Apostle,
Lajedo; Very Rev. Dean
Dean Joseph Hilddbrand, St.
Mary’-S, -Fredericksburg;
Rev. Edward J. Dworaczyk,
St. Michael’s, San Antonio;
Rev. Edward .1. Jansky, St.
Joseph’s, "Yoakum; Rev.
Camilie Garcia, St. Joseph’s,
Alamo; Rev. Louis Blinka
(dead); Rev. Edmund Dra-
gon (sick leave), and Rev.
Theo. T. Janysek, Holy Trin-
ity, Falls City.
His first appoifttmcIH^was
as assistant to Rt. Rev.
Joseph Jacobi in Sacred
Heart Parish, San Antonio,
on June 1, 1930, to Dec 1,
1934 He was appointed
pastor of Sts. Cyril and
Methodius Parish, Cistern,
on Dec. 1, 1934, to Jan. It),
1948 He was appointed
pastor of Holy Trinity Par-
{gT Falls- City, Jan. 10,
1948, to the present time.
Rev. Janysck’s brothers
and sisters are as follows:
Mike, John, Edward, Tom,
Annie (Mrs. Louis I aw-
, elek), Theresa (Mrs. John
n). • A g ncs (Mis.
Responded), Martha
ffioli Kriwirtiktr'7^
Mary died in in-
^His parishioners know him
« a zealous, .energetic
worker, in whatever task he
I°Kned. There is never
* tMk too humble for
-*«■- “Ted” nor a charge
to* burdensome and in this
defeatedr- 4*"9y-bv StTprirlrm- ihm.tllrt.Htn
there Monday afternoon in.ft]«fe^Wed each.year.
The nex#horde 'gahYo'wIir ‘
be played Tuesday, .April
12, at 3:30 p. m' with Wei-
mar High School furnishing
the opposition.
"To "ITT
Mrs. King, daughter of1
TTflf^r iiei^
son fi-^m Texas-ever to re-
ceive this high award.
Junior 4-H Club
The Junior 4-H Club
meeting was called to order
and the minutes were read
and approved. The meet-
ing was turned over to--the
agent. Mrs. Hopper. She
passed out two small book-
lets showing how to im-
prove our rooms.
Some of the members who
are making dresses for the
Dress Revue, brought their
patterns and cloth. *
Mrs. Hopper showed us
how to cut the cloth and
pattern with jj&i^ors.—Re-
ITndergoes Operation
Robert Stoner, BM2, un-
derwent a major operation
last Thursday in the U. S.
Naval Hospital at Corpus
Christi.
Latest reports are that he
is showing considerable im-
provement.
Now on Vacation
Mrs. Marvin Nollkamper
is enjoying a week’s vaca-
tion from Jones Drug Store,
where she has been employ-
ed for several years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Etlifl-
ger and Myrtry spent last
week-end in Austin with Mr.
and Mrs. Garrett Ray. .
Mrs.. F. J. Ling and
grandson, Donald Joe Mey-
er, of Schulenburg visited
with Mr. and Mrs. O. D.
Wright Sunday. / .
Home From Hospital
Mrs. Edgar Brunner has
returned home from the hos-
pital, whet;e she spent sev-
eral days. We wish for her
a speedy recovery.
wav' Vnd'"mother,' MrS"
dfew Treadway, of Ro
'read,
dfew Treadway, of ftoscoe
were recent visitors of Mr.
and Mry. Jerome Syrinek,
Elton and "Mary Rose.
Sunday were Mr. and Mi's.
F.'Z. Nesrsta, Mrs. diaries
Hackabeil, Mrs. Ben Woods,
Mrs. Woody Nesrsta, arid F.
F. Nesrsta,' all of San An-
tonio.
Sunday guests in the home
of Mr, and Mrs. Joe I’avlica
Sr. were Mr. and Mrs, Joe
I’avlica Jr. of Houston, who
were recently married, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Beale of Cen-
ter, Mrs. Joe A. Zimmer-
hanzel, Billie Jeaa and
Darrel W’ayiie,‘ and Jerome
Starry, of Flatonia. All en-
joyed a delicious turkey
dinner with all the trim-
ming's.
Little League Practice
Begins on April 14th .
-» *-• jl-LJpv-t-F- PutanL.
Mrs. Finger’s Father
Passes Away Mar. 30
John Manning Durant,
74, of Aly.in, father of Mrs.
Marvin (Mary) Finger of
Flatonia, passed" away at
thP Colonial Rest Home in
Schulenburg on Wednesday,
March 89d— r—■—
.Funeral—services—were
held at 2 :30 p. m. last Fri-
day from the Martin Fu-
neral Home in Alvin .with
the Rev. W. L. Hattaway of-
ficiating. Interment was in
South Park Cemetery u4
Pearland. . ..
Survivors, besides Mrs.
Finger,_ are: His father.
SUNRISE EASTER
SERVICES. SLATED
-Sunrise services will be
held on Easter Sunday at
7 a. m. at the Wotpika hill,
tu n ot r laioniu. r"
The semces will be spon-
sored by'the Methodist and
Baptiat youth. • ,-F"
Every.one is cordially, in-
vited to^attend.
Rotary Club Notes—
E. Hv Zouzalik
presented the program be-
fore. last Friday’s meeting of
the Flatonia Rotary Club.
He gave a summary of tha
miuiy things needed by the
city of Flatonia and discuss-
ed some' phases of what is
being done, along with de-
tails of some plans for the
future, all of which are de-
signed to make Flatonia a
better toifen iri which to live.
4Mf** m* JP.1
I.eagtie .baseball’ players will
be held on Thursday, April
THE AMERICAN WAY
he is an...uxri,Triple to ,aU—r
■ He has only two living
aunts, Mrs. Pauline Janysek
ot Yonkiow-n-and Mrs. Julia
Reiman of Runge ' ; •
Everyone is cordially in-
vited to attend. - -
The girl’s choir will sing
fo* £he happy occasion with
Miss Gwendolyn Kowalik at
the organ, v
NATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEK
Sponsored by
The Laymen’s National Committee
April 11-17
___ m. -on
the’- Flatrinfa HlffR" SvhoT.f
baseball diamond. 1 ,
All boys fromjFhe Fla-
tonia, Cistern, arid Praha
school district; ages nine
through 12 years, are elig-
ible to participate in Little
League play., *
Sedler Serves Army
In Canal Zone
. F„ORT CLAYTON. C. Z-
Pvl.i .biseph M. Sedler Jr..
21, whose parents live on
Route 1, Flatonia, recently
arrived at Fort Clayton in
the Canal Zone and is now
a cannoneer in Battery A of
the 764th Amti-Aircraft Ar-
tillery Battalion.
-Private Sedler entered
the Army in February,
1954, and 4a*l served, at
Fort Riley, Kan.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. DeVoe
and children, Jimmy and
Anne, Mrs. Ray Williamson
and son, Douglas, and Limla
Toudrp of San Antonio were
w-eek-end visitors of Mrs. G.
W. Williamson, Etta, and
Doris. • •
Mr. and Mrs. "Aug. Noll-
kamper and Mrs. Frank
Nollkamper visited last
week-end with relatives in
New Braunfels, . •
Mrs. Andrew Davis of
Pasadena visited Thursday
with Mrs. Mary Ellen Rfetz
and Jier aunt, Mrs. App
Richardson.
Mr»» 'Grace llillery and
Montgomery, II a'w;k ins;
sons, John Durant, A1 Du-
rant, both of -California ; sis-
ters, Miss Birdie Durant, A!
yin.: Mrs.
Ddcsifur; Mrs. Mai-fy 'Baker.
Eajnpa;. Mrsi; Gladys Alev,
ander, A 1 v in';' brotlier ‘
George Durant. Friends-
wood ; -Osutir Durant, Cali-
fornia; Oils Durant, Pear-
land; six grandchildren.
■ ■ Flatonia’a official obse'rv-' .
or o.f ^tbe weather^ Lloyd *•
Pern-son, reports the follow-
ing-for the Month of March: '
UainfaTl inch. s
Lowest, temperature: 27
degrees, March 26^
Highest ternporattin?: 91 ,
degrees, March 11. ^
Mrs. Williamson
Argils ('orrospondent
COMMENTS FROM
This wieek Mrs. Delia
j(G. W;) Williamson began
| her duties.as cjij'rospomlent
jing Alts. Aug-. Nollkamper,
i\ ho resigned because of
ot her duties
Cooperation with Mrs.
Williamson in her efforts to
gat In tMfiews w ill be greatly
appreerated by 'fhe Argus.
Sne nftty be reached by tele- *
phoriing No, ll'l-W.
Vacations Here
CONGRESSMAN
Miss Jo Ann Yruna has
CLARK W. THOMPSON
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Washingron. i>. < 'd'Vrrara:
April 7, 195.7 Jo Ann G employed with
Dear Neighbors: jtlr.’ tblPpholte company in
During the Ea&tar S. km Antonio.
son, which tu all ("hristiaip, . . --------
is the traditional time 1)1 Flatoilill Baptist
put behind its)1
^Church Service*
faith, let ir=
the troubles atM disap-j 9:30 a m.: Sunday school
point melds Hi' the .pa-t and 10:80 a. in.: Morning ser-
keep our thoughts on tin' vjCes.
proriiise of better (hirigs fori p m ; Training
the future. i Union- .______ -
1 hope for you, and-each 7;:u, p% h . Kvening serv-
one of those.near and dear jc^s>
to you, n hwp;^ Easter 7aad-|_ Friday, 7 :30 p. m., prayer
Mrs. J. 1. Jaeggh spent the the fulfillment of cuitr -pray I servi<.t>Si
day in Austin on Thursday era. .
of last week. —
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmv Sim-
cik and daughters of Vic-
toria and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Gibson arid son, Bobby,- vis-
ited last week-end .with
their mother, Mrs. Annie
Simcik.
Sunday guests, of Mrs | Method'st Clllirrh
Ann Richardson and Services-—
Erni( Kocian
lent f no \vee-k-
spent the Week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Kociun.
Mrs. Arnold Brunner was
called Monday morning to
t|?e bedside of her daugh-
ter, Mrs., Robert .Spier, in
San Antonio, who was suf-
fering from food poisoning.
Last reports were that Mrs.
Syler was much improved^
Mary Ellen Riotz were
rind Mrs. J. C. Richardson
and agn, Charles plent y, ot
Brazoria, Mr. anil M:
Charles-,Nulj ot’ .Muldoon.
f> ' - ..... “ •* '•'>
tnTii~t',ft-liv 9'1 • r,~*"
turned hrtm* front a 'Fit
with her brother, Joe Kubik,
in Baytown.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Unger-
er were visitors in the home
of Mias Clnra Roitsch in La
Grange Monday night.
Mrs. Fanny Sellers is vis-
iting her children in Wael-
der this week.
Flatonia—Worship, 9:3p
in m.; Sunday School, 10:30
a.' m.
Muldoon—Worship, first
: nd. third Sundays. -LL_a-_m.
anti' 7:30 p.- m. Sunday
School every Sunday,'10 a.
m. Prayer meeting on Fri-
days following first antf.
third Sundays, 7:30 p. m.
• Colony — Worship, sec-
ond and fourth Sundays,
7 :30 p. mr Prayer meeting
on Fridays following sec-
ond and fourth Sundays,
7:30 p. m.
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