The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
.VOLUME 73
$2.00 per year in Advance
FLATONIA TEXAS IVJAY 20, 1948
Sc per copy
As Bridges Sees It —
1 he very good rain .we re-
ceived fate Tuesday afternoon
and early Tuesday night will
pe ol untold' benefit to grow-
ing gardens and field crops,
and should put more grass into
the pastures for livestock.
Corn, with this added moisture
in this area, should come into
the roasting ear stage in
flurry. Official ‘.amount *w-as
.99 inch.
. * * * *
Our most sincere thanks to.
Mrs. M. A. Kubena for her ef-
forts in getting the nice write-
up concerning The Argus in
l»‘st Thursday’s S: A. Light.
•Mrs. Kubena is doing a fine
job as correspondent to sev-
eral large Texas daily news-
papers. She is serving our
town in this respect, so if you
know an interesting iterfi, get
te^fbdctf-witli her. It will be
appreciated.
Colony News
(Waidinp Bigley, Cor.)
We are sorry to report Mrs.
Fannie Hapnegan on the aick
list. She has been in the
Schulze Hospital in Schulen-
burg since'"Saturday. We all
wish lor her a speedy recov-
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Mathis. ’ - _
Uncle Will Bigley of Hous-
ton. spent the week-epd -in the
home of Mr. aiid “Mrs. Enoch
Needham.
Ed Needham of Austin and
son, Pete Needham, of Cali-
fornia spent Saturday night
. ahd Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Enoch’ Needham.
■ Lorene Brown was a Sunday
visitor in the J. Q. Terrell
home. • ■
•Mrs. Alma McCall of W.
«r *3
Mrs. F. W. Brown.'
William Lee ‘Brown of San
Miss Jeannine Olle
Weds Thomas States
Miss Jeannine Olle, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Olle Jr., became the bride of
William Thomas Scates Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Scates Sr., in a double ring
ceremony at 10:15 a. m. last
Sunday, May 1G in the Cath-
olic Rector? 'with Rev. V. A.
Raska officiating.
* Miss Norma Ann Albrecht,
served Its maid” of honor and
James Schutz was best „man.
Witnesses were Alfred Malcik
and Max Walla.
The bride.was lovely in ?t
two-piece pink -Shantung dress
with brow* accessories. She
wore a string of pearls, gift of
the groom, and had an orchid
as a corsage.
Miss Albrecht was attired in
a powder blue crepe dress
with white accessories. She
used red carnations as a cor-
sage.
Mrs;" Herman fide, mother
of the bride, Was dressed in
grey with red accessories and
wore a red carnation corsage.
The groom wory a greenish-
blue suit.
Both bride and groom are
graduates of Klatonia High
School, class of 1946. .He is.
Flatonia Defeats La Grange,
4-3, in Over-Time Game; To
Play Giddirigs Here Sunday
The Flatonia Wildcats main-
tained their undefeated record
in league play here last Sun-
day aitemoon as they defeat-
ed the La Grange club, 4-3, in
a 10-inning game before a
large crowd of spectators. f
The game opened with the
Flatohia club playing v.eiw
sloppy ball, and two bad plays
en a throw to second in tin'
first inning gave La Grange an
unearned r»n. In the same in-
ning, Holtjbec, La Grange
shortstop, robtyed Herzik of
1 latonia of a sure hit with a
spectacular one-hand catch to
retire the side.. «, *
Another unearned run came
in for La Grange in the second
inning, as Lobpries, La Grange-
catcher, hit* Hsyough the fence ........... t
in deep left center for a rous- xVPelkel
ing doublet ■•« ■ •
Errors committed by Fla-
tonia players in the third, re-
sulted in a third La Grange
Score. In this same inning,
Flatonia got its first hit, as Kaluza, cf.
Frankie Barta hit.safely. Herzik, lf-p .
. At,this point, Fjatonia seem- Mueller, lb' .
W&m11T1' ......." ‘
to first, resulting in a Flatonia
Score by Michal, ending the
game with score 4-3 in favor
of Flatonia.
—Kana, second baseman for
La Grange, had a perfect day
at the plate, securing 3 hits in
3, attempts; Mikulik, Flatonia
third baseman, was closely
behind with 3 for 4 tries,
The box score :
La Grange—r AB R
McOaw, rf ....
Hoti/bec, ss ...
Kana, 2b .......
Otto, lb ..1......
Struve, 3b .....
Baca, cf ... ...
Lobpries, »c
Jandav If .......
Greenshield, p
Blume, p
Jessie Magnus Dies jSchool Plant Survey •
Of Sudden Attack ^ jfijs Week fiy
State Dept, of Education
TOT A US
Flatonia—
Michal, rt'
Antonio.
'with home
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Brown and daughter, Betty
Jean and husband of San An-
gelo spent Sunday night with
their parents and grandpar-
ents, Mr. and. Mrs. J. E.
Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Broo.ks Cowan
and daughter, Patsy June, and
Barbara Snell of Houston
spent the.week-end with home
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Zed Brown,
Mrs. F. W. Brown, Mrs. Bes-
sie Cowan • and Snook were
business visitors in Schulen-
burg Saturday.
JULIUS NAUMANN DIES
FRIDAY IN LA GRANGE
Julius Rudolph Naumann,
53, farmer and storekeeper of
the Black Jack community,
died at the La Grange Hospi-
tal, Friday, May 14.
Funeral services were held
at the family residence Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with
Rev. F. E. Ellers officiating.
Interment was in the Black
Jack Cemetery.
employed by ArnimTfc Lane.
'The couple spent a brief
honeymoon in Del Rio, leav-
ing on thenoori train last Sun-
day. They also visited Villa
Acuna, Mexico, while away.
They will make their home
in one of the Sch'oenweit?
apartments. ■
SOFTBALL LEAGUE GETS
OFF TO FLYING START
The Softball League opened
last Friday night, on the local
w^ _ __
and interesting games.. Amer-
ican - Legion defeated Cistern
HBMfl ,
Mik.iinR lYit srifefy to open
the fifthSellers flied out to
the, intielj}; Steinhauser. hit
safely to center and Mikulik
scored .for Flatonia; Cowan
hit safely; Barta bunted arid
all runners were safe-, loading
the bases; Michal hit long fly-
and Steinhauser scored after
o, 2 runs, no strike-
_______ t 5 innings; Blume, 5
the catc h, making the ‘score, i^iits,’ 2 runs, 3 strikeouts in 4
3-2; KiTluzq was.* offt "at first
to stop the rally. . -*
- Steinhauser hit a rihging
double to open the seventh; a
w" ’ '* ' ‘ ’
Sellers^ 2b
Steinhauser, ss
Cowan, c .......
Barta, p-lf .....
TOTALS
Pitchers’ statistics:
shield 5 hits
outs in
3 1
0 1
4- 0
1 U
..... 4 0
1 6
3 0
0 0
.... 1 * 0
0 0
2 -ri
2 1
..... 1 0
0 0
.....35 3
7 2.
AB R
rt E
>.... 5 1
- 2. 0
.... 5 ()
0 1
.... 4 • 0
0 P
4 0
0 11
2 (i
.... 4 2
2 i
.... $ 0
.1 2
.... 4 0
2 0
."...37 4
10 6
Green-
Jessie -Magnus passed aw ay
last Thursday afternoon, AT fie
13 at-7*;55 p. m. at his honu
about 8 miles nort’heast of Fla-
tonia of a sudden-heart attac k
He had reached the age of *03
years, G months and G days.
Mr. Magnus was born and
reared on the place where T.e
made his home neat' FJlttonia.
He* was ndirried .to Ruth
Chambers Magnus iii 1932.
Three, children were .born to
this union, two of whom sur-
vive.1 "-I—-—1—r~
Funeral services were held
at'3:30 p. m.- Friday from the
Elm Grove’ Baptist Church
with Rev. Neill of Waelder of-
ficiating. Interment was made
"in the Elm Grove Cemetery.
Those left to mourn his pass-
ing are his widow, Mrs. Ruth
Magnus; one son, Doss Ed-
win Magnus; a daughter,
Vlasta Magnlis; two step-sons.
John- . August Magnus and
Howard A Tien Magnus; one
brother, John August Magnus,
of De Kalb; and one sister,
Mrs. Fannie Lackquast of
Moulton. -
Arnold Wittman of the di-
vision of School Plant and
Structural Safety of the State
Department of Education and
\V. T. Lofbijpcf, state deputy
superintendent, visited the
Flatonia schools thi^ week and
nmde a survey of the building
needs of bdfh the “white
schools and the colored,
schools.
Definite improvements are
in. mind for both schools in the
way of building additions and
improvements. A gymnasium
has been planned for the Fla-
tonia High School for the past
several years, but due to the
war, plans had to be deferred.
Also plans were under way for
larger colored school and
Spring Flower Show
To Be Held May 29
The Flatonia Garden Club
will hold its Spring Flower
Show on May 29th from 2 un-
til 9 p. m.~ The public is cor-
dially invited.
Judges for the show will be
Mrs.- Anna Cloud of Austin,
who is a National Garden
Club Member, Mrs. W. L.
Stolz and Mrs. J. O. Nesrsta,
both of La Grange. All these
ladies really know flowers,
and we are proud and happy
to have them as judges for our
show.
A feature of the show will
be a plant sale with potted
plants to place in your.garden.
There will be a silver tea
served by the Homemaking
Girls of ’ the Flatonia High
School.
Plan to visit- the Flower
Sh6w on May 29.
NUMBER 21
these plans had to be deferred ELLEN HAWKES TO WED
DR. WHEELER DISCUSSES
likewise.
A new bond issue will have
to be passed in ordey for theke
improvements to- become a
reality. The new bond issue
will have to be about twice the
previous issue of $30,000 In
order to take care of,the‘*a'n-
innings. Barta, 2 hits, 3 runs,
i47*tHk««utg in-3 innings^-TLir-.
aik,-5 hits,’ no runs, 6 strike-
outs in -7 innings.
Dr. L. A. Wheeler, mayor of
Flatonia, in presenting . his"
program before the local "Ro-
tary Club last Friday noon,
gave a report on. the munici-
pally’owned electric system
since it was purchased .from
L.C.R.A. in 1945.
Dr. Wheeler stated that
Julian Montgomery, consult-
ing engineer. Of Austin,_ was-•
employed to make a survey.of
the. property and ,to make an
and Mr. Loflahd wjis request-
ed in order that the local, au-
thorities might have expert
advisement as to the exact
building needs of pur schools.
Their report will be made-to
the superintendent and to. the
board of education within the
qext week.
Elm Grove New*
JAMES MILLER BUNKLEY
Mrs. George Thomas Hawkea
announces the forthcoming .
marriage on Saturday, June’ 5,
of her daughter, Ellen Anna,
to James Miller Bunkley.
- The ceremony i^ilj .take
Church in Arlington, Texas.
Miss Hawkes, as well aa
othe^r members of the Hawkes
family, is well known in Fla-
tonfa, living here for sevefal
years, and at one time was con-
nected with The Argus.
ET AGRICULTURE CLASS
VISITS S. A. STOCKYARDS
’ (fr city ownership of tW System. I of Mr^PKS,llil^Srf‘v &de a t
out; Michal’s bunt was muffed
and Stei'nhiiuser scored to even
■szm?* k zmz
ficial opening- wa^- slated for
Tuesday night of last’week but
these games were postponed
because of wet grounds.
The game between Cistern
and the Legion was a good one
all the way with the score fre-
quently knotted up and with
thO Legion finally shoving
across two runs to win. Bat-
teries 'were: Cistern, Matocha
and Bauer; American Legion,
Schacherl and Pavlica. The
final score was: Cistern 5, Le-
gion 7. _ _
The second game was equal-T
ly exciting with the Zebt’as
s&oring in the last of the sev-
enth to break a 7-7^t.e and win,
8-7. Batteries: Zebras, C,
MigI and Brazda; Firemen,
Smith and Rollig.
All games were rained out
on Tuesday night of this week.
After two- were out in the
eighth. Mikulik hit again to
get on base, but Sellers flied
out retiring the side. . -
In the 10th inning, Blume,
m Cofunibus .7, Burton 6, . At the^utset, the speaker
Brenham and Flatonia. are «»ve-a number of figures and
Kana of I.a Grange secured
his third hit to advance Blume
to second base in the eighth,
but both runners were left on
base.
TWenty-five veterans, mem-
. trers of the Flatonia Class of
Mr. and Mra. Wilbur Halli- Fayette Codnty Veterans Vo-
“ ‘ ‘ “*'■ ompapied
JiwtriirtmT-
tha fftpi’k _ •
yards in Antoni# on VTud-
The Flatonia club plays the ^e,clr^c<^rr\° Purchase the prop-
Giddings nine here next Sun- ('l ' ’ _ J eIj-otum, held on
<Inv iiffornnnn at 3 •30 n m I 7, 1. 4o, shoved a total ol
118 votes for the prop’osal and
104 votes against. .Later the
_Mrs». James Young agd chil- m _________
dren and Mrs. Fred AlexancU*r jjesday of this week,
visited in Waelder Sunday 1
I’eat3JClCv - - i
day afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
in another league game..
CATHpLIC CHURCH NOTES
Trinity Sunday,\,May 23:
Holy Masses at 7 a. m. and
8:30 a. m. At the 1st Mass
La Grange pitcher, again In’ the Catholic Seniors will re-
safelv, but was out at second ceivo Holy Communion,
on an attempted sacrifice; a. - Religious vacation school
passed brril resu 1 ted in runner • for a 11 chiblren -of the ■ parish:
on first going to second, but
next batter was4tKrown out at
first to.end the rally,
Michal opened the last of
the 10th with a double; Kaluza
attempted to bunt twice, but
failed and then hit a slow roll-
er to pitcher, who'threw wide-
Mav 31 to June 1-2. Also May
22 and 29.
Friday and Saturday, May
21, 22 are Ember Days.
Mrs. Chas. Hertel of Kerr-*
ville visited Monday in the
August Nollkamper home.
bonds of $60,000 were sold to
Crummer & Co. of Dallas.
Wheeler stated that while
sfili held by L.C.R.A. there
were 285 customers and in
1944, and that the total-income
to that company was ap.proxi-
mately • $15,000 in thnt year..
and in 1946 under the city the
income had risen to approifi.
mately $20,000,’ with a total
of 387 customers in 1947. The
number at present is 408. Lur-
ing 1947 the total revenue to
the city from the electric s.v.s-
(Continued on Back Page)
FLATONIA BAPTIST »
CHURCH SERVICES—
Morning worship, 9:30 a. m.
. Bible School, 10:35 a. m.
Wednesday evening .Bible
study and prayef, 7 :45 p. m.
Senior Class 1947-48
wi4fe Mrs. C __
; Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mi*s. Joe Meneley were Mr„
and Mrs. Davis Meneley of
Bishop and Mrs. Carrie Bur-
ney'of San Antonio.
Mr. luid Mris. J. A. Burney’s
week-end guest* were Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Burney and baby,
Jack Jr., of San Antonio.
Mr. ahd Mrs.'Howard John-
son and children and Clarence
Hallmark of Waelder spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M.
Hallmark._1— ---
Lester Gosch of San An-
tonio was a visitor in the C.
M.eneley home Thursday.
Mrs. John Cowan and son,
Clint, weue business visitors in
Schulenburg Saturday.
'Mrs. Goldie Pringle of San
Antonio and Mrs. J. Wright of
Houston were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Holubec last
week..
jTftftngfoup of Fayette Coun- -
ty veterans ar» engaged in va-
rious livestock ana agricultu- • -
ral programs on their
farms and ranches in a div—-■i^
sified agricultural territory.
The trip was made that the •».
veterans might see one of the
major livestock markets 'of
the' United States, and gain
knowledge con9erning the han-
dling and marketing of live-
stock. *
Thfe other Veterans A'gricul- " PH
ture dass conducted in Fla- 4
tonia, visited the same centers
of the livestock industry sev-
eral months ago.
••
Flatonia High School
Baccalaureate Seruice
« High School Auditorium
Sunday, Twenty-third of May
Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight
Eight P. M.
Mrs. h'. W. Thulemeyer,
Mrs. Duddie Nesrsta, Mrs.
TCmmv Marik, and .Henry
Nikel were visitors Tuesday in
San Antonio. ”
FLATONIA HIGH TO PLAY
GONZALES HERE FRIDAY
> The Flatonia High School
baseball club will play its final
game of the year here Friday
afternoon, May 21 at 3 p. m.
with the«Gonzales High club
as opponents.
These two teams played a
very close and interesting con-
test recently in Gonzales, and
this return match to be played
here, should be equally g<)od.
IIP
Flatonia High School
Commencement Exercises
High School Auditorium
Tuesday, Twenty-fifth of May
Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight
Eight-thirty P. M.
i
Processional
’• t t » * 1 l.. L .. 1. _ T__^.1
.x. Assembly
— ---——■
- ^oljq holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall risfe to Thee : .
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy,, all the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the
glassy sea-^
Cherubini and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
InvocatioTf7’
K$v. C-has. F.'B’owos
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Snhcials. “Serve the Lord,” “Listen to the Lambs’
High School Glee.- Club-! v
Ip
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Sermon ...... Very Rev. Msgr. Anthony F. Drozd
Ar<Thdiocesan Moderatof of^atholic Action
■ Benediction .:........i---......—........- Rev.' V. A. Raska
••Recessional' •
t <-
Processional
Invocatipn
........... " -'rm^^rtrr^n.T
Rev. V. A. Raska
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•%I:ACK row (left to right I—Adolph
SECOND ROW A11 in' 'Jo Schmidt. Doris -WaJker; Audrey .Freytag,
Bernice Thiede, Patricfa /McCall, Joyce BrunrieF, Gladys' McClure,
Wilma Rietz, Anna Bell Doehring.
FIRST ROW—Willie Glenn Ray, Eugene Syrinek, Victor Zouzalik,
Billy Sellers, Leroy Farek. . > *•
Pledge tb the Flag;
Salutatory ............................. Doris Walker
----------- 7 — ...*r • *— —*—■ ‘1.
-....................-......-........................... Audrey Freytag
Class Will ..................................... Gladys McClure
Class Prophecy Adolph Tupa
“Commencement Song” ................................Class ,
Valedictory .................................. Patricia McCall-
Address
-*•**•• •• -v. J«ames- P. Hnrt
: Presentation of Diplomas and Awards 1.....W. O'. Boggan
President of Schpol Board"*
Benediction ..... ...................... Rev. W- U Hightower
Recessional ^
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Bridges, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1948, newspaper, May 20, 1948; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth989201/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.