The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1942 Page: 3 of 12
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THfcFLATONIA AKGUS
THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1942
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Editorial
There seems to be a defi-
nite need for a Youth Coun-
cil in our high* school. The
Council could.help work out
solutions to student problems
and also begin an extensive
defense program in the
school.
The members of this coun-
cil should be capable boys
and girls, students sincerely
interested in the betterment
of our school. They shoulcf be
able to express the' beliefs
and wishes of their respective
classes or clubs.
The Youth Council should
meet and discuss the matters
brought, to"', thtfr attention
sanely and effectively. The
council should promote co-
operation, school pride, great-
er student unity and always
have the welfare, of the en-
tire student body utmost in
their minds. •
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Grade New*
By Charline Jurica
. The. First Grade is making
Valentines and sending •.let-
ters through their Valentine
post office. The postmasters
and assistants stamp and as-
sort this mail.
The second and Third
grades are preparing., a..
Valentine program for Fri-
day, February '13 and have
decorated tlieir sandtable
with Valentine trees. As an-
other project they are sthdy-.
ing about George Washington,
, and Abraham Linpoln.
In addition to preparing a
Valentine program for Fri-
day February 13, the Fourth
grade is making health vege-
table books showing the dif-
ferent kinds of vegetables.
The fifth grade is exhibit-
ing their stencil designs on
the following articles:
napkins, table* cloths, ker-
chiefs, handkerchiefs, scarfs,
and dishtowels. They are
glad to have Ernt^t Harsch
back in school. Steven Pola-
sek is still out, although they
hope to see him back in
school soon.
The seventh grade is sorry
to lose F. C. Rainer who has
moved away,
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.School Doing* r-
The February 1st report on
the Hale of Savings Stamps
and Bonds to our students,
shows results that are grati-
fying. Savings Stamps and
Bonds sold to students up to
Februry 1st, 194? are as fol-
lows—by grades: first grade.
f78,80; second grade, $1.90;^
-third. $6.00; fourth grade,'’
*19.35; fifth grade, *94.55;
iixth grade, $78.75; seventh
grade. $114.?5; eighth grade,
$261.90; freshmen class,
$115.70; sophomore class,
$62.05.; junior ctas«, $13.60;
‘senior class, $65.45. Total
for the grade students is
$650.50; total for the high
school is $256.80. The eighth
grade of the grade school
leads all classes in the pur-
chase of Stamps and Bonds.
Mrs. Geo. Hamon directs the
Stamps Sale in the Grade
School, and Miss Biggers,
directs the sales in the High
School. _ _ .. ..
Donald Kopecky
* Auo.I.I.BJltor
The basketball tournament
wijl be held in Schulenburg
next Friday and Saturday,
February 13 and 14. Fla-
tonia, Schulenburg, Dime
Box, Lexington, and Fayette-
ville, are the teams entered,
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Flatonia^ Boy Scouts under
Scoutmaster Geo. W. Hawkes
presented us with an interest-
ing program Monday morn-
ing. Our town and school
needs a* greater-membership
in the local Boy and Girl
Scout organizations.
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Thieves made their annual
visit to our school last Satur-
day night when they smashed,
an office window and search-
ed for money. . The grade
building \Vas also entered
and all teacher’s desks search-
ed. Nothing was reported
missiug. The. thieves wore
globes, chewed Dentine gum.
were light 'in 'weight,' used
flashlights- and showed some
literary Inclination '.'.by .Re-
classifying a few library book
cards in th^ charging box. It
is a fixed policy to never
leave any money in the Fla-
tonia school buildings.
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Senior of the Week ^
By La Nell Gray
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I was- visiting a friend of
-mine in the hospital, when
a perk, young burse came in
to see about' my friend. She
was cheerful, and did a good
job of cheering up my sick
friend. But she didn’t stay
'long, for she knew Tyrone
Power was at the end of the
hall waiting for his supper.
I asked my friend who she
was. “Oh, that’s Nora Mae
Kubala. She’s from Flatonia.
Then my other friend perked
up suddenly and said that
she once went to school with
Nora Mae. Boy, was she
good at typing. You could
see her sitting on the edge of
her chair when it was just
ubout time for recess. When
my friend and I were leaving
the hospital, wie met Nora
Mae at the desk. My friend
and I went up and talked -to
her. She was about to go
out for lunch, so we were
asked to join her. We got in-
to her ChevroJct and. drove to
ler favorite restaurant, where
we enjoyed some delicious
pineapple ice cream.
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Boy Scout Program
BY Donald Kopecky
The Boy Scout Troop and'
the Cub Pack of Flatonia
gave their annual program in
the auditorium last • Monday.
Following are the numbers
as they appeared on the pro-
gram : *
“America”—by all.
Cub Promise.
Scout Oath
“What Scouting Is”—Billy
Hillery.
"What Scouting Means to
Me”—Donald Kopecky.
Knot-tying exhibition by
Billy Hillery and Frank
Marecic.
* “Scouting’s Part in De-
fense”—Max Walla.
master George W. Hawkes.
"God Ble*s America”—Bv
All.
After the program, Mr.
Kasper made some announce-
ments, and the meeting was
adjourned.
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Bulldog* Top
Shorthorn* 45-14
By Max Walla
The Flatonia Bulldogs ran
the Schulenburg Shorthorns
into the corral last Thursday
night at the Fair Park Gym-
Jiiuuuiu i«-» otre-stded" basket-
ball game. The final score
was 45-14,
In the last quarter, Schu-
lenburg put its “blocking
back” to work, since Schu-
lenburg is a “football-minded”
town, but this strategy was
no help to the helpless dogies.'
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Homemaking *111 New*
By Charlene Jurica
The Homemaking III Clnb
met February 5, 194^ and
had the following program:
Business.
"Be the Best of Whatever
You Are”—Juanita Jones.
“Fashions-True To Type"
—Charlene, 'Julies.
“What First-Aid Is”—Helen
Mica.
“Uses of First-Aid—Eliza-
beth Steinhauser.
“Use of First-Aid Today”—
Anita Chambers.
The meeting was-then ad-
journed.
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The Gos*ip*
News—>well, friepds, I’ve
got it.
If you see Nell Gray beam-
ing, you’ll know* it’s because
THAT letter arrived this
weekend.
We he$F that*Sunday after-
noon joy riding was a perfect'
success for Juanita and Bet-
tie _ Lee, (San Antonio’s
specials)
„ News, news at FHS! Watfch
a case between Eugenia and
Johnny. And be on the look-
out for,-further developments
in the Pavlicek-Knezek affair.
The Ghost wonders why
Shirley is always talking in
Spanish Class. Is she trying
to cover up the fAdt that she
never studies her lesson.?.
Why did Miss Biggers look
so queer when. Alphonse told
her tlTat he wartfeil lff-TOc*
Defense Stamps. She prob-
ably didn’f think any of her
Seniors were that patriotic.
Ami did you know that the
Senior Dance brought Caro-
line and Hugh together again?
Keep Tuned to this station
for further details.
Speaking of the Senior
dailce, I heard on the q.t. that
a certain E. C. Haddoek dress-
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<Tj>H* *»UT FftKNO Of CKMUSTON*
U n*ST LOCOMOTIVE TO It PlACfO IN
**«UUU StIWICC ON AN AMERICAN
RAILROAD, MADE ITS FORMAL PUSUC
Dt*UT ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1*10
[Railroad* in tne unitio states r*
OPERATE NEARLY TWO THOUSAND
TV* KSATS, FERRIES, CAR FLOATS AND
OTHER FLOATINS EQUIPMENT.
! YOU SAID IT I
1 Sam’s girl is tall and slender,
i My girl is fat and low;
t Sam’s girl wears .silks and
1 satins,
Mv girl wears calico.
Sam’s jrirl is downright witty.
My girl's demure and good.
Do you think I’d swap for
Sam’s girl?
You know darn well I would.
I* Ih'funte Hlampt!—
A boy came home__l'cong
’school one day 'and ask-
ed : “Pop. how much is a bil-
lion dollars?”' ■*■*
Aiid his dad replied: It’s
a helluva lot of money.”
The next day the boy came
home from school crying, and
the father asked, "What is
the matter, son?”
“That wasn’t the. right
answer”, the boy replied.
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With fewer car* and fewer
LOCOMOTIVES than THEY HAO IN 1*17
AMD l«l«, THE AMERICAN RAILROADS IN 1*41
MOVED - WITHOUT CONGESTION OR DtLAY-MOR*
FREIGHT MORE MILE* THAN EVER BEFORE M ANYONE TEAR.
He or she who relaxes
helps the axis.
^Attention Farmers!
On account of the advance
in market, I am now able to
pay you a good price for
your '1941-42 Cotton Loan
Option*. See me at the FLA-
TONIA STATE BANK and
bring your paper* with you
when ready to sell. •.
D. F. Johnson
-“Phone 66—
Flatonia, Texas * (Stf)-
WE RE HERE TO SERVE!
NO JOB TOO &MALL1
THE FLATONIA ARGUS
—JOB DEPARTMENT—
An optimist laughs to for-
get; a pessimist, forgets to
laugh. • •
ASSOCIATION Of AMlBCA+t >Ag.HOAi
HOUSTON FLOWER
SHOW TO FEATURE
TAJ MAHAL GARDENS
Houston will be host \o
thousands of, her neighbors
when the doors of the coli-
seum swing open for Hous-
ton’s Annual Flower Show.
The sale of advance tickets
indicates that flower and
garden lovers are anxiously
waiting to see the faithful re-
production of the Taj Mahal
and exotic gardens, which
will be in the main feature of
the show.
C. Oliver Hoopes, promi-
nent Terns landscape archi-
tect $Lnd installation director
of the show, reported- this
week that all gardens have
been planned by individual
exhibitors and accepted by
the installation committee.
Mr. Hoopes said that* visit-
ors to'the* Flower Show are in
for a big surprise when they
see the various types of gar-
ityns and cut flowersf.The en-
tire Sam Houston, coliseum
will be loaded with spring
gardens s containing, fresh,
dainty flowers, tropical gar-
dens including plants from the
steaming swamps of Africa,
wall garden's with clinging
and hanging vines, a cut flow-
ers display with thousands
and thousands of roses, car-
nations, snapdragons * a*nd
other favorites.
ed to' come .to the.dance but , The advance-ticket sale for
Careless habits .contribute
to destruction of materials
and property as well as the
possible loss of life by fire.
- huii Ih/euxt' Slum jit
Let freedom xing on Uncle
Sam’s cash register! Buy U.
S. Defense Bonds and Stamps.
as ticket agencies. The ticket
committee advises out-of-town,
visitors to purchase tickets
early, because after the' 60,-
000 allotment has been sold,
the ticket^siilc will close. Ad-
mission at the coliseum will
be 85 e<yits. In towns and
cities where Flower Show
tickets are not available, it
is 'advisable to write to t ire
N. W. CHAMBERS
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS OUR
FLATONIA REPRESENTATIVE
. . , . AND WILL TAKE ORDERS FOR
BLOOD-TESTED BABY CHICKS
TO BE DELIVERED EACH TUESDAY AFTERNOON I
—Book-Your Orders In Advance With Him!—
FOR CUSTOM HATCHING, DELIVER YOUR EGGS
_ DIRECT TO US EACH MONDAY
WYATT HATCHERY
—WAECDER, TEXAS—
Houston Flower Show Asso- | £
ciation, Commerce Building,
Houston, Texas.
FOR BEST RESULTS
. M 1
USE
couldn’t quite break away
from Juanita Jones, . who
doesn't believe in breaking
dates.
From those pictures we
gather that’ it’s pals for pals
in a rather thriving friend-
ship. And I do’-- mean the
sophomore blondes and T. L.
and .Nolan.
By the way, did you know
that Mary Oma’s heart throb
from A&M is hitting town
this Saturday afternoon?
Guess Kolar will be floating
on a cloud all week. .* - -
Bernice Kallus finds the
Senior Romeo one of those
slow but sure fellows. Sit
around and talk long enough
and soon we saw Bernice
dancing with Bill Hopper.
Hats off to you, fish,#f you
can captivate one of the most
digible Senior boys.
What happened to the rest
of the Senior Class Friday
night. We certainly did miss
you and can guarantee you
that you missed' a “swell ele-
gant” time.
'Til next time,
The Ghost
Bomb The Blunt With Bontltf
MOULTON MECHANIC
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Adolph Petrek, employed
at the local Ford Garage, had
a narrow escape from seri-
ous injury, perhaps death,
Sunday morning, when a
gasoline drum which he at-
tempted to weld exploded. 11
The head of the drum was
blown off and carried across
the street and landed in an
adjoining block. Six windows
in the garage building were
shattered. The shock of the
explosion was fejt for a dis-
tance of several blocks. Mr.
Petrek was not hurt—Moul-
the show has been brisk, and
52,000 of the 60.000 -ticket*
being offered at.,the reduced
price of 55 . cents have ’ al-
ready been distri b u t. e el
throughout this area to gar-
den- clubs and other civic
organizations who are acting
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Have your Eyes Examined *
and glasses' cor^ctly *
.fitted by *
DR. H. R. THULEMEYER *
. . » —Optometrist— *
Flatonia. Texas *
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Charges Reasonable - *
Satisfaction Guaranteed *
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CHEVROLET DEALER FOR SERVICE
on any car oi truck
O. L. LEE GARAGE
Phone 36 -> Flatonia, Texa*
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1942, newspaper, February 12, 1942; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth989461/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.