The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1958 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 83
$2.00 Per Year in Advance In Texas
Drill Squad To
Perforin with Band
The Flatonia Bulldog
Band and the High School
Drill Squad are slated to
perform for the first' time
together during half-time
at the football game with
Bastrop Friday night.
Funeral Services
Held Aug. 29 For
Walker T. Duff
Funeral rites-for Walker
£: puff were held from the
.....SHhth*Funeral Home Chapel
At n. m., with Rev!
Claude O’Neal of Waelder
officiating. The body was
tenderly placed at rest in
h latonia City Cqiiietery..
Serving as pallbearers
were Donnie Pavlica, E. A.
• Arnim, K*. E. W^ody, Louis
Niemann, 0. E. Gray, all of
Flatonia, and Donald Bunt-
ing of Moulton. *
Left to mourn his passing
are: His wife, Mrs. Alma
. Duff of Flatonia, 5 nephews
and one niece.
Mr. Duff passed away at
3:30 a. m. Thursday, Aug.
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1958
5c Per Copy
NUMBER 36
Bulldogs To Open Football
Season at Bastrop Friday Nite
The Band is to accompany
the Drill Squad from the
bleachers while the girls
march on the field. Rou-
tines witiw-include a, banjo
' formation and several letter
formations.
Fifty-seven people, 25 in
the Band and 32 in the Drill
Squad, will participate in
the performance.
Soldiers Gain Leave
Time by Securing .
Enlistments
3*F§y£r Services At
Colony Sat iH»d ay
-Wayne Townsk-ToC~Anis-~
tin and wife (formerly Ma-
rie Hart) will be in charge
of. prayer meeting Saturday
night, Sept. 0, at the Pente-*
costal Church at Colony.
, .Everyone is invited to be
with them.
The 195§ edition of the
Flatonia High School Bull-
dogs, under Coach Bobby
Anderson and Asst. Coach
7 Due Physicals
September 8th
Local Board No. 44 of La
Grange has ordered the fol-
lowing seven from Fayette.
County 'to report for for-
warding for pre-induction
•nT" examlhation " on
8
“tarkrr'Ph
the gridiron is the season’s Sept.
opener against the Bastrop Henry Frank Dittrich. Jr.,
Bears at 8. p. m. Friday,' Route" 2, Schulenburg; Geo.
Sept. 5, on Erhardt Field in Bertis Hayes Jr., 4tt. 2,
a few hours
earlier, after Which he had
been taken to the.hospital.
He was born March 13,
1879 near Gonzales, .son of
the late • Marian and Kate
Duff, was .educated and
reared in Gonzales County,
and made his home through-
out his lifetime in this sec-
tion of the state.
Mr. Duff was married to
Miss Alma Bailey on Feb.
28, 1904. The couple re-
sided for a while on the Duff
place near Gonzales; them
for about a year in Moulton,
where Mr. Duff-was employ-
ed at a gin; then as a farm-
er on the Bailey homestead
for a short time. They came
to Flatonia in 1908 anjd lived
here since. In Flatonia, fie
'--U* the Flatonia light _
|, / tion up until the time' sev-
‘ tori i a Met ho d i s t Church.
This kind man, who bore
hfs intense suffering for
years without complaint,
will be missed by his rela-
tives and a host of friends.
cruiting Service, under" the
recently 'implemented vol-
untary, recruiting program,
Sgt. Grady 'E. Glidden, lo-
cal Army recruiter, an-
nounced. today. ■ A;
Any' active Army- enlist-
ed person, who is on annual
leave <rr ii\, a* delay status,
may receive a five-day ex--
tension of his leave by se-
curing one or more enlist-
ments.
The purpose of this pro-
gram is to stimulate recruit-
ing,and to reward those per-
sons who vo 1 uhtarily devote
a part of their leave ot re-
cruiting.
The program does not
pertain to 6-month trainees
or Army personnel who are
en route to school or who
are
Hand Club Buys .
Mimical Instruments
Members of the Booster
Band -Club . met with Mr.
Streithoff and’Mr. Rickhard
of the Bledsoe Music Co. on-
Aug. 27 in the band room.
The Clqb, bought . foyr
Every, soldier in the tl. ft. ? rxiw- iiod rumen ts, consisting
L of -» Jtofla. horn,’ harit.hxm.
tenor saxaphone, and cym-
bals. These instruments, will
be rented to students at $1
per month. •
The Band Club will have
a bake sale on Saturday,
Sept. T2, b&glnnihg at 11
a. m.
Bastrop.
Very little is known of
this year’s Bastrop team'
however, it is well known
they usually put a "very
good eleven of the field," se
likely this year will be no
exception.
Flatonia is known for al-
ways having a large crowd
of fans Jh hand, and it is
hoped that for this game, all
will be present to support
the Bulldogs.
PEP RALLY 'SET
F?)R TONIGHT
A pep rally will be held
on the football field at 7:30
,P. m. tonight (Thursday).
The purpose of the jiep
rally is to boost the Bull-
dogs* spirits in preparation
for the game with Bastrop
(there) tomorrow night.
The cheerleaders urge all
who are interested to .come.
New MethoaTNow
For the Control
Of Johnsongrass
COLLEGE STATION:
Johnsongrass is an aggres-
sive perennial which infests
over 5,000,000 acres of crop-
land hi Texas. 6148 difficult
to control with normal cul-
tivation methods and is
quite a “pain-in-the-neck” to
many farmers;
Farmers long have used
grazing, mowing, tillage,
cultivation, rbtary Weeding,
and hoeing for the mass com
trol of Johnsongrass.' Some
h^ve Used, but usually have
Officer J. ~f>. Mtirirtfr gen- UWeTHT'will' become
Attend Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Zapa-
lac, Mary Ann, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin E. Zapalac arid
Renee attended the wed-
ding of Miss Eyelyn Zapa-
lac and Walter Skuca Jr. at
the St. Peter’s Catholic
Church in Blessing Sunday,
and also the .reception
which ‘ followed at Plain-
vieivu—
Flatonia Livestock
Market Report—
reporting dates.
•• iLocal • Army » recruiters
- IvjULWO- dikX ~ f,yiE:
eTTsi^tancetfi-rtre volun-
teers. Most leavqjiapers in
the future will carry a
statement asking individuals
to check with their ’ local
Army recruiter while home
on leave,
Sgt. Glidden announced
that Army personnel on
leave who desire to partici-
pate in the program should
contact him at the post of-
fice, Schulenburg or..Fla-
tonia, Texas.
Branecky Son Born
At the Flatonia auction
Monday 720 cattle and 285
head of hogs* marched thru
the ring. The hog market
was steady with last week.
Cattle were equally as
strong and in spots stronger
than last week. There were
plenty of buyers, as well as
spectators, on hand for the
Labor Day sale. Prices were
as below:
Good and choice calves,
25JW) 27.50eommereiaF
calvse, 23.50 to 25.50; good
fat Cows, 17.00 to 20.00;
stocker steer calves, 28.00 to
33.00; tanner and cutter*
cows, 13.00 to 17.00; heavy
bulls, 20.00 to 22.50; light
bulls, 19.00 to 21.50; top
hogs, 19.80 to 20.30; pack-
er sows, 18.00 to 19.50.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bra-
necky are happy to an-
nounce the arrivaPof a fine
son Wednesday night, Aug.
27, in the Wagner Hospital
in Shiner. He weighed 8
pounds, and will answer to
the name of Loqrie James.
A sister and brother wel-
comed him.
Grand parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Kadelka of
Shiner and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Branecky of Flatonia. The
grCat-grandmother is Mrs.
John Branecky, also of Fla-
tonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry See-
berger and Miss Myrtle
Brunner, .of Houston * spent
the holiday week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. August Brun-
ner.
Mr. ‘and Mrs. Marvin
Nollkamper . of Houston,
-Air* and Mru. August-NrylF~
kamper, Mrs. Joe Sladecek,
and Barney Cox spent Sun-
day in New Braunfels with
James Mica" of Hous-
tno, and Johnnie Svatek of
Midland visited with Mr:
________ __________T_ ______ and Mrs. Joe Svatek and
Mr. and* .Mrs. (iua—family during -the Labor
kamper and children, and
also enjoyed fishing and
swimming at Latida Park:
Rev. and Mrs. W. L.
Froehner of San Antonio
spent Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Froehner.
” SP-3? David Johnson of
Fort Hood visited here over
the week-end with his moth-
er and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Phrampus and sons of San
Antonio visited* with Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Kocian Thurs-
day and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Richter'of Houston visited
•with Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Richter Sunday night. They
were returning from a trip
to Mexico.
Mr, and Mrs. Johnnie
Tupa and family of Hous-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. John V.
Tupa of Flatonia, Mr, and
rice Guild Meets
i ■_ «*
^Service
njaex
•Aug: 6,
and the
IpeSday night.
I. P,
C. C. Wiseman, and
Freytag. - ~------
Mrs. Charlie Wehrneyer
opened the meeting with a
prayer. It was announced
that a. church wide study
course will be held on the
nights of Aug. 26 through
29 on “Methodism ip Alas-
ka and Hawaii.” ^ After a
short business meeting, sev-
eral games of ‘Bunco’ were
enjoyed by all present.
Refreshments of home-
made ice cream and cookies
were served by the hostess,
Mrs. C, C. Wiseman.
The -Guild presented the
Ford's with a.“going away”
gift and wished them well
in their new undertaking.
Mrs. Johnny Haas of
McQueeney visited Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Niemann.- Tues-
day-.
Mrs.' August Brunner vis-
ited several days last week
in Houston with her chil-
dren.
Mrs. F., W. Thulemeyer
and Mrs. Louis - Niemann
visited with Mr. Thulemey-
er in the V. A. Hospital in
Temple Sunday.
not accepted, ,
chemical treqj
applicatiorf i
flaming
These m«
emergence
its, lateral
licals and
purpose,
[•effective
Round- Top; Robert Jacob
Leonhardt, Rt. 2, Burton;
Wiley Lynn Miller, Rt. 3,
Flatonia; Wilbert HerbeYt
Noak, Rt. 1, Round. Top;
Robert William Rletz, Rt. 3,
Flatonia; James Anton
Winkler, Rt. 1, Schulenburg.
School’s Opening
Calls for More Care
While on the Road
SperikThg TffiTn his Austin
eral manager of the Texas
Safety Association, issued a
special plea to Texas motor-
ists, this week, as he asked
them to ( be, exceptionally
Safety-conscious during the
first few weeks of the new
school year.
* “The arrival" of Septem-
ber means the driving hab-
its. of every Texan will
necessarily undergo a radi-
cal .change,” Musick said.
“Because, with the opening
of school doors, nearly 2,-
000,000 pupils“76,000 teach-
ers /and more, than -8,000
school buses will be added
to the Texas traffic scene.”
The safety expert said
motorists who havq become
accustomed' to drjving thru
school zones at regular
speedfrmr-during the summer
S.S. Payments To
%
Be More for Many
In Fayette County
The Social Security
amendments of 1958 will
[mrvide increased monthly
payments to about 1750
people in Fayette County.
The increase will begin
with,the checks which will
bo due early in February,"
1959, according to James B.
Mitrley, district manager.
The amount of the increase
in some checks - will be
slightly more than 7 per/
cent .and it-will be slightly
less than 7 percent in some
others. The incryqsp will
be automatically added to
the checks for January,
which will bo mfiiled out
early in February.
Under other changes in
pay-
able to a number qf people
not,'))feviou8|y eligible for
payments. Among those now
eligible because of the
amendments are: Depend-
ents of peo^lt' wfto *Are how
getting disability insurance
benefits; disabled people 50
or over who could not qual-
ify for benefits under the
old law because they did nof
have 1 1-2 years of work in
the 3 years just before they,
were disabled.
Some people in situations
similar to those mentioned
above may have applied for
benefits, in the past and
been notified that they did
not qualify for payments.
These -people should get in
touch with their social se-
curity diJMct offices soon
out fjMa.v new applies-
Public Schools
Have 384 Students
A total of 384 students
are enrolled in- the Flatonia
Public Schools this year,
Supt. R B. Froehner report-
ed-Wetl n esday.---——-
The students are divided,
as follows: Grade School,
207; High School, 116; and
the Douglas School, 61.
Rotary Club Notes— -
Visiting. Rotariaijs pres-
ent at last Friday’s meeting
of .(he Flatonia Rotary Club
were Dr. Aug. Darilek. of .
Shiner and Bob Kallus of
Weimar* A guest was Sgt.
Glidden of the U..*S. Army
Recruiting Srevice.
The program—"was in : ~
charge of R. A. Wheeler^ •
who prespnted Flatohia’s
and most* effective" method
tion ip 1954 and was imme-
diately popular as a supple-
ment to cultural practices,
particularly for scattered
infestations in cotton. _
Spot-spraying was used
on 89,491 acres of infested
cotton land in 133 Texas
counties in 1956. Subse-
quent progress by the Texas
Station has increased the
efficiency of the practice
and extended its use.
The Texas agricultural
Experiment Station and the
Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service recently re-
leased a' bulletin entitled
’“Spot-spraying J o h n. s.n ly
grass. The author is H. E.
Rea, associate professor, De-
partment of Agronomy, Tex-
as A&M College.
This 14-page publication
is loaded with information
on Johnsongrass as well as
spot-spraying. It discusses
such topics as development
of Johnsongrass, effect of
farming practices, chemicals
for spot-s praying,— s p o t-
sprayers and cost of spot-
spraying.
The bulletin can be very
helpful to anyone confront-
ed with Johnsongrass. It
filed with" children.
--A stopped scMool bus. U
another, sign > fortfcnec
eXtftHsuAUtiocT
Tand the laVv is explicit on
-'mis point.”
VVrhen overtaking and
passing a school bus, the
Texas Motor Vehicle. Law
states: *•
“The driver of a vehicle
Upon a highway outside of
the limits of any incorpor-
ated city or town upon
meeting or overtaking from
either direction any school
bus which has stopped o'n*
the highway for the pur-
pose of receiving or dis-
charging any. school -chil-
dren shall''\-ftop the vehicle
immediately before passing
.the: school bus, but may
then proceed* past such
achwiMnft at n speed which
is prudent, not exceeding 10
miles per hoOr, and with due
caution for the safety of
such children.”
Mrs. J. J. Michal wisited I can be obtained from local
Dfiy weqk-end. Joe Svatek
returned for a brief, visit
with Johnnie in Midland.
in Taylor Sunday with Mrs.
Jason Wilson and Mr. and
Mrs. Swayne Taylor and
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Kelso and Brenda of Hous-
ton visited over the holiday
week-end with Mr. and
Mjs. Alfred Kelso Sr. find
Mr. and-MrS. B. W. Hiitch-
ens aqd Billy.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis.Gies-
ecko and children of Saq
Antonio, Ifr. and Mrs. Don-
ald Garbade ami children
county ageqts or from the
Agricultural Information of-
fice, College' Station, Texas.
Ask for Bulletin 90!2.
Joe Mica of Victoria vis-
ited with, his parents, Mr.
.and Mi's. R. F. Mica, Satur-
day. * ■
Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Ward
I Jr. of Big Spring spent the
holiday week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Keilers.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy
Mrs. Paul -Gebert ?if
Houston spent the holiday
weokrend here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie
Brown of Houston spent the
holiday weck-end with her
m of her, Mrs. Ed Mueller.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer D.
Eck of La Grange visited
with Mrs. Ed Mueller Mon-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. San-
ders of Dallas are. spending
a few days this week with
Mr. and Mrs. E._S. Dorsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy
Best spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Hayden Lamascus
at High Hill. . T
Mr. and Mrs. O.okL .Jaiis-
zeji visited with Mr: •and
-Mrs, John C. Zatopek in El-
linger Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Lehman and Carol of Hous-
ton visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Hrueggemann .on
for «mpl(7yVe& arid employ
era wiM • hr 2 1-2 percent
eh: Theuatte. for
^^pFe'wilf J>e
percent. These rates, are.
scheduled to increase every
3 years until they- jeaeh
'4'1-2 p'ere'ent for employees
and employers and 6 8-4
percent for self-employed
people in 1969. Starting
with 1959 the first $4800 of
earnings in a year will be
taxed for social security and
will count toward social se-
curity benefits. ,
(Coach James Sheffield, and
High School Principal Wel-
don Bowman. All three
delivered short, talks which
were to the point and ap-
preciated by the audibnee.
Attends Twirling
CJinic'in Beaumont
*■ m
Lunette Pavlica spent the
week of Aug. 25-29 in Beau-
mont, where she attended
the Lamar' Tech Twirling
Clinic. * - 7_ ’'
Taugh by nationally fa-
mous teachers, the school
was attended by more than
300 high school students
from Louisiana and Texas.
Instructions/in two batoi\
work,, strutting, Qi&rching,
fancy majorette steps were
taught, and special sessions
if) co ...... " ‘
Mrs. Bessie McCalop is
on air extended visit with
Mr. and Mrs. VY. A. Brad-
ley in Wrightsboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schutz
and baby of Houston spent
several days here over . the
week-end with Mr. arid Mrs.
H. A. Schutz.
Miss Rose. Machacek of
Shiner and Franklin Ko-
cian of Yoakum spent Sun-
day* with Mr. "and Mrs.
Adolph Kocian.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Farmer and Miss Wiima
Bradley of Gonzales and
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Boysen
of Houston visited Mrs. T.
L. Biddle Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Bridges, Blanche and Kenny
attended the Dennis family
reunion last Sunday at
Starcke Park in Seguin.
^ Farm-
ines on Highway
Thit is the season of the
year* when both vacanoning
motorists and farmers are
driving on the nation’s high-
ways; but if safety precau-
tions are not followed, only
one qf them may drive off,
warns the Texas Farm and
Ranch Safety Council,
Tractors are slow-moving
Vehicles made to do heavy
field work and in most cases
are unstable at high speeds
arid not meant for highway
travel.' Most of the time
when there is a collision be-
tween a farm tractor and an'
automobile, the tractor driv-
er is killed.
A little mutual consider-
ation can help prevent many
of these accidents, .points
out the council. Automobile
driver's should be alert and
watchful -for equipment
which may be on the high-
way and farmers can help
by carrying warning flags in
daytime and proper warning
lights at night.
LHek, of electrical equip-
ment doesn’t relieve the
farmer of the responsibility
of carrying warning lights.
A lantern in conjunction
with good reflectors can be
big help in
of Houston visited over the ( holidiiyjwerik-end visitors of
holiday week-end with Mr. | their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs- W. O. Garbade. ' Arnold Brunner and Mr.
Week-end visitors of Mr. j and Mrs. Hairy Maeker.
and
Brunner of Eagle Lake were ! Friday and Saturday.
“1 Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Wehrneyer and Johnny Wil-
son visited over the woek-
_Mrs. Frnilk —, Mrt bind ■ Mra: ■Rtfini St-HiT
were Mr. and Mrs. Bennie! bert and family of San An-
Branecky, Mrs. Rosie Lev
and son, Ben, Mr, and Mris.
Ben Jares and baby, Mrs.
Willie Jares and son. John,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry MaCha-
lec and baby, Magdalen, of
Pfne Spring. • “ % .' ’
tonio, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Pro-
fi.ri and family of New
Braunfels, Dani«l Johnson,
and Mrs. Louis Johnson
spent Sunday and Monday
on the river at Columbus,
boating and fishing.
end
XJT
Roberts and
other relatives.
Gordon Jariszen.and chil-
dren, Gary And ' Lkw;- of
West Columbia, brought
Miss Leona Janszen *home,
and spent , a .few hours in
tho^), -E. Janszen home la^t
Thursday.
.... . ,, ,., „ mg help in warning aD-
Mmhael Zouzalik^o^ Col- proiuthii^* ears.--
lege. Station spent Monday Farmers should plan
with his grandparents, May- ahead to avoid unnecessarv
or and Mrs. E. H. Zouzalik. movement of farm equt7
Miss Charlene Charba of ment on heavily traveled
Houston visited over t he, roads, advises the council
week-end in the, Frankie Too.-they should slow down
hotVie | for turns and leave the trac-
..... 1,1 *?ar when going'
hills. Only experi-
Pechacek Jr.
Mr. and • Mrs. Frankie
Pechacek Jr. were in San
Antonio over the week-end.
Theodore Pavlica visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ko-
cian Sunday,afternoon. ^
• Mrs*;* Bob PophAm arid
Randy of Corpus Christi vis-
ited in the Mrs. A. H. Bailey
home oyer the; week-end
and” also attended the fu-
Antonio.—wilJ> UitH'aJ—of. h»r inlrlr*- W.‘ Tr| ~
Duff.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mor-
and - Hugo fiing of
i . oinD r .-I *— nrraxr Xt_._
Lnngtry visited
weekuHTd1 wiflT
Wright, •
tor
down
enced operators should be
given the responsibility of
handling farm machinery
on public roads. -
Better entrances to drive-
ways and fields plu3 COur_
tesy on the part of both mo-
torists and farmers
save lives.____
may
Mr.
Charles * *
Miller!
*4;
M
Tv-
City
liamsQi) Monday afternQon.
j.*
visit here
parents..
with his grand-
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