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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
VOLUME 80
$2.00 Per Year in Advance
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955
5c Per Copy
NUMBER 45
COMMENTS FROM
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Rev. V. A. Raska To Celebrate HistoryMade **
35th Anniversary as Priest
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CLARK W. THOMPSON
9th TEXAS DISTRICT
M "November 10, 1955.
Dear Neighbors:*
'-■•Unless- something goes
unexpectedly • wrong t it e
family farms which .have
- been so badly hurt, in the
- . last two. years will fidd'*
some "relief when the J95Q
cotton acreage allotments
are announced. The. long
.. fijfht, with .the State €om-
mjttee, under tremendous
pressure from West ’Texas,
, stuck to its guns and re:
fused to alter the program
.which it had previously de-
cided on. Their plan, al-
ready well known to you, is
to use the greater portion oi
the state acreage reserve to
correct inequities and re-
lieve hardships.
* This is not news, but l
mention it in order to pay
my respects to the members
of the State ASC Committee
who stuck to their guns and
did what they 'believed to
be right. The increase in
acreage'is small'and leaves
much to be desired, but it is
at long last a step in the
right direction. If it js
pro'pterly administered from
the State Committee right
°S» !»6Wn to larjn otn*
oirelv troubled people
ve*iLIIfl]e. lirei
I also want to pay my re-
* spects to the people on
__jihoni i-cnUatl- for help i«-
courage the State Commit-
tee to. stand p;it. The ef-
fort which was put forth got
the-job done.
Last week saw the of-
ficial opening of the Galves-
ton/County Office of the
sJuflge Advocate' General's
Department, U. S. Army.
This very official s
w organiaztion is • set up to
process and*settle the Texas
On Sunday, Nov. 13, Rev.
V. A. Raska will celebrate,
his 35th anniversary of
Ordination to the Priest-
hood.
Each parishioner a n d
friends are invited to help
father Raska celebrate this,
great occasion.
Plans for the day are, as
follows: 1
. iriOO A. M. Procession
from Rectory to Church-
Fourth Degree' KnighiM of
Columbus acting as guard
of honor.
9:15 A. M. High Mass
Celebrated bv .*JtoW V. A.
RhhW ^
i 1:30 A. M. -Dinner for
ceifehrifrit and guests.
house tor out- of town
Rotary Club Notes-—
At last Friday's meeting
of the Flatqnia Rotiyy Club,
Moe Klein presented Rev.
V. A. RA-ka as speaker St
the day. who chose as his
topic, the great United
States of America, 47 of its
48 stages he. had visited at
one*time or another.
The spqakgr detailed some
of, the features of Grjind
Coulee Dam in Washjj^eton,
the largest concrete struc-
ture hihd»-i»y man, its-size,
and .electrical capacity. He
depicted^ the part reliance
on God‘has played and does
play in the development and
3:00 to 5:00 P. M. Open future of this great country.
Thq uqjf was exceptionally
guests, frieqds, and parish- interesting and iiiforpiative.
lopers.
5.-00 P. M. Beriedicfion.’
. to 8 :00 P. M. Basket
simper for parishioners and
friends. ~ j /
Everybody is invited to
the basket supper in,the
Parish Hall beginning at 6
P. M. Bring enough l'yod
-for your, grwtpy.rfnrrh as:
Meat loaf or” sausage or
roust or chicken ok potato
salad, 'pIckTies, preserves,'
etc. Do not bring plates,-
knives, forks, ?jml spoons..
Everybody come and en-
joy this- occasion with
Father Raska.
Friday, November 11
Will Be Holiday Here
Friday, Nov. 11 (Veterans
Day) will be observed as an
official .holiday in Flatonia,
with all business houses re-
maining cloned throughout
Rain, Sleet, Cold
Hit Flatonia „
On Tuesday and Wednes-
day cold weather, ' along
with light rain and sleet,
was the order of weather in
Flatonia:— At * this: writing
(Wednesday noon) ho snow
had been reported, hut that,
too, seems a possibility. •
Bulldogs Be& Schertz-Cibolo
o*tfo fraL^Jury *n homecoming FootballGame
History was made-in Fa.'
ette County district court in-
La CMnnge Monday when
two ladies were included as
members of the grand jurr.
They are Mrs. Delta Mor-
gan, and Mrs. Martha Tauch.
of Flatonia.
designated ' Edwin Stein-
mann of Schulenburg
foreman of the jury.
City Disaster Claims. The,
office is mirrtned a very
human and helpful group of
Army officers, especially
trained to take care,, of
claims in general and Texas
City, claims in particular.
After having to wait nearly
nine yeaFs, the citizens of
the.United States whp were
damaged * by the acts of
their government will begin
to receive the compensation,
to which they are so justly
entitled-
Good
lings,
rhings
Move To Seguin
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Vick-
ers moved to Seguin last
Saturday, where they had
recently purchased a home.
We regret to lose these good
people, but wish for them
“the very best in their new
home.
Wiseman Son Bom
Robert Jeffery, 8 pound,
8 ounce son arrived Oct. 11
in the Cdr. and Mrs. F. C.
(Cooper) Wiseman family
of Annapolis, Md.
He was welcomed by a
brothel* and sister.
His grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Wiseman of
Flatonia and Cdr. and Mrs.
Frank Schlapp of De Bary,
Fla. .
Cooper, is an instructor at
the U. S. Naval Academy of
Alma polls, Md. "
* • .."
Mrs Marvin Finger, Mrs.
Sam Meyer, Muss. Beatrice
Kasper*, and Mrs I. P- F*ey-
tag attended the district
g^tfSaStSSS!
Tttlirsd^- or Saturday.
rntrett0?! SlTow In
tern on Friday'
Plunkett’s .all-star sKow -
and dange will be shaged, in no“)gy,
the Cistern Recreation Hall
Friday, Nov; 11, beginning
a.t 8 p. m.
Featured will he modern,
western, and old-time music.
5
show will be “Chubby”
Swain, Lee Stuart, Elaine
Stuart,*“Shooks” Plunkett,
and Jerrie Hasse.*
Betrothal Announced
Miss Jo Ann Vrana’s en-
gagement to Richard Dale
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Joiles, qf Drew,
Miss., is announced .by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. AlfredTtoe Assi
Vraria.' The wedding date [( oileges.
has not/been set.
Miss Vrana is a 1954
graduate of Flatonia High
School and is now employ-
ed in San Antonio. Mr.
Jones is serving in the U. S.
Air Force.
LonnieGarbade
Studies Agriculture
At Univ. of Houston
Lonnie Gilbert Garbade
of Flatonia has enrolled at
thp University of Houston
as a freshtnan student ma-
joring in agriculture, ac-
cording to R. A. Vittulli,
registrar,
4 A coeducational institu-
offers courses.. on
graduate levels.
It 4s'composed of ten dil'-
||..-^“l|jyUn..fT.-. -» and
Sciences;’Business Adminis-
tration Education,. Engi-
neering, Nursing, Op-
tometry, Pharmacy, Tech-'
Junior College —
and a School of Agriculture.
The campus of the Uni-
versity comprises 275 wopd:
ed acre& in the midst of the
thriving metropolitian area
of Houston. All permanent
buildings are of a uniform
and modern design and are
air conditioned. ____________
. The 20 year growth of*ti.„
institution in terms of en-
rollment shows a develop-
ment from 900 students in
-1934 to some 14,000 for the
fall semester of 1955.
Accredited by the Sputli-
em Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, the
’.Ujhiverslty is a member of
the Association of. Texas
zie Hate li» * La Grange, R t.
2; ThCo. J. Mensik-.vSc.hul-
enburg;. V. . G, Frenze),
Nechanitz; Ben F. Halami-
cek, Fayetteville, Rt. 1; H.
R. Buscha, La Grange, Rt.
*1; Otto L.. Mniler^, J'ayctfc-
vi'Ue. lit. 1! Robelt A. Leh-
mann, Warda; Max A. Frey-
tag, Flatonia, Rt. 2.
The inquisitorial body lie-
gan. its work immediately
upon receiving the instruc-
tions tof the coyrt. The
court’s attention was then
shifted to civil cases.
Meunwhile, District CLerk
Tke J. Petras announced
that the petit jurors who-
had been called for Weil-
nesday, Nbv. 16r. had been
notified not tp appear. -They
are subject to later call,
however, if a jury is needed'.
—Fayette County Record.
Playing before a Homo-.'
coming crowd last Friday ]
night on the local High
School gridiron, the Flatonih
High School Bulldog- de-
feated the. .Schertz-Cihoh)
Buffaloes, 26-6, in a district
contest.
FI at On tii played a Tiot’
Hwtrirt li.dire-4 k sww iL1-i* 4LPjdl hran.d.uLUall. horn in Flatonia Bent w*«* Misses Mary’ Ann Migl-
. - „c_R' clearly* had a much better is W!W ......,*•' an« Jeanette Zapalac.
ball team than did their op-
ponents.
n'.'_ • i»L»!Lr t1,:;^
'ward Dorns, Munfoon; Am- .................
own 26 yar,d line early in the
game, thov lauiu'Recf'a suc-
cessftil goal ward diTve, with
Tiuich and Matocha doing
most of the-carrying, with a
nice Freytag to Matocha
pass helping-ont, with Mu-
tochu scoring l'rpnt some two
yards out. Freytag’s kick
with Plowman holding was
good, to give Flatonia a 7-0
lead, which they held ;it end
.of first ([uarter. , .
In the second period, the
■Buffaloes of Schertz-Cibolo
used passes to march as fai
H.D. Club Meeting
The Flatonia Home Dem-
onstration Club will meet
Wednesday, Nov. 16, at
2:30 p. m, with Mrs. F. X.
Brunner.
Has New Managers
m ■ *4
n Batoryayt Nov. 5, Mr.
^and Mrs* Earl Bluhm be-
came the new managers, of
Travelodge oji High-
wav 90 just east of the city
limits of Flalonta. <»'
Mrs. BluJtim is the former
Miss Pauline Robbins, who
is well known here.
born defense to take over.
Late ill, the period, Flatonia-
passes from Freytag to
Pluvviwun ftnd Gttttcrrrz
gained many yards; tliVn
Matocha passed to Cardenas
good for about 25 yards and
a touchdown. Freytag’s kick
was again good, and Fla-
tonia led, 1-1-0, at the half.
The Schertz-Cibolo Band
put on a very nice display,
as -did also- the Flatonia
Maroou-ettes with Leader
Janet Smalley performing
once again'with the lighted
baton. These performances
“ ~~
rfod, Taticn broke
the- Buffalo, line and went
he- 48' yards aiui a touchdown.
James H* Burns
Passes at Alice
James R. Burns,
brother of Mrs. W. H
dale of Nixon, passed away'
(>ct. 28 at the P. and S. Hos-
pital in Alice. Mr. Burns
71,
Rags-
15, 1884, and was a cousin
of Mrs. Mamie Wheeler
Burns-wife* a riwtcher and
■He hati been associated'with
the’ Alice ita-ok ami TnUst
“(4*. since 1932 as appraiser.
Funeral ‘-services were
.held Saturday front the Sec-
ond Baptist Church, Alice,
of which he wits a member,
with the. Rev,. C. Wilson
Brumleya-officiating.
and Jeanette Zapalac.
As Homecoming^Queen.
Miss Wiedemann rejgiivci at .. U
t he - later Homecoming .ac-
tivities following the_ game, '
iiieluding the.dance. * -.------- 4 -
Yacht Club Fete For.
Martin L. Lundquists
Caraatpnlea at First P>a|»-
tlst Church, Sail Jose,,- Calif.,
and reception of some 200
as the Flatonia 19, at which guest.- at South Day Yacht I w
the Hull dogs set up' a stub- Fcriih marked the wcilding of K
Martin L. Lundquist Jr, and
the former-Alina iVl«y Row-
doiri.
The bride, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Minnick
of N. Bascom Avenue, San
Jose, was escorttd to the di-
tar by her .lather and was
.attended by Mrs.- Samuel
Zttccaro of Smnnyva-te.- Mrs,
Lundquist j,s the grand-
daughter oF Mr. and. Mrs,
P. C. Zappe of Flatonia.
Ferns and basket- of
chrysanthemums and glad-
ioli flanked the chancel
se a” long-torso
mocfell in hlusn pink satin
with an overdyess Of White
Freytag’s kick failed, to! toll# and- Chantilly- lace, it?
leave score 20-0.
the.
K & Z Man’s Shop
£ets Anniversary, Sale
The K & Z Man’s Shop,
La Grange, will FoltLits 7th
Anniversary Sale, beginning
vNov. 12." The owners arc
’Erniest Kalins and Louis D.
Zapalac* •
Their ad can be found
elsewhert in this issue of
The Argus.
General A. D. Bruce is
president of the University.
■ - «*
Greenhands Initiated
Local Reservists
Will Assist In
Presenting Film
“C” Co. 980th Engr. Bn.
(c) of Flatonia will assist
in presenting a free film to
be shown Nov. 15 at the
American Legion Hall, at
7:30 p. m. The film, en-'
titled "Whites of Their
Eyes,” will be shown free to
the public.
Following the film. Cap-
tain Cope and his assiatant.-.
from the Unit Advisor’s of-
fice in Austin, will give in-
formation on the impor-
tance of the new rese'rve
forces act of 1955.
Parents, help your son
and yourself know what a
-hey-4n-the draft'age Wttl
have to do if he is drafted.
See the different provisions
outlined in the new re erve
act which "& boy of high
school can take. Be sure
and see this movie.
The annual Flatonia High
j School Future Farmers of
America Greenhand initia-
| tion was held Nov. 1 at 3
| o’clock.
One of the qualifications
: for becoming a Greenhand
| is to be regularly enrolled
in vocational agriculture
class and , have satisfactory
and acceptable plans for a
prograni of supervised
farming.
Those iiritiated with the
official ceremony were:
Emil Hajek, Jtorvey Bauer,
Botchy Cook; Bobby Byler
Henry Barnick, Bernard
Charba, Billy Holstein, Bob-
by Lueders, Donnie Mica,
Victor Mach, and Allen
Wiedemann. -
On Nov. 15 a Sweetheart
Dance will be held to an-
nounce the chapter sweet-
heart. The dance, will be
at B o'clock m the
The Flatonia Argus, $2.00
a year, anywhere in Texas.
13th GrandchiU For
Dr. and Mrs. Wheeler
Pr, and Mrs. L. A. Wheel-
er are happy to announce
the arrival -of their 13th
grandchild, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph George of
Calgary Canada. She made
her appearance Monday,
Nov. 7, at 6 a. m., weighed
,7 1-2 pounds, and was given
(he name of Elizabeth
Wheeler. She was wel-
comed by a brother, Bob.
The mother was the for-
mer Miss Mary Gay Wheel-
er. •
Wesleyan Guild Meets
In Shellman Home
The regular meeting of
the-WesIeyan Service Guild
WHS hied thp hnmn r» f
at the home of
held"
school cafeteria for all FFA
and,F'HA members.
Mr. and" Mrs. William
Best, Keith and Dale, of San
Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
nie Beale and Sharon of Cis-
tern were week-end guests
in the Harry Beale -home.
, Mrs. Robert Shellman W jd-
, nesday evening, Nov. 2; at*
7:30- p. m. with all mem-
bers present.
The devotion was led by
Mrs. Chas. Welyneyer. Fol-
lowing the report of the va-
rious committees, Mrs. Ar-
nold Wiedemann presented
the program for the month,
“Women and the Church"
which was very interesting.
The hostesses for the eve-
ning were Mrs. Robert
Shellman and Mrs. I, P.
Freytag.
Mias Sophie Michna oT
San Antonio spent a few
days last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Michna..
end of the quarter,, gcfierizc
Cibolo'had the ball ofi Es-
tonia's' 20.
Following several punt
exchanges, Flatojiia reeov-1
ered a fumbled lateral on.ihe
Buffalo 5-yard line; TaUch
made 3 yards, arid Freytag
want over for the -seort. The
point try failed to leave
score 26-0.
A little while later, the
Buffaloes got their only
real .offensive 'mnder way,
using a passing game, aid-
ed by penalties, to reach the
Flatonia 20; a pass was
good to the Flatonia, 1, and
another pass scored their
touchdown. The point try
filled, leaving- score■ Fla-
tonia 26, Schertz-Cobolo 6.
Freytag completed ’ a long,
pass deep into enemy terri-
tory to Matocha as the game
Closed.
The locals have an open
date this Friday.
Surprise Birthday
Party Honors
Miss Kocian
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Kocian honored their daugh-
ter, Agnes? with a surprise
party at their home Wed-
nesday night, Nov. 2, the oc-
casion being her 18th birth-
day.
She received nice and use-
ful gifts from the following
guests: Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Rebe'cek and children, and
Mrs. Allen Carl.ey of Har-
wood, Mrs'. Joe Schindler of
Deer Park, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Marcs and hjyank Jr.
of Texarkana, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Kocian of Waelder, Mr.
and Mrs, Ad. gchacherl Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Noll-
kamper, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy
Nikel, Mrs. Joe Sladecek,
Mr* J Marvin___NoUfcamper,
Mrs. John Kocian, Mr.-and
Mrs. C. C. Barta, Don TKo-
t^an, Emil Kocian, Miss
Myma Marker, Miss Maxine
Nikel, the honoree, and the
hosts.
Refreshments were en-
joyed by all present.
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Subscribe to The Argus.
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tucked 1>odice styTed'V’Tth a
[HU'trait neckline and shoi-t-
sleeve-5: She wore white
gauntlet gloves and a tiered
veil of illusion net, the lat-.
ter held by a crown of lace
and .SCi'.G pear.L. White or-
chids and chrysanthemums
were arranged' jn a cascade
for her bridal, bouquet.
Also in a bouffant, poi-
trait styled gown was the
hongr nuttron whose frock
of uquanvcrine crystallett<'
.was contrasted by her bou-
quet of blush pink carha-
tions.
Mrs. Minnick wore a
sheath dress and jacket in
mauve lace, a matching hat
and- metallic grey acces-
sories oird haTi'Tr rorsnge of
mauve Tynbidium orchids.
Mrs. . Lundqntst Sr. was
gowned iti. hrcnvrt taffeta
with black accessories and
a red rose corsage.
The bride’s father is com-
modore of South Bay Yacht
Club where the newlyweds
greeting their guests before
departing.forva trip to Mex-
ico by way of Las Vegas and
T exits.
They will reside at Lam-
pasas, Texas, where the
Evelyn Wiedemann
Homcoming Queen
Between the halves of the
football game last Frjday
night, Miss Evelyn Wiede-
mann was crowned as first
Homecoming Queen of Fla-
toniu High School. In addi-
tion to tile crown, she was
presented a lovely bouquet.
Otner candidates in the
Homecoming Queen’s race-
Reservists Gather
The local reserves, “C” -
Co. '980th Engr, Bn. . (c)
held their regular mteting
Tuesday; Nov. 8. Forfnatton’
was stood and rolljwas call-
ed by M-Sgt. ’Louts Barta,
acting first ijprge^nt.
There. Were two seperate
one-hour classes held. The
first hour class was Con-
struction of Individual Shel-
ters. The second hour class
yus devoted to Weapons
Emplacement. During, the
CU'sJL liuur. thy nien learned
the -difterent trp(es of shet-
ter- that the imlividual sol.
diet’ uses. The second hour
class taught the men the dlf-
foreut - .topes of weapons
emplacement. * ■
Four.films were shown to
the class. -The' films-* per-
tained to construction jof in-
dividual shelters pnd weap-
ons emplacement^.
Instructor for the lecture
■was Lt. Wyatt. .Out-of-town
visitors were M-Sgt. Y^rbor
of Austin and SFC Migl of
Moulton.__-
where.Dr. .Clarence R. Sands
The Sophomore Class is ’ •
taking orders for cakes and
will do so up until ThwBjpBS**!
giving Day; If yoif Want iv*
cake, give your order to any*,
member oil the Sophomore
Claim. >—
Juniors Will Play
Sheridan Nov. 10
The Junior football play-
ers of Flatonia will play the
Sheridan club here Thurs-
day, NoV.' 10, at 7 p. m. in .
the final Junior game of the
season.
Scoreboard Fund
Drive Is Launched
The drive to secure funds
for the erection -of electric
scoreboards at the Flatonia
High School, sponsored by
the staff of the Bulldog
Burks, has gotten underway,
with the following contribu-
tors listed, to date: '
Bulldog Barks ......... $25.00
R. A. Wheeler ....t*.______ 5.00
Mildred McKay ........ 2.00
Daniel Freytag.......... 5.00
Carl Smith ........... 10.00
Moe Klein ............. 10.00
Frances Mcrecka .. . 80.00
M. H. Kotzebue ........ 10.00
|/or>«.->, « i VTUCkC m«; I ?' Zapalac y.2.00
bridegroom Is stationed with ^ ass ......
rootball boys ............ 15.50
Anyone wishing to cdh-
tribute to this fund may do
so by seeing any Bulllog
Barks staff member or by
mail to the Bulldog Barks
Staff.
the U. S. Army. Both he
and Anna May are gradu-
ates of Lincoln High School
and attended San Jose State
College. The bride’s affil-
iations include San Jose Jun-
ior Music Study Club, Epsi-
lon Sigma Afpha Sorority,
the International Order of
J.obls Daughters and Wom-
en's Auxiliary to'the Yacht
Club.
Martin was. also a mem-
ber of San Jose Junior Mu-
sic Study Club and his col-
lege activities included Sig-
ma Nu Fraternity, Phi Epsi-
lon Pi and American Cheip-
fcal Society^ - ,
Weldon Fisbeck of Aus-
tin was at home last week-
end with his home folks.
Miss .Joy Pavlica and
Miss Shirley Bariona of
Waco spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. James
Pavlica and qjso attended
the Hhmecoming on Friday
night.
Berber Heads Club
At Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION.—
Leonard H. Berger, Schul-
enburg, has been elected
president of the Fayette-
Colorado County Hometown
Club at Texas A. and M. Col-
lege.
Other officers named in-
e lu do Edward “Jr~ Fsemdk,
.Flatonia, vice president,
and .Veijnon L. Hohensee,
Columbus, secrotary-treaa-
urer.
Tommy and Benny Al-
brecht oi San Antonio visit-
ed last week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Stern*-
del. •
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