New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1950 Page: 1 of 4
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in the NYA Building the local
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lurch ylftllettsviHe-to-Altair .road
Ring /the paving scheduled to extend
Final exams for the Seniors of
Hallettsville High . School are
slated for May 18th and 19th,
Thursday and Friday, complet-
ing the high school training of
some 38 members of the class
for which Baccalaureate Serv-
ices will be held in the gym Son
day night, May 21st, starting at
8 p.m. .
Msgr. Anthony F. Drozd, for-
merly of here, now of Weimar,
will deliver the Baccalaureate
Sermon. ,
The Commencement program
W«*' jv
Mayer, R. Roznowky, L. Roznov
sky, A. Brunken hoefer and I. Bo)
lorn, plus a double by Joe Bollom.
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24 carloads since opening a. week
ago. Doc Hagan is In charge of
the firm’s' Hallettsville shed.
H. G. Timm's nearby packing
shed reported a total of 21 cars
filled by Monday morning and
the Hallettsville Vegetable Grow
era co-op shed, managed by Joe
Stenzel, had ; completed about
four carloads including tomatoes
leaving here by track for Hous-
ton.
V. F. W. NAMES
HEEISCBUKEt
aftar-Jtma 8th meeting. X\oXrTdvi^r X
^WITTING U^O 5 K TRI
GAME HERE ON SUNDAY
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Strauss and Steinocher, with
walks by Greer and Rothbauer
and fielder's choice safeties by
Afladenka and Quitta.
»^»tefaoclM,4> >i»mi tfute< stogie*
was the leading hitter for the La
vgcans, while Strauss, Gre$r, Her
mes and Barnes got two each.
Quitta's single and Leroy Bhi-
dau’s double completed the hit
score sheet. \ '
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At 2 School
tracks. Between pie closing of ?
demonstrations and preparation
of the npon meal the’ boys who
■mattM* swton were given a 20 ,
‘ 'period Following ?
rqpntbsts were held
r z uting skills which- Paraguay V
feMM, the frtihtfl for™-’ ■
MT th* Campo-ree: fire-
Woodcutting. r * j* ■
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C.D. A. Court
Poetry Prize Won
By Sr.StbdmtL. Sitka
Leon Sitka. Senior al Sacred
Low Heart .School here, was the. win-
" per of *|5 third in the poetry
tonjest staged recently by th<{
kate organisation of the Cathe “
lie Daughters of America. Leon
was awarded the prise by the
court of flap An
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"‘T.no actual work was started.
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p Ambassador and Mrs. ;
Warren df AsUnsfita, ~
Mrs. F. A. Ho&iniiwt
^eet The ambassador
Ife .are on home leave J
The. HgfleUsWe Lavacans
.were winners over Witting,
to 5, in a lengthy Jtoseball game
played here Sund^ hftarmxm ba
tween rj®. aiM-rfO^Kih
id netted by a fair Mnjnber of fans
who found Jhe ffijne thoroughly
enjoyable, -/p . '
Sorting off, .the game looked
like an easy victory . tor Witting
wu*
when light rain was failing and
promising to put a halt to the
Show before many minutes pass
ed. But the players continued the
game and by the thiirf inning the
rain stopped and the fans return
ed from their cars to grandstand
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.novsky and A. Brunkenhoefer
had counted for the three Witt
fiig runs eaidl er. the Lavacans
l- brought in two in' the third inn-
ing when Barnes, who-had singl-
ed in the first inning, got another
blngle which was followed by
Grem-'g single. ’ '?
Witting then moved1 into a saf
er lead- by scoring twice in the 4
fourth, inning, making it four to
two in their favor after a single
by L. Rdsnovsky and h seriea of*1
erroft. But in the ftftti inplng 1
tito Lavacans turned the tide and 1
brought In four runs, to move
■ -out ahead S’ 4. This was done 1
------ - _ J by way of a single by Stotoocher,
yajvar apd A. J. Ipibena. • two, more walks jdj
was to last until ta
mtrk.,farmer cooir
Biljp Mila
m M the Blue
IUWR- Free- tivp
MMs and one
jygU- three out af‘
Sfr 4 out of 5; H,
Wt of 5; H. Puste
doubles; Joe Za-
__ ™ of 5} Roy Pustejov
sky, 2 out .of 5; A. steinocher, 2
out of E. Ce^ka; 4 out of 1.
. The Blue Devfls, members of
the Five-Star League of which .
Halton Buchaitok has been nam- l”an*fer L°f the °°lnln< yeaL’ 8UC
ed president, wHl have an off
day next Sunday in their league
schedule and are, seating a non-
, league gam^tf be plgyed at the
Fllla diamond on Highway 200.
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SHS P-TA To 1
Honor Graduates At
Thursday Mght Dinner (
- Graduates of Sacred Heart
School, including both high
school and grammar ^grades stu
dents, will. be honored together
with their parents Ind friends
at a receptton to. be given in the
parish haHhy <h» C“ 7 “
Thursday night, May 18,
and Quitta/ topped off by
-c —s*ven out by
pltcner r.^Bom who
the 8th fttime
Thursday
itch Friday
ton Saturday
Ct Boy Scout IlIghTarrs^
the OrdsrVof the Arrow pgrtto^Mg event if^S-l
i*.Jvell .awnde^ vrtth ap- tioW ato fovorable and allZrtry
‘“U* r1 bppiwts caa ltox* Sp
PaMOflAwa;
he'aa/:-'-;^
>ugsL
\\ Ur of the
^Jfsd was jrall'
proxitoautiy 105 present. 4bl
»■*>;ftowiiMbft-oopter^
Troop 222 Hallettsville ■ Knights
ambus, Troo^23 Haflgtto.
lotary Club, Troop 224 Yoa
Mfeiodlst Church, Tlroop,
■Mbm Lutheran Church
Yoakum Knights of Col
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rday activities consisted of
_ - , up c“IfiP sitefe cJean
0118 »ewal as-.
f sembly was held and the pro-
gram for the remainder of the
L B camp outlined to. the' grotiji.
I boys then returned to their own
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L x fir*-ceremony wa, held and the Home with Rdv. jHgfcrifagM, highway projects, especially the'LAI
Pr..4id«5pf'theUU^wpra»entod -“‘’’^^'’ u x
I V<. eiwt of their Indian* tdadpes after to which he belongi
tts, toening cerepiony in-which Interment rites jrwl
^ . ^ Scoufe rededicated tfamrelv- &e HaHettsvllle JQ
M tor tto> rieeeasitoitts
r
about 8:15 p.m. following Ml
night. Ml
graduation rittM
| will also be held for 26 Grammi
I Grade students of SHS, tho-1
I having completed their Eight
1 Grade work this year.
I The ten Seniors graduating ai
J Bill Bludau. Bill Fritz, Frtao
■Grahmann, Beatrice Janak, MU
red Lell, Elizabeth Leopold, Jo*
line Leopold, Alma i.iebicher,
Dorothy Rothbauer and Leop Sit
ka. .
= Mildred Mae Lell is Valedictort
an with a grade average of 83
while Alma Liebicher is Saluta- -™?
torian with an average of 92. . J&jfi
Graduation exercises in the p*. ‘«
rish hall are expected to attratt'^
a large audience since Msgr. John
L. Morkovsky, archdiocesan tot’
perintendent of schools, will
dress the graduates.
Preceding the ceremonies Sw5.'
day night will be special sei
at the 8 a.m. Mass Sunday merfl-
Ing, May 21st, when both the^' ,
high school and grammar grad|wp\fl
graduates will receive Holy Co*;,
- munion in a body and the Vary’
Rev. Alois J. Morkovsky will
liver a special sermon to J
students end their parents,
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Sacred Heart x - /JH
Mu«ic Recital SlatoA^I
For Wednttoday FMH
Musk students of S*c1W;JHhH
hoot wW stage a recital'.
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HHS EXERCISES START SUN., MAY 28*
SHS PROGRAM BEGINS CM SUN., MAY 21 -
will be held at HHS gym on .
day. May 26th, at 8 p.nu, trtttfl
Dr. Charles A. Timm prof—tot a,
of government at the Univeratty L
of Texas, will deliver the Co®*
mencement Address.
Dr. Timm, a brother of Edwifl .
Timm of our city, holds a Ph. D.
degree from Harvard University,,. ^3
He is a graduate of Halletttoilld.
High School, according to Supt
Mullins who ’ explained that each- *
year efforts ar» made to secure
a former student of the school
be Commencement spraicw*.\
Last year Attorney Bennett
addressed the graduates.
The following students Ml
members of the Hallettsville
High School Senior Class: Joe B.
Baluaek, Harvey Balzar. Rudy
Bordovsky, Jerry Louis BrocMT,
Robert L. Bucek, Mary Elizabeth
Bucek, Abdon Cejka, Allene Guth
Tie, Billy Hart, Marionnell Hem*-
mi. Georg* Hermes, James Her-
mes, Franklin Hlavac, Rose M»»
rie Holly, Vivian Holly, Oran Hrn
cir, Harry Hruzek, Joyce Ann Kk_
hanek. Lee Roy Kahanek, Geor£ |
ie Lee Kllmitchek, Eldon Kociaa,
Robert Kubena, Dorothy Lorfinf,
Bill Machart, Sa Rite Obelgoner,
Sylvan Olsovsky, Leona Oraak*
Henry Pohl, Thomas D. Ray, Dor
othy Roeber, Royce Schulte, Jedi
Skelton. Arthur Spies, I yenfl
Spies, Thomas Staha, Wiln
Faye'Terry, Farley Boyd Tur
Helen Marie Vachala. Frankie 5
ruba.
Ten Twelfth Grade Seniors W
graduate from the high 'flcho
—— — . ... _ ’ i division of Sacred Heart Scho
Men’s Club apd Poet 231 Shiner year M c^remont
VFW. Seventeen attended tht hah starting j
course. ~ flflWI fliflfl F___
The session was closed wlth! Devotions Sunday
a pledge to take aM training po« f 21st> when
Bible back to the boys in the
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FORW-MNE CARLOADS TOMATOES LEAVE
FROM WE PACKING SHEDS IN HULUE
Movinfl into the busiest part
of .the season, greenwrap tomato
packing hit a faster pace during
the past few days and by Monday
morning a total of 49 carloads
were reported sent off to market
at the local depot since opening
day at the sheds. The price Mon
day was still 4c per pound.
Leading the three sheds was
the Polis and Hagan setup which
filled five cars Friday and six
Saturday, to make up the total oi‘
TRAVAIL FAILS TO
The Temperatures
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ter
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The Lavaca District Scouters
held the ourth SessionF of their
Scouterg training Course Wednes
day night May 10th at the City
-MNi.’.Jf J
. Explorer Adviser of Post
I Yoakum Lntheran Church had
charge of the program. This ses-
. slOn was on hiking and wax well-
presented by Mr. Spies. Follow-
ing the presentation and the dis
mission of the topic the film
• Trpop and Patrol Hiking” was
shown-
The following troops were rep
resented: Troop 221, Moulton
?»op 222 and Poet
222 Hallettsville Knights of Co-
lumbus; Troop 225 and Post 225
Yoakum Lutheran Church; Troop
228 Yoakum Knights of Colum-
bus; Troop 231 Shiner Business
ittended
^U<,PeOtfon\i^H<he
I Ttoe Xw?ngaSeo“
«f skifls: rope maW, 1(
rations anfl preparation
triples, two di
homer, T.'HOM
lour; At
-1--US«llll Harv*y-
|> platform 3ovOF’<«r **°
—' ’ - ’ ruba, 2b, 2 out 6; Pete Bueha
nek, rf, 4 out irf.ft P—*—
lengthy discussions were also
held on highway projects, some
Oakland^October '23,, hind schedule.
•bout 83,000 flas been pled!
' tov«ar<? the construction of a
' 000 livestock exhibits building
P In hmmcipal park. M o r’e
workehrare needed, he said, to
contact donors to the fund for
the building due’ to house Fh
' ta-fair livestock entiles and also
, , ., i t<F housing stock, owned by ro-
three brollMirs, <foo Personnel bn special odea-
— gfons.
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Flood control for the local com
munlty was a prime topic of in-
at the meeting and it wag
deeided to appoint a committee
<h»rk Thompson: In on effort to
T ■*«b«h1A^ DI««m'
< control, project for which go ela
borate survey was made, although
'- I
Dr. Harvey Renger reported on
>ians for the September Lavaca
Fiesta and arranged for a meet-
| ing of Fiesta committees on Fri
dhy .night. May 19th.' The 1950
- Fiesta Coronation program now
— pfaqjflBd -.by committee
, he said; will include a por
traygl of the history of Lavaca
Cowityvhnfl its people. He told of
plbns for two afternoon parades
ton; one slater, Mrs-Harman
three grancichiHrep. F< v
illbearers will be Heucy- Fab-
ian. Theo Long, Carlwin Werner.
the Lavac* Rivep flood
Llndv Smith. .< ift. Z'y^.' Z Aw.
’ We extend condolence.
r
United Sta>te. S
being
haus of pa heads,
<’jje Miss traygl
wi......
ceeding Commander Frank Timm
who presided at t tj e meeting
Thursday night, i
Other officers elected Were
.Clayton Bennett, senior vice com
manner; Clarence Rehm, trustee;
Eddie Wall, quartermaster; S. S.
Chetta, junior vice commander;
Paul Boethel, adjutant. .
Installation officer Jack Lind-
sey read the rituals assigning
the new officers to their posts
and plans were made for the
next meeting on the second Thurs v
day of the month, at which re-
freshmenta will be served. Each
member was asked to bring a
SHS P. T. A. j prospective new member* to the
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Plan, /or enlarging ----
'Bpta* at the rodeo arena for ra-
dio station personnel’apd-eW
ment It. was decided that much
more space is needed, due to the
increasing importance of the
Show, ,and*a number of th® mem
has®- present, inchidirig resident
Walter Heye, Harvey Reng-
er, Lebn, Kahanek end others,
voiced approval of the phm for
making necessary improvements.
During the meeting' .ft motion '
*as passed accepting thr offer
fl* a oenewsion ffrm which, guar
anteed the C. -o* «. a rekaonablp
share -of profit* from sales dur
Iftg the; rodeo, shows here. The
concession arrangemeht wasi a-
greed ta:by F. W. Jares who took
part in the discussion.
1 j , After reading of minutes by
Secretary EU Rabin and, a report
by Treasurer Julius Mikulenka,
communications w^» road, In
eluding a message fro® the San
_ Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Funergi offering assistance m promoting-
-- .■ - fl- : ; -sr - and
wftdtetlng. J the paving scheduled to extend
to read in to the Provident City area. Other
Cemetery lengthy discussions were also
-v--; u meBa held on highway projects, some
.dantg*. J?er of the AppeRa HtiLGun Club, of which were considered far be-
in songs.. Born at Oakland October 23. Kind o^KafUiiA *
AfeKibps- 1876, M?
and near Cofuihbus udtiR ^25
when ^e moved-'to Hallettsville.
W:-£SSta
®W;Na A£ttMen* of San Ahtonfo.” is
mnong the- ^uryivors. >. •
Other survivors, are ■«•' edn,
™Ut'of .Florence Foster # ■ Hallette
ville;'Ms daughter, Miss Ida, #os
_ T...'JOfotpo;;’ -. T--^- •
Jacob and John Foster of Goium
bus and Willie< Fester of Hous-
ton;,one sister, Mrs. Herman,
(Bertha)' Wfenken of HflUetffalle
Pallbea
Frank C. Foster, a well known
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ure in downtown Hallettsville,
died qt -a San Antonio hospital
Monday morning, May 15, jrt k30
•sm. He had beea confined to the
hoapitel for about a week for
treatment of heart disease and
>. The other complications.
Furiera) services will he held
. _ We Tuesday, May .16, starting
g)-5camp at W Am M KUh
sev Pastor of the Lutt
~ : to Which he belongs
Rich Interment rites; wU
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Strauss, Mrs. Leo. New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 70, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 16, 1950, newspaper, May 16, 1950; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284347/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.