Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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Inquest Held In Death Of Cuero
Newsman Harry C. Putman Sunday
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Weber of Tacoma. Washington;
a daughter, Mrs. Tillie Wick of
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three brothers Frank Fojtik of
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The Yoakum -Eend
will hold a meeting a
15th at 7:30 p.m., at
exists. Whether the union wins
the election or not, has nothing
to do with who your supervisor
will be. As long as you do"your
job, and conduct yourself pro-
perly, you have nothing to fear
and will receive the same fair
treatment that you have always
received. If you do not perform
your work and conduct yourself
properly, neither the union nor
anybody else can protect you
from the consequences.
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l’utman was married to the
former Evelyn Leberman. The
eldest son, Jerry, is now a fresh-
man at Texas A & M. Donnie is
attending Cuero schools and lit-
tle Miss Susan is at home with
her mother.
Later reports indicated that .
a verdict of death by self inflict-
ed gunshot wound was return-
ed. The funeral was held Mon-
day 4 pm. at Cuero with bu-
rial in Memory Gardens Ceme-
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You have a decision to make,
which is of the greatest import-
ance to you and your family. In
making this decision, you should
know the truth and base vour
not plant the cotton
that is given you?”
Records show that
He made no announcement as
to his future plans, nut indicat-
ed he would possibly engage in
free lance writing and public
relations work.
Hall All members are urged to
be present.
total of 198 of the local work-
ers had paid the $5 initiation
fee while the total of applica-
tions was 211.
There are about 96 different
unions affiliated with the AFL-
CIO, hence a definite classifi-
cation has to be made, NLRB
representatives indicated.
kum, will be held here Tuesday
9 AM, Jan 13, the Rev. E. J.
Jansky officiating at Buffing-
ton Chapel, St. Joseph's Cath-
olic Church anti Cemetery. Ros-
ary will be recited at Buffington
Chapel Monday 7 PM.
Survivors include three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Albert Polis of Edin-
burg, Mrs. V. C. Harris of Yoa-
Purpose of the meeting is to
organize a league for 1959.
The meeting is planned for
7:30 p.m. There are also plans
to organize a league for boys
in the 16 to 18 year group.
Election of officers for both
leagues will be held.
Tuesday Rites For
Mrs. Amelia Weber
Funeral services for Mrs. A-
melia Weber, 78, of Route 4.
Hallettsville, will be held here
Tuesday, January 13, at 2 P.
M„ the Rev. D. I. Dolton offici-
ating at Buffington Chapel and
Pilot Grove Cemetery.
A native of Fayette County,
Mrs. Weber was born January
7, 1881.
She is survived by four sons,
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The P.T.A. of Asberry High
will meet tonight at 7, p.m.,
Tuesday.
The President urges and pros-
pective members to be present.
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basketball team won their first
game of the season this past
Thursday night defeating St.
Ludmilas of Shiner by a score
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estimated at about $2.15 per
person, including the $1.40 per
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works in Cuero. Working on the
case during the past two weeks, o-......a -g — ..n
Patrolmen Yaws and Moore lo- I fan of Yoakum, it was learned
Farmers Urged To
Use Allotment
The Old Cotton Belt Associa-
tion. through its president. Win.
F. Hofkman of La Grange, this
urged cotton farmers to
Phdhrthepr full allotments this
yelWWor release excess acreage
for rpportionment.
Mr. Hoffman explained the
O. C. B. A. has been fighting
for more cotton acres in the old
cotton growing area for the past
four years. It has been quite
successful in its fight, however.
bv February 15 indicating
which union may seek to become
there is one question that is
Harry C. Putman, a veteran
staff member of the Cuero Re-
cord, was found shot to death
Sunday in a river house three
miles north of Cuero, A .410
single-shot shotgun was lying
mar his body.
A blast from the shotgun en-
tered his right temple.
Putman had resigned from
his post Saturday.
His body was found about 3
p.m. by Mrs. Bert Kirk, whose
family owns the house. She and
her children, on a Sunday drive,
had decided to stop at the struc-
ture, located three miles from
town on the Cuero-Cheapside
Road.
Sheriff Ray Markowsky plac-
ed the time of death at about
11 a.m. Sunday. Pete Howard,
Ability to detect dangerous y1
amounts of radiation is a vital-
A ly important factor in th forth-
I coming Atomic Age, CDA of-
Remember the Tigers play
here Tuesday night against St.
Mary Rams of Taylor.
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No Supervisor Changes At Tex
Tan Regardless Of Elections
and business there is always a
Seven rows of seven stars,
not the six by eight pattern,
are giving the Star Spangled
Banner a more sprangled look
according to those who have al-
ready seen the new model U. S.
Joh Stary. Joe and Matt Stary,
kum and Mrs. C. O. Hagan of | all of Yoakum: 27 grandchild-
McAllen; seven sons, Julius ■ — -----
Putman, staff member of The
Cuero Daily Record since 1926
and assistant publisher since
1948 resigned his position with
the newspaper January 10th,
1959.
month sent to headquarters and
approximately 75c kept here to
operate the local union.
It was noted that no clerical
workers are included in the un-
ion bracket here and that one
long distance Tex Tan truck
driver was included among the
production workers by special
amendment.
Sunday Services For
J. C. Hoffman, 69
Funeral services were held
here Sunday Jan. 11 at 3:30
PM for J. C. Hoffman, 69, of
615 Pincham Street, the Revs.
Warren Den tier and D. I Dol-
ton officiating at Buffington
Chapel and Oak Grow Ceme-
NLRB Hearing
To Decide Tex
Tan Union Case
The National Labor Rela-
tions Board at Washington D. C.
is expected to return a decision
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COVERING LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES
PUBU8HED AT YOAKUM, TEXAS, Tuesday, January 13th, 1959
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The Yoakum Plant Disease
Laboratory, a unit of the Texas
A & M Extension Service, is
soon to open bids on about
$15,000 worth of improvements,
according to Dr. A. L. Harrison,
plant pathologist in charge of
the setup which is located a-
bout 2 miles south of here on
Highway 111.
Funds for the project are to
come from the states Building
Fund, shared by both Texas U
and A & M and coming mainly
from interest on oil income
funds, Dr. Harrison indicated.
Included in the building plans
for the Yoakum Plant Lab
grounds are one small green-
house, larger than the glass
greenhouse now in use; a 24 by
60 foot corrugated metal build-
ing with concrete floor; and a
small irrigation well, with
depth of some 400 feet and ca-
pacity of around 200 gallons
per minute.
The current building project
will mean more room and bet-
ter facilities for the plant lab
which is rather crowded, Dr.
Harrison reported. He told of
having one green house filled
with 20 varieties of tomatoes,
protected by plastic walls and
roof besides gas heat from a
butane heater. Growing up
strings to a height of nearly
seven feet, the tomato plants
are loaded with fruit nearing
the pink and ripening stage,
the pathologist revealed and
It was expected that the
1. No smoking or drinking.
2. No blue jeans unless spec-
ified. jbelt
3. You must sign in and sign
out. No one will be re-admit-
Sharon Boothe Wins
DAR Award For ’59
Sharon Boothe of Yoakum
High School was chosen win-
ner of the annual D. A. R. Good
Citizenship Award according to
a vote count turned in by mem-
bers of the YHS faculty.
Other nominees were Sharon
Wood and Barbara Mayrant.
Cheer leader at Yoakum High.
Sharon takes part in many
school activities. She is now el-
igible for the regional, state
and national D. A. R. Award.
endantDadmlatcdlakinghe de | forthcoming decision would in-
batteries for junk. His father
idgensinhis
turn chiba.
of 41-27. This was a big vic-
tory for the Tigers, because it
shows that they are ready for
their district opener Tuesday
night here against St. Marvs
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Flag floating aloft. Entry of the
new state of Alaska into the
union caused the change to 19
stars to represent the 49 states 1 Record city editor, said Putman
now included in the free nation ; had remained at the office until
called the United States of Am- i Saturday afternoon.
man attended the University of
Texas, and joined the Record 2
staff in 1926. He had served as
reporter, sports editor, city edi-
tor, advertising direc tor and as-
revealed in answer
sistant publisher.
Funeral arrangements, under
direction of Freund Funeral
Home, were pending.
Surviving are his wife, Eva-
lyn; two sons, Jerry and Don-
nie; a daughter, Susan; his mo-
ther, Mrs. E. P. Putman, of Cu-
ero; three sisters, Mrs. Earl
Miles and Mrs. Horace White-
man of Cuero, and Mrs. Neil
Booth of Austin.
Texas Legislature
Convenes Tuesday
The big news on opening day
Tuesday of the 56th Legisla-
ture in Austin is expected to
be the election of a speaker of
the House. Secy. of the State
Zollie Stcakley will call the
House to order at high noon,
Tuesday and the permanent pre-
siding officer is expected to be
chosen from among two candi-
dates: Waggoner Carr and Joe
Burkett.
If ever a maze of problems
faced the Legislature, this will
be one: money. The deficit now
stands at almost $36 million,
the biggest that ever faced an
incoming session.
Governor Price Daniel will lx
inaugurated for his second term
a week after the Legislature
convenes.
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At Yoakum Hi School
Mrs, Shirley Gibson is now
the assistant secretary at the
office of Supt. George Barron
at Yoakum High School, re-
placing Eunice Knippa who was
married recently.
Mrs. Gibson, the former Shir-
ley Hillen, is a 1957 graduate
of Yoakum High School.
Kahanek of San Diego, Texas,
Emil Kahanek of Shiner, Louis
Kahanek of Seguin, Lee Kahan-
ek of Yoakum, Daniel and Law-
rence Kahanek, also of Yoakum;
29 grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren; one brother,
James Kahanek of Rosenburg;
and one sister. Mrs. Angelina
Zapalac of El Campo.
Grandsons will be pallbear-
ers at the services.
I decision only upon true facts
It is one of the unchangeable It is in this spirit that this let-
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ers, fur and skin processors and
the poultry and egg processing
division of the AFL-CIO.
Only the 258 production work-
ers at Tex Tan are eligible,
from among Tex Tan’s nation
wide total of 500 employces, Mr
led about two miles to reach the
liver bridge.
The tragedy was the second
one for their family since Mrs.
Kalisek, mother of the four
children, died suddenly last
year.
G--ye™T
always asked the officers of the Freddie Weber of Galveston,
organization one that cannot Walter Weber of Shiner,
be answered.
New Members Sought
By Backers Of Youth
Center At Yoakum
Boosting the membership of
the Parents Associated League
from its present total of 140
to about 500 is the most im-
portant goal of the PAL here
it was decided at the latest
meeting of interested parents
at the center.
Membership fees in the par-
ents organization amount to $2
per year per family, the dues
helping to provide an ideal rec-
reation center for youth at the
D Vaca Center, prospective
members were advised.
The center is open Friday and
Saturday nights from 7 PM to
11 PM, with its paid employees.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Linder in
charge and the attendance av-
eraging between 40 and 90 teen
Mgers. Games and dancing plus
other recreation along with the
music numbers selected by the
members of the youth club pro-
vide the proper amount of
spare time entertainment, a
spokesman for the parents
league reminded the member-
ship prospects who have not
yet signed up. Rules at the De
Vaca Clubare:
supervisor, and there always
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told of a multi-million dollar
industry fast developing in
northern states and in this area
too.
Green houses up north are
producing out-of-season toma-
toes in large volume and there
are similar projects near sev-
eral cities in Texas, Dr. Harri-
son said. The price of such to
matoes is higher and they’re
mainly for off-season sale he
explained and reported finding
many of the varieties used in
the booming north states grow-
ing area to be suitable also for
Texas green house production.
His figures showed the ripe to-
mato market blossoming out
somewhat like the broiler in-
dustry.
The new building will be lo-
cated across a rear road from
the lab, on land that has been
used for tomatoes, watermelons,
corn and soil building crops.
Dr. Harrison reported find
ing by experiment that Goliad
Barley. used for soil building
instead of oats or winter peas,
is much more desirable because
it is easier to kill at plow- un-
der time. The barley is now
about 40 inches high at a seven
acre field near the lab he said
Headed by Dr Harrison, the
local plant staff includes As-
sistant Plant Pathologist Thur-
man Boewe II currentIv work-
ing on his doctor’s degree at
A & M and due to return here
bv late spring; office worker
Mrs. Mildred Koenecke; and tw’O
field workers. Alvin Frazier
and Abel Villareal, plus one
other hourly worker and others
in busy seasons.
of Taylor at 7:30 PM. In the
game that gave the Tigers their
first victory, ihe Tigers found
themselves behind at the end
of the first quarter 6-4, but
scored 11 points in the second
quarter to take a 15-12 lead at
half time. In the second half
the Tigers really began to move
away, as Johnnv Kutac poured
in 14 of the Tivers 26 points
in the second half. Johnny Ku-
tac’s 14 points in the second
half along with his 5 in the
first half gave him high point
honors with 19. The other Tiger
scoring went as follows: Bobby
Kutac 12, Adolph Benvs 4.
Charles Kridler 4, and Gerald
Brewer 2.
IMPORTANT KC
MEETING THURS.
Members of the Yoakum
Knights of Cclumbus Council
are reminded of an important
meeting Thursday night, 8 p.m.,
the regular meeting night.
Grand Knight George Wysatta
urges all members to attend
ask your member friend to at-
tend!
Following the business ses-
sion an interesting film is sched-
uled for viewing to be followed
by a social. according to the
Council’s Publicity Chairman
Gene Janak.
In a meeting Friday night
of the 6-point program chair-
men, headed by general chair-
man John Machac, a member-
ship drive and preparation for
an early spring initiation were
also planned. Other Council ac-
tivities were discussed by the
chairmen present.
The Knights will sponsor a
KC Family Communion next
Sunday January 18th at the
8 o’clock Mass. All members
and their families who possibly
can, are urged to participate.
sisters. Mrs. Clara Novak of
Schulenburg. Mrs. Mary Prasek
of Crosby, Mrs. Julia Pitts of
Houston and Mrs. Anna Roz-
novskv of Moulton.
Grandsons were pallbearers
at the last rites.
Monday Services For
Mrs. Josephine Stary
Funeral services for Mrs. Jos-
ephine Stary, 81, of 306 Rose
Street, Yoakum, were held here
Monday, January 12 at 9 A. M.
the Rev. Edward J. Jansky of-
ficiating at Buffington Chapel,
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
and Cemetery.
Born in Lavaca County Nov.
19, 1877, she came to Yoakum
at the age of nine years and
had lived here the remainder of
her life.
Among the survivors are five
daughters, Mrs. Charles Jiral
and Mrs. John Janca, both of
Yoakum. Mrs. Joe Horky of
Hunkerford, Mrs. Jerry Peters
of Brenham, and Mrs. Robert
Michna of Wharton: three sons,
Koerth; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Huff of Geronimo, Texas: 16
grand children and 16 great-
grand children
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General Manager C. C. Wel-
hausen of Tex Tan has issued
the following statement indicat-
ing that any forthcoming elec-
tions at the local plant will not
change the supervisory setup in
any way:
The rumor is being heard that
if a union wins the election, here
at Tex Tan, there will be chan-
ges among the supervisors. Any
such statement is absolutely un-
true.
A union can have nothing
whatever to do with who is a
supervisor or foreman now, or
who will become one. The Labor
Management Relations Act ex-
cludes supervisors and foremen
from its terms, and makes it
dear that management. and
Battery Theft Nets
$50 Fine At Trial
Taking two used batteries
’rom the Yoakum Grain Com-
□any on West Gonzales Street
December 29th resulted in a $50
fine for a young Yoakum Negro
it a trial held Monday morning
January 12.
Charged in the case was Mel-
vin Douglas who lives here and
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day at a country residence
Jerry Lce Kalisek, age 7
years, lied at the Shiner hos-
pital Saturday night some hours
after the car which his father,
Albert Kalisek, 44, of Moulton,
was driving crashed into the
Lavaca River Bridge two miles
southeast of Moulton Saturday
at 5:15 p.m.
Patrolman Wilbert Horstman
was told that Kalisek looked
back just as he came to the
bridge, a lowing the car to
swerve to one side and hit the
bridge, totally demolishing the
‘49 Plymouth he was driving
and seriously injuring other oc-
cupants of the car as it inflict-
ed fatal injuries on the 7 year
old. The crash occurred on FM
Road 532. A Moulton ambu-
lance took Kalisek and his four
children to Wagner Hospital
Mr. Kalisek himself was in cri
tical condition with broken ribs,
a punctured lung, cuts and
bruises.
Daughter Doris Jean Kalisek.
age 5 years, was in very criti-
cal condition, due to multiple
skull fractures, broken right
arm and numerous cuts and
bruises. She was taken to Gal-
veston for special treatment.
Less seriously injured were
daughter Anna Marie Kalisek.
11. and her brother Donnie Ka-
lise k, 9. They were hospitalized
for cuts and bruises.
Funeral services for Jerry
Lee Kalisek are to be held at
Smith Funeral Home, Moulton
Catholic Church and cemetery
Tuesday, January 13, starting
at 9:15 a.m.
The Kaliseks were returning
from a grocery store shopping
trip to Moulton and had travel-
five to 15 percent of allotments
are never planted.
“If we are to retain our al-
lotments, we urge the cotton
farmer to plant his full allot-
ment. or release to his county
ASC Committee any acreage
that he is not going to plant.
Such acreage may then, in turn,
be given to farmers who will
plant it." Mr Hofmann said.
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Tri-County Babe
Ruth Meeting
Tonight; Monday, Jan. 12th
will be over all of us. This is a Tri-County Babe, Ruth meet-
true not only of this company, l ing will be held.at the Veter-
but of every organization that ns Hall in Weimar for boys
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Due Tuesday 9 A.M.
Funeral services for Louis B.
Kahanek 86, of Rt. 2. Yoa-
GRAND THEATRE
CONTEST SLATED
Are you good at Decoding
Letters? You can win Guest
Tickets if you can Decode these
important letters F-S-I-S-C-R.
They have to do with an impor-
tant movie coming to the
GRAND Theatre with a cast of
Fildom’s Top Stars. GUEST
Tickets will be awarded to the
first 20 submitting Correct
Answers.
Mail your solution to the Ma-
nager of The GRAND Theatre.
Now.
Holzapfel said he expected to
return an official verdict on
cause of death Monday morn-
ing. An inquest was held.
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YHS TO CHECK
RADIATION WHEN
ATOM BOMBS HIT
Yoakum High School is
ready, in a way, just in case
nations have a falling out and
atomic bombs start falling and
fouling up this area with fall-
out.
The YHS science department
has received a set of radiologi-
cal instruments from the office
of the Civil Defense Administra-
tion and will do the logical
thing if atomic radiation or fall-
out is suspected.
The instruments are designed
to detect the amount of radia-
tion present, if atomic explo-
sions occur anywhere dose en-
ough to send radioactive ma-
i tridh drifting over this way.
Add-hahdy little atomic kit
hs four radiological sur-
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MFHieters, one radiological dos- >
4Witer charger and two food
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