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The Weimar Mercury from Weimar, Texas • Page 5

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Weimar, Texas
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THE MERCURY FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1941 WEIMAR, COLORADO COUNTY, Tl XAS JMWALT OBSERVES 100th Coming fySquier FOR in southern part oC city. Hss Gas Water Heater susSs aK Modern Conveniences. see Mrs. J. O.

BoeUeber. Weimar. Texas. 21-tf DANCE will be ess May a 1941. lilleck Good! ty Orchestra.

1 'Refreshments, provided for. Ad-i Mission for dancing 40c. A most eerSSs! invitation is extended to aH to attorfi SteL BSteck. 25-lp DANCE: at the Btelaa Hal! on Saturday BtgM. May 3.

Music ty Slegel Orchestra. Admission. Gents Free. You and voar friends are cordially in- TitedL 24-2 FOB Rfeo Potato Plants. See or write Alrin Rer- i ica.

foar mUes north of Weimar, Texas. R. 2. Boat 377. 25-1 BABY CHICKS Offering now: White.

Brown and Briff Leghorns and Anconas. unsexed. at S6.00 per 100 and all the heavy breeds includfcig Min- orcas at $7.00 per 100. Light breed cockerels at S2.50 per 100. No heavy breed cockerels to offer at an.

Light breed pullets, per 100 for a good grade; S14.00 per 100 for the best grade. All these prices are f. o. b. hatchery.

We are under contract to the U. S. Government and our hatchery is government inspected. We would appreciate a share of your business. Please book orders in advance.

We are a Tesas-U. S. Approved 11 Tested Hatchery. SANITARY HATCHERY C. G.

Schietinger WEIMAR. TEXAS 19-U ditto HoteL Apply to Berger. Weimar BY CHICKS Custom Hatch- fag. Bring eggs any day. Hatch- err located across street from FSst Office in Seaolenburg.

Kubala Hatchery, Schulenburg, FOR oM Pigs. Also three Jersey Milk Cows, fresh- Ses or write Edwin F. Berger. Weimar, Texas. 25-2 2t-gaBn capacity.

Priced low for tggiek safe an It at Weimar Sheet To the Worshipful Master. War- I dens and Bretnren of Oakland Lodge We, your appointed committee to draft resolutions of respect to our deceased brother, E. report as follows: Brother E. R. Strunk was made a Mastor Mason of Oakland Lodge No.

258. F. A. on Feb. 5, 1898.

and was an active member of this Lodge until ill health made it impossible for him to attend. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midst our worthy Brother. E. R. Strunk.

in whose death our Lodge feels the loss of one of its loyal and devoted mem- Honorary president the Texas United Daughters of the Confederacy, member of the Daughters of 1812 and of the Texas New York Club. Mrs. Zumwalt is a descendant of Zachary Taylor. Lord Delaware, Governor George Gilmcr. Col.

Francis West and But it is not merely for her distinguished lineage that she is honored; rather, for the ctcr of he! and colorful life. With Children altl akes her ho vith Metal Weris, Weimar, Texas. 12-tt bers; therefore be it BARN DANCE at Holman on Sunday, May llth- Music by Tom Dickey and Bis Show Boys, heard daily over WOAt at 6:45 a.m_ Admission, 45c- Given by 4-H Ctab Girls Holman. 25-2 Hampshire Pigs, subject to registration, priced at $3.09 each. George Goode, Weimar.

Phone No. 1608- F22. 25-lp Resolved, that we extend his heaved family our sincere sympathy; iat a page be set aside in our minute book upon which to transcribe these resolutions: a copy be sent to his family; and a copy be furnished the Weimar Mercury for publication. Respectfully, your committee, HUBERT LITTLE, R. S.

HUGHES. 25-1 HENRY HASSE. COLORADO COUNTY PCT, 4 GETS WPA DANCE Will Be Given at WiMwood School CM Saturday, May 3. Music by Dixie Playboys- Admission: Gents 20c: Ladies Free. All extended a cordial invitation.

24-2 GRANT OF $29,513 HELP or Bohemian girl to help with house- I work and care for two pj ve i national defense pro- No washing. vrages, jects J. W. Edwards, box 702. Sinto Texas, phone 180.

25-lp HAGS can use a tot of good, clean Rags fist at the present tone. Bring themjn right away. Brasher Motor Co. FOR hundred pounds of Harper Cotton Planting Seed. Produced in 1940 from pedigreed planting.

See or write Herbert Schneider, route 1, Weimar. 25-lp FOR a three- act comedy, win be presented at the New Bielau School house, by pupils of the school, on Monday. Jfcy 5, starting: at 8 p. m. Adiufcsion: Me and 20c.

A very cordial invitation extended to everyone to attend. 2 5-1 xpenditures of among nineteen WPA projects authorized for operation today in of Coin has contacted several about calves to be fed nts. Indications are umber will be fed but that the initial cost will be higher Mrs. Irma West, and nwalt. former mayor The fact that she has out of 100.000 persons may be attributed in part to their devoted mini- household has centered about their othe Of all intere: recollectio iting than tho life.

broiler project has bee ing he I Mrs. ihapter 01 Landing on the Mi: Ev I er in Clark county, bor irged to student as quickly as possible. Mr. Cage is making a final check on all supervised practice jobs. He reports that some boys still have several points to make.

An Ag. meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night. Aftei othe; then a young Slav small children of her own. Mrs. Zumwalt still remember: Mammy's determined effort's in the He lectu of social posture erving at "LAST MAN" CLUB PLANS I 1 FOR ANNUAL MEETINGS Yoakum.

April Last Man Club, composed of Spanish is to be an annual of the members an has written his I obituary, which ha file to be used wh erans from Yoakui ille and Schulenl Attending the Fadden. A. N. Turner. C.

H. Barker. B. Flint, Dr. C.

L. Kopecky of Yoa- in the back and the mumbled it up straight lak a In Mr. Gregory remarried; and al- i though the stepmother was greatly banquet, which beloved, none quesl ent as long as any authority of Black living. Each man SCT and his I Texas was members the ceremonis attending the lowering of the Texas flag and the raising of the Star Spangled Banner at Fayetteville in 1846. She also the day hi ned the final my in th been placed on i needed.

Vet- Cuero. Halletts- rg are were J. A. Me incement issued by St! S. Tucker, deputy state administrator.

Authorizations issued today, involv- I E. H. ng expenditures of $526,741 in Fed- (i ttsvilli sral funds and $313.375 provided by of Cuero; W. F. McWimon and J.

P. Gibson of Schulenburg and Paul Brier. Doc Houchins of Hal- sponsoring agencies, ntie follows: unty listed by tended the Large Fa Repair damage to roads, bridges, and culverts in Precinct 4. and fill in washed places on Bayou Road which were recently caused by excessive rains and floods; WPA funds, funds supplied by the county, workers, 61. Impro streets of La Gn includes iting, grading, cing base and rock asphalt sur- i g.

rip-rapping, constructing gutb RESERVE a Copy of the Big New 1941 Texas Almanac by contact- Ing Marshall HoBoway, Authoriz- I WPA funds. funds supplied ed Agent. 22-tf by the cit workers, 102. PIGS FOR 6-weeks old 9 Pigs. S2.00 per head.

See or write Edgar Kainer. route 3. Weimar. Texas. 25-lp FI8H-DUST, a Guaranteed Preparation for exterminating "Silver Roaches and such insects.

It does the work and is inexpensive; is odorless, stainless, and ney-back guar- C. Hubbard, Local 42-tf FOR good Mil also one Truck- See Joe Kosler. R. 3, Weima 25-lp YOUR OLD SHOES can be repaired at very Bttte cost and they will give you many more miles of service. Bring them to Ignac Trefny.

the Shoe Repairer. 28-tf paid. Write or see Edwin Koehn WEIMAR MAN TESTIFIES AT MURDER TRIAL From the Galveston News of Tues- I young former townsman, Quin Ammann, who is employed in Galveston by the Martini Theater, Monday was called upon to testify at the trial of Mrs. Consuelo Holland who is charged with the murder of Miss Marie Gulotta. The tragedy occurred Friday afternoon in front of the St.

Marv Cathedral in Galveston. Quin testified at the trial that he heard some shots and saw the defendant walking north with a pistol in her hand, in front of the Martini Theater for which he serves as door- He said she walked very calmly as Officer John G. Lynch JAPAN BANS BOOKS Japan has taki In Texas, he of land icir plantation home oted for its hospitality. nt of the bones of at La Grange, in 1848. urchased father purchased 800 i Mathee of Ho Thus, honored and beloved.

Maize: Gregory Zumwalt marks the passii of a century. Rutersville. and CDA WILL HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING Court No. 559, St. Michael's Catholic Daughters of America, will hold a very important meeting Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.

m. The last meeting was well attended. Convention report was read and plans are under way for a big day in June. All the members should take interest and attend every meeting. Let us show other courts that Weimar Court can put it over for a big celebration.

Next Sunday. May 4. is national communion day for all Daughters. badge. Pie: should i hand.

R. The ippointed a committee to inline all foreign hooks imported the country to determine whether are needed for the welfare of pan. Dealers will now be re- ired to include in their applica- ns the name and author of the ume to be purchased, the name of prospective purchaser, and the to which the book will be put. olf skull ever ches in length and here-historic killer that operty steps against Houston, Albert Sidney Johnston and Tokyo Gail Or ,3 en ere among the distinguished Texans who visited thi The young Malzena's childhood was filled with the stimulating excitement of a house crowded with family and guests. The Gregory children were educated at home by private tutors, until a sufficient number of children were in the community to justify opening a school at Fayetteville.

Mrs. Zumwalt later attended the first college of Texas, located at Rutersville and is today the sole surviving pupil. This school was the foundation of the present Southern Methodist University, Dallas. CHICKENS, TURKEYS Give Star Sulphurous Compound in their drinking water (used regularly as directed it costs very little I and it will keep them of germs and keep them free of Lice. Mites and Fleas that sap tlioir vitality.

You will have Good. Healthy. Egg Producing Fowls and Strong Baby Chicks WATZLAVICK'C PHARMACY Weimar-Schulenburg 25-10 FORMER RESIDENT HERE OBSERVES 73RD BIRTHDAY Mr. W. C.

Buls, who in years past resided in Weimar for 22 years and who now is a resident of Tavener in Fort Bend County, recently observed his 73rd birthday, being honored at a ilebration attended by his wife and host of relatives and friends. Present for the oecaion were Misses melia and Natalie Buls. Mr. and Mrs. George Buls and Joyce Lavern of Damon: Carol Check of Wharton, Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Buls and of Sealy; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buls and Billie of Clodine: Mr. and Mrs.

Bernard Welse of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bills of Tavener.

A native of Berlin, Germany. Mr. Buls came to the United States as a one-year-old boy. settling with his parents at Brenham. At the age of four, he raoved to Weimar where he remained for the next 22 years.

From Weimar, he moved to Tavener and has since made that section his home. He has business interests in East rietta Euls. who is 90 years of age, is also a resident of East Bernard, where the has a host of friends. Mr. Buls is a charter member of the Methodist church.

YOUNG LADIES' SODALITY The Young Ladies' Sodality will hold it." regular meeting Sunday afternoon. May 4. It is Communion Day th-3 girls, and all are to wear at Koehn Grist Mill. 25-lp her back to the FREE MUSICAL ACT, presented by pupils of Borden School, at Vasek's Han, Sunday, May 4. at 8 p.

m. Dance from 9 until Music by Falke's Orchestra. Ad- mision for dancing 25c. You are welcome. 25-lp Even when Texas was part of the Mexican state of Coahuila.

English was the language spoken in the eariy colonies instead of Spanish as is often believed. It was almost as great an accomplishment to speak Spanish as to speak French, University of Texas records show. Texas petroleum workers are paid $272,000,000 a year in wages and salaries. This is approximately 40 per cent of the total business and industrial payroll in Texas. nd ga More thac 900 separate fields are now producing ii i of the shooting witnesses tes- calmly fire four slugs fron r.

and Mrs. Marshall Holloway and little daughter. Dixie Jane, and B. R. McQueen, Mrs.

J. O. Holloway and Julian S. Holloway were visitors in Houston Monday. Mrs.

Jack Mayes of Rock Island rnderwent treatment here this week a local physician's office. A daughter of Elo Witt, recent attack of pneur Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klatt of Hallettsville were Decoration Day visitors here Sunday. The a year A National Kducatio Rev.

W. L. Hishti, Ma nty Sandlot Champion lie death of her father, thi wcil to Lavaca County am met and married Andrcv iumwalt. at the aRC of 19. ad by then seceded from thi John H.

Reagan, postmast il. appointed Mr. Zumwal at Petersburg in Lavac: office he held until thi Company 1 ifantry. absence, Mi of the Second i postmaster be- rst women to serve city in Texas. she lived in the tho help of a handful of negn Together, they tasted priv hardship, shared a dozen wi lit established their perma- ome in Columbus, where as a wife and the mother of three n.

she took an active part in of the community. She was an ardent worker in the Methodist Church. In 1900, she joined the Daughters of tho Confederacy. When the state division decided to build a home for the indigent widows of Confede iksAnJ feChedi Eighty thousand sandlot and pro baseball clubs will officially I Cclebrati open the season on May 4. Above is Manager Nick Urban, who will lead his champion Enid (Okla.) Champlms in another attempt for Mrs.

Zur it spades of of the hon i later. vea and tul rth in the at Austin si birthday, April 29, was a day of leral rejoicing in Columbus; of re- red friendships, of reminiscence, ir generations of her family were sent, her granddaughters, Misses to 0 11 The Weimar Mercury.

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