The Weimar Mercury from Weimar, Texas • Page 1

I I I THE WEIMAR MERCURY VOLUME FORTY-NINE WEIMAR. COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 7. 1937 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE, Young Couple Wedded Monday Morning hepps Church atonday WARat 9 a clock Rer, Jos. Beprobeanced 'the ponds Sr air hearts, hands Hairy Horton st Antonio Frances Charsad Only a tor ch was ends for the couple.

dance was PreM, and cond by abete their many happy and and shoring wit cost Wttle. Aden Poe. NICE AT RODEO Je. -book part In Sunday in the ECCES the contests. There were 113 ta' tr this enat Henry's was four miames Ke are told.

Schmarta's of citizens of vectian this crant Young End Janecka Home From Hospital Turnt Eat Jrnecks 17-year-oid Homes tad zion recently was severely PuRded when a sting shot fred by glauaced azanat a Henb wreck in the top head, the tripes enterina the stall and war its brain. Gnally pas behind and brics the left sis brough: hare Sunday from Fanta Hospital in Sea Antonia bod Seen under treatment several weeks Fie FADe, Mos Mars reterped with him. The man A or the Nocks at tia grandfather. Mr. A.

F. Cer-, fle to being Inaught In Caly ta hare his taturics deme! by Dr. A Polsiezal. Even the doctor's attire morning. Emil acesned a and talked freely of his experlense Said he Set no goin.

1 and vas anxious to get watt-and again. 1, that the bov RES fishing the banks of a treek then the strav sliced and Troll a winning disposition. Bat the enry of alt the his, and 00 wonder the pet of the hospitas St stay there. Re is up 400 aboct before bope la shared in by counts of 14 I COMMENCEMENT EXERCISER. cerises wit he beld Mohai host the An interesting The Junior-Senior Circus Banquet Saturday Night The juniors entertained the seniors with the annual Junior-Senior quet at the Evangelical Parish Halt.

Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The 1002. was decorated to dive the circus atmosphere in erery detail A huge clown 021 one wall beld in his hands streamers which ex- tended to large paper balloons all round the walis. Numerous balloons placed orethend completed the ceiling i decorations. A small tent was placed at the head of tire table under which ware placed animals cloves and trapeze perfarmers.

Snail colored elephants and clowns headed for the tent were placed down the entire center of the table. Briaht colors were used for all decorawith purple and green predomin- Saral cups decorated with crepe per and balding small pennants place cards. These cups tained salted peanuts. Clown hat with animal COVErS, and makers were given souvenir. The napkins green and stamped with tiny monkeys.

Area! a Circus of Food, served boy the sophomore who were attired as clowns, trapeze performers and riders. achils consisted of: Red Lemonade (cocktail Pop Corn Bail Barbecue (Potato Balls- (cold meatsWheel of Portune estice of orange with pepper strips) Confetti (vegetable salad) Barker Buns rye bread) Balloons and Pennants colored ice cream dips--Angel food cake with a stick of peppermint candy) ice Tea Herder presided as toastmaster and the fotoning program Game of Chance. Merle Rabel. Markers (teachers), Leroy Litiak. Sweet Studie (Mrs.

Astor's Fiorser, Kenneth Herder. The Freak Shows the four ciasses), Otiver Wagley. The Shooting Gallery (lessons aimed Etruna Lictuawky. Side Shows (the organ grinder), Joan Schindler and Gladys Skutca. Fortune Telling (life history and fusure of each senior), Eloise Kalous.

Vaudeville Leona Koehler, Douglas and Kent Goode. Carairal Band (Junior orchestra). Clown Dance, Lawrence Ripper. Pianist, Rasmond The Juniors who were sponsored by "R' and entertained the Seniors Kenneth Herder, Kent Goode, Lougias Goode, Eloise Kalous, Leona Koehler, Georgia Mse Kusey. Vioia Lebeda.

Emma Licheovsky, Leroy lak, Lawrence Ripper, Edward Selfert, Tulle Virich. Justin Verunac, Robert Yoder and Outer Wagles. The guests present were. Eyida Mecle Rabel, Aline Dalise, Dale Block, Lavine Hollien. George Ripper.

Marie Yoder, Jack Montgomery. Leslie Erandes. Miriam Rathit, Harry Brown. Adela Grotmann, Pool Griffin mane Dorother Vacek, Henry Hasse, Frankie Janecka, Edwin Scilert. Sere Hajoraky.

Maxine Beken, Herbert Bahars. Marta Polach. Frank Kiejcl, Edwin KUsel. Mr. and Mrs.

Lastle. Mrs. Grace Shaver, 3ths Cassie Mae VanAlmtyne, Air. Leroy Herder. Mrs.

Pattie worth, Miss Florine Hopkins, Mrs. Heary Barnes. Miss Adela Schindler. Mrs. Emil Schindler, Jo Ann Schindler.

Res, O. A. Meyer and Raymond PlaReDS. R. KEEP CANNERY BEST.

We ate asked to mention the fact Chart the farsiers, if they desire to have Ute local canning plant contintie in operation. muse come to the rescue with their products. Toe force at the cannery trust be kept busy, and the local Chamber of Commerce, which is tooting the bills for operating costs so far 48 gas is concerned, desires the I co-operation of the farmer and citi- gencrally that the cannery may be kept coins. beld Your telp will be: appreciated. See what you have to can.

then sce the cannery marager and arrange a date sheerso your penducts may he canned. Mr. and MErs. John Ha forky are Wells this week, attending a Rotehts of state convention: Day Program for Saturday, May, 9 8 a. Officials Elected, to be announced at High School 9 a of Welcome by the Maror.

9:10 n. Events at Weimar High School. 12 Barbecue for Bos Contestants. to the Boss. 1:30 p.

by Weimar Future Farmers. 2 p. Athletic Events and go to swimming pool for swimming races. p. -Awarding of Prizes from band stand, east of Weimar city hall.

5 p. Day Over and kays of city returned to regular officials. Plans for Boys' Day. Program for Boys' Day is complete. Delegates have been chosen from VRrious schools to organize boys in their sections and determine the events they wish to enter.

Representatives are as follows: Borden Leon Herring. Sedan--Victor Adamelk. Bois d' Arc- Joe Chamrad, Leroy Reimers New -Milton Hoffmann. Kiesel. Osage -Ernst Tengler.

Bryan Goode. 0k-Dure Miles Holman- -Steve and Hajovaky, Lawrence Vacek. Oak Grove Sanders. Wildwood -Eugene Oncken. Oakland- -Leo Teltachik.

Dubina- Cervoch. 3stla Hora -Victor Melner. AmmannsvilleHarmony--Frank Christen. Weimar Catholic School-1 Vacek. Svello-.

These representatives are requested to meet at the city hall. on Tuesday, May 4. to elect city officials The 104 suits will not be Announced until May the 8th. The contests will be conducted according to the ages of the participants. Boys 6 and 7 years of age can com- throw, 56c prise.

Three race, 1 81.00 prise. Nail driving contest. 50c prize. Boys 8 and 9 years old can compete in30-yard race. 50c prize.

30-gard danti, 50c prize. Baseball throw, 50c prize. -legged race, $1.00 prize. Nail driving contest, 50e prize. Swimming, free style, twice across pool, 50c prize.

Boys 10, 11 and 12 years old can compete in30-yard sack race, prize. 50-yard dash, 50c prize." Baseball throw, 50c prize. High jump, 50e prize. 400-yard bike race, 30c prize. Stunt diving, 50c prize.

Free style swimming, four times A- cross pool. 50c prize. Boys 13 and 14 years old can cottpete inBroad jump, 50g prize. 50-gard dash. 50c prize.

Shot put, 50e prize. High jump. 50c prize. 400-sard bike race. 50c prize.

Stunt diving. 50c prize. Swimming. free style, six times across New Stretch of No. 3 Highway Is Nearly Ready for Topping In a drive down to Saturday afternoon we noted that the work of building culverts and preparing earthwork tor the new concrete highway between Glidden and Borden is nearly completed.

From the old highway it looked to the writer that the new highway. just a few feet to the south. is going to be a nice stretch of work. The work looks like it la being done with a thoroughness that will require no after consideration. The contractam on this part of the work are exdiently men of experience, have the necessary machinery to do a good job.

and are doing it! We understand that in all liketthood contract for concreting this stretch of the Highway will be let at the July meeting of the State Highway Cammission. Thus another link will soon be added to the Houston-San Autonio all-concrete government highway. Our cond friend, Mr. Ernst who was here from San Antonio recuperating front a sever: operation: went, back to the Alamo City first of the week. and reports that be 'is raplily setting back on his feet.

Good New Humble Filling Station Is Soon to Begin Operations The new Humble Pilling Station. 1o- cated just east of the J. P. Walker residence DEL the new highway between this place and Schulenburg, is rapidly nearing completion, and it is expected that formal opening will take place of or about the 15th of this month, wit? quite elaborate ceremonies, cording to reports. It is going to be one of the nicest service stations in this part of the state, and proposes to render as efficient service to thousands of me passing through Weimar they can set anywhere in the country.

(Two popular, splendid young men of chis section will be in charge Mr. 1.60 of New Blelau, at present at the Humble station in Colutabus, And Ed Kiesel, who at present resides a couple of miles east of town, bel who with his wife will. move 40 Weimar to be pearer his duties. AL Mr. loesel attending training school maintained by the Humble Company for the benefit of employes.

Walter G. Dick, who is work on the new structure, comes up every day or so to see that everything is progressing correctly. LATER-Word has Just been reocted by the Mercury that the Humble Company expects to have formal opening of their new station on MAY 15. but In addition will bare an "open on Friday night before that date, with missie and. enand will be glad to have the of Weimar; and pubile in there ed both Drup Friday night next seek and with the new station and 000 1 100-yard daal.

50c prize. Shot pit, 80c prize. High jump. 500 prime. 400-yard bike race, 50c prize.

stint diving. 506 prize, swim, free style. eight times across pool, 50c prize. Volley ball gantes will be played between teams composed of boys 16 and down, and boys over 16. The events will begin at 8:30 a.

Saturday, May 8th. Mayor, Seifert. City Tax Collector and Assessor, Lawrence Ripper. City Marshal, Herbert Bahner, Night Watchman. Altus Dunn.

Councilmen. Lestle Brandes, Frank Krejel, Paul Ammant. Renry Hasse and Kenneth Herder. Poundmaster, Leroy Lidiak. The foregoing list of officers for Boys' Day in Weimar WELS selected from Weimar and five communities surrounding our town, by Delegates: Lawrence Vacek of Holnian, Steve Hajoraky of Holman.

Eugene Vucek of Welinar, Joe Chamrad of Bole d' Arc. Rufus Leihardt of Weimar, Leroy Relmers of Bots d' Arc. Victor Adameik of Sedan. Jerome Hajorsky of Weimar High School. Wilbur Banders of Onk Grove.

Leo Teltschik of Oakland.) JOHNNIE IS SPREADING OUT. old and Mikselt. popniar proprietor of the Sanitary Cleaning and Pressing Parlor of this city, informed us few days ago that he is going to open a branch establishment at Waelder. He expected to get the new shop "going" the first part of this month. He hae made all necessary arrangements for Live opening, we understand.

Mr. Fred Mikselt. who has heen with Johnnie for a number of months, and who is an experienced operator in that line of business, will have charge of the Waelder shop. Wackder ought to be a good location for such an enterprise. We understand that at present there is no shop of that kind there.

We wish Johnnie and Fred all kinds of good fuck in their venture. PRESIDENT A FISHERMAN. The president and party are enjoying great time donn on the TARAS CORSE this week, engaging in tarpon fishing. radio report Tuesday morning said they had landed fourteen bf diese salver scheened monsters of the deep. The presidential party expects to: be -in Texas' const section until MAy 10.

green Inverto: ador turns gray: New Highway Is Now Open to The Public without any formality the new uighray Letween Weimar and Schutenburz was opened to the public the past week end. as the forces of Froemming Kies. the builders, departed for the Alvarado section, up near Fort Worth. where they hare further road butiding to do. This firm of contractors made a very fine impression on the people of this section.

They wonderful lot of road butiding machinery and get things done in harry, but in a firstclass. order. Tue men they employ are a gentlemanly lot. most of them married, settled men, having their familles with them, and during their stay here they conducted in a manner that brought forth much commendation. The new highway is a line ploce of rond butidine.

twenty -foot concrete slab built in the center of a foot roadwny furnishes one of the finest and most durable highways to be found anywhere. It traverses a section, one that possesses much pretty scenery, and with beautiful flowers covering the adjoining prairies and along either dde of the highway furnishes picture that the average tourist passing through will neser forget. It is a beautiful, substantial, durable piece of highway, and our people are proud of it. Caution! Right now would be good time to people driving onto the highway from side roads or streets, to stop before entering, otherthere might be some accidentit might be your fault or the other's fellows: Do tatter, tuch, but if you. by careful driving, can heip avoid some maybe fatal accident, why not do tu? OBSERVE DECORATION DAY The fireten of Weimar! some fins strong, and represented ay a 100 per cent added to quite a number of their honorary members, turned out in a body Inst Bunday morning and visited the several cemeteries of the city wherein their deceased brother members were buried and appropriately decorated their graves This La an annual custom religiously observed by the Weimar firemen, and it is indeed a most praiseworthy act.

We know that "the who hare gone on before hare tears in their eses as they look down from abore and realize that although gone from this earth forever their "buddies" have not forgotten them. City to Install Traffic Signal Lights Soon At a meeting of the city council nesday it was determined the: in view of the heavy traffic now passing over the main. highway on North Main Street in Weimar that the city should install traffic lights at the east ap- pronch of the city, the west approach (al the Weimar High School grounds. at the Herder corner and at the shier corner, and this will be done as early as possible. There is so much danger of accident 21.

these several points. especially where 50 many autolsts inake race course out of our pubile thoroughfare, it is: sible. and it is believed these traffic neressary to check It as nuch as lights, when installed. will minimize this danger. anyway.

It is to De hoped so. At thin meeting the city council also decided to have the water tower and water tank scraped and painted. ISSUES MONTHLY PROGRAMME. The Palace Theatre. our local noting picture show, has testied a wry useful and attractive monthls program of its bookings, This is printed on a card and can be hung up in your home, to that at any ttine desired you can locate shat kind of picture Is on fo: an date.

It to often the case that you feel a desire to RO to the picture show, but can not recall just what attraction is booked for that night By referring to this card you are always in touch with the facts about each picture and Its dating. It -ought to prose a popula: minte on the part of Mr. Laveuder, the manager. Ir you liaven't one of these monthly prograinnites, Mr. Lavender will be Kad to supply you- with one.

Demonstration Here Last Week The canning put at the Weimar High School last Friday afternoon by Miss Kimbrough, an experienced and practical artist to thist line, was favored with a liberal tendance from this section, but, 4l- though It rat supposed to be a countya wide affair, there was only one outsider preseut, Mrs. Toon Oakes of Gadden Columbus, Eagle Lake. Rock Island and otter paints in the county were not represented. Talking with a lady who has had wide experience in this. work herself; she said that the demonstration put on by Mias Kimbrough was one that every lady ought to bare seen and beard.

Miss Kimbrough has spent in this work, has traveled In every state of tbe union, and her Lions contry to the human mind very latest and best methods of canning all kinda of trudes, vegetables, Every bousewtte should be interested fn tide kind of work, and those who were present at Friday, afternoon's meeting received a great deal of valuable intermation and advice about this very important subject. a pity that ery bousewtte in Weimar and vicinity wasn't present I the Waelder Taxpayers On "No-Pay" Strike From the Gocisales Enquirer we learn that the taxpayers of Waelder, in sales county, are on a strike, and retuse to pay their taxes antu something is done about collecting linquent tares in that community. is said that over $3000 due thin from these delinquents, and no parent effort is being made authorities to 18. Fifty-two taxpayers race. fort is ntade to cotlect.

from linquents. In like these do the ter. The magor of Welder recentty, informed us that our city be "sailing" financially it we could collect the thousands of dollins due 16 in matter of delinquent taxes. This delinquent tax matter' is ting to be problem in many A start has been made here in the matter of enforcing payment, and it may eventually result: in the collection of many thousands of dollars in Lise way of delinquent taxes. Senior Class Presents "Crashing Society" Or.

Friday evening. May 7, at 8 p. st. the Wolar High Seniors will preset.t at the shool auditorium their seale: play. "Crashing Society.

The play is a titlariatts cornedy from beginning to end, describing the nitempts of 3 "newly rich" country famity to the Right society of New York City. Eisto Duanigan, the socially thou write, is played by Bout Marie Yoder. Her husband, who is thotonghiz disputed with society and preters liming back in Jerkwater. is played by Dais Henry Black. Their daugtiver, Christabel Hollien) 15 highly enthusiastic over the possibility ct punstrating the ranks af high soclets, wille daughter Marguerite (Igida Sterle Rabell and son George (Paul Armand) stare the lectings of their Dotter.

One ol the most humorous parts of the play is the interpretation or Scruple -Scruples, the "dumb" but- ter. by Lestie Brandes. The singing of Agatha Mulroones. the virtuoso Bekeni, is also a high spo: jet the play. Besides the play itself, the seniors also plan to present several clever skits.

The prices for admission will be 10c and 25c. YOUTH GETS NICE POSITION. We tearn with pleasure that Law. tense Pilat, tine young man of this communits, has secured a 15 inspector with the American Directi Telegraphs Company, of Houston And will take tris beadquarters In -that city. He already has entered upon his new duties.

Lawrence is a steady and deserving young and predict he will snake, good all right every Every man hates his bad habits, but fects: helpless..