New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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infentry soldier who has proved
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Local Soldiers Given
Combat Decorations
Pfc. Hubert Bludau
Dies of Wounds
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en Serving
is 23 Months
w
er, Mrs. Clara Colde-
1 at Hallettsville, has
to awarded a Distto-
it Citation Ribbon, to
I on the right breast
one of her class to receive such
a scholarship.
Praha Church Holds t
Annual Celebration w
LEON B. MLADENKA
Leon is a Staff Sergeant sta-
tioned at Kelly Field before going
overseas in January, 1044. He is
39 years old and married to the
former Miss Filipka Kallus and
they have six children. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mladen-
ka of Wied and has been in ser-
vice since October, 1942.
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Miss Rosalie Renger
Awarded Scholarship
enemies' hopes
homelands by
AW
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WINFRED W. CLAUS
Winfred is a Seaman 1c and is
single, 21 years of age and-the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Claus.
Hri (reported back to digy on
August 4, after spending a leave
at home. He had been gone for
nine months and saw action In
several battles In the Atlantic.
He enlisted in November, 1042.
By U.-Sr BteteMd Nurse from the
LAVACA aNJNTY SOLDIERS
FOR COD AND COUNTRY'S F
The handsome badge consists
of a silver rifle set against a
background of infantry blue, en-
closed in a silver wreath.
Czech Play Draws
Packed House Sunday
Home Bums To
Ground Wednesday
killed in ships end
r. H.V?
Rev. Ger-
. Impres-I____
vered hy 'vtflvwd in
Joe, Julius and Henry, and one
sister, Mary.
Memorial services will be held
in the Praha Catholic Church at
9:30 a. m. Aug. 17.
Thus we owe our victory which
is certain to another one of our
fine young men who gave
life, a
CLARENCE E. EHLER
Clarence is a Private First
Class in the Field Artillery and
Is stationed at New York. He is
19 years of age, single and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ehler of
Houston, formerly of Shiner. He
has been in service since April,
1943.
At aprees c
turn he tcM
win not stop
have occup
------- LEO L. SATSKY
Pfc. Leo Satsky, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Satsky, who is with the
Fifth Army in Italy has been a-
warded the Combat Infantry-
man’s Badge and Silver Rifle
Medal, also a Bronze Star show-
ing that he went through* major
battle. He is with the 88th Divi-
sion. He also has the African
campaign ribbon. He. has been
overseas since December.
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■st memorial
MS*
Pesek of Sweet
Peaek of Vice
Fikac, Frank
Pesek, Mrs. A.
sek and Mr* J
Sweet Home;
and 11 great-g
other son, Jah
five yeas* agK
died in ludadU
Ito of 23 months overseas
nee in the hardest hitting
Jghtnlng Squadron of a
‘ Group of the 15th Air
cited for its outstanding
mce in aerial combat
—jyr, Austria, April 20,
he Lightnings, on that date
a brilliant aerial victory
ir aggressive record, by
; off numerically superior
-aircraft which attempted
ick the bomber formation,
rtioned,” reads the
the success qf the
due to the superior
dency of the pilots,
ration to duty of the
■anri of* toe W*
the TO Kraut planes
the midst of warm weather here
at home but our people recogniz-
ed the need and because they
_ want men and women who are
for Army and absent from their homes to know
that they are not forgotten at
Christmas they took palm to as-
England, this Group <____
1 proving the Light- V. S. flag,
famous oombat pow- toe church,
raring tor Ndfth Af-
fton of November,
AAF. In Italy — Technical
it Clarence C. Coldewey,
iber of toe second Church on Assumption . Day,
go overseas and Tuesday Aug. 15. The services be-
command of Cot gan at 10:39 a. m. with a- pro-
1 of San Antonio. ceslon of all aoetetteo with their
‘ The Rev. Yadav BUy celebrated
solemn high mass. He was aerie-
ted by the Rev. Ed. Ed. Bily as
deacon, the Rev. Jerome Strjfc as
subdeacon, and Laddie Jasek,
seminarian, as master of cere-
monies. The Rev. Ed BUy
Broached a wonderful Czech
sermon. The church, which is —
“ of the most beautiful in toe st
van unusually tore'
Iboon^Iiohs of
breath fern, pot
The play “Pasacka z Lurd’’,
(Shepherdess of Lourde), which
was presented at the local parish
hall Sunday night by the Moravia
parishioners to a packed house,
was remarkably well played
by a cast of characters
directed by Mrs. Louis Breska.
An unusual stage setting was
prepared, even to a grotto. There
were 24 characters and all
played their* parts with distinc-
tion. down to the children. The
parish is to be complimented on
having such fine talent.
Prof. Jos. R. Schwartz
Mr. Chas. Kureca presented a
humorous skit.'
Father Petru, after being in-
troduced by Father Morkovsky,
made an introductory talk, and
after the play was over Father
Morkovsky expressed his appre-
ciation . to the visitors for a
splendid evening’s entertainment.
Hiere were Czech songs be-
tween acts. This play has already
been presented at Moravia and
Schulenburg to large crowds.
Clergy present were Mons. L.
P. Netardus, Revs. J. A. Petru,
R. Hoffman, Adolph Janda,
Henry Psencik, A. Morkovsky
and Victor Schmidtztosky.
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Passenger Car
Owners Take Notice
are. Yet we may be able to
save the life of some young man
by donating a pint of Hood. .
Not long ago an article was
canted in these columns , about
... w ,a young mon from Hallettsville
who was wounded on the battle-
--3 fields of Italy. He received 10
u. 81u*“ in body ■nd feU mor’
** ”, tally wounded. The medical men
that went,out to pick him up
fotftid (hat he had lost much
blood. They immediately gave
him blood plasma that had been
donated by some American baric
here at home. He was brought
back from death’s door by the
human act of some true Ameri-
can.
This soldier was high in his
praise for the work being done
with blood plasma. He remarked
that he owed his life to some one
who had donated blood to the
Red Cross. •
When the Blood, Bank visits
here, they will need approximate-
ly 250 donors to take care of their
needs. That is about 100 more
than gave their blood the last
time the unit visited here.
AH those who gave blood last
tone are again urged to donate
their Hood. Those who did not
donate before are urgently asked
to make arrangements to do so
on August 29.
While we are all terribly busy
here at home, none of us ate as
busy as that young man on the
battlefields. We can take time out
to give our blood that he might
live and come home to loved ones
sooner.
Contact C. S. Hereford now and
list your name on the blood don-
or list for August 29. Cards will
be mailed out telling you when
to appear for your Hood dona-
tion.
:mg iaxen
this nation
tottodtiekto of^i
for these men is rather smi
There is no pain or agony
-----•*> giving a pint of Ho
togllsh and Rev. We do not suffer the agony
L the wounded on the battlefiel
nemorial sorvices ^e are not risking our life
by toe American r - -----
ras sounded by
OPA Form R-534, which is used
for the renewal of A Books,
now available at all
Dealers in the city of
ville.
In order to expedite
suance of these A Books, due
care should be given the ap-
plication form in filling it out and
all applicants are urged to file
their application as soon as pos-
sible so that our office person-
nel may be in a position to get the
A Books to them by September
22nd.
The old tire Inspection record
need not be submitted. Only the
A stub need be presented with
the completed application.
Joe Srubar, Chief Clerk.
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* Mr and Mrs. A. M. Vans
Rosalie is the daughter of Mrs. fspent the week end with friends
Paul Renger Sr. >of qur city. and relatives at Moulton.
rgeant trltoHrt at toe . Praha”"catholic 1
Oiurto on I—WM0B9 Dhy, ;
gan at 10:39 a. m. with a- pro- ’
combat mis- banners. The Brooch Band, head- ’
, this Group ed by two sqldiers carrying toe !
Miss Rosalie Renger, who has
just received her degree of Re-
i Touro
Infirmary, New Orleans, has
iratt is back been awarded a government
m after a 35-. scholarship which will enable
and her to take university courses
aoe QB Ms r«-|to advanced nursing, tending to
tors “The war a Bachelor of Science degree,
I our troops ’ Mri to specialize in some branch
Jennany and of the profession. She has deci-
puts an end to ow(ded to major to Psychiatry to
—1 of saving their1 some university to the North or
_ surrendering be- ®^t- Miss Renger was the only
are invaoeu.
roe Chudej spent a few
inlay lari week.
OCTOBER15 DEADUNE FOR MAILING PACKAGES OVERSEAS
concentrate on Christmas gifts in people became convinced that a
shoe box is the best possible con-
tainer. We must be mindful that
inese guts must travel far, with
shipping space crowded. If the
gifts are to be protected to tran-
sit they must be packed In boxes
mode of metal, wood, solid fiber-
board, reinforced with strong
gummed tape or tied with strong
twine. If both tape and strong
twine are used, so 1___L
ter. If too outer wrapper Io
eroriwd and this is Hkriy to hup-
Wlth the Fifth Army, Italy—
Cpl. Alphonse Haas, Cpl. Ray-
mond O. Prasek, Pfc. Joe Pola-
sek and Pfc. Stanley Spies have
been cited by their regiment of
the 89th Infantry Division and
awarded the Combat Infantry-
man Badge for actual partici-
pation to combat with the enemy
on the Fifth Army front to
Italy.
Standards for the Badge are
which was
y toe War
Department, is awarded to the
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Save strong string and boot
The attendance was mk
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Mrs. Frank Peaek
Laid To Rest Thu
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Memorial S
Held For C
Felix A. RainoMk .
Memorial services were hri
the Koerth Catholic Church
Thursday morning at 9 o’c
for Cpl. Felix A. Ralnooek, '
lost his life in France on_«
18. He was the son of Mr.
Mrs. Frank B. Ralnooek of Si
Home.
The Rev. Adolph P. Janda 1
brated solemn requiem high e
with the Rev. G. KurfMte
deacon and the Rev. A. J. J
kovsky as subdeacon. Const
sermons in Czech and Zo|
were delivered by Fathers Ki
ko and Janda.
Afterwards the AmerriKB
fires which were being whipped a to
by the wind and threatened to de- . g
stray neighboring property, also attendance waa Imo
put out the fires in some piles of
lumber stacked nearby. The roof
was already collapsing when they
arrived. The smokehouse also
burned down. Everything in the
home, with the exception of some
bedding and a few chairs was One of the good old !
lost, including some cash. The mothers of the Sweet E
ladies escaped with only the tion, Mrs. Frank Pesek I
clothes they had on. They were ed away on Tuesday, A
Mrs. Chas Koerth, her daughter- at 10:15 a. m. at the ag
in-law, Mrs. Ervin Koerth, and years. 9 months and 14 1
_ . jrom mflnuMft
age, departing pencoftl
this world, with a sugrt
in the goodness of God.
had been an example
fishness and Irindncss fl
devout Catholic and W
Interested to the ottA
church, being a 9MM|
Altar Society. She uiu
to the K. J. Z. T.
An of hor fonriy, 4g
great-gnu ukhilftwri WM
to her.
Bom in CBedsori^H
came to this counri^H
of 2L Sixty-oue yml
was married to Flraagfl
he preceded her to JB
years ago. Her naNM
TUrek.
Survteiag are:
Mrs. Wta. (Muyi^im
Home, E. M. PsMU^H
Pfc. Jerry Vaculik of Praha,
son of Mrs. Joe Vaculik, was
frilled in action to France on
July 14. He is survived by two
brothers, Willie and Adolph,
Yoakum, Aug. 13 — 1
department fSaturday
Mr. and Mrs. Louie K
of Yoakum of the dooth
son, Lt Leonard L. Ridi
was killed in action on
Lt. Richter had been
land with the 8th VlgM
mand for some time J
been flying his P-38 I
fighter in attacks on
transportation and eoc
tion lines. He was a
of Yoakum High Schoft
tended Baldwin’s Bush
lege. He was 22 year*
Besides the parents, I
vived by two sisters, 1
race Wimberly Jr., si
Irene Grace Richter, 1
niece, Gail Irene Win
Yoakum.
Pfc. Hubert F. Bludau died in
France on the 12th of July as
the result of wounds received in
action on the previous day, his
—--parents, Mr. and Mrs. August
who are with armed forces, Ben ' Bludau of Shiner, have been in-
formed.
Pfc. Bludau was 21 years old
and single. He was boro in Shin-
er and attended schools at Dick-
son. Moulton and Yoakum. He en-
listed on March 4, 1943, and was
trained at Camp Butner, N. C.,
and Ft. George Meade, Md., be-
fore going overseas.
Mr. wd Mrs. Bludau have an-
other son, Pvt Leslie A. Bludau,
20, who was seriously wounded
in France on July 28.
We join with their friends in
extending the family heartfelt
sympathy.
The farm home near town oc-
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Koerth and owned* by the K. J.
Z. T. was completely destroyed
by fire Wednesday afternoon a-
bout 5 o’clock. The flames start-
ed upstairs and were not discov-
ered until the whole upper story
was ablqze. There were no men
at home and the ladies were down
stairs. One of them heard some-
thing fall and went up to inves-
tigate, discovering the fire then.
Although the Hallettsville fire
department was called and a
truck was sent out immediately,
there was little they could do,
except to put out several grass
Alp
his wife, Mrs. Vlasta
1 mother, Mrs. Jim Tu-
sakum; two brothers,
; of Houston and Pvt
: of the U. S. Army in
three sisters, Mrs. B.
sid of San Antonio,
Knezek and Mrs. L. J.
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Minear, Virgil. New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. [45], Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1944, newspaper, August 18, 1944; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1268904/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.