La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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For Freemen's Sate
Cadraitijc Jfcmnuil
Opposite Masonic Building. Published Every Thursday Morning and Entered at the Post Office as Second-Class Matter
B. F. Harigel, Proprietor
Democratic in Principle and a Worker For La Grange and Fayette County
$2.00 Per Year
Volume 64
La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, August 19, 1943
Number 33
Lion's Club Honors Memory
of The Sage of Monticello'
Postponed, as a part of the program at their regular lunch-
eon hour, the La Grange Lions Club heard the following treatise
on the life of the writer of the declaration of independence of the
United States—Thomas Jefferson—as offered by the program
committee. As the appeal had gone forth by the memorial com-
mittee from New York, to have a program, either by a civic or-
ganization or public school, the Lions Club, in receipt of the lit-
terature sent out, offered the following in June. Due to conflict
with other program matters, it was held up until Tuesday of this
week. Lions L. W. Stolz find C. G. Robson were in charge of the
program. The Lions Club is in receipt of an engr&ving of the
author of the declaration of independence, which is to be placed
in frame and will be hung in the club room in the Lester Hotel,
together with this treatise:
Brought to the attention of the American public, and most
probably due to the great ordeal that the United States is facing
at this time, are the outstanding events of the early history of
our great Nation, and the patriotic men and women who helped
to achieve a victory over a tyrant who sought to shackle the colo-
nists by tyranny and denial of civil rights.
With the 167th anniversary of the birth of our great na-j a 1 i- 1 v .1 yii 1
tion, coupled with the fact that one of the patriots who not only (^AdaiCKS I outn is.Uled
BONDS OVER AMERICA
Since 1865 American
•tockraiaera have
been taking their ani-
mal* to the Union
Stockyards at Chica-
go, maintaining an in-
stitution that helped
to make America
'jrect.
Entrance—Union Stockyards, Chicago
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Keep
Our Traditions
Buy More War Bonds
In Hitler’s Europe the
farmers are producing
too, but their product
goes to Nasi Germany
to feed the soldiers who
are shooting thousands
of prisoners who object
to this form of tyranny.
signed the declaration of independence, but wrote that greatest
of all documents, died on the 50th anniversary of that event of
history, it is meet and proper that someone, some organization,
whether civic, historical or of research, do homage to the honor
of the grest statesman of his day—Thomas Jefferson.
Mentioning that Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell,
Virginia, April 13, 1743, it becomes essential to add to that men-
tion that he came from the State known as “the mother of presi-
dents”, as eight of the presidents of the United States were born
in that State, beginning with George Washington and continuing:
Thomas Jefterson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Tyler,
Zachary Taylor, William Herny Harrison and Thomas Woodrow
Wilson. It is reasonable to believe that the native Virginian is
proud to proclaim his State of birth.
In Plane Crash on Coast
son’s body has not been recovered
from San Francisco Bay.
The father, veteran of the first
World War, was superintendent of
schools at Addicks for 19 years before
accepting a commission in the army
a year ago. Mrs. Patton also taught
school at Addicks.
Their son attended school in Ad-
Lt. Esric Rabb Patton, 21, of Ad-
dicks, member of a pioneer Texas
family, has been killed in a plane
crash in San Francisco Bay, accord-
ing to word received in Houston
Thursday afternoon.
His parents, Lt. and Mrs. Hiram
E. Patton, are now living at Lubbock,
where the older Patton is connected
with the army air force. The youth-
ful flier was their only child.
According to the word they receiv-
Chronologically, it is not without difficulty to mention all ed from the War Department, their
the outstanding features that proclaimed Thomas Jefferson as a
great man, nor to give to any length the achievements that are
accredited to his efforts. It is best mentioned that, having be-
come a lawyer, having studiously considered the problem of his
time, from later ’teen age until his retiring from public life, he
was both valuable to his country and to his neighbor. Briefly
one can give these facts:
He wrs the son of Peter Jefferson, an highly educated man,
an Indian fighter and frontiersman. From such sire it is reason-
able to encourage the idea that Thomas Jefferson inherited noble' dicks, and was a student in the Uni-
tra’ts, his unswerving stand on issues that were serious ana J versity of Texas when he went into
meant so much to a struggling nation, and his brilliant mind that! the army. He had been in the infan-
gave SO much valuable thought to its progress. I try le months when he transferred
From the years 1760 to 1776 we find that he entered William more than a year ago to the air corps ............
and Mary College at Williamsburg, Virginia and' studied to a and took preflight training at Chico, gation was begun*
successful degree, mathematics, music and architecture. After” Calif., and received his wings June
his graduation he studied law and Was admitted to the Bar in 22 at Phoenix, Arizona. He is a great
Virginia. Elected to the House of Burgesses, where he began his grandson of John Rabb, pioneer Tex-
campaign for the rights of man. He suffered the loss of his home an, for whom the famous geological
and his valuable library at Shadwell. Then he started the build-
ing of his home at Monticello, on a hill top where he sat as a boy
and dreamed of his future. He married Martha Wales Skelton, j Chronicle,
a widow. So like his great friend, George Washington, who also
married a widow whose name was Martha. , '
Wrote hie celebrated “Summary View of the Rights of Brit- Rabb (Biddie) Patton, 21, who died
fsh America,” protesting British tyranny. And that, in the opin- wben bis Plane crashed in San Fran-
ion of mary writers of his day, foreshadowed the Declaration of■cisco Bay, Au&- 10> were held Wed-
Independence. This brings us to 1776. I nesday at 3:00 p.m., at the Spring
Becoming a member of the Second Continental Congress at Branch community church with Rev.
Philadelphia, we find him as co-author of “Declaration of The N- E- Seavy in charge.
Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms.” And then—he drafted Lt- Patton was flying with a squad-
the greatest document known to American citizens—the Declara-1 ron from Hamilton Field, Calif., when
tion of Independence. We find by delving through the many. the accident occurred. His body was
sources of information at command, that he met with able coun- i not recovered,
selors and that in the counsel reading of the declaration there i Formerly a captain of the Addicks
was several improvements made, yet as a whole the master mindjbisb school football team and saiu-
of Jefferson was apparent throughout. | tatorian of his class, he enlisted in
Gas Users Will Get
Gas Without Ration
structure, “Rabb’s
Bend county is
Ridge,” in Fort
named.—-Houston
Memorial services for Lt. Esric
When the assembly was held, it became known that Thomas
Jefferson had written the declaration on a small lap desk, for
which h” had paid $1.50; this mentioned because, like all that
has sprung from the men of our Nation, it was not in pomp and
glory thaMhe instruments of freedom were fabricated. It may
be surmised that it v/as a slow process, to think, to write and to
give the most logical reasons for the act of declaration. With
him to give the final touch to the declaration, was John Adams
of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert
H. Livingston of New York.
As one views the incidents of the life of this great states-
man, it must have an idealistic influence. It meant much to the
struggling colonists, it meant probable death, destruction of
their homes, loss of their fortunes, endless misery and grief to
their families. Yet, in determining upon this course, after hear-
ing the speech by Patrick Henry, after hearing the message from
John Hancock, after listening to the wisdom of Benjamin Frank-
lin and the calm and yet forceful arguments advanced by Thomas
Jefferson, there wfls born in the hearts and minds of these pa-
triots the flaming desire to give to mankind a peace and a liberty
that the Creator had intended. And we find, from the varied
the army air forces three years ago
after he had attended the University
of Texas one year.—Houston Post.
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(Local interest in the following-is
enhanced by the announcement that
the young flyer was a grandson of
the late T. A. Andrews of Austin and
grand-nephew of Mrs. T. Lee Smith of
La Grange.—Journal Editor.
DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. A. V. Smith was advised by
telegram last Friday that her broth-
er, Rush Chalk, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Chalk of Rutersville,
died suddenly Thursday, following a
heart attack. He is survived by his
wife and three sons, George D. and
Jessie Ray Chalk of Del Rio, and R.
H. Chalk, somewhere with Uncle
sources that rot only did Thomas Jefferson devote his energy j Sam’8 forces in North Africa, and one
and his faculties for the good of the Nation, but that his name | (lauKhter, Mrs. Dave Locklin of So-
and his work in behalf of the State of Virginia is mentioned with-! Tbere are also 8everal grand-
out reserve.
Like all able and great men who give of their time to their
country, we find that the Biblical edict is apparent. “Those.whom
God loveth, he cliasteth.” He was soon bereft of his wife, his
companion he called her, his daughters, four of them, followed
the mother. Like all great men whom grief and sorrow has caused
them to think and to overcome the burden, he arose again from
the ashes of the past and carried on his great work until his end.
quoting here from one of the sources of information we have this:
Quoting here from one source of information we have this:
(See “SAGE OF MONTICELLO”, Page 8)
children.
Rush Chalk spent his earlier years
on a farm near Rutersville and then
came to La Grange where he was
employed as a grocery salesman. He
later removed to Del Rio where he
remained until his death.
The news of his death came on the
day that the body of Mrs. Annie An-
drews, sister-in-law to Msr. T. L.
Smith (mother of A. V% Smith) was
placed to rest in the local cemetery.
Sometime during the night of Sun-
day the filling station operated by
W. E. Pieratt, and located near the
new river bridge, was entered and,
according to the owner of the station,
(approximately) eight dollars in cur-
rency and coins, a fountain pen taken,
and from one of the pumps, 25 gal-
lons of high grade gasoline .
Entrance, said Mr. Pieratt, was
first attempted by smashing the win-
dow on the south side, the air com-
pressor, however, prevented crawling
thru, so another yindow was used.
“By breaking the lock on the'gaso-
line pump the prowlers managed to
extract, according to my records,
about 25 gallons of high grade gaso-
line. Users of gasoline,” said Mr.
Pieratt, smilingly facing the Journal
reporter, “are bent on getting gaso-
line their own way, the rationing
theory of the Government not a det-
riment.”
Probably correct at that; the burg-
lary and theft was promptly reported
to the Sheriff’s office and an investi-
Notice of Meeting
The Office of Defense Transporta-
tion has called a meeting to be held
in the Crystal Ball Room of the Dris-
kill Hotel in Austin, Texas, at 1:30
p.m.,'Thursday, August 19.
All ginners, cottonseed crushers
and truckers transporting cotton, cot-
tonseed and cottonseed products, who
reside in the 18 counties comprising
the Austin ODT district, are urgently
requested to be present, as definite
action will he taken at this meeting
that mgy materially affect their op-
erations. This will provide an oppor-
tunity for all ginners, cottonseed
crushers and truckers to be present
and participate in all the proceedings
of this meeting.
Gold Star Pin Goes To
Agnes Fajkus—1942
The “Gold Star Pin” was awarded
to Agnes Fajkus of Praha 4-H Club
in a meeting with the Commissioners’
Court, Saturday, Aug. 14, in the Dis-
trict Court room. The Gold Star was
awarded to Agnes as a reward for
the outstanding Club work during the
year 1942. ■
Some of the outstanding work that
Agnes has done in 1942 is the collec-
tion of .462 pounds of iron, 11 pounds
of other metal and 150 pounds of
rubber for the scrap drive.
In Junior Red Cross, 7 articles of
clothing were made; in poultry work
Agnes sold and raised 60 turkeys at
a profit of $84.00; 11 guineas at a
profit of $1.60, eight ducks at $1.70
and 250 baby chicks for home use.
She planted 12 varieties of vege-
tables in her garden and conserved
500 quarts of fruits and vegetables
for home use, and sold $90.00 worth
of fresh vegetables. She made a total
profit of $188.60.
Two of the 24 4-H Clubs in the
county gave reports to the Commis-
sioners’ Court during the same meet-
ing. Ench girl gave a short report
of the many things she is doing in
Club work which includes gardening,
clothing, poultry, house work, field
work, food preservation, home im-
provement and food preparation.
The following report is a total of
the 4-H Club girls’ work from Jan.
1, to July 81, 1943:
There was planted 3,348 varieties
of vegetables in 396 of the 4-H Club
girls’ gardens. Ninety per cent of the
girls controlled the insects in their
gardens. Ninety per cent of the Club
girls have already made plans for
their fall gardens.
7,912 dishes have been prepared
and served by these girls in their
homes. ,
3,096 quarts of fruits, vegetables
and meats were canned and 21,054
pounds of meat were cured, brined or
smoked by the girla.
4,844 clothing articles were made,
1,296 garments were made over and
3,336 garments patched and darned.
In poultry work,, 19,278 baby
chicks, 1,246 turkeys, 357 guineas and
180 ducks were raised; 11,601 laying
hens are owned by the girls.
Other Club work includes taking
care of small children, yard work,
milking cows, taking active part in
Red Cross work and purchasing de-
fense bonds and stamps.
Thirty-three 4-H Club girls are
raising their own calves, 9 are rals-
THE RAMBLER
There’s A Difference In
$123.30 And 17c
Become not confused at the above
heading, it is used advisedly and be-
cause the difference actually exists.
Over at the courthouse Rambler got
facts about a bottle of beer being
sold to a minor. And as the facts are
a matter of record, and the officer
having granted a “conference” at the
den, it is mentioned in the following
brief resume:
Violation of the law, the liquor law,
will not be tolerated. That remark
was made to the Rambler and follow-
ing came the story of the bringing
to the court a dealer who had sold
beer to minors. The price of a bottle
of beer is generally around 17c—de-
pends on what kind you drink—but
the quart bottle costs a. little more.
When the fine and costs were sum-
med up the total was $123.30. You
may figure it this way: You sell
Rambler a bottle of beer for 17c, he
drinks the beer, pays you for the
drink and goes on about his business,
if he has any.
Rambler, having passed the minor
age, and having purchased the beer
at the “open hours” has nothing to
fear, neither has the man who sold
the beer. When, however, the officer
comes in and finds you selling beer
to a minor, his duty is plain.
“Some dealers seem to think that
the new ruling is not to be enforced,
and according to the old adage, se-
vere cases require severe remedies,
we have to teach them a lesson. This
man paid a high price for the privi-
lege of selling where he should not.”
Whatever warning this cheerful
message may contain, it is given to
the rest of the dealers. Rambler is
trying real hard, by writing and by
talking, to keep conditions favorablo
to retention of the selling of beer, and
avoid a return of the noble experi-
ment. But he is just as willing to
have the violatior punished for his
infraction of the law, to protect tha
man who is following the law to tha
last letter of forbiddance. Take tha
hint, you beer dealers.
• • # •
Sgt. Robert Pratka Writes
Interestingly
Robert Pratka, son of the Journal’ll
former foreman, and now located at
Camp Cook, California, ranking as a
sergeant, writes to the Rambler; and
for the benefit of Robert’s many
friends in La Grange and those of
his classmates who may still be in tha
ing rabbits, 39 are raising pigs and city’ Rambler reproduces in part, his
COMPLETES COURSE
The Journal received the following
brief news item about one of our
Fayette county boys, Tuesday morn-
ing:
Edwin F. Meinholdt, Star Route,
Box 23A, Ledbetter, Texas, has com-
pleted a course in Practical and Theo-
retical Radio and Television, and has
been awarded a diploma by the Na-
tional Radio Institute of Washington,
D. C. He finished the prescribed
course of technical studies with cred-
itable grades and is to be congratu-
lated upon his achievement.”
24 are raising sheep.
MRS, VADA J. LUCKENBACH
County Home Dem. Agent
) n l ted^^ts' P i peTLi
'ompaii3LAid8 Drive
Felix, The Piker
Counter offensives: Women selling
elastic while chewing on a wad of
mint gum.
Be sure you are right before you
turn the steering wheel; talk later.
As an aid to putting over the
greatest single-financial undertaking
in the history of any country in the
world—the 16 billion dollar Third
War Loan drive to begin Sept. 9,
United Gas Pipe Line Company and
associated companies are publishing
an advertisement in the Journal and
more than 300 other doily and weekly
newspapers in the Gulf South. *
The advertisement, captioned
“WHICH will Johnny be?” points
out that “no sacrifice or effort we
must make is too great to make sure
that the youth of America shall never
be the mere pawn of a tyrant dicta-
tor.”
United Gas Pipe Line Company is
engaged in producing and transport-
ing natural gas to meet the fuel re-
quirements of war industries, cities
and military centers throughout the
Gulf South: ‘ Oil production of its as-
sociated company is going to meet
military requirements in this coun-
try and at distant battlefronts.
letter:
Camp Cook, Aug. 8, ’43
Dear Rambler:—
You will be surprised to hear from
me, In California, but that is where
I have been t "living” for the past
|eight months. After my induction
into the army I was sent to the burn-
ing sands of the Mojava I^esert in
Southern California. After under-
(Continued on page 5)
KILLED IN CRASH
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Fordtran are
in receipt of the unwelcome news
that hteir nephew, Ben Symank, Jr.,
was killed in an air crash at Colo-
rado Springs, last week. Ben was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Symank of
Los Angeles, California. The letter
was dated Aug. 12. Mr. Symank, the
father, is a brother to Mrs. Fordtran.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
Square
TALK
Frank Willmann preparing
school Tar receipts....Priee of
hard liquor frowned upon....
Coffee hoarders soon to have
old stock in the pantry....New
Gas ration makes evening gos-
sip....Denial of potato chips sug-
gested for those responsible for
87 carloads of potatoes being
spoiled....Moonlight Strolls post-
poned, Moon’s passed the full
stage....Road House conditions
privately reported as improved
... Remedies for rheumatism con-
tinue to be offered....Hogs that
furnish some of the bacon were
fed on spinach....Camp Swift
program chief topic with many
....Improved Highway south of
La Grange to Schulenburg..,.
Flashlight Batteries much in
demand....One Month more of
Hot weather, says the local
Ado||Mi.... Local sufferers say:
“Boils never come at Conven-
ient spots.
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1943, newspaper, August 19, 1943; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1004473/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.