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|R OFFICE
ARIES
Volume 67
IMtt'itttgc Animal
Opposite Masonic Building. Published Every Thursday Morning and Entered at the Post .Office as Second-Class Ml Met
LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, March 28, 1946
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No. 13
District:
District:
Elo Rohde Of
La Grange For
District Clerk
Elo Rohde, La Grange school tea-
cher, Wednesday authorised The
Journal to announce his candidacy
for District Clerk of Payette county
subject to the July primary. 'His an-
nouncement:
I was bom on a farm near War-
renton and lived there until' I was
ready to take up life’s undertakings
for myself. After finishing my rural
education there, I attended the La
Grange High School. After attending
this school for three years, I took a
(Second grade teachers’ examination
and started teaching at Hackebeil
school near Fayetteville. Desiring to
continue my education, I enrolled in
Draughon’s Business College of San
Antonio. I attended this school for
two summers taking up the combined
courses of shorthand, typing and
bookkeeping.
After having completed this course
in business training, I entered South-
west Texas State Teachers College
of San Marcos. I continued my work
in this institution during the summer
months, and received my B. A. degree
from this school in 1936.
As mentioned above, I started tea-
ching in Hackebeil school on a se-
cond grade certificate. I taught in
this school for six years. After that
I taught in Oldenburg for five years
and from there went to La Grange in
1937. In each case I made the change
to improve my position. During_the
time that I was on the La Grange fa-
culty, I also drove a school bus. The
first bus that the La Grange Indepen-
dent School District ever put into ser-
vice was routed out of Round Top.
For the next three years this same
bus was driven from Carmine. I was
the driver of that bus. At the end of
these four years, we decided to live in
our own home near La Grange. I then
drove a bus for the Plum-Prairie Val-
ley section.
At the end of the 1943-44 term, I
resigned the La Grange teaching po-
sition and took up a bookkeeping po-
sition with The Texas Company of
La Grange. At Christmas, 1944 the
teacher of the Zilss Memorial school
resigned and the trustees of that
school asked me to take the position.
I filled the vacancy for the year. At
the present time I am again a mem-
ber of the La Grange faculty.
I halve had political desires for some
time and now, on the insistence of
many friends from all over Fayette
County, who urged me to make the
race, I herewith make my formal an-
nouncement for District Clerk of Fay-
ette County. I shall make a clean and
fair race and if elected to this office,
I shall do my utmost to give you the
service that the public has a right to
expect.
When school closes at the end of
May, I shall make an active campaign
and see as many voters as possible.
Respectfully,
ELO ROHDE
PROGRAM
ANNUAL BANQUET
' MARCH 28, 1946
MASTER OF CEREMONIES _.............................................. L. H. FREDE
President, La Grange Chamber of Commerce
INVOCATION T........................................... REV. J. H. E. WILLMANN
Pastor, Methodist Church, La Grange, Texas
DINNER
DINNER MUSIC BY BLUME’S ORCHESTRA
ADDRESS OF WELCOME................................................. C. G. ROBSON
Mayor, City of La Grange
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS......................................GEO. E. LENERT
Attorney-at-law, La Grange, Texaa
PRESENTATION OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS
MASTER OF CEREMONIES and G. A. KOENIG
Pres., La Grange Chamber of Commerce and Past-Pres.,
Chamber of Commerce
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MARSHALL H. HOLLOWAY
Managing Secretary, Chamber of Commerce
MUSICAL PROGRAM ........... LA GRANGE MEN’S QUARTETTE
LESLIE H. BLUME
HANS HERZOG
BEN F. SIEBEL
ED. BLUME
SURPRISE! ???
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS ...................-.................................. T. 0. WALTON
Past-President, Texas A. & M. College, College Station.
C. C. BANQUET
THURSDAY
The annual 'banquet of the La
Grange Chamber of Commerce will
be held Thursday night of this week
at the High School gym, and all in-
dications point to a large attendance.
T. '0. Walton, former president of
A & M College, will be the principal
speaker. A new La Grange quartette,
composed of Ben F. Siebel, Ed and
Les Blume and Hans Herzog, will
render several selections; while
Blumes Orchestra will furnish din-
ner music. A big “surprise” is also
on the card. \
The banquet program is published
elsewhere in this issue.
DAIRY MEN AND
MILK PROCESSORS
WILL MEET HERE
All Fayette county dairy men, milk
processors and any others who handle
milk or milk products are invited and
urged to attend a meeting at the Dis-
trict Court Room of the court house
here this Thursday at which time new
regulations for the production of un-
graded milk and cream, which became
effective April 1, will be explained.
Conducted by the State Department
of Health, a representive of the de-
partment will be present to go over
the entire regulations and answer
questions as the meeting progresses.
The meeting will be sponsored by
the Texas Dairy Products Association,
in the interest of producing quality
dairy products.
County Agent J. C. Yeary reitera-
ted the importance of all dairy pro-
duct handlers to attend the session
and become familiar with the new
regulations.
Incidently, this meeting is not to
be confused with the regular Dairy
Day, which will be held here on April
30.
NEW OWNERS FOR
BAKERY
Hirscy’s Bakery, operated here for
many years by Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hirscy, was sold in a transaction com-
pleted last week to Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley E. Davjs. Mr. Davis is from
Wisconsin, while Mrs. Davis is a na-
tive of Brady, Texas.
The deal included all fixtures and
supplies within the building, the lat-
ter being owned by J. Meyenberg.
Mr. Davis is an experienced baker,
having had six years in civilian life,
followed by four years as a baker in
the army including two years over-
seas. Although strangers in these
parts, Mr. and Mrs. Davis would like
to have everyone drop around to make
their acquaintance.
Mr. Hirscy plans to go to work In
Austin shortly.
Rev. Dykes To Speak
At Baptist Revival
The Rev. R. M. Dykes, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Glenma-
ra, La., will be the guest minister at
a revival at the local Baptist Church
beginning Sunday, April 7 and con-
tinuing for one week. Rev. Dykes is
a brother of F. R. Dykes of La
Grange.
Efforts are also being made for the
services of a singer frdm Fort Worth,
with further announcements to be
made next week.
* Red Cross Sewing
Rooms Reopen Here
Red Cross Sewing Roms Reopen 14
Mrs. Mae Eldridge, chairman of
production for the American Red
Cross for Fayette county, reports
that the Red Cross rooms in La
Grange will be opened this week for
Bewing dresses for Foreign War Re-
lief.
The county quota is 160 dresses.
The sewing rooms will be open on
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Chairmen in charge are as follows:
Mrs. Roy H. Giese and Mrs. August
Fischer on Wednesday, Mrs. Charlie
Schaefer and Mrs. Bob Robertson
on Thursday and Mrs. A. F. Weber
on Friday.
* Other communities assisting in sew-
ing dresses include Schulenburg, Fla-
tonia, Carmine, Muldoon, Cistern,
•Warrenton, Engle, Fayetteville and
Dubina.
Last Rites Are Held
For O. M. Michalk
Funeral services were held Friday
at 1:30 at the family residence for
10. M. Michalk, 48, with Relv. P. O.
Eifert officiating. Services were con-
! tinued at the Warda Lutheran
■ Church and burial was in the Warda
| Lutheran Cemetery. The body lay in
state at the Koenig Funeral Chapel
here until 10 a. m. Friday.
Mr. Michalk lost bis fife Tuesday
in an accident at the Ignatz Svrcek
sawmill in the Rabb’s Prairie com-
munity.
He sustained fatal injuries that
morning when a large slab he was
sawing in some manner tripped him
and he fell into the saw; and passed
away several hours later at the local
hospital.
18 Candidates Have
Filed For Several
School Trustee Jobs
The following citizens have filed
for school trustees of common school
districts or as county school trustee:
Round Top - Carmine, W. J. Neese
and H.A.Schmidt; Praha, Frank Vol-
dan; Fayetteville, Adolph J. Klimek,
Frank Coufal, K. B. Krebs and Robert
Kovar; Cedar, John W. Zimmermann;
San Antonio, A. B. Cernosek; Cistern,
J. E. Young, Max Johnson and G. R.
Davis; Abbott’s Grove, John E. Hein-
rich and Edwin Guettermann; Frey-
burg, Helmuth Carl Dieringer.
For County School Trustee of Pre-
cinct 4, Robert E. Schaefer and Char-
lie A. Friedrich.
For County School Trustee at
Large: W. L. Morgan.
The filing deadline was Tuesday. .
MAD DOG KILLED
AT CISTERN
A mad dog was killed at the Thiede
Nursery at Cistern Tuesday after it
had bitten Steve Kazmir of that com-
munity. The dog’s head was taken to
Austin by Rev. T. T. Janysek, and
examination showed the animal had
rabies,
A horse owned by Mr. Kazmir was
also bitten.
Residents of the area who might
have come in contact with the dog, a
hound, are urged to take necessary
precautions, as it is not known how
many days the hound has been mad
or whether it bit any other animals.
CUT IN OLD-AGE
PENSIONS?
AUSTIN.—Texaa, a state which
has “practically all of its eggs in the
old-age assistance basket” has found
the basket a little heavier than it can
tote.
It is at last necessary, it appeared,
to lighten the load slightly by decrea-
sing the size of the eggs. Hence, the
checks which pension recipients will
draw in April will most likely be re-
duced somewhere between 40 and 60
cents per person. Pension rolls are
growing even faster than anticipated
and the cut cannot be put off until
May as first hoped, Executive Dir-
John Winters of the State Welfare
Department said.
GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
AT WEIMAR ON FRIDAY
f
in
The La Grange Garden (Sub will
o to Weimar for their regular meet-
ing, with Mrs. Tom Hinton of that
city as hostess. The meeting will be
held on Friday instead of their regu-
lar date of Thursday, at 8 o’clock.
All members are asked to attend.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Present Patients
Mrs. Mary Czichos, Schulenburg.
Otto Marburger, Oldenburg.
Miss Lyttie Moore, City.
Mrs. O. W. Feist, City.
Mrs. Selma Tschatachula, Gid-
dings.
Mrs. Ernest Brolcmeyer, New Ulm.
Clyde Robertson, City.
Mrs. Otto Kirsch, La Grange.
Cooney Letzerich, City.
Mrs. B. R. Lueders, Muldoon.
Mrs. T. G. Caldwell and baby,
City.
Gus Foerster, City. ■
Mrs. W. J. Drib, La Grange.
Mrs. John Kubena, City.
Miss Catherine Norsworthy, Fay-
etteville.
Mrs. Emil Kern and baby, Fayette-
ville.
Mrs. R. H. Sanders, City.
Mrs. Mary Weigelt, Round Top.
Elo Baca, La Grange.
Fritz von Eezen, City.
‘Blue’ Baby Dies
At Winchester
Barbara Pauline Noack, little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul O.
Noack of Winchester, died Monday,
March 18 at the Hoch & Hoch Clinic
at SmithviUe after an illness of one
week.
Funeral was held Wednesday,
March 20 at 2 p. m. at the family
home and at St. Michael’s Lutheran
Church at Winchester with Rev. E. R.
Rathgeber officiating. Interment was
in the St.Michael’s Lutheran Ceme-
tery at Winchester.
Little Barbara attained the age of
seven years, two months and 10 days.
She leaves her parents, eight sisters,
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Noack, three brothers-in-law, three
nephews and other relatives and
friends.
FFA Boys Best Calf
Scramblers Of State
The La Grange FFA chapter re-
ceived word that its chapter won the
most scramble calves out of the
amount of boys entered. Out of the
eight boys entered, seven boys re-
turned with scramble calves.
These calves were received on Feb.
10, brought home snd given a mine
cow and plenty of good feed. During
the time that the calves were brought
home until March 1, the calves gained
an average of 46 pounds each. The
way the boys are pushing the calves
and the way the calves are respond-
ing, they should make excellent
show calves at Houston next year.
Ernie Koy Will Coach
At Bellville High
Announcement has been made that
Ernie Koy, former Texas University
athletic star and ex-big league base-
ball performer, has been named ath-
letic director at the Bellville High
School.
However, it was simultaneously an-
nounced that Bellville will enter GUse
Three Charges Filed
Against Car Driver
Charges of murder, assault with
intent to murder and hit and run
were filed in justice court at Round
Top Thursday morning by Sheriff
Wm. Loessin gainst Delton Hacke-
mack of Round Top.
The cases grew out of a mishap
Wednesday afternoon about 4:80
when a car allegedly driven by young
Hackemack struck and killed a ne-
gro girl and seriously injured a ne-
gro 'boy, about midway between Ol-
denburg and Warrenton.
Killed was Roxie Jones, 15 and
hurt was her brother, Odell Jones
17. They were returning home from
school along with a brother and sis-
ter, Clarence Jones, 12 and Ethel
Jones 14. The later two were not
hurt.
The arrest was made by Sheriff
Loessin and his deputies, Bob Koenig
and Charlie Prllop, and Highway
Patrolman Tom Gallamore. The of-
ficers said Hackemack, who at one
time was a patient in a Galveston
psychopathic hospital and who did
not halve his parents’ permission to
drive the car, was heading toward
Oldenburg and made a swipe at the
negro children but missed them.
He then turned around about a half
a mile up the road, officers said, and
returned at a fast rate of speed,
swerved across the left side of the
road and into the ditch and hit the
two Jones children.Mr.Gallamore said
his investigation showed the girl was
carried on the front of the car for
169 feet, while the boy was carried
267 feet.
Officers added the new grand jury,
which convenes here Monday, would
investigate the case.
Monday Last Day To
Get Auto Licenses
Tax Collector Gilbert H. Eck re-
minds motorists that Monday, April
1 is the last day to purchase 1946
auto license plates.
The collector said that approxim-
ately one thousand plates remain to
he issued and urges all auto owners
who have not yet gotten their tags
to do so immediately and avoid a
last-minute rush.
New plates must be attached to ve-
hicles not later than midnight Mon-
day, April 1.
FFA BOXERS WIN ONE,
TIE 2 AT COLUMBUS
La Grange FFA boxers won one
bout and tied two, out of six matches
at the Columbus chapter’s boxing
meet Tuesday night.
The results: Walter Chapman of
Columbus defeated Crimley Wilkens
of La Grange; Currie Lee Meyer of
Columbus defeated J. J. Donohue of
La Grange; Earl Kornegay of La
Grange tied Ernest Baumgart of Co-
lumbus; Lawrence Schultz of Le
Grange tied Leroy Niemeyer of Co-
lumbus; Henry Buescher of Columbus
defeated Charles Michalk of La
Grange; and Leon Sula of La Grange
defeated Vernon Evans of Columbus.
B football competition next fall, drop-
ping out of District 88A because of a
lack of the proper number of scho-
lastics.
Mr. Koy was recently discharged
from the Naivy as a lieutenant juniar
grade. He had enlisted in April of
1948. ' ] | | |t!
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goldammer
and Mrs. Lillie Lindsey of San Anto-
nio visited relatives here Sunday.
District Meet Here Friday;
County Play Day Set April 5
The second annual Fayette county
Play Day will be held Friday, April
5 on the La Grange High School
campus, it is announced by County
Supt Walter P. Freytag.
The day promises to be a genial
get-together of all schools of the
county, large and small, for a day of
fun and clean spontmanship.
There will be no track and field,
nor litetrary events—competition
being only in volley ball and play-
ground ball. Classifications will be as
follows: /
Boys and girls playground ball,
boys and girls volley ball in the
grammar grades, high school juniors
and high school seniors. *
All schools planning to participate
are urged to B»nd their entries to
the county euperintendent’s office
as soon as possible snd not later
than Saturday, March 30 so that
proper arrangements made be made.
COUNTYVFW*POST
NAMES MELCHER
AS COMMANDER
The Fayette * Memorial Post, Vete-
rans of Foreign Wars, Thursday
night elected Robert Lee Melcher of
La Grange as commander for the
coming year. He succeeds John Ra-
leigh Jackson.
Others named were John L. Sulak,
senior vice commander; Atlan Citzler,
junior vie* comamander; Gilbert B.
Mueller, quartermaster, who was re-
elected; Mr. Jackson, advocate; Rev.
Frank Matustik of Fayetteville, chap-
lain; Edgar F. Anders, surgeon; and
Frank Kovar of Plum, trustee.
It was announced that plans for an
annual Memorial Day exercise, to be
held on May 30, were advancing nice-
ly. Another report was on the Post’s
fund-raising campaign, which is now
under way. Post Adjutant Guy L.
McCraw. assistant Fayette county
auditor, is treasurer of the campaign,
and he may be seen at his office in
the court house for details.
NO ARMY TRAINING
BILL SEEN
WASHINGTON.—There will be no
universal military training legisla-
tion this year, House military com-
mittee members have predicted.
The committee currently plans to
toss the subject into the lap of the
new Congress when it convenes in
January. Several considerations, com-
mittee membefs said privately, have
motivated the general and informal
agreement of the committee to take
no action this year.
More Pepper May
Be Available Soon
pepper may soon be
Texaa stores, Director Ste
avail-
iph-
dist-
More
able in
en J. Tally Jr. of the Houston
rict OPA office said today.
He said the OPA had increased the
New York port-of-entry price for
whole black pepper from 10 cents to
16 cents, and for whole white pepper
from 11 1-2 centa to 23 cents per
pound. Prices of bulk and packaged
ground pepper will be increased
likewise.
Pepper is badly needed in the farm
and ranch country for meat curing,
Mr. Tully said.
Muldoon Child Dies,
Buried Wednesday
John Allen, six months old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wertjen of
Muldoon, passed away at the Seton
Hospital at Austin Monday. Funeral
was held Wednesday at 10 a. m. at
the Koenig Funeral Home Chapel
here with Rev. L.L. F. Parker of Mul-
doon officiating arid burial was in the
New City Cemetery here.
The parents and a brother, Gilbert
Wayne, survive.
BPW Have Annual
Bosses’ Night Dinner
Thirty-six members, bosses and o-
ther guests attended the annual Boa-
La Grange teams won all save one
first place in District playground
bail and volley ball contests held on
the High Schol campus here Friday.
Winners in the several events
were:
Senior girls playground ball: Bas-
trop first and La Grange second.
Junior girls playground ball: La
Grange first and Smithville second.
Senior boys playground ball: La
Grange first and Giddings second.
Junior boys playground ball: La
Grange first and Somerville second.
Senior girls volley ball: La Grange
first and Elgin second.
Track Meat Friday
The District track and field meet,
snd literary events will be staged
here this Friday.
Program for the day is not as yet
complete, but It is presumed that all
track events will be held in the af-
ternoon. Literary events are to start
at 10 a. m., with two critic judges
from the University of Texas to do
all judging.
Tennis Winners
La Grange won several first places
in District tennis matches, which
were held at Smithville during the
past two weeks.
Elo Schmidt and Herbert Nie-
meyer placed first in senior boys
doubles, Eugene Weasels was first in
senior boys singles, while Franklin
Jackson scored second in junior boys
singles and Virginia Baca second in
junior girls singles.
RED CROSS DRIVE
IS LAGGING
Haw Creek, with L. H. Schmidt as
chairman, is the first Fayette county
community to exceed its Red Cross
quota. Falk of the community gave
846 to surpass their |26 goal.
Only other area to report to date
is O’Quinn, Ernest Melcher as chair-
man, which gave 187.10 toward a
840 quota.
Svetlo, with Miss Gladys Kolter-
man as chairman, contributed 830 to
exceed its -26 goal; Walhalla, Mrs.
Albert Blume serving as chairman,
gave 842.60 to topple its 836 goal;
and Warrenton remitted an incom-
plete report totaling 818.90.
All in all, the campaign is far be-
hind in this county and it is pointed
out that unless more efforts are ex-
erted, the drive will wind up short
of the 85,000 goal.
Baseball Loop Of 6
Teams Is Anticipated
With four clubs already entered in
the South Central Texas League—
La Grange, Schulenburg, Giddings
and Weimar—the formation
least a six-club affair now
possible.
Burton is quite interested in the
local league and will advise its in-
tentions in the next few days. Bren-
ham, which always produced top-
notch ball clubs, has also been con-
tacted and a reply is expected from
there shortly^
Another meeting of club moguls
is to be held shortly, at which time
definite plans for league play will be
made.
One Man Is Injured
When Auto Overturns
One person was injured when a car
in which he was riding overturned
this side of Plum
Saturday night.
Smeriff
of at
seems
ther guests attended tne annual Bos-
ses’ Night Dinner given by the BPW
Club at the Lester Hotel Thursday,
March 21.
G. A. Koenig, guest speaker, had
as his subject The American Stand-
ard of Burial.
Mrs. Margaret Mason, accompanied
by Mrs. Helta Morgan, sang Silver
Moon and Aren’t You Glad You’re
You.
Augui
in the
ust of 1948 and served 22 month*
e Pacific theatre.
JOE PECHAL LEAVES TO
ENTER MARINE CORPS
The La Grange FFA Boys are
purchasing chicks from Kenny Stork
for capon production. A total of 420
Cornish *»nd white Giants have been
said and spoken for.
The lift Grange FFA boys are also
planning to have 84 Dry-Lot calves
for beef production. There will also
be 14 milk fed calves, including the
seven scramble calves. These calves to enter service Mi
not yet staried will be started about ting at Austin, lie
Sept. 1. I Houston for further
. ^ T«j?
about 11 o’clock
Deputy Sheriff Bob Koenig said
that a Chevrolet two-door coach
driven by Wallace Fiebig and also
occupied by a Sawyor girl and her
two brothers and a Smithville youth
overturned end came to rest In a pas-
ture. One of the Sawyer boy* sus-
tained a fractured collar bone, but the
others were unhurt. The car was
badly damaged.
Mr. Fiebig told the officer that
something went wrong with the
steering apparatus of the car, caus-
ing it to Swerve off the pavement.
1.91-InchRainFaIU
Here Monday Noon
A total of 1.91 inches of rain fell
here Monday, most of it coming in a
16-minute period shortly after noon.
Ditches overflowed and several street
intersections were flooded for several
minutes.
Rainfall east and north of La
Grange was considerably lighter how-
ever, according to reports. ,
CZICHOS IS DISCHARGED
John Czichos. 22, mailman third
class of La Grange has received his
La Grange FFA Boy* Hi - m HM •*.-
Buy Comi*h Chick* «^Mr.^»dNMra‘
' r n J. F. Czichos, entered the Navy in
Joe Pechal, son of
Martin Pechal who
teererf for the US
Mr. and
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