The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1952 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXX
LA GRANGE, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, FEB. 8, 1952
NUMBER 29
CASTOR BEAN
SEED EXPECTED
HERE SHORTLY
Fayette Farmers
Will Plant Share
Of Acreage Asked
Fayette county farmery who
plan to plant castor beans this
year as part of a nation-wide
undeclared war project will be
able to secure their seed short-
ly after February 15, earlier
than expected, it was reported
Thursdav by Kenny L. Stork.
P. M. A. administrative offi-
cer here.
At a mid-January meeting
local area farmers totaling ap-
proximately 100 attended an
enthusiastic meeting here at
which they expressed much
interest in the project.
Efforts are being made to
secure a total of B.000 acres of
castor beans in the five coun-
ty area of Fayette. Bastrop,
Lee, Lavaca and Colorado.
Current market price of the
beans, which are marketed-
dry, is 11.3c per pound, how-
ever, the farmers are being
guaranteed a support price of
10c per pound, so vitally need-
ed are the beans by the U. S
Government.
The castor bean program
will be administered by the P.
M. A. offices of the various
counties involved. Payment
will be made direct by the P
M. A. to farmers on presenta-
tion of a receipt from the hull-
ing plant at which the beans
have been hulled
Seed will sell for 15c per
pound and it will require
about 10 pounds to plant an
acre, Mr. Stork said. The seed
are being shipped from Kan-
sas and Oklahoma and are of
the Conner variety.
The beans are usually plant-
ed in April or after the “last
frost.” They require about 120
growing days to matur'e but
will continue to produce until
the first frost hits them They
are marketed dry and are
either taken to a portable
huller or to a permanent type
huller.
It has not been announced
yet just what type of huller
will be most feasible (o' Fay-
ette county castor bean grow-
ers.
FFA’s Get Good Prices At Houston FAYETTE POLIO Qj-y Qjj Disposal Plant
Special to The Record | Civic leader, donated the ani- the FFA and is in his 4th year PASSES
$5000 MARK
| Civic
Houston, Feb. 5.—Leroy j tnal to the Houston Negro hos-
Kana, 18-year-old FFA boy pital.
from La Grange, showed the
Reserve Champion Pen of 3
Barrows in the fat swine divi-
sion of the 1952 Houston Fat
Stock Show.
Leroy’s 583 pound pep of 3
was sold at auction to the
Consolidated Frozen Food'
Locker Company. The pen j
sold for $225.
Leroy is the son of Henry'
Kana and holds the rank of
American Farmer in the FFA.
Lawrence Kallus, 19-year-
old son of Robert Kallus of
La Grange, showed the Cham-
pion Boys’ Spotted Poland
China in the fat swine divi-
sion. Ralph Johnston, presi-
dent of the 1952 Houston Fat
Stock Show, purchased the
239 pound pig . at auction for
75c per pound.
Mr. Johnston, a well known
Lawrence also sold his
(Champion Pen of 3 in another
Breed Class to Consolidated
for 30c per pound. The com-
bined weight of the 3-was 763
pounds. Lawrence holds the
rank of Lone Star Farnjer in
$100 WINNER
Nearly 49,000 Acres
In Cotton In ’51
A survey just completed by
the local P. M A. office re-
veals that 2,740 cotton farm-
ers in Fayette county planted
a total of 47,928.4 acres of cot-
ton in 1951, it is reported by
Kenny L. Stork, P. M. A. ad-
ministrative officer here
A total of 211 farmers failed
to answer the questionnaire. It
is estimated by the P. M. A.
office that the total acreage in
the county, therefore, was 48,-
983.4 acres, rather than the
actually reported number of
47,928.4.
Although the P. M. A. • of-
fice offers to actually measure
the number of acres in cotton
planted by any fanner, no one
made the request for this ser-
vice, Mr Stork said The
farmers measured this or esti-
mated it themselves.
Seniors Name
Coronation Couple
Doris Petrusek has been
elected as duchess to represent
the senior class of La Grange
high school in the king and
queen coronation at Giddings
high school on February 14.
Eld ward Lidiak, also a
senior, was elected as the duke
to represent L. II. S.
The court will consist of re-
presentatives from towns neo.i
Oiddinps and also the onndl-
dnttfs chosen In the Giddings
high school,
Drillers Try, Try
Again, In Hopes
Of Getting Water
La Grange’s water problem,
which has received attention
here for several years and
which is not yet perfectly
Solved, is receiving additional
attention at the present time,
with the Layne-Texas Com-
pany being given the assign-
ment of finding more water,
it is reported by L. G. Tilton,
city utilities manager.
Layne-Texas, at this, time, is
drilling a test well on the Bob
Weeren property located ap-
proximately a half-mile east
of La Grange’s city limits
Thursday morning, the well
had been drilled to 215 feet
and a water sand had been
encountered. It will therefore
be drilled deeper and it is
hoped that a water well will
result.
Prior to the test well which
is being drilled on the Weeren
property, a test well was sunk
last week in the city park to
the FFA and is in his 4th year
in vocational agriculture.
La Grange was well repre-
sented in the 1952 Houston
Fat Stock show. Among the
other entries were Irwin Op-
permann who sold his 212
pound Champion Open Class
Hampshire for 65c per pound
and two Champion Hamp-
shires with a combined weight
of 462 pounds, for 30c per
pound.
Robert Kallus, 16-year-old
FFA Chapter Farmer, sold a
202 pound Spotted Poland
China for 27c per pound.
Johnny Polasek sold three
I Spotted Poland China, weigh-
ing a total of 708 pounds to
Glenn McCarthy for 26c per
I pound.
Leslie Oppermann, 16-year-
j old FFA Chapter Farmer, sold
[two Hampshire winners,
weighing a total of 393 pounds,
I (See FFA’s, Page 2)
J 't r
.
*
v7.!r*i >,
Aloi's Keilers, Fayetteville
FFA, is $100 ahead because he
put 790 pounds of weight on
the calf he caught at the Hous-
ton Fat Stock show last year.
The youngster, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Keilers of near Old-
enburg, received the award
lgst week for having put the
most weight on a scramble
calf fed on feed raised on the
boy’s farm, plus proteins. J.
W. Sartwell, president of the
Port City Stock Yards, pro-
vided the award. The calf was
originally sponsored by W. S.
Bellows Construction com-
pany. —Crayton Studio Photo.
Brandt To Preside
Over FFA Session
- At Houston Saturday
Teen-age farmers are to
have their share of the spot-
light and prize monies during
the Houston Fat Stock Show
now in progress.
Highlight of the 12-day
show for the 35,000 Future
Farmers of' America over the
state will be Saturday, Feb. 9,
which is FFA Day.
Presiding over Future Farm-
er activities will be Franklin
Brandt of La Grange, one of
the most outstanding teen-
agers in the Southwest and
president of the state FFA.
Assisting him will la? Jen.,
Snell of Jasper, state vice-pre-1 ^arda, $40 60; Rabb’s Prairie,
sident. Brandt will have $35.35; “ ” "
Rural Home And All
Contents TiOst By Fire
The six-room dwelling
owned by Walter Green, col-
ored, and located several miles
north of I^a Grange, was de-
with all its con-
jr
the depth of 215 fee? without, stroyed along
encountering any encouraging | tents, in a fire of unknown ori-
san“ ; gin Tuesday night.
Tentatively planned, depend- j The Greens, along with their
ing upon the outcome of the daughter apd three children,
current two tests, is one more i who live nearby, had gone to
test well northwest of La [ consult a doctor. When they
Grange. returned about 11:30 they
“If we have good luck at j found only embers where their
Weeren’s place,” Mr. Tilton | home had stood,
said, “we’ll probably go back The blaze was detected first
to the city park for a deeper
test. It just depends on what
happens at Weeren’s.”
La Grange’s water supply at
the present time, is being fur-
nished by on# well which is
producing 215 gallons of water
per minute It is capable, how-
ever, of producing 315 gallons
per minute. Other smaller
producers can be cut in when
needed.
Cost of the tests now being
made range from $2.50 per
foot up, depending on whether
wijter samples or other “ex-
tras” are wanted.
OPERATED
Lloyd Dippel, county trea-
surer, underwent an operation
at Fayette Memorial hospital
Monday morning. He is re-
ported to be doing nicely.
by members of the Bill Petsch-
ik family, whose home is a
short distance away, hut the
blaze was already so advanced
that nothing could be saved.
Green, who is janitor of the
First National bank here, said
that he carried $700 insurance
on the house but nothing on
its contents.
A La Grange fire truck an-
swered the call but found the
place totally enveloped in
fames and could do nothing to
save it.
Tot.il Expected
To Increase When
All Reports Are In
Fayette county, thus far,
has contributed a total of $5,-
292.38 to the March of Dimes,
it was reported Thursday. bv
George Lauterstein, county
campaign chairman for 1952.
Of this j total, La Grange, to
date, has contributed $2,041,
Mr. Lauterstein said, which
has been contributed as fol-
lows: $1400 from local citizens
prior to $300 additional on the
night of January 31 when the
“Mothers’ Marched.” Local
schools (Hermes Elementary,
La Grange High, Sacred Heart
Parochial, and Zion Lutheran)
gave a total of $160 plus an ad-
ditional $181 donated by
patrons of the Cozy theatre.
The current total, not yet
complete for the county, is
$700.06 short of that for 1951;
however, there are still a
number of communities who
have not yet reported and
Schulenburg’s total of $1800 is
incomplete. Polio campaign
leaders feel that the 1952 total
will equal or surpass that for
last year.
Other communities’ dona-
tions are as follows: Flatonia,
$647.56; Carmine, $157.81 (in
complete); Willow Springs,
$50; common school districts
of county, $209.77; Warrenton,
$32.45 Waldeck, $14.45: Park,
$AA0; Prairie Valley, $12.50;
Ellinger Group
Asks F-M Road
In Session Here
[CARNATION PLANT
AT SCHULENBURG
TO MAKE CHEESE
Schiller Hired
To Prepare Plans;
Fly Control Studied
La Grange’s city council, at
special meeting Wednesday
the Carnation! night, hired an engineer to
resumption of
Appearing in the interest of Plans. for
securing designation of a farm- operations at
to-market road from Ellinger I plant at Schulenburg — this prepare plans for a new sew-
to a point approximately six ] tune making cottage cheese [age disposal plant, discussed
miles northeast and east of | and possibly ice cream mix—la fly control program and
LODGE TO MEET
Bismarck Lodge No. 8, Sons
of Hermann, will meet at the
lodge hall at 2 p. m. Sunday.
An interesting meeting is ex-
pected and members are urged
to attend.
COUNTY COUNCIL PLANS YEAR’S
HOME DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Another year of work was i bers preceded the roll call
planned for Fayette County which was answered by four-
Hoinc Demonstration club teen clubs. Each club president
women when the county coun- reported the number of mem-
cil met for its regular monthly bers in her club, described the
meeting in the H. D. Kitchen Christmas party, and gave a
January 26 with the new report of the January meet-
chairman, Mrs. Leola Tiedt, ing.
presiding The committees to plan and
Other new officers include help carry out the work for
the vice-chairman, Mrs W. C. this year were appointed as fol-
Krebs, and the secretary. Mrs. s lows: finance, Mrs. Albert
C. M. Synnott. Mrs. Willy Boeer, Mrs Sam Meyer, Mrs.
Bohlman was appointed to J. P. Zapalac; exhibit, Mrs.
serve as recreational leader Herbert* Dieri Mrs. IT. G.
for the je«r. Pluecldiahn, Mrs Alfred Sip-
Au introduction ol ail mem*1 (See COUNCIL, Page 2). ,
charge of a planning session of
state officers scheduled Fri-
day, Feb. 8. Vannoy Stewart
of Austin is state adviser for
the FT’A.
Another “sovereign” at ETA
Day will be Miss Shirley Ann
Scott of Buna, the state’s
FFA’s candidate for rodeo
queen of the stock show.
Mounted on a palomino stal-
lion, Miss Scott will he pre-
sented at the rodeo arena
Saturday. She will be dressed
in a cowgirl ensemble of blue
and gold, the FT A colors, and
will be wearing the regulation
FFA cowboy hat.
Sharing the spotlight of
show activities Saturday will
be the annual junior dairy
judging contest which will be
entered this year by 146 FFA
teams composed of a trio of
boys each. They will compete
with other rural youths to win
20 registered Jersey heifers.
Individuals also will have a
chance to win on their own a
$100 certificate with which
they are to buy a registered
dairy heifer. The top 10 boys
will receive this coveted
award. In charge of FFA en-
tries is George H. Hurt of the
Texas Education Agency.
The winning of a certificate
is only the beginning, how-
ever—for winners are re-
quired to care for the animal
and return to the show next
year to enter it in another
contest.
This year’s competition in
(See BRANDT, Page 2)
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday. February 7, 1952
Th* following prices wer,
paid in La Grange on the abovt
date and are subject to mar
ket changes. Eggs and pouhrj
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Cotton, middling 41:09
Hens ............................. 20c
Fryers .......... 25c
Eggs: Grade A 36c
Grade B 31c, Grade C 26c
Roosters ....... 12c
Turkeys, Hens 35c, Toms 30c
Sweet Cream:
Direct Shippers .............. 61c
Sour Cream:
Direct Shippers ............. 56c
Station .............. 53c
Colton Seed ..
Mullins Prairie, $76:
West Point, $41; Nechanitz,
$52.05; Bluff-Hostyn, $28 21;
and Cedar, $32.67.
Communities which had not
reported by late Wednesday
afternoon were Swiss Alp,
Riverside, Holman-Pecan, El-
linger, and Plum-O’Quinn.
In addition to Mr. Lauter-
stein, who served as county
(See POLIO, Page 2)
Last Rites Wednesday
For Mrs. Rauch, 70
Mrs. Elizabeth Rauch, 70,
who expired at her home near
Round Top Tuesday, was
buried Wednesday afternoon
at the Rutersville cemetery
following services at the Koe-
nig Funeral Home here The
Rev. H. T. Flachmeler offici-
ated.
The deceased, daughter of
John Emil and Clara Jaeschke
Citzler, was bom in Germany
and came to this country with
her parents when 4 years of
age. She had been a Fayette
county resident since.
She was united in marriage
at Rutersville on December 2,
1903 with Oscar Rauch who
preceded her in death on
October 31, 1933.
Surviving are two sons,
Vastine and Alwin M. Rauch,
both of the Walhalla commun-
ity; two sisters, Mrs. Emily
Rauch of Nechanitz and Mrs.
Laura Tietjen of Rutersville;
three brothers. Max and Emil
Citzler of La Grange and Her-
maq Citzler of Schulenburg;
and one grandchild.
Ellinger. a group from that
city met here Wednesday
morning with County Judge
Henry J. Schovajsa, Commis-
sioner Louis Struve jyvl Resi-
dent Engineer W. L/Patrick.
The proposed road would
proceed from Ellinger in a
northeasterly direction, thence
east, and connect with Colo-
rado county. The route would
go through Ross Prairie.
The Ellinger group was in-
structed to file a petition with
the commissioners’ court re-
garding the proposal, which
will be done.
Money for the project',
which must be approved final-
ly by the State Highway De-
partment, would not be avail-
able until 1954. Judge Scho-
vajsa said.
The Ellinger group was
headed by D. A. Juren, presi-
dent of the Ellinger Chamber
of Commerce.
Rosenberg & Moore
Building Enlarged
A program of expansion is
currently underway here on
the Pete Jurasek building
which houses the Rosenberg &
Moore Grocery and when
oomplete will allow additional
space both for the grocery and
the barbecue department
At the rear of the building,
it is being enlarged 36 by 32
feet. Concrete tile is being
used as basic material and a
concrete slab has been laid.
Tile work is being done by
Albert Tumis and additional
building by W. A. Scholtz,
both of La Grange.
It is estimated that the new
addition will be ready within
the next three weeks.
Barbecue may still be se-
cured daily, Messrs. Rosen-
berg and Moore report.
were announced this week j postponed for a week action
following a survey made by
Carnation officials.
The plant will thus increase
the market for Grade B milk
throughout this area which
will be served daily by trucks.
Conversion of the plant from
an evaporated milk plant to
a cheese plant is expected to
be completed in from 60 to 90
days. Some of the required
machinery is already being
brought in from Houston.
With a demand for some
3,000 pounds of cheese daily,
it is anticipated that the
plant’s milk requirements will
be “from 20 to 30 times larg-
er” than before and that there
will be more people on the
payroll than ever before.
K. of C.’s To Meet
At Hostyn Mondayv
Chromcik council, Knights
of Columbus, will meet Mon-
day night at Hostyn.
The business session, which
starts at 7:30, will be followed
by refreshments.
Local members plan to meet
at 7 o’clock in front of the
La Grange Drug company to
consolidate for travel.
on bids for drilling a new
watEr well.
• R. E. Schiller of Columbus
who recently retired as resi-
dent engineer for the Texas
Highway Department, was en-
gaged to make a survey, draw
plans and specifications and
supervise construction of a
new plant funds for which
were previously voted. His fee
will be five per cent* of the
cost of construction.
Representatives of th<» state
health department appeared
before the council by invita-
tion, discussed the fly infesta-
tion here, outlined a control
program and also showed a
motion picture on the subject.
Literature will be sent the
city outlining the ways in
which the residents can help
rid the city of flies. Mean-
while the council plans to con-
sider further the matter of a
general control program.
Hie meeting, originally
called for the purpose of re-
ceiving bids for drilling a new
water well, postponed action
for a week in view of new de-
velopments as a result of cur-
rent exploratory tests
Altar Society Sets
Games Party Date
The Ladies’ Altar society of
Sacred Heart church, in
monthly meeting Monday
night, set Sunday, Feb 17 as
the date for a benefit games
party to be held at Sacred
Heart school.
Details are to be announced
at a later date.
| Other business of routine
nature.
HAPPY GRANDPARENTS
There are four additional
happy grandparents in La
Grange within the last week.
The foursome are Constable
and Mrs. A. V. Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Schneider. Rea-
son? An eight pound, seven
ounce baby son arrived on
January 28 for Sgt. and Mrs.
Jesse I«ee Smith at the Keeslev
Air Force Base hospital at
Biloxi, Mississippi. The young
fellow, who is a first grand-
son, has been named Scott
Lee. His mother is the
former Miss Valary Schneider
and will be well remembered
here as a former member of
the personnel of the local hos-
pital and of the Boelsche
clinic.
HAVE BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. George Barta
Jr. of Ammannsville are the
proud parents of a seven
pound five and one half ounce
son born Monday at Youens
hospital in Weimar. The moth-
er is the former Miss Joyce
Beiersdorfer of La Orange.
Grandparents for the first time
are Mr. and Mrs. Oswald
Beiersdorfer of La Grange
and for the fifth time Mr. and
Mrs. George Barta Sr. of Am-
mannsville. Chas Schulz of
O’Quinn becomes great-grand-
father for the first time.
IT'S A BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Delton Lincke
are the happy parents of a son
who arrived Tuesday at Fay-
ette Memorial hospital, s He
weighed six pounds four
ouncM and has been named
Gary Wayne.
ANNOUNCE NEW ARRIVAL
Mr and Mrs A. P Vitek of
Fayetteville announce the ar-
rival of three-month-old
Thomas Martin in their home
Wednesday. They stopped in
La Grange enroute home with
their fine little boy. Their
happiness could hardly he con-
tained.
Sheridan Beats Leps;
Three Games Friday
Paced by the sharpshooting
of Right Guard M. Brisco who
meshed 16 points, Sheridan’s
cagers here Tuesday afternoon
defeated Coach Ed Burrows’
La Grange Leonards 38 to 20
in a non-loop tilt.
Sheridan moved into the
lead in the first quarter and
thereafter led. By periods the
visitors were in front 13-7,
20-14, and 31-21.
La Grange’s top scoring was
divided between Tied! and
Koepke, each of whom tallied
7 points Richard Roberts reg-
istered 6. Other local mark-
ers were as follows: Zatopek
2, Andrews 2, Lidiak 1, Walla
2, and Frede 2.
Free of Sheridan, right for-
ward, was runner-up for high
point laurels of the fray with
11 points. He was trailed by ,
Left Forward Pettiette who
roped in 9.
A big triple-header is hook-
ed here Friday night with
Bellville beginning at 6:30 p.
1 m. Plus the A aqd B games,
! (he La Grange “town team”
will also tangle with Bellville.
The latter fracas is the curtain
raiser.
BANKS TO CIXISE
The La Grange banks will
be closed Tuesday, February
12, Lincoln's birthday.
BABY BOY BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Zyonek
of Austin are the proud par-
ents of a baby boy born Wed-
nesday, January 30, at Seaton
hospital. He weighed seven
pounds two ounces and was
named Ray Anton. Grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. F.
J. Holub of Fayetteville and
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zvonek
of here.
‘Balloon’ Fishing Works At Guam
Fayette CPO Finds New Way to Catch the Big Ones
11 idea
(The following story is re-
produced from the paper pub-
lished at the Guam U. S. Nav-
al Station where Chief Petty
Officer Johnnie Hubenak,
originally of Ellinger, is sta-
tioned.)
California may boast of the
off-coast tuna fishing where
enthusiasts (dressed to the
gills) reel in the hundred
pounders. And around Seattle
in the Pacific Northwest, citi-
$70 sens point with pride to the
ing salmon within the shadows j Chief Hubenak. “We decided I coral cove near Orote Point.
of the skyscrapers.
But here in Guam several
fishing enthusiasts of N. A. S.
not only boast large catches,
but claim a method unique in
anglers’ circles.
It all started when Chief
Hubenak of F. W C and
several other anglers derided
that fishing from a boat
wasn't proving lucrative.
Simply no fish.
“Someone suggested that we
8e to 12? hundreds ol fishermen hook- < fish uatng a balloon,1' said
to give it a try.” | It was perfect. .
A helium filled balloon So far with the bblloon rig,
fixed to the end of the line,' Chief Hubenak has hooked
carried the bait dangling on several tunas and “a shark
a separate line far out over that took the hook, line and
the water. ' | sinker!”
“We first tried the break- j The pastime of fishing is
waters, but there the wind and fun and if you’re short of
current were against us. Next,, change, the markets in Agana
Palm Beach. But there the pay well for all fresh fish off
water was too shallow.” [the hook.
When about ready to throw, But don’t count your pen-
in the reel, the anglers dU-itue* too mon—you have to
covered a somewhat she Re red catch ’em first.
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