The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 92, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1949 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
Twice Weekly By The Fanners Publiahing Company, La Grange, Texas : ; Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME xxvn LA GRANGE, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1949 NUMBER 92
C. OFC. AIRS
HERE ARE LA GRANGE’S THREE NEW SCHOOLS
SEVERAL TOPICS
AT MEETING
Credit Association,
Parking At P.O.,
Highway Discussed
Several topics o£ interest
came up for discussion at
Monday night’s meeting of the
La Grange Chamber of Com-
merce at which the new presi-
dent, L. G. Tilton, formally
took over his office.
Action taken included the
appointment of R. F. Harris,
H. C. Ritter and A. H. Spacek
as a committee to study the
possibilities of forming a re-
tail crediWassociation; approv-
al of a motion to request the
city council to designate the
curb mail area as a no park-
ing zone and to mark spaces
and place a five-minute limit
on parking at the post office;
and a request that the high-
way commission designate a
highway connecting Waelder
and La Grange. No action was
taken on a trades day pro-
posal.
Liveliest discussion came
over house-to-house mail de
livery in which the cost and
effects of the service were
pointed out. Postmaster Wal-
ter P. Freytag was summoned
from his home to answer ques-
tions regarding it. On a mo-
tion that the chamber dis-
approve start of the service,
the vote was four for and sev-
en against out of a total of 40
members present.
Former County Judge Otis
.Henderson of Gonzales coun-
ty, who was accompanied here
by a large delegation, spoke
on the highway project. He ex-
plained that a farm-to-niarket
road had been designated from
Waelder northeastward, but
that highway officials recom-
mended that instead of a 90-
foot right-of-way a 120-foot
right-of-way be provided with
the view of building the road
as a state highway Former
Senator L. J. Sulak, accepting
Judge Henderson’s invitation
to speak on the matter, stated
♦hat it was a project that was
both feasible and desirable and
that if carried out might even-
tually be designated as an
auxiliary federal highway.
Mayor G. A. Koenig re-
sponded to the call of the
chair for remarks and, among
other things, urged La Grange
business people to give better
support to neighboring com-
munity festivities, urged local
merchants to trade at home,
suggested a study of a pro-
posed community chest and
the possibility of reviving Fri-
day night recreational pro-
grams. He likewise explained
the city’s street paving pro-
gram, house-to-house delivery
plans and parking complaints
at the post office.
Several of the topics were
discussed by the membership,
while others will receive fur-
(See C. OF C., Page 5)
Swiss Alp Pioneer
Farmer Succumbs
John Kaase, 60, pioneer far-
mer of the Swiss Alp commun-
ity, was buried in the Swiss
Alp Zion Lutheran cemetery
Sunday.
Funeral services were held
at the Zion Lutheran church
of Schulenburg with Rev. Ar-
thur Widiger officiating.
Mr. Kaase died in an Austin
hospital Friday after a serious
illness of 45 days. His body
was brought to Schwenke-
Baumgarten Funeral Home
where it lay in state until the
funeral hour.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs Ella Kaase; five children,
Mrs. John Blackshear of Alice;
Milton Kaase, Schulenburg;
Mrs. Raymer Hertel, Sugai;
Land; Mrs. A. K. Damascus,
Smithville; and Floyd Kaase,
Schulenburg; and one brother,
P. G. Kaase, Chicago.
These three new schools I six grades of the public school,
opened in La Grange this week Center is the Zion Lutheran
when the 1949-50 scholastic; school, a new institution for
year began. At top is the La Grange, which opened its
Hennes elmentary school doors to students for the first
building which houses the first i time Monday. Below is the
La Grange School
C. OF C. TO GIVE
Enrollment (Joes
Over Thousand Mark
For the first time in history,
more than a thousand children
are attending La Grange
schools.
Using early registration fi-
gures, the totals in the five
local school were as follows:
Hermes elementary, 374;
junior high, 105; high school,
234.
Randolph elementary, 119;
high school, 42.
Sacred Heart school, 79.
Zion Lutheran, 51.
This total of 1004 does not
include pupils at Ellinger and
Warda which are part of the
La Grange public school sys-
tem. Ellinger has 36 enrolled.
Warda will aot open . until
Monday.
The registration by grades
at the white public schools is:
1st, 65; 2nd, 74; 3rd, 52; 4th
64; 5th, 43; 6th, 74; 7th, 53;
8th, 52; 9th, 83 10th, 48; 11th,
48; 12th, 55.
CALF AT FAIR
The La Grange Chamber of
; Commerce has donated a $100
! calf to be awarded to some
Fayette County boy during the
! coming Fayelte Couny Fair.
Announcement of the dona-
tion, authorized previously by
the directors, was made at
; Monday night’s meeting.
1 The calf is one of several to
| be given to county boys, se-
| lected on a point system, who
I will agree to raise the ani-
mals and exhibit them at the
fair the following year.
HAS EYE OPERATION
Mrs. F. M. Cernosek sub-
mitted to a serious eye opera-
tion Monday morning at an
Austin hospital. Reports are
that she is doing well.
BABY BOY BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brumba-
low are happy over the arrival
of a seven pound four ounce
son born at the local hospital
1 Wednesday.
Club Plans Activities
For National BPW Week
“Boost your Town — It
Boosts You" is the theme this
year for National B & P. W
Week, October 9-15.
In the regular business
meeting held by the La-
Grange club Tuesday evening
several activities were plan-
ned. In carrying out the na
tional theme the club planned
to cooperate with other civic-
organizations in determining
the course to follow in “boost-
ing” the town. The annual tea
for the school teachers will be
given Sunday afternoon from
4 to 6 o’clock.
The club has chosen to at-
tend in a body the Episcopal
church on Oct 9.
Fl#ns were made to attend
the district conference at Aus-
tin on September 24 and 25.
A cordial applause of thanks
was given to the finance com-
mittee for its successful ef-
forts in putting on the Street
Frolic Saturday night Sept
10. Everyone was gratified at
the good results and splendid
cooperation of so many people
in La Grange. Most of the
proceeds will be used in car-
rying out some civic project.
The club expresses sincere
appreciation to everyone who
contributed in any way to the
success of the frolic. "If at any
time we may return tho favor,
please feel free to call on us,”
a spokesman for the members
said,
new addition to the Randolph
public school for colored. The
former La Gtange public
school building now serves the
high school and junior high
grades. Further filling the com-
’ munity’s educational require-
1 ments is the Sacred Heart
school. The five institutions
this year are handling an all-
time high in the number of
scholastics.
County Tax Rate
WITT HAS 100%
C. OFC. RECORD
its
Effective October 1, railway<
express service will be reduc-
ed in La Grange, it was an-
nounced this week.Express Company
Cuts Local Service
Remains At 42c;
School Levies Made
tendance record last year.
This was revealed Monday
when, at the monthly meeting
of the chamber, President L.
G. Tilton presented Mr. Wi*t
with a certificate acknowledg-
ing his faithful attendance at
meetings.
At the same time appro-
priate certificates were award-
ed to the retiring officers—
President Wm. F. Hofmann
and Directors R. F Harris, J
R. Jackson and E. B. Mayer.
Cotton Is Late,
Gin Report Shows
Fayette county’s cotton crop
is considerably later than last
year, it is indicated in the first
ginning report issued by C.
W. Meyer, special agent for
the department of commerce.
The report shows 8,605 bales
ginned prior to Sept. 1 as com-
pared to 10,891 bales at a cor-
responding time last year.
The crop generally being
better than last year, the fig-
ures are taken to indicate
lateness rather than size.
Henry Witt, prominent
„ . , , . I Rabb’s Prairie fanner, was the
Fayette county s tax rate ,
will remain at 42c on the $100 onlV ™mb*r off the La
valuation, it was decided Mon-' Grange Chamber of ( ommerce
day by commissioners’ court who scored a 100 percent at-
when it approved the budget ‘ '
for the new year.
The rate gives 25c to the
general fund, 15c to the road
and bridge fund and 2c to the
jury fund. No levy was made
for the permanent improve-
ment fund.
The court at the same time
approved school tax levies as
recommended by the county
school superintendent. These
are as follows:
Ledbetter $1 local, 50c bond;
Valehrad, 50c local; Round
Top-Carmine, 65c local, 5c
bond; Pecan, 50c local; St.
John's, 50c local; Scott’s, 50c
local; Cistern, 70c local, 5c
bond; Luck, 10c Ideal; Fay-
etteville, original portion, 50c
local and 50c bond, and en-
larged portion, 50c local and
40c bond.
After that time there will be
only one delivery and pick-up
during the morning and none
in the afternoon. Customers
desiring to ship or pick up
shipments during the after-
noon will have to do so at the
station.HAS APPENDECTOMY
Mrs. Elvis Meiners submit
ted to an appendectomy at the
La Grange hospital Wednes-
day evening. Thursday morn-
ing she was reported getting
along well.P-TA IS GRATEFUL
The La Grange Parent-
Teacher association is grateful
to all individuals and business
places for their donations, their
assistance and co-operation in
making last Friday evening'.*
open house at the Hermes ele-
mentary school a success,
NAMED SCOUTMASTER
Darwin Jackson has been
named scoutmaster of La
Grange Boy Scout Troop 203
replacing Manuel Palmer, who
recently left for Houston. Sgt.'
R. J. Klipstine will serve as
assistant scoutmaster and as
adviser to the senior boys,
COUNCIL ACTS Numbering Of Houses
ON PARKING j0 Begin ]n City Friday
AT POST OFFICE 7
Safety Steps Taken;
City Site Leased
For Used Car laot
Ordinances calling for a no
parking zone ht the curb mail
box in front of the post office
and for five minute parking
limits in the first parking
areas south and west of the
post office, were authorized by
the city council Wednesday
night.
This was in keeping with a
recommendation of the Cham-
ber of Commerce.
The council also took steps
to improve safety at the
school. The signal light, turn-
ed off during the summer at
the request of the highway
department, was ordered turn-
ed back on, the chief of police
was requested to patrol the
corner during certain hours
and information will be ob-
tained on the cost of placing
life-sized “girl safety” signs in
the vicinity of the school.
A lease between the city and
Brasher Motor company for
use of part of the city’s lawn
for a used car lot was approv-
ed. The area will be 100 feet
deep and extend along the
highway from the post office
property to the railroad track.
Consideration is $300 a year.
Laying of 615 feet of two-
inch water line and 300 feet of
1*4-inch line in the northeast-
ern part of town was author-
ized.
cuulu-'d ’went through
the formality of passing an or-
dinance calling for a $1.50 tax
levy which previously had
been provided in the city's
budget.
Purchase of 20 pounds of
Red Squill for use in the city’s
rodent control drive was also
approved.Ellinger Wins Two,
Evening Series;
Final Game Monday
Ellinger’s scrappy softball-
ers, with two of the playoff
series against them, came back
scrapping this week to defeat
Morgan’s 5-2 Monday night
and 2-0 Wednesday night to
throw the playoff into the fifth
game.
The championship tilt has
been set for Monday night at
8:30.
A real battle is anticipated
as these two determined clubs
slug it out for the 1949 pen-
nant.
Austin, Sept. 14—A panel of
seven state doctors and two
consultants concluded that Dr.
Lloyd I. Ross of San Antonio
continues to be insane after
nearly three months treatment
in the Austin State hospital.
Doctor Ross, slayer of four
members of the Willard York
family of San Antonio, was
given the death sentence by a
Fayette county jury for kill-
ing Mrs Gertrude York on a
Comal county road May 25,
1947.
Subsequently, he escaped
the electric chair when a jury
in La Grange, by an instructed
verdict, adjudged him insane.
Dr. Ross was committed to the
Austin State hospital June 17.
Dr. A. T. Hanretta, superin-
tendent of the hospital, said
he would make a formal re-
port on Dr. Ross' current con-
dition to the district court, as
required by law.
He said if would show that
the surgeon, a Harvard honor
graduate, continued to suffer
from a paranoid condition, by
rheumatic brain disease,
Instructor Tells
Why Driver Training
Courses Taught
By Alois J. Petrusek
Some parents may still be
wondering why their children
are required to take a driver
training course in high school.
Occasionally parents ask,
“Why does my son or daugh-
ter have to take this course?”
Or they say, “He already has
a driver’s license.” That is
very good. Questions like these
have caused me to write a
few lines of explanation con-
cerning the course.
You all have read the esti-
mates of the number of people
TO BE KILLED during holi-'
days, by the month, or even
years in traffic accidents.
These estimates by the Na-
tional Safety Council and oth-
er safety organizations seem
to have little effect on reduc-
ing the number of fatalities
resulting from traffic acci-
dents. Therefore we have turn-
ed to education in the public
schools — trying to make the
new young driver a SAFER
driver.
Probably the first question
in one’s mind is, “Will it
work?” To answer this ques-
tion let us note the results ot
two surveys made in various
parts of the country. Cleve-
land high school: “Driver
training reduces traffic acci-
dents one-half.” And Eisenman
at the Pennsylvania State col-
leg.Jr-“The antetiased-grw'?-eu
perienced 13 accidents, in nine
cases of which the driver was
declared legally at fault. Elev-
en persons were injured. Dur-
ing the same period the train-
ed group had five accidents,
no injuries, and only two train-
ed drivers were held legally
responsible.” Many such sur-
veys had been made with the
results all being approximately
the same.
Therefore, since education
js beginning to give good re-
sults in other places, it is
worthwhile here. Let us hope
that by education we will be
able to reduce the terrible
traffic toll of lives, so that the
estimated “80,000 traffic fa-
talities a year by 1960” will
not come true.
HAVE BABY GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cufr
of Fayetteville are the happy
parents of a seven pound,
daughter, Trude Beth, born at1
the La Grange hospital Wed-
nesday.
Doctor Hanretta said Dr.
Ross was examined by a group
of six staff doctors and Dr. H.
F. Bolding, assistant superin-
tendent of the hospital. The
report of the staff study plus
Dr. Hanretta’s report and that
of two consultants will be for-
warded immediately to Dis-
trict Judge J. R. Fuchs at La
Grange. The law requires such
report within 90 days of com-
mitment.
Doctor Hanretta said the
San Antonio doctor had been
under observation and treat-
ment by the staff physicians
and others since he entered
the hospital.
The staff examination, he
said, climaxed the first phase
of Dr. Ross’ confinement. Un-
der Texas law, Dr. Ross’ men-
tal condition will govern the
length of his detention in the
hospital. Should he be releas-
ed, he would be remanded to
the district court from which
he was committed.
Under Texas law, persons
adjudged to be insane may
not be executed,
Mail Delivery /
Expected To Start
About October 1
Numbering of residences
and business nlaces prelimin-
ary to start of house-to-house
mail delivery will get under
way in La Grange Friday.
On that date, it has been an-
nounced, H. C. Henniger, re-
presenting the city, will start
calling at each dwelling or
business place to notify oc-
cupants of the correct num-
ber. He will be accompanied
by members of the Boy Scouts
who will have approved num-
erals and will attach them at
designated places gratis. The
cost of the numbers is 30c.
Occupants of each place will
also be required to provide a
box or a slit through which
mail can be passed.
As soon as the numbering
job has been completed, post-
al representatives will check
the installations and, if ap-
proved, will permit the start of
delivery service on or after
j October 1.
After patrons are notified of
their correct street address,
they are requested to notify
tho post office of the names Ot
all persons who are to receive
mail at that address. This will
be helpful at the start in mak-
ing proper delivery. Also, pa-
trons are urged to notify pub-
lishers of newspapers and
magazines to which they sub-
scribe of the complete address
at which they wish to receive
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Leopards To Open
Season Friday
Against San Marcos
The La Grange Leopards will
take the lid off the 1949 grid
season Friday night when they
clash with the San Marcos
Rattlers at Saft Marcos.
In this, a non-district match,
the Leopards will have a
chance to test the grid machine
which Coaches Leroy Bryant
and J. C. Glover have spent
several weeks in trying to
perfect. Preliminary skirmish-
es indicate that the Leopards
will have a scrapping club,
but just how they will stand
up against stiff opposition re-
mains to be seen.
San Marcos in the past has
had some formidable teams.
The past couple of years the
Rattlers haven’t fared tea
well, but this may be their
year just as Leopard follow-
ers are hopeful it will be a
Leopard year.
Friday’s probable starting
' line-up will include Skipper
Patton and Ronnie Koss at
ends; Edward Lidiak and Bub-
ba von Minden at tackles;
Buster Garza, John Psencik
or Bobby Meyer at guard; Lad
Vanek, center; R. H. Sanders,
quarter back; Roy Gene Brug-
ger and Weldon Tiedt, half-
backs; and Seeby Seeberger,
full.
If this starting line-up is
used, the line will average 164
pounds and the backfield 149MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, Sept. 15, 1949
The following prices were
paid in La Grange on the above
date and are subject to mar-
ket changes. Eggs and poultry
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Cotton, strict middling 29.45
Middling 29.20
Strict low middling .... 27.95
Hens ..... 17c and 20c
Fryers .. 18c and 22c
Eggs—Grade A 53c
Grade B 46c
Grade C „ 35c
Roosters 10c
Turkeys M|
flour cream:
Station price - 47<
Direct shippers 48c
Hides 8c to 12c
Cotton Seed $41.D|j
PANEL OF NINE DOCTORS RULES
DR. ROSS IS STILL INSANE
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Sulak, L. J. The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 92, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1949, newspaper, September 16, 1949; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1195395/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.