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HE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, La Grange, Texas
volume xxvn
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
LA GRANGE, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1949 NTrMRFR g7'
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ALUMNI MEETING
IS POSTPONED
Due to the fact that
seniors are in the process
of talcing final exams, it
has become necessary to
postpone the alumni as-
sociation meeting and ini-
tiation from Tuesday night
to Friday night at 7:30,
President Leroy Sulik an-
nounced Monday.
BURTON USES
LARGE CROWD C. C. Asks Suggestions
DATA GIVEN ON VETS’ BUSINESS
T o Shape W ork Program
DEMONS ERRORS
TURNS OUT FOR
COURSE DUE TO START SOON
TO WIN, 8 TO 6
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BACCALAUREATE RITES SUNDAY
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ATI END RALLY
Nine members of the Trinity
Lutheran Ladies Aid of Tri-
nity Hill attended the Rally of
the Lutheran Women’s Mis-
sionary League at Giddings
Wednesday, May 11.
RADIO FUND
REACHES GOAL
Top row, left to right: Marie Elaine, 2 years, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith of Ledbetter; Janet Ann, 10 months,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Norton of La Grange; and Ron-
nie Lynn, 17 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldor Hinze of
Carmine. Bottom: Robert, 14 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loy-
die Tiedt of La Grange; Virginia, 3 years, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs George Kana of La Grange, Rt. 3; and James, 1 year, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rotter of La Grange, Rt. 2.
ba
1.
Top row. left to right: Annette, 5 months, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Atlan Citzler of La Grange (first place winner); Al-
lan, 19 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Campbell of La-
Grange, Rt. 3 (second place winner); and Larry, 4 months, son
jf Mr. and Mrs. Florence Vasek of Plum. Bottom: Nelda Fay, 2
years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thuemler of La-
Grange, Rt. 3 (fourth place winner); Frances Kay, 22 months,
and Marcella Ann, 6 years, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Zigal of La Grange (third place winners); and Audrey, 11
months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Scholtz, La Grange,
Rt. 2.
The members of the class are:
Kermit Knjppel, president;
Clement Baumbach, Jerome
Chovanec, Charlene Cmajdal-
ka, Ivan Cordes, Grace Gres-
ser. Dorothy Mae Huebel, Ani-
ta Jasek, Evelyn Jasek, Marian
Jasek, Joe John Koliha, Rob-
ert J. Kovar Jr., Ruddie Ko-
var, Theo. Kovar, CalvinKreba,
Milroy Krebs, Dorothy Moel-
ler, Clementine Munsch, Mar-
ion Obermueller, Verlene Min-
arcik, Wayne Schmidt, Adrian
Postmaster Exams
To Be Held Here
Legion Auxiliary
To Purchase Books
Three Ladies Hurt
As Cars CoHide
Baccalaureate services for
the senior class of Fayetteville
high school will be held in the
high school gym Sunday night
at 8. Rev. E. P.'Cummings, pas-
tor of the First Baptist church
of La Grange, will delived the
sermon. Everyone is invited.
On Tuesday following the
services, the members of the
senior class will go to New
Braunfels by way of Austin.
After a chicken dinner at Al
Moore’s cafe, the time will be
spent in recreation at Landa
park.
Mrs. Fehrenkamp
Dies At Moulton
S. H. P-TA TO MEET
The Sacred Heart P-TA meet-
ing will be held Tuesday after-
noon at 3:30. Election of of-
ficers will be held and other
important matters will be
cussed. ,
The American Legion aux-
iliary Thursday night voted to
purchase $10 worth of books
for the City Library and to
donate $5 to the La Grange
hospital in observance of
tional Hospital Day.
It was announced that
regional convention will
held in San Antonio on
25 and 26.
Mrs. Carl J. Behrens suffer-
ed a head cut and Mrs. Jean
Esslinger and Mrs. Amelia
Janek sustained bruises Sun-
day afternoon when two cars
collided in the eastern part of
town. All are in the hospital.
Mrs. Behrens was in a 1937
Buick driven by her husband
and traveling north on Jackson
and the other two ladies were
in a 1948 Kaiser traveling east
on Walnut when the Kaiser
struck the Buick on its side.
Both cars suffered extensive-
ly-
The wreck occurred at the
W. W. Dominy corner where
vision is impaired by cane
growing in Beefhead ditch.
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the
Cub Pack scheduled for
Thursday night has been post-
poned to Friday night at 8
o'clock at’the Zion Lutheran
parish hall. The change was
made so as not to conflict with
DISCHARGEE
Sgt. Raymond C. Bunte,
1, West Point, March 20, 1949.
The goal has been reached in
the sheriff’s radio fund drive.
Sheriff Jim Flournoy said
Monday enough money was on
hand to pay for the equipment
and that it would be ordered at
once. He went to Austin later
to confer with a public safety
department technician regard-
ing which of four bids to
cent.
Delivery was promised
from 30 to 60 days.
Below are the first two of a series of photographic studies
of vea youngsters which will appear in The Record in subse-
quent issues under the heading “Our Citizens of Tomorrow.’’
K. J. Z. T. received
Communion in a body.
At boon all gathered
joint picnic at the
grounds.
FIREMEN CALLED
Firemen were called to
Ben Miertschin home here Fri-
day about 6 o'clock when
electric iron cord burned
at the plug and scorched
ironing board. There was
damage to the premises.
HAVE BABY GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Morris
mann are the happy parents of
a seven pound 12 ounce daugh-
ter bom Thursday at the Bell-
ville hospital. She has been
named Linda Suaan. The new
arrival is a granddaughter of
Oscar Moellenberadt of La-
Grange.
following two questions:
“1. What do you suggest as
the outstanding project of im-
portance for the good of La-
Grange as a community?
“2. What do you suggest that
the Chamber of Commerce do
in order to help you in your
business or vocation?”
The replies .are to be signed
and returned to the secretary.
Get Eligibility J
Certificate Now, 4
Veterans Advised
Open competitive examina-
tions to fill the position of
postmaster in La Grange have
been announced by the U. S.
Civil Service commission.
The post is now being held
on a temporary status by
Walter P. Freytag.
The three ranking highest in
the exams and having other
qualifications will be submit-
ted to the postmaster general
who in turn will submit the
name of one to the president
for nomination. Senate con-
firmation is the fina1 action.
Applications for the exam-
inations must be on file with
the civil service, Washington
25, D. C., not later than June
7. The examination date
not been announced.
The position here pays
150 a year.
Fayette county veterans who
are interested in taking a busi-
ness course expected to bo
started here within the next
few weeks are advised to ob-
tain a certificate of eligibility
and entitlement.
This certificate, which Ls re-
quired before a veteran can
qualify for educational bene-
fits, can be obtained through'
the veterans’ vocational school
headquarters at La Grange by,
presentation of a certified
copy of the veteran’s discharge
papers.
The business course will be
conducted on a half-time basis,
requiring 12Vi hours of class
room instructions a week foe
208 weeks. Veterans taking
the course can qualify for one
half of the following allow-
ances: $90 a month for a
single man, $97.50 for a mar-
ried man, $105 a month for a
married man with one or more
dependents. Certain allowances
will also be made for books
and consumable items such as
pencils, paper, etc.
County Coordinator Lester
Rosenberg said the course is
designed to prepare the stu-
dent to direct the operation of
a retail, wholesale or service
establishment. It is also de-
signed to prepare the student
to own and operate his own
business.
The following subjects will
be covered: business English,
store arithmetic, economics,
business law, public speaking,
store organization, salesman-
ship, store finance, merchandis-
ing, show card lettering, ad-
vertising and display, sales pro-
motion, personnel manage-
ment, credit and collections,
inventory, merchandise stock
control, insurance, public rel-
ations, social security and
traffic management
Veterans interested should
notify the coordinator so that
arrangements can be made for
an initial meeting at which
the matter can be discussed in
detail and preliminary plana
made. Mr. Rosenberg stated
that if there is sufficient de-
mand, the course would-
started July 1 or August
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Willie Turner and Mrs. Sei-
omie Junior (c).
Milton J. Pechal and
Ruby I. Miertschin.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Hildegarde/Fehrenkamp, 87,
t>f Moulton, grandmother of
Mrs. R. F. Harris of La Grange,
were held at the family re-
sidence at Moulton Friday af-
ternoon at 3 o’clock •fczith con-
tinued services at the Moulton
Catholic church.
Rev. John Matocha officiated.
Burial was in the Moulton City
cemetery.
Mrs. Fehrenkamp, widow of
the late F. T. Fehrenkamp,
died Wednesday.
Surviving are four sons,
Henry, Louis, Victor and Elo
Fehrenkamp, all of Moulton;
two daughters, Mrs. Erna Kot-
zebue of Moulton and Mrs.
George Bargmann of Gonzales.
Attending the funeral from
here were Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Harris, Mrs. Sophie Pohl, Mrs.
Albert Rosenberg, Mrs.
Rosenberg, Mrs. George
er, C. J. Struve, George
ber and John Schwake.
FARM HOME BURNS
Ed. Duncan, colored, who lives
about six miles southwest of
town on Buckner’s creek, lost
his farm home and its con-
tents Tuesday by fire. Duncan
was about a mile away cut-
ting wood and his wife was at
a neighbors when smoke was
noticed coming from the roof.
By the time he and neighbors
reached the scene, the roof had
crashed in. Nothing was saved.
the
be
June
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular VFW auxiliary
meeting scheduled for Thurs-
day, May 19 has been postpon-
ed to Thursday, May 26. The
change in the meeting date
will enable the auxiliary mem-
bers to take part in the VFW
installation of officers on May
19.
Four From Here Take
Waterworks Course
Utilities Manager L. G. Til-
ton, City Engineer W. C.
Hruska, Edwin Kulhanek and
Wm. Futschik are attending a
two weeks’ waterworks school
at Schulenburg.
The course is being put on
by the extension department of
A. and M. college. It is now in
its second week.
KJT and KJZT Award
Merit Crosses Sunday
Merit crosses were awarded
before the first mass Sunday
morning at Sacred Heart
church here.
BROTHERHOOD MEETS
The Philadelphia Lutheran
Brotherhood held a business
and social meeting recently.
Business included discussion
regarding the removal of brush
across the road from the
church. Several games were
later enjoyed followed by re-
freshments served by Vastine
Gebert and William Futschik.
Members’ families will jpin
in the next meeting on June 7.
Something special is being
planned for the night.
DAIRY CLINIC SET
A dairy clinic will be
ducted at the Schulenburg
high school Friday night at 7:30
by A. and M. and Extension
Service authorities. Sanitation,
health, disease, feeding and
management will be discussed.
All are welcome. _
Graveside Services
Held For Triplets
Graveside services for
plets, infant children of
and Mrs. Ernest T. Radenz of
near Waldeck, were held Fri-
day morning at 9 o’clock at
the Waldeck cemetery with
Rev. H. A. Traugott officiating
The babies—a boy who died
at birth, and two girls, dhe
who lived 14 hours and the
other 20 hours—were bom at
the La Grange hospital Wed-
nesday night
Surviving are the parents; a
sister, Judy Marie; and a bro-
ther, Ernest Henry.
42 Girls, 18 Ladies
Model Dresses;
Program Enjoyed
A large crowd enjoyed the
dress revue and the old fashion
“'‘community night” program
at the La Grange high school
Thursday night.
The St. John 4-H girls oi
Fayetteville • conducted the
group singing of club songs in
their usual club meeting man-
ner and also gave two special
numbers, piano selections by
Doris Knippel and Dorothy
Jean Zapalac of the Fayette-
ville club.
Forty-two girls and 18 wo-
meh modeled dresses with five
younger girls presenting
apron skit in which
modeled aprons they
made.
Aldine Weishuhn of Carmine
scored 96 in the senior girls’
’group and will represent the
county in the state dress re-
vue to be held at A. & M. col-
lege, June 14. She was award-
ed $10.00 for this trip. The
highest over-all score of 97
was made by Myrtle Billeck of
Schulenburg in the junior di-
vision. The fifteen other girls
scoring 90 or more received in-
wards of $2.00 each and will
later receive silver medals from
the Extension Service.
The “once in a lifetime” hap-
pened when Mrs. J. V. Kans
of La Grange njade the perfect
Port
Arthur, formerly state secre-
tary, was elected state deputy.
Other officers named were: J.
J. Moore. Lubbock, state sec-
retary; W. H. Billimek, Edin-
burg, state treasurer; Robert
T. Donahue, Austin, state ad-
vocate; Limo Perez, Rio Grande
City, state warden.
Rev. Robert E. Schmidt, San
Antonio, was appointed state
chaplain.
El Paso was selected as 1950
convention city.
TAKEN TO TEMPLB
Emil Baca, chief deputy in
the county tax assessor-collec-
tor’s office, was taken to
Temple Thursday where he is
now a patient at McClosky hos-
pital. Mrs. Baca’s who returned
home Sunday night, said he
was doing nicely.
Calaboose Escapees
Have Short Liberty
Two Columbus men who
were jailed Sunday afternoon
for drunkenness broke out of
the county calaboose but were
picked up a short time later
trying to hitchhike out of La-
Grange.
T. R. Steele was booked with
driving while intoxicated and
and G. C. Dodkins with
drunkenness.
A quart of whisky, five cans
of beer, a .22 rifle and a box
of shells were removed from
their car.
The men wrecked an iron
cot in the small building and
used a bar therefrom to foroo
open the lock on the door.
After being picked up near
the bridge, they were lodged
in the jail proper.
The La Grange Chamber of
Commerce has invited its mem-
bers to suggest projects for the
good of the community and al-
so for the good of their own
business or profession.
“To assist your organization
in mapping a definite program
of work,” letters sent to all
members stated, “we ask your
cooperation in answering the
VFW Convention
Held At Taylor
A group from here attended
the District 5 V.F.W. and
V. F.W. Auxiliary convention
held at Taylor Sunday.
Leslie Blume and W. Y.
Reece attended the VFW ses-
sion.
At the auxiliary meeting
several local officers had
charge of the balloting. They
were Mrs. Leslie Blume, Mrs.
W. Y. Reece, Mrs. Wilbur
Zapp, Mrs. Walter Schwartz,
Mrs. Florencio Albarez
Mrs. Lloyd Baca.
Miss Edith Docekal
elected district guard.
The local auxiliary was high-
ly commended for its mem-
bership, being second highest
in the district.
Granger was selected as the
site of the next district meet-
ing.
Delegates Return
From K.C. Meeting
La Grange and Fayetteville
delegates returned Friday from
Laredo where they attended
the K. of C. state convention
which they described as both
interesting and enjoyable.
A post-convention feature
was an excursion to Monter-
rey, Mexico, Thursday.
M. J. Babbin Jr. of
tifully. However, Mrs. W. C.
Krebs of Willow Springs fol-
lowed up closely with a score
of 99. The five women scoring
highest each received a dress
length of beautiful material as
a gift from the Comal Textile
Mills.
Miss Mary Routh, state
clothing specialist, was here
for the evening and made an
interesting and challenging
talk on “Good Grooming.” She
was very generous with com-
pliments for the work here.
Miss Fannie B. Eaton, district
agent, was also present and
Mrs. Ruth Mozzie, agent at
Gonzales, judged the dresses
on the stage.
, Mr. and Mrs. Forqueran of
Ellinger presented a skit,
“‘Persistant Pa" which had
been written by Mrs. C. M
Synott of the Walhalla club
(See REVUE, Page 3)
BABY BOY BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Vastine Janda
are the happy parents of a
seven pound four ounce son
born at the La Grange hospital
Friday. He has been named
Leroy Vastine.
Royal Crown Leads
In Legion Bowling
Royal Crown held position
No. 1 in American Legion
bowling club competition when
standings were tabulated at
the end of the week.
Men — High average, Atlan
169; high game,
“ “ high
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Hoffmann
Last rites for Mrs. Marth i
Hoffmann, 68, were held at
the Koenig Funeral Home
chapel Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock with continued services
at the Lincoln Luthefan
church with burial in the Lin-
coln cemetery. Rev. H.
Flachmeier officiated.
Mrs. Hoffmann died at
local hospital Thursday.
She was born at Waldeck on
January 23, 1881, the daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Schultz. For the
past four years she lived here.
Surviving are two daugh-
ters, Mrs. William Schnetde*-
and Miss Louise Hoffmann of
La Grange; three sons, Richard
of Waco, Herbert of Giddings
and Rudolph of La Grange;
three step-daughters, Mrs.
Max Schultz of Giddings, Mrs.
Fred Busch of Linn, Mo., and
Mrs. H. H. Hewitt of Virginia;
pne step-son, W. B. Hoffmann
of Giddings; one brother, Ed.
Schultz of La Grange; 22
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
Schulze, Mary Louise Wied the La Grange P-TA meeting
and Ivan Wubbenhorst. j Thursday night
‘Citizens Of Tomorrow
Series Starts Today
Group Makes
Bandages For Lepers
The Presbyterian Women of
the Church monthly social was
held at the home of Mrs. Al-
fred Ehlers on Tuesday after-
noon, May 3.
Bandages for the leper col-
onies in Korea were made.
Refreshments consisting of
sandwiches, cookies and iced
tea were served to 18 ladies.
Otto And Holubec
Star For La Grange
In Sunday’s Game
Burton’s Tigers took advan-
tage of La Grange Demon er-
rors to win 8 to 6 at Burton
Sunday.
Duane Nixon hurled for the
winners, and although he al-
lowed ten hits, he was tight in
the pinches, striking out 11
La Grange batters. ,
Gussie Voelkel started for
the Demons, and allowed five
hits in four innings, but his
wildness and Demon errors
kept him in trouble. Smiles
Anders and Red Stephens
finished the game.
Defensively, there was only
one star and that was Charlie
Otto, classy La Grange first-
sacker, who made numerous
nice stops and catches, and at
one time reached over the wall
to make a catch of a foul fly.
Nixon helped his cause with
two bingles in three trips,
whie teammate Emmie Eber-
hardt, also got two blows in
three trips. For the Demons,
Cleo Holubec’s homerun with
two on in the eighth
stood out; however,
Otto, Jack Kana and
each managed Burton
for two hits.
La Grange scored the game’s
initial tally in the top of the
first when, with one out, Oertli
singled to right, stole second
and scored on Otto’s single mto
left field.
Burton tied things up in the
third inning, without the aid
of a hit, as Al Kunkel, leadoff
hitter, drew free transporta-
tion, moved to second on a
sacrifice by L. Eberhardt. W.
Voelkel hit a fly ball at first
ball foul territory, however,
Otto reached over the wall to
make the put out. Emmie Eber-
hardt walked. Kunkel then
scored when catcher Brady
threw wild over second, and
Eberhardt moved to third, but
was stranded when Matthies
struck out.
The Demons scored another
tally in the third inning, as
Jack Kana led off with a single
to left, stole second, moved
third on Otto’s grounder
third, and scored later on
passed ball.
(See BASEBALL, Page 3)
VFW Will Install
Thursday Night
Installation of officers by the
Fayette Memorial post, V. F.
W. is slated for Thursday
night at 8 at the fair grounds
with the state commander as
the installing officer.
A free Dutch lunch will fol-
low for all members and their
families or girl friends.
and modakxl it s<> hsau. One was awarded to Frank
J. Cernosek of Ammannsville
for having four sons in the K.
J. T. and the other to Mrs.
Henry Strauss for having four
daughters in the K. J. Z. T.
Rev. S. A. Zientek blessed th<F.
gold crosses and then offered
remarks befitting the occasion.
Amos Pavlik, supreme secre-
tary of the K. J. T., pinned
the cross on Mr. Cernosek and
Mrs. Rita Kallus. K. J. Z. T.
director, pinned the cross on
Mrs. Strauss.
Members of the K. J. T. and
Holy
Wiemken,
Lawrence Weber, 228;
series, Ben Kissel, 580.
Ladies — Mrs. Wilbert Jas-
ter, high average, 143; high
game, 200; and high series,
522.
Teamfr—High average Grand
Prize, 762; high game, Alley
Cats, 884; high series, Grand
Prize, 2437.
MARKET QUOTATIONS "»
Monday, May 16, 1949 ’ *
The following prices wen
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 32:75
Middling ........................ 32:50
Strict low middling ....*30:50
Eggs .................................. $7o ,
Fryers .................................... 28c
Hens............................. M||
Roosters ............................... 12o
Turkeys .............................. 25c
Sour cream:
Station price__________, 4ga
Direct shippers 50a
-...... 8c to I2e
Cotton Seed, per tan _ $50.0(J
Clubs were ranked as
fol-
lows:
Team
W
L
Ave.
Pct.
Royal Crown________
42
14
711
750
Alley Cate _________
41
15
742
732
Grand Prise_____
.40
16
762
714
Farmers Feed
37
19
714
661
Shiner-Lone Star
36
20
744
643
Albers Feeds __
36
24
668
600
Corner Drug___
35
25
748
583
Brasher Motor___
33
27
677
150
American Legion
30
26
712
536
La Grange Drug
19
27
603
618
Pearl Beer____
29
27
688
518
Schmidts’ _____
28
28
671
500
MM Impl. ___
28
28
630
500
Bellville VFW __
17
29
672
482
Coca-Cola __........
26
30
665
464
Bel-Mar Ranch _
24
36
616
400
Darter-Looney__
21
35
566
375
Meyenberg Drug
21
35
601
375
Legion Auxiliary
18
38
527
321
Meiners Motor
17
39
676
304
Temple Lumber
16
40
579
286
Trinity Hill ,---
14
42
515
250
Individual standings
were:
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