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THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE
Volume 18. No. 31.
NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY, 17, 1928.
$2.00 Per Year.
Rev. A. A. Leifeste Of Houston Preached
Baccalaureate At Industry Last Sunday
Editor’s Sidelights
In an East Texas town three
school teachers administered a
wholesale whipping to twenty-
eight of their pupils, who mis-
behaved and caused a distur-
bance at a school program. As
a result of whipping the 28
youngsters, the teachers are
facing charges of aggravated
assault in county court. The
president of the school board,
formerly an Austin County
teacher, demanded that the ac-
cused teachers be suspended,
but his motion failed to carry.
The state department has been
asked for a ruling on the juris-
diction of the teachers in the al-
leged whipping.
*****
We are not familiar with the
state of affairs in East Texas,
but cannot help believing that
the accused teachers had the
welfare of their pupils at heart
when they resorted to corporal
punishment to correct them for
becoming boisterous and rude at
a ^public entertainment. Hickory
oil is good oil when applied in a
sensible manner Such whole-
sale chastisements do not occur
frequently in our present ma-
chine age, but when they do oc-
cur, it leaves a bad taste in the
mouths of all concerned.
*****
Practically all the rural
schools of the West End closed
their doors for the summer va-
cation, and in a couple of weeks
those of the independent dis-
tricts will do likewise. Four
months is rather long for vaca-
tion time, but as yet there
seems to be no remedy against
it, since the public and private
school funds become exhausted
all to soon. It is remarkable
how the situation has changed;
twenty or thirty years ago the
rural schools of the West End
began on the first Monday of
October and remained in ses-
sion until -the last Friday of
July. With the increase of
teachers’ salaries the length, of
the terms were reduced. How-
ever, with the compulsory at-
tendance law the children do
better with short terms than
was possible years ago, when
the terms were ten calendar
months and the daily atten-
dance very, very poor.
*****
Under existing conditions
wouldn’t it be advisable to or-
ganize a summer school at a
favorable location and give the
children an opportunity to make
up in the subjects not taught in
our public schools? Of course,
many think that would be aping
the city schools by it’s not.
The grandest business in the
world anywhere and at any-
time is the business of educat-
ing and training the young. Our
iorbearers inherited from their
parents the high ideals and the
strength of character which
were the priceless assets that
so many of the early settlers
brought with them when they
came to settle here and to un-
dergo the hardships that are
incident to pioneering a coun-
try. 8
*****
We are now entering the ma-
chine age. Some people believe
that universal education wont
do. Somebody must handle the
jobs that require getting dirt
on the hands. Most asurdedly.
We can’t all have clean hands
' even if we are educated. But
who cares to wear his shirt
i Last Sunday morning the
j ‘‘Little White Church in the
Vale” at Industry , was the hap-
py scene of the. Industry gra-
duating class. The church wa:
artistically and tastefully de-
corated and presented a most
beautiful and fascinating ap-
pearance. Rev. A. A. Leifeste
of Houston who is ‘practically
at home at Industry, had charge
of the pulpit and in his usual
easy and graceful style deliv-
ered a beautiful baccalaureate
sermon which was received with
the same radiant warmth of
welcome as was the drizzling
rain which pattered against the
windows on the outside wall.
The text Rev. Leifesta had
chosen for the occasion was:
‘‘Redeeming the time,”—Ephe-
sians, 5, 16.
Rev. Leifeste’s closing words
were similar in meaning to the
following members of the gra-
dating class, this is a stupen-
dous hour. It is the Omega of
your school days at Industry,
the Alpha of your larger life. It
is the beginning of a harder and
more dangerous fight the first
day of a longer and more stren-
uous course, the unveiling of a
surer and more definite "faith.
You will fight, as all men must,
and I feel that you will make it
a good fight: you will work,
whatever your station, and I
know that you will endeavor to
endure through the long day
until at the coming of night you
may have_ the satisfaction of
having finished your course;
you will be tempted and tried,
even as Christ Himself was
tested by the scourge of the
soul’s adversary; but through
it all may you keep the Divine
aflame upon the holy altar of
your, soul cleansed of all doubt
and fear, that you may say, as
you finally lay down your
weary body for its last rest, “1
have kept the faith.”
The members of the graduat-
ing class is as follows: Hilde-
Wittner, Adela Kautz, Lorina
Niebuhr, Josephine Schramm,
Rubin Lindemann Milton Linde-
mann Miroslav Petrusek, Kin-
nie Kuehn and Willie Hajek.
over his vest to show that he is,
or is not, wide between the
ears ?
*****
Some realy well educated men
advocated the gardual building
up of one country, one language
and one flag. But they do not
c< ndemn the teaching and learn-
of one’s mother tongue. We
have often heard great men
say that one who hates his na-
tionality hates his mother and
the one who hates his mother is
a forlorn creature—putting it
mildly. We pass through child-
hood but once; and most of us
recognize that the things we
learned early in life are the
things we remember best, so it
is necessary that a foundation
be carefully and wisely establish-
ed, upon which to build an edu-
cation worthy of,the name.
San Felipe
Monument Fund
Since my last letter I have re-
ceived the following for the San
Felipe Monument Fund:
Piney School, Dist. No. 2,
Miss Lena Hoffmann teacher,
$30.64.
San Felipe School, Dist. No.
5, Miss Lily Feuerbacher, teach-
Glorious Spring
New Him School Board Orders Election
On The Issuance Of School Bonds
Death Claims Mrs.
Frank Henneke
Of Frelsburg
Another happy home has been
made desolate at Frelsburg by
the man with the scythe who
mows the people down when he
thinks^ they are ripe for the
harvest. Mrs. Frank-Henneke
was born on June 25, 1862, died
May 11, 1928, attaining the age
of 65 years, 10 months and 14
days. On January 11, 1880 she
was married to her surviving
husband with whom she lived
happily on a farm at Frelsburg.
The couple shared the blessings
and ills of married life. Fre-
quently the dark shadows pass-
ed over their home and darkened
it. But they kept faith in
their religious belief and sub-
mitted to the will of God. Of
the seven children born to them
four survive, while three—Fran-
cis, Lora and Ben preceded their
mother to the grave. Those
surviving her besides her grief
striken husband, are: Mrs A-
lois Moeller, Miss Emma Hen-
neke, Mrs. Richard Hoppe, and
Mrs. H. H. Hoppe. Surviving
also are three brothers, namely:
Anton Moeller, Henry Moeller
and Wm. Moeller all of Moulton,
Texas. One brother and three
sisters preceded her in death,
namely: Mrs. Anna Doril, Mrs.
Antonietta Brownstein, Mrs. E-
lizabeth Hoelscher and Frank
Moeller. Among the survivors
are also 11 grandchildren.
Funeral for Mrs. Henneke was
held at the Catholic church
cemetery at Frelsburg, Satur-
day evening at 2:30 in the pres-
ence of alarge concourse of sor-
rowing relatives and friends,
with services by Rev. Father F.
Stindle of the Catholic Church
at Frelsburg.
The Enterprise joins the ma-
ny friends of the grief striken
family in extending them heart-
felt sympathy and condolence
m the hour of their sad afflic-
tion.
er, $46.14.
Frydek School Dist. No. 23,
Mr. J. S. Ripple and Miss Emma
Vint teachers, $48.00.
It seems that I failed to men-
tion Kenney and Ives Creek
schools. They reported as fol-
lows:
Kenney School, Dist. No. 18,
Miss J. B. Kieker and Miss Ed-
wina Meissner teachers, $19,00.
Ives Creek School, Dist. No.
25, Miss Adelheid Machemehl
teacher, $30,60.
W. S. Smith.
Pursuant to a petition of local
taxpayers praying that an elec-
tion be ordered to determine
whether or not the taxpaying
voters of New Ulm’s indepen-
dent school districtj favor the
issuance of school bonds to the
amount of $7500. for the pur-
pose of erecting a new school
building, of wooden structure.
The school board ordered
an ejection to be < held on
Monday, June 4, 1928, in
Frnka’s building. All qaa.h-
fied taxpaying votets re-
siding within the limits of
district are entitled to vote.
New Ulm is sorely in need of
a new school building and there
is no other way to provide for a
new building than through a
school bond issue. Of all the
buildings in town none is of
greater value or of more impor-
tance to our people than the
schoolhouse wherein we give
our children the foundation of
an education. It behooves one
and ail of our citizens to do
their mite in giving our town
a building that the town is
soiely in need of—a new school
house.
Kodak Films at the Enterprise
New Ulm Makes
Remarkable
Showing At A.
& M. Contests
ELEVENTH ANNUAL CON-
TEST; LARGEST IN THE
HISTORY OF THE CON-
TESTS-OVER EIGHT HUN-
DRED CONTESTANTS.
New Ulm school entered all
contests—Farm Shop, Entomo-
logy, Live Stock Judging, Plant
Production, and Poultry Judg-
ing.
In the Entire Contests divi-
sion New Ulm ranked second,
having a higher standing than
much larger schools; such as
Livingston, Lufkin, and Mar-
shall.
New Ulm had high-point man-
in Cotton Classing, fifth high-
point team in soldering, and
eight high-point team in Ento-
mology.
Considering the number of
teams entered from over the
state, the size of the school and
equipment furnished, the rec-
ords made by the New Ulm con-
testants were very satisfactory
and merit the praise of the com-
munity.
Below we print the number
of points won by each of the
five schools participating in all
Hon. Fred Blundell Of Lockhart
To Address New Him Graduates
Miss I leonora
Voskamp Becomes
Licensed Nurse.
Relatives, friends and ac-
quaintances of Miss Elenora
Voskamp, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Voskamp of
New Ulm, will be pleased t.c-
know that she graduated as
nurse from King Daughters’
Hospital, at Temple, Texas, and
that on May 15, she received a
diploma authorizing her to prac-
tice as a trained nurse. Prior
o enlisting in the hospital’s
school of nursing Miss Elenora
taught the primary grades
in the New Ulm school for sev-
Fred Blundell promised the
school board that he would de-
liver an address to the gradu-
ation class of the New Ulm
high school next Wednesday
bight, May 24, in Frnka’s hall
Mr. Blundell is not only an un-
excelled prosecuting attorney
but an oratqr of statewide re-
putation, as well. His coming
will be worth a long trip to
hear him speak on educational
matters. His happy colocations
of words and his spontaneous
expression are sure to wake you
up. Come. When? Next Wed-
nesday night, May 24. Frnka’s
Opera House.
Boelsche • Fordtran
eral terms with remarable suc-
cess. Her numerous friends
and acquaintances in town say
that were it theirs to write the
guiding maxim of her life it
would read: “In the service of
lumanity, eternal Vigilance and
Patience without end.”
Card Of Thanks
We wish to express our sin-
cere thanks for the sympathy,
kindness and many beautiful
Coral offerings bestowed upon
us by our neighbors, friends and
relatives during the illness and
allowing thff death of our dear
wife and mother,
Mrs. Frank HenneKe
Especially do we wish to thank
Father F. Stindle for his ser-
vices at the funeral and for his
ouching words of hope and
consolation at the grave, to the
pall bearers and to all who
showed us love and considera-
tion during the hours of our
deep sorrow.
Frank Henneke, husband
Mrs. Alois Moeller
Miss Emma Henneke
Hrs. -Richard Hoppe
Mrs. H. H. Hoppe, children
Ralph Boelsche of Houston
and Miss Ida Fordtran of In-
dustry were joined in the holy
bonds of matrimony on Satur-
day, May 12, at 1, p.-m. in the
Norhill M. E. Church, Houston,
with services by Rev. A. A.
Leifeste, pastor of the church.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Boelsche, of
Industry, who, after his gra-
duation from a school of den-
tistry, has made his home in
Houston where he is engaged in
bis chosen profession. The
young bridegroom grew up to
sterling manhood at Industry
and has always held the esteem
and friendship of those with
whom he came in contact be-
cause of his gentlemanly be-
havior and devotion to duty.
The’ young orid^**^s**tne
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Fordtran and for several years
taught in the public school at
Industry. She counts her
Elends by the number of her
acquaintances and left an ever-
lasting good impression in the
hearts of her former pupils,
whom we join in wishing for
:he young couple a long, happy
and prosperous married life.
Hackfeld - Gross
Another wedding of cordial
interest to the people of the
fest End, was solemnized last
Thursday, May 10, when Miss
Esther Gross became the wife
of Mr.--Hackfeld of Wel-
come, with services by Rev.
Doerr of the M. E. Church of
Industry.
The young bride is the oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Gross of Post Oak Point and is
quite popular in the community
in. which she grew up to beau-
tiful womanhood. She is a lady
of attractive manners, modest
and of a sunny and genial dis-
position.
The bridegroom is a stranger
to us, but the fact that he is a
son of a prominent ojd time
family of Welcome, gives us the
assurance that he is a young
man of sterling worth and inte-
grity and well prepared to pro-
vide a happy home for the lady
lie selected for his life’s com-
panion.
The Enterprise joins the
many friends of the newly weds
in wishing for them a smooth
sailing across the matrimonial
sea.
the five A. &. M. College con-
tests.
1. Sanger
8525
2. New Ulm
7531
3. Livingston
7075
4. Lufkin
6699
5. Marshall
6581
Peschel - Schneider
On Sunday evening, May 13,
at 6 o’clock, Miss Adela Schnei-
der was given in marriage to
Walter Peschel at the Lutheran
Church of Walburg, with ser-
vices by Rev. Leag.
The bride is an accomplished
young lady of Weir, where she
was reared to lovely maiden-
hood.
The bridegroom is the second
son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto J.
Peschel, Sr. of Bartlett, where
he is held in high esteem by his
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Aug. Hoppe Jr. of near town
was a visitor in the Enterprise
office last Friday.
W. A. Schweke of the Old
Town was a pleasant visitor
in our office Monday morning
on matters of business.-
Joe Kubicek of Frelsburg call-
ed -at the Enterprise office
Tuesday to have his name en-
rolled as a new subscriber.
J. J. Frnka returned yester-
day afternoon from Houston
where he was attending to bu-
siness matters.
John Henneke of near Cat
Spring was a business visitor in
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