The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume 72 Number 6
New Ulm, Austin County, Texas 78950
Thursday, Nov. 25, 1982
20c per copy
What is probably the biggest event to effect the future of
Central Texas is slowly building and attracting attention
as residents of the area await the official pennit for the
new Texland Power Plant near Rockdale. An announce-
ment came this weekend that Texland had worked out
their permit financing and that should satisfy the Public
Utilities Commission, a strange state agency that, for an
unknown reason, seems to be attempting to stall the
Texland plant. This is all so very strange because the
Texland venture, with its mine-mouth plant location,
promises to be a real economical source of electrical
power for the next 30 years or so. The Public Utility
Commission recently delayed the Texland permit while,
at the same time, handed over a permit to the LCRA to
build a lignite plant at their Fayette project lake where
two coal plants are now operating. A lot of questions arose
over the unequal treatment and the questions needed to be
answered by the PUC. As it turns out, the PUC will need to
come up with even more answers, because now there are
more questions arising over their apparent okay for strip
mining of lignite in the Fayette County area of the
Cummins Creek watershed. Since lignite is a low-grade
coal, sort of an oily dirt, the idea of it and its associated
brackish water loose in the watershed is not very
appealing to many people. With all these issues it seems
like the PUC will have its hands full "explaining" for a
while. For a state agency that was created to help the
people, the PUC really looks like a crew whose actions
have hinted of a loss contact with reality.
Family Reunion
The fourth Huebner fa-
mily reunion was held at the
Welcome Hall in Industry
Sunday, November 7, with
approximately ninety fam-
ily members present and
three guests. A covered dish
luncheon was enjoyed at
noon along with a variety of
sweets, coffee and tea. Rev.
Alvin Ixiedke of Welcome
laitheran Church asked the
blessing before the meal.
A short business meeting
followed with Oliver Hueb-
ner of Greenvine presiding.
Carolyn Cordes of Houston
gave an account of last
year’s reunion and also
read the treasurer s report.
Various business matters
were brought up and dis-
cussed, among them was
the Huebner Cemetery up-
keep.
The oldest lady present
was Ema (Huebner) Uec-
kert, 94, of Bellville; oldest
man, Harry Huebner, 87, of
Industry; youngest child.
Heather Arndt, 11 months of
Montgomery; traveling the
farthest were Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Reed of Columbus,
Mississippi; closest was
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hueb-
ner; the couples married
the longest were Mr. and
Mrs. Kent Adarnek of Bren-
ham and Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Miller of Yorktown,
both married 42 years. Cou-
ple married the shortest
time was Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Arndt of Montgo-
mery Also present were
Kelly and Kelsey, 19 month
twin daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Kurtz of Sealy,
grandchildren of Mr. and
Mrs. James Huebner and
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Kurtz.
James Goebel of Houston
gave a very impressive
memorial service for three
deceased members during
the past year.
A vote of appreciation
was extended to Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Huenber for the
use of the hall for the
reunion. It was voted to
have the reunion on the first
Sunday in November in 1983
at the same location with a
catered barbecue meal. Ot-
to Huebner is chairman.
1 Around Here
This is a New Ulm Enterprise feature about your friends
and neighbors around here
Jerome Chudej and his family recently moved to New
Ulm from Houston. Jerome is the owner and operator of
New Ulm Automotive Repair Shop in New Ulm.
Industry News
Miss Ella Kautz
At the meeting of the
Industry Volunteer Fire De-
partment and Auxiliary on
Tuesday night, November
16, plans for the annual
Family Christmas Party
were announced.
Festivities will begin at
five o'clock on December
11. A catered meal of ham
and turkey will be served at
6:30, at $2.00 per plate to
which all members and
anyone that worked will be
invited. Members please
bring desserts, chips and
dips.
Santa will be there with
the usual goodies and gifts
for the children.
Mrs. Emma Schultz will
decorate the tree.
At the Auxiliary meeting,
Mrs Benolye Krause, Mrs
Annie Zbranek and Mrs
Darlene Schimara were na-
med on the nominating
committee. They will pre-
sent a slate of officers at the
January meeting.
Mrs. Elinor Franke at-
tended the annual Parent's
Day Dinner at Blinn Col-
lege, Brenham, Sunday, No-
vember 21, which was spon-
sored by Circle K, a Service
Club of the College.
Joel Franke, Club Spon-
sor, introduced the guest
speaker. Dr. James Atkin-
son, president of Blinn Col-
lege, who in his remarks
noted the fact that Blinn is
preparing to celebrate their
Centennial in March, 1983
The turkey dinner was
prepared and served by
Circle K members to their
families and guests.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hag-
lund of Hitchcock were also
present for the occasion.
Joe Marek of Willow Sp-
rings was pleasantly surpri-
sed on his birthday Sunday
afternoon, November 7, in
the home of Mrs. Violet
Vitek in Fayetteville. Mrs.
Vitek was assited in hosting
the courtesy by the Marek’s
daughter, Mrs. Alfred Jan-
acek.
An afternoon of fine fel-
lowship and a delicious
lunch was enjoyed.
Coming from Rosenberg
were: Mr. Marek s brother
and family, Mr and Mrs
Frank Marek; Mr. and Mrs.
Ix>ighton McCassety, Bev-
erly Marek and Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Davis of Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Janacek, Patrick, Angela,
Chris and Brian of La
Grange; Mrs. Mary Kautz
of Bellville; Ullian Polcak
of Frelsburg; Mrs. Vine Ur-
banovsky of Fayetteville;
Mrs. Alvin Minarcik of Wil-
low Springs, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Vitek and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sklar of
Houston visited Mrs. Annie
Zbranek Saturday.
Sheila Cole of Kirbyville,
student at A4M University
in College Station visited
with her grandmother, Mrs.
Annie Marek over the week-
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gibson
of Pasadena, accompanied
by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Muenzler. en-
route home from Burnet,
stopped by for a brief visit
with Mrs. Stella Zanek Sun-
day afternoon. The Muenz-
lers will spend the holidays
with the Gibsons.
Rev. and Mrs. Don Vla-
sak, sons Mark and James
visited in the home of Ella
Kautz recently.
Rev. Vlasak is pastor of
Salem Lutheran Church in
Rosebud. Mark is in Medi-
cal School in Houston; Don-
na and Janice, graduates of
Texas Lutheran College,
are in San Antonio further-
ing their education, Donna
In nurses traning and Jan-
ice In dental school: Marie
is a student at Texas Luth-
eran College since Septem-
ber; Gloria Haug and hus-
band live in Gonzales, wh-
ere she has a dental prac-
tice. Before returning ho-
me, the Vlasaks visited with
Mrs. Lillie Blezinger and
Rena Ullrich. Mrs. Vlasak
will be remembered as Elinor
Wehe, a teacher in West
End School in the early
fifties.
Westfield High School Ba-
nd (in the Spring School
Distrit) placed third in High
School University Intersc-
holastic League 5A compe-
tition held in Austin in
Memorial Stadium Novem-
ber 14.
The bandwaschosen from
the area for the State Com-
petition. Five bands from
the state competiton were in
the finals and Westfield
placed third in the finals.
Ixiri, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Lindemann is a
member of the band and
played in the competition
James Lindemann, en-
route home from Seguin
Sunday afternoon, visited
briefly with Ella Kautz.
The Lindemanns spent
the weekend in Seguin tak-
ing Luther Leaguers from
Kinsmen American Luther-
an Church for a weekend
retreat. The Leaguers en-
joyed visitation at Texas
l^utheran College and were
given a tour of the college
and Sunday morning wor-
shipped m the Chapel of the
Abiding Presence on the
campus.
Lori and Bradley linde-
mann were among the six-
teen leaguers at the retreat.
The choir of the Industry
United Methodist Church
participated in the Ministe-
rial Alliance Thanksgiving
Day Song Fest Sunday night
in Bellville.
Cooking With
Pecans Contest
The “Pecan Pickin' Pr-
ize-Winning Contest" will
be held December 1 at Bill’s
Supermarket in Sealy, sp-
onsored by the Austin Coun-
ty Family Living Commit-
tee of the County Extension
Service.
Any Austin County resi-
dent may enter only one
dish in each of the six entry
classes. Entry classes are:
Cakes, Breads, Pies, Cook-
ies, Candy, and Miscellan-
eous (snacks, appetizers,
etc ). Each entry must con-
tain at least 3/4 cup pecans
and items requiring refri-
geration will not be accept-
ed. AU entries should be
wrapped in transparent pa-
per, placed on disposable
plates or containers and
consist of a complete recipe
of the item. In addition, a
recipe and selling price
must be submitted with
each entry. A recipe book
will be compiled and only
exhibitors in the contest will
receive copies.
Entries will be accepted
from 8 a m. until 10 a.m.
Public viewing will be from
11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and
all entries will be available
for sale. Fifty percent of the
sale proceeds from each
items will go to the exhibi-
tor and fifty percent to the
Family Living Committee.
Buyers may pick up their
items at 5 p.m.
Grand and Reserve Cha-
mpion winners will be an-
nounced and recognized. In
addition, outstanding roset-
tes will be presented in each
class and blue, red and
white ribbons awarded bas-
ed on merit.
A Pecan Show of pecan
entries judged on the qual-
ity of the nuts will also be
conducted on December 1st.
THANKSGIVING
Bellville School
Tax Rale Set At 78c
Texland Okays
Finance Plan
Trustees of the BeUville
Independent School District
set the effective tax rate for
the 1982-83 school year at 78
cents per $100 valuation
during last Thursday’s re-
gular meeting of the board.
The 78 cent rate will
generate local tax funds of
$2,160,738 although actual
taxes required for the fiscal
year are $2,660,738 which
would require a 96 cent tax
rate. However, the trustees
approved the $500,000 defi-
cit cash flow and will use
that portion of $992,000 fu-
nds accumulated over the
past couple of years. The
school’s financial advisor
recommended lowering the
large carryover balance.
The total operating bud-
get for the 1962-83 school
year is $7,366,280 with total
available funds set at 6,866,-
280, which leaves the half
million dollar deficit.
Assessed valuation for the
school district, as shown by
the Appraisal District, is
$309,678,275. From this fi-
gure. 54 cents are needed
for maintenance and opera-
tions and 24 cents for inter-
est and sinking funds. Fig-
ures released from indivi-
dual sources show that
without the use of the
surplus funds, a tax rate of
96 cents would be required
from local sources to fund.
This would require a public
rate increase hearing since
it would exceed the 80.50
cent figure set by the ap-
praisal district.
During the discussion pr-
ior to the setting of the tax
rate, a local businessman
presented the board with
1982-83 projected tax rate
calculations and noted that
if the school district had not
had the $500,000 in the bank
that the taxes would have to
be 96 cents to meet the
operating budget. He fur-
ther asked what taxes will
be next year when there is
not the additional half mil-
lion dollars of excess cash in
the bank and there is an-
other substantial increase
in the operating expense.
With only a ten percent in
operation expenses next ye-
ar, he projected a $1.02 tax
rate or an increase of 30.8
percent.
Following the presenta-
tion. it was pointed out that
the district needed to look at
this year's maintenance ex-
penditures and find means
to cut this year’s expendi-
tures in this area. A quarter
of a million dollars was
suggested.
The trustees had earlier
abeen asked why the opera-
ting cost per student in the
Bellville schools are more
than $500 per student over
that of comparable schools
in the district. Cost per
student for this school year
in the BISD is $2,839 as
compared to $2,335 in the
Sealy ISD, $2,230 m the
Columbus ISD, and $2,365 in
the I-a Grange ISD.
Reviewing these figures,
it is apparent that some
trimmings in the operating
expenses needs to be made.
Band Director Buzz Smith
met with the trustees re-
garding new band uniforms.
A couple of uniforms were
modeled for the trustees
and a cost per uniform was
presented, which was in
excess of $300. The trustees
requested that the band
director continue his efforts
in the uniform selection
process indicating the pos-
sibility of a less expensive
uniform and also the pro-
bability of cutting the num-
ber.
The school's architect
was on hand for presenta-
tion of bids on the remod-
eling of O'Bryant Elemen-
tary. The trustees had ear-
lier allocated $255,000 for
the project. However, costs
presented showed almost
$100,00 over that figure and
the board tabled the bid
awarding until some major
cuts could be made to bring
down the cost of the project.
Schoo) bond money in-
vestments were also discus-
sed. These funds became
available this week. It was
approved by the board that
bids be sent to some 35
financial institutes in this
area. The best bid submit-
ted is to be taken by the
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The investment banking
firm of Shearson/American
Express Inc. of New York
will present a financing
plan to the Texas Public
Utility Commission for the
financing of the Texland
Electric Cooperative power
plant in Milam County.
The plan will be presented
to the Utility Commission
prior to the Dec 20 deadline
set by the commission for
submittal of a finance plan,
according to Texland board
member Henry Umscheid.
general manager of Blue-
bonnet Electric Co-op.
Texland, a joint project of
Pedemalesand Bluebonnet
Electric Cooperatives, was
given 90 days by the PUC at
its Sept 20 meeting to
develop a finance plan in
order to receive a Certifi-
cate of Convenience and
Necessity required to con-
Schoenau News
Mrs. LeRoy Luetge
On Saturday, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Van Ness and
children. Larry and Amy,
and grandchildren, Wendy
and Charley, and a friend,
Brad Halmark visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Luetge
They observed Mrs. Van
Ness' birthday, with dinner
at which Mr and Mrs.
I^eRoy Luetge also partici-
pated l<ater Bertha Bamett
and children. Warren and
Jordan came, giving the
children a chance to play
and have a good time
together The Van Nesses
stayed overnight and re-
turned home to Porter on
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. I .anard Luetge has
had lots of company since
she is home from the hospi-
tal. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Swonke of Cat Sp-
ring and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Stoelke of Borden
were there. She thanks ev-
eryone for the cards, calls
and visits she received.
Mr. and Mrs M. L. Petru-
sek attended the Harvest
Festival at their church on
Sunday. Mr. Petrusek is
also home from the hospital
and recovering his strength.
A number of people from
this area attended the Th-
anksgiving Song Fest in
Bellville on Sunday night. It
was most inspiring, and the
fellowship following was qu-
ite enjoyable.
Happy Thanksgiving to
all our readers’.
struct the plant
Texland proposes to build
a 1,500-megawatt lignite fir-
ed generation plant near
Rockdale in Milam County
While finding environ-
mental factors and the fuel
costs associated with the
plant favorable to Texland's
project, the PUC delayed a
ruling on the plant pending
a financing plan.
"Shearson will formulate,
develop and present a fin-
ance plan which we are
confident will satisfy the
commission's require-
ments," Umscheid said.
Holiday
Decorating
Program
An abundance of home
decorating ideas for the
holidays will be featured at
the Hill Community Center
in Sealy on Monday. No-
vember 29th at 7:00 p.m.
The Austin County Family
Living Committee is sponsor-
ing the program featuring
ideas homemakers can
make and/or buy for deco-
rating homes for the holi-
days.
Free prizes will be given
away and admission is free.
ASC Election
Nov. 26-Dec. 6
Austin County farmers
and ranchers will be voting
between November X and
December 6, 1982 to elect
community committeemen
to serve as delegates to the
county convention. Commu-
nity committeemen will th-
en elect eligible persons to
fill any positions open on the
county ASC committee. The
Austin County ASC Com-
mittee sets policies and
administers programs set
forth by Washington and the
Texas ASCS Office.
Fritz L. Nelius, County
Executive Director of the
Austin County ASCS Office,
encourages every eligible
voter to take the time to
vote for the person you
would like to represent your
community. Ballots will be
mailed out no later than
November 26th and should
be mailed or returned to the
ASCS Office no later than
December 6th. Any question
you may have concerning
the election may be directed
to the Austin County ASCS
Office, telephone number
713-865-3138.
EXTENSION RETIREE HONORED -
Charles E. Murphey, who retired Aug. 31
after 31 years with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service. Texas A4M University
System, was one of 23 retirees honored at a
special luncheon at Texas AfcM University
Nov 11. Murphey served as Austin County
agent for 28 years He was presented a
special plaque by Dr. Zerle L. Carpenter,
left. Extension Service director, and Hen-
derson County Judge Winston Reagan,
president of the County Judges and
Commissioners Association of Texas.
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