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NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950.
Volume 39.
No. 22.
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Industry Farmer’s Pasture
Austin County School
Heads Concerned Over
Absences From School
Senator Strauss Gives
Report On Legislature
Rep. C. S. McLellan Is
Said To Be Candidate
For Agricultural Post
Community Baseball
League Re-organized
TexAs Wildlife Films
Are Now Available To
All Organizations
Services Held Wednesday
For Miss F. Trenckmann
George Lee Hoppe
Highway Patrolman
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Franciska Lesikar Well
Flows 227 Barrels On
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Max Heinsohn and his son-
in-law, Arnold Schneider, both
of Marion, visited in New Ulm
in the G. J. Kretz.-chmar home
Monday.
to see Faye and Emmett, and
also Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Strick-
ler.
treatment cf hunting dogs, gun
safety and care, flyrod usage and
general equipment demonstra-
tion.
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Texans are cautioned about
poisonous snakes and advised
what to do if bitten in an article
in the February issue of TEXAS
GAME AND FISH, official de-
partmental publication. The au-
thor, John E. Werler, Curator
of Reptiles, San Antonio Zoo-
logical Society, writes that more
persons die from snake bites in
Texas than in any other state
and adds that the Lone Star
State has at least 18 varieties
of poisonous reptiles. He says
that keeping premises clear of
rubbish is one good way of keep,
ing snakes away from homes.
The trash often-times attract
mice and rats which snakes feed
on and also provides cover fpr
the reptiles. (
Miss Cecelia Grubbs, of Co-
lumbus, primary teacher in the
New Ulm school, returned Mon-
day to again resume her duties
after an extended illness. Dur-
ing her absence Mrs. L. A.
Reichle and Mrs. E. H. Baum-j
gart substituted for hen
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School people in Austin coun-
ty are concerned over the fact
that there are too many absences
from school.
Under the Foundation Pro-
gram Act (Gilmer-Aiken Law)
the number of teachers on the
faculty and the amount of mon-
ey a school will have to-operate
on next year will depend upon
the number of children who are
actually in school each day this
year.
Parents are naturally inter-
ested in maintaining good
,-chools for their children. In or- is retiring at the end of his term
der to have the best schools for this year.
the children next year it is nec- Candidates who already have
essary that parents see to it announced for the agriculture
that their children are in at-
Mi-s Franciska Trenckman.,,
a lifelong rsident of the Shelby-
Schoenau area in the west end
of Austin county, died at the
home of her nephew, Egon Luet.
ge, in the Schoenau community
on Monday, February’ 27. Miss
Trenckmann succumbed to a
short illness. She was 82 years
old.
Miss Trenckmann was born at
Shelby on February 14, 1868,
and spent her entire life in that
area.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 1 at 2 pan.,
with Zaskoda Funeral Home, of
Industry, directing the services.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Nellie Luetge of Rt. 1, New
Ulm and Mrs. Herman Schnee-
man of San Angelo; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews. ,»
consider the matters which
were submitted to it by the Gov-
ernor. Both Houses have now
passed the Omnibus tax increase
and the cigarette tax bills, along
with the bills appropriating the
funds to the state institutions.
There will probably be some
more matters submitted by the
Governor before this session ad.
journs. It is doubtful that any
controversial legislation can be
7 the short
In Schulenburg on Monday
evening to attend an institute
of instruction on leadership and
teaching adults, were the follow-
ing members of the Industry
Methodist church: Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Raeke, Rev. and Mrs. L
D. Hardt, Mrs. Ben Rogers, Mrs
Melvin Spiess, Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Roberts and Mrs. Harry L.
Muenzler.
Austin County Teachers
Hold Annual Banquet
Eagle Lake, Feb. 24.—Al-
though he has not formally an-
nounced, it is generally under-
stood that Rep. C. S. McLellan
of Eagle Lake will be a candi-
date for State Commissioner of
Agriculture in this year’s elec-
tion.
Mr. McLellan, home last week-
end from the special session in
Austin for a visit, said he will
make a formal announcement
soon about his political plans.
Commissioner McDonald, who
has held the post for many years,
que plus telescopic lenses enabl-
ed the cameramen to invade the
wild birds’ hideouts. For action,
the battle to the death between
the road runner and rattler ap-
parently has the most appeal.
the entire tax structure in Tex-
as needs a general overhauling.
The taxes on some things are
too high while others are getting
a "free ride.” This will probably
be done at the next regular ses-
sion of the legislature. There
wasn’t time to undertake .such
a project at this 30 day special
session. This session could only
(From The Bellville Times) .
Co-incident with the first full
though incomplete report of col-
lections in Austin county in the
1950 March of Dimes campaign,
comes news of two cases of po-
liomyelitis in the county.
Calvin J. Mikeska, treasurer
for the 1950 drive, reports a
total of $3,664.84 collected thus
far but advises that nearly ev-
ery community reports an in-
Shelby, Feb. 28.—The Com-
munity Baseball League in this
area was re-organized at a meet-
ing held at the Round Top City
Hall on Monday night, February
27.
Delegates from ten teams at-
tended the meeting. Towns and
communities who will make up
the ten-club league include Car-
mine, Round Top, Shelby, Hol-
man, Warda, Brenham, Bastrop,
Burton, Smithville and La
Grange. The last three clubs
named are newcomers to the
league.
Lester Birkelbach of Round
Top w’as elected president of the
league. Other officials elected
are L. A. Giese, of Warda, vice-
president; and M. Bittner, of
Holman, secretary-treasurer.
The 12-mile-rule, from which
players were drafted before was
extended to 20 miles, which will
give the smaller community
clubs a wider selection of play-
ers.
The next league meeting will
be held at Round Top on March
14. at 7:30 p.m.
League play is scheduled to
get underway on Sunday, April
2.
The Shelby club was repre-
sented by Spike Ehrigson, San-
ford Schmid, Perry Rudloff,
Pete Dytrich, W. A. Voelkel,
Hilton Luetge and Milton Luet-
ge.
The Shelby club will have its
first practice session and work-
out on Sunday, March 5, at
There is no question but what passed because of
” time remaining.
We have tried to give you a
factual report of the happenings
at this special session. We con-
sider it our duty to keep you in-
formed on these functions of
your State Government.
Sincerely,
Gus. J. Strauss. •
which was spudded in and drill-
feet or below.
Sinclair
No information was learned on
the potential of the Ballard well
completed recently by Sinclair.
The equipment was moved to
the Laake No. 1 and drilling has
been going on steadily since the
early part of the week.
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Bellville, Feb. 25.—Mrs. Joe A.
Wessendorff, newly elected
member of the State Board of
Education, addressed a meeting
of 220 Austin County teachers
and their guests on
night, February 21.
The occasion was the annual
banquet of the Austin County
Teachers’ Association. Charles
S. White of the University of
Houston also spoke.
The banquet was served by
the Bellville Parent-Teacher As.
sociation.
Delegates elected to the dis-
trict convention at Galveston
were County Superintendent
George W. Hill and Sealy Super-
intendent Vernon Madden.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Lee
Pophanken of Houston are the
proud parents of a fine baby
girl born to them in the St.
Joseph’s Infirmary at Houston,
Thursday, February 23. The lit-
tle lady weighed 9 pounds and
2 ounces and was named Janice
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400 pounds and gas-oil ration
was 1200 to 1.
Since the completion of the
Lesikar well, equipment wag
moved to the No. 1 Blezinger,
--------------- which was spudded in and drill-
Each week both sound and silent >ng is proceeding at around 3000
films are mailed in increasing
; numbers to sportsmen’s organi-
zations, civic clubs, schools,
churches and to other groups.
Films are sent express prepaid,
from the Commission’s head-
quarters in Austin with the pri-
mary requirement that they be
handled carefully and be return-
ed express prepaid, immediately
after they have been used.
The film library comprises an
authentic record of Texas wild-
life. All pictures are informative
and educational. Many are ex-
citing since the subject matter
ranges from sombre portrayal:
of nesting birds to wilderness
combat between a rattlesnake
and a roaorunner or chaparral
bird. On-the-scene movies in-
clude bass fishing, wild turkey
trapping, waterfowl hunting and
antelope trapping. For the
sportsman who knows his field
Latest reports on McCarthy’s
No. 1 Franciska Lesikar well
completed last week, came from
the Houston daily papers.
~~ The Houston Post, on Tues-
pictures day, had the following report:
Fjnai potential gauge has been
made on the McCarthy Oil and
Gas Corporation No. 1 Franeis-
ka Lesikar, Kuykendall league,
Every ITO THE PEOPLE OF THE 15th
SENATORIAL DISTRICT:
February 22, 1950
Austin, Texas,
Dear Friends:
On Monday, Feb. 20th., the
Senate passed the Omnibus Tax
increase bill. This bill was first
passed in 1941 and placed a tax
on oil, gas, sulphur, telephone,
electricity, and gas utilities,
motor vehicle sales, liquor, fran-
i chises, radio, cosmetics, playing
cards, carbon black, cement,
contract motor carriers, stock
transfers, oil and gas well serv-
icing, beer, insurance and chain
stores. The Senate amended the
bill to include television sets.
This bill increases the present
tax by ten per cent. The funds
raised by this bill will go into
a fund to take care of the main-
tenance and operation of our
hospitals and eleemosynary in-
stitutions.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Sen-
ate passed the one cent increase
on cigarettes. This will make
the State Tax 4 cents on a pack-
age of cigarettes. The monej’
from this source will go into a
building fund to improve and to
erect new buildings at our State
Hospitals and institutions. This
bill has a provision in it provid-
ing that the wholesaler may
stamp cigarettes with a meter-
ing machine instead of putting
them on by hand as they do at
present. This will mean a saving
of about $100,000.00 per year
to the State in the cost of
stamp printing. It will also
mean that the cigarette whole-
salers can stamp the cigarettes
at less cost than before.
There was an attempt made
to place a tax on cigars also.
This was defeated because the
Comptroller’s office stated that
the amount to be collected would
be so little that it wouldn’t be
worthwhile hiring a group of
people to collect the tax.
The action story of Texas
wildlife is being shared by Lone
S.ar State residents with vast
numbers of outsiders. The Exe-
cutive Secretary reported that
departmental motion i
have been provided other states
for several years but that re-
cently requests for Game De-
partmentfilms has increased be. » ..ujiwmmu rcajut,
cause of television use in many;new sand discovery well in the
Eastern states. | New Ulm pool, Austin County.
These stations have obtained The well, 3200 feet west of
films from the Game, Fish and-the No. A-l Schiller, flowed 227
Oyster Commission files to I barrels of oil daily through a
make their own copies for TV I quarter-inch choke from 9096 to
treatment. Copying is usually: 9108 feet. Tubing pressure tr"
necessary because color films----J- —’ — —” — "
must be changed to black and
white for TV transmission.
Meanwhile, Texans are avail-
ing themselves of the Game De-
partment’s wildlife film library.
Voelkel’s Park. All players liv-
ing in the 20-mile area of Shel-
by, who care to play are invited
to come out for a tryout.
Juniors To Play
Shelby has a Junior Baseball
Club, which is sponsored by San.
ford Schmid. All youngsters
who are interested in baseball
are asked to come out Sunday
for a tryout. The first
was held on Sunday, F
26.
Sealy
Wallis
Raccoon Bend
New V?m
Kenney
Bleiblerville
Nelsonville
Welcome ..........
Cat Spring.........
Burleigh
San Felipe ........
1 Ellis City
. Shelby
Austin Co. Schools
Washington, March 2.—Con-
gressman Clark W. Tnompso.’.
of Texas called again toaay for
the repeal of all war-time excise
taxe8 on so-called luxury items.
"As meat of my people al-
ready know, I have long since
declared myself as being in fav-
or of the removal entirely of
these taxes,” Mr. Thompson de-
clared. “Recent correspondence
from the Ninth Congressional
District indicate, that my cons "Uete stetus MoZ donations'
tention is fully supported there.” a°r™Pb*eing received daily bythe
Among the items constituent, “ommunfty chairmen ' T.
have urged to be made tax free clarke fa y eneral count chair.
are movie admission.*, jewelry, • '
cigars, photographic supplies,
and office machines. Many cards
have been received from patrons
of motion picture theaters pro-
testing the 20 per cent levy on
tickets.
The House Committee on
Ways and Means is considering
various reduction proposals
new. All industries affected by
the excise tax have been given
an opportunity to present theii
views at hearings.
Cong. Thompson has caution-
ed against expecting an imme-
diate repeal, however. Before
the move can be undertaken, it
will require a considerable a-
mount of careful study, he ex-
plained.
"Then the necessary legisla-
tion must first pass through
the Ways and Means Committee
and be acted on by the entire
House and agreed to by the
Senate,” he pointed out. “It will
be many month.* at best before
any relief may be expected.”
Cotton Quota Hearings
Hearings to consider whether
any changes are needed in the
national cotton quota law will be
conducted here for a week
starting next Tuesday, March
7.
Congressman Clark W. Thomp.
son of Texas has invited all cot.
tor. growers and representatives
of farm organizations from the
Ninth Congressional District to
testify. They will be heard by
the .special cotton sub-commit-
tee of the House Agriculture
Committee.
“This is of particular import-
ance to cotton farmers in our
area,” Mr. Thompson declared.
“Accordingly, I take this means
of passing on to you an invita-
tion to come up and present
your problems.”
“Anyone who wants to appear!
before the committee should i
wire me as soon as possible, and
I will make definite arrange-
ments for them to be heard.”
February
/
George Lee Hoppe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Mieth of New
Ulm, graduated from the High-
way Patrol Training School at
Camp Mabry in Austin last week
end.
On Monday morning he left
New Ulm for Pecos, in west
Texas, for his first assignment
with the Texas Highway Pa-
trol. He was accompanied as
far as San Marcos by Miss Des-
•sie Machemehl, of Nelsonville,
I who is attending college there.
Tne Game Department’s film’
library is at present somewhat
limited but production on sever-
al new movies is scheduled to
start .-oon and others are near-
ing completion. Among the a-
vailable movies are closeups of
the much sought after wild game
birds. Other pictures include
generous fcotage of turkey gob-
blers strutting ard carrying on
i in the privacy of their natural
S3 664 84 | habitat. Use of stalking techni-
Willow Springs News
General Resume
—e,.—. „„„ The spring-like weather we
are having makes folks think
Mrs. Emmett Ix?e I ophanken of gardening and planting corn.
Most gardens are still too wet
and filled with luxurious greens
that grew during the mild win-
ter months. Some potatoes have
been planted. In many fields
water is .still standing in low-
lands. Lots of folks are sick too,
and its not spring fever either,
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Faye. This is their first child. Has Stanley Party
The proud grandparents, Mr. i Mrs. A. C. Zenkner was host-
and Mrs. T. A. Pophanken of jess to a Stanley party on Mon-
New Ulm went to Houston Sun- day, February 20.
day to meet the little lady and1 Attend Council Meeting
— v„,.„ v---„ Mrs Qtto Markwardt
Mrs. H. H. Schultz, members of
the Willow Springs H. D. club
attended the H. D. council meet-
ing, held in the District Court
Room in La Grange Saturday.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Heinsohn
and daughter were week end
visitors with homefolks.
Mrs. A. C. Zenkner and daugh.
ters visited in the Louis Rinn
home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Delton Lincke of
La Grange visited in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lincke
during the week one evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Brok-
meyer and children were busi-
ness visitors in La Grange Sat-
urday.
man.
Ralph Milton Sternenberg,
aged seven, of Industry, is re-
ported getting along fine at Jeff
Davis hospital in Houston. He
is said to be out of danger and
the only evidence of paralysis
seems to be in one arm which is
somewhat limber and not under
complete control.
Arno Krebs, of the west end
of the county, teller in the First
National Bank in Brenham, is
al.-o in Jeff Davis hospital, Hous-
ton, his illness defined as polio.
His exact condition is not
known but it is said to be se-
vere.
With two cases of polio hav-
ing developed since the drive
began, it U hoped that a suffi-
cient fund can be collected to
take care of any outbreaks in
the county that may come in the
summer months, Mikeska said,
adding that additional contribu-
.tions to this fund are essential
and will continue to be grate-
fully accepted by the Founda-
tion for Infantile Paralysis.
Following is an incomplete
listing of community totals:
Bellville . $907.59
Benefit prog,
held in Bellville — "A------•“ *— I7~7
high sch’l gym 337.05 $1,244.64I ®nd stream^ there ^practical
834.52
565.88
205.50
151.50
112.56
79.10
108.51
46.11
48.55
26.03
30.15
11.90
8.56
5.51
185.32
This week Soil Conservation
Service personnel staked con-
tour lines on pasture on Leroy
Luetge’s farm in the Industry
Conservation group. He will use
these lines as a guide in plow-
ing beds to stimulate the growth
of bermuda grass and hold mois.
ture.
Several cooperators of the
Austin-Washington Soil Con-
servation Di*trict have seed on
hand to plant King Ranch Blue-
stem this sprine. This grass has
grow’n well over a wide variety
of soils and climate the last few
years and is one of the perman-
ent pasture grasses that can be
successfully established from
seed in one year. Some of those
who got their seed early while
there was still a supply are:
Charles Kloss. Millheim; Mrs.
Josephine Gordon, Mixville; L.
C. Polasek, Hartsville; R. E.
Beamen, Kenney; Dr. C. M. Tay.
lor, New Bremen; Alois Sodotak,
Mixville; Ludwig Lodolak. Mix-
ville; Frank Schramm, Shelby;
and W. W. Krueger, Millheim.
Conservation farm plans have
recently been prepared by Mrs.
Bettie Steck, Burleigh; and Al-
win Raeke, Industry.
Soil Conservation Service per.
sonnel assigned to the Austin-
Washington Soil Conservation
District assisted these farmers
in preparing these plans.
District cooperators are re-
minded that now is the time to
.-od terrace outlet waterways in
preparation for terracing this
fall. When the crops are out and
it is time to build terraces, it is
too late to sod the outlets if you
don’t have them. Let’s get them
sodded now.
Thompson Asks Repeal Of March Of Dimes Drive
Ail War-time Excise Taxes I Nearly $3700 In County
Candidates who already have
office are “Peppy” Blount of
tendance at school each day this San Angelo, Jim Griffin of Mis-
year unless the absence is due sion and a Mr. White of Wichita
to illness. I Falls.—Headlight.
An odd fact has come to light
in the matter of attendance. In
Austin county it is not the one
child staying out of school ev-
ery day who lowers the daily
attendance average. Instead, it
is the large number of all chil-
dren who are absent for a day
or a part of a day for a variety
of reasons besides illness.
This year for the first time
Austin county schools have the
benefit of the services of a
visiting teacher, Mrs. Newton
Bynum, who work.* with par-
ents, with teachers, and school
officials in all the schools on at-
tendance problems. While work
of the visiting teacher is cen-
tered on attendance problems,
it is not particularly compulsory
attendance, but concerns chil-
dren who are maladjusted phy-
sically and scholastically. Be-
sides this, there is the problem
of the child who is absent for
no reason except that his par-
ents have given him permission
to miss school. The patrons of a ■
school must realize that regular
attendance is necessary if a
child is to make the most of his
opportunity at school, p'--
parent is urged to accept a per-
sonal responsibility for his
child’s presence there.
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