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Volume 43 No. 30.
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Notaries Must File
For Re-appointment
Sixty To Report For
Pre-induction Exams
New Agent Meets With
Local H. D. Club Women
Mrs. Frances Schmidt
Buried At Frelsburg
Decoration Day May 3
At Methodist Cemetery
Livestock Association To
Have Annual Field Day
Memorial Services At
Frelsburg On April 26
First Annual Benefits
Meeting Next Tuesday
Muench Grandson
Dies In Houston
Mrs. Karasek Attends Wedding
Of Granddaughter In Galveston
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Ashorn
and son of near Wesley spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Che-
neck Ashorn.
mann, Mrs. Emil Krause,
and Mrs. Emil Haverlah
Mr. and Mrs. Emi) Galle.
HENRY MAREK HURT
WHEN HORSE FALLS
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Henry Marek, of Industry,
suffered a broken pelvic bone
last Thursday afternoon when
a horse he was riding fell with
him.
Mr. Marek Was taken to the
Milroy hospital at Brenham
where he is reported to be doing
as well as can be expected. He
will probably be hospitalized for
an indefinite time
THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE
Shelby Lutheran Congregation Will
Observe Fiftieth Anniversary Sunday
Tri-County Council PTA
Met At Brookshire Fri.
John Sealy hospital. She i
ported to be recuperating
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NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1953
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John R. Baca, 60, Band
And Orchestra Leader,
Buried At Fayetteville
Mrs. Ernst Karasek returned
home Tuesday after spending
several days visiting with her
children in Houston and Galves-
ton.
In Galveston, on Saturday
night, she attended the wedding
of her granddaughter. Miss
Dorothy Eunice Lover and Ro-
bert Perricone. The marriage
took place in the First Lutheran
church at Galveston.
The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Lover of
Galveston, and the groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Perri-
cone, also of Galveston.
The couple will reside in Hous-
ton where Mr. Perricone is at-
tending the University of Hous-
ton. He is a candidate for grad-
uation in June.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Galle had
as their guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Stutzenbecker ol
Waco, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Galle
and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Seidel
and daughter of Goliad, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Galle and son and
Mrs. Emil Petrichs of Brenham,
and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mieth.
The Annual Decoration Day
service for the Methodist Cem-
etery at Industry will be held,
Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m. The
Rev. James B. Argue, pastor of
the Foster Place Methodist
church, Houston, will be the
speaker for the afternoon. All
those that havfi loved ones
buried there, and all friends, are
urged to be present. Also, please
notify any that live away from
here that you think might be
interested and might want to be
present. The Choir of the Meth-
odist church will sing for the
occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foerster
were in Goliad Wednesday after-
noon to attend funeral services
for his brother, Willie Foerster,
74, who died in a Hallettsville
hospital Monday following a
lengthy illness.
Others attending the services
from here included Henry Foer-
ster, Jr., Mrs. Raymond Foer-
ster, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ress-
Mr.
and
Miss Mildred Putz, newly ap-
pointed Home Demonstration
agent of Austin County, met
with the local club in the home
of Mrs. 0. L. Meyer, April 14.
Beginning her discussion with
the question “Why Do Pot
Plants Die?" Miss Putz ably
discussed “Pot Plant Culture.”
She listed ih^ following needs of
pot plants: Light, moderate tem-
perature, moisture in the air,
sufficient water, plant food, etc.
Live oak leaves give the best
leaf mold.
Twelve members attended the
meeting. “Jelly Making” was
selected as the subject for the
club’s educational fair exhibit.
The club meets again April
24 in the home of Mrs. C. B. Ro-
berts.
The Austin County Livestock
Association iH sponsoring its
Annual Livestock Field Day,
April 30, at the Bellville City
Park, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
More stress will be placed on
dairying this year and the fol-
lowing men have been, secured
to be on the program and dis-
cuss their subjects. All men, on
thp program, are from A. & M.
College Extension Service.
A. M. Meekme—Dairy and
dairying problems; M. K. Thorn-
ton—soils and fertilizers; A. H.
Walker, range and pasture man-
agement; Vel D. Thompson—
beef cattle amangementx Dr. C.
M. Patterson, internal parasites
and diseases of cattle; and R.
E. Callendar—quail in connec-
tion with pasture management.
This is a program which will
be of interest to all livestock-
men and everyone is invited to
attend. The entire program will
be held indoors.
If you have any question on
your livestock problems, feel
free to ask them of the appro-
priate speaker.
The Austin-Waller-Washing-
ton Tri-County Council of Par-
ent-Teacher Associations met in
Brookshire last Friday. The fol-
lowing local units were repre-
sented : Bellville, Brookshire,
Cochran, Field’s Store, Pattison,
Piney, Sealy, Waller, Wallis and
West End. Election of officers
resulted in the installation of
Mrs. J. P. Crowhurst as Presi-
dent, Mrs. E. L. Horton as vice-
president, Miss Ella Kautz as
secretary, Mrs. Conrad Juergens
as Treasurer and Mrs. Chas.
Peschel, Mrs. Newton Bynum,
Mrs. Louis Koym and Mrs. A.
Robichaux as Precinct Vice-
Presidents. Mrs. Lester Wil-
liams was in the installing offi-
cer. Sealy, Cochran, Pattison
and west End will be hosts for
the next year’s meetings*. After
the meeting a delicious lunch
was served by the Brookshire
Mrs. John Pierce and son of
Cayuga, left Tuesday for Van
Vleck after visiting several days
here with her- father, Ernst
Brokmeyer, and with her broth-
er and sister and their families.
Sunday visitors in the home
of Mrs. Louise Kuehn and fami-
ly were Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Krueger and Miss Hilma, 'Mr.
and Mrs. Ho Tetsch of Eagle
Lake, Mrs. Ella Fairchild of
San Antonio, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hugo Buechmann and family of
Kenney.
Mrs. W. A. Hinze, of Sealy,
reports that her father August
Krause is a patient in the Sealy
hospital since Monday. He has
improved somewhat up to Wed-
nesday. Mr. Krause is a brother
of Max Krause of New Ulm.
Robert Glaeser, of the Post
Oak Point community, who is
again a patient in the La
Grange hospital, has shown
some improvement after being
gravely ill for several days.
Mrs. Willie Marek, of near
Industry, became suddenly ill
on^ day last week. Last reports
state, although still in a serious
condition she has shown some
improvement.
C. W. Howe, of New Ulm,
whose health has been failing
for some time was on Tuesday
reported to be in a serious con-
dition. His children are taking
turns in nursing and caring for
him at the family residence.
Mrs^WiIking Brune returned
home Friday from Galveston
where she was a patient in the nicely.
It was rather in the days of
horse and wagon than horse and
buggy, that St. Paul’s Lutheran
congregation of Shelby was or-
ganized and the church built. On
January 25, 1903, fifteen fami-
lies of the former "Friedens
Gemeinde” of Shelby withdrew
and organized a separate con-
gregation. Their first regular
pastor was Rev. A. Fuenning.
A small tract of land with
dwelling was bought, and work
of building a small church soon
got under way. The new church
was dedicated April 26, 1903,
and the first confirmation class
received in the service that Sun-
day.
Ill fortune came in 1909, when
fire destroyed the parsonage.
However, another house could
be bought and moved in from
the Willow Springs Community.
Since 1910, when the congre-
gation ceased to have a resident
pastor, regular services were
held only every second and
fourth Sunday of each month
until the year 1948, when an
evening service was added on
the third Sunday.
From 1908 on the congrega-
tion has shared a pastor with
St. John’s Lutheran church at
Warrenton, where the pastor's
residences has been located
since 1910.
Six pastors served the con-
gregation during its existence.
Their names and the years of
their pastorate are as follows:
A Fuenning, 1903-4; A. Wenzel,
1904-6; J. Bosshard, 1908-20;
M. C. Hoermann, 1921-27; E. J.
Scheffel, 1927-29; J. Bosshard,
1930-47; Wm. Feller, 1948 until
the present. Various supply pas-
tors served during vacancies.
A steady increase in member-
ship, and in activity of organiza-
tions marked the pastorates of
M. C. Heermann and E. J. Schef-
fel, when a Sunday school was
regularly conducted in connec-
tion with services, and a Luther
League and choir came into be-
ing and flourished.
Since 1945 a Ladies’ Aid So-
ciety ha«< given considerable as-
sistance in various worthy pro-
jects of the congregation.
During the present pastorate
a social and educational annex
to the church has been dedicat-
ed, a Sunday school with all de-
partments set up, and two new
organizations added, a Brother-
hood and a Women’s Missionary
Society, both of which provide
fine opportunity for study and
service.
Since 1948 the congregation
has been affiliated with the
Texas District of the American
Lutheran church.
The congregation at present
numbers one hundred and thirty
homes, over sixty of which were
added since the beginning of
1948.
St. Paul’s of Shelby will ob-
serve itg 50 anniversary next
Sunday. April 26, with special
services. Pastor M. C. Hoer-
mann, a former pastor, will
speak in the service beginning
at 10:15 a.m., and Pastor C. N.
Roth, President of the Texas
District of the American Luth-
eran chureh, will be the speaker
in the service at 2:15 p.m. The
noon meal wiH consist of barbe-
cued beef, mutton and pork, and
will be served at a dollar a meal,,
and less for ytounger children.
St. Paul’s congregation and
pastor extend a cordial invita-
tion to all to attend thgse serv-
ices and dinner.
The first annual meeting of
Austin County Benefits, Inc.,
will be held next Tuesday night,
April 28, at the Board room in
the San Bernard Electric Co-
operative office building in Bell-
ville, beginning a£ 8:00 p. m.
“Every contributor to the drive
last October is a member of the
organization and requested to
make plans to attend," accord-
ing to the president, Rev. Josef
A. Barton.
According to the by-laws of
the organization, one represen-
tative is selected to the Board
of Directors from each voting
precinct. By drawing lots the
following directors’ terms of of-
fice expire on Tuesday: William
Schneider of Bellville, Mrs. E.
F. Rapsilver of San Felipe, Cas-
per Balke of Welcome, C. S.
Ackley of Sealy, Walker Schnei-
der of Millheim, and Homer Wit-
tenburg of Cleveland. Citizens
of the communities are asked to
make nominations for directors
from their respective precints
to the annual meeting of the
Benefits organization. Any
communications should be ad-
dressed to C. J. Marik, of Indus-
try, secretary.
Two more organizations have
requested to be included in the
next drive this fall: The Warm
Springs Foundation of Gonzal-
es, Texas, and Radio Free Eu-
rope. The Gonzales Foundation
is conducting a state-wide cam-
paign to raise funds for build-
ing and facility expansion, ask-
ing an average of 5-cents per
citizen of each county in the
state. This would make the Aus-
tin county allotment $730.00.
Radio Free Europe, seeking to
raise $4,000,000.00 ©ver the na-
tion, is seeking a pro-rate of
$365.00 from Austin County’ for
its program of bombarding the
Iron Curtain with Truth. Inclu-
sion of thesA requests in the
next drive will be considered at
the first annual meeting next
Tuesday night.
Officers for the nex!t year will
be elected by the Board of Dir-
ectors.
Names and addresses of the
sixty registrants ordered by lo-
cal board No. 44, La Grange, to
report for Pre-induction physi-
cal examination on May 6, 1953,
follow alphabetically by coun-
ties:
Austin—Champ Lee Black,
Rt. 3, Sealy; Calvin Brast, Rt.
2, Bellville; Wilfred Henry
Gross, Bellville; Gilbert Hege-
meyer, Rt. 2, New Ulm; Allen
Calvin Hill, Rt. 2, Cat Spring;
Noel Kent Horton, Wallis; Earl
Winford Jones, Rt. 2, Bellville;
Charles Leyendecker, III, Rt. 2,
New Ulm; Johnnie Peter Marek,
Wallis; James Mieth, Rt. 2, New
Ulm; Robert Lee Mosmeyer, Rt.
2, Cat Spring; Willie Ignatz
Smidovec, Rt. 1, Sealy; Melvin
Charlie Zenkner, Rt. 2, New
Ulm.
Colorado—Milton Adams, Wei-
mar; Johnnie Ashton, Colum-
bus; Delmar Martin Berger, Rt.
3, Weimar; Robert George
Brooks, Columbus; Ben Dancy,
Rt. 1, Garwood; Leu Dancy, Rt.
• 1, Garwood; Erwin Andrew
Gibson, Jr., Eagle Lake; Clar-
ence Earl Hattermann, Rt. 2,
Weimar; Johnny Vaclav Labay,
Nada; Joseph Charles Labay,
Nada; Ray Man, Jr., Rt. 2, Wei-
mar; Thomas Wayne Scott, Ea-
gle Lake; Lester Lee Snow, Gar-
wood; Herman Spann, Jr., Al-
tair : Robert Mason Stewart, Ea-
gle Lake; Harry Waddell, Rock
Island.
Fayette — Elmond Henry
Baumbach, Rt. 2, Fayetteville;
Donald L. Berger, Schulenburg;
Floyd William Braun, Rt. 1,
Carmine; Arthur C. Cordes, Jr.,
La Grange; Tommie Ray Davis,
Rt. 1, Muldoon; Benjamin Dan-
iel Florus, Flatonia; Erwin
Georges, Rt. 2, BurWin; Donald
Lee Goelleher, Round Top; Wil-
burn William Otto Harms, Rt.
2. La Grange; Kenneth Hubert
Heller, Schulenburg; Willie Lee.
Isaac, Winchester; Sherman
Charles Ivy, Rt. 2, Flatonia;
Delvin Franklin Jaster, Round
Top; Robert John Klesel, Rt. 4,
Schulenburg; Johnnie Charlie
Lev, Rt. 1, Flatonia; Vernon
Bernard Michalek, Rt. 3, Schu-
lenburg; Bernard Jakub Mich-
alsky, Rt. 1, Fayetteville; Char-
ley John Moeller, Rt. 2, Fayette-
ville; Clarence Rudolph Ohnhei-
ser, Rt. 1, Schulenburg; Her-
man B. Pospisil, Flatonia; Rein-
hardt Herbert Sanders, Jr., La
Grange; Arthur Daniel Sawyer,
Rt. 1, West Point; Leroy Gus
Schubert, Rt. 2, La Grange;
Emil Seidel, Jr., Rt. 3, La
Grange; Elton Sidney, Rt. 2,
Schulenburg; Joseph John Tan-
ecka. West Point; Elroy Frank-
lin Ullrich, Rt. 2, Carmine;
Charles Vernon Wagner, Fay-
etteville; Daniel Joe Wagner,
Schulenburg; Jacob Jerome
Walla, Ellinger; Eugene Alois
Wick, Rt. 2, Schulenburg.
Saturday and Sunday visitors
in the home of Miss Ida Rinn
included the following: Mrs.
Bankopt, Mrs. Hilton Luetge
and Miss Elsie Hoppe of Hous-
ton, Emil Kuehn of Waco, Mrs.
Willie Weige and Mrs. Carlton
Kennison and son of Bellville,
Reinhold Hoppe of Waco, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rinn, Mrs.
Eddie Hegemeyer, Mrs. Otto
Sell, Mrs. Chas. Persky, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bennie Rinn and their
grandsons
Robert Erwin, 9-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Mc-
Lemore of Houston died at 2
p.m. Monday, in Houston, after
a short illness.
The little boy was a grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Muench
of New Ulm. Mrs. Muench and
daughter Bonnie Fay left for
Houston Wednesday evening to
attend the funeral services.
Survivors, in addition to the
parents, are a sister Evon; the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Muench; and great-grandpar-
ents, Mrs. Louise Muench of
New Ulm, and Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Reinke of Sealy.
John R. Baca
Klobouk of Needville and Ed-
ward Geiser of Frelsburg.
Baca's band, which was
founded bv his father, Frank
J. Baca, 61 years ago and which
he himself directed for 33 years,
rendered some of the founder’s
own compositions and arrange-
ments during the funeral rites.
The widely know band and
orchestra made countless public
appearances, numerous broad-
casts and also made recordings
for Columbia, OKeh and Hum-
ming Bird records.
Son of Frank and Mary Kovar
Baca, he spent his life-time in
Fayetteville where he was mar-
ried in 1915 to Miss Mary Zeles-
ky who survives along with a
daughter, Rose Marie of Fay-
etteville, and two sons, Clarence
of Houston and Lee Edward of
Fayetteville. Another son Frank
Louis died in 1932 in infancy.
Other survivors are six sis-
ters, Mrs. Betty Tschiedel, Mrs.
Jennie Sherpik, Mrs. Frances
Zapalac, Mrs. Annie Stasny and
Mrs. Millie Kulhanek of Fay-
etteville, and Mrs. Julia Cha-
lupka of Crosby; four brothers,
Frank of Robstown, Rud. A. and
Raymond of Fayetteville and
Ludwig of San Agelo, two
grandsons, Lee Edward Jr. and
John Charles Baca.
Preceding him in death were
his oldest brother, Jo^ O. Baca,
who took over direction of the
band after the father’s death;
a sister, Mrs. Marie Kubena and
two other brothers, Eddie and
Arnold Baca.
Burial was in the Fayetteville
Catholic cemetery.
Rosaries were recited at the
Knesek chapel by the C.D.A.
and K. of C.’s Thursday night
and by the K.J.T. Friday night.
Koenig Funeral Home direct-
ed the funeral.
One of the largest funerals
ever held in Fayetteville was
conducted at the St. John Cath-
olic church there Saturday for
John R. Baca, 60, widely known
musician, who expired in La
Grange, Thursday.
. The Rev. Thomas Matl offi-
ciated at the mass and the Revs.
S. A. Zientek of La Grange and
A. W. Nesvadba of Wallis deliv-
ered the English and Czech ser-
mons, respectively. Also in the
sanctuary were the Revs. Jos.
Mrs. Francis Schmidt, of the
Frelsburg community, passed
away on Friday, April 17 in
Fayette Memorial Hospital at
La Grange after an illness of
five weeks. She attained the age
of 76 years, 10 months and 16
days.
Mrs. Schmid, nee Wesinka,
was born May 31, 1876 at Frels-
burg. She was united in mar-
riage in 1879 at Frelsburg with
Thomas Schmidt who preceded
her in 1951. She was a member
of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic
church at Frelsburg. She was
also a member of the Altar So-
ciety of the church. She lived
her entire life in the Frelsburg
community.
Funeral services were held
from her late home at 9:00 a.
m., Monday, April 20 with con-
tinued services at the Frelsburg
Catholic church. Rev. Edward
Geiser officiated. Burial was in
the church cemetery. Koenig
Funeral Home directed the
services.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Kollmann of
Houston, and Mrs. Agnes Zaji-
cek of Gladewater; four sons,
Paul Schmidt of Fayetteville,
Richard and Alois Schmidt of
Lyford, and Ewald Schmidt of
Fayetteville; two sisters, Mrs.
Ed. Krenek of Houston, and
Mrs. Josephine Krenek of New
Mexico; and eight grandchil-
dren.
Secretary of State Howard
Carney has announced that he
will reappoint all persons who
now hold notary public com-
missions and that all such per-
sons must qualify by filing an
oath and bond with the county
clerk of their residence between
June 1, 1953 and June 10, 1953.
The law specifically requires
county clerks to approve notary
bonds and individuals should not
send money or requests for com-
missions direct to the secretary
of state. All notary matters can
only be received by the secre-
tary of state after the county
clerk acts thereon.
Any persons who has not
heretofore been a notary pub-
lic should apply to nis county
clerk between May 1, 1953 and
May 23, 1953, if he desires to
have this application given
prompt attention in the state
department, as the, rush of re-
appointing all old notaries may
slow up the ordinary process of
making new appointments and
issuing commissions.
Secretary of State Carney
said, “Each person applying for
a commission as a notary public
must be at least 21 years of age
and a resident of the county for
which he is appointed; exact
names and permanent addresses
should be given to the county
eJerk in .applying for a commis-
sion, as location of the notary
may be necessary long after he
has notarized a particular in-
strument.”
The annual memorial services
of the Trinity Lutheran church
at Frelsburg will be held at 2:30
p.m., Sunday, April 26. An ap-
propriate program has been
planned. Friends of the congre-
gation are cordially invited to
attend the services.
The congregation has an-
nounced that beginning Sunday,
May 2, Sunday school will begin
at 8:30 a.m., and services at
9:30 a.m.
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