The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 2017 Page: 2 of 10
ten pages : ill.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
PAGE 2
THE SCHULENBURG STICKER
THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 2017
1
I
I
■L. '
■
I
- Enable a constitutional limit
SOURCES:
1870,1880
Contact Daniel Deagen
The deceased was born at In-
281-793-8961
(979)743-4805
979.562.2236
BUSINESS &
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
Serving individuals, partnerships
and corporations professionally
and confidentially since 1977
Harvey Michna & Stanley Pesek
Enrolled Agents, Accredited Tax Advisors
' MICHNA
BOOKKEEPING * TAX
SERVICE
means
does not count the cotton taken
direct to the Compress. The Com-
belonged to Frank Crista.
Contract Let For
Ford Garage
Campfire Girls Annual Outing
The Tejah Campfire Girls and
In 2000, the church was again
reconstructed to include better
in the selection of your dentist, I
solicit your patronage.
Dr. Joe F. Lessing, Dentist
Office over First National Bank
Birth
Adolph Kainer Jr. and wife are
tions.
A number of Senate bills have
gained approval and now await
House, Senate have not yet
engaged in back-and-forth
on key bills
- Revise school finance;
- Prevent the transfer of state
a warrantless frisk search of an
individual.
Paxton said an interpretation of
Chris Hooper
Financial Advisor
260 N Kessler Ave
Schulenburg, TX 78956
979-743-5187
www.edwardjones.com
Suite 107, Weimar Professional Building
109 East Post Office St. • Weimar, Texas
(979) 725-9561
The Schulenburg Sticker is
published weekly every Thurs-
day in Schulenburg, except the
week of Christmas. Periodical
Postage Paid at Schulenburg,
TX 78956.
Subscription rates: $32.00/year
for mailing addresses in Fayette,
Lavaca or Colorado County;
$37.00/year elsewhere in Texas;
and $42.00/year out of state.
Senior citizen discount: $2.00.
Online subscription rates:
$30.00/year online only; and
for print subscribers, additional
$5.00/year.
POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to The Schulenburg
Sticker, PO Box 160, Schulen-
burg, TX 78956.
TROJACEK
INSURANCE
501 Summit Street
Schulenburg, TX 78956
979-743-2120
Auto • Home • Life • Health
www.farmersagent.com/ltrojacek
OPEN DAILY
11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
12564 FM 957
BETWEEN SCHULENBURG
AND HALLETSVILLE
2017 WINNER:
South Texas
Press Assn. &
Texas Gulf Coast
Press Assn.
Newspaper Contests
FARMERS
INSURANCE
WE WORK...
... unceasingly for the upbuilding
of our profession, in order that the
public may receive the benefits of an
ethical understanding service.
SCHWENKE-
BAUMGARTEN
FUNERAL CHAPEL
979-743-4151
701 S. Main St.
Schulenburg, Texas 78956
Moravia
Vineyard & Winery
Kn
Edward Jones
MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
footprints of f opette
A Historical Column From The Fayette County
Historical Commission and Fayette County Judge's Office
ABC
Mini Storage
Senior Homecare
By Angels®
fcSt ftli~
■safe
on the right side of the church,
partially with lumber from the
I MoraviaVineyard.com
M
bench behind the church.
Initially, some of the original
$166.25 for the cotton at 25d and
$32.75 for the seed, making a
Gangs are evaluated and classi-
HB 2, both by Larry Gonzales, fied according to threat level. Also,
R-Round Rock. There are enough according to the report, there are as
elongated floor debates, if lawmak-
ers are so inclined.
Last week, both chambers moved main a significant threat to public
beyond the as-yet unresolved safety in our state, not only because
sunset legislation. The House ap- of their penchant for violence and
proved and forwarded two bills to criminal activity, but also their
the Senate: HB 7 by Dade Phelan, relationships with other criminal
R-Beaumont, legislation creating organizations, such as Mexican
a tree planting credit to offset tree cartels,” said DPS Director Steve
McCraw.
Zika infection is possible
The Texas Department of State
on July 26 an-
STATE
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Offering Pre-Engineered Bolt-Up
& Weld-Up Structures
• Barns •Storage Facilities •Workshops
• Warehouses • Barndominiums
Bathing and Dressing Assistance
Grooming
Assistance with Walking
Medication Reminders
Errands & Shopping
Light Housekeeping
Meal Preparation
Friendly Companionship
Flexible Hourly Care
Respite Care for Families
Live-In Care
979-335-4025
www.visitingangels.com
America s Choice in JLomecare. S' "X
fl LMNG ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Each Visiting Angels agency is independently owned and operated.
at TexasZika.org.
AG Paxton joins in brief
Texas Attorney General Ken
tions; and Paxton on July 25 announced he
- Add new requirements for do- joined West Virginia’s amicus
not-resuscitate orders. brief in Robinson v. United States,
Along with SB 3, the “bathroom along with Indiana, Michigan and
bill” by Lois Kolkhorst, R-Bren- Utah in the United States Supreme
Cemetery history; Fayette Heritage ^am - legislation that cleared the Court. The case was brought over
Museum & Archives Senate and now awaits consider-
Bethlehem African Methodist Episcopal ation by the House - there are a
Church 141st Anniversary History number of bills with the potential
booklet; 2015 to ignite time-consuming tussles the case by the Richmond, Virginia-
Fayette County Deed Records, Vol. K, p. betweentheupperandlowercham-
326; Vol. 87, pp. 134-136. bers. House Speaker Joe Straus,
THE SCHULENBURG STICKER INC.
(USPS 484300, ISSN 0895-4275)
PO Box 160,405 North Main St., Schulenburg, TX 78956
Ph. 979-743-3450 • Fax 979-743-4609 • www.schulenburgsticker.com
news@schulenburgsticker.com • ads@schulenburgsticker.com
Maxine Vyvjala, Publisher
Diane Prause & Darrell Vyvjala, Editors
Carla Ricicar, Advertising Dept.
Jeannie Barrier, Receptionist
Dale Manning, Printing Dept.
Lisa Mederos, Bookkeeper/Reporter
THE STICKER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
EDIT ALL NEWS ARTICLES AND ADS,
AND THE RIGHT TO CANCEL OR
REFUSE ANY ARTICLES OR ADS
ADVERTISING deadline is Monday at
noon. ARTICLES & PHOTOS are used at
the editors' discretion. News items older
than 6 weeks will not be used. The Sticker is not
responsible for mistakes in hand-written copy.
The Sticker charges for corrections if an item was
submitted with the mistake or omission.
Our 124th Year of Continuous Publication - Est. 1894
pia® i
JjEi
Bethlehem African Methodist
Episcopal Church -
A Historic Landmark
By Bobbie Houston
The Bethlehem African Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, located
approximately three miles south
of La Grange, is the second oldest
AME church in the state of Texas.
The original property was owned
by William and Mary Ann Mat-
thews, who sold 15 acres in 1855
to Rev. John WB. Allen, William
H. Matthews, Alonzo Reynolds, Bethlehem AME Church in the mid-1990s
James Reynolds, Neal Robertson Courtesy Of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
and Edmund Knowles, trustees of church, were the Homer, Dobbins, cemetery for the black congrega- desk in short order if top-priority with disabilities to attend private
the Bethlehem Methodist Episco- Holman, Conner, Hubbard, Raney, tion was established on the east “sunset” legislation to ensure the schools.
pal Church South. This early con- Willrich, Henderson, Scott, East side of the creek. It now surrounds continuation of the Texas Medical DPS reports on gangs
gregation was comprised of area and Moore families. the west, north and east sides of Boardand several other healthcare- The Texas Department of Public
white settlers, who also founded a
...... ■
tentatively approved SB 2, school
finance reform legislation by Sen-
ate Education Chair Larry Taylor,
AUSTIN - Not a single bill had R-Friendswood.
been agreed to by the state House SB 2 contains $212 million
andSenateasof July 28, exactly 10 in additional spending over and
daysintothe30-day special session above appropriations passed during
of the Texas Legislature. the regular legislative session, to
Lawmakers have a tall order help needy school districts bridge
served up to them by Gov. Greg Ab- funding gaps until the Legi slature
bott in the form of 20 must-resolve devises a more broadly functional
matters in the first called session finance system. SB 2 also would
of the 85th Texas Legislature, create a mechanism to provide
Something could be on Abbott’s financial assistance for children
When the Civil War com-
menced, Theodore Wolters, a room left for us, so decided to go in
Ferd. Lux brought in his first lad not yet fifteen, enlisted in the the lake to keep from getting wet.
bale of cotton Tuesday and got Confederate service. The young ladies present were
For twenty-five consecutive Misses Annie Brossmann, Jess
years, Theodore Wolters was Bridgewater, Lillian Jordan,
total of $ 199 for the bale, which Mayor of our town. For a number Louise Cowan, Edna Schaefer and
is going some. of years past, he has been an in- Mildred Baumgarten. Erwin and
From Old Kinkier spector of the Pure Feed Control Eugene and Mrs. A. Herzik were
Our farmers are busy in their located in College Station. In this chaperones.
cotton fields. position, he traveled all over South
The first bale of cotton was Texas and thus met thousands of
ginned here last Monday and men and made friends everywhere, the proud parents of a baby girl
In February of this year, he born last Tuesday at their home
attacked by the grippe. The north of town.
Advertisement
If efficiency, cleanliness, best
Brownsville in late 2016. More
Amend municipal annexation information on Zika is available
sewer pipes crossed the branch they all were significant in the laws;
with a path that led to a grove of 143-year hi story of this small rural
six cedar trees that formed a rough African American congregation on the rate of growth in appropria-
Bethlehem” for their AME square. The white cemetery and that is struggling to remain ac-
were located about five despite all the odds against
9 Youens &
Duchicela
** ^Clinic
FAMILY MEDICINE
BOARD CERTIFIED
ROBERT A. YOUENS, M.D.
JORGE A. DUCHICELA, M.D.
OLGA DUCHICELA, M.D.
402 YOUENS DRIVE (979) 725-8545
WEIMAR, TX 78962 FAX (979) 725-8287
After Hours Phone: (979) 732-2371
removal fees imposed by a mu-
nicipality, and HB 13 by Giovanni
Capriglione, R-Southlake, creating
reporting requirements forabortion Health Services
providers about surgical complica- nouncedaHidalgo County resident
who previously had aZika infection
was most likely infected in Texas.
Because the individual has not
area
a Sunday dinner brought by the air-conditioning, new furniture bills would, for example: or had any other risk factors, the
filed until 1909 when the heirs church members was served on a and carpeting, a pastor’s study - Reform how local property tax infection probably was transmitted
of the grantors apparently were bench behind the church. and new attached fellowship hall, rates are set and the tax programs by a mosquito bite in South Texas
trying to settle their ancestors’ Initially, some of the original Unfortunately, it is not possible administered; sometime in the last few months,
estates. They acknowledged the deceased members of the church to mention all the ministers who - Revise school finance; health officials said.
original deed as being an official were buried near the white cem- have served the congregation - Prevent the transfer of state Texas previously had six lo-
document, and no further action etery located on the other side of and the many faithful members funding to any healthcare provider cally transmitted cases of Zika in
was taken insofar as the balance a branch of Williams Creek. In the who have kept the church going that also performs abortions;
due. It is not known, however, if past, a bridge made of three 3-foot throughout the years. However,
additional payments were made
prior to the filing.
The new owners retained the
name “i
Church, which is also known as black graves
Big Bethel, to differentiate itfrom 20 yards farther west. Originally, its survival,
the nearby Little Bethel Baptist there may have been 30 or more
Church. The church and cemetery graves which have mostly disap- Bethlehem African Methodist Episcopal
are located at 2200 Bethlehem peared. The bridge and path are
Church Road off FM Road 3233 long gone, and the graves are
in the Cozy Comer community encroached by vegetation. When
that originally was called Post an inventory of the white cemetery
Oak. One of two Freedom Colo- was done in the 1970s, only four
nies in Fayette County, Post Oak tombstones with legible inscrip-
was an autonomous community tions were still evident. Two of
comprised of freed slaves in the those were the wife and daughter
area. Some of the early blacks in of the original property owner, U.S. Federal Censuses for 1850, 1860,
the area, who were members of the William Matthews. Eventually a
jMllSfrom long ago
Aug. 3, 1917 cost $7,000 and work commences of last week from their annual
Cotton Season Opens Monday, much of the material be- camping trip at Camp Wernecke,
The cotton season opened up ing on the ground. on Praha Lake. Perhaps they were
with a rush here Tuesday. The The west end of the business not conscious of it but it really
a delightful summer
The west end of the business
average price for cotton and seed section is rapidly assuming the amounts to
runs above $150 to the bale and appearance of a city and it is up school, where they are pleasantly
the R. Pustka platform up to 10:30 to the east end to get busy if they instructed and initiated into those
Thursday weighed 166 bales. This expect to hold up their end of the valuable things that make for bet-
$ 10,000 to the farmers and improvement propaganda. ter character.
An Old Pioneer Passes Away The girls were rather disap-
Theodore H. Wolters died July pointed on account of their short
press will start Monday. R. Pustka 29,1917, at his residence in Schu- stay, owing to the rainy weather,
estimates business at 4,000 bales lenburg after an extended illness Although not as pleasant as sun-
from present indications, being of several months. shine, it taught us a new lesson,
about half of last year’s business, The deceased was born at In- how to care for the camp during
but the price more than makes up dustry, in Austin County, Texas, rainy weather. Must say one of our
for it to the farmers. April 15, 1846, the son of Jacob most pleasant swims was Friday
Bales Brought In Wolters, an early Texas pioneer afternoon while silver rain drops
August Heinrich was in Tuesday from Germany, and follower of were dancing on the lake, having
with his first bale for this season General Sam Houston. had to put everything in the tent to
and it sold for $123.50, exclusive When the Civil War com- keep dry, we found there was no
of the seed.
was
announcement by eminent physi-
The contract has been let for cians did not perturb him. “Take
the new brick garage for the me back to Schulenburg - do not of materials, conscientious work-
Ford people to C.L. Watson of let me die away from there.” And manship, reasonable compensa-
Columbus. The contract for the they brought the old veteran back tion for services appeal to you
brick work went to Frank Wagner to the town he loved so well.
which ensures them a building
which will stand the test of time
and hard usage. The building will guardian returned home Monday
basedU.S. Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit “places an unlawful
Homer, R.L., Tommy Filmore & Bobbie R-San Antonio, has signaled his burden on Second Amendment
Houston; recollections and oral history disapproval for the bathroom bill, rights.”
despite pressure from Gov. Abbott “The Constitution plainly guar-
and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who anteeslaw-abidingcitizenstheright
have more or less agreed as to how to bear arms, whether through open
public schools might accommodate or concealed carry,” he said. “We
transgender students. must ensure the court continues to
Education bill moves protect the constitutional rights of
The full Senate on July 25 law-abiding citizens.”
side of the creek. It now surrounds continuation of the Texas Medical
the west, north and east sides of Boardand several other heal thcare-
The first Bethlehem AME the present church. Many of the related state oversight boards gains Safety on July 25 released the Texas
cemetery for their deceased family Church was built by a Mr. Prince, earlier graves in this cemetery are approval by both chambers. The Gang Threat Assessment, an over-
members on the southwest side of who oriented the structure with the al so covered by dense overgrowth, Senate’s version is SB 20 by Van view and update of gang activity in
the property, as well as another front door facing north, and the but efforts are now under way to Taylor, R-Plano; the House has the Lone Star State.
cemetery for their slaves located organ in the back. Oil lamps were clear the cemetery and inventory produced two versions: HB 1 and
north of the white cemetery. used for lighting, wood stoves for the graves.
According to census records, heating, and drinking waterfor the Eventually, the church was re-
some of these early church congregation came from a spring- oriented so that the entrance door differences in the bills to spark many as 100,000 gang members
members moved elsewhere after fed continuously-running stream faced the front of the property, elongated floor debates, if lawmak- across Texas.
the Civil War. Apparently, the on the east side of the property. In 1957, a small fellowship hall ers are so inclined. Gangs and their associates re-
church was no longer active by Baptisms were also performed with a kitchen was constructed
June 30, 1874, when the trustees in the stream. According to oral
at that time, namely, William H. tradition, the spring water was
Matthews, Alonzo Reynolds, J.R. used by the entire community in Bethesday (or Bethesda) Church.
Alexander, J.A. Trousdale, W.B. the earlier days in lieu of digging A cornerstone added to the right
Moore and John E. Moore, sold wells. People also washed their front corner of the church lists
the same 15 acres for $500 to clothing there and gathered wild the names of the ministers at the
David Ferrill, George Phillips and mint that grew in the immediate time, Revs. Wash Taylor and Seth
Philip Shaw, trustees of an African area for medicinal purposes. Dobbins, as well as the trustees: J.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Prior to the installation of elec- Mackey, D. Shelton, D. Willrich,
The grantees paid $214 in cash tricity, Frank Conner furnished B. Henderson and S.T. Slack,
with a note for the balance plus Delcolightsfornighttimeservices.
10 percent interest due by Dec. 1, When someone died, the old bell
1874. One acre of land was to be that hung in the steeple was rung to lighting, city water, butane gas,
retained for the white cemetery, announce the death. Alfter services, indoor plumbing and restrooms, consideration by the House. Those recently traveled outside the
Interestingly, the deed was never a Sunday dinner brought by the air-conditioning, new
a pastor’s study
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Prause, Diane & Vyvjala, Darrell. The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 124, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 2017, newspaper, August 3, 2017; Schulenburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1246140/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.