The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 56, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1946 Page: 3 of 4
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TUESDAY, MAY 14. 1946
THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD. LA GRANGE, TEXAS
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When The Weather’s Good For Golf
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BED ROOM SUITES
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MORNING GLORY MATTRESSES
IRON BEDS
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racav! pavilion
Fayetteville
WED., MAY 15
Res Phone 389
rear axle and front wheels. It also includes
a thorough inspection of your tires, battery
and cooling system, spark plugs, air and
oil filters.
So when good golf days come, think of
your car. See your Sinclair Dealer and let
him Sinclair-ire your car for Summer.
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I Co.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kucera of
Dallas spent last week visiting
John Kucera Sr. and other rel-
atives.
SHOW BEGINS AT 7:(M» P. M.
SHARP DAILY
fern,
ring
PROGRAM
LA GRANGE, TEXAS
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range
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StOH.
Cexas
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were
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For Terracing,
Tank Digging. Underbrush
Clearing, Plowing Lathe
Work or Welding
See
V. G. FRENZEL
Contractor
(Near Walhalla)
MONDAY and TUESDAY
May 13 and 14
Starring Bing Crosby Ingrid
Bergman. Henry Travers
“The Bells of ft.
Mary’s”
Three continuous shows
MONDAY al 4:30 P. M., 6:45
I'. M. and 9:00 P. M. Two con-
SINCIAIR /zf your car
FOR SUMMER NOW!
ital
mictaa
nd
h.
c
DANCE
At Bill’s Hall
On Highway 71
near West point
Thursday, May 16
Featuring
Lad Janda’s Orch.
Adm.: 60c, Ladies 25c
Tax Included
EVERYBODY WELCOME
in
‘‘West of the Pecos”
ALSO CARTOON
First Show 7:00 P. M.
MULDOON NEWS
I By Mrs. L. W. MHter
class for vvui.
pr
lacort
e ZOt
DANCE
Sponsored by
KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS
Saturday May 18
at
SCHULENBURG
Music by
Lee Prause’s Orch.
Adm.: 60c per Person
Tax Included
Regardless of Age, All Persons
Must Have Tickets
EVERYBODY INVITED
FOR A BIG TIME'.!
Edward Fojtik and Rudolph
Gajdusek.
The witnesses were Rudolph
Baca and Clement Baca.
An all day celebraion was held
at the KJT hall at Plum with
a dance in honor of the couple
at night.
■r ar T hen the fairways call, that’s also
V V the time to call on the Sinclair
Dealer for Sinclatr-ise-for-Summer Serv-
ice. Complete Stnclair.ise service protects
your car against summer wear as its man-
ufacturer recommends. It includes correct
lubrication of chassis, motor, transmission,
HONORED AT SHOWER
Mrs. Paul Walla and Mrs.
Clement Belota of Plum re-
cently honored Miss Elizabeth
Belota with a miscellaneous
shower at the Plum KJT hall.
Miss Belota received many
beautiful gifts. About 150 peo-
ple were present. Refreshments
were served.
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s. 156
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Bluff
____white satin
full skirt of net j Visitors are always welcome to
Wc have been compelled to vacate otff present quar-
ters at the Oil Mill.
Temporarily, or until wc can construct our own
building, we will occupy a part of the old Southern Pa-
cific Depot just opposite or across the street from the I .a
Grange High School. Our building should be completed
in just a few weeks.
SOUTH TEXAS COTTON OIL CO.
J. H. Stephens, Manager
DAWN THEATRE
Fayetteville, Texas
— Presents —
Wednesday Only, May 15
I Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale
5 GOOD DANCES!
RECRI'ATID'Y VTrttX*
Hallettsville
SAT., MAY 18
Belota-Baca
Nuptials At Plum
A pretty wedding took place
in the new Sts. Peter and Paul
church at Plum Wednesday
": when
Mrs'riX'Hart'h seriously'iii Belota da„Ug,h'
The class will be called the. Edna Holstien ' ita’ becatne the bride of Edward
“Cum-Dubbl Class.” Officers' Miss Annie Miller was kept Baca- «»> of 11Mr%LLou2sa Raca
selected are as follows: Mrs. ,n ;)C(; several d“”c irn»»' °‘ Fayetteville. The Rev. Fd-
Henry Berry, president; Mrs. I trouble.
R. Berry Smith, vice president; Personals.
Mrs. Leon Schmidt, secretary;' Harry Wartzel of Austin vis-
and Henry Dolezal, treasurer. | itetj Muldoon friends over the
The T - --
teach the class.
Besides attending Sunday
school, the members plan to
sponsor various activities L. W.
Stolz made a donation of $25
to the treasury.
Nineteen members were pre- cently. Mr. Arlt was a former
s#nt for the organization meet-
ing.
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deal
ANNOUNCING
Although we have been very;
fortunate to receive a limited
amount of first line, selected
quality leather for your dress
shoes, you will find that com- L
position soles give satisfactory!
service under your work shoes, f
Electric Shoe Shop
Favettcvillc, Texas |
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SUNDAY, MAY 19
“Shady Lady”
Stariing Ginny Simms, Robert
Paige Charles Cqlbum.
ALSO SELECTED SHORT
SUBJECTS
... - 7.
HOME FROM NAVY
Allen Stavinoha, SK 2-c, re-
ceived his discharge from the
navy at Camp Wallace on May
6. Allen spent 28 months in the
service of which the past 10
months was in the Pacifio,
principally Okinawa. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Stavnoha
of Ammannsvillc, he expects to
return to his former job in
Houston shortly.
for Sheer Completion Beauty .. i
When you sec
Ed. A. Giese
Don’t think of
INSURANCE
But when you think of
INSURANCE
See
E D. A. GI E S E
“Your Agent”
La Grange, Texas
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ing.
A program is being prepared
by Miss Koch’s pupils ___
program will start at 3 p. m.
and it, as well as the meeting,
will take place in Miss Koch’s
room.—Reporter.
English Services.
English services at the St.
Paul’s Lutheran church here
will be conducted by the Rev.
on Sunday, May 19J
in.
, a /
'uests | Alfred Woltman, with the
Chief M. C. and Mrs. Frank navy in the Pacific for a num-
Poncik of Orange, whose mar- ber of years, is back at home
riage occurred in Lake Charles, with his parents, having receiv-
tip!'.
ed an honorable discharge.
Gets Discharge.
Kermit Heinsohn, with the
armed forces in the Pacific
combat area for the past sev-
eral years, is back at home af-
ter receiving an honorable dis-
song, Virlene Schulze and Ma- charge.
Attend Council Meeting.
Alvin Bunjes, Fritz Schulz
and Frank C. Pagel Jr., attend-
ed the councilmen meeting at
the Frelsburg Lutheran church
Tuesday night. New Ulm, Fay-
etteville and Frelsjourg were
represented.
Back From Service.
Frank Krenek Jr. received
an honorable discharge recent-
ly after servihg in the Pacific
for some time. He is presently
with his wife and daughter,
Una May, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Andneas where
his family made their home. He
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Krenek.
Locals.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ater of
New Gulf visited at the G G.
Wood home recently. x
Donald Lee Piwetz was a I
Houston visitor one day last ■ other news to report are kindly
week. i asked to hand, or phone, their
Mrs. Peter Munsch rettr ned ; reports to this correspondent,
from a two weeks’ stay in so that such items may ap-
Houstou with her daughter and near in this column,
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Otto
Meitzen. Mrs. Meitzen accom-
ARTESIAN PARK
SUNDAY, MAY 19
Gents 75c, Ladies 35c, Tax Included
W. J. Ilruska and A. S. Men-
finale to spring football kc of San Angelo arrived Sat-
" *l'~ ’ - ........ ki 'k urday to spend Mother's Day
here and at Carmine.
WILLOW SPRINGS
KiPis/r* Mrs- H- H- Sehaltx
I it.VVO Correspondent
New Sunday School
Class Is Organized
A Sunday school class iorj yyjjjj tke j^ick
couples was organized at a meet- Re rts frotn the Cuero fe*.
mg of interested members of Tuesd were that Leo. o .
the Presl.yterian church held nard ch joi we|1 ( morning at 9 o clock
at the Presbyterian manse bn- r- - - — • — k
day ......... at the home of her niece, Mrs. | k°£^„r„a”d
'----- - - Baca, son of Mrs. Louisa Baca
as follows: Mrs.! in several days due to knee of Fayetteville. The Rev
1 ward J, Jansky performed the
double ring ceremony and of-
ficiated at the nuptial Mass
which followed.
The music for the proces-
sional and recessional was pro-
vided by Baca’s Band of Fay-
etteville, and the children’s
choir sang hymns duripg the
Mass.
The altars of the church were
beautifully decorated
Easter lilies and fern.
The bride wore a
gown with a 1
over satin, basque waist and
long sleevds. Her long veil was
held by a tiara of seeded pearls.
She carried a bouquet of Easter
lilies.
Miss Agnes Belota, attended
her sister as maid of honor,
wearing a white gown and car-
ried a bouquet of red roses and
fem.
Bridesmaids were Misses Es-
telle Zapalac, Gladys Baca,
Edith Walla, Martha Belota,
La., May 1. Chief Poncik is a
brother of Mrs. Lukas.
Former Pastor Visits.
The Rev. Francis Urbanov-
sky, Catholic missionary and
/ormer pastor of the local par-
___; I ish, was a visitor 6f Rev. Frank
lay evening* It'is important I Matustik- the latter Part of the
tasjweek.
i Honored.
__________________ _____ Pvt. Ruddy Minarcik of Fort
tertain the Reds, the winners1 Bam Houston and Pfc Milton
*■'___ _ Were re-
I cently honored with a party at
| the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
* The ^alc‘k and a* a dinner at the
p. m.
FAYETTEVILLE
NFVUCi Frank C. Panel Jr.
INE_VVO Correipondent
Mothers’ Club to Meet
ITie Mothers’ club will bold
its last regular meeting next
Frid;..
that all members be present as week-
the election of officers will take Servicemen
jitace. The Blues will also en- Pvt- Rudd
Mlc w,iiiicvs -— --------------
of the contest, after the meet- i Minarcik of Virginia.
home of Mr. and Mrs Joe Min-
arcik and Grandpa Minarcik at
Garwood. Those attending in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Rud Mi-
narcik and family, Miss Fran-
ces Kamas, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Minarcik and daughter,
Violet, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
j, Vitek, Dennis Divin, all of
here; and Mr. and Mrs Ed-
mund Svrcek of La Grange.
Seniors Give Program.
The following program was
given by the senior class of the
Fayetteville rural high school
on May 10, at 8:30 at the S.
P. J. S. T. hall.
Pete Sells His Eggs, Elwood
James Piwetz and Marrs Ward;
MEYENBERG DRUG STORE
"PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS”
L. J. SCHROEDER, Owner — I*A GRANGE, TEXAS
...............................................................................
Schultz, secretary-treasurer; A. ( Houston.____
Miss Verlene Engbrock 11.
N., of Houston spent Saturday
I here.
Berry, president; Mrs. trouble.
y Smith, vice president: Personals.
Mrs. Leon Schmidt, secretary; Harry Wartzel of Austin vis-
' Henry Dolezal, treasurer, j jte(j ; ___£.1_______2__
Rev. Guy B. Duff will week-end.
.1 -i.~. and Mrs. Joe M. Kelley
visited Leonard C*-—7 “
Cuero Tuesday.
A large number of people
attended the last rites of Henry
Arlt at Byler cemetery re-
| JUNIORS WIN
In a f
} training, the La Grange high I
j juniors defeated the seniors, 41
i to 0, under the lights Wednes-!
day night. The decisive win in-'
dicates that Coach Fritz Lob-
pries will have a formiil .l>k<
1 team to enter in next season’s |
district competition.
Mr. and Mrs Earl Schuh/, of
San Antonio were week-end
A?'*
’S&S&
/ *' c
• J i
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cer-
noch and famliy, Mrs Cyril
Ptacek and children, Miss
Louise Ccrnosek and Fred Cer-
nosek, all of Baytown- Mrs.
Bessie Janecka and daughter
of Weimar; Mr. and Mrs Emil
Cernoch and daughter of Schu-
lenburg; and other relatives
from close around were Moth-
er’s Day visitors in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Cernosel.. at
Ammannsville.
P. M. and 9:15 P. M
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
May 15 and 16
“Wonder Man”
Starring Danny Kaye. Virginia
Mayo. Vera Allen.
Filmed entirely in beautiful
Tr.CHNICOI.OR
FRIDAY, MAY 17
“A Guv Could
Change’*
With Allan Lane. Jane
Frazee. Twinkle Watts.
SATURDAY. MAY 18
“In Old New Mexico”
Featuring Duncan Eenaldo,
Martin Garralaga, <lwer
Kenyon.
Also Chapter No. 5 of
I Till'. PHANTOM RID! R”
Muldoon resident.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Miller of
San Antonio visited relatives
and friends here the past week-
end. Mrs. B. R. Lueders ac-
companied them back home for
a shopping tour.
Miss Ruby Laufer left for
Houston where she has ac-
cepted employment.
Mr. and Mrs. Menard Ivy of
Flatona are on a fishing trip.
MrS. Joe Ivy is enjoying her
grandchildren’s visit for a few
days.
Busy Canning.
Mrs. L. W Miler is busy can- '?d,tn ™a,lla- Marth? cBe,dta-
ning for the public. As soon as ^,e R*>lota’ Pefrl S™b?r’
her health permits this activity i ^“7 Aan Eva™ky> Gladys
will be in full swing. At present ■ Glad£S MuZny; E1eanorLa B,aha
onlv two customers are taken nnd ®ern,‘ce Borak- who wore
Haily. fl pastel colored gowns and all
Lightning Hite Home. I (,f,rjrlf,d bouquets of red roses
Lightning hit the home of; and fern-
M-. and Mrs. Charle Rightmer| Little Georgia Baca was the
recently. The bolt burned out Rower girl wearing pink and
electric wires and put the tele-
phone out of commission.
Enlov Play Day.
Mrs. Wallace Cherry, room
mother for the iuniors at Fla-
tonia. enjoved play day at Bas-
tron. usin" her oar to carry ov-
or nart of the class.
Your News Invited.
L
rion Obbermoeller; Rounding
Up Minnie with Doris Garner.
Gladys Kautz, Edwin Knesek,
Loyd Wubbenhorst, Ralph
Hupe, Ludwig Urbanovsky
and Benjamin Parma; dance,
Mary Frances Chupick and
Buddy Marek; Train Leaves in
Ten Minutes with Georgie
Gene Tschied^l, Joe Sladek
and Carol Lynn Cordes; rung,
Virlene Schulze and Marion
ObermoellCr; It’s A Date with
Estha Lee Knippel, Doris Mae
Coufal, Josephine Vasicek,
Reuben Rudolff and Sewall
___________________________ Wilde.
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lukas Out Of Navy,
and daughter had as gt
Fi
New Arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Heinsohn
were made happy over the ar-
rival of a baby girl born to
them in the La Grange hospital
on Tuesday, May 7.
Store Burglarized.
Upon opening his store for
business Wednesday morning, visitors here.
E. C. Minssen found the place I --------------
in disorder. Upon investigat-l Miss Frances Havlik and Mrs.
ing he found that it had been j Annie Kral of Temple visited:
burglarized during the night. I over the week-end witli Mr.
The burglars entered the store | and Mrs. O. F. Havlik and Mr. I
through a sky light. A large; and Mrs. Edmund Baca
quantity of merchandise was j--
removed. | Mother’s Day visitors in the
H. D. Club News. home of Mr. and Mrs J. J. I
The women's home demon- I Sula were Mr. and Mrs. E J tinuous shows TUESDAY at 7
stration club will meet at the I Sebesta and son and Mrs. Ros--
home of Mrs. Hugo P. Schmidt j ella Lee of Texas City, and Mrs.
on Tuesday afternoon, May 14.; Willye Mae Abbott of Hous-;
ton. Mrs Lee came to attend!
the convention of the Rural I
Mail Carriers’ association
1
Ottfc.Pkon*Ul *
Paul Fisher
at 2:30 p.
Vital Statistics.
Vital statistics for April as
recorded by Justice of Peace
Edward L. Hruska are as fol-
lows:
Births:
Mr. and Mrs. John L.
mek, a boy, April 19.
Deaths:
Peter Munsch, age 83 years,
5 months, 8 days, died April
14.
Mrs. Filomena Jurecka, age
58 years, 1 month, 10 days, died
April 15.
John M. Slovacek, age about
90, died April 19.
Willie H. Meitzen, age 74
years, 9 months and 22 days,
died Aptfil 23.
Bahy Boy Born.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shimck
are the proud parents o( a
baby boy, born April 19.
Newly Weds Visit.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cervenka
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Paul Rielt Houston.
Mae Allen La Granite.
Mr*. J. W.’ Lang, La Grange.
Mrs. C. J. Struve, City.
Mrs. Frank Walla. Ellinger.
Mrs. Hen Chalk, La Grange.
Mrs. Welton Salm, City.
Charles Joe Walla, Elling’r.
Mrs. Richard Fritsche, La
Grange.
. Mrs. Hans Hersog, La Grange.
Mrs. T. Lee Smith, City.
Mrs. Ixiuls Hentschel, I^a Giange.
Mrs. Herbert Zoch and baby.
Giddings.
Mrs. Jake Rosenberg, City,
Grover Boelsche, Houston.
Mrs. Jesse Heinsohn and baby,
New Ulm.
C. E. Helwig, Temple.
Mrs. Edward Stuthelt and baby,
City.
Mrs. Elton Tramp, West Point.
(Tita Rohde, Warrenton.
J. A. Malcik, Flatonia.
Milton H. Card, Yoakum.
? g
Ptpti-Cola Company, Inland N. E.
FranchUsa Bottler: Pepsl-Cola Bottling Co. of Woo
attend the meetings.
Executive Committee Meets.
On Wednesday night, May 1,
the P.-T. A. executive commit-
__________________ Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wolff
tee, namely, Wilbert Rodiek, j and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kleen
president; Mrs. A. E. Krebs, of Austin visited briefly in L;
vice president; Mrs. H. H. I Grange Saturday enroute ;
E. Krebs, E. C. Minssen. pur-|
chasing committee; and Fred 1
Grebe met for the purpose of'
making plans for the annual |
chicken stew to be given on I
May 26 and to appoint the
various committees.
Personals.
Mrs. Theo. D. Heinsohn. Mrs.
Ted Heinsohn and son, Donald, j
and little Elaine and Dale Hein- |
sohn visited Mrs. Jesse Hein-1
sohn and baby in the La-
Grange hospital Wednesday.
H. H. Schultz, attended a
church council meeting in
Frelsburg Tuesday night
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo P.
Schmidt and children attended
the Rinn-Find family reunion
held in Hill Crest Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kautz of
Houston visited relatives here
over the week-end.
Cpl. and Mrs. Wilbur Hein-
sohn of San Antonio were here
on a week-end pass.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Schla-
bach of La Grange visited Mrs.
Frances Machinsky Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Gres-
ser returned to Austin Sunday
night.
carrying red roses and
Laddie Walla was the
bearer.
Clarence Fojtik of Damon
was the best man while the
groomsmen were Fred Belota,
Frank Hanacek, Joe Belota,
Edwin Belota, Lawrence Ma-
___________ tocha, Sylvester Krenek, Eu-
People who have visitors or gene Muzny, Florence Vasek,
j asked to hand,
I so that such items may ap-
I near
i-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Otto
punied her and will remain for
a longer visit.
’ Pvt. Ruddy Minarcik of Fort
Sam Houston visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rud Minar-
cik last week-end.
Miss Martha Jean Norwood
of Loraine visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nor-
wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kovar
returned from their wedding
trip to Baton Rouge, La , Pe-
sicola, Florida, and other
places. They.are now at home
in Bay City.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baca
and sons visited Gilbert Baca
at Camp Wallace Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tschiedel1
wore Austin visitors last week
bne day.
Mrs. Snm W. Mesham of Wi-
chita. Kansas, Mrs. Dale L.
Faulstick and Miss Norma
Kenny of Refugio are guests
of Mrs. Flora Haney and fam-
ily-
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Richey,
I Bill Gamcson, Mr. and Mrs.
I Bill Crawford and children, all
of Freeport, were week end
puests of Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Wood and familv.
Donald Lee Piwetz
Houston visitor this week.
Mrs. Travis Phillips of Jack-
I sotiville, Tenn., is spending the
! week with her mother, Mrs.
Lydia Markwardt and family.
Miss Albina Evanickv of 1
1 Houston spent the week-end I
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.!
I Frank Evanicky and family. |
Mr. and Mrs. Wijliam Wood :
of Kingsville were recent visit-
ors of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kei-
lers and Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Wood and family.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Steimer, |
Miss Annie and Frtink Jr., re- I
cently honorably discharged
from the navy, of Dallas are |
visiting friends here this week. ]
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