The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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Devoted to the( Interests of the People of Fayette County and of T^xas
SANTA DUE
ORPHANS LOOK FOR SANTA
RIVER YIELDS 36-POUNI) BUFFALO
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MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, December 19, 1940
Vernice
piano.
On Honor Roll.
Those appearing on the sec-
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will be held at the ginned up to
in January. time a year ago.
Clarence
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8,749 BALES GINNED
The bureau of census reports
that 8,749 bales of cotton from
the 1946 crop were ginned in
Fayette county up to December
1 as compared to 13,798 bales
' > a corresponding
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ant **ls j Service, which occupied
r^p€^itiO"'°f the balding.
• When the fire was discover-
ed and reported at 6:30 by
Stanley E. Davis, La Grange
baker, the rear of the large
30:50
26.50
40c
3bo
25c
Naw C4?nsr°t» TO*..
Factory Will Open
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Here In January
A deal was consummated the
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In the November issue
of Texas Game and Fish,
under the above caption,
appeared the picture at
right with the following
story:
“J. J. Sula Jr., of La
Grange, lost no time in
going fishing when he re- j
ceived his discharge from Iquipment and
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S. H. S. Christinas
Program Sunday
Sacred Heart school children
will give their annual Christ-
mas program in the school audi-
torium Sunday night at 8.
A varied and interesting pro-
gram has been arranged to,
which all parents and friends df I
the school are invited.
through.
For a time it appeared that
the blaze might be kept out of
the front, but it soon devel-
oped that the wooden frame-
work above the ceiling was
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The following prices were
Standard To Test
Fayette Wildcat
Church Services.
C. M. B. church services on
Christmas, December 25, at,
7:30 p. m. by Rev. H. Beseda.
The public is invited to at-
tend.
Church of Christ services at
)UNTY RECORD
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above date and are subject tc
market changes. Eggs and
poultry prices are those paid
by produce dealers.
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FAYETTEVILLE
Mrs. Frank C. Pagel Jr.
NtWj Correseondant
the home of Mrs. Mary Mewis.
AU members were*present.
Hair styling and permanent
waves were discussed followed
by election of officers. Those
elected were: Mrs. Annie
Meinen, president; Mrs. Hilda
Sanders, vice-president; Mrs.
Mary Mewis treasurer; Miss
Valora Lenert. secretary; and
Mrs. Hattie Witt, reporter.
Following the business ses-
sion, a beautiful candlelight
party was held. Decorations
consisted of hollv and a lovely
Christmas tree. Gifts were ex-’
changed after which delicious
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Annie Meinen will be
hostess at the next meeting.
Owen W. Feist Heads
Local Brotherhood
Owen W Feist was elected
president of the St Paul’s
Lutheran B’-otberhood at a
meeting held Monday night.
Other officers elected were:
Clinton Von Minden, vice-
president; D. A. Janssen, sec-
retary; and M. O. Schellberg,
As firemen arrived to fight the
of La Grange with home- blaze, exploding acetylene and
oxygen tanks and natural gas
from a broken line turned the
building into an inferno which
defied control.
All but tlie concrete front
section was destroyed, but
firemen managed to keep the
flames from the gasoline pumps
in front of the building.
G. G. “Pete” Looney, owner
of the business, estimated that
tlie loss was in excess of $30,-
000, far above the insurance
carried.
Included in the loss were: a
new Farmall tractor scheduled
for delivery the next day; a
exploding gas bottles spread
the flames despite several
streams of water applied by
the firemen.
Most of the company’s books
and records, although badly
scorched, were saved by
streams of water played on the
office section of the building.
Important papers, and curren-
cy, contained in a hepvy safe,
were not damaged.
The fire is the largest and
most costly since the Alexan-
der Grocery company blaze a-
hout 15 years ago, Fire Chief
C. V. Creuzbaur said.
Leopard Quintet
Enter Tourney
The ‘La Grange Leopard
basket *ball team has been en-
tered in the Class AA basket
ball tournament to be held at
Conroe on January 3 and 4.
The locals are slated to meet
I^nu.r high school of Houston
at 3:20»on the opening day.
Sixteen teams have been en-
tered in the tourney.
Coach Fritz Lobpries has
four of his last year’s first
stringers available and a lot of
hot dompetition among about
five others for the fifth spot.
Charley Otto, Billy Mike
Roberts, Cleo Holubec and
John Tilton are the starters,
with Pete Vanek, Frank Li-
diak, Gene Greenshield and
others scrapping for the other
position.
Candlelight Service At
Presbyterian Church
A special candlelight service
of Christmas songs will be held
Sunday night at 7 o’clock at the
Burglars entered the Willie' Presbyterifln church here, it
Kopecky place at Praha Sat- ihas **sn jounced by Rev.
urday night, taking between ® Duff, pastor.
$10 and $15 in cash from a re- A Christmas tree for the chil-
gister, several cartons of cigar- dren of the Presbyterian Sun-1 of Burton are the hanny par-
ettes and other items. Entry]day school and friends will bejents of a six pound 11 ounce
was gained by breaking a
dow.
N. J., arrived nt the home of ] Mrs. W. Phieckhahm
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Norwood for an indefi-
nite stay, while her husband is
serving overseas with the na-
vy.
Locals.
Mrs. Mary Gajdusek and
son, Rudolf, spent several
days in Houston with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Koehn and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Marti-
nek and Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Bertsch and son, Jimmie, all
of Columbus, spent last Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Zitek.
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Rose and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Laake and
children, all of Houston, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ko-
var and Mr. and Mrs. Jos Zda-
ril the past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Chahipa
are 1 — - - — -
and from there will go to In-
diana to snend Christmas with
♦heir daughter and son-in-law.
The” expect to lie gone three
weeks.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rsv
Baca the previous Sunday
Were Mr and Mrs. Jerry Ba-
es end Mr and Mrs. George
MoKiran. all of Houston.
NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Wagner
|Of Burton are the hanny par-
ents of a six pound 11 ounce
win-1 held at the city hall Friday bovbornattheLaGrangehos-
[ni^ht at 7 o'clock. |pital Monday. *
The little girl in this picture tn the program maintained
is one of 420 children in the | for homeless children.
Methodist Home at Waco. She) “AnOpportunity will be giv-
seems to be looking back, as en to contribute to this worthy
she is climbing up the stairs, to i cause at the services at the
see if “Santa” is coming. You ] Travis Street Methodist church
can be her Santa! next Sunday,’’ the Rev. J. H. E.
The Home is supported by Willmann, pastor, announces,
a free-will offering taken in the ] “If you cannot be present, mail
Methodist churches of Texas your check to Ed. A. Giese,
and New Mexico during the church treasurer. The home
month of December, and by with its 420 children will be
gifts received from others, not grateful to you for your con-
Methodists, who are interested tribution.”
made buffalo bait.
“The fish, shown in the
photo at the left, measur-
ed 37 inched long and 13
inches high.”
Photo was by Del’s
Studio and cut was ob-
tained through courtesy
of Texas Game and Fish.
1500 Gift Bags
Being Prepared
For Area Kiddies
Old Santa is on his way to
pay La Grange a pre-Christ-
mas visit.
He has advised the Chamber
of Commerce that he’ll arrive
about the middle of the after-
noon Monday to show himself
to the little folks and supervise
tlie distribution of 1500 bags of
goodies furnished through ef-
forts of the chamber.
Music over the Jaycee pub-
lic address system, installed in
tho court house tower, will be
offered between 3:15 and 3:45,
followed by Christmas carols
sung by the high school choral
club. **’
Santa will be presented to
the crowd from the court house
front balcony by President L.
H. Frede about 4 o’clock.
All school children and those
of pre-school age will then file
through the courthouse to re-
ceive their bags of candy, fruit
and nuts from chamber direc-
tors. \
All youngsters of La Grange
and surrounding communities,
as well as their parents and
others, are invited to partici-
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Cigarette Lighter
Blamed In Gas Fire
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The flick of a cigarette light-
er, rather than a spark from
the nozzle of a syphon hose, is
considered the, cause of the
blaze at Smithville Friday
which sent Frit/ Wittmann of
La Grange to the hospital with
bums.
Smithville firemen are hold-
ing the lighter which was
found on‘the gasoline drum on
which the young man was sit-
ting when his gas-soaked cloth-
ing caught on fire.
The ayphon, of a type which
is extensively used and is
considered safe, was already in
operation when the mishap oc-
curred, it is reported.
Wittmann was still confined
to the Hoch clinic Thursday.
John Suhk, who smothered
Wittmann’s burning clothing
with an overcoat, received
burns about the hands and
face but not of a serious na-
ture. He drove the undamaged
truck back to La Grange and
remained on the job.
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Beauticians Elect
Officers Tuesday
The members of the Beauti-
cians club met Tuesday night at
school gymnasium Tuesday.
A delicious turkey dinner
was served the 154 guests.
The gym represented a foot-
ball field with a purple and
gold goal post at each end. The
speakers table was centered
with a purple miniature press
box placed on a mirror reflect-
or, flanked by candleholders
with gold candles. Footballs
made of gold chrysanthemums
were placed at each end. Purple
moisture-proof and gold favors in the shape of
a Leopard head listed the pro-
gram and menu. The front of
the stage was draped with
greenery entwined with mari-
golds. Other tables were decora-
ted with purple flowers and
purple and gold pine cones.
Matching streamers, draped the
windows and the green arch at
the entrance.
Supt. C. A. Lemmons gave
the invocation, Henrietta Kana,
major cheer leader, the wel-
CARMINE
Mr®. Elmo H. Nook
IN t W b Corroioondent
La Grange Nearly ,i 14 Leopards Win
Has Hotel Fire Letters; Coach Gets
La Grange almost had a Watch, $250 Bonus
hotel fire Tuesday night, but
thanks to the sensitive nose of i Fourteen La Grange Leo-
a hotel patron and the quick pard football men lettered for
work of attendants, it didn’t the season just closed, it was
materialize. announced by Coach Fritz
As Fire Chief C. V. Creuz- Lobpries Tuesday night at the
baur tells the story, a patron annual pep squad banquet
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placed a desk light on the b£d i
and soon went to sleep.
Some time later another pa-
tron awoke and reported to
the office that he ‘ smelled
smoke. Investigation traced
the odor to the room where it
was discovered the bedding
had caught on fire from the
light.
The roomer had read him-
self to sleep and was still
sleeping!
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are:
Eighth grade: Charline Gest,
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•cessary to a m anj 7 p gun- ,ners, Jocie Lynn Mueller,
now team.. 3 .Tovye Ullrich. Emmet Stork, m 1 ■a tl-an*,-r
■“ — St. Paul’s Lutheran church Billie Jean KihougU'EwNno
• J U_1.. - " a jarge stock of tl.actor tjres
Ninth grade: Ruby Peters, r—
Willie Mae Schoenberg, Flora- ^tock^of'machine” ^7^
, implements and var-
ious other items, virtually all of
which are a loss.
A large truck which was
' was
was
saved. Several implements in a
shed near the main building
were saved or sustained lesser
damage.
Apparently the blJze had
THE FAYETTE
icd Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, La Grange, Texas
volume xxv I
HERE MONDAY
AFTERNOON
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Pep Squad Honors
Leopard Gridders;
Leaders Named
Members of the La Grange
past week whereby the owner- Leopard football squad were
ship of a tract of land in the honored by the pep squad at a
L. J. Sulak subdivision became banquet given in the high
the property of parties who
will begin manufacturing con-
crete tile the early part of
January.
Machinery with a capacity
of over 3000 blocks daily has
been purchased and will be
installed soon, said Roland A.
Bohot, head of the new con-
cern.
The new concrete tile com-
pany will produce concrete hol-
low blocks, both ordinary and
the water or 1
tile.
Concrete tile is being recog-
nized over the nation as ex-
cellent material for the con-
struction of homes and busi-
ness buildings. The new con-
cern will find La Grange a
ready market for its products.
The people will welcome the
new establishment here.
Otto Kraus Dies
At Round Top
Otto Kraus, 90, of Round Top
passed away at 12:15 a. m.
Thursday at his home culminat-
ing a year of illness during
which he was confined to his
bed.
Funeral services have been
set for Friday at 1 o’clock from
the family home with inter-
ment in the family cemetery.
Mr. Kraus, who never mar-
ried, leaves several nieces and
nephews.
Ernst Von Minden is in
charge of the funeral.
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uaui vctt.i Li if atuiyi <1 puLimi . vauquvv
of the hotel, desiring to read,' honoring the football boys.
‘ * I They tye: Frank Lidiak and
Justin Bartos, who were elec-
ted as co-captains of the 1946
team; Lovce Jacob, Gussie
Voelkel, Cleo Holubec, Mor-
gan McCollum, Pete Vanek,
Leon Sula, Gene Greenshield,
Charles Otto, Billy Mike Rob- !
erts, John Tilton. J. J. Dono-
hue and Edwin Cordes.
All other souadmen, the
coach announced, will receive
reserve letters.
For his outstanding work.
in footl>all during the past two I
years, the coach himself was
recognized. The squad pre-1
sented him with a handsome!
Benrus wrist watch and the ]
school board presented him a
$250 bonus check.
Under Coach Lobpries, the
Leopards have gone a long
ways. In the two years, for in-
stance, thev won 16 games,
tied one and lost two, and in
so doing, piled up a total of
469 points to 75 for the opposi-
tion.
But if the past looks rosy,
the future does not. Of the let-
termen, all will be lost by gra-
duation except Vanek and Do-
nohue, making rt. noces
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There are, however, a
ber of youngsters who show
considerable promise and un-1
del- the cooch’s able guidance^
and with plenty of hard work 1 Come and worship with
ukrtiilrl nATOFA tnP HOW ’
Basketball Tournament.
Fayetteville Lions won
consolation trophy in the
Moulton basketball tourna-
ment last Saturday night by Floyd
defeating Hallettsville in the
final game by a score of 45-
20. L. F. Eilers smashed the
basket for a total of 17 and
Wilfred Eckermann for 14
points.
Next Friday, Dec. 20, Lions
will be hosts to the Garwood
Gars in a double-header,
large crowd is anticipated.
Has Operation.
Elwood James Piwetz is re-
cuperating at home after sub-
tnitting to a tonsil operation at
the La C
week.
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response. A short skit entitled,
“School Spirit,” was presented
by several primary pupils.
Coaah Fritz Lopries announced
the co-captains, Justin Bartos
and Frank Lidiak, and the let-
termen. He briefly told of next
year’s hopes. Several piano se-
lectlbns were played by Loyce
Jacob and Mrs. Sarah Weber.
Announcement of the pep
squad leaders for 1946-47 as
elected by the student body
mers, major cheer leaderfVal-
ary Schneider, senior leader;
Alfrieda Marek and Dixie Ma-
son, junior leaders; and Mary
Joyce Pavlik, sophomore lead-
er. Ending the banquet pro-
gram was the singing of the
Leopard song with next year’s
leaders leading.
Dancing to lad Janda’s or-
chestra followed.
VFW MEET POSTPONED
Because of numerous pre-
Chrintinas activities, the
monthly meeting of the Fay-
ette Memorial post. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, scheduled for
Thursday night (tonight) has
been postponed, officers an-
a
a tuiiait anon czu,
Grange hospital last I
een. ! The next meeting will be a work above the ceiling was
Mrs. J. F. Cox of Red Bank, Christmas party at the home of burning and escaping gas and
t :.._j _* Mrs. W. Plueckhahn. ---
Missionary Society Meets.
Thf Women’s Missionary
society met with Mrs. Otis
Rauch at tlie E. L. Light home.
Mrs. E. L. Light was welcomed
as a new member. Mrs. Marvin
Otto of La Grange was a guest.
Rev. Simon read the topic,
“Evangelism” which was also
discussed.
It was also decided to send a
box of clothing to the Round
Rock Home.
After the meeting a delicious
lunch consisting of fruit cake,
cookies, pink and green colored
sandwiches, and hot chocolate
was served. ?
The next meeting will be
with Mrs. M. L. Zwernemann.
In Train Wreck.
In the train wreck that oc-
curred in Utah last Saturday paid in La Grange on tht
morning, the most seriously
leaving Sunday for Dallas injurw| was Robert Fuchs of
’ Brenham. He was pinned be-
1 neath the Wreckage for 40 min-
utes and suffered a broken leg Cotton, middling .... 32:50
and internal injuries. Mr.
Fuchs is well know here. He is
a brother of Henry Fuchs, and
the father of Mrs. Kervin Ja-
’ cob. .
Operated.
Mrs. Walter Ponfick of Gid-
dings underwent a major oper-
tion at the Milroy hospital in
Brenham last Thursday.
Locals Win Triple.
Last Friday evening the
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Fayette Red Cross
Thanked For Clothing
1 Sent To Belgium
Clothing produced by volun-
. teer workers of the Fayette
> county Red Cross chapter was
> included among supplies dis-
1 tributed to Belgians between
the winter of 1944 and July 1,
. 1946, according to letters of
I thanks received by Philip E.
, Ryan, director of tlie interna-
. tional activities unit of the Na-
t tional Red Cross Insular and
. Foreign Operations.
Mr. Ryan, in commenting on
the Fayette cmuity chapter’s!
clothing production for foreign)
- 1MK1,' nrrted th.'.t il,<h^<.'prr4 -A
1,248,455 garment-? valued al
$2,998,692, distributed to Bel-
gian men, women, and
children under the supervision
’ of Marjorie Bomberger, Ameri-
* can Red Cross overseas repre-
1 sentative in Belgium.
A breakdown of the supplies
showed tht distribution in an i
approximate 20-month period
as including 164,098 hospital |
items valued,at $229,737; 11,818 j
layettes valued at $59,090; and
33,000,000 surgical dressings
valued at $165,000.
Strict low middling
Low middling
Eggs
Fryers
Hens -
Roosters 14c
Turkeys; Hens 36c Young
Toms 25c Old Toms 22c
8cur cream:
Station price
Direct shippers
Hides : 8 to
Cotton Seed, per ton . $9
LA GRANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 20, 1946 NUMBER 1!
^Darter-Looney Fire Loss Estimated At $30,000
Wednesday Morning
Blaze Is Largest
Here In 15 Years
La Grange suffered its largest
conflargation in 15 years early
Wednesday morning when fire
of an undetermined origin des-
troyed the building and prac-
tically all contents of the Dart-
er-Looney Implement company.
Also destroyed was the e-
.-1- -r— ......J numerous motors
the United States Navy, jn ^be Adamcik Electric Motor
a short time ago and his; Service, which occupied a part
first fishing -
netted him a 36M» pound
buffalo.
“Sula caught the fish
in the Colorado river a-
bout 100 yards lielow the building was burning intensely,
bridge at the south end
come, and Frank Lidiak, the
A -Ll*
The Houston Post Wednes-
day reported the following on
Fayette oil activities:
Standard Oil company of
Kansas Tuesday was running
5*4 inch production pipe in
their No. 1 August Pietsch,
J. R. Phillips survey, abstract
83, Fayette county wildcat
eight miles north of the town-
site of La Grange.
With a total depth of 6918.
feet operators plan to cement i was follows: Dons Rej-
pipe around 6550 feet and to
test several shows above that
level.
In the Round Top area of Fay-
ette county, H. C. Cockbum,
Houston independent operator,
was reported moving in mate-
rials and rigging up for his
No. 1 Bruno Gebhard, William
Jack league, which is contrac-
ted to 6300 feet.
Historians Have
Christinas Program
Hie Junior Historian club .of
La Grange high school held its
regular meeting Thursday.
Due to the fact that school
was dismissed early, the meet-
ting was shortened. Since
there was no business the meet-
ing was turned over to the pro-
gram chairman, Dixie Mason.
The first number was an ar-
ticle entitled “Christmas With
Our Presidents," given by Ruth
Wiemken. Gloria Bendy gave a
report on “The Pointsetti’s
Godfather” followed by a re-
port on "The Christmas Tree"
by Virginia Munsch. Vernice
Miertschin then gave an inter-
esting report on the “Cristmas
City of Arnerican-Bethlein,
Pennsylvania.” The program
ended with the singing of some
Christmas carols, namely “Si-
lent Night,” “O Little Town of
Bethlehem,” and “Jingle Bells.”
The group was accompanied by
Vernice Micrtschin on the
num-1
services and holy communion Reuter,
on Christmas Day, Dec. 25 at
2 p. m. by Rev. Paul S. Fis-
should develop before the new
season is many weeks old.
new, belonging to Cyril Mura:?,
and brought in for repairs; an-
other Farmall belonging to
Frank IMachala, also being re-
paired; a maintainer belonging
; Snu
a large stock of tractor tires.
Tlie company also carried a
dell Spies, Ruby Dornhoefer. hardware
Tenth grade: Janice Bathe, -
Joyleen Jaster, Margaret Les-
ter, Rose Marie Meinen, Rosa-
Ku^next to the. builcl*ng
Plueckhahn, Alfons away^jn June and
Weigelt.
Eleventh grade:
Krause, JL. O. Tiedt.
Schoenberg.
TweUth grade: Virgin,. W.i-
, blacksmith and repair section •
Bridge Club Meets. i of tlie building, hidden and con-
The Hi-Lo Bridge club mem- fined by metal walls and roof
bers were entertained at the before the flames finally broke
home of Mrs. W. E. Kuhn with
all members present. Mrs. A.
Fricke was awarded high and
traveling prizes and Mrs. Al-
fred Hoppe low-
The next meeting will be
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