The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1964 Page: 1 of 20
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La Grange, Fayette County, Texas Thursday, October 15, 1964
Number 42
Volume 85
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Absentee balloting in Fayette
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PCA Officials To
Meet In Salado
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PCA will be President Charles
Rightmer of Muldoon, Director
A. W. Ferris of Sealy and Gen-
eral Manager L. A. Seidel of Br-
enham.
RTIA To Meet
November 23
Election started Wednesday in
the County Clerk’s office.
Fayette Countians who will not
be in La Grange on November
3 are urged to vote absentee.
Persons can do so until three
days before the election date.
Sheriff's department officials
Tuesday morning distributed 32
ballot boxes throughout the Co-
unty for the Nov. 3 election.
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from the 3tpt£ qffice.cametohim
late Monday afternoon. This me-
ans that all farmers who have
land under the feed grain pro-
gram can begin grazing the ac-
reage immediately, it was noted.
Mr. Stork pointed out, however
that this does not apply to the
conservation program. He said
the grazing was to begin on Nov.
1, but since the action was taken
this week, grazing can begin
immediately.
The convention will be held
Monday, October 19th at the V.
F. W. Hall near La Grange. Meet-
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Fayette AfWern, ComjMct, Prize-Winning Pnoio Weweyayer — In tie 85th Your of Service
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Official Newnaner of Fayette County The Neweyayer With a Puryooe S/nte ffff
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La Grange game are
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In La Grange at $L25 a ticket.
The reserve seats are 1-----
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Texans for Goldwater
Organize Here
A Texans for Goldwater org-
anization has been set up in
Fayette county to coordinate ac-
tivities in behalf of the presid-
ential campaign of the Republ-
ican nominee.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Garrett
will serve as local chairmen un-
der direction of Hardy Hollers,
Austin and Wm. Robert Smith,
San Antonio, co-chairmen of the
volunteer organization.
Campaign literature, bumper
stickers and speech materials
will be available through con-
tact with the local chairman.
Texans for Goldwater is coor-
dinated with the national Citizens
for Goldwater under the volunt-
eer leadership of General Jlm-
Doollrtle and Clare Booth Luce.
It is not affiliated with the can-
didate’s party but is made up
of loyal citizens who believe fr-
eedom will have a fighting ch
a nee with rhe election of Barry
Goldwater.
Diverted Feed Grain
Attending from the Brenham Acres Can Be Grazed
Says Stork
Three From Here
To Attend ALC
Meet In Ohio
Three of the seven voting del-
egates to the American Lutheran
Church Convention from the East
Central Conference of the South-
ern District, are from St. Paul
Lutheran Church. The convention
with 1000 voting delegates and
pehaps as many advisors and
visitors, will be held in Colum-
bus, Ohio, October 21-27.
Those attending from here,
who were elected at the South-
ern District Convention last Ap-
ril at New Braunfels, are Rev.
H. T. Flachmeier, Louis J. Sch-
roeder and Frank Giesber. The
East Central Conference is made
up of some forty congregations
in a seven county area.
Dr. Frederik A. Schiotz, pr-
esident of the 2.5 million mem-
ber denomination since its for-
mation in 1960, will preside.
Reports of the alc’s boards. Bonanza Star To Be In
Giddings Sunday
Officers and directors of the
Brenham Production Credit Ass- County for the upcoming General
ociation will attend a regional
group conference of directors
and general managers of the ag-
ricultural financing institutions,
to be held at Stagecoach Inn in
Salado Thursday and Friday Oct.
15-16.
Representatives of six assoc-
iations, serving a41-countyarea
of Central and South Texas, will
attend the meeting, sponsored by
the Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank of Houston, discount and
supervisory agency for the 36
Texas associations.
The Round Top Improvement
Association will sponsor another
meeting to be held at the Round
Top City Hall on Nov. 23.
Reagan Brown, extension soc- p (JJ\| Q DR IVE
The La Grange Garden Club,
Inc. will meet at the First Nat-
ional Motor Bank Clubroom an
October 22 at 3 p.m.
The subject will be. Corsage
Craft by Mrs. Herbert Diers
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iologist from Texas A&M will be
the guest speaker. He plans a
“Pep” talk on education and in-
formation.
Also at the November meeting,
the Round Top Area Improvement
Association will elect the rest
of the directors to serve a term
in the new organization.
Caldwell Hornets. Only 42points
have been scored against La Gr-
ange.
Giddings last week downed the
Bastrop Bears, 16-8.
Coach Tom Bambrlck who de-
scribed the Buffalo team as a
“tough one to beat,’* will make
one change in his starting line
up. Charles Plumlee, who has
been out for several weeks with
a hand injury, will be back at
the center position for his Lep
mates. The other probable st-
arters are Ronnie Voss, quar-
terback; David Fritsch, fullback;
Malcolm Voelkel and Tommy Ku-
bena, halfbacks; David Schultz
and Edwin Bowles, ends; Ken-
neth Luetge and Donald Brandt,
tackles; and Allen Campbell and
Larry Jaster, guards.
Buff Coach Clarence Buck has
this probable starting lineup;
Alan Zscheck, quarterback, 165
lbs.; Wayne Knippa, halfback,
135 lbs.; and Roy Gonzales, half-
back, 135 lbs.; Kenneth Nitsche,
end, 175 lbs.; Jackie Stewart, ful-
lback, 175 lbs.; Jonathan Harms,
center, 155 lbs.; Herbert Sae-
gert, guard, 150 lbs.; Claude
Kessmann, guard, 165 lbs.; Jer-
ry Koslan, tackle, 175 lbs.; Ray-
mond Kilian, tackle, 175 lbs.;
and Greg Rogers, end, 175 lbs.
Last year the Buffs suffere^a
27-0 defeat at the hands of WB|r
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P-TA Carnival
To Offer Variety
Of Entertainment
A variety of entertainment will
be in the offering Saturday night,
Oct. 31, when the La Grange P-
TA stages their annual Halloween
carnival at the La Grange High
School Gym, Hermes Element-
ary School and grounds.
A sumpuous turkey supper with
all the trimmings will be served
in the school cafeteria beginning
at f p.m. Tickets are now on
sale of $1.00 for adults and 60tf
for children under 12.
Here is the variety of enter-
tainment which will be provided
for the visiting public when they
join the P-TA for a night of fun;
Ferris wheel, first grade; fish
pond, sewnd grade; ballon game,
third graSe; owl toss, fourth gr-
ade; spoolrhouse, 5th grade; fish
fling, sixth .grade; old-timey car
rides, 7th grade; pony rides,
8th grade;* country store, 9th
grade; general store, 10th gr-
ade; duck Bond. 11th grade;
sock hop, 12th grade; costume
parade, band; dance program,
Leopardettes; and German cast-
le slides, German department.
The castle slides -be shown
by Mrs. Leola Tledt who just
limited supply of reserve
tickets for the Giddings-
available this summer toured Germany and
eiyoye^ seeing th^se sights.
Funds realized from the Hall-
located oween Carnival will go towards
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commissions and standing com-
mittees will be reviewed by the
delegate body representing the
church’s 19 districts.
A revised constitution and by-
laws, requiring more than 100
specific amendments to existing
documents, will be offered for
convention approval. Most of the
proposed changes are minor.
None is considered controv-
ersial.
The convention will be asked to
give tentative approval to part-
icipation by the ALC in a new
cooperative agency of the Luth-
eran church bodies. The prop-
osed agency, to be known as the
Lutheran Council in the USA,
would include the Lutheran Ch-
urch-Missouri Synod and the Sy-
nod of Evangelical Lutheran Ch-
urches, neither of which are
members of the National Luth-
eran Council and the Lutheran
Church in America.
Action by the ALC on the pro-
posed new agency, will be cont-
ingent on favorable action by the
three other bodies. Projection
for future work in American mi-
ssions, world missions, social
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SIX COUNTY
OFFICIALS’
PAY RAISED
Six Fayette County public of-
ficials were voted a 10^ increase
in pay at a public hearing held
Monday in the District Court
room here.
The increase followed a re-
quest which the officials made
in early September when they
indicated to the Commissioner’s
Court that a 10% increase over
their present pay would be jus-
tified. The adjustment was made
without a tax increase.
Officials whose salary was
hiked from $5,000 to $5,500 an-
nually are the County Judge,Co-
unty Sheriff, County C lerk, Coun-
ty Attorney, County Tax Asses-
sor-Collector, and the District
Clerk.
Fifteen persons were in at-
tendance at the hearing.
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The Boy Scouts of the Cap-
itol Area Council are preparing
for their annual drive for funds.
The kick-off date will be October
20th in all communities.
The La Grange campaign ch
airman is E. W. Melners.
Dan Blocker, television star of
the Bonanza series, will appear
at a “cowboy stew” in Giddings
Sunday, Oct. 18. to stump in
behalf of the Rural Texans for
Johns on - H umph r ey.
All Central Texans are invited
to the event at Airline Park,
2 miles west of Giddings, accord-
ing to Bill Pieratt, state coor-
dinator of the Johnson-Humph-
rey committee. The stew gets
underway at 5 p.m. Sunday, and
tickets are going for $1 each,
Pieratt said.
Blocker, a native Texan, and
“Hoss Cartwright" to his TV
fans, will circulate at the event
which is hosted by the Rural
Texans organization.
“Hoss has said he wants to do
all he can for President Johnson
and the Democratic ticket, and
he’s especially looking forward
to coming back to Texas for the
campaign," Pieratt said. “His
appearance in Giddings clima-
xes an initial two-day visit to
the state which includes stops
at Abilene,Lufkin, San Antonio
and other points."
Advance tickets may be pu-
rchased from George Hajovsky
at the Western Auto Associate
store here in La Grange or
may be bought also at the Air-
line Park entrance at the time
of the stew.
g. oons Book BincJery
Bprin jport* Lichi^an
Leps Start District Play
Meet Giddings Friday
The La Grange Leopards tra-
vel to Giddings Friday night to
open 19-A A play as they meet
the powerful Buffaloes. Each
eleven sports a record of five
wins and only one loss.
The Leps have scored a total
of 151 points against their op-
ponents, their most recent vic-
tory being a 40-0 licking of die
COUNTY FB
MEET SET
FOR MONDAY
Plans for the annual Fayette
County Farm Bureau convention
Kenny Stork, manager of the described as "the most import-
local ASCS office in La Grange, ant meeting of the year" for the
has announced that the conserv- organization were announced rec-
ation service has approved Fay- ently by Franklin Brandt, county
ette County to allow farmers and president,
ranchers to graze the diverted
acres under the feed grain pro-
gram.
Mr. Stork said that a telegram tng time is 7;30 p.m.
The county president said the
membership will take an offic-
ial position on important local,
state, and national Issues. In
addition to deciding Its official
policy on county-level matters
for 1965, the local county FB
will make recommendations tothe
Texas Farm Bureau on state and
national issues. These will be
acted upon at the annual state
convention in November when st-
ate policies will be formed and
recommendation to the national
convention will be agreed upon.
Only bonaflde farmers or ran-
chers who a re members of the or-
ganization can participate in the-
making of Farm Bureau policies.
These policies, which will guide
rhe organization during 1965, are
formed through a series of con-
ventions--county, state, and nat-
ional in democratic fashion.
“We need the participation of
all our members in order that
Farm Bureau policies for 1965
will reflect the grass-roots th-
inking of farmers and ranchers,"
the county leader said. He urged
all Farm Bureau members to at-
tend and voice their opinions on
current issues.
The following attendance priz-
es will be given after the meet-
ing; first $3., second $2., and
five one dollar prizes.
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Roberts, Dottie M. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1964, newspaper, October 15, 1964; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1254542/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.