The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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The first person to correctly identify it will receive two tickets to the Cozy Thea- Robert Hermis, RFD 3, Schu- qjj show being staged in Odes- of the chamber of
75,000, getting Houston service
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H. L. Scott, Holman;
at Johnnie Shimek of Schulenburg coming in a close second. The farm was that of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Schrader, who live about four miles this side of Schulenburg.
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through highways.
niece of Ed Arlt of La Grange, a dweilling house the next.
The first blaze, Thursday at to-market road, Morjday
a sister. Her father,
Arlt of Wharton, passed away
Autos Damaged
In Collision
Two cars were badly damaged
and a little boy was
In East Texas, where oil der-
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ing on July 9, 1869 and Dec. 5,
1913. Each of these reached a
stage of 56 feet at La Grange.
The 1935 flood hit L^
June 17 at a stage of
' and was 7.89 feet
the 1938 flood.
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Now, in addition
clowns, there will be:
Capt. Wm. Cody , and
troupe of trained bears.
Entries for the annual Armis- ZOO( ballet in the sky,
Local Man’s Niece
. Expires Suddenly
In London, England
Mrs. Elizabeth Arlt Hmcir,
wife of Lt. R. B. Hmcir, passed
away suddenly pf a heart
Hs
Grange on
50.84 feet,
higher than SHAPES UP; MORE
The fact is that the tremen- ENTRIES INVITED
drously heavy Hill County rains
last month would have brought
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Colorado: L. J. Jones,
land; Raywood Rogers
haus, Rock Island.
Fayette: Stanley A. Dusek,
Events Calendar
Oct.16—Ladies Cemetery As-
sociation meeting at Methodist
Church, 3 PM.
Oct. 16—VFW meeting
7:30 PM.
Oct. 16—Girl scouts
to an airbase in London about a several of the stands. The La
year ago.
Mrs. Hmcir, accompanied by
the sorrowing husband and little
child, is being flown to the
States, and will arrive in San
Antonio some time Thursday.
The funeral will be held at Mo-
man.
Stephens, in Houston, pointed member committee
at
Grange would hkve been a
neers made their estimate on lers at Phone 206. He is the fun-producing acts.
the basis of the river channel as parade chairman. • Arum! Singh, famous Indian
4t ‘was 15 years ago and did not
make allowance for willow
growth and other changes in the
channel near La Grange since
taken drinking water to her
husband and two sons, who were
in the field.
Local firemen were .again
summoned and, although the
house was too far gone when
Well folks, here ‘tis: the first
column by our first guest wri-
ter, Hizzoner “Judge” E. A.
(Sammie) Arnim of Flatonia.
• And we will wager that after ya
read what he has to say, y—
might tell us that his “stuff” i&
a dum site better than some
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el Barta of
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James An-
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12 To. Leave For
Induction Nov. 4
The Ladies Aid of the Zion
Lutheran Church of La Grange
will serve refreshments on the
lawn of the county courthouse
to the 12 men of Austin, Colora-
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1938. And, what with most cot-
ton and com crops still in the
fields, no one can estimate what
the damages from such a flood
might have been.
None of the water was
wasted; all of it was caught for
future use. The lake at Mans-
field Dam rose 57 feet; Bucha-
nan rose 19 feet. Before the
flood, both lakes were as the
lowest levels since 1941. There
is still enough room in these
two lakes to catch and hold ano-
ther flood like the last one with-
See ’Round Town, •'ack pag?
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i red on one side and silver
the other. These
, LJanoi which would be strung
Counties and along the streets in the bus-
— • . iness district adjacent to color-
ches of'raki.”That much water ed lights, offer a most pleasing
A campaign for funds will be
' among the
various businesses but indivi-
duals as well—as soon as it can
be determined that the decora-
tions are definitely *wanted. The
samples ordered by Mr. Hajovs-
ky will be displayed at Western
Auto as soon as they arrive.
This should be before the end of
the week.
The trio which ushered in the
Christmas decoration idea ap-
pointed L. W. (Sonny) Stolz Jr.,
G. B. Mueller, George H nsthnff
and Harry Gaertner to serve
with them carrying out the
lighting program, which—if eve-
rything works out—is to be
started about Dec. 1. Utilities
This is the unanimous conten-
tion of the funsters who will ap- A&P Celebrates
pear with the V^llace • Bros. a .
three-ring trained wild animal 93rd Anniversary
/2\nother milestonew^s reach-
ed 'ioday by the nsffi<fe’s oldest
food distributor, the A&P Tea
Company, with an anniversary
celebration featuring a “special
food value” for each of the
firm’s 93 years of existence.
“To further demonstrate our
faithful adherence to A&P’s 93-
The owner, if he will come by our office and Identify the lenburg; Jimmie Janak, FRD 3, ga beginning October 16, as ty- his chief of staff, oil
i Grange; Eugene August pical of Texas OPW activity. It’s developed a significant
the first to correctly identify the last photo, with Mrs. Krlstynik, RFD 1, Schulenburg; anticipated crowd ... .-,122,
L. Scott. Holman; Robert complete with 350 exhibits and dealers and public schools !nt*
Lee Sumbera, RFD 4. La Grange, a barbecue feeding 15,000 Octo- the OPW act.
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ter, Betty Jo, aged five, went to about 1:30 PM, was at the Ed- ing.
Local firemen were called at
about 6 PM, and they remained.
In 1935, the flood waters turned organizational
the corner where J. P. 1-----
law office now is.
My personal opinion is that
the court house lawn. The engi- entry should contact A. R. Eh- a variety 4)f thrilling as well as ing this law—especially on cases someone who is correctly
on lers at Phone 206. He is the fun-producing acts. through highways. parked cannot back out for as
It is both dangerous and "in- long as a half an hour due
someone else’s car parked
hind them.
school horses;
Mario Rojas, foremost Latin
This is especially true of com- unicyclist, arenic stars from eve-
" ~~ the ry part of the world; Senor Ped-
higher than it was in 1935. And, ’ committee is asking that more ro Erton, the man on the flying Grange’s business streets is go- collective officers said.
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This directive comes from the in many .cases- found the drivers
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organization troupe of celebrated TV, screen Patrolman James Spencer, who not attending to business when
Company, as state OHC chair- Houston, where OPW chairman
George O’Leary has had a 17-
work
Here is another of a series of “mystery farm” pictures being reproduced in The Journal. Can RFD 1, Aihmannsville; Henry to the guper-gize Permian Basin since summer. With Bill Black
you identify it? The first person to correctly identify it will receive two tickets to the Cozy Thea- Robert Hermis, RFD 3, Schu- show being staged in Odes- of the chamber of commence aa
tre by calling at The Journal office. The owner, if he will come by our office and Identify the lenburg; Jimmie Janak, FRD 3, gg beginning October 16, as ty- his chief of staff, OTLewt^ has
photo will be presentea an original mounted photograph free of charge. 1 La Grange; Eugene August plcaI of Texas OPW activity. It’s developed a signlficam ptOtrato.
U B. o< L. Grange w„ th. to conwtly Identity th. UM photo, with Mth |
Oct. 12 To Oct. 18—
Oil Progress Week Is Observed
Odessa, Kilgore and Houston ber 18, has had the standing-
form a giant geographic trian- room-only sign out in the Mid-
gle of Oil Progress Week activi- land-Odessa area for weeks.
do and Fayette Counties order- ln Texas, beginning Oct. 12
induction into military and ending the 18th.
- • — And the likes of it aren’t apt Street as fire plugs, Walter Mor-
j to be seen again—until this time ris and the Kilgore Chamber of
sincere next year- Commerce are spearheading a
Oil Progress Week is the an- three-day Jube-OIL«Lee. a coin-
nual high point of action for pge of J. M. Foster, Sun Oil
work put in by thousands of men Company. Jube-OIL-Lee fea-
and women in the Texas petro- tures tours of the big East Tex-
leum industry who volunteer to as field, an old timers’ reunion,
speak up for their Industry the coronation of a queen, several
year ‘round and thus show the major speeches, public square
public what makes the oil and dances, fireworks and dedication
gas business tick. of a granite marker at the L. D.
The whole program for Texas Crim No. 1,.discovery well for
heads up under the banner of the Kilgore area 22 years ago.
the Oil Industry Information It’s still going strong *u one of
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ElahArata ViiIa WAELACE BROS. CIRCUS PLAYS HERE
EiaDorate Hire FRIDAY; two performances slated
Lighting Planned WMM
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For La Grange
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7 If plans inaugurated by a
group of local men work out, La
the hash we’ve been a-slinging. Qrange j8 going to be “all dress-
Here’s Sam’s story: up„ for chnstmas.
River bottom folks and the Several energetic
people of La Grange have some- headed by George
thing to be thankful for that George Hajovsky and Leslie T.
you probably don’t know about, Henson, met several days ago
On Sept. 13 you enjoyed a nice, and volunteered to get the ball
sunshiny day and were thank- rolling as it pertains to street
ing your lucky stars for the good ’
* rains that fell on Sept. 10 and
lites.
and Under
lansky, Joe
Schulenburg
Ilers, blues;
Schulenburg
ms, reds.
and Under
Diers, La
eniel Harb-
FA, blues;
Stephens, assistant sales mana-
ger for Humble Oil & Refining Oil Progress Week triangle is
THIS .WEEK’S MYSTERY FARM PICTURE
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decorations.
Mr. Hajovsky, of Western Au-
11* But, had it not been for the to Associate Store, volunteered
LCRA dams above Austin, you to order—at his own risk—a
would have been suffering one number of samples of colored
of the worst disasters in the his- “spinners. The chosen c.—
tory of the County. waJ> rz- ---- —-------
While we were getting good, tite other. These spinners,
slow falling moisture, TJano. which would be strung across
Blanco and Gillespie
were having cloudbursts—21 in-
is hard to imagine. Century old sight.
cypress and pecan trees disap- J - -
peared as rampaging creeks and launched—-not only
streams carried record breaking
flood waters into the Colorado
River. This was the HIGHEST
FLOOD on record for most of
that area. Thousands of acre
feet of water poured into the
Colorado on Sept. 11—only to
be trapped and stored back of
Mansfield Dam for future use.
Had the LCRA dams above
Austin not been in existence—
and properly operated—on about
Sept. 13 the river valley in Fay-
ette County would have borne
the brunt of a flood at
equal to that* of 1935.
The 1935 flood ".'as the high-
est on reqardjti.Austin, and at -Mk/ l. 6?Tilton and City, Ewgr
Austin this one would have been yj q Hruska have already of-
even higher! J ! However. La ferefj their 100% cooperation in
Grange has had two floods high- (jojng the manuel work of
“stringing”.
This proiect, as inaugurated
(See ‘XM^LS, Back Page)
NOV. 11 PARADE
games
party at Scout house, 7:30 PM.
Oct. 17—Wallace Bros, circus,
auspices of Jaycees, et Fair
grounds, 3 PM and 8 PM.
Oct. 19—Ladies Altar Society
Communion Sunday, at 7 AM
Mass.
Oct. 21—Lions Club meeting
and luncheon, 12:05 PM.
Oct. 21—Sacred Heart P-TA
meeting at 2:30 PM.
Oct. 21—Future Homemakers
“chuck wagon jamboree,” L-
Hermes cafeteria, 6 PM.
his
five-
continent menageria and jungle merchandise items.’
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disastrous flood to Lta Grange tice Day Parade—Nov. 11 and herds of performing elephants, Qav.
_he U. S. Geological Service sponsored by the local Ameri- Wallace Brothers’ “peerless’’ y ‘
and-the State Board of Water can Legion post—are coming in palomino high school horses; DamLsmm lllsll
Engineers estimate that, except nicely, it is-reported. Mario Rojas, foremost Latin ||QI||j|'g V12yP Ifi ATAIj
for the dams, water at La This is especially true of com- unicyclist, arenic stars from eve- O w wr
little mercial entries. However, the ry part of the world; Senor Ped- Double parking on La convenient” to double park, the
They hurt when the machines figured tlonlzed minor medical care. It
can be used in the operating
ed for i
service on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Stuart T. Penick, local board
chairman, extends 1
thanks to these ladies for their
efforts in showing the apprecia-
3ft tion of the Tri-county area to
these men leaving for Service.
Names and home addresses of
selectees who will depart for the
service follow alphabetically by
uiUfittM::
Austin: Curtis Howard Davis,
San Felipe; Melton Henn< Fra- headg up unjer the banner of the Kilgore area 22 years ago.
zier, Cat Spring; Otto Werner the QJ1 jn(jU8try information It’s still going strong as one of
Luedeclte, RFD 2, Cat Spring; Committee of the American Pe- 22,000 producing oil wells in the
Lonnie Dillard McKnight, San> troieum Institute, with Roy M. vast East Texas field.
Oak-
Veng-
There are very , fe" •.•Lt io > mystic, wild a >•
ships so beneficial mutual)
that between the circus
and the circus crowd. The down
gives the crowd laughs, and the
crowd in turn, unwittingly gives
the clown new ideas that will
provide laughs for future
crowds.
La Grange, Fayette County. Texas, Thursday, Oct. 16, 1952
Fires Cause $8,000 Dama^
Mullin’s Prairie House Destroyed,
Gin Hurt; Barn, Hay Bales Burn
Fire struck in the Mullin’s A fire that took nearly stx
\ at- Prairie community twice in two hours to extingulsn destroyed a
tack in London, England, Sun- days last week, damaging a cot- large barn and 2,000 bales of
day. She was 3?, and was the ton gin one day and consuming hay on the Traugott
• Bros,
animal
circus, who are coming to
. Grange Friday, Oct. 17.
• circus will be'located at the fair
grounds, and performances will
be at 3 PM and again at 8 PM.
Clowning is one of thevoldest
forms of entertainment, yet its
constantly changing pace makes
it just as popular with today’s
public as it was 2,000 years ago. . , ,
the year-old policy of giving more
good food for your money," said
a Company official, “we are ce-
lebrating this occasion by reduc-
ing the price of many regular
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night to extinguish the smolder-
ing hay. Although nothing of
the barn’s contents was saved,
the fireboys’ efforts did prevent
other buildings from catching
fire.
Walter Pietsch, who resides
on the place, said his loss will
be around $3,000. There was no
insurance.
As in the Ahlschlager fire at
George schlager residence, only a short Mullin’s Prairie last Friday, de-
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ing from a second story win- ,
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a! -ubjio oi t!°-
presenting “three tons of jun-
clown glebred lions.” Also:
The Jaycees, who receive a
percentage of the gate receipts
and which will be used in their
community improvement pro-
gram, urge everyone to attend
the circus Friday, Oct. 17.
Their arrest came after a wild
household Effects Auto ride, in wMch one of their
the nlaze. ' *» tWo ’^lri compantons-either fell
i Mr. Ahlschlager juat had aa^r fronyhe rm^ng car
report on electrician to complete wlring*ne«ir ‘fne high sbhool . \
for an electrid cook stove, which Saturday morning the '‘men
18 was to have been installed this trio pleaded guilty to charges of
registrants will be forwarded for week. The total loss is estimated drunkenness and paid fines
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The house was on the E. G.
November Albers farm. And, as if by fate ]y injured, was released after be-
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12 selectees, on Tuesday, Nov. that was being ginned at the hospital.
England to join their husband ward Naiser Gin. The fire start-
and father about nine months ed in the cleaners above the gin
ago. Lt. Hmcir was transferred stands and then spread over mid-
Grange fire department was im-
mediately called, and local fire-
men extinguished the blaze al-
though gin wokers had the fire
pretty well In control when they
arrived.
Damage was estimated at a-
ravia, I-avaca County, but the bout $1,000.
date has not been set. The story the next day was
Beside her husband and dau- somejvhat worse. Firemen were
<rhter. she leaves a brother and summoned to the Wm. Ahl-
distance from the gin. Mrs. Ahl- fective wiring is believed to have
last yedr and she was bereft of schlager discovered flames com- caused the disastrous blaze.
ing from a second story win- , ■ < *
dow only minutes aftei she had Trio Is Fined After
water « h" WiW Rid. Which
Girl Falls From Car
Three Killeen men—two taxi
drivers and the other a soldier
they arrived, .they were sqpciss- stationed at nearby Fort Hood—-
ful In saving* nearby outbuild- were arrested by sheriff s of fl-
ings —• ‘ cers here about 9:30 Friday /
■All that was saved from the night and lodged in the county
As anticipated. Local Board Jiouse-was the bedding from two JaiJ^
'To 44 has received notification beds. A ^ood freezer, refrigerat-
another hr'i pre-induction, or and all
Physical examination call fqr> went up in
November1. Ninety registrants * F“ .
will be. .ordered to !
Wednesday, Nov. 5.
In addition to this call,
re-examination on the same day, at around $4,000. $14 each. , ' ,
Nov. 5. The house was on the E. G. t >pyie girl, who was not serious- ,
Induction call for ’ Hto*" * ” "'..7, *
from Local Board No. 44 is for or otherwise, the bale of cotton ^g treated for bruises at
12 selectees, on Tuesday, Nov. that was being ginned at the hospital.
4. Names and home addresses of Naiser gin the day before, when
selectees receiving their notices fire broke out there, was that i_i_, ‘x-l Inc fall,
for these three calls will be sub- of Paul Weber. Mr. Weber, too, ins
mitted after issuance of the no- is a tenant on the Albers farm. New 4 Mask Of Mercy*
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Keeping right up with the la-
test in medical science, Fayette
Memorial Hospital has Installed
a “Duke mask," the latest pain-
removing Inhaler.
Designed at Duke Untversltjr
slightly Medical School, it has revolu-
be trapeze; Mlle Sylvia Gregory, ing to have to stop. said they have made checks, and "fn a collision 2 2 miles this side
ven by Gerald Highsmith of La “Take a few deep breaths,’*
Grange. The other, a 1949 <ord, orders the doctor, and instantly
was driven by Edwin Kutac of t|ie pain disappears.
Schulenburg and was also occu- The new inhaler was fully
pied by Mrs. Kutac and their described in tht Oct. 13 issufr of
son. ‘ Newsweek magazine.
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