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The Newspaper With A Purpose-Since 1880
VOLUME 90
LA GRANGE, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS
MONDAY, MAY 1 2,1969
PRICE 10<
NUMBER 38
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Presbyterian Church U. S.
To Meet In Beaumont
RURAL PHONE SERVICE
WILL BE UPGRADED
DEMONS DEFEAT SMITHVILLE
19-14 HERE SUNDAY
WORK BEGINS
ON F. M. 3171
FAYETTEVILLE RURAL HIGH
SCHOOL SCHOLARS TOLD
FAYETTE CO. ACHIEVEMENT
DAY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
DRAFI CALL
DOWN AGAIN
THEY GROW BIG IN
THE KRAATZ GARDEN
TO. HOLD
MEETING
The Colorado Valley Te-
lephone Cooperative, Inc.,
held its eighth annual mem-
bership meeting last Thurs-
day at the La Grange City
Hall with over 150 members
Blue Bonnet Beauty Salon
Champion Bowling Team
Above photo shows V. 0,
Burgess holding a 26-inch
coral snake which he killed
in his back yard at 984 &,
Madison. The Burgess bird
dog flushed out the snake.
Stolz To Head
C of C Development
Program
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elsie Witte Altmann, 83, of
the Berlin community in
Washington County, were
held Friday, May 9, at 3:00
P.M, at the Foehner Funeral
Home Chapel in Burton with
Rev. R. J. Weber, pastor of
Zions Lutheran Church in
Zionsville, officiating. Bur-
ial was in the Witte-Hage-
dorn Cemetery near Wine-
dale.
Pallbearers were her gr-
The La Grange Jaycee De-
mons opened the 1969 base-
ball season with a lopsided
19 to 4 count over Smithville
Sunday afternoon on Jaycee
field in La Grange.
After continuous weekends
of rainy weather, the local
Last Rites For
Rudolph Schmid
Held Saturday
Pictured here are the top
senior students at Fayette-
ville Rural High School for
the 1968-69 term.
Left • is John W. Mikus,
class valedictorian, who has
a projected average of 93.43;
and at the right is Denise
Williams, salutatorian, wh-
ose projected average is 91.-
62. Mr. Mikus is the son of
intaining 1,200 miles of line.
Word has been received
from Washington, D.C. that
money would be available in A
fifth inning When six
crossed the plate.
Edwin Bowles, the
ticipating communities will
be heard, and plans will be
set for future efforts in area
cities.
ainst Atomic Attack,” will
be shown. Eats and drinks
will be furnished.
Mexican American is anot-
her study subject; sugges-
tions for implementing a
partnership between the An-
glo and Mexican American
cultures are included.
One report outlines open
housing legislation to date,
and suggests steps for the
church to take to insure that
these laws are upheld in all ’
communities.
A major change in the or-
ganisation of Synod (state-
level) program committees
will be recommended to the
body. This would allow these
committees to work more
freely of one another, and
to be more quickly respon-
sive to needs at the local and
presbytery (regional) lew'.’ .
The second stanza offered
added excitement as Bobby
Glaiser wallopped a three-
run homer, scoring James
Karstedt who had singled and
Ricky Blume who followed
with a two-bagger.
The red and white’s larg-
est scoring stand was in the
bua-—Zand crafts. Fol-
lowing the noon luncheon,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frey-
tag spoke on "Travels In Eu-
rope." Mrs. " Taffy" Schott
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The state-level denomina-
tional court of the Presby-
terian Church in the United
States will meet at St And-
rew’s Presbyterian Church,
Beaumont, May 20-22.
Representatives expected
to attend as commissioners
from here are Rev. Frank
McElroy, pastor, and W. B.
Van Wart, Jr,, ruling elder,
from the First Presbyterian
Church of La Grange.
Between 500 and 1000 min-
isters and laymen wfli meet
in Beaumont to receive and
take action on reports and re-
commendations of the year-
round committees.
The recently-elected mo-
derator of the highest Pres-
bytertan Church U.S. court,
the General Assembly, will
lead worship the opening
night at 7:30. The Rev. R.
Matthew Lynn, First Pres-
byterian Church, Midland,
will lead a worship service
lyn Helnti
Irene 0
and three great-grandchild-
ren.
One son preceded him in
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Mobile X-ray Unit came to
LaGrange,
ton; 8 grandchildren; and 5
- great-grandchildren. - .
She was presede" - death
by her parents, husband, one
son, one grandson, one sis-
ter, and one brother in World
Wart.
ever, motorists should be
cautious in passing through
the construction area. It was
also pointed out that the high
speed and heavily traveled U.
S. 77 connection, with the
construction project, will
require caution on the part of
motorists entering or leav-
ing the project.
Those in attendance at the
meeting were Paul Barnett,
superintendent for The Jar-
bet Company; Patrolmen N.
E. Purgerson and Larry
Damborsky of the Depart-
ment of Public Safety; and
Texas Highway Department
personnel W. F. Moehlman,
George F. Gold, J. D. Leg-
ler, Hughie Hess, Norman
F. Schultz, and Harold E.
Harris.
changes to convert to the
samesystem. -
Bids for the Warrenton,
Hostyn, and Plum buildings
will be accepted on May 15,
1959, at 11:00 A.M, at the La
Grange headquarters build-
in*
The board members and >
general manager Jack Ca-
mpbell expressed their th-
anks and appreciation to the
City of La Grange for the
use of the fine facilities at
the City Hall
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row) Captain Ella Cheek,
Trudy Graalmann, aad Eve-
gave a very interesting dem-
onstration on creative arts
and crafts.
Mrs. V. G. Frenzel served
as song leader for the day and
acknowledgements were gi-
ven by Nettie Mae Freuden-
berg, H. D. Agent. The plan-
ning committees fortheev-
ent were Mrs. W. C. Krebs,
Mrs. Leon Teinert, Mrs. Ro-
bert Lehmann, Mrs. Emil
Hagens, and Mrs. Ben Mc-
Cormick.
Winners in the educational
booths were:
Bue ribbon - " Honor Our
Senior Citizens," Ellinger
H. D. Club; blue ribbon,"In-
visible Zipper," Bluff H. D.
Club; Blue ribbon, "How Do
You Measure Up," Walhalla
H. D. Club; Blue ribbon, “A
NOTICES!
The Chromcik Counci,
Knights of Columbus, win
meet at 8:00 P.M, at the K.
C. Hall Tuesday, May 13,
party system, and that funds
, will become available in June
of next year for the High HH1,
Moravia, and Borden ex-
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ersville, and Leonard Stech
of Oakland. Brandt was el-
ected president; Ernest Ra-
dent, vice-president; and
Fred Kasper, secretary.
Other board members are
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meet for the first time under
his leadership at the South
Texas Chamber's spring bo-
ard of directors meting.
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This is the Blue Bonnett
Beauty Salon champion bow-
ling team that won the aw-
ard of the 1968-69 Tuesday
2mer noon bowling league.
They are, left to right, (top
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ulze.
Mrs. Altmann passed aw-
ay Wednesday morning, May
7.
She was born in the Wine-
dale community on Septem-
ber 20, 1885, a daughter of
Rudolph and Henrietta Menn
Witte, and was married to
Paul Altmann on January 14,
1908, in the Greenvine Lu-
theran Church. She had lived
with her daughter aid son-
in-law in the Berlin com-
munity for the past 11 years.
Survivors include one son,
Rufus P. Altmann of La Gr-
ange; two daughters, Mrs.
Paula Lange of Brenham and
Mrs. Myrtle Mueller of Ber-
lin; four sisters, Mrs. Emma ’
Williams of Houston, Mrs.
Lilly Giessel of Birch, Mrs.
Hedwig Ziegerpf Sinton, and
Mrs. Hilda Steanken of Bur-
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without their parents con-
sent. The need for a change
in the paternalistic attitude
at the church toward the
bers are asked to attend and
nomination of officers will scheduleq for May 18-19 in
Individual Protection Ag-- De! Bio- Eeports iromh par-
y
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Mikus
of Route 2, Box 252, Fayet-
teville. Miss Williams is
the daugtiterofMr.andMrs.
Dalton Williams, Route
Box 27A, F ayetteville.
Commencement exercises
for the F.R.H.S. senior class
will be held in the high sc-
hool gym, Sunday, May 25, at
8:00 P.M.
The Jar bet Company of
San Antonio began work this
week on F.M. 3171, 8,2 miles
South of LaGrange. The pro-
ject win consist of grading,
structures, base and surfac-
ing, and is expected to be fin-
ished by December 1969.
A pre - construction and
safety meeting was held in
the office of the resident en-
gineer of the Texas Highway
Department in La Grange on
May 8. At the meeting it was
explained that traffic will be
routed over the existing Co-
unty road, and detours will be
constructed where neces-
sage of traffic. It was pointed
out that adequate barricades
and warning signals will be
prominently displayed; how-
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Elsie Altmann
Passes Away
Wednesday
ter, Mrs. Millie J4cob ofMe-
yervllle; two grandchildren; ’ July to upgrade the Hostyn
and Plum exchanges to the 1-
There was plenty of action
at the La Grange Livestock
Auction Company last Fri-
day. One rancher from the
Bastrop area sold his entire
herd of over three hundred
head of cattle through the lo-
cal auction. Buyers were
present from just about ev-
erywhere and bidding was
lively and up in the air.
Some of these fine Brahman
type cross cows with calves
T “he‘s side brexe--
as $321.00 per pair. Some
fine purebred Brahman bulls
were also sold with this herd.
Helfers, both, bred and open,
were included in the herd.
ScSne of them brought gver .
om.-- - - ' Swasiker-
esting to note that most of
this herd sold in small lots
and many buyers' were from
the local area. The addition .
of these fine animals to our
local cattle population win
upgrade many at oar area
herds.
during which banners repre-
senting the confessional ba-
sis of the Presbyterian be-
lief will be used with a litur-
gy.
William J. Murray, Austin
petroleum engineer, will
give his departing-modera-
tor’s address at 130 Tues-
day afternoon. Expected to
be elected moderator fof this
meeting and the coming year
is the Rev. John Mint er, pas-
tor of University Presbyter-
ian Church, Houston.
Study reports on social
issues will be given for the
consideration of the com-
missioners. A report giving
the basis for a stand favor-
log therapeutic abortion, ad-
opted at the 1968 meeting of
Synod, will be presented.
A study on teenage unwed
pregnancy will suggest that
legislation be passed allow-
ing teenagers to be examined
and treated by physicians
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Brock" of amateur baseball,
Ted in hitting for La Grange
with two singles, two doub-
• les, and two stolen bases.
The Demons’ next try
comes Friday night when
they travel to Yoakum for a
8:00 P.M. contest..
NOTICE
SFC Ronald Srgarper, U.I
S. Army recruiter from Bry-1
an, will be in La Grange at
Cottonwood Inn Friday and
Saturday, May 15 and 16. For]
additional information, can
collect, Bryan exchange,]
823-2677. a I
Robert Lehmann and Walter
Schaefer.
The telephone cooperative
is now serving 1,778patrons,
a gain of 1,237 from 1961,
and is in the process of up-
grading its service from an
8zparty to a I-garty system,
fne patrons wfe informed
at the meeting that the con-
tract has been let on the
Warrenton exchange to In-
stall the one-party line sys-
tern. CAB Pole Line Contra-
ctors of Mineral Wells got
the outside plant contract,,
and Stromberg Carlson will
do the work on tke central
office equipment for the
Warrenton, Plum, and Hos-
tyn exchanges. installation
contract went to Godgrey and
Godden, Inc. of Tyler, The
rates will remain the same
for the upgraded 1-party sys-
tem. These are residential
$7.50 and business $10.25 per
month. There will be no mil-
eage charge in the new sys-
tem.
In 1968, the Cooperative
installed 130 new stations,
built 46 miles of line and
handled 100,000 toll calls.
The system is presently ma-
in their home garden on La
Grange rural route two. The
Kraatz garden also produced
some large onions, five wei-
ghing 4 pounds.
low Springs H.D. Club; Red
ribbon, "The Eggs Cargo,”
Scotts H. D. Club; Red rib- 4
bon, "Say it With Flowers,”
Trinity HillH. D. Club; Red
ribbon, "For Your Relaxa-
tion,” Fayetteville H. D.
Club. ’
Blue ribbon winners in the
casserole contests were:
Mrs. Emil Hagens, saur-
kraut & beer, Swiss Alp H.
D. Club; Mrs. Alfred Schoen,
low calorie hot dish, St. Paul
HD, Club; Mrs. Chas. Weh-
meyer, yankee meat ball &
noodle, Scotts H. D. Club;
Mrs.Charles Janecka, chic-
ken casserole, St. PaulH.D.
Club; Mrs. Emil Janacek,
quick 4 easy spaghetti wei-
ner, Swiss Alp H. D. Club;
Litha Fritsch, beet Strogan-
off, Ellinger H. D. Club;
Agnes Struve, tuna noodle,
Bluff H. D. Club; Linda Le-
nert, gourmet goulash, Wal-
halla H. D. Club; Hattie Lam-
pe, Sunday night, Trinity Hill
H. D. Club; Ota Belle Htel-
scher, noodle roucanoft,
Winchester H. D. Club.
squad showed little signs of
having had only two prior
practices as they batted out
14 hits off Billy Fritz’s gang
who’’have returned to the
South Central Texas Ama-
teur League after a few years
absence.
Co-manager Ricky Blume
assigned three innings ap-
iece to three able hurlers.
James Karstedt started on
the mound for the Demons
and made a fine show as he
sent three down on strike
outs in the opening frame,
fanned another in the next
inning, gave up only two
basehits, and free-passed
two. Charles Plumlee fol-
lowed Karstedt and he was
succeeded by Steve Janda, a
newcomer to the Jaycee
group. Plumlee allowed four
hits and walked no one, and
Janda, while walking six,
gave up only one hit.
Fog Smithville, Dallas
Erwin, Gary Saunders and
Mike Kellar combined hur-
ling efforts,
Kenneth Schroeder, anoth-
er Demon rookie, batted in
the fir st LaGrerzarunotthe
season when his basehit to
left field score, —-aster
Edwin Bowles who opened
the initial frame with a dou- -
ble.
Action
AtL Grange
Auction -
Funeral services were
held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday,
May 10, at the Industry Bre-
them Church for Rudolph
Schmid, of Rt. 2, New Ulm,
who passed away May 8 in
ther Hermann Hospital in
Houston. He was 77.
The Rev. Albert Michalik
of Nelsonville officiated, and
burial was in the Shelby Ce-
metery.
The deceased was born
in Schoenau near Industry
on December 20, 1892, the
son of John and Emilie Wit-
te Schmid. He was united
in marriage with Annie Dec-
kel on March 19, 1919, in
Brenham. A farmer and
rancher, he was a lifelong
resident of the Industry
community.
Surviving are his wife of
Industry; one son, Sanford
Schmid of Industry; one sis-
A new chairman, L. W.
“Sonny" Stolz of LaGrange,
has been appointed to head
up the South Texas Chamber
of Commerce’s community
development program by the
organization’s president,
William H. Keys of Corpus
Christi.
Recently elected mayor of
La Grange, Stolz has been a
member of the regional
chamber’s board of direc-
tors for three years and ac-
tive in its community deve-
lopggent efforts. His prede-
cessor in the position was
Melvin Rowland, former ma-
yor of Uvalde.
Stolz will be responsible
for directing the chamber’s
role in the program, now at
Children entering kinder- J
garten or first grade In the ]
Le Grange Public School for j
the first time in September, I
1969, will be enrolled MayB 4
and 16 in the La Grange Ca- ’
teteria beginning at 1:30 P. I
M. until 4:00 P,M,
Children enrolling in kin- |
dergarten and first grade
will be required to bring
their birth certificate ver-
ifying that they are five or
six years of age, on or be-
fore September 1;1969,
,"..V lected and 400 persons were
.dd x-rayed Thursday, May 8, •
Ve when the Alamo Area T.B.
present. Prizes were given,
the By-Laws were amended
and four directors were re-
elected, Arthur H. Brandt of
Holman, Fred Kasper of
. Warda, Kurt Tietjen of Rut-
Home DemonstrationClub
women of Fayette County
held a very successful annual
Achievement Day on May 6.
About 100 attended the event
held in the H. D. Building.
The program began at 10:00
A JI. with the welcome given
by Mrs. Leo Tiemann, Coun-
cil chairman. Pastor Cecil
Hepplefinger, pastor of the
College Church of Christ,
Victoria, presented a very
inspirational talk on "Citi-
andsons, James Lange, Ch- zenship." Mrs. Margaret
ar lie Lange, Alton Bee hne- Schneider, owner, of “ The
mann, Kenneth Mueller, Ge- Straw Hat” in Giddings, dis-
raid Altmann, andEhis Seb-
June draft call for Texas
is 1,366, down from 1,453
in May, CoL Morris S. Sch-
wartz, State Selective Ser-
vice director, has announ-
ced.
Figure is the state’s share
of 25,900-man national
quota.
A total of 8,202 will be
forwarded for armed forces
pre-induction pbysical and
mental examinations next
month in preparation for fu-
ture Jails, Schwartz said.
Teel for May was 8,234.
June call-up is the lowest
since January when 1,363
were on state.
Chlidren- nou i-k
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Above photo
shows Mr. Arthur Kraatz
holding an eleven pound U
ounce head of cabbage which
was grown by he and his wife
’ work in 40 South Texas com-
munities, and helping to re-
fine approaches being used
mt j by the organization in its de-
The American Legion and velopment work.
Ladles Auxiliary will have Stolz’s committee wil
their regular meeting in the
Legion Hall Thursday, May
15, at 8:00 P.M, All mem-
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Red ribbon winners in the
casserole contest were. "
Mrs. C. W. Fritsch, turk-
ey and macaroni, Rutersville
H. D. Club; Mrs. C. Stoelke,
chili casserole, Fayetteville
H. D. Club; Mrs. Hubert Br-
andt, meat sauce casserole,
Walhalla H. D. club; Mrs.
Joe Barton, ham & macaroni,
St. Paul H. D. Club; Mrs.
Wilbert Jaster, chili hominy,
Tate, Meal n PitrsviHie H. Blum H, D. Club; Mrs. Don-,
D. C hib; Blue ribbon, " Read - ald Dopslauf, ohsoken & rice/
and Heed the Labels,” war- Txtatty Hill H D,Club.
da H. D. Club; Red ribbon, continloa on 2 0
" Be an Active Citizen,” WU- (Continued on back page)
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