The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 35, Ed. 1 Monday, May 1, 1972 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME 92
Che Ma Grange Journal
THE NEWSPAPER WITH A PURPOSE - SINCE 1880
LA GRANGE, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS
MONDAY, MAY 1,1972
NUMBER 35
PRICE 10c
Health Careers Award
("BAZZLE -
(dazzle” j Scholarship to be awarded
The Scholarship Committee local committee member. Madeline Wittneben, P. O.
of the Fayette County Chapter High school students may Box 151, Burton, Texas 77835
March of Dimes met Wednes- apply if they plan to enter an The committee will meet on
day night in La Grange and accredited school in the fields May 22 in the home of Milton
What a party! Between two furthered plans for the Health of nursing, occupational ther- C. Schmidt in La Grange to
and three hundred invitations Careers Award Scholarship, apy, physical therapy, speech choose the scholarship win-
"PROST-NAZDRAVI" were which is a $200 scholarship pathology, or audiology. Col- ners. In addition to the
sent out and only a few awarded to high school or lege students may apply in the chairman, others present at
declined. This same group-an college students interested in fields of medicine or social the meeting were Mrs. John C.
anniversary club-gavea par- an education in the health work (medicine). Fredericks of Schulenburg,
ty in June, 1960, at the VFW field. Three winners will be The application forms sh- -
Hall, but they outgrew that chosen in Fayette County, and rhede aueturn-
place so this time it was at the forms can be obtained from a ed by May 19 to chairman 1
Round-Up Club Hall. The
same menu they used before
was repeated complete with
sauerkraut and pickled eggs
and a wide variety of exotic
cheeses, breads, and sausage.
Believe you me, you don’t see
a party like this every day, but
they are worth waiting for. We
are all glad this anniversary
club that met the first time at
the home of MINNIE and
STINK WEBER in October,
1957, has stayed together and
shared with all of us their love
of a GOOD TIME! The
members hosting the event
are ANNA MAE and
La Grange School Answers =======
studied by the Grievance
O.1E 1 f 1 I Ilf Committee and each com-
Complaints of Local Woman =======
paragraphs following the alle-
gation.
Bartos was at one time a Complaint Number One
teacher on the La Grange A comparison between the
school faculty, and is now 1972-73 Choice Sheet and the
teaching in the Schulenburg 1971-72 Choice Sheet will show
school. that World History which was
Complaints, questions, and a course listed under the
The La Grange Independent
School District's Grievance
Committee, consisting of
Mrs. LaNell Wehmann of
Flatonia, and Milton Schmidt
and Joyce Kolbe of La
Grange.
Elmo Minzenmeyer, Vastine
Janssen, and Arthur J.
Friemel, received and answe-
red a letter containing six
complaints and six questions
from Mrs. Justin V. Bartos of
La Grange, who has a son in
the local high school Mrs.
E4
answers are quoted below: Sophomore year on the 1971-72
Dear Mrs. Bartos: Choice Sheet was moved to a
; Senior year course on the
J 1972-73 Choice Sheet. A close
a look at the Senior Listings on
3 the 1972-73 Choice Sheet shows
World History and Govern-
ment as two required courses.
0 Statement two at the bottom of
GEORGE HAJOVSKY, BER-
NICE and FRITZ LOBPRIES.
GENELDA and WILBERT
JASTER, PAULA and WIL-
LIE TIELSCH, BERNICE and
ROY LEHMANN, MINNIE
and STINK WEBER. AGNES
and VIC STRUVE, HEN-
RIETTA KANA, and BER-
NICE KANA. The Jurecka
Orchestra from Weimar were
UICAL o . . -
unique area of Texas can truly
“Put Your Little Foot” and do
the "Beer Barrel Polka” like
real pros. In fact, RUTH and
HANK SCHOVAJSA continu
ed “Cotton Eyed Joe" all the
way to their car. It was a
beautiful exit. The “Garden
MELANIE BROWN, junior
student at La Grange High
School, enrolled in the voca-
tional office education labora
s shown m the
photo holding the tropny she
won at the state youth
leadership conference held in
Fort Worth recently. Looking
the 1972-73 Choice Sheet states
that underlined courses are
for college entrance. There-
fore, a college-bound student
in his Senior year would take
Economics, a full year course
at our School which can only
receive one-half credit when
subm tted for college entrance
at the University of Texas. ‘A
reference to the college
Entrance Requirements for
the University of Texas at
Austin lists World History,
Government, and Economics
as Social Studies Courses.
This means the senior will be
taking three social science
courses. It is very possible for
a student to have the same
teacher in each of these
courses. This means three
SENIOR CITIZENS
FAIR SLATED
The Senior Citizens Fair will
be held at the La Grange City
Hall on -Friday, May 19. opened to the public from 11
> Anyone 62 years or older may A.M. to 4 P.M. Anyone wishing
enter items they have made, more information may con-
like one GIANT FLOOR vegetables grown.or food tact Mrs. Nettie Freudenberg,
SHOW. Some natives did it prepared Exhibits are to be at 968-4831 or 968-3752.
beautifully, but those that got ------------------------------------------------------..
mixed up got so confused it CUTCI slnL:
was hilarious ’That hall is not CVICI Membership
air-conditioned and at the - T
-pace everyone was going II*
people.got HOT! To quote Meeting IS Mav || ,
KURT TIETJEN, he said, 5"
- : 2 a lot of
money for those Turkish baths
and I’m sure they don’t have
this much fun!” I’m sure this
social event will be remembe-
red for a long, long time as one
of the TRULY GREATS of
1972 in La Grange
HOSPITAL WEEK
Wednesday, May 3, at St.
Paul’s Recreation Hall, the
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary is sponsoring a
Fashion Show Luncheon.
MRS. PEGGY EDWARDS,
chairman, and her co-chair
men, MRS. JO OXEHUFWUD
and MRS. AUDREY BOELS-
CHE. are working toward the
Scholarship Fund to help some
worthy local youth interested
in a health-care career
Tickets are 23 and are for sale
at all the beauty salons and
Dyers, Hermes, and Schroe-
der Drug Store Also at
Western Auto and Kovar’s
Waltz”that’s one man with
’ two laoies was a riot. It was .
GROUND BEARING OF site for the new Sacred Heart
NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH Catholic Church which will be
on is Mrs. Bernice Elzey, her Ground breaking ceremon built on Jackson and Pearl
teacher advisor Melanie is ■ ies were held Sunday at the Streets. Shown in the photo
now in Columbus, Ohio, - - * 3---— (Ir)are Father Harry Mazur
participating in the National NOTICE • kiewiez, pastor, architect- ner, 4. A. Engbrock, Adolph
Youth Leadership Conference The Republican Primary George Zapalac of Austin, Dr. Matocha, Cyrill Kallus, Dr. C.
April 29-May 2. Melanie s the will he Tar =---------------------------′-------
daughter 111 be held on May 6 from 8 - _________________________
- " HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT
FASHION SHOW St. Paul’s Recreation Hall
LUNCHEON Wednesday, May 3, at 12
A J. Darilek, Robert Winkler,
George Hajovsky, chairman
of the advisory committee,
contracts. Weldon Sehs’t:,
Gus Lindemann. Frank Brau-
G. Ray, and children of the hours each day, five days a
Parish week. It doesnot appear wise
Several hundred were in to take three of the same kind
attendance as Father Harry of courses in one year.
gave blessings or
s structure and led them on World history, government,
prayer He also gave a brief (Continued 5 roe 5)
(Continued on page 5) (continued on page
Agriculture Building in La
Grange. All persons in Com-
missioners Precincts 1 and 2
will vote in La Grange.
Gift Shop. You can purchase
tickets up to 5 P.M Monday
(today). The food is to be
prepared by DICK EDWARDS
(he has culminary talents out
of this world), the local big 4
fashibn shops The Clothes
Closet, Gindler’s, Marcelyn’s,
ed The Fashion Dress
Shop-arc furnishing the clo-
thes. and our local beautiful
ladies are modeling Mr and
Mrs KVLG are doing the
commentary and MRS SARA
OELTJEN is playing piano
(maybe even "Chopsticks")
to go with the Chinese Food It
is exciting! Be sure to pick up
that ticket NOW!
MORE HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY NEWS
The Fayette Memorial Hos-
pital Auxiliary will be in
charge of signing everyone up
and handling all the paper
work for the x-ray mobil unit
on the courthouse square
Thursday, may 4 It will be
open to the public for chest
x-rays from 11 to land 2to6
(Continued on page 5)
are Mrs Audrey Boelsche and ners, Verna Reichert, Darlene a
Mrs. Jo Oxehufwud. The net Schwake, Rose Smith, and
proceeds of this show will go Alma Warner. Mrs. Sara
into the scholarship fund Oeltjen will furnish the
which is being set up to use background, music and the
locally for youths interested in commentary' will be handled
pursuing health careers. The bv Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Koibe
The annual Fashion Show- o’clock noon. Mrs. Peggy
Luncheon sponsored by the -Edwards is chairman of the
Fayette Memorial Hospital scholarship fund and of the
NOTICES
Decoration Day services ’ Auxiliary, will be held in the style show Her co-chairmen
will be held at the Drawe
Cemetery on Sunday. May 7,
at 2:30 P.M. Everyone is
invited to attend.
1 OfficialI notice of the Ele- board of directors The
venth Annual Membership nominees selected were
Meeting has been mailed to George Brandt III, Leo
members of the Colorado Ernstes, Leo Heller, Robert
Valley Telephone Coopera- Lehmann, Wayne M Null, I.
tive, Inc. This meeting is J. Pavlicek, Jr., and Ernest T.
scheduled for May 11 at the Radenz.
City Hall, La Grange Regis- Members of the nominating
The Rutersville Hermann
Sons Lodge No. 152 will hold
their regular monthly meeting
Wednesday, May 3 The social
hour begins at 7:30 P.M.
Members are asked to bring a
covered dish.
MaL:1 V D.1 I local fashion outlets participa- of KVLG. Tickets may be
MUDIE AT DU UnIC ling in furnishing the c 1 othes purchased a t all bea uty salons
1 11 1 . are The Clothes Closet, and drug stores in La Grange
here 1 hursday, May4 Gindlers, Marcelyns, and the as well as at Kovar’s Gift and
.′ Fashion Dress Show The Art Shop and Western Auto
Everyone is reminded to get the north side The Fayette models are Mesdames Claire until 5 P.M Monday (today)
their chest x-rayed Thursday, Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Ankenman, Patti Carkett, - for $8.00 each Food will be
May 4, at 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. and will again handle the registra-f Clarene Chupick, Sue Conder, Chinese and will be prepared
2 to 6 P.M when the Alamo tion, which will be on the first Gladys Giese, Beatrice Mei- by Mr Richard (Dick)
Area TB and RD Association’s floor lobby of the courthouse
x-ray unit will be at the at the east side entrance
Fayette County courthouse on The unit’s last visit was on
June 10 of last year when 460
persons took advantage of this
worthy community service.
Donations of $1 are again
encouraged to help defray the
cost of operating this ma-
chine; however, no one will be
tration is to begin at eight committee were Lawrence D C1
o’clock P M The business Friedrich, Albert R Boeer, Kevenue Sharing Kill
meeting is scheduled to begin Elmo Minzenmeyer, Melvin ** 5 TAS
at 8:30 P.M. Moore, Anton Tietjen, Jr. l
Every member who regis- Melvin Fritsche, and Ernest Car PT 3 «94 A 4130
ters in person and attends the Dahse. Lol ITIdl KS P.TU,1O
annual membership meeting The present board of
will be eligible to receive one directors, Arthur H Brandt, Governor Preston Smith has
of the attendance prizes. At this E T. Radenz, FredR. Kasper, announced that a
meeting three directors will be Robert Lehmann, Kurt Tiet mental unitsFayette
chosen by ballot from nomi- Jen. Leonard Stech, and County would receive a otai
nees who were recently George Brandt HI, encoura of $240 428 under the general
selected at a meeting of the ges each and every member to revenue sharint Wil which
committee on nominations on attend the annual meeting to be aooroved hv the which
March 25. appointed by the held May D at the City Hall Ways and Means Committee:
Of the total, Gov Smith
said, the county government
would receive $177,600. The
• City of La Grange would get
$27,800.
The balance will be distribu-
ted to other cities and towns
within the county, the gover
nor said, but he did not specify
how the balance would be
divided
“It would appear from these
early estimates that the bill if
finally enacted, will provide
substantial fiscal relief to the
hard-pressed cities and coun-
ties of Texas." Smith said
"At the same time it will
afford a real opportunity to
improve and expand on those
services which the people feel
are most critically needed,"
the governor added.
Smith said that information
received from the Ways and
Means Committee showed
that a total of $202 million will
be distributed during the first ._____________
year to cities and counties of “NAVY RAND DAVI DDArI AIMEA
Texas. Allocation of funds BAND DAT r ROCLAIMED
would be retroactive to Pictured here is Mayor L.
SmitR Maid the state had M.-saiiitie treaC preclame,
worked with U.S. Rep. Wilbur meenesday. May
Mills, committee chairman, in Grange eryBand Day nia
turned away for lack of a
donation. Mark your calendar
for use in preparation of the re- today and be on hand to get
venue-sharing bill your chest x-ray
making available information
Edwards of “Downtown Hos-
Noinre tyn," who is well known
NONCE throughout this area for his
The Fayette County Vete- gourmet cooking,
rans Service Officer, Frank
Pratka, will be in Flatonia SILVER TEA
once a month on the second
Tuesday of each month, .May 7, 1972, marks the
beginning with Tuesday, May beginning of National Hospital
9, to assist servicemen in Week and hospitals through
whatever problems they may lout the nation will be telling
have Pratka will be in the members of their communi-
City Hall from 8:30 to 12 on ties "We Want You.. In The
these days. (Continued on page 5)
Pickle Helping
Farmers & Ranchers
U. S. Rep Jake Pickle “First, as beef producers
recently called on the reduce their herds, beef prices
Secretary of Agriculture to will drop Then, very soon,
“help avoid more high meat they’ll be back up-or higher-
prices by extending the May 1 and there they’ll stay for a
deadline for grazing on long time until the herds get
set aside acreage built back up again over the
“The computer data hasn’t years
been compiled yet.” Pickle “That’sa key reason it is so
said, "but our eyes already important we move now on the
tell us that we are in a drought set aside deadline to help our
year again. Many counties farmers and ranchers fight off
haven’t planted yet. and those this drought," he said
which have planted, the crops Pickle charged that in last
are stunted year’s drought many beef
"Many of our beef herds herds were decimated even
were decimated in last year’s before the national agricul-
drought, and if we think beef ture officials approved aid
prices are high now. I hate to programs and urged the new
think what will happen if Agriculture Secretary to move
herds have to be liquidated immediately to avoid a repeat
and reduced again this year," performance jof last year’s
the Congressman continued disaster.
“If we don’t get good steady ———
rain again in the next few If a man be endowed with a
weeks, we can already see generous mind, this is the best
what will happen," he said kind of nobility -Plato
Watching are officers of the Smith, Diane Wagner, and
La Grange High School Band
Left to right are John
Williams, Susie Moellenbern-
dt. Nancy Zingelmann, Brian
Washington, D.C. will play in
High School Band Director the La Grange High School
Wilbur W. Johnson:
Auditorium at 8 P.M. on
The Navy Band from Wednesday, May J
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