The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1951 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing- Company La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
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VOLUME XXIX
JOHN RYZA, 16,
{EXPIRES AFTER
ICAR OVERTURNS
Funeral Scheduled
Friday Morning
At Catholic Church
Death Wednesday morning
(claimed John Adolph xRyza, 16,
[who \yas injured when his ear
[overturned at the fair grounds
| about 1:30 a. in. Tuesday.
He was reported to be on his
[way home for some sleep after
[working with the F. F. A. en-
Itries at the livestock show
[when the Model A he was
[driving went out of control,
[rolled over and came to rest on
[its wheels. John, however,
[was pinned in the car. He was
[unconscious and remained so
[until his death at the hospital
I the next morning.
Funeral services were set for
| Friday at 8:43 at the Koenig
[Funeral Home chapel with
[continued services at the
[Sacred Heart church, with the
[Rev. S. A. Zientek officiating.
[Burial will be in the new city
(cemetery.
The boy, who was a freshman
[in high school, made his home
[with his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ludwig J. Ryza at Rabb’s
Prairie. They survive, along
| with his step-father and
l mother, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
[ Bertsch of Plum; a half sister,
Rose Marie Bertsch; and four
half brothers, Edwin Jr.,
James, Freddie and Louis
Bertsch.
LA GRANGE, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951
NUMBER 37
GRAND CHAMPIONS AT FAYETTE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW
PiMfeiMi
Mrs. Cora Alexander
Buried In Houston
Funeral services for Mrs.
Cora Jacobs Alexander, 84, of
Houston widow of the late
Chas. Alexander, were held at
the Hyde Park Funeral Home
Tuesday at 5 p. m. Rabbi Ro-
bert Kahn officiated. Burial
was in Beth Israel Cemetery.
Mrs. Alexander 'died in
a Houston hospital Monday
evening.
The deceased, a native of
Houston, formerly lived in La
Grange and Flatonia. Mr.
Alexander preceded her in
death in 1934.
Survivors include one son,
Dr. Charles S. Alexander of
Houston; a sister, Mrs. Alice
Jacobs of Meridan, Miss.; sev-
eral nieces and riephews. Mrs.
Alexander was a sister-in-law
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Five grand champions of the Fayette County Junior Live- Hampshire barrow; center, Bennie Heinrich, Schulenburg
stock Show, staged in La Grange Tuesday and Wednesday, are F. F. A., with his Poland China male; and right, Jack Herzik,
shown here along With their producers. Upper left, Leslie Op- Schulenburg F. F. A., with his winning lamb. Other champs
permann, La Grange F. F. A., and his prize-winning Hereford of the show were David Hoelschlr, La Grange F. F. A., who
baby beef; at right, Earl Hertel, Schulenburg F. F. A., and his had the grand champion capon, and Daniel Bertsch, Fayette-
Jersey. Lower left, Leslie Giese, La Grange F. F. A., and his ville 4-H, who showed the grand champion pen of five fryers.
T&NO FREIGHT
DERAILMENT
AT WINCHESTER
Center 15 Cars
Badly Wrecked;
No One Injured
The center 15 cars of a 34-
car T&NO freight train were
derailed and wrecked about a
mile north of Winchester early
Tuesday morning.
While property damage was
extensive, no one was injured.
The engine and nine cars
were able shortly thereafter to
continue their trip to San An-
tonio. Ten other cars, two of
them damaged, and the caboose
remained on the track.
Cause of the accident could
not be immediately determined.
It appeared, hywever, that the
track buckled and the cars de-
railed and piled up, some turn-
ing over. One almost went on
the road which parallels the
track.
Contents of the wrecked cars
included salt, corn, building
material, tractors and airplane
engines.
A long section of the track
was ripped up and telephone
poles and lines were snapped.
‘feee wreck pictures .below.
Stock Show Rate*
Another Success
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Champion Calf
Brings 66e Pound
In Auction Sale
REI) CROSS DRIVE
OPENS MARCH 14
La Grange will have its an-
nual Red Cross drive Wednes-
day through Friday of next
week, it has been announced
by Mrs. Mary Blume and Mrs. j "t‘her success "after Ms two-day
Adela Moellenbemdt, co-chair- run here Tllesday and Wednes-
day.
It was the biggest show to
date, its entries were among
* i c iMnnn u u , i the finest, and the prices naid
A goal of $1000 has been set | the auction were the ^
The Seventh Annual Fay-
ette County Junior Livestock
show was chalked up as
men.
Tentative plans are to divide
the city into six areas with
a team of solicitors for each.
for the city.
Details of the drive will
announced next week.
Milton Rosenberg
Buys Sweet Shop
And Bus Station
Milton Rosenberg, a’ La
Grange native who’s roamed
most of the state during the
past nine years with an oil ex-
ploration crew, has come back
to la Grange to go into busi-
ness.
Announcement is made this
week of the sale by L. W. Eckel
of Eckel’s Sweet Shop and the
Kerrville Bus station to Mr.
and Mrs. Rosenberg. The deal
is effective Saturday.
Mr. Eckel, who has been in
the confectionery business in
La Grange since 1923, is retir-
ing to make a business of what
started as a hobby—raising
pigeons.
In ads in this issue the retir-
ing proprietor expresses his
thanks for all patronage re-
ceived and bespeaks support
to his successor. The new pro-
prietors at the same time in-
ex-
POLIO CHAPTER
TO MEET TUESDAY
The annual meeting of the
Fayette County Chapter of the
National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis, Inc. will be
held at the city hall in La
Grange, on Tuesday, March 13
at 8:00 p. m.
Reports of the activities of
the chapter and of the March
of Dimes will be heard. Elec-
tion of officers will also be
held.
The meeting is open to the
public. Anyone interested in
the work of the chapter is in-
vited to attend, Miss Clara
Roitsch, chairman, advises.
of Misses Essie and Jeannette!vlte Peonage
Alexander of La Grange and P™5 ‘heir hope to enlarge .t
Miss Gertie Alexander and I through a broader range of
Jake Alexander of Houston. ^rvlce- det«‘ls, °f whlch WlU |
Misses Essie and Jeannette 1 bt> announced later- j day afternoon at 2 o clock with
Alexander idtegded the fu-. On their first day of business | continued services at the Ser-
Mrs. Marie Miertschin
Expires Tuesday *
Mrs. Marie Augusta Miert-
schin, 75, of the Serbin com-
munity expired at her home
Tuesday.
The body will lie in state
at the Koenig Funeral Home
until 10 a. m. Friday.
Funeral services will be held
at the faVnily residence Fri-
Organization Ask
Participation In
School Open House
Invitations were extended
this week by four og&nizations
for members to participate in
the observance of Public
School Week by attending the
P-TA sponsored open house
Friday between 9 and 4.
Cards were sent out by
Walter Oeltjen, Alumni as-
sociation president; Lloyd M.
Bohot, V. F. W. commander;
and S. W. Wilson, president of
the Jaycees. Commander
George Posey of the American
Legion urges his members
through the press to partici-
pate.
neral.
Vl^ajor Ernest Schott
Recuperating Here
Major Ernest “Pete'' Schott
arrived last week to spend a
30-day convalescent leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Schott.
Major Schott is recuperat-
ing from a serious operation
which he had undergone re-
cently at the navy hospital in
Corpus Christi.
| a. m.* and free coffee and
j cream cones from 2:45 to
p. m.
, Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Rosen-I bin Lutheran church. Burial
berg are extending a special will be in the Serbin cemetery,
j invitation and inducement for Rev. A. Arndt will officiate,
jo visit—f fee coffee from 8 to 9 j Mrs. Miertschin was born in
the Serbin community on Feb-
ruary 17, 1876, the daughter of
John and Agnes Motthiez
Fritsche. On November 25,
1896 she was united in mar-
riage with John G. Miertschin
who preceded her in death on
ApVil 1, 1949.
'Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Gilbert Selma of Gid-
dings; six sons, Fred, Ben and
Paul P. of La Grange, Martin
of Ledbetter, Carl J. and Emil
A. of Giddings; two sisters,
Mrs. M. H. Tietzen of Cali-
fornia and Miss Emstine Birn-
bautn of Robstown; one broth-
er, Gus Fritsche of Lincoln;
and 18 grandchildren.
HAVE IIABY GIRL
A six pound JO ounce daugh-
ter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Joe F. Chovanec of Fayette-
! ville at the La Grange hos-
pital Wednesday. She has been
| named Katherine Gertrude.
CEN TEX SEARCH UNDERWAY
FOR FAYETTEVILLE BUS DRIVER'
A widespread search is be-,1(10 lookout for the bus. It was
ii>g conducted over Central later found parked in the Elgin
Texas for Emil Zalman, Fay- business district. A witness
etteville parochial school bust had seen the bus park and the
driver, whose bus was found
abandoned at Elgin Tuesday.
It was feared that Zalman
was suffering from amnesia.
He had been sent to La
driver walk away but gave the
matter no further thought.
the driver had been direct-
ed to make a deposit of some
$560 in checks and cash jn a
Grange that morning to make 1 Lh Grange bank. The l>ank
a deposit, pick up supplies for | book, deposit slip, checks and
the sAiool cafeteria, ahd do | various instructions were founfl
other errands. When he failed j in a tool box under a seat,
to return a radio report was lAbout $180 in cash was miss-
sent out for officers to be on 1 ing
BUILDING NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jecrne-
nek are building a new home
on their farm, three miles
north of La Grange. Kirby
Guettler is the contractor.
FAYETTE CLUBS
OBSERVE 4-H WEEK
Fayette county’s 400 4-H
club members have joined
with 118,000 Texas members
and approximately two million
others iri the United States in
observing National 4-H Week,
March 3-11.
These 4-H member^ have
made great strides in progress
of agriculture and a good por-
tion of this advancement has
been due to the guidance pro-
vided by over 250,000 volunteer
local leaders. These "leaders
help the boys and girls in solv-
ing many of their problems.
According to the State 4-H
leaders at Texas A. & M. col-
lege, the purposes of the week
are to provide 4-H members
a special occasion for check-
ing their own efforts in rela-
tion to the needs of their com-
munity and country; to ac-
quaint the public with the 4-H
theme for 1951—“Working To-
gether for World Understand-
(See 4-H WEEK, Page 2)
Local People Hurt
In Houston Wreck
Mrs. Annie ^iedt sustained
several bruised ribs and Mrs.
Loydie Tiedt received a cut
over the eye Sunday morning
in a traffic mishap in Houston.
They were passengers in
Mrs. Willie Melcher’s new
Ford which was driven by
Loydie Tiedt. While making a
turn the car skidded on wet
pavement and collided with
another vehicle the driver of
which was unhurt.
Mrs. Melcher’s car was bad-
ly damaged.
Girls Scouts Work
For First Aid Badges
Twenty-four Girl Scouts met
Tuesday for their regular
meeting with Mrs. J. C. Guen-
ther and Mrs. L. P. Cronenber-
ger, leader and co-leader, to
complete activities on the First
Aid Badge.
Arrangements were made to
honor those with March birth-
days at the regular meeting
next’Tuesday.
Austin Minister
Escapes Death
As Car Overturns
Rev. Paul Vercher, Baptist
minister of Austin, escaped
with bruises early Thursday
morning when his 1950 Ford
turned over several times on
Highway 71 a short distance
this side of Halsted.
The car was so badly wreck-
ed that people who viewed
it marveled that the minister
escaped with his life.
What caused the accident is
unknown. Rev. Vercher could
not remember what had hap-
pened. It appears, however,
that he went to sleep at the
wheel. He had left Austin
earlier for Houston on a busi-
ness deal.
The car’s radio, tuned to a
religious program, was still
going strong when Sheriff Jim
Flournoy arrived at the scene.
The minister, in a dazed con-
condition, was standing on the
roadr He was brought to the
La Grange hospital.
Rev. Vercher is known lo-
cally, having been stationed at
Bastrop for four years. He
moved to Austin about a year
ago.
J. F. Zvesper’s Sister
Dies In Schulenburg
Mrs. Julia Van Horn, 55, of
Schulenburg, sister of John F.
Zvesper, of La Grange, died
suddenly" early Thursday
morning at the home of her
mother, Mrs. J. S. Zvesper, at
Schulenburg.
Further particulars will ap-
pear in the next issue.
HOW FREIGHT CARS LOOKED AFTER WINCHESTER DERAILMENT
WISCONSIN VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Urban
were surprised when Frank
Schauls of Grantsburg, Wis.
and Roland Palm of Luck, Wis •
came to spend the week-end
with them Mr. Schauls and
Mr. Urbun cooked together in
the army in the United States
and in Canada. They have not
seen each other since 1944 when
Mr. Urban was sent to the
states as a patient. It is need-
less to say that they had an
enjoyable visit.
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In years.
Leslie Oppermann, La
Grange F. F. A., hit the big-
gest money of the show when
his grand champion 830-pound
Hereford calf brought 66c a
pound Wednesday afternoon.
The buyer, the First National
Bank of La Grange, topped last
year’s champ price by 11c.
The reserve champion beef,
entered by Buster Garza, La
Grange F. F. A., brought 4614c
from Lauterstein’s, Inc.
Topping this price, however,
was 52c paid by John H. Kil-
lough for a red ribbon calf en-
tered by John Hofmann, La
Grange F. F. A.
The La Grange F. F. A. chap-
ter’s 685 pound baby beef was
bought by Morgan Mercantile
Co. for a pound. The
$304 animal was then donated
back to the chapter to be used
at its annual barbecue.
The reserve grand champion
hog. shown by David Hoelsch-
er, La Grange F. F. A., was
bought by the La Grange
Tractor and Implement Co. for
43c a pound.
Norman Frede, La Grange
F. F. A., showing the reserve
champion lamb, got a thump-
ing $1.80 a pound from Rosen-
berg & Moore.
Pat-Mac Produce company
broke the record for capons.
when it bought David Hoelsch-
er’s grand champ for $75.
Hoelscher is a La Grange
F. F. A.
Top price paid for a pen of
five fryers was $25.50 by Pearl
Distributing company for the
entries of Lee Mueller Jr., La
Grange ^-H.
Further particulars of the
show and the sale will be pub-
lished in the next issue.
Crocheted Altar Late
Donated To Society
At a meeting of the Ladies
Altar Society held Monday
night it was reported that Mrs.
Mary Czichos donated many
yards of crocheted lace for
altar cloths. Mrs. Czichos, 90,
mother of John F. Czichos,
crocheted the lace in recent
weeks.
A report on the breakfast
and dinner served on the Day
of Recollection showed they
were a success. Members were
urged to receive Hull/ Com-
munion on the third Sunday,
the society’s regular Com-
munion Sunday.
Reports of standing com-
mittees were heard.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, March 8, 1951
The following prices were
paid in La Grange on the above
date and are subject to mar-
ket changes. Eggs and poultry
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Cotton, stricb middling .. 43.75
Middling ..............43.50
Strict low .................„ 41.00
Fryers ......................„.........’ 25c
Hens .................... 16c and 20c
Eggs: Grade A ... 41c
Grade B 37c; Grade C 30c
Roosters __________________-______10c
Turkeys, Hens 30c; Toms 22c
Sweet Cream;
Direct Shippers ___________ 6j5c
Station .... G2e
Sour Cream:
Direct Shippers ____
Station .................
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Cotton Seed
...... 60c
57c
$110.00
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Sulak, L. J. The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1951, newspaper, March 9, 1951; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980722/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.