The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1961 Page: 1 of 6
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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
volume xxxix
LA GRANGE, TEXAS (In tha Heart of CRIDAiand), FRIDAY MARCH 17. 1961
NUMBER 39
BASEBALL LOOP
REORGANIZED; 9
CLUBS IN FOLD
Smitliville, East
Bernard In SCTAL;
Openers April 9
The South-Centra! Texas j
Amateur League, one of the,
few remaining Sunday base-
ball circuits in this part of the
state, will operate as a nine-
club organization in 1961.
This was divulged following
a meeting held in Weimar’s
city hall Monday night,
when the Smithville Mer-
chants and East Bernard, as
yet without a nickname, join-
ed the league.
Previously listed tor mem-
bership were the I960 Champ-
ion La Grange Jaycee De-
mons, Runner-up Weimar Ve-
terans, Bernardo Hurricanes,
Shiner Clippers, Nada Rebels,
Plum Blue Sox and Schulen-
burg Texans.
A 16-game playing schedule
was adopted, with one team
idle every Sunday, and cur-
tain raisers were set for April
9.
Opening games, as picked j
(See SCTAL, Page 2)
COUNTY 4-H’ERS TAKE TOP HONORS
AT DAIRY CALF SCRAMBLE EVENT
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Malcolm Lamascus, center
in the accompanying photo
and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Lamascus of Schulenburg, Rt.
1, walked out of the annual
dairy scramble banquet at
Houston recently with the
trophy and check for exhibit-
ing the champion dairy scram-
ble heifer at the 1961 Houston
Fat Stock Show.
Malcolm’s Jersey animal
won in competition over more
'ENGINEER UNIT
| IS AGAIN GIVEN
SUPERIOR RATE
I
‘Co. D’ Rates High
With l IS AC Officer
For Second Year
For the second straight year
I Company D, 15th Engineer
! Battalion, 99th Infantry Divi-
! sion of Schulenburg has re-
ceived the coveted rating of
| superior by the Inspector Ge-
' neral, Headquarters, VITI
! United States Army Corps
i The inspection covered all
phases of unit administration,
are training, inspection in ranks,
of supplies
Timely Topics On CC Meet Agenda
than 150 animals shown.
(Others in the photo
Tommy Thomson, banquet antl maintenance
emcee, left; and Billy R. Per- anc* equipment,
cival. assistant Fayette county First Lt Lowell M Kubala,
agent.) j commanding officer of Corn-
Each year at the Houston pany D, is proud of the fine
Fat Stock Show approximate- effort put forth by the mem-
ly 90 animals are donated by
Houston businessmen to luc-
ky boys catching calves. Mal-
colm caught his animal in the
(Set 4-H’ERS, Page 2)
Full House Present
Explorers Plan
Trip To Florida
Live Oak District Explorer
“Tex” Mayer, went to Austin
Sunday, March 12, to attend
the Capitol Area Council Cab-
inet meeting held in the board
room of the Fehr & Granger
Architects Building.
The approaching Pensacola,
Florida trip was one of the
main topics discussed. This
trip will start in Austin on
July 26 and last six days. The
trip will include a visit to sev-
eral air force and navy bases,
historical spots and also to
New Orleans. There will he
approximately one hundred
and fifty Explorers going on
this trip, about twenty of these
being from La Grange.
Council activities for Sep-
tember 1961 through August
1963 were also selected. They
include a trip to Philmont
Scout Ranch in New Mexico,
the annual Explorer Ball and
an outdoor social to be held at
Camp Tom Wooten in Austin.
Girl Scout Candy
Sale Set Saturday
The annual candy sale spon-
sored by the local Girl Scouts
and Brownies will be held in
the downtown area Saturday
The benefit from the sales
goes to the local group, help-
ing the girls in summer camp-
ing, and other activities. Last
year Troop IV with Mrs. Ar-
thur Friemel, leader, spent the
weekend camping at Camp
Tex Lake The Brownies with
leader Mrs. Robert. Kalins |
spent one day in San Marcos,
visiting many places of inter-
est.
MEETINGS SET
The regular meeting of I he
Veterans of World War I will
be held in the Agricultural
building in La Grange on Sun-
day, March 19, at 2 p. m. The
Ladies Auxiliary will meet on
the same day in the home of
Mrs. Otto Legler. All members
are asked to come out and en-
joy a pleasant afternoon. Re-
freshments will be served af-
ter the meeting.
CONCERT IS ROUSING SUCCESS
The vocal concert presented mar, and who drew high praise
beautiful accompani-
by Mr and Mrs Wilbur W.
Johnson Monday evening was
pronounced a success in every
way.
The Fellowship Hall of the
First Presbyterian church was
filled tb capacity, with addition-
al chairs having to be provided
to accommodate the crowd.
The audience was highly
pleased with the delightful en-
tertainment presented by the
singers, who were accompanied
by Mrs. Mary Tannen of Wei-
for her
ment.
The program opened with
two scenes from a folk opera
in wbtoi* M*v«ad Mrs Johnson
had several solos and duets.
Mrs. Johnson sang an addition-
al seven numbers from light
opera and musical shows, and
Mr. Johnson rendered eight
selections in the same categor-
ies.
The two soloits combined
their talents in the finale to
THIS WASN’T AN
ORDINARY DRILL
Tuesday night was drill
night for La Grange’s volun-
teer firemen.
It also was the first drill
for N. E. Purgersnn, local
highway partolman and a
brand new member of the dep-
artment.
Well, everything was going
along smoothly in the drill
meeting—until the phone
rang.
There was a grass fire in
the railroad track area north
of the main business district
and although small, it could
endanger bulk oil tanks in the
area.
The fireboys piled onto the
booster truck as well as into
cars, and went to douse the
small blaze—and Fireman
Purgerson had his first taste
at the “smpke eating” trade.
Plum Sox To Host
Warda Nine Sunday
The Plum Blue Sox open
their 1961 baseball season
Sunday with an exhibition tilt
with the Warda Aces.
The game will he played at
Plum, starting at 3 p. m.
Plum again is a member of
the South-Central Texas Am-
ateur League, while Warda
has renewed its membership
in the Tri-County League af-
ter a year’s absence.
bers of the unit.
In part, the inspection re-
port reads; “Morale, appear-
ance, conduct and esprit de
corps of personnel of this unit
were outstanding. Of particul-
ar note were the 100% attend-
ance on the night of this in-
spection and the attendance
(See RESERVES, Page 2)
Mrs. Albina Sklar
Buried Thursday
Mrs. Albina Sklar, 71, of
Ellinger passed away in Fay-
ette Memorial hospital Tues-
day.
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at the Jec-
menek Funeral Chapel follow-
ed by services in the Hostyn
Hill Catholic church. The Rev.
Francis Kolar officiated and
burial was in the church ce-
metery.
New Prexy Names
Standing Panels
For Current Year
Following are the La
Grange Chamber of Commerce
Committees for the fiscal year
ending March 1, 1962, as an-
nounced by Pres. Gilbert J.
Wessels:
Organization Directors L.
J. Sulak, Aubrey D. Voelkel. | |
Pres. Wessels. Ernest Kallus,
W. C. Hunter, Then. V. Ad-
ameik, Mrs. Victoria G. Wee-
ren, Raymond Lukas rnd
John L. Giese.
Industrial — L. J. Sulak, E.
W. Meiners, H. T. Carter and
Delvin A. Janssen.
Streets and highways —
Gunther Behrens, Atlan M.
Citzler, J. W. Roper and Rud-
olph Hagemann.
Tourist — Mrs. Verna Rei-
chert, Mrs. Helen Harris and
C. V. Creuzbaur.
Parks and playgrounds —
Harry Gaertner, Glenn Hat-
termann, Fritz Lobpries and
W. A. Yates.
Legislative —•' Walter Oelt-
jen, Gilbert Hermes, Henry J.
Schovajsa and J. P. Hart.
Agricultural — Kenny L.
j Stork, Walter Schaefer, A. R.
Ehlers and Wm. F’. Hofmann.
Clean-up and paint-up —
George Stavinoha, G. A. Koe-
nig, E. B. “Tex” Mayer and C.
C. Creighton.
Education — Mrs. Victoria
G. Weeren, Mrs. Celeste B.
Wiliman and Ray Comes.
Entertainment and promo-
tion — Messrs, and Mesdames
E A. Roitsch. G. B. Mueller,
Charlie Tobias, Erwin W.
Janssen, Gilbert Wessels and
Ernest Kallus, and Mrs. Gla-
dys Cronenberger.
TIEDT GETS HIGH SCI) HONOR
Otto F. Tiedt, now of La
Grange and a former super-
visor for the Fayette Soil Con-
servation District, Tuesday
was awarded a certificate of
merit at. the La Grange Lions
club luncheon as the most
outstanding supervisor in Soil
Conservation District 341 for
the year 1960. The award was
presented through the bank-
ers committee of SCD 341 by
the Texas Bank & Trust Co.
of Dallas. It was signed by C.
B. Peterson Jr., president; W.
S. Gibbs, president of the
state association; and Frank J.
Kana of the La Grange State
Bank, chairman of the per-
manent bankers’ committee.
In the photo above are, left j
to right, Mr. Kana, Mr. Tiedt
and George Hajovsky, presi-
dent of the local Lions club.
, , I A native of Wesley, where
render such favorites as The | . . October 17
she was the JaugSer of
Martin and Anna Danek Wal-
char. Her husband, Martin
Josph Sklar, preceded her in
The Things You Are,” “They
Didn’t Believe Me,” and
“Wunderbar.” These drew so
much applause that they came
back to sing “Climb Every
Mountain.”
The members of the Fayette
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary,
sponsors of the second John-
son concert, are deeply grate-
ful ot Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
and Mrs. Tannen for giving of
their time, as well as the pub-
lic for its generous response.
Without a doubt, "An Even-
ing With The Johnsons” will
long be remembered by eve-
ryone who attended.
HAVE DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Maas
are the happy parents of a
baby girl bom Monday at
Fayette Memorial hospital.
She weighed eight pounds six
ounces and has been named
Cheryl Yvonne,
Judging At 9, Sale At 8
JUNIOR STOCK SHOW IS FRIDAY
LL Lads And Parents !
Will Meet Monday
Fayette County Junior Live-
stock Show committeemen
were keeping an eye toward
the sky on the eve of their
second annual exposition here
Friday,
They were hopeful for good
weather for the show, sched-
uled all day at the fair grounds
and ending with the customary
auction sale beginning at 8 p.
m.
The entry ist is well above
death on Nov. 30, 1943.
She is survived by her aged
mother, Mrs. Anna Polasek of
Fayetteville; two daughters,
Mrs. Ed. J. Supak of Ellinger
and Mrs. Edwin Zetik of Wes-
ley; one son, Jerry E Sklar,
and three step-sons, Fred M.,
Joe and Frank Sklar, all of
Ellinger; five step-sisters, Mrs.
Sophie Mynar and Mrs. Lad
Cmajdalka of Fayeteville,
Mrs. Joe Victorian and Mrs.
Emmie Blazek of Wharton and
Mrs. Charles Urbanovsky of
El Campo; two step-brothers,
Theo. and Ed. Polasek, both
of Wharton; and two grand-
children.
Parish and Altar Society
rosaries were recited Wednes-
day evening.
Koenig Funeral Home was
in charge of the funeral.
A meeting of parents of
boys eight through 12, as well
as the lads, who would like to
participate in the La Grange
Little League' program this
year are urged and invited to
attend a meeting Monday
night, March 20 at 7:30 p. m.,
at the VFW home here.
A motion picture film, fur-
nished through the courtesy
of E. W. Meiners and the
Chrysler Corp., is expected to
arrive in time for showing at
this meeting. The film shows
the fun and advantages to be
derived from the LL program.
League officials are hoping
for a good turnout of parents
and boys for the Monday night
session.
HAVE SON
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kruse be-
came the proud parents of a
ten pound one ounce son born
Thursday at Fayette Memorial
hospital.
April 4 Ballot 28 Inches Long!
SON BORN
A baby boy, wighing nine
pounds three ounces, was born
Wednesday at Fayette Memo-
rial hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Huber. He was named
Russel EarL
SON IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kolbe
of Houston are the happy par-
ents of an eight pound two
ounce son bom in a Houston
hospital on March 10. He has
been named Daren Paul. The
happy grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Baca and Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Kolbe of West
Point. Mrs. Baca is in Hous-
ton this week at the Kolbe
home, ^
71 Hopefuls File For Senate Seat
One of the most unique
election baljots ever to be pre-
sented to voters will be used
by Fayette countains—-and
those over Texas—on Tues-
day, April 4, to name a US
senator to fill the unexpired
term of now Vice Pres. Lyn-
don B. Johnson.
The ballot, actually, is uni-
que in two ways: it is four and
a quarter inches wide and 28
inches long, and it lists a total
of 71 candidates (alphabetical-
ly) for the one office.
Two of the hopefuls, how-
ever, had withdrawn from the
race but their names are list-
ed nevertheless They are
Harvill O Eaton of Webb
county and George Red of
Harris county.
The election in La Grange
will be held in the court house
as always. The city election,
which takes place on the same
day, will be held in the city
hall and fire station.
This is the way the senate
candidates, and county they
are from are listed on the
elongated ballot:
Dr. G. H. Allen of Bexar,
Jim W. Amos of Van Zandt,
Dale Baker of Travis, Dr. Ma-
li Jean Rauch Barraco of Har-
ri8, Tom E. Barton of Gray-
son, R. G. Becker of Hidalgo,
Jacob (Jake) Bergolofsky of
Wichita, Dr. Ted Bisland of
Dallas, William A. (Bill)
Binkley of Dallas, G. E. (Ed)
Blewett of Tarrant, Lawrence
S. Bosworth Jr. of Harris,
Joyce J. Bradshaw of Dim-
mit, Chester D. Brook* at
Travis, W L. Burlison of Tar-
rant, Ronald J. Byers of Trav-
is, Joseph M. Carter of Ken-
dall, George A Davisson of
Taylor, Mrs. Winnie K. Der-
rick of Harris;
Also Harry R. Diehl of Har-
ris, Harvill O. Eaton of Webb,
Rev. Jonnie Mae Eckinan of
Washington, Paul F. Eix of
Dallas, Ben H. Faber of Leon,
Dr. H. E. Fanning of Harris,
Charles Otto Foerster Jr. of
Hidalgo, Harold F’ranklin of
Cherokee, George N. Galla-
gher Jr. of Harris. Richard J.
Gay of Harris. Van T. George
Jr. of Bexar, Arthur Glover
of Potter, Henry B Gonzales
of Bexar, Delbert F. Grand-
staff of Brazoria. Curtis E.
Hill of Dallas, Willard Park
(See BALLOT, Page 2)
Leopards Bingle
13 Times To Cop
12-7 Opener Here
Punching out 13 lusty base-
knocks, the la Grange Leo-
pard baseballers got their
1961 season underway on a
victorious note at Fair Park
here Monday night when they
defeated the Round Top-Car-
mine Cubs by 12-7.
The Leps of Coach C. L.
Gilson spiked five tallies in
the very first stanza and dish-
ed three more in the third a- j
round Mike Lobpries’ lusty j
double for enough runs to j
win. Larry Wilson's three-bag- j
ger was good for another mar-
ker in the fifth frame.
Jimmy Trlicek, with a dou-1
ble and two singles, and Joe ;
Michael Kana with a brace of |
singles in three trips, paced j
La Grange batsmen.
Larry Pietsch, who toiled ,
the first three stanzas for the!
Leps, was credited with the
win. Butch Karstedt and Wil- !
lie Prihoda followed him on I
the hill.
Friday night’s game with
Fayetteville has been post-
poned until Monday, March
20, and is set for a 6:30 p. m.
start. Then, Tuesday night
RT-C’s Cubs return here for
another game and Friday
night. March 24, Fayetteville
will be back for a second con-
test.
Saturday night, March 25,
La Grange goes to Smithville
the 125 mark, it was reported
Thursday morning, with the
La Grange FT A chapter alone
furnishing 71 of these aqd
county 4-H club boys and girls
another, 50.
Local Future Farmers are
entering 17 beef calves, 17 fat
barrows, 19 latnsb, 10 pens of
broilers and eight pens of cap-
ons, while county 4-H’ers will
exhibit seven beef calves, 22
market barrows, three lambs,
12 fryer pens and six pens of
capons. A number of entries
are also expected out of the
Welcome Panel, Aid
To Pool Area Ok’d;
Banquet Plans Told
Announcement of the com-
ing year’s committee appoint-
ments, naming of a welcoming
committee, pledging of assist-
ance for providing playground
equipment on the swimming
pool grounds and a report on
plans for the forthcoming ban-
quet highlighted the La
Grange Chamber of Commerce
meeting here Monday night.
At the recommendation of
members present, President
Gilbert J. Wessels is to appoint
a welcoming committee whose
purpose shall be to extend
good wishes and friendship to
newcomers to La Grange, both
residents and businesses It
will be appreciated if anyone
has information of newcomers,
to inform the office of the sec-
retary at telephone No. 268.
Junior Chamber of Com-
merce Pres. Lawrence Adam-
cik was present to offer the
full cooperation of that group
in the interest of widening the
narrow streets in the business
section.
(See C of C, Page 2)
Fayetteville and Round Top-
Carmine FFA organizations.
Judging begins Friday mor-
ning at 9, with poultry first on
the list, to be followed by
swine, lambs and beef calves.
Committeemen and repre-1
sentatives of the sponsoring
organizations invite all to at-
tend the day’s activities and
to support the sale in the eve-
ning.
Car Inspections Not
Yet Half Completed .
Auto inspections in the five-
county area under supervision
of Jack W. Ingram, motor ve-
cl« inspection patrolman of Ltt
Grange, Have not yet re-eb-*
the half-way mark—and the
deadline was only a month
and a half away at the time of
his last report.
The final inspection dale is
April 15.
Here’s Mr Ingram’s tabula-
tion as of March 1, with total
registrations, number of ve-
hicles inspected and percentage
given after each county:
Fayette, 10,808, 5,289 and
48.9%; Washington, 8,614, 3,-
753 and 44%; Austin, 7,561,
3,122 and 41.29%,; Wharton,
118,608, 7,955 and 42.6%,; and
Colorado, 9,832, 4.388 and
44.6%.
GIRL OF MONTH
SH Parish Slates
75th Year Festival
Sacred Heart parishioners,
in meeting following Lenten
services Wednesday night, set
Sunday, Aug. 13. as the date
for the parish’s 75th anniver-
sary celebration.
The diamond jubilee event
will be staged at the Fayette
county fair grounds.
Further particulars will be
announced as plans progress.
The March Girl-of-the
Month, chosen by the local
F'HA chapter, is pert and pret-
ty Carolyn Frey tag.
During her four years as an
active Future Homemaker,
Carolyn has served as the re-
porter, attended all District
and two Area meetings, gone
to the F’HA Workshop in Pal-
acios, been a member of the
choral club, and has chair-
maned various committees.
Carolyn is the head twirler
of the LHS Band. Also, she
holds the positions of assist-
ant business manager of the
school’s Annual, and senior
class historian. In her church's
youth organization she is a
very active member.
Carolyn -is the daughter of
LHS PLAYS TONIGHT
The La Grange High School
will produce two one-act plays
Thursday night (tonight) be-
ginning at 7:45 p. m., in the La
Grange High school gymnasi-
um. The plays are entitled, ‘ A
Modern Cinderella” and- “The
Grand Champ's Diamond”.
One of these will be produc-
ed in Katy on April 11 in the
Interscholastic League con-
test. Admission is 50v for a-
dults and 25* for school child-
IN CALIFORNIA
Marine Pfc. Tony C. Beran,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Beran of Route 1, Fayetteville,
is serving with “A” Battery,
First Battalion. Eleventh Mar-
ine Regiment of the First Mar-
ine Division at Camp Pendle-
ton, Calif.
Before entering the service
in June 1960, he attended St-
John's High Schol in Fayet*
teville.
ON DISTINGUISHED LIST
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rosen-
berg were advised this week
by Fred J. Benson, dean of
engineering at A&M college,
that their son, Harold Wayne,
had been designated as a dis-
tinguished student for the first
semester.
DEMONS TO DRILL
Mgr Les Blume issues the
reminder that all baseball per-
formers interested in joining
the La Grange Jaycee riemQr.3
for the ensuing season should
he at Fair Park for the initial
practice session Sunday after-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Frey-'noon. The drill starts at 2 o%
tag. __^ dock.
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