The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1961 Page: 1 of 4
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— $8.44
Six Months_____
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Three Months__
— $1.04
THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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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
From Record Files
LA GRANGE, TEXAS (In the Heart of CRIDAland), TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 1961
NUMBER 18
GIRL OF MONTH
’60 Review Continued
(Continued from last issue)
April
Will C. Moore and E. W.
Meiners were reelected to the
La Grange school board in a
spirited election—Henry A.
Tietjen, 73, longtime business-
man, Mrs. Annie Tiedt, 81,
Mrs. Otto Fritsch, 81, of El-
linger, Mrs. Ottilia Haeke-
beil, 83, of Rutersville, and C.
W. Schmidt, 73, of Fayette-
ville were claimed by death—
The grand jury brought in 23
true bills—Four city council-
men whose terms expired were
reelected here—The Jaycees
. were engaged in extensive
improvements at the Fair Park
baseball stadium and tield—
Burglars got more than $100
worth of cigarettes at the E.
P. Jacob store in Carmine—A
Waco man was arrested at
Georgetown in connection
with the Carmine job— La
Grange High school "cleaned
up” in the district literary
meet at Brenham—Mrs. E. T.
Rohwer was named president
of Fayette Memorial Hospital
Auxiliarry—Mrs. Agnes Bow-
ers, 85, died.
The city council studied
plans for a proposed sub-divi-
sion in the southeastern part
of town—Alfred E. Kunkel, 67,
died at Carmine and George
H. Bertling, 58, of Fayetteville
died here—Four prisoners es-
caped from the county jail
here, hacksawing their way
through window bars and
stealing a pick-up truck here
and a new Falcon at Flatonia.
hunted in the
and Gllddsm—
One jail breaker, Ray Berry
Jr., 23, was slab at Paris, Tex-
as. Two others, Eddie Lewis
ToUerson and Louis Ivey Neal,
were captured at Greenville.
(bee REVIEW, Page 2)
ASC COST-SHARE
TO BEGIN SOON
Practice payments under
the Agricultural Conservation
program will be issued shortly
after Jan. 3, according to K. L.
Stork, Fayette county ASC of-
fice manager here.
Producers must make their
request in writing before they
start the practice, if cost-share
is expected, Stork said.
Total allocation for Fayette
county for 1961 is $116,965.
CITY RAINFALL
TOTALS 44.45
FOR PAST YEAR
Figure Is 5.08 In.
Over Normal, And
Also Exceeds ’59’s
City Building Permits Top $257,000
DAN CUPID’S AIM
OFF—140 TAGGED
The number of marriage li-
censes issued in Fayette coun-
ty during 1960 hit a low for
recent years, with only 140
marriage tags having been is-
sued by County Clerk John A.
Kubena.
11 -MONTH OBITS
216 IN FAYETTE
The Grim Reaper struck
with about the same vengeance
in Fayette county in 1960 as
he did in some of the other re-
cent years, according to a re-
sume of death records in Coun-
ty Clerk John A. Kubena’s of-
fice here.
Photostated records show
there were 216 deaths record-
ed ir^ the first 11 months of the
past year, compared with 180
for the first 10 months of 1959.
The death toll for all of 1959
was 223.
Records additionally show
that 229 death certificates
were recorded in 1958, 269 in
1957, 260 in 1956, 222 in 1955,
245 in 1954, and 209 in 1953
Average number of deaths
in the county for the past five
years is 240.
Joelyn, the pert, dark-hair-
ed daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
This compares with 153 li-
censes issued the previous
year, 145 in 1958, and 146 in
1957.
L a Grange “officially”
wound up the old year on a
wet note, with 1.02 inches of
rain falling in the 24-hour per-
iod ending at 8 a. m. Saturday
to bring the 1960 total to a
whopping 44.45. i By further comparison. Dan
This was 5.08 inches over the Cupid s darts scored 172 times
normal Of 39.37, and also ex-, *n 1956, 178 in 1955, 168 in
Joel Fritsch, was chosen as the j ceede(j the 1959 precipitation j *954, and 183 in 1953.
EmEu “C: '*"• * 4 78 inch“' I , T °P «■»»»
ter j Rainfall was recorded offi-1 during the past year was June,
, and
least
nine others.
Here's the monthly rain to-
tals for the past three years
and the weather bureau’s nor-
mal:
l cially on 83 days last year,
A senior in high school, she there were traces on at
is a very active member of the
organization, having held the
office of historian last year and
this year holds the position of
song leader of the FHA Choral
club She has attended both
the district and area Future
Homemakers meetings, and
has also served on several
committees.
She is president of her
church’s youth organization,
the MYF. In school she is jun-
ior high editor of the annual.
She is also a member of the
Future Teachers of America.
Auto, Two Trucks
Figure In Collision
Wayne Etzel, 19, of Round
Month
’60
’59
’58
Nor.
Jari.
2.40
.35
3.91
3.27
Feb.
2.18
4.44
5.15
2.76
Mar.
.81
.64
1.39
2.98
Apr.
9.58
9.83
1 89
3.59
May
1.21
2.10
4.39
3.50
June
6.80
3.31
1.39
3.43
July
1.05
2.03
2.41
2.85
Aug.
3.89
2.53
1.31
2.52
Sept. ..
.44
3.87
10.83
3.02
Oct.
. 7.07
3.81
4.83
3.60
Nov. ..
. 4.80'
4.57
2.57
295
Dec.
4.22
2.19
1.53
354
Total
44.45 39.67
41.60 39.37
with a total of 26. August,
which was the leader in 1959,
came in second with 15, and
September had 13.
The year’s low was record-
ed in March, which had only
five licenses.
Grocery Burglary
Fayette Notified
Of ’61 Auto Tags—
No Small Numbers
Fayette county’s auto li-
cense plates in 1961 will begin
with the letters “JE,” and
there’s not going to be any
small “numbers” in the lot.
Tax Assessor-Collector Gil-
bert H. Eck has been informed
that the county will get 7,500
sets of passenger car plates in
1961, with numbers running
consecutively from JE 17JT
Fayette’s Savings
Bond Sales 92.3%
Of Goal For Year
Savings bonds sales in Fay-
ite county were $23,625 dur-
ing November.
Purchases for the first 11
months of 1960 totaled $378,-
362 or 92 3 per cent of the
yearly goal, Walter H. Muel-
ler, chairman of the Fayette
Ceunty Saving Bonds commit-
tee, saidi
E and H 1960 sales in Texas
amounted to $139,283,903. This
represents 84.2 percent of the
Texas 1960 goal of $165.5 mil-
lion.
According to William H.
Neal, National director of the
Treasury Bond Program, “No-
vember marked the eleventh
consecutive month in which
the savings bonds program has
shown growth. We are espe-
cially encouraged by the con-
tinued downward growth in
redemptions, a major factor
contributing to this sustained
growth,” Neal concluded.
Farm Measurement
Service Available
Pre-measurement of farm-
land will again be made avail-
able to all cotton and peanut
farmers in 1961, Kenny L.
Stork, Fayette county ASC of-
fice manager here, announces.
Producers who want their
acreage measured before they
plant can do so by paying the
cost of the measuring. Stork
said. The cost will be based on
the individual’s farm.
County office managers and
performance supervisors from
the ASC office here will at-
tend the district ASC meeting
at Gonzales an Ian. 10 to dis-
cuss details oa performance
pre-measurement.
Those intereated in pre-
maasurement can contact the
ASC office for details after
Jan. 10. _ ‘_____
Payette county commission-
ers, in end of month—end
year-meeting here Saturday
morning, accepted the bid of
Schroeder Drug for drug and
sundry needs during the forth-
coming year.
Other offers accepted were:
Fritz F. Koopmann, Ag build-
ing janitor; Dr. L. F. Zatopek,
county health officer; and the
Journal, county printing.
Action on the courthouse
janitor application matter was
deferred until the next regu-
lar meeting.
At the close of the session,
Judge Henry J. Sehovajsa ad-
ministered the oath of office
to the two new commissioners,
Gunther Behrens of Precinct
1 and Eddie Zouzalik of Pre-
cinct 3.
Fastuseks To Have
60th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John Pastu-
sek of 702 Polk Ave., Wichita
Falls, former residents of this
area, will observe their 60th
wedding anniversary there on
Saturday.
The observance will begin
with a Mass at Sacred Heart
Church celebrated by Very
Rev. Msgr. Anthony Daly, and
will be followed by a break-
fast for the family, relatives
and friends.
Mr. Pastusek and Miss Eliza-
beth Cernosek were married
at Ammannsville on Jan. 7,
1901. They have many rela-
tives and friends in Fayette
county, and through the press,
the children invite them to at-
tend the celebration honoring
their parents.
Visitors between Christmas
and New Year in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Bednar
were their daughter, Mrs.
Gene Homann and sons of
Corpus Christi. On New Year’s
Day their son and daughter-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Bednar and sons of Houston
were here and were accomp-
anied by their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. George Jacob and two
children of Michigan. Mrs.
Bednar’s sister and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ban Da-
vid of El Campo, war* visitors
on Monday. . .
._______ into ..... _ ________
j opposite sides of Highway
one mile south of Round Top
around 8:15 a. m. last Thurs-
day.
Etzel was slightly shaken up
and taken to Fayette Memo-
rial hospital here for minor
treatment.
One truck, a 1947 Chevro-
let dump truck, driven by
Fred Steinbach, 49, of Bren-
ham, was parked on the edge
of the highway which Etzel
skidded into, and then veered
off into another truck on the
other side of the highway.
The truck was a 1959 Inter-
national trailer-truck driven
by Edward Hafer, 51, of Bren-
ham.
Both trucks belonged to
Washington county, Precinct
3.
A. F. Hall, Investigating
patrolman, said about $150
damages were extended to
Etzel’s Ford and about $50 to
the two trucks.
the Scholtz Grocery on the
Rutersville highway some
time Monday night or early
Tuesday morning proved un-
successful.
Sheriff T. J. Flournoy, who
was called to the scene, said it
appeared that someone used a
rock to smash the glass in the
door.
A search revealed nothing
missing, and indications were
that the building was never
entered.
SON FOR STEWARTS
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Stewart
of Austin are the proud par-
ents of a son born Dec. 29,
weighing six pounds 11 oun-
ces, named Louis Alvin Jr. He
is welcomed by a sister, Deb-
bie Gayle, and grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Laqua of
Moulton and Mrs. Albina
Stewart of Flatonia, and a
great-grandmother, Mrs. Ferd
Weidel of Flatonia.
Vegetative Cover
Bids Are Tabbed
Bids were received and
opened recently by the Cum-
mins Creek board of directors
for the vegetation of flood re-
tarding structures Nos. 5, 10,
11, 17 and 26 which will in-
volve 74.23 acres of land area.
Bids were received from
the following turfing contrac-
tor*:
Tonn Construction Co. of
Giddings, $19,299 80; Tropic
Landscape Nursery, Inc., of
Bellaire, $18,18635; and Paul
G. Maddox of San Antonio,
$10,664.75.
The invitation for bids called
for preparation of seedbed,
application of fertilizer, appli-
cation of hay mulch, and plant-
ing of a seed mixture consist-
ing of common bermuda grass,
K. R. bluestem grass, and nat-
ive bluestem grass mixture.
AW tnduded b ft*
ment will be 1,750 truck
plates, numbered 2H 6850 to
2H 8599; 1,050 farm truck
plates, 8N 2000 to 8N 3049;
and 400 trailer plates, B 35550
to B 35949. The latter licenses
are a change from other years,
when they were made up of a
numeral, a letter, and three or
four numerals.
The 1961 license plates,
which are expected to be white
with black letters and nume-
rals, will go on sale Feb. 1.
State Pecan Show
Is Set This Week
Fayette county has sent 40
entries to the Texas Pecan
Show, which will be held Fri-
day and Saturday of this week
at A&M college, College Sta-
tion.
A group of county pecan
producers is planning to at-
tend the state show on Friday.
County Agent Clintoh R.
Bippert said that anyone else
desiring to accompany the
group to the show should ad-
vise his office not later than
Thursday noon.
IT’S A BOY!
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Cirilli of
San Antonio became the par-
ents of a baby boy on Dec. 3.
The little lad weighed eight
pounds 14 ounces. The mother
is the former Laurel Maas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Bill
Maas Jr.
Meet On Fayetteville-Roznov Job
F-M ROAD BUILDING SAFETY FEATURES TOLD
At a pre-construction meet-
ing held Thursday morning at
the Highway Department res-
ident engineer’4 office at La
Grange, the department an-
nounced that construction is
now underway on the recent-
ly-contracted project for the
building of a farm-to-market
highway from Fayetteville to
a county road intersection
west of Clear creek near the
community of Rosnov.
The purpose of the meeting
discuss features
ing public or the construction
personnel, and what steps will
be taken to minimize these
dangers with the hope of pre-
venting the occurance of any
type of accident.
Representatives of the local
highway department office ex-
plained that the project will
involve complete new con-
struction of all drainage struc-
tures, the roadbed and flexible
base, climaxed by asphalt pav-
ing of the existing county road
now serving the area.
was to discuss features that
Will arise during construction It war added that
that may mdaam the travel, oonstruettamthe existing ami
will remain open to regular
traffic, and one-way all-wea-
ther detours will be provided
wherever old bridges or cul-
verts must be removed to make
room for the new installation.
However, at Clear creek and
several other stream crossings,
the new structures will be
built on new locations, thus
enabling traffic to use the ex-
isting old bridges while the
new ones are being construct-
ed.
The usual construction bar-
rlcadas have bean araettd at
(flw uim, ra«e t>
Leps Stage Second
Half Spurts, Down
Elgin And Bastrop
Cold in the first half, but
hot in the last half.
This has been the pattern of
play for Coach Jim Johnson’s
LHS basketball crew in its
last two outings.
The Leopards were behind
one point at the half against
Elgin, but held a one point ad-
vantage over Bastrop at Inter-
mission last week. However,
the Leopards always seemed
to find the “formula” for suc-
cess in the last 16 minutes.
La Grange went on to smo-
ther Elgin last Thursday, 73-
45. Against Bastrop, the Leps
won a hardfought, 56-52 vic-
tory Friday night.
The Leopard “B’s” took a
two game sweep over Elgin
and Bastrop, 57-34 and 55-38,
respectively.
La Grange fought from be-
hind to tie the game on seven
occasions in the first half a-
gainst Elgin, but it wasn’t un-
til 55 seconds deep in the third
quarter that Glenn Michalk’s
jump shot put the Leps ahead
to stay. Thereafter, L a
Grange’s excellent percentage
from the field combined with
its burning speed, made the
tilt a run-away.
Both clubs were about equal
in height but La Grange led
in rebounds, 33 to 19.
Hie scoring for the Leps
we* distributed between five
gave him 11 points’ Ricky
Blume also garnered 17, on
eight field goals and a single
charity toss.
Mike Lobpries and Robert
Ruckert each goaled 10 and
Glen Michalk nine.
(See BASKETBALL, Page 2)
Eugene Voelkel,
LG Glider Pilot,
Cited In Germany
Army 1st Lt. Eugene Voel-
kel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Voelkel, Star Rt. La Grange;
recently was awarded the Er-
nest Udet Plaque by the Bad
Kissingen (Germany) Amat-
eur Glidder and Airplane Pil-
ots Association.
The plaque is awarded to
pilots who have made out-
standing contributions to the
Bad Kissingen community.
The association is comprised
BOY BIRTHS LEAD
GIRLS BY 88 TO 68
Births of baby boys out-
numbered the little ladies for
the fourth consecutive year at
Fayette Memorial hospital in
1960 — this time by about
four to three.
' Records in the hospital’s
administratvie office reveal
there were 88 little lads who
made their debut at the insti-
tution last year, as compared
with 68 girl babies— an over-
all total of 156 new arrivals.
This was two under the fi-
gure for the previous year.
In 1959, there were 92 boy and
66 girl births for an overall
158.
Other recent year figures
were: 1958, 80 boys and 65
girls, total 145; 1957, 101 boys
and 87 girls, total 188; 1956,
87 boys and 87 girls, total
174; and 1955, 89 boys and 88
girls, total 177.
Oddly though, there were no
multiple births at the hospital
last year.
’60 BIRTH TOTAL
ABOUT ‘AVERAGE’
Fayette county’s total of
new arrivals for the year just
ended is due to be about “av-
erage” as compared with oth-
er recent years.
That’s the conclusion follow-
ing a review of vital statistic
records tat the office of Coun-
Total Is Largest
Since 1956; New
Homes ‘Big’ Item
A total of $45,050 in building
permits were issued in La
Grange in the final quarter of
1960, bringing the year’s con-
struction total to $257,106, ac-
cording to records in the of-
fice of Mrs. Elvira Saxon, city
secretary.
This is greater than any year
since 1956, when $392,375 in
permits were issued, and alao
exceeds the immediate past
year’s talley of $236,500. For
1956, permits came to $392,-
375.
The in-between totals in-
cluded $161,540 for 1958 and
$142,800 for 1957.
Interesting to note is the fact
that the greater portion of the
I960 permits were for home
construction. Largest com-
mercial and institutional con-
struction permits were the
new motor banking building
of The First National Bank,
$41,950, and the new cafeteria
and other improvements at
Sacred Heart church, $30,000.
These permits were issued
during the last quarter:
Calvin Kuehn, Ellinger Rd.,
residence, $6,000.
Otto F. Tiedt, E. Guadalupe,
residence, $14,600.
Mrs. Anna Mayer, E. Eblin,
residence, $750.
Edgar Witt, N. Jackson, car
port, $400.
Edgar Witt, N. Jackson, rent
clerk’s office disclosed that
173 stork visits were chron-
icled in this county during the
first 11 months of 1960, which
compares with 157 for the first
10 months of the immediate
previous year, and 159 for the
same period in 1958.
Statistics for the last two
months—for 1960, one month—
are not recorded until they
have been cleared by the
State Board of Health.
The total of births for all of
1959 was an even 200. Other
recent year new arrivals were
to the tune of 204 in 1958, 227
in 1957, 212 in 1956. 236 in
1955, and 253 in 1954.
Friemel Attends
State Farm Meet
‘ftiiir
ne, $366.
Arthur J. Friemel, State
Farm local agent, attended
meeting at San Antonio Wed-
nesday, one of 106 such ga-
of German and American glid-1 therings held simultaneously
er enthusiasts. | throughout the United States
Lt. Voelkel entered the Ar- and *n Canada by his
my in October 1957 and was
stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C..
before his arrival overseas in
October 1959. He is assigned to
the 28th Artillery headquar-
ters in Bad Kissingen.
The 25-year-old officer is a
1953 graduate of La Grange
High school and a 1957 grad-
uate of A&M College of Tex-
as. His wife, Jane, is with him
in Germany.
First ’61 Baby Born
En route To Hospital
This area’s—and perhaps
Fayette county’s—first baby
of 1961 was bom under very
unusual circumstances Sunday
just before midnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert W.
Locke, who operate a dairy
farm near Round Top, were
hurrying to the hospital here
for the blessed event, but the
stork was not in a waiting
mood Littie Audrey Ann, 4
pounds 13 euncea, was bom
on the way!
Mother and new arrival are
doing fine at Fayette Memo-
rial hospital.
The Lockes have four other
pany.
Featured at the meeting was
a closed-circuit broadcast of a
speech by Adlai H. Rust,
chairman of the board of di
retors of the State Farm In.
surance companies. Rust pre-
dicted a growing economy for
the decade and forecast con-
tinued growth in both human
and automobile populations—
and resulting increase in need
for insurance coverages.
Included in the audience,
estimated at over 20,000, were
agents, managers and other
personnel of the State Farm
companies. Production goals
for 1961 and the remainder of
the ’60’s were outlined and a
special contest for agents was
announced.
W
addition to home,
Adolph Adamcik, S. Mon-
roe, residence, $7,040.
C. V. Creuzbaur, Vail St.,
residence, $12,000.
Former Schulenburg
Mayor F. O. Brown
Interred Thursday
Funeral services for F. O.
(better known as Oscar)
Brown, 60, former mayor of
Schulenburg and well known
civic leader, were held Thurs-
day at 2 p. m. at the St. Paul
United Church of Christ in
that city. Rev. F. J. Mehrtens
officiated, and burial was in
the Schulenburg City ceme-
tery.
1 He passed away of a heart
attack at his home Tuesday
night.
Mr. Brown served as Schuj
lenburg’s mayor from 1941
until 1955, during which time
that city acquired its munici)>-
ally-owned electric system,
the sanitary sewer system was
developed, water main exten-
sions and improvements were
made, and city limits were ex-
tended to bring in lands re-
quired for suburban develop-
ment.
FMHA TO MEET
The Fayette Memorial Hos-
pital Auxiliary will hold its
first meeting in the new year
on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 3 p. m.
in the Pioneer Room of the
La Grange State Bank. Offi-
cers urge aa many members
as possible to attend.
Miss Mary Kokes of Corpus
—-------- Christi spent the weekend
children: a son, 20, daughters, with Mr, and Mrs. Ludvik Ko-
7* “d awrihar atm, kai, Libb* and Theresa of
*■ - Hostyn.
A great believer in first-
class educational facilities, his
administration sponsored bond
elections to enlarge- the public
school plants. Outstanding a-
mong these accomplishments
were the construction of the
Schulenburg E 1 e m e n t a ry
building and the J. A. Green
School. *
He was an active member
of the United Church of
Christ, and was affiliated with
the Masonic. Shrine and
Knights of Pvthias lodges.
A native of Cuero, he mar-
ried Miss Annie Louise Ruh-
mann. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Ruhinann of Schu-
lenburg In 1928 Mr. Br_
owned and operated the Schu~
lenburg Compress and Ware-
house Co., and was also en-
gaged in the ranching bus
ness.
Surviving are his wife;
Thomas Dudley Bn
two grandchildren,
lenburg; two sisters
brothers.
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