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•UMCNIPTION MICH
fayatt* * Adjoining
Countlaa:
On# V#»r__________11.00
•la Month*-------$1.7*
Throo Month* 91.00
La Qrang* City OolIvory:
On* Y*ar ------------ 93.50
• Mo*. «1.90; I Moa. $1.00
READ BY MORE PEOPLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY, THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER
THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
•UB9CRIPTION RATI*
Othar Tax** Countlat:
On* Yaar________91-60
Six Month*_________$1.90
Thro* Month* _______$1.00
Out-of-Stat*
On* Y*ar _________ 94.00
•<x Month* _____ 92.26
Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texas
VOLUME XXXX
City Vote Is Slated GRAND JURORS
Here Next Tuesday ^BE
MURDER CASES
LA GRANGE; TEXAS (In tna Heart of CRIDAland), FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1962
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
NUMBER 43
COMPLETES BASIC
One Council Race
On Ballot; Trustee
Election April 7
City of La Grange voters
will go to the polls Tuesday to
elect four aldermen for two-
year terms, but they will find
only one content on the ballot.
That is for the position of
councilman feom Ward 3,
wherein former alderman H.
A. Engbrock is opposed by Roy
Kuhn, local Jax beer distri-
butor. The post is now vacant.
Only the 'incumbents are
listed for the other three jobs.
These are Gus W. Albrecht in
Ward 1, A. H. Spacek in Ward
2, and K A. “Moe” Moellen-
bemdt in Ward 4.
The polls are open from 8 a.
m. until 7 p. m. The election,
as in other years, will be held
at the city hall-fire station.
The city vote is one of two
elections scheduled here next
week. The other is that for
school trustees, which is on
tap Saturday. Locally, five
contestants are vying for three
positions on the La Grange in-
dependent district board,
School trustee elections are
also to be held in the various
other high and common dis-
tricts over the county April 7—
along with the election of a
county board member-at-large,
the position now held by W. L.
Morgan of Plum, who seeks re-
election; and those in Precinct
4 will select a member for the
county board. Gilbert Jochen
of Swiss Alp is asking reelec-
tion in the latter instance.
MT. CALVARY TO
INSTALL SUNDAY
Rev. T. H. Graalmann will be
installed as pastor of Mt. Cal-1
vary Lutheran church in spe- |
cial installation services at the
high school gymnasium, Sun-
day, at 2:30 p. m.
Mt. Calvary church consists
of former members of Zion and
Trinity congregations of La
Grange, which disbanded to
form the new church. Pastor
Graalmann, who has served the
two parishes, accepted the call
to serve as pastor of Mt. Cal-
vary which was extended to
him four weeks ago.
Tribunal Convenes
Monday In Opening
Of Court Session
The April term district court
grand jury which will be con-
vened here Monday morning, *
is going to be the first in a
number of years to have two
mqrder cases up for investiga-
tion. I
ZmS Horton St. Paving Is Okehed
Pvt. Elton S. Opperinanp
■ Mp
who spent a 10-day leave here
with his parents, Mr. and Mifc.
One of them stems from a
shooting in Flatonia last Nov.
25, in which Thomas James Elton F. Oppermann, aftfer
Bell, 56-year-old Negro was completing basic training at
killed by the blast ffom a 12- j Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, is now
gauge shotgun. Loyd Butler, stationed at Fort Bragg, North
Installation .services will be j 52’ "?d “t80 ■ was *»'-, Carolina. Friends and rela-
conducted by the Rev. Martin i rested ln the fatal shootlnS- | tives wishing to
Ramming, vice president of the I The other stems from a fight address^ their
Texas District of the Lutheran j that occurred near Plum the
Luck la Elected As
Wildlife President;
Dad-Son ‘Feed’ Due
Church-Missouri Synod, as-
sisted by pastors of sister con-
gregations of the area.
The public is cordially in-
vited to these services.
night of Jan. 5, when Virtner
E. “Son” Baker, 56, of West
Point was beaten to death. A
charge of murder was filed in
the JP court here by Sheriff
T. J. Flournoy against Vernon
Plummer of the Plum com-
munity, at whose home the in-
cident took place.
Jalufka Is Named
A&M Development
Drive Chief Here
Lawrence A. Jalufka has
been appointed chairman of
the 1962 Texas A&M college
development fund drive for La
Grange. The appointment was _____
made by the executive board | set as 0f this time. It is styled
letters to Pvt. Elton S. Op-
permann, US54330874, 500th
ICngr. Co., P. B„ Second Pit.,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
ARE ENTERED IN
DISTRICT MEET
High, Elementary
Students Ready
For Tests Saturday
A large number ■ of La
Grange public school students
this week were getting in their
final practice sessions in order
to be at their sharpest when
they participate in the annual
district Interscholastic League
literary contests at Brenham
Saturday.
Here is a roster of those who
will take part and the respec-
tive contests:
High School
Extemporaneous speaking—
correspond 1 Klese,1' boVs; and Peg-
gy Miller, girls.
Persuasive speaking—James
Hess,
Poetry interpretation—James
Zuhn, boys; and Marceil Mar-
burger, girls.
Dist. 10 Meet, Tour
HD CLUBS LOOK TO TWO EVENTS
Council Gives ‘Go
Ahead;’ TV Cable
Permit Is Granted
Other caijfa which the tri-
bunal will have for investiga-
tion are several burglaries and
thefts, giving of worthless
There is only one civil case
a damages suit—tentatively
of the Association of Former
Students of Texas A&M
A graduate of A&M of the
class of 1936, Mr. Jalufka is an
active member of the associa-
tion and a leader among A&M
alumni.
The A&M development fund
. is the means through which
' former students and friends
Directors of the F ayette | provide financial support for
County Wildlife Council 11 the college to meet important
of the 12 attending elected j needs not covered by state
Edmond H. Luck of West Point funt]s
as president for the ensuing j a partial list of projects be-
year at a meeting Tuesday ing supported through the
! 1962 fund program include
He succeeds Charlie R. i student scholarships, graduate
Giesber as head of the organi- fellowships, research funds,
zaUon. A&M Century study and coun-
Reelected were Daniel F’rey- , cji faculty awards, teacher and
tag of F latonia, vice president; , staff salary supplementation,
and John A Kubena of La fund for academic excellence,
iiange, secretary and treas- and a college contingency fund.
ur‘!r The local campaign will be
Other members of the board he|d between April 21 and
mduda V.a Frenzel of Wal- May 31. jt wiH be one of 400
_ha ,i, Hank Rotter, Herbert drives held in cities in Texas
Luling Mows Down
Leps In 4-0 Game; ^
RT-C Here Friday
La Grange’s Leopards could
muster but one basehit whi|e [« , • » . \\lmps
local hurlers also were stingy jlaKal t>war(l rName»
with licks, but were generous For Induction*
checks, and one of cattle theft, i with free passes and as a re- ' ’
suit, Luling annexed a 4-0 | No (. all I’OT LX 11 Ills
shutout at Luling Tuesday
night.
The Luling lads got to Wil-
liam Prihoda for two hits—all
they got in the game—and two
bases on balls for three first
Various items of business
were on the agenda when the
Fayette County Home Demon-
stration Council met Friday at
the HD Building. Thirty-seven
members from 16 clubs were
present.
Fifty-fo.ur reservations for
bus transportation on the an-
nual educational tour were re-
ported to the tour chairman,
Mrs. V. G. Frenzel. The tour
will take place on April 7, from
7 a. m. until 7 p. m.
There will again be a radio
program during ■ National HD
Week sponsored by the council.
Mrs. C. W. Fritsch, Mrs. Roger
Robbins and Mrs. A. C. Meier
were appointed to plan the
program.
Because of conflicts with
other meetings the annual
Achievement Day was changed
Prose reading—Jimmy Sch- | from July to October.
,aefer, boys; and Sue Synnott, The kitchen committee was
i girls. authorized to have the coffee
Ready writers—Joanne Moss urn in the kitchen repaired and
; they were asked to get esti-
(See MEF.T, Page 2) mates of prices on a permanent
------------- _ ! trash burner at the building.
Mrs. Andy Lamascus, the
Fayette county will be well
represented at the District 10
Texas Home Demonstration
Association spring meeting to
be held in Gonzales on Tues-
day, April 3, at the Hermann
Sons’ hall and cafe.
Gonzales County Home De-
monstration club women will
be hostesses to delegates and
visitors representing clubs in
18 counties in South-Central
Texas, according to Mrs. John
L. Barlow, San Antonio. Mrs.
Barlow, District 10 vice presi-
dent, expects approximately
400 women to attend this an-
nual meeting.
Business matters, reports of
THDA work and speeches
based on the program of work
will be included in the day’s
(See HD CLUBS. Page 2)
Marlon Baxter versus Mrs. L.
P. Thompson, and stems from
an auto accident on US High-
way 20 in the Ledbetter-Car-
mine area on Feb. 21, 1960. It
is now set for Monday, April
9, and it would be a jury case.
The new grand jury, per-
sonnel of which was previous-
ly published will be empanel-
ed by District Judge J. Lee
Dittert of Bellville Monday at
9 a. m.
Three registrants from the
Austin, Colorado and F’ayette
county area are being forward-
ed for induction into the US
Army on April 4 by Local
inning runs, and therein was j Board No. 44, it is announced
tile story. Two gratis tickets, I bY board attaches.
Steinmann and Dr. E. F. Fitz-
patrick, all of La Grange: Egon
Tietjen of Swiss Alp, Henry
Kruppa of Hostyn, W. J. Koehl
and the Southwest.
“The overall goal of the
A&M development fund is to
provide one million dollars a
of Ellinger and Dennis Sacks j year from alumni for academic
of Round Top.
Plans were inaugurated at
the meeting for an “outdoor
feed” for members of the coun-
cil and their sons—actually,
a dad and son event. The af-
fair was tentatively scheduled
for the latter part of June,
with additional- plans to be
formulated at another board
session in the near future.
ON CARIBBEAN CRUISE
Mrs. L. G. Tilton, nurse at
Fayette Memorial hospital, and
her sister. Dr. Emily Gray of
Houston, were joined in Gal-
veston FYiday by a friend from
Seattle, Washington, where
they boarded the Steamship
Charles Lyks for a month long
Caribbean cruise. Some of the
places of interest they will vis-
it will be Puerto Rico, Santo
Domingo, Haiti and Columbia,
South America.
excellence,” President Earl
Rudder said. "The future of
Texas depends on the achieve-
ments of higher education.
Alumni financial support en-
courages business and indus-
trial grants,” Rudder contin-
ued. “The city drives play a
critical role in the plan to
achieve the ambitious objec-
tives of Texas A&M.”
DR. WILLIAMS HOME
Dr. E. T. Williams returned
this week from an Austin hos-
pital and is convalescing at his
home.
BACK AFTER FURLOUGH
Freddie W. Ritchie, AME 3
US Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Ritchie of Rt. 1, La
Grange, has returned to the
Navy base in Lemoore, Calif.,
after spending a 30-day fur-
lough here. He recently served
eight months in the Western
Pacific aboard the USS Ticon-
deroga.
JC Meet, Labor
Detail Postponed
The regular meeting of the
La Grange Jaycees, along with
a final work detail at the base-
ball park, have been postponed
from April 2 untjl Monday,
April 9, Pres. Daniel Freytag
announces.
The postponement came be-
cause of the high school team
having booked Giddings for a
game here on the regular
meeting night, April 2.
The ball field “manicuring”
job is scheduled to start at 7 p,
m. on the 9th, with the regular
meeting to follow.
an error and a fielding choice j
spelled the final Luling talley
in the fifth canto.
La Grange, in the interim,
could do nothing with the of-
ferings of Jerry Maddox, fine
righthander. Beside giving up
only one blow, Maddox fanned
seven Leopards in going the
distance. Prihoda kayoed four
and free-ticketed six in four
frames, and Reliefer Bennett
Ritchie struck out two and
walked four.
Friday night the Leps host
Round Top-Carmine at Fair
Park here. Monday night, Ap-
ril 2, the Giddings Buffaloes
come here for a tilt that was
added since the original sched-
ule was announced.
ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Delton F
Stoelke of Houston are the
proud parents of a baby boy
bom at a Houston hospital on
March 23. He weighed seven
pounds, five ounces and has
been named Michael Darell.
He is the couple’s first child,
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Kalltnus Sr. of
Wharton and Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Stoelke of here. Mrs.
Charlie Stoelke of Bellville is
the great-grandmother.
Class Favorites
Chosen at BFH
Students at Bishop
They are;
Olvin J. Mikeska of Bell-
ville, Henry A. Barnick Jr. of
Waelder, and Melvin J. Bert-
sch of Fayetteville.
James L. Davis of Bellville is
being returned to the induc-
tion station for induction on the
same date; and also being for-
warded for induction is a de-
linquent, William Bowman, a
transfer of Local Board 134 at
Philadelphia, .Pa.
Local Board 44 has received
notice of call for one to be in-
ducted in May. There will be, --.---—
calls for pre-induction phy-1 Henry W. Mayer Is
41 Students Listed
On 4th Honor Roll
At La Grange High
Forty-one students are list-
ed on the fourth six-week
, 4-H chairman, reported that honor roll at the La Grange
j County 4-H Eliminations would I High school, it was announced
j be held on April 14 and urged fey school officials this week,
i the ladies to help 4-H members
! in each community.
The National THDA conven-
tion will be held in Nashville,
Tenfiesse, A tig 12-15. Mrs. Al-
bert Blume. THDA chairman,
stated that anyone interested
in attending should make re-
servations by May 15. She al-
so asked everyone to consider
going to the District meeting
in Gonzales on April 3.
The librarian, Mrs. Herbert
Diers, reported that she join-
ed the Literary Guild book
The list follows;
A Average
Seniors—Jean Altmann and
Helen Tietjen.
Juniors — Robert Boehm,
Carol Lehmann and Bobbie
Grace Robbins.
Freshmen—tPeggv
Elleene Roesler and
Wenke.
A-Minus Average
Seniors — Rebekah
Marjorie Gaertner,
Miller,
Joan
Eilers,
Bonnie
Plans to pave Horton St.,
that muchly traveled thorough-
fare in the northern part of La
Grange, were made at a spe-
cial meeting of the city coun-
cil Tuesday night.
Alter considering a variety
of statistics as to the most eco-
nomical manner of hard-sur-
facing Horton St.—as well as
Guy and Charles Sts. and Fllla
Lane in the Horton Addition—
the council voted to again em-
ploy the Schwabe & Mikes
Paving Co. of Shiner for the
project on a per diem basis.
However, there will be some
“checker-boarding” on Horton.
Four property owners whose
lands front on this street did
not sign pavmg agreements
and as a .result, the council a-
greed that the one-third street
portions in those four areas
will not be paved.
Paving agreement sign-up
in the Robson Addition-proper
was a hundred per cent.
The street and bridge com-
mittee indicated that placing
of the first of two coats of hard-
surfacing material will begin
within the next several days.
Action on several other mat-
ters was also taken at the ses-
sion.
The council accepted the an-
nual finance report for the fis-
cal year ending Feb 28, and
ordered it published. The fi-
nance committee was composed
of Warren L. Heintschel, Elton
D. Gau and Herbert F. Lange.
The mayor was authorized
to enter into an oil lease con-
tract with Glenn E. Vague for
the city’s fair grounds proper-
ty, which aggregates 82 acres.
The council passed an or-
dinance granting a permit jo
elections to elect a new chair-
man. Mrs. V. G. Frenzel was
elected by acclamation.
steal examinations in April or 1
May.
INSPECTIONS APRIL 15
Saturday Final
For Auto Plates
Forest I Saturday is the final day to
Reported Improving
Mrs. Henry W Mayer of Vic-
toria was a La Grange visitor
'Tuesday and reported that Mr.
Mayer, who has been ill since
December, is improving now
at the Gonzales Warm Springs
Foundation. He has been a pa-
Worth for installing a cable
system television distribution
system in La Grange. Mr.
Moore, who was present at the
meeting along with one of his
SS -.22
club and would purchase a Mary Ann Stolle and Carolyn
minimum of four books this J Sumbera.
year. I Juniors — Virginia Kapel,
Following the regular Coun- Michael Klesel, Ethel Schmidt,
cil meeting, the outgoing THDA Karen Schulz, Jeannette Sch- j^in Jrs“^rted the idea
chairman, Mrs. Blume, held wartz and Ruth Anni Wagner.. met withH favorable rcs-
Sophomores Kathryn F re- ( ponse jn the survey he and his
richs, Carolyn Hartfield, He-
len Hunger, Ronald Joost and
Robert Penksa.
Freshmen — Shirley Cho-
vanec, Linda Giese, Larry
Hauschild, Bruce Jaster, Ron-
nie Kaiser, Grace Kasper,
Tommy Kubena, Alice Leh-
mann, Kenneth Luetge, Nan-
cy Miertschin, Sandra ' Miert-
schin, Harvey Mitschke, Carol
Penksa and George Schaefer.
High school chose their class ! purchase motor vehicle license ; tjent there since March 12
favorites for the 1961-62 school
term recently.
Selected were seniors. Vir-
ginia Lidiak and Donald Ma-
zoch: juniors, Bettejane Stan-
zel and George Allen Raino-
sek; sophomores, Dianne Hein,-
rich and Hugo Hollas: and | begins
plates for the year 1962. I She expressed gratitude for
Actually, the deadline is [ the many cards, flowers and
Sunday, April 1, so that means j telephone calls he had receiv-
they’ll have to be secured not j ed Mr. Mayer is able to have
later than Saturday if motor- visitors on Saturdays and Sun-
ists are to drive within the law days jf frjends wish to write
Monday — when enforcement to him, they may write to Box
freshmen, Carmen Haidusek
and Tommy Schobel.
HEISE HAS SURGERY
Werner Heise underwent a
major operation at Fayette
Memorial hospital Monday
morning. He is reported to be
doing as well as can be ex-
pected.
Airport Was Buzzing!
63 HERE FOR ‘FLYOUT’ DINNER
I 58, Gonzales, Texas.
for ' ___*_____
A reminder
to help
Red Cross
The Guenther Airport west
of town was buzzing like the
proverbial beehive Sunday,
and that would not be just
figuratively speaking, either!
Twenty-one airplanes touch-
ed down on the ’port’s run-
ways around 2 p. m., and the
63 occupants hiked over to
Cottonwood Inn for one of
their frequent “flyout” dinners.
The visitors are members of
a flying club at Houston, and
they often take to the airlanes
on such occasions. In fact, Air-
port Owner F’rank Guenther! SECOND SON BORN
Another deadline, that
motor vehicle inspections, |jy\s OPERATION
comes April 15 but that also Mrs. Lawrence Eckel is a
falls on a Sunday. Consequent- patient in Fayette Memorial
ly, inspections will have to be hospital where she had major
taken care of by Saturday,; surgery Tuesday morning. She
April 14, with enforcement be- j js reported to be doing well. •
ginning the following Monday.
The most recent report by
Jack W. Ingram, MVI patrol-
man for this area, shows that
only 68% of F’ayette county’s,
vehicles had been inspected,
j Percentages for other counties
in his district were Wharton
65%, Washington 59’!', Austin
54% , and Colorado 48'*’.
RT-C District Will
Elect 2 Trustees
aides had conducted in the
city, and stated that his firm
was ready to go ahead with ac-
tual installation.
And on the same subject, the
council ordered filed a letter
from Better Television, Inc., of
Denison, requesting a similar
permit. The letter stated that
the firm was withdrawing its
request, being “unaware that
there was another application
pending before the council.”
Mayer New Prexy
Of Fayette TSTA
The Fayette county unit of
the Texas State Teachers As-
meeting
The annual trustee election
in the Round Top-Carmine in-
dependent school district will
be held Saturday April 7. with Nation" in election
voting boxes to be located at
Waldeck, Round Top and Car-
mine.
Two board members will be
elected this year.
Terms expiring are those of
Willie Meiners and H. A. San-
said a similar group—coming
via 15 planes—was here six
weeks ago.
All types of aircraft were
here for the Sunday stopover
ranging from a small two-
April 7-8 Floral Show
GARDENERS AID AUSTIN CLUB
here Monday night, chose Ed-
gar Mayer of La Grange as
president for the ensuing year.
Others named by the unit
included:
Job Currie of Round Top-
o ... . Carmine, first vice president;
ders. Both are candidates for Mrs. Vlolu Spies* of Fayette-
ville, second vice president;
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Roberts of
La Grange, secretary; and
Mrs. Louis Little of Schulen-
burg, treasurer.
reelection.
Mr. and Mrs. Fiddle Heoht
of Houston became the happy
parents of a son, weighing six
pounds four ounces, who arriv-
ed early Monday morning The
little fellow, named Bruce, was
welcomed by a two-year-old ________
place Culver Cadet up to a brother, Maury. His mother is' rounding towns will participate
four-place Piper Cherokee and ; the former Joy Williams, dau-| in the standard flower show,
The Austin Area Garden
Center Inc. will present its
fifth annual flower show, “Liv-
ing With Flowers in Central
Texas” at the Municipal Aud-
itorium on April 7 and 8.
On Saturday, April 7, the
show gate will open at 1 p. m.
and on Sunday morning at 10
a. m., remaining open until 9
p. m. both days.
Garden clubs from 11
several Bonanzas—plus an
old-time Waco
cabin job.
hiplane-type
ghtcr of Mr and Mrs. Larry i namely, Bartlett. Bastrop,
Klein, who are now proud j Georgetown. Gonzales, ,Gid-
grandparenIs of four boys. I dings, Kyle, La Grange, Lock-
hart, Luling, Smithville and
Tyler. Local garden clubs will
show small gardens and the
Men’s Garden club will spell
out “Welcome” in red petunias.
An outstanding display of
orchids will be shown by the
Austin Orchid Society, and
hundreds of fresh blossoms of
marigolds will be flown to
Austin for the event from
Pennsylvania greenhouses of
David Burpee. The Burpee
Seed Co. has provided 5,000
packets of the “Mr. Sam” ma-
rigold, named in honor of the
(See SHOW, Page 2)
Two Die In Crash;
Fayette Girl Hurt
A Schulenburg girl, Ruby
Louise Speckels, 21, was se-
riously injured and two other
University of Texas students
were killed Sunday near Aus-
tin when the car in which they
were riding went out of con-
trol and hit a power line pole.
Miss Speckels is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben H
Speckels of Schulenburg.
The dead were William A
Barton Jr., 21, of Temple, and
Carol Ann Schnabel, 22, of
New Braunfels.
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