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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 th# Heart of CRIDAland), FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1961
NUMBER 43
Eight Local People Hurt
In Highway 90 Mishap
WF WISH YOd
A MOST JOYOUS
School Trustee Elections Saturday
Kdm. Svrcek Family,
Jos. Svrcek Suffer
Injuries In Crash
Seven members of the Ed-
FIRE POSTERS TO
BE SHOWN APR. 4
A display of student-con-
, „ ii i i i structed fire prevention post-
rr.und Svrcek family of La f , , 0
Grange and Mr Svrcek’s fa- ers frolTi «rades 1 throu«h 8
ther, Joseph K. Svrcek. were
injured several of them ser-
iously when their 1956 Che-
vrolet and another car were
in almost head-on collision on
grades 1 through
will be shown in the La
Grange High school gymna-
sium Tuesday, April 4, from
10:30 a. m. through 2:30 p. m.
The poster construction is a
at about 7 p m. Sunday safety, and the display is
Jromcally, they were taken (_A. , . ______. K
to Methodist hospital, where
only minutes before they had
visited with the elder Mr. Svr-
cek’s wife.
staged in cooperation with the
local fire department, Ray E.
Comes, elementary principal,
explained.
Last year some 400 posters
were placed on public display.
The public is cordially in-
vited to view and inspect the
THE RECORD - PUBLISHERS
AN!) STAFF
Edm. Svrcek’s wife, Bernice,
and three of their children
were the most seriously hurt.
Mrs. Svrcek lost an eye, and I exhibit next Tuesday,
sustained a broken nose and
facial cuts. ' Demons Set ‘Heavy’
Patricia, age 12, suffered a 1
cracked cheekbone. She un- Drills rOf Suntluy
derwent surgery Wednesday.
Joseph. 4, had a concussion.
Surgical work has been done,
and he Is now reported to be
doing well.
Sharon, 5, lias a slight con
Bluebonnets On March!
WILD FLOWERS NEARING PEAK
Jos. K. Svrcek, 76, received
several cracked ribs and also
sustained cuts Mr. Svrcek is
a retired farmer.
Edmund and two other chil-
dren, Robert, 7, and Terry
Lvnn, a mouths, wens releas-
ed after receiving emergency
treatment.
Tuesday however, Edmund
complained of pains in his
chest and upon reexamination,
it was found he also had three
broken ribs. He is a driver- ,
salesman for Pearl Beer Dist-1 League Standings
An intensive workout is
scheduled for the La Grange
Jaycee Demons for Sunday
afternoon, Mgr. Les Blume
says. It starts at 2 p. m.
There’ll he a lengthy hitting
drill, and also infield and out-
field work sessions.
Tile Demon skipper said this
will be the last chance for pot-
ential players to let it be!
known that they desire team j
berths. The roster will be
compiled after Sundae's prac- !
lice • ‘........ ;
La Grange liegins league j
play the following Sunday at
Plum.
La Grange Bowling
ributing Co here
The accident occurred as the
other car, occupied by two
Houston Negroes who were
coming from the opposite dir-
ection, attempted to pass ano-
ther car. The driver was re-
ported to have cut sharply to
gel back into his lane, with the
result (hat the car skidded on
the wel pavement and careen-
ed into the Svrcek’s Chevro-
let.
Mrs Joseph Svrcek, who had
undergone a major operation
at Methodist, was reported to
be doing well. In fact, she was
to have been released Tues-
day, but her physician request-
ed that she remain several
more days or until the shock
caused by the accident to her
son’s family has abated.
The Svrcek car was describ-
ed as having been demolished
Rightmers Attend
Annual PCA Session
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Rightmer of Muldoon attend-
ed the fifth annual stockhold-
ers’ meeting of the Federal In-
termediate Credit Bank of
Houston and the Production
Credit Associations of Texas,
held in the Shamrock Hilton
Hotel in Houston March 26-
28
Rightmer is president of the
Brenham Production Credit
association, which serves this
area as a dependable source of
short and intermediate term
agricultural credit.
More than 1,000 stockhold-
ers. patrons and guests attend-
ed the meeting, sponsored by
the Federal Intermediate Cre-
dit Bank, discount agency for
all 36 PCAs in Texas which
provide agricultural credit for
eh 254 Texas counties.
The Production Credit As-
sociations of Texas, owned and
operated by their stockholder-
borrowers, were organized in
1933 Since that time they
have supplied $3 billion in ag-
ricultural credit to Texas far-
Following are the La Grange
Bowling League standings as
of the close of play last week-
Men Team high three-game
series, Shiner-Lone Star, 2504:
team high single game, Shi-
ner-Lone Star, 886; individual
high three-game series, Rev.
T. H. Graalmann, 601; indi-
vidual high single game, Rev.
Graalmann, 246
Ladies -Team high three-
game series, Lauterstein’s,
Inc., 2209; team high single
game, Lautersteins 786; indivi-
dual high three-game series,
Annie Mozisek, 565; individual
high single game, Bernice
Lobpries, 213.
Standing of the teams as of
March 24:
Team—
W
L
A vg
(’on aolldatcd
52%
2514
717
LO Hatchery ___
29
709
Stole Mein. .. .
49 %
2814
765
• :i OSlA .....
48%
29 >4
710
Alberti Feed
46%
28 >4
714
8hlner-L8
46
29
757
Jaycee*
47 Vi
30%
691
Dyer Ph.-inn
46*4
31%
m.
Pearl Beer
42 Mi
32%
648
IX) Chlro. .
43
35
70ft
Adumcik'fl
49
35
653
Lauterstein's
39
33
668
Jo Mil Feed*!
42
3(5
679
First Nat 1
4ft
35
721
Hostyn CYO
41
37
604
KVLG ______
40
38
637
v rw
39'4
38%
667
Ruether Oro. .
39'4
38%
637
Kruppa Store
39
39
•M
Pettold (lair
37'4
4(1%
620
First Nat 2
35
43
674
HC Cola
35
43
lill,
L(» Automotive
33V4
41%
64ft
LO State 1 ......
32
4ft
M
f«(l State 2 ___
29*4
48%
648
Morton’* Food*
29
49
636
Trubee Mobil
27
48
627
Doleeal Barber
24
54
62ft
Schroeder Drily .
21
57
579
lux Beer
16
62
526
The march of the blue-
bonnets -along with other wild
flowers—-is underway, and
wtdl could reach its peak by
the Easter weekend.
And this seems to be the
year of flowers ol just about
every variety and sort. Blue-
bonnets seem to be out in un-
Sunrise Service At
Zion Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church,
which in the past years has
sponsored an Easter Sunrise
service at the Sky-Hi Drive-
In, ftHtf have Its Sunrise ser-
vice at the church this year.
The service will begin at 6 j
a. m Special music will be
sung by the adult choir. The
Easter message will be pre-
sented by the pastor, Rev. T.
H Graalmann. The topic will
be, “What Does the Easter
Message Mean to You?”
The public is cordially in-
vited.
Zion Men, Pastor
To Attend Convention
The District Convention of
the Lutheran Church Missouri
Synod will be held at Concor
dia college, Austin, April 3
through April 7.
Attending from Zion Luth-
eran church will be the lay
delegate Anton Lehmann, the
principal of the school, Gerald
Brinton and the pastor, Rev
T H. Graalmann.
Serving on committtees at
the convention will be Mr
Lehmann who will serve on
the committee on Parish Ed-
ucation and Rev. Graalmann,
who will serve on the commit-
tee on Miscellaneous Matters
i Leps Annex Fifth
Win, Down Elgin
Wildcats By 5-1
William Prihoda spun a neat
five-hitter as his mates were
collecting nine bingles, and as
a result the La Grange Leop-
ards defeated Elgin’s Wildcats,
5-1, in u high school baseball
exhibition tilt at Fair Park
here Tuesday night.
La Grange tallied twice in
the very first stanza to go a-
head to stay, adding single tal-
lies in the -third, fourth and
fifth for insurance.
Billy Baca was top gun for
the Leps with a double and
single, and Ricky Blume chim-
ed in with two one-baggers.
Prihoda struekout nine and
free-passed only two as he an-
I nexed his second mound vie
| tory of the young season. The
, . , ’ . win was La Grange’s fifth in
precedented numbers, and that rQW tos, no setbacUs
also goes for Indian blankets Monday nigh, Aprj, 3
(known in some circles as
paint brushes) and wild but-
tercups.
Ideal weather conditions
have played a major role in
making area roadsides and ad-
jacent pastures just one veri- ! 8rven Confirmed
table flower garden. You’ll Palm Sunday. March 215, was a
see them in abundance just a- t>ta day In the life of the Beveq
bout every direction that you lnenil"-rH of Sl Miohu.-i < J-uthe
might drive. However, be- They PXBlntl,..,f the
cause of the usually heavy Sunday morning services hy Key.
traffic on the major highways I H Hurtfield. Winchester'
during a holiday period, it <y |'M,or
might be well for ^ ......
I'* t0 ,ake a iook The church was dec.
ter noon to pet on the by- . urnted by the pH rents of the con-
roads. I rirmaiils There were baskets of
There are any number of flowers and ferns placed In front
routes that Sunday afternoon Tr ,h“ a,,!‘r' a,,d th’' «"ar wc*
, . 4 , r two floral arrangements of Titles,
motorists might lake for a Those confirmed were ,1,
look-see, with perhaps a bit of j Reinhardt son of Mi and Mrs
picture-taking on the side. ! Marvin Reinhardt .lames Kph-
• raim, son of Mr and Mrs .lames
For example, the old “Blue- | Ephraim Grace Kasper, (laugh
bonnet Trail”—through Hul-|,trof ',r »"d Mls Rudolph Has
sled, Biegel and Park—is a
400,000 BASS PLACED IN RIVER
HERE, MORE ARE STILL TO COME
Not a hundred, or one thou-1 as a start toward stocking the
sand, or one hundred thou- j river after the recent "pois-
sand but four hundred thou-1 oning” episode that occurred
sand! at Austin
That was tlie number of ba-
by-sized black bass that were
Smithville plays here and Ap-
ril 4 the locals play at Elgin
Winchester News
Bv Mrs. Eugene Buschke
■ varan
an were received Into
In I he
'planted" in' the Colorado ri-
ver here Tuesday by the Tex
as Game and Fish Commission
MOBILE LIBRARY
HEARING IS SET
A public hearing will be
held in the district court room
of the court house here Fri-
day afternoon, April 7, to det-
ermine the interest, feasibility,
location and other points rel-
ative to the installation of a
bookmobile library service in
Fayette county.
County Judge Henry J.
Schovajsa, who announced the
hearing, said some interest al-
ready had been shown in this
type of library service.
It is understood that the
bookmobile would have a base
with an office and storage fac-
short but good one. Another
is along less traveled Highway
159 through Fayetteville and
to Willow Springs, then turn-
ing off on the new FM (but
yet unpaved) road to Warren-
ton, and back to La Grange. Of
course, there’re other routes,
and all are certain to furnish
plenty of flower viewing op-
portunities.
Yes, the wildflower march
is on, and the time to get in on
it is now!
DECORATION SET
Annual Decoration Day ser-
vices will be held at the Flo-
rida Chapel cemetery near
Round Top on Easter Monday
morning, April 3, beginning
at 9:30 a m. The Rev. Otto
Fehler will conduct the servi-
ces.
Fayette, Lee and Baslrop. It
would have a regular circuit,
when it would stop in given
communities a t specified
times.
All interested in this type
ol service are invited to at-
tend next Friday’s hearing. It
starts at 2:30 p. m.
April Court Term
Opens Monday Morn
The April term of Fayette
Nancy Miertschln. daughter ’ county district court opens
of Mr. and Mrs. Kd. Koennlng; Monday morning at 9 o’clock,
Dorothy Zoeh, daughter of Mr.
am. Mrs Then Zoch: Sandra
Miertschln, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Leon Miertschln and Joan
Elaine Wenke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Wenke.
Most of those who were con-
firmed were honored with din
ners. Mr. and Mrs. James Ephraim
honored their son, Jimmy, with
a pork and chicken Barbecue din-
ner at the community hall Mr
ii nd Mrs Marvin Wenke had a
dinner for Joan Elaine, at their
home; and Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Miertschln honored their daugh
ter, Sandra with a dinner also.
All of the dinners were attended
by friends and relatives of the
various families.
Birthday Dinner
Sunday, March 19. Mr. and Mrs
H. E. Noack had quite a bit of
company They oame to help Mr
Noack celebrate his birthday,
which was on Monday. March 2ft.
Those present for dinner Sun
ilitics in a centrally located i Kochi directed the process,
town in one of the counties of | an(t other two were dump-
ed in the Columbus area.
Mr. Steinmann said that se-
(See WINCHESTER. Page 2)
with empaneling of the new
grand jury as the fist order of
business.
Sixteen county citizens have
been summoned as potential
grand jurors.
District Judge J. Lee Dittert
of Cellville also will be here
Friday, April 7 at 3 p. m., when
In will render judgment in
the James Wilson versus Con-
tinental Oil Co. trespass to
try title case, which was tried
here recently. At that time
Judge Dittert took the case
under advisement, after ask-
ing both sides to submit briefs.
tonsils removed
Thomas Knippel, 10-year-
old son of Mr and Mrs. Cal-
vin Knippel, had his tonsils
removed at Fayette Memorial
hospital Wednesday morning.
Four Vie For Two
Posts Here; County
Will Choose Three
La Grange independent
school district voters will go to
the polls Saturday to choose
two board members out of a
field of four, and also will bal-
lot for a county trustee from
Precinct 1.
Vying for (he two school
positions here are Dr L D.
Boelsche and D. C. Wiley,
whose terms expire thi- year
and who are candidates for te-
election; J. P Hart and Dr.
James T. Makinson.
In contrast with the imme-
diate two past elections for
school trustees, there has been
little fanfare and the camp-
aign has not been anywhere
near as spirited as in 1959 or
1960. Last year, with five of-
fering for two positions, there
were 942 votes cast, and in
1959, when there were six
candidates for three jobs, a
record 1,184 turned out at the
polls.
Voters may ballot for any
two of the four listed, or they
may write in a name or names.
Only two will be elected, how-
ever.
Tlie La Grange district elec-
tion will be held in the court
house here and at Vasek’s
store in Holman, Hermann
Sons home in Rutersville. C.
of C. hall in Ellinger, KIT
ball in Plum and Community
hall in Winchester. Polls will
be open from 8 a m. until 7
p. m.
Attention is also called to
the fact that voters except
those over 60 must bring
their 1960 poll tax receipts
with them when coming to
vote. A valid poll receipt is
elation with John Tilton, for-1 one issued prior to Fpb. 1 of
rr.erly of La Grange and a 1 this year
technician with the Game and
Herbert Steinmann of La
Grange, a director of the Fay-
ette County Wildlife Council,
supervised the restocking that
took place Tuesday.
Three specially-equipped
trucks from fish hatcheries at
New Braunfels, Conroe and
Beaumont each brought 100,-
000 of the baby bass. One load
was spilled into the river at
the Highway 71 bridge here,
the second at the Elders pro-
perty just southeast of town,
end the third at the E. G. Al-
bers farm at Mu 11 ill’s Prairie.
Later in the day Tuesday a
fourth truck brought another
100.000 bass, which was also
placed in the water near the
Highway 71 bridge.
Another three loads -and
300.000 bass -were planted in
the river farther down stream
Wednesday. One truck load
was placed in the Colorado
near Ellinger, where W. J.
veral loads of baby-sized chan-
nel catfish are to be brought
In shortly, which will in- fol-
lowed by stocking of yellow
cats. Not only the river, but
major tributaries also will re-
ceive some of the future fish,
the Council director said.
Arrangements for restocking
the fish-depleted river were
largely the result of efforts of
the Wildlife Council in coop
Nine Clubs, 16 Games—18 Weeks
South-Centex Baseball Schedule Is Announced
Revival Scheduled
At Baptist Church
An eight-day revival has
been scheduled at the First
Baptist church of La Grange
starting Sunday, April 2, and
ending Sunday, April 9.
The Rev. Henry Adii.m III
will serve as the evangelist.
Rev. John F. Jensen is host
pastor.
Services are scheduled each
mers, ranchers and dairymen, evening at 7:30 o'clock
Following is the 1901 base-
ball schedule for the South-
Central Texas Amateur Lea-
gue, as announced this week
by circuit officials:
April 9:
Schulenburg at Smithville
Shiner at Nada
La Grange at Plum
East Bernard at Bernardo
Weimar off
April 16:
Weimar at Smithville
Nada at Schulenburg
Plum at Shiner
Bernardo at La Grange
East Bernard off
April 23:
Smithville at East Bernard
Schulenburg at Weimar
Nada at Plum
Shiner at La Grange
Bernardo off
April 30:
Smithville at Bernardo
E. Bernard at Schulenburg
La Grange at Nada
Weimar at Shiner
Plum off
Weimar a! La Grange
May 7: 1 *
Smithville off
Plum at Smithville
June 11:
Shiner at Schulenburg
Smithville at Schulenburg
Nada at East Bernard
Nada at Shiner
Bernardo at Weimar
La Grange off
May 14: 4
Plum at La Grange
Bernardo at East Bernard
Smithville at La Grange
Weimar off
Schulenburg at Bernardo
June 18:
Weimar at Nada
Smithville at Weimar (
East Bernard at Plum
Schulenburg at Nada
Shiner off
Shiner at Plum
May 21: \
La Grange at Bernardo
Smithville at Nada
East Bernard off
Plum at Weimar * '
June 25:
Bernardo at Shiner
E Bernard at Smithville
La Grange at East Bernard
Weimar at Schulenburg
Schulenburg off
Plum at Nada
May 28: \
La Grange at Shiner
Shiner at Smithville
Bernardo off
La Grange at Schulenburg
July 2:
Plum at Bernardo
Bernardo at Smithville
Weimar at East Bernard
Schulenburg at E. Bernard
Nada off \
Nada at La Grange
June 4:
Shiner at Weimar
Schulenburg at Plum '
Plum off V
Nada at Bernardo * *
July 9:
East Bernard at Shiner l
Smithville at Plum
Schulenburg al Shiner
East Bernard at Nada
Weimar at Bernardo
La Grange off
July 16:
La Grange at Smithville
Bernardo at Schulenburg
Nada at Weimar
Plum at East Bernard
Shiner off
July 23:
Nada at Smithville
Weiinar at Plum
Shiner at Bernardo
F Bernard at Iai Grange
Schulenburg off
July 30:
Siiuthville at Shiner
Schulenburg at La Grange
Bernardo at Plum
East Bernard at Weimar
Nada off
Aug. 6:
Plum at Schulenburg*
Bernardo at Nada
Shiner at Fast Bernard
La Grange at Weimar
Smithville off
Fish Commission.
Weimar Club Sets
Yearly Flower Show
The Weimar Garden club
will present its 11th annual
flower show, “A Gardener’s
Reward,” on Wednesday, Ap-
ril 12. It will be held at the
Henry Brasher Jr. home on
Market St.
This will be a standard
"placement show,” with out-
of-town judges.
The public is cordially in-
vited to visit the show any
time between 2:30 p. in. and
7 o’clock in the evening.
MADE COLOR GUARD
EIvy Burris, of San Diego,
California, advised his par-
ents, Mr and Mrs George
Freudenberg, by telephone the
past weekend that he made
color guard in the Navy. His
position is left guide and he
will march in the graduation
parades beside the colors. For
this he received 1st class petty
officer for the remainder of
boot camp EIvy is a mid-term
graduate of McCallum High
school of Austin.
ELLINGER NEWS
By Miss NAncy Koehl
Attend Funerr.l
Mr. and Mrs Rudy Kranek and
family attended th*» funeral of
rtiHH Heggernieyer of Weiinar
held at Weimar Saturday after-
noon.
Renewals
Thunks to Melvin Krauae,
Houston 24. H T Pearson liar
Htiftra, John C Loeve. Blllnger
for renewals to The Record.
Ftrsonalt
Mr and Mra Johnny Walla and
daughter of Beaumont arrived
Friday to spend the weekend here
with Mr and Mra Edmund Becak.
Mr and Mrs. Lee W’alln and oth-
er relatives
Mr and Mrs Lee Taylor of
Houston visited here Saturday
with Mr and Mrs. Leon Koepke,
( See ELLINGER. Page 2)
On the county level, terms
of three board members ex-
pire, and all are candidates
for reelection without opposi-
tion. They, and districts their
precincts encompass, are:
Precinct 1, Ed Sarrazin—•
La Grange and its five area
boxes, Fayetteville, Willow
Springs and Hostyn.
Precinct 2, If. L. F Doerr—
Round Top-Carmine indepen-
dent district boxes at those
two towns and at Waldeek.
Precinct 3, Chas. H Right-
mer — Flatonia independent
district boxe at Flatonia and
Muldoon, and Cistern and
Praha.
Candidates filing in rural
high and common districts in-
clude:
Praha John Stryk, for
reelect ion.
Hostyn George Muras,
for reflection: and another to
be elected via write-in voting.
Fayetteville Flo R Mues-
-e and Rubin Coufal, both for
reelection.
Cistern Milton A. Janca,
Frank Otahal and Felix A. Ja-
necka, all offering for reelec-
tion.
HAS APPENDECTOMY
Tommy Vogt, son of Mr.
and Mrs Harry Vogt is doing
nicely following an emergen-
cy appendicitis operation at
Fayette Memorial hospital
Monday.
DECORATION SET
Decoration Day services for
the Philadelphia Lutheran
Church cemetery will be held
Sunday, April 9 The service
will he in the church, begin-
ning at 9 15 a. m.
HAVE SON
A son. weighing eight
pounds four ounces was born
Wednesday at Fayette Mem-
orial hospital to Mr and Mrs.
Candido Guajardo of Mul-
doon.
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