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Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXXVII
LA GRANGE, TEXaS
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1959
NUMBER 72
County Tax Payments
Over 98 Pet. Of Levy
Only $6,737 Goes
On Delinquent List
At Fiscal Yearend
Fayette county folk had paid
Jean Stoelke Going
To National Meet
Jean Stoelke, daughter of
JC’S INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
FOLLOWING ‘FEED’ MONDAY EVE
More than 50 La Grange “shoulders to the wheel” when
Jaycees, along with several a job is to be done,
guests, turned out for the or-1 Instated as the new presi-
eanization’s installation of of- dent was Leroy W. Riehs, who
ficers at the VFW patio here succeeded H. A. “Bim” Frede.
Monday night. | Others installed included Ba-
A delicious chicken stew, ker Davis, first vice-president;
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Stoelke1 nrepared by the capable chefs Warren Heintschel, second
9R.'J percent of their total 1958 Qf Fayetteville, will be one of Lawrence Weber and Fritz vice-president; John R. Lanier,
tax bill when the fiscal year the Texas delegates to attend, Lobpries, was enjoyed prior to secretary and treasurer, re-
dosed June 30, it is revealed [ the F'HA National convention the installation. | elected; and Henry J. Scho-
Vastine “Big Jawn" Jans- vajsa, assistant secretary-trea-
sen, a former president, served surer, also re-elected; Mel Am-
The convention will take as installing officer and, as1 merman, K e r m i t Moellen-
place at the Conrad-Hilton ho- usual, he was in a fine word berndt and Gilbert Wessels,
tel, where Jean will also be j fettle for the occasion. He in-I directors.
staying. She will leave Fay- (jected plenty of hilarity as he 1 Holdover board members are
etteville Friday, July 10 and presented each of the officers, i Gus Lindemann, L. W. Stolz
Council Assures Colorado St. Paving
it is revealed
in the annual report of Tax > which wdl be held in Chicago,
Assessor - Collector Gilbert H. 1 m juiy 12-17
Eck.
County wise, $149,702.83 went
into funds for the various of-
fices. This included $108,038.-
77 in county ad valorem taxes
and $41,664.06 in special road
taxes. Discounts for early pay-
ment came to $2,685.54 for
county ad valorem and $1,-
092.20 for road taxes, making
on aggregate collection of
$15 t 480.57.
The total county levy was
$157,228.76.
Gross state collections a-
mounted to $61,258.81. Dis-1
counts were $1,529.09, leaving
$59,729.72 actually turned over
to the state treasurer. The
chargeable state assessment
was $62,409.25.
Cummins Creek Water Con-
trol and Improvement District
No. 1 actual collections amoun-
ted to $1,630.23 and discounts
were $39.88, or an overall of
$1,670.11 toward the $1,693.64
levied.
Independent school district
tax payments — for the Flat-
onia, Schulenburg, Weimar
and Giddings districts — were
$97,598.88. Discounts for pay-
ment in the first three months
figured $2,370 70 which, added
to actual collections, brings
the total to $99,969.58 against
the $102,049.59 assessment fi-
gure.
Round Top - Carmine, Fay-
etteville, Cistern, St. John,
Praha and Hostyn rural high
and common school district ac-
tual payments were $54,716.40
and discounts totaled $1,324.30,
aggregating $56,040.70. Assess-
ment total for the six districts
was $56,775.82.
Total of all taxes which be-
came delinquent at the end of
the fiscal year was only $6,-
737.17, the report disclosed.
There were 4,172 poll taxes
paid and 26 exemptions issued
for the year
compares with 4,744 polls and
27 exemptions for the previ-
ous 12-inonth period.
no other organization any-
where that bordered on one
of the local Jaycees’ calibre—
one in which each addresses
the other by the first name,
everyone can take lots of good-
natured ribbing, however, at
the same time, will place their
return home on July 19.
This is the first time the
Fayetteville FHA chapter ever
had a girl eligible to attend the
convention. The chapter is
very proud.
Mrs. J. T. Carter
Is Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Mrs.
Johanna Carter, 85, mother of
Harlie T. Carter of La Grange,
were held Thursday at 4 p. m.
at the Koenig Funeral Home
chapel, with the Rev. H. T.
Flachmeier officiating. Burial
was in the Florida cemetery
near Round Top.
Prior services were held
Thursday at 10 a. m. at the
Heights chapel in Houston,
with Rev. Elmo Miertschin of-
ficiating.
Mrs. Carter, nee Speckels, ^ ^ a u llx.a.
passed away Wednesday in Favetteville dau shte r'of Co
Houston where she had ^ | |^nd
If ? V va,r Wc a ,dau‘ I CM Fritsoh Struve She was
ghter, Mrs. Vallk Spreen. | married tn p, H Steohenson
here on Aoril 3, 1927. The cou-
maintained La Grange as
but got a bit serious in the j Jr. and Charles Hofmann,
end when he said he knew of | Jack Dyer’s name was called
Rites Held Thursday
For Mrs. Stephenson
Funeral services were held
i at the Koenig Funeral Home
chapel here Thursday morn-
ing for Mrs. Isabelle Stenhen-
son, 59, who died Tuesday at
Fayette Memorial hospital
after a brief illness.
The Rev. H. T. Flachmeier
officiated and burial was in
the La Grange city ceuetery.
The deceased was born near
She was bom at WalhaUa
on Jan. 30, 1874, daughter of p,e
Mr. and Mrs. John Speckels.
Her father was at one time a
their home.
E Shafer of Austin:
j i ' III Lid \
and also a state legislator. She james
was married to Dr. J. T. Car-
ter, who passed away June 30,
1930.
Mrs. Carter moved to La
Grange to make her home in
1934, and resided here until
1941 when she went to Hous-
ton to reside. She was a mem-
ber of St. Paul’s Lutheran
church here.
Surviving are two sons. Har-
lie T. of La Grange and Ken-
neth Carter of Houston; dau-
ghter. Mrs. Spreen; a step-
daughter, Mrs. Glennie Zapp
St. Paul’s LL Plans
Early Morn Devotion
Four members who attended
the recent Leadership Train-
xemptions issued i , u '/ —it ing School at Texas Lutheran
her father and steD-mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Struve of
La Grange: a sister, Mrs. Otto
Sladczvk of Yoakum; two bro-
thers, Frank and Louis Struve
of La Grange; and two grand-
children.
as the attendance award win-
ner. He was not present, so
the $14.60 carries over until
the August session.
Emil Zapalac, 74,
Dies At Fayetteville
Funeral services for Emil
Zapalac, 74, druggist at Fay-
etteville, have been set for 8
a. m. Friday at the Koenig
chapel, Fayetteville, with con-
tinued services at the Fayette-
ville Catholic church. The Rev.
Thomas Matl will officiate and
burial will be in the Fayette-
ville Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Zapalac was found dead
in his drug store which he had
operated for many years short-
ly after he had opened for
business Wednesday morning.
A native of Fayettevi 11 e
where he was bom Feb. 21,
1885, son of Jos. and Anna
Zapalac, he spenl his lifetime
there. He was married to the
former Frances Baca in 1911.
He is survived by his wife;
two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Jan-,
da of Beliaire and Mrs. Jerome
Kubala of Fayetteville;
Flatonia To Host
Demons As SCTAL
In Final Round
South - Central Texas Ama-
teur League clubs go into the
final full round of competition
Sunday, when they play the
card scheduled April 12 but
rained out on that date.
The loop finds itself with the
first four teams — those going
into the Shaughnessy playoffs
— definitely determined, but
their order is far from cer-
tain.
La Grange’s first place Jay-
cee Demons rhove to Flatonia
Sunday for one of the top at-
tractions. The hometown Wild-
cats, relegated to fifth place,
would like nothing better than
to bump off the pace setters
who dropped them earlier in
the season, 7-2. This tilt will
close the regular season for
both the Demons and the Wild-
cats.
Likely hurler for Manager
Nookie Rosenberg’s Demons is
Rick Roberts (4-1), with Max
(See BASEBALL, Page 2)
Herman Lincke, 87,
Rites Held Thursday
Herman Carl Lincke, 87, a
retired farmer, passed away
Tuesday at the home of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Zenkner, near
New Ulm.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 0:30 a. in. at the
Koenig chapel at Fayetteville,
the Rev. W. E. Doerr officiat-
ing, and burial was in the Shel-
by cemetery.
Mr. Lincke, a native of Ger-
ong many, was bom June 18, 1872,
sister, Miss Emilie Zapalac; | *°n of Carl and Christina Pe-
and one brother, Charles Zap- chel Lincke. The family immi-
alac, both of Fayetteville; and
three grandchildren.
Rosary is scheduled for 6 p.
m. Thursday.
Death Hits Family
Twice In 10 Days
Death struck the Schnell
family a second time within
ten days Friday when Willie
Fritz Schnell, 68, of La Porte
died in a Houston hospital,
gave interest- i Qn June 22, a brother, Otto
Kruej?er Takes Part
In Round Top Fete
Omitted from the report of
the Round Top Fourth of July
celebration story in the last
issue was the fact State Sena-
tor Culp Krueger of El Campo
was one of the participating
dignitaries.
Senator Krueger was in
Ledbetter at 5:30 a. m. to join
the trail riders for the Round
Top trip and shortly after ar-
rival delivered a brief but ap-
propriate address in opening
the celebration festivities.
The senator was Introduced
by Round Top Mayor Donald
Nagel.
Mayor Nagel said that the
Round Top community feels
honored that Senator Krue-
ger took part in the 108th an-
nual celebration.
Area Brotherhoods
To Meet In Shelby
The Brenham Area Lutheran
Brotherhoods are to meet
Tuesday, July 14, at St. Paul’s
Lutheran church In Shelby,
has been planned for the eve-
A very interesting program
Johi
ing reports at the regular St. w. Schnell, 64, of Beaumont,
and J^SiLk^ls^Tsan Am ! £a^av'nilht meeUng Passed ,away in th* Veterans
tonio- 10 grandchildren and 13Uu*s<**y mg*lt , , „ | hospital, also in Houston. He
gTTd^'d,TH ! S15S- in lh*
kraMuneral’1 director°mC Vicky Hartfleld, Barbara Op-1 Funera! services for the last
__’ [ permann and David von Mm- death victim were held Tues-
den- I day morning at the Forest
PATIENT MOVED | Plans for an early morning Park Cemetery Lake O’ Woods
A. W. F Meyer, who has devotional and breakfast, to be chapel, the Rev. H O. Bom-
been in Fayette Memorial hos-' held at Jaycee park on Tues- ( hoff, pastor of St Paul’s Lu-
grated to this country in 1877,
settling in the Shelby area
where he had made his home
since. His wife, the former
Helen Mueller, whom he mar-
ried at Willow Springs in 1900,
preceded him in death in 1914.
Tn addition to his daughter,
he is survived by two sons,
H. W. Lincke of Rt. 2, New
Ulm. and Erwin Lincke of
Fayetteville; two sisters, Mrs
Gerh. Heinsohn of Fayette-
ville and Mrs. Adolph Etzel of
Ledbetter; nine grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildren.
SWIM INSTRUCTIONS PROVE POPULAR
These youngsters are typical of the 100 getting their be-
ginner swimming instructions under the Red Cross Water
Safety Program at the La Grange swimming pool.
Members of this particular class present for the picture
were, left to right: bottom row, Gerald Paschal, Charlie
Meyer, Stevie Haschke, Stanley Koopmann, Mark Quinn,
Roy Gene Wied and Bob Ingram; middle row, Donna Sue
Ammermann, Kathleen Stahmer, Paulett Tielsch, Rose
Marie Ruckert, Evelyn Recek and Debbie Fuchs.
In the back are Sarah Jo Oeltjen, Tootsie Giesber, Jane
Kallus and Minella Fritsch who are assistants to the in-
structor, Mrs. Arthur Von Minden Jr.
Total number taking instructions in various grades is
215. In addition, private Instructions are being given to
others by Coach Billy Walker and Mrs. Adolph Matocha Jr.
pital for a number of weeks
following a stroke, Wednesday
was moved to the Cozy Rest
Home. His children, Mrs. Eva
Miller of San Antonio and Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Meyer of
Harlingen visited with him
during the July 4 holidays.
day, July 14 at 5:15 a. m., were
discussed; and a hymnal repair
session was scheduled for 2
p. m. Sunday, July 26.
Sammy Brown discussed the
Bible Camp to be held at Camp
Chrysalis, near Kerrville, the
week of July 20-24.
NEW ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
HERE SETS OPENING SUNDAY
Opening services at the new
Assembly of God church have
been announced for Sunday at
2:30 p. m.
The structure is located on
College street, a half block
south of Highway 71, across
from the city warehouse prem-
ises.
Parishioners and other work-
ers were busy as bees at mid-
week putting on the finishing
touches to the building.
The Rev. Doy Robison, pas-
tor, anticipates that the pro-
ject will be virtually com-
pleted by Sunday.
The building, which was
ning with Dr. Joel Johnson of
Brenham as guest speaker.
All area brotherhood mem-
bers are encouraged to attend erected largely by local parish-
the meeting beginning at 8 ioners with the pastor doing
p m Visitors are always wel- much of the work himself, is
come constructed of brick, concrete
blocks, and lumber, with glass
block also used for light and
decorative effect. A clever
combination of the materials
and colors is appealing.
Besides the worship room,
the building has a nursery,
study room, storage quarters
and two rest rooms.
The relatively few but ac-
tive parishioners hope shortly
to have the premises land-
scaped and flowers growing in
the brick recepticles provided
in design of the building
Up to now, the congregation
has been meeting in the Her-
mes building across from the
Cozy theatre.
The public is Invited t<
tern! the opening service.
theran church of Baytown of-
ficiating. Burial was in Forest
Park cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Edna H. Schnell of La Porte;
three sons, Vastine Schnell of
Damon, Lawrence Schnell of
Boston and Willie Schnell Jr.
of La Porte; a daughter, Mrs.
B. D. Williams of Dayton; four
sisters, Mrs. Arthur Kraatz of
Houston, Mrs. Carl Fiebig
and Mrs. J. G. Gerdes of 141
Grange, and Mrs. C. C. Phil-
lips of Beaumont; a brother,
Emil Schnell of La Grange;
and ten grandchildren.
ANOTHER BOY
A son, weighing seven
pounds, was bom Wednesday
at Fayette Memorial hospital
to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kal-
rnus Jr. He was named Bradly
James and was welcomed by
a 19-month-old brother, Dar-
rell Wayne, and his grandpar-
ent*. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kal-
mus Sr. of Ellinger and Mr
and Mrs. Alfred Raschke of
Freeport.
ODHS MEET SLATED
Bismarck lodge No. 8, Her-
mann Sons, will meet for Its
regular session next Wednes-
«»- day night, July 15. starting «t
8 o’clock.
Installation Held
By Chromcik Council
Installation of officers was
held by Chromcik council,
Knights of Columbus, at the
Sacred Heart school Wednes-
day, with District Deputy
Charles E. Miles and District
Warden Arthur Kloesel of
Hallettsville as installing of-
ficers.
Cyrill R. Kallus, the new
grand knight, announced re-
appointment of the Rev. Har-
ry Mazurkiewicz as chaplain
and Ben Janda as financial
secretary, and also the ap-
pointment of Clarence Matula
as lecturer.
Elective officers are: George
Hajovskv. deputy grand knight;
Frank K r u p p a, chancellor;
George Kubos. recording sec-
retary: Fritz Lobpries, advo-
cate; Louis Kovar, warden;
Joe Dolezal, inside gu rd;
Richard Cernosek, outside
guard; and L. J. Sandera,
trustee.
Various committee chairmen
were also announced. They in-
clude J. D. Legler, general
program; L. J. Sandera. Cath-
olic activities; Adolph Matocha
Jr., council activities; Ernest
Kallus, fraternal activities:
Arthur Hoffmann, member-
ship-insurance; John L Sulak.
public relations; and Edwin
Belota, youth activities.
Other committee heads will
be announced later, Grand
Knight Kallus said.
A Dutch lunch followed the
meeting
Lutherhill Has 33
Campers This Week
Thirty-three youngster from
"W 'hC'ftah II are enjoying
the facilities of Lutherhill this
week—the third in the 1959
camping season.
Jacob Kammerzell of Hous-
ton is camp director this week,
with the subject being "Jesus,
My Lord."
Arlen Hausmann, a Luther-
hill resident this summer, is
director, chaplain and lifeguard
for the week; the Rev. F. Er-
hard Eilers of Swiss Alp is
Bible instructor; Ray Stein-
mann of Yoakum, game leader
and cabin counselor; Butch
Baynes of Houston, sports ac-
tivities; Mrs. McKenzie of
Corpus Christi, crafts; Misses
Darlene Rathcamp and Caro-
lyn Barrs of Yoakum, song
and game leaders, and coun-
4elors; and Mrs. Arlan Haus-
■nann, banker.
5 FFA’s To Attend
State Convention
Project Given ‘Go’
Sitfn Despite MKT
Not Participating:
Plans to “go ahead” with the
paving of E Colorado St. as
a Highway 71 by-pass route
for local traffic in La Grange
were announced by the city
council Wednesday night, des- ,
pite the fact that the M-K-T
railroad had reported that it
would not participate where
its properties border the right-
of way.
The council did, however, go
on record to request that the
Chamber of Commerce con-
tact Katy officials with another
plea to participate in the pro-
gram, even if only on a con-
tributory basis.
It was due to the Chamber's
request that the council initi-
ated the project of hard-surfac-
ing this street in order to take
some of the traffic load off
Highway 71, and the council
felt that the organization could
help immensely in getting the
railroad to see the advantage
of paving this thoroughfare.
It is planned to place 30-foot
paving down the center of the
right-of-way from where pres-
ent surfacing ends near the
Fred E. Miertschin tire busi-
ness and northeast to the
tracks. Several property own-
ers northeast of the railroad—
across from the locker plant—
have not yet signed paving
agreements, but efforts are to
be continued to get these ap-
provals.
Three applications of pres-
ent' contractors were accepted
by the council. The First Na-
tional Bank of La Grange was
again designated as depository
for the utilities funds and the
La Grange State hank as city
(See COUNCIL, Page 5)
A delegation of five boys
representing the La Qrange
Future Fanner chapter will go
to Austin for the 31st annual
convention of the Texas FFA’s,
scheduled July 15-17
Headed by Clement Trlicek.
president, the group will he i
accompanied by Adviser Jake J
R. Fritsch. Others in the party j
will include James Rabe, Ed- ! Final Rites Set
ward Matocha, Charles Leh-
mann and David Anders.
Some 5,000 Future Farmers
are expected at the conven-
tion, to be held in the new
Municipal auditorium.
In addition to business ses-
sions, the young conventioners
will be taken on a tour of
Austin,
Springs
For Brother Francis
A requiem Mass will be sung
at Sacred Heart church here
Saturday morning for F. J.
(Brother Francis) Tomecek,
79, who died in San Antonio
Wednesday.
The services will start at the
swim at the Barton Koenig Funeral Home chapel
pool, attend a “fun i at 9:30.
night” featuring top FFA tal-1 Brother Francis formerly
ent and professional acts and j farmed in the Rahb’s Prairie
attend the huge Lone Star area. He entered the religious
Carol Eilers and Sharon Ge- j Farmer banquet. J life a number of years ago
bert from Philadelphia Luth-
eran church, Swiss Alp, aryl
Patrica Melcher of Trinity Lu-
heran church, Black Jack, are
enrolled in this week’s camp
troup. Also attending is Susan
Zatopek of La Grange.
IT’S A GIRL
Mr. and Mrs.
after the death of his wife.
■ He is survived by a son, Joe
Raymond I F. Urban, and three sisters,
VISITS IN TULSA
Mrs. Joe Krenek returned
last Friday after a week’s visit
with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr and Mrs. Edward
Pavlicek. Mrs. Krenek said
Koopmann of Austin are proud
to announce the arrival of a
daughter born on July 4 at
Brackenridge hospital. She
weighed seven pounds fourteen
ounces and was given the name
of Pamela Kay. Proud grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs Her-
man Wessels Jr. of near West
Point and Mrs Minnie Koop-
------- ---- mann of La Grange. The mo-
she enjoyed the trip immense- ther is the former Miss Char-; Sets ( otton Meet
l.V. | leen Wessels.
Mrs. John Trlicek, Mrs. J. J.
Brunner and Mrs. Joe F. Ryza,
all of La Grange.
Rosary is scheduled for Fri-
day night at 7:45. Another Ro-
sary originally slated Thurs-
day night (tonight) has been
cancelled.
Rosen bersr-Todd
BOLL WEEVIL POSES SERIOUS
THREAT TO COTTON PROSPECTS
Those recent showers were
fine for crops and pastures—
but, they were also fine for
the bugs.
County Agent Joe C. John-
son this week reported that
boll worm and boll weevil In-
festation in cotton is reaching
gigantic proportions and is
posing a serious threat The
weevil menace is the more
serious of the two, he said.
He said he made a detailed
crop inspection Monday morn-
ing, and found that it was hard
to tell which cotton had been
poisoned and which had not.
The agent stated that it would
be a pity for a potentially good
crop to deteriorate after it has
been brought to this stage in
such fine shape. Plants are in
wonderful condition, there i*
ample moisture and fields gen-
erally are better.
Mr. Johnson suggests that
periodic weevil checks be
made and, when the count
reaches 15 to 25 percent of in-
fested squares, poisoning
should be done immediately.
There should be two applica-
tions at about five-day inter-
vals.
Keeping a close check on
cotton fields and poisoning
when necessary will still pay
off, Mr Johnson said What
with the weevil completing a
life cycle in from 17 to 25 days,
and with the infestation being
as big as it is, there's an ex-
treme danger of a large build-
up by next season if no action
is. taken now.
A meeting on cotton defolia-
tion and stripping will be held
at Rosenberg-Todd, lYie., here
Wednesday night, July 15 at
7:30.
A&M college attaches and
factory representatives will h»
present to explain the pro-
cedures, and the public is in-
vited.
Further details will he an-
nounced in the next issue.
DULY NAME TO MEET
The Sacred Heart Holy
Name society will have a
breakfast, meeting and instal-
lation of officers following the
7 o’clock Mass and corporate
communion Members of the
s ,v>d*uity will be guests.
SEE INSTALLATION
Arthur Hoffmann and Cvnll
die 'n.rVe Gran*e attended
the installation of officers
!t“ H-'i-uom, c„„To ,j
Knights of Columbus, Tuesday
mght. A chicken barbecue
mijper followed at the Leon
Kahanek ranch About
(ihi ficipAted.
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