The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 4, 1958 Page: 1 of 4
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LA GRANGE, TEXAS TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1958
Published Twice Weekly By Tht Farmers Publishing" Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texas
VOLUME xxxvi
2 MOD EVENTS
BRING IN $337
IN LA GRANGE
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
NUMBER 28
Mothers March
Nets $258, Friday
Coffee Take $79
Two March of Dimes events
in La Grange netted $337.73
for the fight on poliomyelitis, it
is announced by Gus Linde-
mann, MOD chairman here.
The mothers march in the
porchlight campaign Thursday
night netted a total of $258.53
for the fund, while coffee re-
ceipts at five business places
Friday brought in another
$79.20.
The cafes cooperating in the
coffee campaign and contribut-
ing receipts were Cottonwood
Inn, $33.75, Green Lantern
$25, Kadlecek’s Cafe $9.40,
Club 71 $2.50 and Frank’s
Place $8.55.
Mrs. H. C. Paine was group
leader for the mothers march.
Ladies participating in the
Thursday night march were:
Mesdames Richard Cernnsek,
E. T. Williams, T. E. Simpson,
Arnold H. Knippel, Homer D.
Eck, Lad Docekal, D. A. Blank-
enship, Hudson Moyer and
son, Jay, Leslie Henson, D. C.
Wiley, Chas. A. Lemmons, L.
E. von Rosenberg, Fritz Lob-
pries and daughter, Becky, L.
F. Zatopek, Walter Mueller,
Loydie Tiedt, H. T. Smith, Roy
H. Lehmann, Kirby Guettler,
T. J Flournoy, E. L. Fitzpat-
rick, J. W. Roper, J. C. Guen-
ther, B. X. McGuire, J. P.
Hart, L. A. Williams, Harvey
Roitsch, D. R. Taylor, Billy
Mike Roberts, Maurice Levin, •
C. J. Cernosek, Ernest Leh- j
mann, Louis Vasek, John La-
nier, D. H. Koopmann and
Clarence Peters.
Roberta Moore, a teacher at
Randolph school, was in charge
of the mothers march among
her people.
TSCHIEDEL REACHES ‘STOP’ MARK
Frank Tschiedel, Fayette county native, reached his
own “stop” sign Friday, when he retired from his position
as a sign maker for the Texas Highway Department’s dis-
trict headquarters at Yoakum. Mr. Tschiedel attained his
65th birthday anniversary on Jan. 27. He had been with
the department nearly 31% years.
Cut courtesy Yoakum Herald-Times.
Retires From THD
After 31V2 Years
1 Civil, 3 Criminal
Trials Due This Week
District court will swing
back into action here Wednes-
day with a civil case sched-
uled for that day and three
criminal cases slated for Thurs-
day.
The civil suit is styled Mary
Sampson vs. Lee W. Munsch,
to set aside deed and recover
damages.
On the criminal docket are
three cases of theft over $50
against Victor York, a burg-
lary and habitual case against
Wm. Kenneth Arford, and a
murder case against Ralph H.
Stemenburg which was trans-
ferred here from Austin coun-
ty.
Roadside Park
Near West Point
Gets Improvements
The State Highway Depart-
ment, always “on the job” in
the field of improvements in
the construction of new high-
ways, repairs to highways, and
building and repair of roadside
parks, is currently concluding
about $7,000 worth of improve-
ments at the roadside park,
located approximately a mile
west of West Point, it is re-
ported by Melvin Bayless, lo-
cal maintenance department
foreman.
Work is expected to be fin-
ished within a week, Mr. Bay-
less said.
The park is being brought
into perfect condition again,
with the labor being provided
by the State highway mainten-
ance crew of workmen here
and the bridge construction
crew from the district office
at Yoakum, Mr. Bayless re-
ported. The Yoakum group has
the assignment of constructing
and re-constructing concrete
tables and adding slabs, where
needed.
Hajek Rites Set
For Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 9:30 a.tn. at the
Zaskoda chapel in Industry for
Joseph V. Hajek, 89, who pass-
ed away Monday morning.
Services will be Continued
at the Industry Catholic
church, and burial will be in
the Industry Catholic ceme-
tery. Mr. Hajek will remain at
the Knesek chapel in Fayette-
ville until 9 a. m. Tuesday,
when he will be taken to In-
dustry. Rosaries are scheduled
at Fayetteville Monday at 7:30
P m. and at Industry Tuesday
at 7:30 p. in.
particular
pear in the next issue.
Joe J. Vacula, 71,
Buried At Plum .
Joe J. Vacula, 71, of Angle-
ton but a former Plum area;
resident, was interred Monday
morning in the Plum Catholic
cemetery following Requiem
Mass at the Sts. Peter and
Paul Catholic church.
The Rev. Harry Mazurkie-
wicz of La Grange officiated in
the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. Adolph Janda, who is at-
tending a priests’ retreat in
San Antonio.
Mr. Vacula died Saturday at
Angleton where he had been
a resident' since 1928.
A native of Czechoslovakia,
he came to this country with
his parents when a lad of five
and lived in the Plum com-
munity until moving to Angle-
ton.
He was married to Miss An-
tonia Matocha on October 25,
1909 at Plum.
She survives along with a
daughter, Mrs. Martha Sturdi-
vant of Little Rock, Ark.; three
sons, Joe V. of Angleton, Er-
nest of Houston and Major Ig-
nac L. Vacula of Mobile, Ala.;
a sister, Mrs. Annie Walla of
Plum; two brothers, Frank of
Plum and John P. of La
Grange; 11 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Rosary was recited at the
funeral home Sunday night.
One Car Damaged
In Accident Here
One car was damaged, no
one injured, as the result of
a collision here Saturday morn-
ing at the intersection of Wash-
ington and Walnut streets, it
is reported by Chief of Police
Arnold JL Knippel, who in-
vestigated:
Involved was a 1949 Mer-
cury driven by Mrs. Melrcy
Parks and a large dump truck
operated by Bill Kirchhofer.
Both are of La Grange. The
Mercury was extensively dam-
aged; the truck, not damaged.
Mrs. Parks was traveling
north on Washington and Mr.
Kirchhofer was endeavoring to
cross Washington froip Walnut
street, eastward, when the ac-
cident occurred.
Another former Fayette
countian to reach retirement
within a year has stepped out
of his position at District 13
headquarters of the Texas
Highway Department at Yoa-
kum!
He is Frank Tschiedel, chief
sign man at the district head-
quarters shop, who reached his
65th birthday anniversary Jan-
uary 27. Friday of last week
was bis last day on the job
with the department.
Other to be retired was Otto
Sladczyk, who completed 33
years of service with the de-
partment on the last day of
June in 1957.
Mr. Tschiedel is a brother of
Chas. Tschiedel of Rutersville,
and Mrs. Tschiedel, nee Herd-
Ier, is a sister of Gus G. Herd-
ler of La Grange. The Tschie-
dels have one son, Edward,
furniture department manager
of Sears in San Antonio.
The veteran highwayman,
who completed nearly 31%
years with the THD, began his
career when district offices
were still located in La Grange,
but went to Yoakum in 1929
when headquarters were trans-
ferred to that city.
Sign making has been his
“stock in trade” over the years.
Mr. Tschiedel reported that the
shop makes approximately
7,000 signs annually for its
nine-county area. Most of
them are reflectorized, to make
them visible at night when
caught in the glare of auto
headlights or any other light.
This process includes the mix-
ing of tiny glass beads, micro-
scopic in size, with the paint
material.
Now that he’s retired from
the highway department, does
not necessarilv mean that Mr.
Tschiedel will remain idle. In
fact, he’s thinking seriously of
going into a commercial sign
making business of his own.
There’s' a possibility, too,
that he and Mrs. Tschiedel may
move back to Fayette county
— and La Grange.
One Person Hurt,
Vehicle Damaged
One person was slightly in-
jured and a vehicle damaged
as the result of an overturn
Saturday afternoon on High-
way 71 in the immediate vicin-
ity of the Cottonwood Inn Res-
taurant.
Suffering a nose injury was
Mike Garcia Arredonda of
Austin, driver of a 1955 Ford
pickup truck. Owner of the
vehicle! Lee Rocha of Hous-
ton, also an occupant of .the
truck, was unhurt.
The pickup was able to con-
tinue its journey westward and
Arredonda was treated for his
injury at Smithville.
The accident occurred when
the driver lost control of the
vehicle.
Deputy Sheriffs Lawrence
Adamcik and Charlie Prilop
investigated.
EIGHT CALLED
FOR INDUCTION
ON THURSDAY
Another 22 Men
To Be Forwarded
For Physicals
Eight selectees will be for-
warded for induction and 22
for' pre-induction physical ex-
aminations by Local Board 44
Thursday, Feb. 6, according to
Mrs. Dolores G. Oder, chief
board clerk.
Going for induction are:
Fayette county — Waldemar
Gussie Noak Jr., Burton, Rt. 2;
Curtis Herbert Oltmann, War-
renton; and Harold Albert
Wendler, Ledbetter, Rt. 1.
Austin county—Eugene John
Baronwski, Bellville, Rt. 2;
Vernon William Mau, Wallis;
Lagdie Reuben Sisa, Bellville,
Rt. 1; and Edwin Jesse Zubi-
cek, Cat Spring.
Colorado county — Wilbert
Ignac Mazoch, Weimar, Rt. 2,
a volunteer.
Those being sent for pre-
induction exams include.
Fayette county—Eugene Au-
thur Ahlschlager, C a r d e 11
Bibbs, Clyde Butler, Carlton
Crawford Creighton, Louis
Clifton Demerson, Burnet
Elexander Floyd, Rubie Man-
uel Godley, Marvin Manuel
Maisel, James Frank Parma,
George Nelse Sanders Jr. and
Eugene Emil Vinklarek.
Austin county — Olin Ar-
thur Hartmann, Eli Bellville,
Willie Joe Jurek, James Victor
Kech, Robert Pomykal, Elmer
Curtis Seals and Lee Arties
Twiggs.
Colorado county — Norris
Edward Hardison, Clarence
James Krueger, George W.
Schoppa Jr. and Joe 'Salinas,
the latter being a volunteer. ,
Selectees going for induction
will again be presented small
gifts by the La Grange Jay-
cees.
Sales Promotion Panel
Named For Junior Show
DRIVER TRAINING PLAQUE AWARDED
Edgar Mayer, center, and Alois J. Petrusek, right, are
shown here receiving an engraved plaque in recognition of
the excellence of the driver training program at La Grange
High school. Presenting the plaque to the two driver in-
structors is A. A. Merback of Austin, vice-president of the
Texas Casualty Insurance Co. The award, presented at
Tuesday’s Lions club meeting, is for first place in Texas in
Group 5, and was sponsored by Southwestern Insurance
Information Service of Dallas.
Babe Ruth Meeting
Set Here Thursday
A meeting to organize the
La Grange Babe Ruth base-
ball team for the coming sea-
son will be held at the fire
station here Thursday night,
Feb. 6, the session to begin at
7:30 o'clock.
All lads aged 13 through 15
interested in team berths, as
well as parents and followers
of the diamond sport are urged
and invited to be present.
Heading the Babe Ruth
movement in La Grange thus
far are Les Blume, J. V. “Jack”
Kana, Fritz Lobpries and Pete
Glaiser.
No More ‘S’ Turns
At Rutersville
Within Near Future
It has been previously men-
tioned in The Record, how-
ever, to establish its signifi-
cance for the motoring public,
W. L. Patrick, resident engi-
neer for the State Highway De-
partment, reminded Saturday
that the ill-fated bridge located
.8 of a mile southwest of Rut-
ersville. which has been the
scene of many vehicular acci-
dents during past years, would
soon be no more. .
The highway is to be straight-
ened, Mr. Patrick said, and
two structures are to be erect-
ed between .8 of a mile south-
west of Rutersville and .5 of a
mile southwest of Rutersville,
an approximate distance of .3
of a mile.
Cost for making this historic
hazard safer for Mr. and Miss
or Mrs. Motorist will be $43,-
000.
It will be a pre - Christmas
present for all who motor via
State Highway 159.
POLIOS ARE DOWN
Although a final talley is
still not available, the poll tax
total for the current year is
expected to be over that of a
a year ago but quite a way un-
der the figure of the last elec-
tion year. Clarence Munke,
chief deputy in the tax collect-
or’s office, said a final report
should be available for the
next paper.
By Presbyterians
MISSIONARY SPEAKER DATED
Dr. C. Darby Fulton of
Nashville, Tenn., a missionary
of world-wide experience, will
speak at the First Presbyterian
church Wednesday evening, at
a program being held in ob-
servance of World Mission Em-
phasis month.
A supper will be served in
the Fellowship Hall beginning
at 7 p.m. Mrs. Leon Schmidt,
president of the Women of the
First Presbyterian church, ex-
tends an invitation to members
and their friends to attend.
She stated that anyone not
wishing to attend the supper
is welcome to hear Dr. Fulton
speak at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Fulton was born in Kobe,
Japan. His parents were both
missionaries, having served in
Japan for 46 years under the
Executive Committee of For-
eign Missions of the Presby-
teran Church in the United
States. He spent his early life
in Japan. At 14 he returned
to the United States for school-
ing. Dr. Fulton attended the
following institutions and re-
ceived degrees as specified:
Max F. Zapp, 75
Businessman At
Warrenton, Expires
Funeral services for Max F.
Zapp, 75, well-known Warren-
ton merchant, will be held at
the Koenig Funeral chapel
here Tuesday at 2 p.m. The
Rev. W. E. Doerr of Warrenton
will officiate, and burial will
be in the Florida cemetery.
Mr. Zapp passed away at
Fayette Memorial hospital
Sunday, terminating a lengthy
illness.
He was bom at Round Top
on Nov. 13, 1882, son of the
late Kossuth and Christine
Weyand Zapp. He was bap-
tized in the Bethlehem Luther-
an church at Round Top and
was confirmed at Warrenton
on May 16, 1926 by Rev. M.
C. Hoermann. Mr. Zapp was
united in marriage with Le-
nora Renck at Walhalla on May
18, 1941.
Mr. Zapp went into the
hardware and grocery business
at Warrenton in 1921, and on
Jan. 12, 1922, he was appointed
postmaster at Warrenton. He
held the position for 30 years.
Surviving are his widow;
daughter, Mrs. Elijah King of
San Antonio; two step-daugh-
ters, Mrs. Robert Koenig of
Houston and Mrs. Victor Weis-
huhn of Warrenton; a step-
son, Wardell Wied of Warren-
ton; sister, Mrs. Natalia Scheu
of Columbus; two brothers,
Herman and Hamilton Zapp of
Walhalla; and seven step-child-
ren.
K
DR. C. DARBY FULTON
Presbyterian College, Clinton,
South Carolina, 1911, A B.;
University of South Carolina,
1914, M.A.; Columbia Theologi-
cal Seminary, 1915, B.D.; Prin-
* t o n Theological Seminary,
(See SPEAKER, Page 2)
Airman, Spared In
Crash, Visits Here
A/2c Joe W. Stavinoha, who
was stationed in Japan and
Okinawa for the last 22 months,
was among the 31 airmen who
escaped from the R5D trans-
port plane when it caught fire
and crashed7 near Kadena
jA.B., Okinawa, on Jan. 18.
He arrived in La Grange
Jan. 26 and is spending his 45-
| day leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Stavinoha of
Ammannsville, and other rela-
tives.
4-H PARLEY SET
A record book training meet-
ing will be held here Thursday
night, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Agricultural building, • it
was reported here Monday by
Ronald Pond, assistant county
agent. Present will be Fayette
adult and junior 4-H leaders.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs Edwin Wern-
ecke and Teddy, Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin Wernecke, Mrs. Carl
Wernecke, Mr. and Mrs. Aug-
ust Wernecke, Mrs. Gus Peters
and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Bobo, all of Houston, Thurs-
day attended the funeral of
John Bohot. Mrs. August
Wernecke .Is a sister of Mr.
Bohot.
TWO FIRE ALARMS
SAME PLACE, DAY
For the second time that day,
firemen were called to the La
Grange Produce Co. Thursday
about 5:45 p. m. to check on
smoke from an electrical fire.
Principal damage was to a
radio in which a transformer
was burned out.
That morning a fire develop-
ed when electricity was turned
into a wet BX cable.
Cause of the two fires was
pretty much of a mystery An
LCRA engineer was . id in
to make a check and findings
were that the wet cable, un-
used for some time, had caused
the first short, and that con-
nection of a idle “neutral” wire
had caused the second, La
Grange Utilities Manager At-
lan Citzler said.
Fortunately, both occurred
during the day time when they
could be immediately detected
and damage was relatively
small.
Proprietor Jake Palmer took
no chances on a night time
fire. He had the power cut off
until the trouble could be
traced the next day.
County 4-H Leaders
Stage Fine Meeting
Fayette County adult 4-H
leaders enjoyed a covered dish
dinner, combined with educa-
tional instruction, when they
convened at the La
high school cafeteria Wednes-
day night.
There was almost 100% re-
presentation of the leaders, 52
being in attendance.
Following the enjoyment of
the excellent food, or^ of the
principal addresses of the
night was one by Miss Peggy
Wilsford, assistant 4-H Club
leader from the Texas A&M
Extension Service. Also on the
program were brief talks by
Joe Glover and Miss Claudia
Williams, district agents, both
of Gonzales.
County Agent W. G. John-
son, Assistant County Agent
Ronald Pond, and HD Agent
Miss Nettie Mae Steglich also
aided in making the evertt af
most successful one.
Girl Scout Council
Elects New Officers
A meeting of the La Grange
Girl Scout Council was held
in the Girl Scout Little House
Monday afternoon, Jan. 27,
with 10 members present.
Mrs. E. A. Roitsch, president,
presided and asked the chair-
man of the nominating com-
mittee to present the slate of
officers for 1958. They are:
president, Mrs. Gilbert Her-
mes; vice-president, Mrs. Rud-
olph Hagernann; secretary,
Mrs. W. A. Yates: treasurer,
Mrs. Wayne Launiu , n Ora-
tion chairman, Mrs. Tom Rpth-
ermel; camp chairman, Mrs. T.
J. Flournoy; program chair-
man, Mrs. Milam Docekal;
public relations chairman, Mrs.
L. E. Von Rosenberg; and or-
ganizational chairman, Mrs. A.
H. Onstott.
It was reported that Girl
Scouting is making satisfactory
progress in La Grange. There
are three active trbops, and
thirty younger girls are par-
ticipating in Brownies.
Council officers point out
that Girl Scouting bps been
a success in meeting the needs
of millions of girls throughout
the nation in helping them to
belong to a group of their own.
From 12 in 1912 to 3 million in
1957—that is the Girl Scout
success story.
The local Girl Scouts will
sell candy fruit mints during
March and the Council asks
the support of all interested in
Rules Are Ok’d
For 14th Annual
Event March 10
Rules and regulations for the
14th annual Fayette County
Junior Livestock Show, sched-
uled at the fair grounds here
Monday, March 10, were ap-
proved at a meeting of depart-
mental chairmen held in the
school cafeteria here Thursday
night.
A sales promotion committee
for the exposition was also ap-
pointed. The panel is composed
of 39 local and area leaders,
with several more to be added
from towns in the show area.
The annual kickoff barbecue
and meeting of the sales com-
mittee was scheduled for Mon-
day night, March 3 at 7:30 p.m.
It will be held this year'at the
VFW home here.
The following were appoint-
ed on the sales panel:
J. G. Mason, Frank J. Kana,
V. O. Burgess, H. A. “Bim”
Frede, George Stavinoha, Har-
ry Vogt, B. E. Todd, Ed B.
Meyer, Leon Schmidt, E. H.
Francke, E. F. “Smiles” An-
ders, Ernest Kallus, J. V.
“Jack” Kana, Dr. D. T. Taylor,
G. B. Mueller, A. R. Ehlers, A.
H. Spacek.
Also Erwin Janssen, Wm. F.
Hofmann, Will C. Moore, G.
H. Osthoff, B. X. McGuire,
Louis J. Schroeder, Amos Pav-
(See SHOW, Page 2)
Marian Marburger
Named ‘Good Citizen’
At LG High School
Marian Marburger, a senior,
has been selected as the win-
ner in the Daughters of Ameri-
can Revolution goqd citizens
Contest at La Grange High
school, and will represent the
school in the ninth congression-
al district contest to be judged
February 7.
Miss Marburger Is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Marburger, and was selected
from a list of seven nominees.
She is a printer on The Hi-
Standard staff, was a member
of the cheer section, works
part-time in the office of Prin-
cipal H. C. Giese, is a member
of the Travis Street Methodist
church choir and is president
of the local .Methodist Youth
Fellowship.
Qualities considered in choos-
ing the good citizen representa-
tive are dependability, service,
leadership, patriotism and
scholarship.
Judging of the state contest,
winner of which receives a
$100 Savings bond, will take
place Feb. 10. Purpose of the
contest is to stimulate an inter-
est in character building as a
basis of good citizenship.
Miss Schneider, 88, 1
Dies At Czichos Home
Miss Louise Schneider, 88,
of Schulenburg passed away
here Saturday morning at the
home of her nephew, John F.
Czichos, where she had been
living for the past two months.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the Srhwonke-Raum-
garten Funeral Home at Schul-
enburg Sundav afternoon with
the Rev H. H. Washington of
Schulenburg officiating and
burial in the Old High Hill
cemetery.
Miss Schneider was the
daughter of Joseph and Veron*
icR Mraz Schneider She was
bom near Schulenburg and
was a lifelong resident of that
community.
It was the second time that
death invaded the Czichos’
home with'n 11 months. A -t-_
ter of the deceased. Mrs. Mary
Czichos, died there in March
promoting the trailing of i/ln!^ ' ’ ‘ ^ ' * prolon«ed
young girls to prepare them Them are
for a better way of life. survivors, Mediate
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