The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1958 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
Nearly 4,000 Paid Up
Subscribers. Rated AAA
Newspaper by
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Bureau
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 xxxvi
DEMONS/CATS
MEET SUNDAY
AT FLAT0N1A
Rams At Bernardo,
Clips Meet Farmers
In Survival Tests
South - Central Texas Ama-
teur League clubs will, in a
sense, reopen season play Sun-
day when they engage in a
quartet of games that were
rained out the first day of the
schedule.
The La Grange Jaycee De-
mons and Flatonia’s Wildcats,
one - two in the standings,
square off at Legion Park in
Flatonia in the headliner. Mgr.
Nookie Rosenberg's Demons,
who downed the ’Cats, 17-3,
earlier in the year, last week
bowed to Shiner in a 2-1 battle
while Flatonia was walloping
the Swiss Alp Fanners by 18-0.
Big Ed Tisdel, earlier conquer-
or of Flatonia, or Trav Etzel
are likely mound starters for
the Roscnbergmen, while Mgr.
Jim Briggs is due to toe the
rubber for the hometown Wild-
cats.
The Ammannsville Ramblers
move to Bernardo to tackle
Mgr. Mel Neuendorff’s Hurri-
LA GRANGE, TEXAS
FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1958
NUMBER 75
(See BASEBALL, Page 2)
Damages Case Trial
Re-set For July 28;
Jury Is Summoned
Trial of the damages case
styled Paula Schulz versus J.
W. Stahmer, scheduled in Fay-
ette county district court here
Monday, was reset for Monday,
July 28.
The case will be tried by
jury, with the following 40
panelists being summoned to
report at 9 a. m. on July 28:
Anton G. Oeser, Frank J.
Hanacek. Martin P. Walther,
Raymond Hrbacek, E. T. Ra-
don/, H. A. Brandt, Mrs. Vic
toria Weeren, Eugene Ulrich,
Roy C. Lehmann, B. E. Todd,
Wm. F. Hunger, G. B Mueller,
Frank J. Kana, Roland Bohot,
Elo Kirsch, Anton C. Baca and
Frank H. Reichert, all of La
Grange or area; K. W. Woody,
Bonnie Beale, Mrs. Carrie Al-
brecht, Christian Barta, Chas.
E. Cooper, Edgar Steinhauser
and Davis Lafond, all of Flat-,
onia or area; Henry Lee Fuchs
of Carmine; Eddie Deterling
Jr., Mrs. E. W. Kyle, Edward
Lux, Henry Seger, Shelton H.
Wagner, Henry Vornsand, Mrs.
Erma Prause, Henry A. Baby-
lon and Mrs. Louise Sinrkov-
sky of Schulenburg and area;
Willie E. Fischer of Led-
better, Rt. 1; Wesley J. Kraus
of Burton, Rt. 1; Walter Kiesch-
nik of Winchester; Albert
Blume’ of Round Top, Rt. 2;
Harry Lueders of Muld<x>n;
and Theo. Krakosky of Gid-
dings, Rt. 3.
Pophanken Rites
Held At Industry
Funeral services were held
at t.h e Industry Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon
for Theodore August Pophan-
ken, 80, retired New Ulm mer-
chant, who died at his home
Monday.
The Rev. A. M. Roos officia-
ted and burial was in the New
Ulm cemetery.
Mr. Pophanken remained at
the Zaskoda Funeral Chapel
until shortly before the last
ri*es.
The deceased was born at
Frelsburg, son of D. and Helen
Fehrenkamp Pophanken. He
was married in 1903 to Miss
Frieda Miller who survives a-
long with a daughter, Mrs. Er-
win Strickler of Houston; two
sons, Leroy of Pickton and Em-
mett L. of Houston; a sister.
Mrs E. O. Richter of San An-
tonio; two grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Koenig Funeral Horne was
in charge of the funeral.
OLDEST ON THE LOT — A 1911 FORI)
This spick and span Ford, of 1911 vintage, was the old-
est car shown when the Horseless Carriage Clubbers met
here Saturday and Sunday. The owner is Carlton Welling
of Houston, standing next to the car; and to his right is
Herbert A. Frede, representing the local Ford agency; and
Kirby Quettler, president of the L». Grange club. The
owner’s wife and daughter are seated in the car. The
picture was taken on the city hall lawn where the 54
vehicles from all parts of Texas were displayed prior to a
downtown parade and then a trip to Hostyn and Monu-
ment Hill Sunday morning.
| Board Calls Up 7
For Induction, 13
For Tests July 24
Seven men have been called
hood was host Tuesday even- by Local Board 44 for induction
ing to the Brenham Area Bro- | and 13 others for* pre-induction
thefhoods when they met here j p h y s i c a 1 examinations on
Area Brotherhoods
Meet Here Tuesday
Hears Talk On LWS
St. Paul Lutheran Brother-
Ifor their quarterly meeting.jjj
A. H. Spacek, local presi-
dent, welcomed the men to La
Grange, and Clarence Schwake
read the scripture lesson and
led in prayer. Misses Judy von
Rosenberg, Lucy Jo Conn and
Elva Ann Meiners were pre-
sented in a vocal trio, and
Mrs. 10. W. Mt moia and Mi..
Wilbert .Taster, sang, “This is
My Task.”
Rev. Harold Moerich, pastor
of Christ Lutheran . church,
Alamo Heights, San Antonio,
was the guest speaker. He
spoke on the Lutheran Wel-
fare services in Texas, point-
ing out that the operation of
Trinity Lutheran Homes at
i* | Round Rock is but a small por-
' tinn nf tbi» ■ineinties’ work hut
tion of the societies’ work, but
that counselling with children
of all ages, finding loving care
for them in private homes, and
assistance to unwed mothers
(See AREA MEET, Page 2)
Mrs. Ixmise Tiemann
Expires At 82
Death came Monday to Mrs.
Louise Tiemann, 82, at her
home near La Grange.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday at 10 a. m.
at St. Paul’s Lutheran church
here-with the Rev. H. T. Flach-
meier officiating. Burial was in
the city cemetery.
Mrs. Tiemann was a native
and lifelong resident of Fay-
ette county. She was the daugh-
ter of Adam and Mary Russ
Schott and the widow of the
late Albert Tiemann.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. R. C. Weishuhn of La
Grange; a son, Guy F. Tiemann
of La Grange; five grandchil-
dren and four great-grandchil-
dren.
Mrs. Tiemann remained at
the Koenig Funeral Home un-
til 8 a. m. Wednesday.
Thursday, July 24.
Called for induction, by
counties, are:
Fayette: Paul Leslie Burn-
side Jr., Rt. 1, Fayetteville
(volunteer); Abel Cardenas,
Flatonia (volunteer); Edwin
Anton Koncaba, Flatonia.
Austin: L*dand Blake Brown,
Rt. 1, Sealy: I,eve«ter Whiting,
Rt. 2, Bellville (volunteer).
Colorado: Karen Reinhard
Brod, Rt. 2, Cat Spring; Dar-
win Clemens Brockmeyer, Rt.
2, New Ulm (volunteer).
The La Grange Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce will present
a small gift to each selectee de-
parting for the Service.
Called for examination are:
Fayette: William Fred Grae-
ber Jr., Franklin Louis Kocian,
Clarence Harlan Schenk, John-
nie Edward Zimmerhanzel.
Forwarded for re-examination
will be Leslie Kermit Von
Minden.
Austin: Alfred Ruben Ewald,
Bennie Frank Hosak, Herbert
Lafayette Reese, Herbert Bur-
ford Ueckert.
Colorado: Robert Don Cole-
man, Frank Lee Graves, Clar-
ence Adam Moeckel, (volun-
teer), Jack Warren Pesnell,
Dennis Joe Slubar.
NORTHERN AREA
DEFEATS WATER
DISTRICT PLAN
Project Downed,
19-38, At Meet
Here Monday Eve
Residents of the area just
north of La Grange voted, two
to one, against a proposal to
organize a water control and
improvement district Monday
night.
The result of the ballot was:
19 for the plan and 38 against.
Present for the session and
general discussions, held in the
district court room, were Mar-
vin Turner of the engineering
firm of the same name; Ted
Whitlock, investment banker;
and an attorney, all of Austin.
Mr. Turner presented details
of an intensive survey conduc-
ted by his firm, and cited costs
of the construction of a water
and sewerage system. He re-
vealed that it would require
an average monthly water bill
of approximately six dollars
and an average $2.50 monthly
sewage bill, plus a graduated
tax levy, in order to make the
project operate efficiently.
The election was held after
a general discussion and a
question and answer period
were conducted.
A spokesman for the propos-
ed district said that, inasmuch
as those present for the meet-
ing represented approximately
50 percent of the 112 eligible
residents in the proposed dis-
trict and apparently a t^end
was shown, no further action
toward development of the pro-
ject would be taken at this
time.
C. C. Backs New F-M Road Proposal
FEE ON POSTAGE
DUE SUSPENDED
The Post Office Department
announced Tuesday that it
plans to suspend temporarily,
on August 1, the new 5^ pen-
alty charge for handling mail
on which postage is due.
This is to give the public
time, the department said, to
get used to the new higher post-
age rates which become effec-
tive on the first of next month.
The penalty suspension will
continue for three months,
through October 31. During
that time only the postage due
will be collected from the per-
son addressed.
The 54 penalty charge was
made effective July 1 under a
new regulation adopted by
Congress earlier this year.
SISTERS VISIT
Sisters Marietta, Mary
Grace and Mary Kevin of the
order of the Incarnate Word
and Blessed Sacrament of
Houston, enroute to Houston
after attending summer school
at the Incarnate Word college
in San Antonio, were brief vi-
sitors with Mr. and Mrs. John
h Sulak and Mrs. Mary Kal-
lus here Wednesday. They
were being taken back to
Houston by Sister Marietta’s
father, B. J. KrIIus of San An-
tonio. Mrs. Kallus accom-
panied them on the trip to
Houston.
Republicans To Hold
Primary Elections
Republican primary elections
will be held in six Fayette
county communities, it was an-
nounced Tuesday by W. W
“Sweet” Mueller, Republican
county chairman.
The elections will be on Sat-
urday, July 26, from 8 a. m. to
7 p. m. at the following places:
Rutersville, Ted Houghton
lodge; Carmine, Arthur Fricke
home; Round Top, George
Fricke home; La Grange, Mrs.
Louise Bohot home; Schulen-
burg, Ralph Maricle home;
Flatonia, W. W. Mueller home.
There will be four candidates
for state offices listed on the
ballot, none of whom are- op-
posed. They are: For U. S.
senator, Ray Wittenburg. Ama-
rillo; governor, Edwin Mayer,
Sonora; agriculture commis-
sioner, Grover Carothers,
Stamford; associate justice su-
preme court, John Q. Adams,
Harlingen.
Mrs. W. W. Mueller is a can-
didate for county chairman.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Las-
tovica became the happy par-
ents of a baby girl, born Mon-
day at Fayettp Memorial hos-
pital, who weighed six pounds
seven ounces and was named
Susan Ann. They now have
three girls and one boy.
200 Attend Supper, 27 More Join
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Wildlife Council Announces Winners
Announcement o f winners
in the second annual fishing
contest and serving of a deli-
cious wildlife meal highlighted
the 1958 third quarterly meet-
ing of the Fayette County
Wildlife Council, held Tuesday
evening at the picturesque Os-
car F. Wolters ranch near
Schulenburg. Approximately
200 were present.
Alfred Albers of Waldeck
won two prizes-—in fact, a com-
plete fishing outfit—in the con-
which he received a Mitchell
spinning reel valued at $29.95,
and the specimen was also the
largest channel cat caught, for
which Albers was awarded
prize No. 7, a $9.95 casting rod.
Other contest winners, their
catches and prizes were:
Largest fish caught, any legal
method, Leroy Baca of La
Grange, 19 3/4 pound buffalo,
pair of $16.95 waders; largest
bass, Henry Nikel of Flatonia,
five pounds 15 ounces, $19.50
tests. Hi* six pound nine ounce 1 Zebco “33” reel; largest white
catch was the largest fish bass, Darrell G. Vasut of Rut-
caught on rod and reel, for JersviUe, one pound two ounces,
$15 spinning rod; largest yellow
cat, Frank E. Rauch of Necha-
nitz, 15 pounds nine ounces,
300-yard nylon cord worth
$8.95; largest blue cat, Joe C.
Syptak of Ellinger, 12 pounds
15 ounces, $8.95 dip net and
bucket; largest white perch, A.
J. York of Schulenburg, 2Vfe
pounds, $15.50 South Bend
reel; largest other pprch, Char-
lie R. Giesber of Ilk Grange,
one pound six ounce bluegill,
$9.9$ casting rod; largest gas
pergou, Raymond M. Mikulen-
ka of Kirtley and fanil V. Baca
(Sec WILDLIFE, I'oge 2)
COUNTY TO GET
NEW AG AGENT
Fayette county will have a
new Extension Service agri-
cultural agent effective August
Also Okehs Plan
For State Ads,
School Baseball
rIbe La Grange Chamber of
Commerce Monday night plac-
L'UUUIUi UK*-III CUtTUVU ^UlgUSI ---------------
1 — in the person of Joe C . ied its support behind a pro-
Johnson, currently associate Posed farm-to-market r o ad
county agent of Lavaca county. *rom Warreniou to Shelby, via
He will succeed W “Rill” Haw Creek.
B. E. Stallones,
Dairy Industry’s
Benefactor, Dies
Ballard Elmer Stallones, a
man who rose from a $30 a
month dairy hand to one of the
most influential agricultural
figures in the nation, died early
Wednesday in the Tomball hos-
pital he helped to found.
Stallones, 67, president, man-
ager and a founder of the
South Texas Milk Producers
Assn., was stricken by a heart
attack. He died at 1:15 a. m.
Stallones was born in the
little crossroads community of
Old Star of the West in Pike
County, Ark , on Oct. 30, __
As a young man he at- three years He has now been I. Appearing before the chain
iH rum cchni>le A ..L . -
The action came after E. B.
Johnson, no relation except in" *,,v >.«■ nc ■mu *-• —
name. The retiring Favette l “Tex” Mayer 8ave an expfana-
agent will move to Gonzales, tlon of the proposed road and
where he will go into the farm- , introduced a three-man delega-
ing and ranching business. ltlon from the affected area who
The incoming county agent ialso are interested in the pro-
is a graduate of Texas A & M iPct-
college. He served as assistant | The road wouId connect with
agent in Runnels county for a ? farm-to-market road now be-
year and a half, then was coun-1 ing constructed to link Shelby
ty agent of Karnes county fori™**1 Brenham.
Various Postal
Rate Increases *
Effective Aug-. 1
A miscellany of new postal
rates — all revised upward, of
course—will go into effect, over
the nation on August 1, but
there is no promise from any
quarter that the mail service
will be improved.
Generally known already is
the fact that the familiar pur-
ple 3( stamp for first class let-
ters of one ounce or less will
be succeeded by a 4^ sticker,
and post and postal cards will
increase from 2 to 3 cents.
Airmail letters, not over eight
ounces, will go at 74 an ounce
after August 1, while air post
and postal cards will increase
to 5^ each.
Here’s a run-down of some
of the other new rates:
Third class mail, including
unsealed greeting cards, will
go at 3^ for the first two ounces
and 1 Vt4 for each additional
ounce. The weight limit for
third class mail shall be “up to
but not including 16 ounces.”
The new rate for second
class transient mail (such as
rolled newspapers and maga-
zines) will be 24 for the first
two ounces and 14 for each ad-
ditional ounce or fraction there-
of. The present rates are the
same, excepting that now the
second clause reads “1( for
each additional two ounces.”
Business reply cards will be
54 when delivered, and on
business reply envelopes, the
rate will be 4^ plus 24 per
piece when delivered.
The minimum rate for artic-
les of “odd size or form” will
increase from 3( to 6 cents.
The rate known as the “book
rate,” which includes bound
books of 24 pages or more,
16mm films and 16mm film
catalogs, will hereafter be 9(
for the first pound plus 54 for
each additional pound — with
no regard to zone.
There are various other rate
increases upcoming August 1,
but very few of them will af-
fect the average postal patron.
Still others will go on the
board on January 1 — princi-
pally of concern to publishers.
sion. When construction stop J W and winnei
- ------- St"’!!"1 tnt,vrrU*!«t Hostyn Hill, for Mw. Rosie
Conroe. Which one of the.se j Zatopek ~
Chambers Succeeds
Moyer In Rotary
J. Hudson Moyer, newly in-
stalled president of the La
Grange Rotary club, an-
nounced to the club Wednes-
day that he contemplated leav-
ing La Grange shortly and
tendered his resignation.
Weldon Chambers, vice-
president and editor of the
Iron Rim, the local club’s
weekly news sheet, was auto-
matically elevated to the pres-
idency.
Named as a new director
was Dr. James T. Makinson.
HAVE SON
Mr and Mrs. Elmond Wessels
are the proud parents of a sev-
en pound five ounce son. born
Monday at Fayette Memorial
hospital. He was named Dennis
Louis and was welcomed' by a
brother and two sisters.
tended rural schools of Ark-
ansas and got a teacher’s cer-
tificate. But he turned down a
$40-a-month teaching job to
become a dairy hand at $30.
He moved to Texas as a
young man and took a farm
job near Lebanon. He worked
for a dairy at Texarkana and
then became a lather in Dallas,
after which he spent some
time in Arizona and Utah.
He returned to Texas in
1918 to marry Miss Agnes Ma-
lone, who lived in Dallas coun-
ty.
in Lavaca county for three
years.
The new agent is married,
but they have no children.
LG Little Leaguers
Open District Flay
At Brenham July 21
La Grange's Little League
all-stars will play Bellville
Monday night, July 21 at 8
p. nV, in the opening round of j project,
the Area 2, District 13 tourna- ~ ~
ment at Brenham.
Other opening contest will
her were Sanford Schmid. Nor-
bert Meischen and Anstin
County Commissioner Carl D.
Neuman.
County Judge Henry J.
Schovajsa was present and said
he felt commissioners’ court
would be glad to give the mat-
ter consideration but that the
final decision will have to come
from the Highway department.
The chamber’s roads commit-
tee was instructed to appear
before the court to urge the
(See C. OF C., Page 5)
He is survived by his wife, a I
Mrs. 1 Dana Johnson.^aU^ofl bpJ^ween Brenham’s all-stirs MrS. Rosie Zatopek
^silica was 111 „ ■ ■ ' p” ">• Cmirne*and’ilalleLville . R*tes Set Friday
Houston construction "circles', ,dr‘<T f‘rst, r°Und b^S j Funeral services will be held
Siate f o r Tuesday^ night at the Jwmenek Funeral Cha-
r e a d s. Winner of the • La pe| at Ellinger at 10 a. m. Fri-
having done the lathing
some of the largest buildings L*' u " s .,V\|,,n,Tr of die ‘ , pel at Ellinger at 10 a. in. Fri-
in Ce city before the depres-, Vin ''' j *iame '”irs!,s ’day, with continued services at
sion. When d,... : Hallettsville, and winner of the i o,. jo, Mon/V,
(See STALLONES, Page 2)
contests will be played first re-
mains to be determined.
Winners of the Tuesday night
engagement tangle Wednesday
, ■ i a ■ i i r ., • omciaie ana nuriat will t
,h" «“ “T.
Test Plot Tour
Is Slated Monday
Farmers and others interest- ,
ed are invited to participate in next engages the winner of a
a test plot crop tour in the Rut- d'sfr*et including San Marcos,
ersville area, which will be 'GonzaIes. Lockhart and Kerr-
made Monday morning, July j v!I,e'.on.a neutr«! field for the
PI ar>r.npriinrt c,. a ..—. !ir 1 bi - district championship Fri-
day night.
Arrangements for the
. 96, who expired at
her home at Ellinger Wednes-
day.
The Rev. Francis Kolar will
officiate and burial will be in
G. Johnson.
The tourists are to meet at
the ag building, and departure
time is 9 a. m. .
Test plots to be inspected in-
clude hybrid corn variety, for-
age sorghum variety, hybrid
grain sorghum variety and
summer grass variety plots in-
cluding perennial sudan. sweet
Sudan, common Sudan and
sorghum almum.
dis-
trict tourney were made at a
meeting of official* from the
six loops at Brenham Tuesday
night,
HAS OPERATION
The deceased was bom in
Europe and came to this coun-
try when at the age of 11 years.
Her parents were Frank and
Anna Matus Gerik Sr. She was
married to Frank Zatopek Sr.
who preceded her in death 38
years ago.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Miss Sophie Zatopek of
Ellinger, Mrs. Jennie Martinek
of Ellinger and Mrs. Clifton
Carlisle of Houston; four sons,
Frank Jr. of Louise, John of
Mrs F. J. Stastny of Fay- L,an* JrD°‘ ~0Iulse; ;,'lhn of
etteville underwent a major <>p- ‘ !n‘i‘7’ 'Houston
oration at Fayette Memorial and 7be1°If‘I of E,J'n««r: nine
hiispilal here Monday ......^^SSSSS. "
WINNERS, RUNNER-UPS IN FAYETTE DRESS REVUE
v. i
There were a lot of pretty girls and club, junior class winner; Doris Ann Syn-
pretty dresses at the Fayette County 4-H nott, lea Grange Saturday club, runner-up
dress revue staged at the La Grange school and Judy Krebs, Round Top-Carmine sen-
cafeteria Friday. At left is Miss Nettie Mae ior class winner. Miss Steglich, no tin a a'n. im-
Steglich, home demonstration agent; who provement over iast year's show, congratu-
dtrected the revue. Then, left to right, are, luted the winners, their club leaders and
La Verne Bains, Rutersville club, runner- their mothers for their fine work in ih..
up to her sister, Linda Bains, Rutersville. field.
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