The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1953 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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VOLUME XXXI
LA GRANGE, TEXAS.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1953
NUMBER 44
Precincts 1 And 5 Are
Consolidated By Court
Ed L. Hruska Is
Named As Judge
Of New Precinct
Fayette county commission-
ers, in session here Wednes-
day, voted to consolidate jus-
tice precincts one and five in-
to one precinct and named
Justice of the Peace Ed L.
Hruska of Fayetteville as jus-
tice for the combined precinct.
Judge Hruska will have his
office in the courthouse at La
Grange.
As a lesult of the consolida-
tion, Constable A. V. Smith,
•who has been serving Precinct
1, will have his territory ex-
tended to include both the
areas of former Precincts 1
and 5. There has been no con-
stable serving in Precinct 5
since last year.
A deputy constable will be
named by Constable Smith at
a near future date, the ap-
pointee to serve the Fayette-
ville area.
Boh Harris, Veteran
Manager, Resigns Job
Robert F. (Bob) Harris, who
for nearly sixteen years has
managed the Von Rosenberg
Company here, Tuesday ended
that managerial era, having
resigned the position.
Mr. Harris, who has been
active in civic affairs in addi-
tion to his business duties here
during residence in La Grange,
came to this city in October of
1937 to assume the manager-
ship for the company, after a
number of years of experience
in similar positions.
He is a native of Big Spring,
Texas, completing schooling
there. Thereafter, he held posi-
tions with the A. P. McDonald
Co. of Big Spring, Texas,
Texas Power & Light Co. of
Dallas, Kimberlin Bros, of Big
Snring, Albert Fisher Co. of
Big Spring, and Pecos Mercan-
tile of Pecos, where he was
employed immediately prior
to coming here.
As for civic endeavors, Mr.
Harris was very actively iden-
tified with the once-alive
Chamber of Commerce and
held every “job” possible, with
the exception of president and
manager. He was always agres-
sive on the chamber’s highway
committee. He has been active
also in Lions’ club projects.
He Is a veteran of World
War IT, having served for 27
months with the Medical Corps
of the U. S, Army, during
which time his wife, the form-
er Miss Helen Boehm of Moul-
ton, efficiently served as
manager of the Von Rosen-
berg company.
Mr. Harris has not yet an-
nounced his plans for the
future.
FIRST JURY CASE
SET FOR APRIL 14
Although the spring term of
district court opens officially
here on April 6 when the
grand jury is called into ses-
sion, no jury case will be heard
until April 14, it was reported
here Tuesday by Ike J. Petras,
district clerk.
All cases which were origin-
ally set for April 6 and 7 have
been postponed, Mr. Petras
said.
The one jury case on docket
is that of Roy E. Bucek vs.
B. J. Dulak et al. It is sched-
uled, as of Tuesday, for 10 a.
m. April 14.
Judge J. R. Fuchs will be
here to open the new court
' term on the morning of April
6.
A light docket looms for
both civil and criminal cases.
Appeals Court Upholds
City On Tax Valuations
NEW BUSINESS
TO OPEN SOON
EASTER SUNRISE
SERVICE SLATED
Bluebonnet League
Formed; Play Starts
REVIVALIST
La Grange will have its On Sunday, May 3
second Easter Sunrise Service
at Sky-Hi Drive-In theatre at Reversing Shake speare’s j
6:15 a. m. A similar service theory that “a rose by another
last year attracted 875 people, name smells just as sweet,”
Zion Lutheran church, H. baseball moguls at Brenham;
A. Traugott, pastor, is again Monday night decided that the
sponsoring the service. Martin once-impressive South Cen- |
Kaiser Ls chairman of the ar-
rangements committee. Carl
Dunk, principal of Zion Luth-
eran school, will again direct
the choir and serve as organ-
ist.
Little Leaguers To
Begin Workouts On
Monday Afternoon
La Grange’s Little Leag-
uers, having the same spon-
sors as last season, have sched-
uled their first practice ses-
sion for Monday afternoon at
5 on the Hermes Elementary
diamond.
All lads between the ages of
8 and 12 are urged to report
for practice.
I Named as managers of the
four nines involved are Ker-
mit Koepke, Oliver Hengst,
Wilbur (Zlpp) Zapp and
Charles (Blitnpy) Hengst.
Teams will be chosen soon by
the managers and sponsors will
depend on “luck of the draw.”
Volunteers are invited to
serve as training assistants.
Sponsors include Western
, Auto Associate store, First
National bank, La Grange
State bank, and Morgan Lum-
ber Co.
Fifteen players will com-
pose the roster of each team, it
was announced.
Tuesday, starting at 4 p. m.
on the same diamond, the
Teen-Agers will have their in-
itial workout, with Brasher
Motor Company as sponsor
and Leslie Blume and Marvin
Dixon as managers.
Tentatively formed is a cir-
cuit composed of La Grange,
Giddings, Carmine and Bur-
ton. Schedule of play will be
announced later.
tral Texas League would
“smell sweeter” with a new
name, so they organized and
called it “The Bluebonnet
I^eague.”
Entered in the new circuit
j Easter ranks with Christmas will be La Grange, Bryan,
in importance in the Christian, Brenham, Navasota, Somer- |
religion. “Without Easter the | ville and Bellville, and the i
Christian religion would have | sextette will play a fifteen 1
nothing to stand on,” Rev. game schedule and conclude I
Traugott stated. “It’s message ' the season with a Shaughnessy
of ‘Peace be Unto You’ should j playoff.
become as familiar as the j Elected as president was
‘Peace on Earth’ of Christmas.” ; Donnie Dannhaus of Bren-
The playing of recorded [ ham. To aid in directing the
music will begin at 6 a. m.
The public Ls invited to come
as they are, since they can re-
main in their cars for the en-
tire service. Special mementos
of the service will again be
distributed.
Bids Awarded For
Schulenburg School
B L. McGee of Austin was
low bidder among 12 contrac-
tors on construction of a new
Negro school at Schulenburg.
The announcement was made
at the March meeting of the
school board. McGee’s bid was
$16,575. Walter Dracmer of
Giddings got the electric con-
tract for $1975. G. H. Strick-
land of Schulenburg was low
for plumbing and heating with
$5083.14.
The structure will be a nine-
classroom brick building 258
feet long and 22 feet wide.
Classes will be held in the
moved building or in churches
the rest of this semester. The
contractor has 50 working days
in which to complete the new
building. > i *
Mrs. Albert Hahn
Taken By Death
Mrs. Albert Hahn, 67, who
died at her home in the Ab-
bott’s Grove community, was
laid to rest in the Black Jack
cemetery Thursday morning
following services at the Black
Jack Lutheran church, the
Rev. F. E. Eilers officiating.
A widow of many years,
Mrs. Hahn leaves two daugh-
ters, Frieda and Sonja, and a
son, Albert, all residing in the
family residence.
BABY GIRI. BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Moerbe
are the happy parents of a
loop, one representative from
each club will be named as a
director.
No players will be “import-
ed” this season, all teams in-
volved having agreed to use
amateurs.
La Grange has not yet or-
ganized its club, however, is
in the process of so doing. A
manager has not been named
as of the present and no work-
out date has been announced.
The league begins play Sun-
day, May 3, in the afternoon
with “lighted-field” nines play-
ing at “non-lighted” field
teams home fields. La Grange.
Brenham and Bryan have
lighted diamonds; Navasota,
Bellville and Somerville are
minus Mazdas.
The Rev. J. E. Roth, manag-
er of the Latham Springs Bap-
tist Encampment and former
La Grange pastor, will con-
duct a revival at the First Bap-
tist church here April 10
Only Seven County
Trustees File For
Re-election April 4
Qualified voters of Fayette
county Saturday, April 4, will
elect eleven trustees in six
school areas, only seven of
whom filed for re-election.
In the case of those who
failed to place their name on
the ballot, Supt. F. E. Lobpries
pointed out that it will require
a “write-in.” Eligible is (a)
anyone living within the school
district involved, (b) a quali-
fied tax-payer, and (c) able to
read and write the English
language.
County board members who
have announced for re-election
are; Edward L. Marek of Pre-
cinct 1, Fayetteville; H. L. F.
Doerr of Carmine, Precinct 2;
and Emil Greive of Flatonia,
Precinct 3.
Two members of the county
board have terms of office
Fuchs’ Injunction
Granted Jopling
Is Dissolved
Dairy Mart, a chain which procedure used b the City
sells ice cream, malted milk, ^ Grange in fixing tax
a t*AeA' ,SUndaeS’ hn d°gS valuations was upheld by the
and allied delicacies will open court q{ civil ls at Austin
here m the near future, fol-
lowing completion of its build- A ..
ing near the Albers Hatchery,
adjacent to Highway 71.
Acting on an appeal in the
case of C. C. Jopling et al vs.
. , , . , the City of La Grange et al,
Official opening date will be ^ ^ held the Fayette
innimooH crvnn onH hn t/i a I *
announced soon and the formal; district court m Us holdings in
w o e pu lc is ixpec e mosj respects but reversed ths
to be about April 15. It is re- ______ ____
ported by E. B. Mayer, local
locker plant manager, that it
will be “locally owned and
operated by La Grange peo-
ple.”
court in its judgment with re-
spect to Mr. Jopling.
It will be recalled that Mr.
Jopling brought the suit for
himself and all other property
owners to enjoin the city from
To be installed here will be collecti taxes on vaiuation3
a pre-fabneated metal and
porcelain structure, work on
which is now under way.
New Patio Makes
Bow Here Sunday
At Cottonwood Inn
which
through 19, it is announced by , which have not yet expired,
the Rev. J. H. Mitchell, pastor. [ W. L. Morgan, board member
Mrs. J. G. Mason will direct;at large, and Robert Schaefer
the music, Mrs. Sarah Oeltjen of Precinct 4, were elected last (
will be organist and Carolyn year.
In response to his many
patrons, V. A. (Slim) Hrbacek
has temporarily converted his
new “annex” into a patio for
the summer and patrons of the j filed the suit for himself and
dine and dance emporium will
were raised by an
across the board seven per-
cent as directed by the city
council.
District Judge J. R. Fuchs,
in the ensuing trial, rendered
a judgment in favor of Mr.
Jopling on the grounds that
the action was arbitrary and
void and an injunction was
granted against the city collect-
ing the increase on Mr. Jop-
ling’s property. While he had
Gallamore
will be 10 a. m.
daily.
assistant. Services
and 8 p. m.
Three Hour Service
On Good Friday
The Seven Last Words of ______
Christ from the Cross will be Frank Heger _
the theme of the Meditations Neiser, Pecan Common School
In Fayetteville’s R. H. S. No.
61, Ben M. Halamicek and Al-
vin F. Galle have announced
for election and in Round
Top-Carmine, candidates who
announced are Alwin Rauch
and Willie Meiners.
Those whose terms of office
are expiring but who did not
announce for re-election are:
and Frank J.
have opportunity during the
warm months to feast and
have fun “under the moon-
light” at Cottonwood Inn, a
short distance west of town,
adjacent to Highway 71.
Opening dance on the new
zephyr-swept patio will be
Easter Sunday night when
George and His Buddies of1
all others similarly situated,
the court held that he alone
was in court and entitled to
relief.
The appeals court, however,
held differently. Tt reversed
that part of the judgment in
Jopling’s favor and dissolved
the injunction. The rest of the
court’s judgment war upheld.
The board of equalization
Schulenburg visit La Grange j was within its rights in raising
to provide both modem and values to meet the city’s tax
TO ATTEND ‘SCHOOL’
Mrs. B. D. Oder, chief clerk
for Selective Service Board
No. 44, which serves Fayette,
Colorado and Austin counties,
^Wncrer Tomato
Festival Planned
Ellinger’s 14th annual Tom-
ato Festival will be staged
there Sunday, May 31, open-
ing with a spectacular street
parade, fete officials reported
Tuesday afternoon.
In addition to other enter-
tainment, two dances are
scheduled. Further informa-
tion will be announced later.
Eg-jEr Hunt Saturday
On S. H. S. Grounds
The annual Easter Egg hunt
for children attending Sacred
Heart school, as well as for
pre-school children, will be
held on the Catholic school
grounds starting at 2:30 Satur-
day afternoon.
The event, sponsored by the
parish F.-T. A., is always one
anticipated with glee by the
kiddos.
K. C.’S MEET MONDAY
Chromcik council, Knights
of Columbus, will hold its
April meeting Monday at 7:30
at La Grange, Grand Knight
Leo Tiemaim announces.
La Grange To Elect
Trio Of Trustees
La Grange Independent
School district’s qualified vot-
ers Saturday, April 4, will
name three trustees for terms
of three years each.
All of those whose terms ex-
pire have announced for re-
election. The trio includes
Harry Vogt, Alwin Baumbach,
and Henry Witt.
baby daughter born Thursday j will he in attendance at a
at Fayette Memorial hospital. | “clerk’s school” in Houston on
She weighed seven pounds and 1 April 9-10, however, the office
has been named Charlene here will remain open, on both
Faye. |days.
at the Three Hour Service on district; John Stryk, Emil
Good Friday, in St. James’
Episcopal church.
The hours will be from 12
noon to 3 p. m., the three dark-
est hours on Calvary, in com-
memoration of the Lord’s suf-
fering upon the Cross.
“You are invited," the Rev
Psencik and Edmund Thiede,
Cistern R. H. S. No. 44; Pete
P. Rainosek and Joe C. Fiet-
sam of Hostyn R. H. S. No. 70.
Mrs. Anna Rotter
Interred Wednesday
J. Lockhart reports, “to attend j
any part or all of this service,! Funeral services were con-
to spend some time on this ducted at the Koenig Funeral
day re-living in our hearts and Home here Wednesday after-
in a small way the suffering noon ^or Mrs. Anna Rotter, 75,
which Jesus bore for us, and who expired Tuesday at the
St. Anthony Rest Home here.
old-time music. Other dances
are planned and will be an-
nounced in advance.
The new dance floor, of con-
crete, has 2,280 square feet of
space and in case you’re not
mathematically minded, to
make it quite simple, it is 60
feet long and 38 feet wide and
has a 14 by 14 space reserved
renuirements, the higher court
held.
“The fact that the needs of
the city were made known to
the board and that it acted to
meet those needs does not in-
validate its action,” the court
said.
“It is true that the board
was lawfully authorized to
to give your love to Him.”
Temporary Pastures Prove Valuable
The intrinsic value of hav-
ing a temporary pasture, in
terms of economic savings, in
“taking the pressure off” the
permanent pasture, in saving
soil, and in saving labor, is be-
ing demonstrated daily on the
farm of young Elton Knape,
Swiss Alp farmer, a coopera-
tor of the Bastrop-Fayette Soil
Conservation district and cus-
todian for some of the district’s
soil building equipment.
Mr. Knape, whose farm is
located near Swiss Alp, a mile
and a half west of Highway
77, is definitely “sold” on the
worth of a temporary pasture.
“I’ll always follow the prac-
tice of having a temporary
pasture, as long as I’m farm-
ing,” Mr. Knape told The Re-
cord. “You just can't beat it.
I’ve received great help from
the soil conservation district.
When I first started here five
years ago, the farm was ‘run
down.’ The district helped me
run terraces and with other
soil conservation improve-
ments. By being a member of
the district, it has helped me a
‘heck’ of a lot.
“It has helped me build up
my land; it has conserved the
Water (from rainfall) because
where I had planted clover
and oats, no water was wasted;
plus that, it protected the soil
against wind erosion by hav-
ing the cover crops.”
Elton's five-acre temporary
pasture was dry seeded with
two bushels of Mustang Red
oats to the acre and a ten
pound mixture of bur and
The Rev. Raymond W. Durst
I of Rutersaille officiated and
burial was in the new city
cemetery.
The deceased was a daugh-
ter of the late August Ladusch
and wife who immigrated to
this area from Germany. She
was the widow of Sebastion
Rotter who preceded her in
death in 1944.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Emil Huebel of Colum-
bus; two sons, Henry A. and
Willie of near La Grange; two
sisters, Miss Bertha Ladusch
of New Ulm and Mrs. Louise
Lenz of Sinton; a brother, Her-
man Ladusch of New Ulm;
and six grandchildren.
for the orchestra. There is ad- 1 equalize property values with
ditional space also for tables the view of placing an equal
on the sides of the dancing burden upon all property to bo
floor. | taxed, but to say that the board
The new patio will be used could not consider the amount
only during the summer of of money needed to meet the
1953, Mr. Hrbacek explained, lawful budget of the city and
When fall arrives, it will be could not fix property values
converted into a covered an-: with reference thereto would
nex and will be exclusively de- 1 deprive the board of any justi-
signed for dancing. . It will fication to fix property values
sport rest rooms for both sexes, for the assessment of taxes.”
an office, and will have an ex-
terior of glass tile. A Spanish
motif will be employed.
R. M. Schott and Cyril Baca
have handled all of the con-
struction thus far, with the ex-
ception of a neat white-panel
fence surrounding the area, HAVE BABY GIRI,
which was in charge of Henry
Hrbacek.
The owner, elsewhere in this
Mr. Jopling had appealed
the district court decision to
extend the relief granted to
him to other city taxpayers In
doing so, however, he lost his
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hagler are
the happy parents of a baby
girl born Monday at Fayette
Shown inspecting the temporary pasture on the larm of
Elton Knape, right, of Swiss Alp, is Rov Bucek of Schulenburg,
a director of the Bastrop-Fayette Soil Conseivation Service,
which strongly endorses the theories and practices employed
by this youthful farmer.
issue, extends a cordial invi- j Memorial hospital. She weigh-
tation to the public to attend ed six pounds and has been
Sunday night's attraction. named Cheri Lynn.
Hubam clover.
By mid-December 36 hogs
and 13 head of cattle were
placed part-time on the tem-
porary pasture and on January
15, they were placed there
full-time. The real value of the
pasture then showed itself. The
clover and oats have grown
faster than the cattle can eat
it. After two “solid" months of
grazing, the pasture is still in
excellent condition, very green
and affording plenty of graz-
ing.
Within the next four weeks,
the five acre temporary pas-
ture will be plowed under *and
Blue Panicum grass will be
drilled. The grass will lie-
planted in rows. When this
is done, the livestock will move
to his 40 acre permanent pas-
ture which, relieved from
“pressure" because of the tem-
porary one, is now ready for
action.
In addition to conserving his
permanent pasture, Elton fi-
gures he saved $120 on hay
during the past two months,
and it saved him the labor,
too, of feeding the hay daily.
Anyone who has the notion
that a temporary pasture isn’t
worth the effort would change
his mind in a hurry after view-
ing what has been accomplish-
ed on the Knape' farm. It
"speaks’t for itself—even to a
fellow who isn't a-farmer.
March Was Dry;
April Starts Wet
The past month ended up
being the driest March since
1942, but April came in with
| a most welcome 1.02 inch rain.
Total for March was a mere
[ .48 of an inch. The 1942 figure
was .39.
La Grange’s rain for April
came Wednesday night, most
of it within a few minutes time.
Farmers and gardners were
delighted over the precipita-
tion which was ideal for most
vegetation.
PATIENT IMPROVING
Wm. Loessin, one of the
county’s most widely known
men and former sheriff of Fay-
ette, is convalescing from an
eye infection which has hos-
pitalized him at Fayette Me-
morial since March 22. He was
reported Thursday morning as
being in much improved health
and his early recovery is anti-
cipated.
Holy Week Services
At Methodist Church
Special Holy Week services
at the Travis Street Methodist
church have been announced
by the pastor, the Rev. O. E.
Linstrum, as follovys:
Thursday evening at 7:30 p.
m.: Candle Lighted Service.
Holy Communion Hour.
Good Friday: The Youth
department hold this service
at 7:30. All invited.
Easter Sunday Services at
10:30 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m.
IN HOUSTON HOSPITAL
O. A. Krueger of Warren-
ton is in a Houston hospital
preparatory to a major opera-
tion, according to word re-
ceived from his wife Thurs-
day. She requested that their
Record be sent to this address:
729 Teetshorn St., Houston 9,
Texas. Mrs. Krueger anticipat-
ed that her husband would be
confined to the hospital for
some tjfne. 1
P/VTIENT IMPROVED
Henry Luck of La Grange,
who underwent a major opera-
tion at John Sealy hospital on
March 22, Monday was report-
ed to be in a vastly improved
condition, after having suffer-
ed a critical period during the
week-end.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, April 2, 1953
The following prices wen
paid in La Grange on the above
date and are subject to mar-
ket changes. Eggs and poultry
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Colton, middling ........... 32:00
Hens ....................— 21c to 24o
Fryers -------------- 24c to 25o
Eggs: 1
Grade A, Large . 43c to 45e
Grade B ................38c to 40o
Grade A, Small ......... 30q
Grade C ................... 20c
Roosters .............................
Sweet Cream:
Direct Shippers .............. 55,,
Sour CreRm:
' 1 Dtrect Shippers ........... sru
Station ...........,1...............470
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