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Published Twice Weekly By The Fayette Publishing1 Company, La Grange, Texas
volume xxxxra
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
LA GRANGE, TEXAS 78845 TUESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1965
NUMBER 89
<V»i»s pl“ T«M
ANNUAL BUDGET
ON CUB ERRORS
TO VICTOR 13-7
LHS Comes From
Behind In Fourth
With Two Scores
Two fourth quarter fumble
recoveries gave La Grange the
scoring opportunities it need-
ed and the District 19-AA Leo-
pards cashed in on them for a
13-7 triumph over Brenham’s
Triple-A Cubs at Brenham
Friday night.
The game was the season’s
opener for both.
Brenham held a 7-0 lead go-
ing into the final seven min-
utes of play.
The Cubs had scored on the
last play of the third period af-
ter getting possession on the
Lep 10 when a La Grange per-
former touched a long punt
and a Brenham lad recovered.
David Atkinson went over
from the five on the second
scrimmage play.
The first Leopard TD came
five minutes deep in the final
stanza when La Grange cover-
ed a Cub fumble at the Cub 20,
and on fourth down Malcolm
Voelkel passed to Roy Maas
for the payoff. A repeat of the
play for the bonus points was
not good.
Brenham fumbled the en-
suing kickoff, and Erwin Sla-
dek recovered for the purple
and gold. The Leopards then
fumbled with the Cubs cover-
ing the loose ball and, return-
ing the favor, the Brenhamites
let the ball get away with
Bruce Frnasai pouncing on it
for L* Grange on the enernv
The 38th annual Fayette CATALOGS ARE HERE;
County Fair scheduled here 1 (JO OUT THIS WEEK
Sept. 17-18-19 will offer one of
the finest entertainment pro-
grams in many a year.
Tapped for the three-day ex-
position are two topnotch ro-
deos, a pet show, a talent
quest, racer derbies, a street
parade and three toe-tingling
dances.
The rodeos Friday and Sat-
urday nights promise to be the
wildest and wooliest in many a
fair, what with Sloan Williams
of Hungerford co-promoting
the spectacle with La Grange’s
E. A. Sladek.
A rodeo queen’s contest will
be held in connection. Girls
from high school age through
21, single, and able to ride a
horse are eligible, and judging
will be on personality, appear-
ance and horsemanship. Or-
ganizations wishing to sponsor
contestants should contact
Two Are Arrested
After Ellinger Man
Robbed Saturday
Two Houston Negro men
were arrested Sunday morning
and jailed here by Sheriff T.
J. Flournoy in connection with
the hi-jacking of an elderly
man near Ellinger about 11 p.
m. Saturday.
Victim of the robbery was
Adolph Fiala. A billfold con-
taining $163 was taken from
his person and his clothing was
torn in the struggle.
Fiala told the sheriff he was
walking home when two men
The 1965 fair catalogs were
delivered by the printers Sat-
urday, and will go out this
week, said Secy. Milton J. Pe-
chal. The 92-page books were
printed this year hy The Schu-
lenburg Sticker.
either Co-chairmen Melvin
Menking, Bill Rheman or Mr.
Sladek. The rodeo queen will
be crowned at the Saturday
night performance.
Miss Jo Lynn Petras of La
Grange, South Texas Fair
queen who will be presented
at both rodeos, will present the
award to the rodeo queen
Erection of another set of
new bleachers gives the area a
permanent seating capacity
of approximately 2,000.
The pet show, slated at the
ball park Saturday at 2:30, is
open to any Fayette county
youngster, or attends school
in the county, to age 14. Tro-
phies and ribbons will be a-
warded winners in a half-doz-
en pet categories. Official en-
try blanks—one appears in an
ad in this issue—should be fil-
ed with Ted Houghton bf La
Grange, pet show chairman.
The talent quest will b* stag-
(See FAIR. Page 2)
FALL BIBLE INSTITUTE SLATED
The annual Central Texas Bi- j for the worship period. Each
ble Institute, sponsored by the , Tuesday one of three courses
congregations of the Lutheran 1 will be available. The following
Church-Missouri Synod in this courses are offered for the first
area, wil lbe held simulta- semester comprising four
neously this year at Mt. Cal- \ weeks: “Facing the Problems
vary Lutheran church, La ' of Original Sin” by the Rev. R.
Grange, and' Immanunel Luth- j Frieling of Winchester; “Fa-
eran church, Giddings, begin- j mily Relations as Prophesied
ning Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.; by Jesus” by the Rev Ewald
m.
Sessions will
30. Three plays later. Robert I in a car passed him, turned a-
Tiedt went into the end zone on 1 round and drove back, and of-
a fullback slant and Maas
kicked the extra point.
Voelkel nullified a desper-
ate Cub offense following the
kickoff when he intercepted a
Cub aerial with 37 seconds to
go, and La Grange ran out the
clock to make the victor^ se-
cure.
As was predicted, the game
was a fine defensive battle,
with Sladek, Voelkel, Tiedt,
Roger Roitsch, Johnny Corner
and Bob Glaiser playing ma-
jor roles in this department
for the victors.
The game marked the first
in nearly two years in which
a T,n Grange team came from
behind to win. In early Nov-
ember 1963 the Leps trailed
Sealy there, 12-0, at half-time,
then came to life in the final
two stanzas to triumph by 13-
12.
Next Fridav La Grange
goes to Bollville. whose fourth
state-rated Brahmas defeated
Clear Creok hy 35-6 last week
fered him a ride home. When
they got near his house, they
pushed him out and robbed
him. Fiala said he walked to
Ellinger the next morning to
report the incident. Flournoy
picked up Fiala, and they
found the suspects at the home
of the father of one of the duo
near Cummins creek the other
side of Fayetteville. Recover-
ed was $134 of the missing
money.
Theft from person charges
were filed Sunday in Justice
of the Peace A. V Smith’s
court against Leon Holmes and
Kenny Terry, both about 25.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Donald Theodore Marburger
and Miss Marguerite Yvonne
Hardcastle.
James Alvin Weikel and Miss
Josephine Ann Schobel.
Ernest John Kutac and Miss
Ann Beiersdorfer.
George T. Burley and Miss
Vivian M. Hodge.
Tuesday and continue through
Oct. 26.
The Rev. A. Bruns of Schu-
lenburg will serve as chaplain
1 Recks of Smithville; and “The
be held each Proper Use of Christian Pray-
a* *1. 1 nM* nit KIT IVfl n itlin Qfinimt-i.. nf
LG QB’S BENEFIT
DANCE THURSDAY
Thursday night, Sept. 9, is
the date and the fair pavilion
is the place for the La Grange
Quarterback club’s first bene-
fit dance.
And completing the enter-
tainment program is Blume’s
Orchestra, which will furnish
the music for the evening.
Admission to the dance is by 1 “s secretary-treasurer and Mr.
er” by Mr. Martin Schuetze of
Lincoln.
Second semester courses
which begin Oct. 5 are: “Old
Testament Background of the
Life of Jesus” by the Rev.
George Heinemeier of Man-
heim; “A Bible Study of the
First Three Chapters of Gene-
sis” by the Rev Carl Bwr of
Lincoln; and “From th#Exile
to Christ” by the Rev Jon
Siemsglutz of Lexington.
Dean for the Bible Institute
is the Rev. T. H. Graalniann of
La Grange. Miss Evelyn Rein-
hardt of Winchester will serve
one dollar donation, and ad
vance tickets may be purchas-
ed from any Quarterback offi-
cer, member or dance commit-
teeman, including Les Blume,
Lloyd Kolbe, Mike Sharp, Dr.
C. Garrette Ray, Erwin A. 1 * ■ .
Sladek, A. D. “Red” Voelkel, *or Achievement
Frank J. Kana and Walter
Oeltjun.
Arthur Moebus of Serbin is in
charge of publicity.
The public is invited to at-
tend.
LG Motor Co. Cited
IN BEAUTY SCHOOL
Miss Dorothy Tupa of New
Braunfels, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Tupa and a
granddaughter of Mr and Mrs,
Jim V Fajkus of O’Quinn, has
entered the cosmetology at
the Isbelle’s Beauty Culture
college in San Antonio. Miss
Tupa, a ’65 graduate of New
Braunfels High was awarded a
trophy for being an outstand-
ing student in homemaking.
CZECHOSLOVAK DAY SET AT ELM MOTT
The first Czechoslovak i juniors and adults from the
Wull„bl?v!d I district, a team of
SPJST lodge hall at Elm Mott, i . , . _ .
between Waco and West, «n d,“T dancm* th* Czech°-
Sunday, Sept. 19, and the pro-! s*°vak National Beseda, a pro-
moters are inviting “just eve-1 menade of authentic Czecho-
rybody” to come out for a good ; slovak costumes with prizes j breads, respectively, that will
tunc. given, an exhibition of dolls | be on sale.
The afternoon program will j dressed in authentic costumes All people of Czechoslovak
include the big Eric Honza Or- from the various regions of ‘ extraction and their friends
chestra of Ennis in concert, a j Czechoslovakia, choral groups, (from everywhere are invited Gordon MacKenzie,
, and other delicious foods from
a team of j over the state.
Lukas Bakery and Mrs. Win.
Wiemken will provide some of
their pastries and homemade
Sokol gymnastic exhibition by i and sale of sausages, breads | to this great occasion.
The La Grange Motor Co.,
local Ford dealership. last
j week received the following
let'er from the Ford Motor
Co. along with the award as
detailed.
“Congratulations! The Ford
Dealer Distinguished Achieve-
ment Award has been present-
ed especially to your dealer-
ship in recognition of the high
standards which you demon-
strated during the year 1964
in dealership management
techniques, merchandising
practices, service to customers
and in your dealership facili-
ties. I am proud to extend my
heartiest congratulations to
you for this outstanding ac-
complishment!
"A large share of the success
which the Ford dealer organi-
zation has achieved over the
years may be attributed to the
superior management which
dealers such as yourself have
shown in qualifying for the a-
ward. In 1964 approximately
twenty per cent of all Ford
dealers were so qualified. We
appreciate the example of qua-
lity representation which Dis-
tinguished Achievement A-
ward dealers have set in their
communities, and believe there
is no question but that the ex-
tra effort so typical of this cap-
able group will do much to as-
sure the future success of the
Ford dealer organization and
Ford division.
“The management of the di-
vision joins me in pride for
your accomplishment We are
confident that in the years a-
head you will continue to main-
tain the high standards of deal-
ership operation which the A-
ward represents. Best wishes
for your success!”
The letter was signed by
general
Two Paving Jobs
Awarded; Ag Hall
Addition Planned
Fayette county’s commis-
sioners, at their monthly meet-
ing last week, adopted the bud-
get for the new year starting
Jan. 1, accepted two paving
bids, and made preliminary
plans for beautifying the court-
house area and for adding to
the Ag building.
The operating budget for the
ensuing calendar period is for
$590,218.76. The expenditure
estiinination, approximately
$118,000 greater than for the
current year, includes a large
outlay for the Ag building
work and for replacing old
road and bridge machinery.
The same tax rates as now
in effect—60e for advalorem
and 30# for farm-to-market
road and flood control purpos-
es—were again adopted. The
budget, prepared by County
Auditor Homer D. Eck, esti-
mates county advalorem re-
ceipts to be $153,125.69 based
on 98 pet. collections, and $51,-
900.20 to be collected in F-M
and flood control levies.
The estimated assessment is
$25,744,115, and the F-M and
flood estimated assessment is
$17,635,465
Other court business includ-
ed:
7— Scheduled tax levies for
the several rural school dis-
tricts, that at Praha at 500,
Hostyn’s at 750, Fayetteville’s
at $1.30 and Cistern’s at $1.
—-Accepted the bid of Sch-(
wabe & Mikes Paving Co. of
Shiner for double asphalt pav-
ing of five miles of roads in
Precinct 1 and 2.5 miles in
Precinct 4. The bids were bro-
ken down on a piece-miel ba-
sis.
— The judge was instructed
to engage a landscaping archi-
tect to prepare plans and spe-
cifications for the courthouse
at not to exceed $500.
— Ordered that J. D. Legler
be employed to prepare the
necessary plans and specifica-
tions on the proposed addition
to the Ag building.
— And ordered that the
bond of the county clerk be in-
creased to $10,000 and bonds
of county clerk deputies in-
creased to $5,000. ail in accor-
dance with action of the last
Legislature.
sales manager.
Elevator Mishap
Claims County Lad
Eugene Berger, 19, of the St
John community near Schu-
lenburg, died at a Houston hos-
pital Saturday of injuries re-
ceived in a 21-story elevator
fall in the Bayou City Wednes-
day.
Four other persons were
killed instantly in the acci-
dent.
Funeral for young Berger,
a 1963 graduate of Bishop Fo-
rest High school, will be held
at 9 a. m. Tuesday at the Sch-
wenke Baumgarten Funeral
Home in Schulenburg with
continued services at the St.
John’s Catholic church.
Surviving are his parents,
Mr and Mrs. Alfons Berger; a
sister, Virginia, all of St. John;
and two brothers, David of St.
John and Thomas of Houston
VAN HITS BRIDGE
An eastbound furniture van
driven by Morgan Williams of
Conroe struck a bridve railin«
on State Highway 159 a half
mile east of Willow Springs at
4:15 p. m. Saturday and jack-
knifed, with part of the six-
wheeler going into the ditch
Patrolman A. F. Hall said Wil
liams was unhurt but between
$3,000 and $4,000 damage was
done to the rig. It required
five hours to clear the wreck-
age.
Former Missionary
New Presbyterian
Pastor In La Grange
Rev. Frank McElroy Jr. is
the new minister of First Pres-
byterian church in La Grange.
He and his family have moved
here from Yoakum, where he
was minister, and are residing
in the Presbyterian manse.
He succeeds Rev. Troy Jar-
vis, pastor in La Grange for
the past seven years, who is re-
tiring because of ill-health.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis are now
residing in Austin.
Mr. McElroy is a graduate of
Austin college and of Austin
Presbyterian Theological Sem-
inary. He is a former mission-
ary to the Congo and was born
there, the son of Presbyterian
missionaries. His father, Rev.
W. F. McElroy Sr., was a mis-
sionary in the Congo for 41
years, beginning in 1915.
The new La Grange minis-
ter served his first pastorate
at Fairfield, from 1942 to 1944.
He was pastor at Donna until
1948, when he began mission-
ary work in the Belgian Con-
go. He returned from Africa in
1960 and, following a year’s
illness, became minister at
Yoakum.
His wife is the former Kath-
ryn Patton of Lockhart. They
have three children. A son,
David, is a sophomore at Aus-
tin college. A daughter, Mary
Lou, will be a junior at La
Grange High school. Their
youngest, Paul, is a second
grader.
UPPINGlENATE
VOTE TUESDAY
Scheduled Tuesday over
Texas is a special election on
the proposed constitutional a-
mendment to increase the
membership in the Texas Se-
nate from 31 to 39.
Proponents say that passage
of the amendment would “ease
the pains of re-districting” and
it would also remove the con-
stitutional bar against a single
county having more than one
senator.
A light vote is being predict-
ed, a fact that is borne out in
that only five absentee votes
had been cast in Fayette coun-
ty up to Friday morning—the
last day for ballotting in ab-
sence.
Countywise, the election will
he held in all 24 voting boxes,
and results are to be reported
in to the county clerk’s office
here after the polls close at 7
p. m. Tuesday.
As usual, the polls will open
at 8 a. tn.
ROAD CRASHES
CLAIM 2 MORE
IN FAYETTE CO.
A 58-year-old San Antonio
lady, Mrs. Hedwig Hildebrand,
was killed in a two-car colli-
sion 1.8 miles east of Schulen-
burg on US Highway 77 at
4:45 p. m. Friday.
Her husband, John Hilde-
brand and driver of the car in
which she was a passenger,
was not hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stein-
hauser of Flatonia, who were
in the other car, were taken
to the Youen's hospital in
Weimar but were said to not
have been seriously injured.
The Steinhausers, cousins of
A. C. ■ Steinhauser of here,
were to have been released
from the hospital the weekend.
Schulenburg Patrolman Ru-
dy Machala’s report said
the Hildebrands’ eastbound
car hit a rain-slick spot in the
road as the driver applied his
brakes to slow for traffic, spun
out of control and veered into
the opposite lane, striking the
Steinhausers’ west bound auto.
Mrs. Hildebrand’s death was
the county’s ninth in traffic
this year, and was the third in
less than a week. Saturday
night, Aug. 28, Kenneth C.
Blume, 18. of Wathalla died
when his car struck the High-
way 71 river bridge here and
last Wednesday Mrs. Hilton
Going, 29, of Baytown died in
a Houston hospital of injuries
suffered in a two-car wreck
at Schulenburg the previous
Saturday afternoon.
Starts Sept. 13;
Teacher Meeting,
Registration Set
Meiners Expanding
Shop Department
Meiners Motor Co. here is in
process of making a 68-foot
long and 40-foot wide extension
to its auto mechanical depart-
ment at the rear of its present
building.
The old residence at the rear
of the shops, which was leased
about six months ago from
Mrs. Jack Holloway, is being
partially utilized in the new ad-
dition.
E. W. Meiners, owner, said
two front porches and a front
room are being removed from
the old home, and the remain-
der will be fitted into the ad-
dition.
The Meiners firm is the loc-
al dealership for Dodge. Ply-
mouth. Chrysler, Imperial aut-
omobiles and Dodge trucks.
The totally-integrated La
Grange public schools will
open Monday morning, Sept.
13, for the new term—two
weeks later that usual because
of the Neighborhood Youth
Corps project now underway
here but which will close this
Friday.
A general meeting for the 64-
member school faculty is
scheduled for Friday, starting
at 9 a. m.
Registration for all first gra-
ders, as well as for students
who have not previously at-
tended the local schools, will
be held Thursday from 9 until
3 o’clock, Friday from 1 until
3 p. m., and late-comers may
register prior to classes Mon-
day morning, the 13th.
School buses will travel the
same routes this term as they
did last year, Supt. C. A. Lem-
mons said.
The Hermes school cafeteria
will be in full operation start-
ing with the first day of
school. Junior high students
will be transported to the cafe-
teria by bus for the noonday
lunch for the present—until
such time as awaited Federal
assistance is received for com-
pleting the cafeteria, library
and laboratory facilities at the
junior high school, formerly
the Randolph school. All class-
room renovation and redecora-
tion at the junior high has
been completed.
Supt. Lemmons said it is aa
yet impossible to forecast just
what the total enrollment
might be this term. It most
likely will be somewhat less
than a year ago because some
former transfers into the high
school here will not be return-
ing this term.
AT FT. POLK
Pvt. Bernard Joe Vasek, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vasek of
Rt. 3, La Grange, has arrived
at Fort Polk. La., for his basic
training. Bernard is a gradu-
ate of La Grange Hieh school
KC’x TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Chromcik Council Knights of
Columbus will be held Wed-1 and Wayne School of Chicago,
nesdav Sept. 8. at 8 p. m. at j 111. He is a member of Co C
the KC home Members are I 2nd Bn. 5th BDE, Fort Polk,
urged to attend. ! La.
And No 100-Dejfrees—Yet!
Rainfall About Normal
Thus Far In Year '65
Area weather has been just i this year, and that was on July
aibout normal for the first two-1 28. Not a single 100-degree
thirds of the year 1965, but it i reading has yet been register-
must be said that the summer | ed!
has not been nearly us intense
aa in some of the other recent
corresponding periods.
Moisturewise, it’s rained jusit
a little above normal. Precipit-
ation from Jan 1 through the
last of August officially total-
ed 25 39 inches here, whereas
norm for the period is 24.90—
an accumulated excess of 40
of an inch.
The bigger difference is in
the temperatures.
Only once has the mercury
climbed to the 99-degree mark
By sharp contrast, the offi-
cial thermometer hit or exceed
100 readings on eight different
days last year, sultriest being
a 103 on Aug. 8. But in 1963,
the “dry” year, it got to 100 or
more on 22 different occasions,
with a 102-degree reading on
Sept. 3 having been the year’s
tops.
It will be recalled that it
rained just 16.44 inches here
in 1963, or less than in any of
the drought years of the 50’s.
Flournoy Bemoans
Rash Of Vehicular
Mishaps In County
We had a lot of traffic acci-
dents this month, and two men
were killed in separate acci-
dents. Several people were
hospitalized and there was lota
of damage to automobiles. I
don’t know any way to remedy
these accidents, but if I did, I
would not have to be sheriff,
1 would be a “super man.”
Well, 1 will get along with the
daily doings.
Alin. 1. K<*irulai' weekend patrol.
2. Cull near El linger to u ono-
car accident. One man was killed
and a 196D Chevrolet demolished.
Also two tailed tor drnnkness.
3. West Point serving citation,
and O'Quinn tor investigation.
4. Serving citations around I*
Orange and routine work.
5. One arrested at Ofddiogs and
returned to Jail here for hit and
run.
6. 1 wsat to Schulenburg serv-
ing civil papers.
7. Call ou Ellinger Highway, a
two-car wreck, three people taken
to hospital and two cars demolish-
ed.
X, Trip U< Muldoou looking tor
a man wanted at Slnton for mur-
der. Also call to another wreck
near Dobbin's Place.
S, 10, Calls to two separate
wreeks. also serving civil paper*.
11. Call to Fayetteville, one Jail-
ed for disturbing the peace.
12. I went to Houston on official
business and at night one drunk
Jailed, snd one jailed from Flatonia
for statutory rape.
13. One arrested for stealing a
purse.
14. Two Jailed for DWl and one
for an old fine.
15. Two more lulled from Hchu-
lenburg for DWI.
16. One Jailed for disposal of
mortgaged property, also tried
four cases In county court and one
in district court; also one drunk
Jailed
17. Call at night—thelves were
«'-en cutting telephone lines along
the railroad We worked all night
and found out who they were, and
they had gone to Houston. They
Wil he In fall soon.
18. One tailed from Sohulonburg
for molesting a minor and two
Jailed her* for disturbing tho
peace.
1#. Charlie went to Galveston
and got a patient and brought hint
to Schulenburg and Frits took him
on to 8»n Antonio TB hospital.
20. One Jailed for dietnrbing the
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