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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing- Company, Ltd., La Grang-e, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXXVI
LA GRANGE, TEXAS TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1958
NUMBER 52
JC DEMONS WIN
OVER BERNARDO
BY 8-0 SCORE
Blume Hurls One
Hitter; Flatonia
Edges Ramblers
Leslie “Butch” Blmne spun
a neat one-hitter and fanned 11,
while his mates were getting
to Bert Brosig for 10 swats to
garner an 8-0 South-Central
Texas Amateur loop win over
Mel Neuemloiff's Hurricanes
at Bernardo Sunday afternoon.
Only hit off Blume was Pete
Neuendorff's double with two
away in the third. However,
Otto Reichart, next hitter, ski-
ed out to avoid further damage.
After scoring an unearned
run in tho second. Mgr. Nookie
Rosenberg’s Demons caught the
’Cane infield flatfooted with a
barrage of bunts in the fourth.
Billy Fritz, Travis Etzel and
Richard Roberts laid down
safeties in succession. After
Bob Bonorden and Miffie
Kaose fanned, Blume singled
and the Bernardo infield
cracked open with two errors,
ANOTHER OF A SERIES
OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
Top row: Jay Hudson, 2*j> years, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hudson Moyer, La Grange; Ronald James, 3 years, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold D. Kramr, Fayetteville; Jeryl, 2
years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bolling, Schulenburg.
Bottom row: Karen, 4 years, daughter of Mr. anti Mrs.
Edward V. Kallus, Round Top; Brian Keith, 3 years, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Prause, La Grange; Richard, 2 years,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Wessels, Columbus.
Mrs. Anna Kasparek
Buried Saturday
Willie A. Krivaeka
Dies Here Suddenly
\
Funeral services were held i Willie A. Krivaeka, G7, long-
Bat the Catholic church at Fay- ; time blacksmith associated with
wiih the result that four runs j etteville Saturday morning for j Janssen Bros, here, died sud-
crossed the dish. I Mrs. Anna Kasparek, 81, whojdenly at his home Sunday
Singles by Etzel, Roberts I died Thursday in a Taylor hos- morning,
and Kaase spelled two insur- ! pital.
ance runs in the fifth, while a j The Rev. Thomas Mali offiei-
walk to Weldon Tiedt, his steal I ated and burial was in the
of second and Fritz’s second j church cemetery,
single dished another in the
top of the ninth. Mrs. Kasparek was the wid-
RoberU tripled and socked ow ^ Wenc.l Kasparek who
three singles for a perfect day »»r. in •« !»•*»•
He became suddenly ill while
pieparing to go to church and
was rushed by ambulance to
the hospital where he was pro-
nounced dead on arrival.
Funeral services are sched-
uled for Tuesday at 8:45 at the
Koenig Funeral Home Chapel
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inree singles lor a perieci uay . , r viue-.a, uuiur- nape,
at bat for the winning Demons ! 1 hey spent most o »<*** 've's with Requiem Mass following
•n... Plot,™;,, ur.l.l,. .. die Park community. *or :at SnCred Heart Catholic
JS* Sff. r«k.
with a five-run barrage in the Par*k *** roade her home ,n
ninth to decision Walter Bo- aV 01 •
hot’s Ramblers, 15-12, in a
slugfest at Ammannsville. F’lat-
Jat SaCred Heart Catholic
church here. Rt. Rev. Msgr. S.
A. Zlentek and the Rev. Harry
Mazurkiewicz will officiate and
Surviving are seven daugh-
ters, Mrs. Frances Zgarba, Mrs.
onia previously flubbed 7-0 and i Louis Kurecka, Mrs. Fanil Ku-
10-9 margins, allowing thejbala, Mrs. Julius Sorgenson
Ramblers to go ahead for a an(l Miss Angeline Kasparek of
second time in ihe eighth.
Mgr. Jim Briggs started for
Flatonia and, after getting re-
Taylor, Mrs. Jerry Cervenka
of Houston and Mrs. Rudolph
Grossrnann of Granger; two
ORIENT THEME
ENCHANTS 300
AT PROM HERE
Elaborate Decor
Feature Of Junior
And Senior Party
About 300 seniors, juniors,
parents, sponsors and teachers
were present Saturday night
to enjoy the annual Junior-
Senior Prorn which was held
in the La Grange High school
gymnasium. Blume’s orchestra
furnished the music for the
dancing.
The gym was beautifully de-
corated in the manner of an
oriental garden. Black crepe
streamers across the room
formed the night sky, an ap-
propriate background for the
hundreds of twinkling stars
hanging beneath. Green grass
was in evidence everywhere
except on the dance floor. Trees
with thousands of cherry blos-
soms added to the scenery, and
in order to get on the dance
floor, one had to cross an arch-
ed bridge over a stream of run-
ning water filled with floating
lilies. >
The background of the stage
was a painting of mountains
and the sea, with houses in the
foreground. A bamboo hut
with pillows on the floor and
a trellis covered with real red
sweet peas further added color
to the stage. Japanese lanterns,
glittering butterflies, real raes-
quite trees, and girls in oriental
costumes gave the entire scene
a very realistic appearance.
The refreshment table was
covered with a floor length
lief from Johnnie Zimmefhan-I step - daughters, Mrs. Willie
zel, returned to the hill in the Schultz of Columbus and Mrs.
seventh to gain credit for the | Joe Mazac of Taylor; two sons,
win. Jerry Muras, third Ram ■! Emil Kasparek of Taylor and
blpr hurler, was churged with Louis Kasparek of Alice; two
the loss.
Flatonia spanked out 11 safe-
ties and Flatonia nine in the
hectic fray.
Ben Marcak’s Shiner Clip-
pers clipped the Blue Sox, 7 to
0 at Plum, and the Weimar
Veterans outlasted Swiss Alp's
Farmers, 37 to 7, in other loop
tilts. The Vets counted 1G times
in a wild third inning.
HAS HEART ATTACK
C. V. Batot, Southern Pacific
engineer formerly of La Grange
and now of Columbus, is a pa-
tient in Laughlin hospital at
Engle Lake since suffering a
heart attack while on his job
on a freight train Tuesday
morning. Local relatives were
advised Sunday by Mrs. Batot
that he was holding his own,
and hopes were high for his
recovery.
burial will be in the La Grange black cloth, which was appli-
City cemetery. qued in front with two huge
Mr. Krivadka was born nt'^d secluinpd dragons spitting
Brenham but spent most of his f,re at one ano,her- The center-
lifetime in Fayette county and Plece was an attractive ar-
since 1925 in La Grange. He ■rangement with ming trees,
was the son of Paul and Veron-I Refreshments, which were
tea IToyt Krivaeka. He was served buffet style during the
step - sons, Anton Kasparek of
Industry and Willie Kasparek
of Fort Worth; seven grand-
children and ten great-grand-
children.
Rosary was recited at the
Condra Funeral Chapel at
Taylor Friday night with the
Rev. Eugene Braden in charge.
Koenig Funeral Home was
in charge of local arrange-
ments.
AMARILLO VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Moyer of
Amarillo spent several days
here getting acquainted with
their new granddaughter, little
Katina Elizabeth, daughter of
Attorney and Mrs. J. Hudson
Moyer. The brother of the new
arrival, Jay Hudson, accompa-
nied his grandparents back to
Amarillo for a visit.
married to Miss Annie Kovar
at I *i Grange on February 11,
1919.
He was a World War I vet-
eran and a member of the local
American Legion which will
participate in the funeral.
He is survived by his widow;
two sisters, Mrs. Rosie Baile-
cek and Mrs. Christine Heintze,
and two half-sisters, Mrs. Mil-
lie Prilkrl and Mrs. Johnnie
Gilmore, all of Taylor; a broth-
er, Paul Krivaeka of Brenham;
and three half-brothers, Pete
Krivaeka of Taylor and Henry
and Johnnie Krivaeka of Bren-
ham.
Rosary was recited Sunday
night. A Holy Name and Altar
Society Rosary was scheduled
for Monday night at 7*30.
Presbyterians Due
New Minister Soon
The First Presbyterian church
of La Grange will again have
a resident minister soon.
The Rev. Troy Jarvis, cur-
rently pastor of the Grace
Presbyterian church at Lub-
bock, has accepted the invita-
tion to La Grange, and is ex-
pected to move about the mid-
dle of June, said E. H. Patton,
ruling elder of the local church
who made the announcement.
The Rev. Mr. Jarvis is mar-
ried, and the couple have two
sons, 16 and 0, and a daughter
aged 12.
dance, consisted of flaming
punch, dips, shrimp chips, rice
cakes and soy sauce, tea sand-
wiches, fortune cookies, relish-
es, nuts and mints.
An entertaining program was
enjoyed prior to the dance.
"Chopstick Melodies" and “Soo
Happee” were presented by
Ming Lee (Robert Mueller);
“Thankee Honorable One” by
Foo Tu Tu (George Brandt);
“See No Evil, Hear No Evil,
Speak No Evil” by the Honor-
able Ones (C. A. Lemmons and
H. C. Giese); "Confucius Says”
will by Matzo Koto (Richard
Yargus); Prophecy by Madame
Butterfly (Nancy Yates); “Jap-
anese Serenade” by the Black-
tops; and “Sayonara To Our
Honored Seniors” by Cherry
Blossom (Karen Roitsch).
Sponsors for the party were
Mrs. Muriel Howard, Jake
Fritsch, Arnold Keilers and A
J. Petrusek, faculty members
who were assisted by:
Mrs. Walter H. Mueller, Mrs.
Henry • Berry, Mrs. Harvey
Roitsch, Mrs. Clyde Robertson,
Mrs. E. H. Conn, Mrs. Charles
Priebe, Mrs. Willie Drab, Mrs.
Theo. Sehroeder, Mrs. Mar-
shall Holloway, Mrs. Henry
Rotter, Mrs. Milton Wessels,
Mrs. L. J. Sandera, Mrs. Ver-
non Warnken and Mrs. Rud-
olph Hagemann.
LHS Has 84 Graduation Candidates
ENDS BASIC
WALDEMAR G. NOAK
Pvt. Waldemar G. Noak Jr.,
whose wife, Lois, lives at Rock-
dale, recently completed eight
weeks of basic combat training
with the 2nd Armored Division
at Fort Hood, Tex. The 22-year-
old soldier is a 1953 graduate
of Round Top - Carmine High
school, Carmine, and was em-
ployed by the Aluminum Cor-
poration of America, Rockdale.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
demar O. Noak, live on Route
2, Burton.
Hwy. 71 Bridges
Will Be Widened;
Cost Is $98,000
On April 22, the State High-
way commission authorized the
construction of the following
project in Fayette county to
utilize emergency funds as pro-
vided by the Federal Highway
Act of 1958.
It is a requirement of the
Act that projects to be financed
with emergency funds shall be
placed under contract prior to
December 1, 1958, and con-
struction to be completed prior
to December 1, 1959.
This is a part of the $35 mil-
.lion dollar program allotted to
the State of Texas:
State Highway 71, between
La Grange and 4.6 miles east
of La Grange, widening bridges
and approaches, estimated cost
$98,000.
IN GERMANY
Dr. Frank Wagner
Of Shiner Expires
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning at Shiner
for Dr. Frank M. Wagner,
prominent Shiner physician
who died suddenly in Yoakum
Thursday night. Burial was in
the Shiner Catholic cejnetery.
Dr. Wagner died minutes
after addressing a Yoakum
Knights of Columbus banquet
honoring him and a colleague,
Dr. C. L. Kopecky of Yoakum,
who had received a papel a-
ward.
He was founder of the Wag-
ner hospital in Shiner in 1915,
and had been medical advisor
of the KJT lodge since 1926.
Dr. Wagner was a native of
Ijavara county. An active Cath-
olice layman, he held the Cross
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.
Dr. Wagner is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Marie Wagner of
Shiner; three sons, Dr. Robert
J. Wagner of Shiner, John Den-
nis Wagner and Patrick J. Wag-
ner, both medical students at
the UT medical school in Gal-
veston; and a daughter, Mrs.
Frances Montalbano of Hous-
ton.
Other survivors are four
brothers, Dr. Martin Wagner,
a Moulton dentist, Louis Wag-
ner of Muldoon, John Wagner
of Floresville, and Joe Wag-
ner of Moulton; and five sis-
ters, Mrs. Max Walla of Schul-
enburg, and Mrs. Frank Dusek,
Mrs. Frank Jaks Jr., Mrs.
Charles Miculka, and Mrs. Al-
fons Grill, all of Shiner; and
nine grandchildren.
DECORATION DAY RITES
Annual Decoration Day serv-
ices will be held at the Drawe
cemetery near Warrenton on
May 4, at 10:30. Rev. W. E.
Doerr will be the speaker.
LIMB FALLS ACROSS CAR _
A limb from a liveoak tree Wednesday night shattered
the rear glass and liashed in the body of a car belonging
to Mi and Mrs. Dana Stamper. The car was parked in the
driveway to me gwruge wunc me u»«>»ipv.a
frequently ride their bicycle. The mishap occurred about
midnight and no one was hurt. The location is 125 W. Crock-
ett where Mayor Milton Von Minden and his family form-
erly resided.
HAVE BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Knippel
of Lubbock were made happy
on April 18, when their first
born arrived—a boy who was
named Kermit Ray. Grandpar-
ents are Mr and Mrs. Sam O
Knippel of Fayetteville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wieke of
Cat Spring. Great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. John P Zapa-
Ifli* itf Ino 11 nitni* ,>A>n>v>n>iili>
—VArMiimmisy
and Mrs Katie Knippel of Fay-
etteville. Mrs. Annie Zupalac
of Ellinger is great-great-grand-
mother.
Highway Radio Station
UNIT SET UP AT THD OFFICE
A new short-wave radio sta- Engineer W. L. Patrick said.
To be equipped with receiving
and transmitting sets will be
Foreman M. E. Bayless’ pickup
and two or three of the depart-
ment’s trucks.
Principal reason for the in-
stallation of radio equipment
U for reporting on road dis-
asters, as well as for other mat-
ters where fast communication
plays a vital part, Mr. Patrick
explained.
tion is being set up in La
Grange.
The equipment is being in-
stalled by the Texas Highway
Department at its warehouse
in the eastern part of the city.
The sending and receiving
tower, which !« already erec.
ted, is 100 feet high.
The set-up will be adequate
to reach Yoakum, as well as
other district offices, Resident
Fayette Soil Bank
total Is $412,628
|Fayette county farmers who
Fdeposited” 10,175.6 acres of
their cotton land in the Soil
Bank will realize $412,628.08
for their action, according to a
final report from Kenny L.
Stork, ASC office manager.
■There were 1,109 agreements
Approved, and their grand to-
tal of allotted cotton acres a-
mounted to 14,153.5 acres. The
county’s 1958 allotment is 32,-
569 acres.
Though official, the figures
might still be slightly altered
in a final re-check, but any
changes would be negligible,
Mr. Stork said.
Wilson Third In
A&M Tennis Tourney
Anthony Wilson, a 1957 grad-
uate of La Grange High school
and now attending Texas A&M
college, won third place in an
all-college tennis tournament
composed of the students of
the college.
While in high school, An-
thony played on the tennis
team for three years, winning
the district title for two years
and placing second one year.
In his senior year he went to
regional and, with tHe help of
his partner, advanced to the
semi-finals.
Ellinger Native
Dies At El Campo
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning from Triska
Funeral Chapel at El Campo
for Willie A. Prihoda, 57, who
died in an F,1 Campo hospital
Sunday evening.
Following the funeral serv-
ice a Requiem High Mass was
sung in the Nada Catholic
church with the Rev. Edmund
Bily officiating. Interment was
in the Nada Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Prihoda is suhvived by
four sons, three daughters,
four sisters and four brothers.
The daughters are Mrs. El-
nora Mican and Mrs. Lillian
Rudaus, both of El Campo and
Mrs. Ella Bucek of Nada Sur-
viving sons are Leo and Joe of
Nada and Willie Jr. and Fred
of El Campo.
The brothers are Vine and
Louis Prihoda of Damon, Ru-
dolph of Nada and Gregory of
Ellinger. The sisters are Mrs.
Mary Zbranek and Mrs. Al-
bina Zbranek of Nada, Mrs,
Emma Peckar of Damon and
Mrs. Betty Korenek of Ellinger.
Mr. Prihoda’s wife, the for-
mer Annie Zbranek, preceded
him in death in 1950 at the age
of 47. He was bom in Ellinger
and had resided in Colorado
county 35 years as a farmer.
He leaves 10 grandchildren.
Commencement Set
Thursday, May 29;
Services May 25
GILBERT L. DRAB
A record class of 84 seniors
will be candidates for gradtM-
tion when commencement ex-
ercises for the La Orange High
school are held on 1 .eopatd
Field Thursday night, May 29.
Commencement speaker will
be Dr. Howard Townsend, vice*
chairman of the speech depart-
ment at the University of Tex-
as.
Baccalaureate services for
the graduating class ore sched-
uled for Sunday evening, May
,25, in the school gymnasium.
Bnlli tin* services and, exercises
| will start at 8 o’clock.
The list of graduation candi-
dates follows:
Leroy Baca, Patsy Jo Balzer,
PFC Gilbert L. Drab, son of j Lou Ann Birdwell, Katherine
Mrs. Julia Drab of La Grange, I Blaha, Leslie Blume, Wallace
Rt. 2, is currently stationed in i Bohot, George Brandt, Law-
Gonsenheim, Germany. He in-|rence Bunte, Jerline Burger,
vites friends to write to him to Harvey Busch, Vlad Cernoch,
this address: PFC Gilbert L. j Frankie Joe Cernosek, Sybil
Drab, Mortar Bty., 1st Battle jChovanec, Nancy Docekal, Jer-
Group, 5th Inf., APO 185, New ry Lee Faldyn, Gerald Free-
man, Lyttleton Fritsch Jr.,
Bernice Gerik, Robert Hajov-
sky, Betty Jane Heinsdhn, Jane
Wyatt Hermes, Wallace Ho-
bratschk, Herbert Janak, Jo
Ann Janda, John B. Janda,
Earline Kaase, Ernest Kallus,
Monica Kallus, Edwin Kars-
tedt.
Also Carolyn Kern Leslie
Kleiber, Franklin Kocurek,
Margaret Kocurek, Rodney
Koenig, Delton•Koenriing, Car-
York, N. Y.
Fayette Team Wins
First In District
MAIFE8T BOOSTERS DUE
A caravan of Brenham Mai-1
fest boosters is due in Ija
Grange Tuesday, May 6 at
10:45 a. m., C. of C. President
Kenny L. Stork has been ad-
vised.
The Fayette county senior
4-H dairy judging team won
first place in the district con-
test held at Texas A&M college
Saturday, according to Ronald
L. Pond, assistant county Ex-
tension agent. ixoemg, ueiton*Koenning, Car-
The team is comprised of tolyn Koepke, Lloyd Kolbn, Al-
'Diomas Anto.sh and Gail La- I bert Knee). Harley Krenek, Le-
rnascus of the Swiss Alp club, |>ny Krenek, .Johnnie Kubena,
and Carolyn Citzler, Ruters- [Gloria Lidlak, Marian Marhur-
ville club. They will represent ger, Raymond Matthijetz, Ker-
the district in the state contests mit Marquart, Elva Ann Mein-
at A&M June 10-12. jrfjrs, James Mitschke, Curtis
The Fayette junior team Moerbe, Leon Mueller, Veron-
placed fourth. It included Jim- *cn Muras, Elton Oppermann,
my Schaefer, Glen Pupe, Con- . Glenn Pavlik, William Pear-
nie Lueckemeyer and Jerry son, Edward R. Pietsch, Janice
Bains, all o£ the Rutersville Fietsch, Bennie Polasek, Gene
club. jRiehs, Don Rohan.
Both teams are coached by | Also Carolyn Rotter,
|Henry Haisler of La Grange. Henry Rotter Jr. Jewel
Anton Tietjen Jr. of Ruters-
ville and Andy Lamascus of
Swiss Alp.
DALLAS VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. John Kueera
and Frank J. Kubala of Dallas
were weekend visitors with
relatives here and at Fayette-
ville. While here Mr. Kubala
entered a subscription to The
Record to keep himself inform-
ed about what goes on in Fay-
ette county.
Schulz, Charles S i v e k, J.
W. Stahmer, Glendeline Sti-
"bora, Helga Streicher, Leonard
S u m b e r n, Joan Svoboda,
Clinton Taylor Jr., Peggy
Thuemler, Jan Thurman, David
Tiomann, Carolyn Tolle, Joe
Urban, Barbara von Minden,
Weldon von Minden, Judy von
Rosenberg. Jeanette Warnken,
Llovd Wiley, Judy Wilson,
Richard Yargus, Nancy Yates,
Robert Zapalac, Frances Zoch
and Donald Zuhn.
RECEIVES BISHOP’S AWARD
The Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, bishop of the Dallas-
Fort Worth Catholic diocese, is shown presenting the Bish-
op’s Award to Adolph Adamcik, president of the Men’s
Club of Dullas Holy Cross parish, in behalf of the Dallas
Deanery of the National Council of Catholic Mon. The
statuette, symbolic of the deanery’s highest honor, was pre-
sented recently at a banquet ut the Statler Hilton hotel.
The recipient is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Adamcik
of Hostyn. The photo is reproduced through courtesy of
the Dallas Times Herald.
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