The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 9, 1958 Page: 1 of 4
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
Nearly 4,000 Paid Uf
Subscribers. Rated AAA
Newspaper by
Community Research
Bureau
Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing1 Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXXVI
LA GRANGE, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1958
NUMBER 90
LEOPARDS DROP
YEAR’S OPENER
TO BRAHMA‘11’
La Grange Scores
First, Then Goes
Down On Fumbles
La Grange’s Leopards took a
six point lead in the first quar-
ter, held the score to a 6-6
deadlock at half time, but de-
veloped a severe case of fum-
bleitis in the second half to
yield a 34-6 decision Friday
night to the Hallettsville
Brahmas.
The game was played at Hal-
lettsville on a field wetted by
showers which fell intermittent-
ly up until the opening play.
While the sod was firm enough,
the ball was wet, heavy and
hard to handle.
The young Leps, playing their
first game against a heavier and
more experienced club, turned
in a good game during the first
half but appeared to crumble
after a series of costly fumbles.
La Grange fumbled seven
times, recovered only once.
The Leopards got their lone
talley early in the first period
as the culmination of a 58-yard
drive. Harvey Moerbe account-
ed for 35 yards of it on a fourth
down scamper that went to the
6 Buddy Futschik added two
and Billy Glaiser lugged it
over.
Gary Koopmann’s conver-
sion attempt was wide.
A fumble by the Leps set up
the Brahmas’ being count,
scored ip the second quarter.
Clyde Jones ran and snagged a
pass to put the ball on the two-
yard line from where August
Klekar punched it over. Al-
len Grone’s kick was blocked.
A penalty and another fum-
ble had the Leps deep in their
own territory as the half ended,
the score 6-6.
Tn the third quarter, La
Grange’s fourth down efforts,
(See FOOTBALL, Page 2)
Flo 11. Meyer Rites
Are Held Saturday
Funeral services for FJo H.
Meyer, 70, of the Frelsburg
community, who passed away
at the Veterans hospital in
Houston Thursday, were held
at the Jecmenek Funeral cha-
pel in Ellinger Saturday morn-
ing. Dr. Norman L. Roberts of
Columbus officiated, and bur-
ial was in the Kaiser cemetery.
He was born at Frelsburg on
June 9, 1888, son of Mr. and
Mrs. August Meyer, and spent
his lifetime in that area where
he engaged in farming. He was
married to the former Tillie
Bertha Krueger. Mr. Meyer
was a World War 1 veteran
Survivors include his wife;
five daughters, Mrs C. H.
Schmidt, Miss Betty Lou and
Miss Clara Mae Meyer of Co-
lumbus, Mrs. Dick Runk of La
Porte and Mrs. Gus Runk of
San Antonio; six sons, Clifton
H. of Houston, August of Col-
ma, Calif., Emil of Highland
Park, 111., James and John of
Ran Antonio, and Kelly Mever
of Columbus; two sisters, Mrs
Henry Ruhmann and Mrs Ed-
mund Klaus of Frelsburg: two
brothers, Willie Meyer of Al-
leyton and Emil Mever of Bow-
ie; and 14 grandchildren.
16.751 Visit MH
Park In August
Monument Hill State Park
here was visited by a total of
16.751 people during August,
Caretaker John P. Vacula re-
ports.
The visitors came in 2,881
Texas vehicles and 209 from
out of state. Last year 14,271
people visited the historical
park during August.
Mr. Vacula said he expects
the year’s visitor total to hit
right at the 100,000 mark. The
total for all of 1957 was 84,351.
Plans For Fashion Show
Moving Into High Gear
Plans for the forthcoming fa-
shion show to be staged by the
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary are progressing nice-
ly with everyone working hard
to make this one of the nicest
ever offered in La Grange, ac-
cording to Mrs. John Graham,
the chairman.
The American Legion Hall
will again be the scene for the
presentation and the latest in
fall wearing apparel and ac-
Entry List Mounts
For Fair Livestock
Branch Sept. 18-20
With 88 entries already on
the books and another week be-
fore the deadline still to go, in-
dications were that a new re-
cord would be established for
the Fayette County Fair’s live-
stock department this year.
Kenny L. Stork said that up
to Monday morning he had al-
ready received 66 entries for
the South - Central Texas Dis-
trict Jersey show, as well as
seven Holstein, five Guernsey
and 10 Hereford entries.
However, he said that these
figures are expected to be in-
creased considerably as a num-
ber of known exhibitors — in-
cluding several from the im-
mediate area — have not yet
filed their entry blanks.
Last year an overall total of
136 animals was entered in the
dairy division alone.
Meanwhile, other livestock
departmental chairmen said
listings for their divisions also
were coming in at a good pace.
As was mentioned previous-
ly, the livestock entry dead-
line has been extended to Mon-
day, Sept. 15. The 31st annual
fair is scheduled Sept. 18-20.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hart are
the happy parents of a baby
daughter, born at the Heights
hospital in Houston Tuesday.
She weighed six pounds four
ounces and has been named
Lisa Ann. Grandparents of the
new arrival are Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Jurajda and Mr. and Mrs.
E. .T, Hart of Winchester. The
father, who was a staff sergeant
in the air force stationed in
San Antonio, received his dis-
charge last Saturday and the
couple had moved to Houston
Monday.
cessories will be shown in
a unique setting with beauti-
ful lighting effects. It will take
place on Thursday, Oct. 2, at
8 o’clock in the evening so that
men and working ladies may
be able to attend. Admission
price will be $1.00.
Models for women's fashions
will be Mesdames J. P. Hart,
John Edward Morgan Jr., J.
L. Morgan, James T. Makin-
son, Verna Reichert, L. W.
Stolz and Elvis Meiners. Styles
for the teenager and junior
miss will be shown by Misses
Tva Stamper, Lucy Jo Conn, I
Susie Robertson, Minella Frit-
sch and Penny Porter.
Mrs. Graham will be coordi-
nator of styles and Mrs. Char-
les C. Jackson, who now re-
sides in San Antonio, will again
be the commentator.
The following committee
chairmen have been announced:
Decorating and chairs, Mrs.
Verna Reichert and Mrs. Don
Williams; coffee room, Mrs.
Lester von Rosenberg; pro-
gram, Mrs. E. T. Rohwer; mu-
sic, Mrs. D. C. Wiley; and
tickets, Mrs. Henry Berry.
9 COMMUNITY
ASC PANELS
CHOSEN FOR ’59
County Parley Set
For Sept. 25; Vote
Sum Drops To 1243
Twelve hundred and forty-
three votes were cast in Fay-
ette county’s community Agri-
cultural Stabilization and Con-
servation committee elections
Arrests Of Six Breaks Burglary Ring
Over $600 Damages
Results In 3-Way
Crash Near.Carmine
More than $600 in damages
resulted when three vehicles
were in collision on Highway
290 between Carmine and the
Carmine “Y,” near the Otto L.
Fuchs residence, Friday after-
noon about 2:30 o’clock.
Involved ih the three-way
smash-up were a 1949 Dodge
UNITED DRIVE FOR LA GRANGE
GIVEN ENDORSEMENT AT MEET
For the past two years, sur-
veys to determine whether or
not the people of La Grange
want a United Drive, have been
conducted by some of the wo-
men as they worked on various
national fund raising c a m-
uttee elections , a paigns
revealed when driven by Richard Voskamp of
they report the results have
tHis y6&r, it w<is
returns were tabulated by a New Ulm, a 1951 Chevrolet
three-man committee Friday. | truck driven by Thomas Fin-
Last year’s total was 1,325, cher of Burton and a 1958
and 1,354 voted in 1956.
Returns of the election were
canvassed and posted by a pan- tin.
el composed of Bodo Kraus of | Highway Patrolman George
Round Top, chairman; Gus Saegert, who investigated along
Miksch of Schulenburg, vice- i with Deputy Sheriff C. A. Pri-
been definitely for
The business
one drive,
the
in La Grange annually. These
seven organizations are being
listed on a contributors card
and the contributor has the
right to say who will receive
his contribution, even if his
favorite charity is not listed.
That is why there are three
blank lines on the card, for
write-in organizations. The card
is as follows:
LA GRANGE UNITED DRIVE
Approximately 50
Ilreak-ins, Three
In County, Solved
131 Are Registered
At Sacred Heart
A total of 131 pupils — top-
ping the all-time record of 128
set on opening day last year—
were on hand for the opening
Monday morning of Sacred
Heart school here.
By grades, the enrollment
was: first, 20; second, 17; third,
11; fourth, 15; fifth, 17; sixth,
19; seventh, 18; and eighth, 14.
Sister Doloretta, the only new-
comer to the staff, will teach
the first two grades. Mrs. S. J.
Janak will have the third.and
fourth grades, Sister Rosemary
the fifth and sixth grades and
Sister Alberta the seventh and
eighth.
The Rev. Harry Mazurkie-
wicz will teach some of the re-
ligion classes.
975 NOW ENROLLED
A net gain of six in high
school and 32 in the elementary
grades brought the La Grange
white public schools’ total en-
rollment to 975 Monday morn-
ing. Supt. C. A. Lemmons said
there were now 645 in the lower
grades and 330 in the high
school classes.
ENDS BASIC
WALTER E. MOERBE JR.
Army Recruit Walter E.
Moerbe Jr., whose parents live
in La Grange, recently com-
pleted eight weeks of basic
combat training under the Re-
serve Forces Act program at
Fort Chaffee, Ark. He attend-
ed La Grange High school.
Mrs. Louise Muske
Buried Saturday
Mrs. Louise Muske of Bur-
ton, Rt. 2, passed away at the
Brenham Rest Home Saturday
at the age of 92 years, 7 months
and 28 days.
Funeral services were held
at the Von Minden chapel in
Round Top Sunday afternoon,
the Rev. W. E. Doerr officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Shelby
cemetery, with the Koenig Fun-
eral Home directing.
Mrs. Muske was born in
Germany on Jan. 18, 1866, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Weber. The family moved to
this country when she was two
years old, settling in the Nas-
sau community where she had
resided since. Her husband,
Herman Muske, whom she mar-
ried Dec. 15, 1839 at Round
Top, passed away Aug. 19,
1944.
She is survived by five dau-
ghters, Mrs. Herbert Veith of
New Ulm, Mrs. Hugo Ziese and
Mrs. Willie Mayer of Round
Top, Mrs. Willie Mackenroth
of Burton and Mrs. Willie Reu-
ter of Round Top; three sons,
Ernest of Fayetteville, Bruno
of Brenham and Harry Muske
of New Ulm; one sister. Mrs.
Alvine Kristen of Warrenton;
one brother, Henry Weber of
Carmine; 21 grandchildren and
26 great-grandchildren.
One son, Otto, died in Ger-
many.
chairman; and Oscar Carlson
of West Point.
New chairmen of each of the
nine new community commit-
tees will also serve as delegates
to the county ASC convention,
which will be held in the agri-
cultural building here Sept. 25
at 10 a. m. to elect a county
committee for the ensuing year.
Following is a list of the new
committees, with the chairmen
being listed first, followed in
order by the vice-chairman,
regular member, first alter-
nate and second alternate:
(See ASC VOTE, Page 2)
| Pontiac convertible operated by l he business man, the (
'Mrs. Hendrica Brake of Aus- Pand the housewife are Contributor:
all tired of being called upon Address:
month after month — to say , Occupation: .
nothing of the 30 or 40 women ! Boy Scouts
who make these monthly treks. Cancer ...............
It is their feeling that every- Girl Scouts
one concerned would benefit Heart
from a united effort. I Polio ...................
Seven organizations are defi- Hed Cross .......
nitely known to conduct drives , Salvation Army
Nat. Rudi Expires,
Rites Set Tuesday
Nat. F. Rudi, 76, widely
known La Grange businessman,
passed away Monday morning
at Fayette Memorial hospital.
He became ill Friday aftemoop,
and his condition had been
critical since that time.
Mr. Rudi was a cotton pier-
chant and accountant for many
years, and presently was in the
insurance business.
Funeral services are sched-
lop, reported this is what hap-
pened:
Mr. Voskamp, who was driv-
ing north, had signalled for a
left turn. Mr. Fincher, who was
approaching from the opposite 1
direction in his truck, slowed Ella Brings Fine
down when he saw the signal,1 _
but Mrs. Brake, who was ap- Rains To County;
proeching the Voskamp vehicle' f f' i k
from the rear, did not notice ‘iTange li6tS •)..)•»
the sign and struck the Vos-1 The backlash o{ Wind Storm
kamp vehicle from the back.'E,]a du d a total of 5.33
The Dodge, in turn, went across jnches of rain on u G in
the wet pavement and crashed three_d jod and the ac_
irnck C rCar ^nchers companylng wind anelectrical
Mrs. Brake sustained minor
bruises, but the others were
unhurt.
The Pontiac was damaged to
the extent of approximately
$500, Mr. Saegert reported,
while the Dodge was damaged
about $100 and the truck about
$30.
Mrs. Brake was charged by
the patrolman with failure to
control speed to avoid collision.
’58 Fair Season
Tickets On Sale
Season tickets for the 1958
he served as organist for many
years, and burial will be in the
La Grange City cemetery.
uled Tuesday at 4 p. m. at St. Fayette County Fair, sched-
Paul Lutheran church, which (uled for Sept 18-19-20, arc now
on sale in La Grange.
The tickets, which are one
o . , , , . ., dollar, are available at Dyer’s
fou^TaStertdW^ j£
AlbT °fdHMSt0H rB°- W'dor Dru* First’National
Albers and Mrs, Hollis Bremer Bank ^ G State Bank
w nange’ 1 and KJT borne office,
man Williams of West Point; I ir c? rr , . • r
and several grandchildren. The .• ' °.^af s r. airmfm 0
complete obituary was not a- J^ season t,cket 53163 comm“- front ^
vailable at press-time Monday.
storm caused some damage.
Official readings here at 8
ja. m. daily for the previous 24
! hour period were: Saturday .26,
1 Sunday 3.50, and Monday 1.57.
| East of La Grange much heav-
ier rains were recorded. Walter
Koeh\ of Ellinger reports 9.60
j inchei in that community for
j Sunday alone. Six, seven and
eight inches were also reported
in other communities to the
east and southeast.
Sunday about 7:30 a. m., a
bolt of lightning hit a TV an-
tennea at the residence of O.
L. Killough, who occupies the
Geo. E. Adamcik rent house on
the bluff, burned out a lot of
wiring and switches and blis-
tered the TV set which had
been disconnected. The bolt al-
so started a washing machine
running at the Joe V. “ Jack”
Kana residence nearby and
burned out electric switches as
it did also in other homes in
the neighborhood.
Total
A burglary and theft ring
that had been operating in this
part of the state for months was
broken up the weekend with
the arrest of a half dozen men
in various parts of this area,
and as a result about 50 break-
ins are due to be cleared. In-
cluded are three burglaries in
Fayette county.
Arrested at either Columbus,
Giddings - Ledbetter area or
Houston Friday night and Sat-
urday were:
Quillie Cephus Robertson,
Will H. Moore, Elmer Robert-
son, Dellon Robertson, Andrew
Baker and J. C. Lewis. All are
Negroes, and are or were at
one time residents of Lee coun-
ty-
Sheriff T. J. Flournoy said
the "break” came Friday night
when the burglar alarm at a
package store near the auction
barn at Columbus went off. Of-
" ficers went in pursuit and
Contribution IIZ |cw*ht two"
’Die duo “talked,” Sheriff
iWSSMSS ft
listed megmsetions Money re-'”“ jjgjjjg *> Hous,°" fo'-
fused by any listed organization
captured
lowing burglary of a liquor
store at Dime Box the same
night. The remaining two were
captured later in the Giddings-
Ledbetter area.
The three burglaries in this
county solved by the arrests
were:
E. M. Stuermer store at Led-
better on April 24, when a cash
will go into the La Grange Hos-
pital Building Fund.
Solicitor: ______
At the request of an inter-
ested group of citizens, the ma-
yor last Thursday called a
meeting of all presidents of ci-
vic and service clubs in town,
all ministers, and anyone inter- register and merchandise were
ested in organizing such a'taken. Quillie Robertson, Baker
drive. From this group of peo-Jand Lewis admitted this burg-
ple a board was appointed to be lary.
known as the board of directors, I
or executive board, of the La' Vanderwerth garage at Led-
Grange United Drive. .better on May 23, seven new
At the request of such a p$orted0 ad™tted b*
board the following steps will JJoore. £h"er( *obertson and
he taken: |Qu,lhe Roberts<m-
La Grange C. Of C.
To Meet Monday Eve
La
will
night (tonight) at
the Ag building, with several
time topics, on the agenda.
One will be a report on the
salute to La Grange, which
San Antonio Radio Station
KENS will present intermitt-
ently all day on Sept. 17.
Pres. Kenny L. Stork urges
a good turnout for the monthly
session.
HAS OPERATION
John F. Czichos, local phar-
macist, was reported recuper-
, , ating nicely Monday after un-
Grange s Chamber of dergoinK „ „ bladder opera.
Commerce will meet Monday tion at Fayette Memorial hos-
8 o clock in pita, Friday He k expected
to be released from the hos-
pital the end of the week.
Fayetteville KC’s
Plan Family Social
The Fayetteville council,
Knights of Columbus, meeting
on September 2, made plans
for a family Columbus Day so-
cial on October 7.
E. S. Kovar of La Grange
gave a report on the recent K
of C. national convention held
‘in Cleveland, Ohio. His report
was enjoyed.
A large ChinabeTry tree in the
of the Alfred H.
Heintze residence here was
toppled but caused no proper-
ty damage.
Fayette Electric co-op and
Ija Grange Utilities personnel
| report only routine calls.
I Since most of the heavy rain
fell below La Grange, the Colo-
rado river showed only a slight
rise. It was 4.25 feet Sunday
| night.
1. Set up a contributor’s card
on every family in town.
2. Interview every business
house and determine the me-
thod of employee contributions.
3. Solicit newspaper support
and publicity.
4. Conduct educational pro-
grams, such as distributing lit-
erature and showing films, as
desired by listed organizations.
5. Stress the worthiness of
each listed organiza'ion and
urge the contributor to desig-
nate the distribution of his con-
tribution.
6. Prepare annual financial
statement for publication.
In speaking of the proposed
United Drive, Mrs. H. C. Paine
says, “We realize the tremend-
ous amount of work involved
in setting up this proposed plan,
but we feel that once this ini-
tial work is done we will have
comparatively smooth sailing in
future years — and as we said
earlier, we’re tired!”
Highway Chairman Visits, Says:
TEXANS MUST SOLVE OWN TRAFFIC NEEDS
Factory Aide Due
At K-Z Thursday
Paul Daygard, a factory rep-
resentative of Stoiys Schaefer,
will be at K-Z Man’s Shop here
SrrcTothMSePt 11 •t0 measure|by ofU,';'^TexaVmghway com-
There are over 300 pattern., Mr Formby . recent vis_
from wh'ch to choose which ltor in the u Grange area and
will be made up to each mdm-|dropped b Thp Record off|ce
“Uncle Sam is not going to
solve all our highway needs
with Federal money. Texans
still have a tremendous respon-
sibility in solving their own
traffic needs.”
These words of warning came
from Chairman Marshall Form-
f
dual’s exact measure, Ernest
Kallus and Louis D. Zapalac,
store owners, said.
IN HOUSTON HOSPITAL
Paul Hensel, La Grange
dairyman, underwent an opera-
tion for removal of a blood clot
from his leg Monday morning-
at the Methodist hospital in
.0 be successful and heightened
for a chat with his former Sen-
ate colleague, Senator L. J.
Sulak.
He said the highway com-
mission is interested in seeing
that highways such as U. S. 77,
State Highway 71 and 159 and
similar roads are improved and
kept in the best of condition..
“These are our primary high- ______
ways and the ones Texans tra-! stations, lives at Plair.view. He
Texas, after reading about the
huge amount of money which
the federal government is going
to spend on the Interstate route,
believe that all our highway
needs are solved.
Henry Sanders liquor store
at •Carmine on June 20, $267
worth of liquor, admitted by
Moore and Elmer Robertson.
Sheriff Flournoy said that
the ring was involved in burg-
laries and thefts all the way
from Lott and Thorndale, down
through Lee, Washington, Aus-
tin and Colorado counties, and
to Richmond and Rosenberg.
Other officers assisting in the
arrests were from sheriff’s de-
partments in Colorado, Lee,
Washington and Milam coun-
ties and two Texas rangers,
Hollis Sullivan and Edgar D.
Gooding.
The Fayette county sheriff
said, “we knew there was a
gang responsible for these burg-
laries, but we never could get
anything on them.’’ The Colum-
bus burglary attempt provided
the key to solution of the far-
flung operations.
Car Goes In Ditch,
Hits Cemetery Fence
A young California man was
uninjured bqj his 1948 Kaiser
was considerably damaged
when it. skidded off Highway
71 and struck the corner fence
at the La Grange City cemetery
about 11:30 p. m Saturday.
Constable Vastine Koop-
niann and Police Chief A. H.
Knippel, who investigated, said
This Interstate program now paul peter Sewisky's car went
off the pavement as he
underway will help us move
traffic in Texas,” Formby says.
“But the 3,048 miles of Inter-
state route in Texas, when
completed, will carry only
as ne wa>
going east during the rain, and
plowed into the ditch and fenoe
near the MKT crossing.
Mr. Sewisky, originally of
MARSHALL FORMBY
Houston. Relatives were ad
vised the operation appeared vel the most. They are the ones says that he and the other two
,1 ■ L - - j who serve most of the people.” highway commissioners, Herb
bout 16 per cent of our Texas Huntington Park, Calif , start-
traffic. Tt is up to Texans to ed employment with Pratka
*££ Ei“,rie sctv'" M°"d*
The biggest problem is Tex-
as’ 20,000-mile “primary” sys-
tem which links most of the
state’s major cities and towns.
“Two out of three autos tra-
vel this system,” Formby Ays.
“Yet at the present rate of im-
provement, it will take us 22
years to put the primary roads
hopes that the
might be saved.
patient's leg
Formby, an attorney and <x>- jPetry Jr. and Charlie Hawn,
owner of several Texas radio feel that too many persons in
LOCATE AT AMARILIX)
Attorney and Mrs. J. Hud-
son Moyer and family la«t
^kel?d moved their house-
hold furnishings to Amarillo
where they will make their fu-
ture home. Mr. M
pyer, who was
years to put tne primary roads associated here with A
in top condition By that time. J. p. Hart, will eng.gf ^
these roads will need further vate law practice j* A[r p
which is his home town.
these roads will need
(See FORMBY, Page 2)
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