The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1959 Page: 1 of 10
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La Grange, Fayette G>., Texas, Thursday, September 3,1959
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Jaycees Schedule
Carnival Next Weds.
The La Grange Jayoeea are
' sponsoring a Carnival and Street
ance on the Court House
luare in La Grange next Wed-
nesday night, Sept. 9.
Music will be by the Texas
Valley Boys. “Dance free to your
heart’s content," say the Jaycees.
There also will be amusements
and entertainment of all kinds.
The entire affair is for the
benefit of the La Orange Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
BULLETIN
Mrs. Emma Moore, 82, passed
away at the Fayette Memorial
Hospital Wednesday morning,
Sept. 2. *
Funeral services were still
pending late Wednesday morn-
ing. >
S. T. Penick Speaks
To Lions Club Tues.
The La Grange Lions Club held
their regular weekly meeting
Tuesday noon, Sept. 1 and heard
an interesting account given by
, S. T. Penick about his experience
while surveying in the Moun-
tains of Oregon in his younger
days.
• Gilbert Mueller, zone chair-
man, reported on the District
Cabinet meeting which was held
in Austin recently. He also re-
ported that the Deputy District
Governor Herman L. Zschappel
of Brenham and District Gover-
nor Jake Pickle of Austin are
expected to visit the club in the
near future.
Basaar Homecoming
At Plum Sunday
The Sts. Peter and Paul annual
Bagaar and Etonecoming will he
held at Plfirrn dn»unday,Septem-
ber 6.
The day will get underway at
10 a. m. with Holy Mass which
will be followed by a family
style dinner beginning at 11:30.
Plum-made sausage, fried chic-
ken and all the. trimmings will
be available. /■
Supper will be/Served at 5 p.
m. Tickets are $1.00 for adults
and children under 12, 50c.
Music, amusements and re-
freshments will be available
during the day. Ray Krenek’s
orchestra will furnish the music
during the day and also for the
dance at night.
St. John’s Harvest
Feast is Sunday
The Harvest Feast of the St.
John’s Parish of Fayetteville
will be held Sunday, September
6.
It will begin with a barbecued
beef and pork dinner at 11 o’-
clock in the morning and a lunch
with a wide selection of home-
made baked items will be served
at 2 o’clock.
A bazaar and auction sale of
many useful items will be held
at 3 p. m. and a imyqge supper
will be served at 5 p. m. The din
ner and supper tickets for the
feast are $1.00 for adults and 50c
for children under 12.
Lee Use’s Orchestra will fur
niah music during the day and
also for the dance at night.
LG. Public Schools
Open Tuesday
Doors of the La Grange Public
Schools will open for the 1959-60
school term on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The first faculty meeting is set
for Thursday, Sept. 3, at 10 a. m.
in the school cafeteria and teach-
ers of the respective schools will
meet with their principals at 1:30
on the same day.
First grade pupils will be en-
rolled in th« Hr*»»es Elementary
School pn Friday, Sept. 4 from
9 a. m. to 4 p. m. with Ray E.
Cornes and pupils in grades two
through twelve who are enroll-
ing in the La Grange schools for
the first time, May also enroll
at tbi6 time, with H. C. Giese.
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Louis Albrecht underwent ma-
jor surgery at the Hermann hos-
pital in Houston Saturday, Aug.
29. Bq is doing as well as can be
expected. He is in room 532.
Calendar of Events
Thursday, September 3—
Pep Rally, 7:30 p. m., court-
house lawn.
Friday, September 4—
Leopards-Hallettsville Brah-
mas Football game, Leopard
Field, 8 p. m.
Sunday, September 6—
plum Homecoming and Ba-
zaar, Plum
Texas State Skat Congress, Le-
gion Hall
St. John’s Parish Harvest
Feast,Fayettevilte
Lions ’club meets, noon, club
room.
La Grange Public Schools open
Four young ladies Wednesday
morning had entered the fair and
rodeo queen’s contest which will
be one qlth* features of the 32nd
annual Fayette County Fair,
which is set for Thursday, Fri-
day, and Saturday, Sept. 17, 18,
and 19.
Entries in the queen’s contest
as of Wednesday are Misses Jean
Stoelke of Fayetteville; Gale
Lama sous of Swiss Alp; Sharon
Bryant of Schulenburg and Eve-
lyn Faldyn of La Grange.
DRUM MAJOR AND MAJORETTES who will lead the La Grange High School Band Friday
night when it makes its first appearance of the 1959 season on Leopard Field are pictured above left
to right are, Carolyn. Freytag, Mary Jane Darilek, Sarah Jo Oeltjen, Amelia Janssen, drum major;
Carolyn Burkett, Margaret Janssen and Minella Fritsch, majorette captain.
Three Rural
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Schools Open
Sept. 8
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that
County Superintendent
Lebpries has announced
three of Fayette’s remaining ru-
ral schools will open for the new
term on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and a
fourth on Monday, Sept. 14.
Cistern, Praha and Hostyn will
open on Sept. 8 and the Hostyn
colored school opens on Sept. 14.
John J. Beck and Mrs. Gladys
Johnson are the teachers at Cis-
tern, with Mr. Beck as the prin-
cipal.
The Praha faculty consists of
Sister Germaine Norman and
Sister Dorothy Cusil.
Sitter Beatrice Jaks and Sis-
ter Cecelia Ju.ykal are the in-
structors at Hostyn.
Teachers or the Negro school
at Hostyn are Lucille Henna and
Essie Williams.
'All four school? will teach the
fiist eight grades
Leps Host Hallettsville Brahmas Here
Friday Night For First Grid Game
. The La Grange Leopards,
coached by Marvin Dixon, will
play their first football game of
the season Friday night, Septem-
ber 4, against the Hallettsville
Brahmas, on Leopard Field.
Game time is 8 p. m.
Pep Rally Thursday
Court House Lawn
The Leopardettes ale sponsoring
a pep rally along with the La
Grange High School Band at the
Court House lawn on Thursday
night, Sept. 3, at 7:30 p. m.
The bpOd and ’jMdpardettes
will meet at the scheoISpt 7 p.m.
and march to the court-house.
The public is invited to attend.
In case of rain the rally will be
held in the gym.
Pot Plant Entries
Urged Early
Mrs. W. C. Hunter, who is the
chairman of pot plant entries for
the up-coming Fayette County
Fair, urges all who plan to make
entries to contact her before the
morning of Sept. 16.
Mrs. Hunter would like to
know ahead of time who plans to
enter plants, as a truck will be
sent out on the morning of the
16th to pick up the entries.
1 Entrants are asked to call her
at 454-R or the co-chairman, Mrs.
Frank Gemar, at 179-M.
AUG. RAINFALL TOTALS 2.53
Total rainfall for the month of
August measured 2.53 inches as
recorded by John L. Sulak, local
weather observer.
Compared to rainfall in Aug.
1958, 1.31 inches and 1957, .26
inch.
Coach Dixon gave the follow-
ing list of Leopards which will
pit against the Brahmas: Larry
Pietsch, Larry Wilson, Billy
Glaiser and Charles Fritsch,
ends; Danny Rosenberg, Robert
Ruckert, David von^Minden and
Charles Baker and* Bob Berry
tackles; Billy Docekal, J. C. Spa-
cek, Billy Baca and Bill Yates,
guards; Ben Krauaf and James
Rabe, centers; Gary Koopmaim
and Ricky Blume, quarterback;
Mike Lobpries and!David Haj-
ovsky, fullback; and Buddy Fut-
schik, Paul Cronenberger, Har-
vey Moerbe and Ronnie Null,
halfbacks.
The probable stertjng Baeup
cf the Hallettsvuis Brahmas /as
not available at press time.%
Salvation Army
Hid Wye Gets
Underway Sept. 81
The Salvation Army Fund
Drive wllj begin Sept. 8 with Mr.
Chris Berry as Campaign chair-
man for the annual fund drive for
the Salvation Army will get un-
derway with thirty two volunteer
workers meeting for coffee and
donuts at the Lester Hotel on
Tuesday, Sept. S. Chairman Ber-
ry has already picked four team
captains to help him who are:
Walter Oeltjen, Mrs. C: A. Lem-
mons, Henry Berry and Walter
Mueller. Two more captaina are
yet to be named.
The contest is open
young lady 18
over, and each
sold for on« dollar
ofae vote for
queen. Entry
tickets are availal
of the I
Kenny L.
money mi
secretary not,
on Sept. 16.
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Winner In the contest will be
crowned at 8 p. m. on
day of the fair and will receive
two $50 Savings bonds, evening mal”, must be In at the
gown, dress, perfume, a wall
clock, and a food mixer. Rim
ners-up also will receive prizes.
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ASC Committeemen
To Be Named Soon
Ballots for the annual election
of community committeemen for
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation program have
been marked and returned to the
Fayette County ASC office.
Results of the election will not
be known, however, until next
week. A tabulation committee
will meet Friday to tabulate the
votes and committeemen will be
announced next week.
Pool To Be Open
On Labor D»y
The swimming pool will be
open on Monday, September 7,
Labor Day. Normally, the pool is
closed on each Monday. This will
be the last day of swimming of
the season.
2 LG Scouts Get Eagle Awards
for 1959-60 term.
Wednesday, 8e
Rotary club
wood Inn, noon.
Ootton-
Jaycee (
Dance
Carnival and Street
Court Ilones Square.
A family night program for
the1 Boy Scout Troop 203 was
held at the VFW Hall Monday
night, Aug. 31.
The highlight of the meeting
whs the awarding of the rank of
Eagle, the highest rank in Scout-
ing,. to Don Mayer and Jimmy
ZApalac by Scoutmaster, John
Lanier. As far as the present
Scoutleaders know, this is the
first time that two Eagle awards
have been made at one time In La
Grange.
Scoutmaster Lanier reviewed
some of the highlights and ac-
complishments of the troop over
the year. Among the awards was
a felt pennant received by the
troop indicating that the boys
are 100 per cent in subscribing to
Boy’s Life Magazine. Another
felt pennant was received as a
Round Up award for attaining
new members. A ribbon award
for registering Scout Charter on
time was also received. These a-
warda are all of National recog-
nition.
Other awards were a blue rib-
bon for participating in the
Council Scoutorama last
March,
ticipat-
red ribbon for partidpa
big in the Spring Camporee in
May. The Scouts attended Sum-
mer Camp and recently made a
river trip from Smithville to Co-
lumbus.
The moat recent award quali-
fied for was the National Camp-
ing Award. Also received and
completed was a five star plaque
for advancement, membership,
Boy’s Life subscriptions, camping
activities and the training of unit
leaders. The plaque will be dis-
played at the Scout hut.
Each boy In the troop received
a 5-star strip to be worn on his
uniform pocket.
Lanier pointed out that in the
last year a Mothers’ Auxiliary
was organized and a regular fam-
ily night get-together was ini-
tiated. This will be held on every
fifth Monday night. Parents dues
of 25c a month was set This re-
venue is used to purchase needed
camping equipment. A Baker
tent and several other items have
already been acquired.
One year service stars were
presented to Don Mayer, Jimmy
Zaps lac, Herbie
my Giei
Charles
Ronald Rohan, David
Mike Kulhanek, 1T
Bruce Jester, C. V __
assistant Scout master snd John
Donald Salm, Donald Bremer
Plumlee, Kona id von,
and David Fritsch received se-
cond class awards; Chas. Plum-
lee, Donald Salm and Ronald
Rohan received first calls a-
wards and Buddy Sanders re-
ceived the star award.
Elected to serve for the com-
ing year were the following: Se-
nior Patrol Leader, David Sch-
ulze; Scribe, Robert Creuxbaur;
Quartermaster, Ronald Voss; Li-
brarian, Donald Bremer; Apache
Patrol Leader, Richard Paters;
Rattlesnake Patrol Leader, Ro-
nald Rohan; Stag Patrol Leader,
Buddy Sander; and the Flaming
Arrow Pptrol Leader, Herbie
Lehmann,
Adult leaders for the new year
are: Institutional Representative,
Quade-Werchan Post
To Meat Sept 6
The regular meeting and in-
stallation of officers of the
Quade-Werchan Poet No. $88
will meet on Friday,Jtept 6 at 8
p. m. at the
Auxiliary will aleo meet
have installation
The local Salvation Army com-
mittee uses those funds in meet-
ing urgent welfare cases all over
Fayette County. Mr. A. R. Ehlers
is the permanent committee
chairman, and serving with him
are Mr. Wm. Hofmann and Mr.
Leon Rosenberg as treasurer, Mr.
R. D. Zapalac of Flatonia, Mrs.
Ray Kusey of Schulenburg, Mr.
Charles Lemmons of La Grange,
Mr. Ed Tobias of Ellinger and
Mr. Ed Sarrazin and John Cufr
of Fayetteville. For nine years
now this local Salvation Army
committee has given quick action
when some family or individual
was in dire need. It could be me-
dicine for someone unable to buy
it or groceries for a family Vrhere
the father has been out of work
or sick, or it could be shoes and
clothing for a needy school child.
Whatever the need the committe
cuts the red tape and gets the
job done.
This committee urges citizens
all over Fayette County to give
tbeir whole hearted support to
this wof$r cause.
BULLETIN
Th# La Grange Jaycees will
meet on Monday night, Septem-
^ f the Jaycees meet
Monday of the
M Labor Day falls
on the first Monday the meeting
has tyitfrtncil
to Own a
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Monday is Holiday
In La Grange
Monday, Sept. 7, is Labor Day
and one of the business holidays
on the La Grange Chamber of
Commerce calendar for 1959.
Therefore La Grange will be
closed for all day Monday.
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Guest Speiker At
St, Raid's
Sunday Morning
director^ of nl^edu
the Texas District, Ameriean Lu-
theran Church, with
ters in Austin, will b
preacher at St. Paul’s
Church in La Gi
morning. He will
his brother, the RedJ
meier, who will be on vacation
this week.
The Rev. Mr. Fiachmeier, up-
on his graduation from Wart-
burg Lutheran Theological Se-
minary, Dubuque, Iowa, became
the pastor of the Columbus, Tex-
as, Lutheran parish, and served
there until he entered the army
chaplaincy in 1942.
Following his discharge after
the dose of the war, he served
the Lutheran Chureh at La Mar-
que, for a few months after
which he relent
dty of Texas,
earned his PhD.
He has now serv
Director of Parish
his church in
and Arkansas
was
His work es;
self about i
through tile Sunday Schools.
The guest speaker win conduct
both the 8:15 and 10:45
services at St Paul’s.
tadenz, prssi-
respectlrtfy,
ity Dairy Pm-
Agent’s office no later
Thursday, September 10, ac-
cording to Robert E. Friedrich
Jr. and Ernest T. Radenz,
dent and treasurer rei
of the Fayette County
sociation.
In selecting « winner, the Dai-
rv Committee will also
farm faculties, feed
eats’ interest and the
ant’s potential as a dairy
strator.
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Fuchs, Durwood L. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1959, newspaper, September 3, 1959; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth997895/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.