The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1958 Page: 10 of 10
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U GRANGE JOURNAL
THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1958
Stalk Plowup Deadline Extended
Cotton farmers in Fayette j plowing under cotton stalks.
County last week got a 19-day State Agriculture Commissi-
extension on their deadline for oner John C. White announced
I the extension to Nov. 19 In 90
couties last Friday, because of
Too Late To Classify
ATTENTION DAIRYMEN: We
have just received the 1959 mo-
del dairying bulk milk tank.
The all new 599 gallon model Is
now on display on our showroom
floor. Come In and let us show It
to you.
Rosenberg - Todd, Inc.
(«5-Ste)
recent rains.
RELIABLE PARTY
MALE OR FEMALE
wanted to service and collect
from a route a4 CIGARETTE ma-
chine*. No selling. Route is folly
established for operator. Fall or
part time. Up to 1*90 per month
to start. $1,999 to 9$,999 cash re-
quired which Is secured. Write,
giving full particulars and phone
number to >7 O. 95$X, Dallas 8,
Texas. <4I-ltp)
Legals
Sealed BIDS will be received
In the office of C. A. Lemmons,
Superintendent, on November 12
at 6 P. M. o’clock on the below
listed equipment offered for sale.
One 1948 International School
Bus, License No. XC2081: and
one 1948 International School
Bus, License No. XC203O.
This equipment may be seen at
the La Grange Public School Re-
pair Shop. Bid proposals may be
secured from the Superinten-
dent’s Office at 187 S. Jackson
Street or from the attendant at
the Bus Repair Shop.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to accept or reject any
bid submitted for the best inter-
est of the school.
L. D. Boelsche, President
Board of Trustees
La Grange Independent
School District
(45-ltc)
Hiway Commission
Allots Funds To
Be Spent in Fayette
The State Highway Commis-
sion, at their October meeting,
took the first steps to inaugurate
a two-year Farm-to-Market Road
Program for Texas. The funds for
this 1999 and 1900 Federal Aid
Secondary Program are derived
from Federal Aid Highway funds
matched with State Highway
funds on a dollar-dollar basis.
M. G. Cornelius, District En-
gineer of the Texas Highway De-
partment at Yoakum, Texas, stat-
ed that work will begin on these
projects as soon as final planning
is completed and necessary right-
of-way secured.
Funds allotted for Fayette
County will be spent on the fol-
lowing projects:
From State Highway 237 near
Warrenton, Southeast to State
Highway 199 at Willow Springs,
a distance of approximately 9.9
miles.
From end of FM Road 1292,
West along the Fayette-Lavaca
County Line to road intersection,
a distance of approximately 2.3
miles, in Fayette and Lavaca
Counties.
Card of Thanks
The La Grange P-TA would
like to thank all of those who
helped to make the P-TA Carni-
val a success.
Special thanks go to the Firms
who donated groceries for the
supper, to the turkey carver’s,
costume Judges, master of cere-
monies, food committees, all
project committees, High school
dance band and everyone else
who helped to make the carnival
a success.
Carnival Chairman,
Mrs. Arthur J. Friemel
SOIL CONSERVATION
LEADER TO SPEAK
Joe D. Nichols, M. D., nation-
ally known soil coservation lea-
der will speak in Austin, Nov. 6,
ct the Austin National Bank
Auditorium. The meeting will
begin at 7:30 p. m.
Mr. Nichols will speak on the
subject of “The Biological Blight
Over America” and will bring
interesting and important infor-
mation coming from years of ex-
perience in soil conservation,
health, nutrition, and business.
Office Supplies: Everything you
hied In the line of office supplies
our personnel will be happy to
help you. Come by and make
your wants known. Stationery
Department, La Grange Journal.
HOLIDAY DANCES
At Fair Pavilion — La Grange
Christmas Night - Dec. 25
Nash Hernandez and His 14 Piece Orchestra
New Year’s Eve - Dec. 31
Blume’s Orchestra
FOR IRRIGATION FARMERS ONLY
When you bought your irrigation system it was probably to
save your crops from a searing sun in a cloudless sky. And
it may have saved you, as it saved many, from financial disaster.
But do you know that your Southwest Engineered Irrigation
System was also designed to make you big money in years of
“normal” rainfall if you will adopt the High Yield Production
Program of these 3 simple steps:
1. Fertilize for the greatest possible yield that your land
can possibly produce (check with your SCS man and your
County Agent on this).
3. Put your irrigation system in shape for prompt use —
get any needed extensions or repairs — and keep it
that way.
3. Check your soil moisture in the root zone regularly
with a simple meter so you know just how much water to
supply and when — to enable the growing plant to utilize
all the fertilizer — and irrigate when the meter tells you.
Ask your Southwest Engineered Systems dealer for further
details of this practical and logical program that can double
or triple your net profits for next year. He can help you plan
your program and quote you on strong Alcoa seamless extruded
irrigation pipe for any extension you may need and on the
Bouyoucos Soil Moisture Meter — which are the standard of
the better operators.
IrrigatlM gyUeas • Crop Drying SyitnM
*••4 PikmiIii an* Handling Syilm
DmmMc Water Supply mud Treating System
— Ideal Trwcfc Craeee
Dairy Short
Course Outlined
A very comprehensive pro
gram in dairy production and
management will be presented
in La Grange by Professor R. E.
Leighton of the Dairy Science
Department of Texas A&M Col-
lege. The course runs from No-
vember 17 to 21, and will be held
during hours most convenient to
the dairymen of Fayette County.
However, the first meeting will
be held at 8:00 p. m. in the Agri-
cultural Building on November
17. An outline of the short course
follows:
First day, Developing A Good
Dairy Herd, includes importance
of good cows, profits related to
production, how to get good cows
selection and care of her sires,
artificial insemination, produc-
tions testing and culling, and
breeding difficulties.
Second Day, Raising Calves A
HeKers, includes care of cow and
calf at calving time, milk and
milk replacer feeding, calf di-
sease control, and simple rations
for dairy heifers.
Third day, Feeding For Milk
Production, Includes proper uti-
lization of pastures, forage pro-
grams, balancing concentrates
with pasture and ropghage, con-
centrate mixtures for dairy cows,
and the value of special formula
mixtures of minerals, vitamins,
etc.
Fourth day, Silage Making and
Feeding, includes crops, silos,
silage making precautions, pre-
servatives, and silage feeding me-
thods. Also, Machine Milking Me-
thods, includes fast, clean milk-
ing and mastitis control.
Fifth day, General ..Manage-
ment Problems, includes bangs
end other diseases, and dairy
buildings.
Although the course normally
follows this general outline, each
short course emphasizes those
problems which the dairymen
present for consideration. The
training program is sponsored by
the Fayette County Dairy Associ-
ation. A registration fee of $3.00
is necessary to cover Dr. Leigh-
ton’s expenses and time from col-
lege. Fees may be left in advance
ot the County Agent’s office.
Kenneth Korthauer, 19, has
been named Texas’ most out-
standing 4-H boy for 1938. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Korthauer of Route 1, Burton.
He will receive an expense-paid
trip to the 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago November 28-December
0.
CRIDA Directors
Meet In Austin
The board of directors of the
Colorado River Industrial De-
velopment Association met at the
Driskill Hotel in Austin, Oct. 27
at 6:30 p. m.
A slate of six new officers was
elected. W. C. Tillmann of Bay
City was elected president. He
succeeds Sam A. Harbert Jr. of
Columbus.
Highlights of the program was
the announcement of CRIDA
week which is to be observed
Nov. 10-22. It will feature com-
munity programs to introduce
the regional industry group at
the local level.
Committee reports were also
given and an amendment was
endorsed, recommendations were
made and studies were accepted.
P-TA Carnival
Termed Success
The Halloween Carnival, a
fund-raising event held annual-
ly by the La Grange P-TA, prov-
ed to be a success when it was
staged Thursday night, Oct. 30.
Mrs. Arthur J. Friemel, gene-
ral chairman, stated that the tur-
key supper and the various con-
cessions presented by the ele-
mentary grades did a fine busi-
ness.
Winners in the costume parade
held in the gymnasium were:
pre-school division, Martha Ann,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin
Janssen, prettiest and Bubba,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Le-
roy Riehs, Spookiest; school di-
vision: Carroll, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Canroll C. Smith and Scott,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L.
Smith, spookiest; Lucy, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Todd
and Cynthia, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Hengst, prettiest.
Winners each received two Cozy
Theatre tickets.
Other events which were sche-
duled and went off well were the
“B” team football game which
La Grange won 18-0 from Schu-
lenburg, a hula hoop contest end
a dance in the gym.
Uur Changing Agriculture
Fayette Co. Ahead
In Bond Purchases
During the month of September
the citizens of Fayette County
purchased $23,840 in series E and
H Savings Bonds.
This announcement was made
recently by Walter Mueller
chairman of Fayette Comity’s
Savings Bonds Committee.
"Sales for the first nine
months of this year totaled
$320,500,” chairman Mueller re-
ported. “We have now achieved
79.4% of our 1958 goal of $411,-
000.”
Sales in Texas during the first
nine months of 1958 were $132,-
257,497 which represents 75.8%
of the 1958 goal of $175,000,000.
“Under a recent change in
Treasury regulations, individuals
who hold F and G bonds that ma-
ture after September 1, 1958 may
invest the proceeds from the ma-
turing bonds in E and H bonds
without regard to annual pur-
chase limits,” Mr. Mueller an-
nounced. “This information
should be of interest to hund-
reds of people in this area who
hold maturing F and G bonds.”
FECHAL ATTENDS
TRAINING SCHOOL
Milton J. Pechal, who is the
local representative for South-
land Life Insurance Company in
La Grange ia in Dallas this week
for a course of study at the com-
pany's home office. He will re-
turn Saturday.
St. John’s Lists
Honor Roll
The following students of St.
John’s Fayetteville have earned
a place on the honor roll during
the first six weeks of this school
term:
Seniors: Anastasia Evanicky,
Sylvia Ann Sury, Mary Jean Svr-
cek.
Juniors: Margaret Hrachovy,
Joyce Mae Hrachovy, Madeline
Pavlicek, Bernice Prihoda, John-
nie Mae Svrcek, Jeanette Urba-
uovsky, Nancy Vitek.
Sophomores: Kermit Beseda,
Henrietta Chovanac, James Kol-
laja, Dorothy Mae Krenek, Jo
Ann Mascheck, Rosie Poncik, A-
deline Mae Shula, Geraldine
Smidovec, Dolores Jo Svrcek,
Peggy Vasicek.
Freshmen: Madeline Brokeme-
yer, Dorothy Canik, Dolores Ann
Hrachovy, Mary Ann Jasek, Pa-
tricia Klimek, Victoria Noska,
Shirley Ann Svrcek.
8th Grade: Barbara Chovanec,
Benjamin Chovanec, Judith Eva-
nicky, Jocelyn Konvicka, Ade-
line Kulhanek, Frances Svrcek,
Raymond Vitek.
7th Grade: Janice Halfmann,
Paulette Loeve, Waldine Mrkwa,
Jenelle Peters, Jeanette Urban.
8th Grade: Robert Hrachovy
LestelJ Zapalac.
5th Grade: Erwin Sladek.
4th Grade: Rose Marie Liska,
Lois Ruth Loeve, Mary Frances
Minarcik, Cynthia Orsak, James
Sladek, Dolores Vitek, Joyce
Wostarek, Lea Marie Zapalac.
3rd Grade: Barbara Jean Be-
sed, Doris Jean Liska, Alvin Mi-
narcik, Susan Von Minden, Ruth
Wilde.
2nd Grade: Carolyn Warschak,
Lois Marie Petter, Joyce Marie
Svoboda.
by Jake Fritsch
Training received in vocational
agriculture by high school stu-
dents and by adults helps to pre-
pare them for occupations in
farming and in agricultural in-
dustries.
Few people realize that 40 per-
cent of the 60 million people em-
ployed in the United States are
employed in agricultural occupa-
tions. Of this 40 percent, 13 per-
cent are required to produce the
necessary farm commodities, 10
percent are engaged in supply-
ing machinery, fertilizer, and
other materials to farmers, and
17 percent are engaged in pro-
cessing and distributing agricul-
tural products.
In recent years, the number of
workers required in farmnig has
decreased but the number re-
quired in supplying materials to
farmers and in processing and
distributing farm commodities
has increased. Therefore, the to-
tal number of people engaged in
the field of agriculture has re-
mained approximately constant.
High school programs of vo-
cational agriculture, then, are
concerned with not only provid-
ing training for those engaged in
or preparing to become engaged
in farming but they are concern-
ed also with providing pre-em-
ployment training for those going
into related farming occupations.
These related occupations are as
important to our total agricul-
tural economy as the occupation
of farming.
A student properly trained in
vocational agriculture will make
a better agricultural scientist,
businessman, professor, sales-
man, or supplier of agricultural
fuels than he would had he not
had the basic agricultural train-
ing.
The high school vocational
agriculture curriculm at the La
Grange High School has been al-
tered to provide the needed em-
phasis on these related occupa-
tions. For example, the
student’s supervised farming
program as well as his farm shop
is stressed in order to provide the
proper background of farming
experiences. Too, the scientific
aspect of plant and animal pro-
duction is emphasized so students
| acquire an understanding of ap-
plied science. These, and other
experiences, provide the needed
training for one regardless of
whether he goes into farming or
into related occupations.
Next week Mr. Fritsch will
discuss “Vocational Agriculture
Provides Success Experiences for
Students").
Leslie Von Hinden
Enlists In Army
Leslie K. von Minden, son of
Mrs. Katherine von Minden, Rt.
4, La Grange enlisted in the U.
5. Army on Oct. 29.
Leslie is a graduate of La
Grange High School and enlisted
under the Army’s “Choice not
Chance” program, selecting the
famous 4th Armored Division
which is now stationed in Ger-
many. He will take his Basic
Training at Fort Hood, and upon
completion will proceed to Ger-
many where he will join the 4th
Armored Division. He was enlist-
ed by Sergeant Grady E Glidden,
local U. S. Army Recruiter.
GREAT NEWS
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HUBBARD IN OKINAWA
Marine Pfc. Phil Hubbard, of
689 Vail St., La Grange, is serv-
ing with the Ninth Marine Regi-
ment of the Third Marine Divi-
sion at Camp Sukiran, Okinawa.
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La Grange, Texas
LA GRANGE JOURNAL
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PRINTING — ADVERTISING
OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT
BUSINESS FORMS — ANNOUNCEMENTS
Commissioners Court
Transfers Fund
The Commissioner’s Court
voted to transfer the sum of
$4,000 from the general fund to
the officer’s salary fund when
they met on October 31.
Other business consisted of ap-
proving the October payroll and
ok eying the October estimates, i
American Legion
Veteran’s
CELEBRATION
La Grange, Texas
, J, V* Ml*
Street Parade Starts at 11 A. M.
Floats, Bands, Comics and Other Entries
Chicken Barbecue and Sausage Dinner
at Legion Hall
$1.00 PER PLATE
Chicken and Sausage also Sold To Go
■ to *• I •
Music Throughout the Day by
La Grange High School Band And
Billy Jacob’s 14-pc. Cypress-Fairbanks High School Orchestra
Free Teenagers’ Dance 2:30 to 4:00
Games, Amusements, Refreshments All Day
Hnla-Hoop Contest for Youngsters at 4:60 P. M.
TWO BIG DANCES:
Monday, November 10, Music by Blume’s Orchestra
Admbdon $1.99 per Person
Tuesday, November 11, Music by Use’s Oichsstm
For Table Reservations, Can 67, 19 or 287
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Fuchs, Durwood L. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1958, newspaper, November 6, 1958; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998252/m1/10/?rotate=270: 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.