The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1958 Page: 3 of 16
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LA GRANGE JOURNAL
THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1958
COMMENTS FROM
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CONGRESSMAN
CLARK W. THOMPSON
9th TSXAS DISTRICT
Dear Neighbors:
This year, there is a particular
significance to the age-old greet-
ing “Merry Christmas and a Hap-
py "New Year.”
Whereever I have been, and I
have visited every County in the
District since Congress adjourn-
ed, people have been optimistic
and have felt that any business
recession has been left behind
just as the drouth which plagued
us for so many years. We share
the conviction that the coming
year will continue to see business
and agricultural improvement.
There is a background of con-
fidence that troublesome al-
though the cold war may be, we
are now winning and will con-
tinue to remain peace, precarious
though it may be.
Mrs. Thompson and I leave for
Washington right after Christ-
mas. We go back to the duties to
which you have assigned us, re-
freshed, encouraged, and inspir-
ed by our association with you
during these past months. She
joins me in these Christmas and
New Year’s greetings, and in the
hope that God will bless and
watch over you during the com-
ing year.
Sincerely yours,
Clark W. Thompson.
CEDAR CREEK PHILOSOPHER COMES
OUT ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS PLAN TO
EQUALIZE CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING
Posted, No Riaers, For Rent, For
Sale, etc., signs—} Oc each at the
Journal Office. (11-tfc)
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Schneider’s Cafe
Editor’s qote: The Cedar Creek
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
farm on Cedar Creek has discov-
ered Christmas is here, it he has
found it out, it must indeed be
here.
Dear editar:
Along about this time of the
year, every year, a lot of people
pull up short and declare time
sure does fly, hers it is Christmas
again and it seems like only a
month or so since the last one.
This Is because people live too
fast. That is, they think they're
living too fast, although actually
of course everybody lives at the
same rate, only instead of living
from one hour to the next, or at
the most one day to the next,
most people try to live in gulps,
say twelve gulps to consume the
whole year.
Now me, 1 take things a little
easier. You try to consume a
whole year too fast and you wind
up with indigestion.
Also, I notice that some people
get to wishing they could skip
Christmas, they say it’s too stre-
nuous, it’s too much trouble, it’s
t c o commercial. Generally
though when people say Christ-
mas is too commercial, they mean
it’s not commercial enough for
them, it’s the other fellow that’s
profiting by it. Commercialism
generally is considered bad only
when you’re on the wrong end of
commerce, when you’re spending
instead of selling.
This is the reason I have been
proposing for years a new plan
which I think the government
cught to consider. Under the pre-
sent system, a man never knows
whether he’s going to come out
ahead or behind when his Christ-
inas giving and his Christmas re-
ceiving has been totaled up.
Here’s where the government
ought to step in. The government
ought to agree to make up the
difference between what you
spend and what you get. A sort of
Yuletide Equalization Bureau.
All a man would have to do un-
der my plan would be to keep a
list of the gifts he gives in one
column, a list of what he gets in
another, and if the second col-
umn is shorter than the first, the
government would make up the
difference. Of course, if the first
column was shorter, and you got
more than you gave, the govern-
ment should forget it. What’s
Christmas for? What’s the gov-
ernment for?
I don’t think this plan will
work, but that’s no argument for
the government’s not trying it.
If the government tried only
things that will Work, Santa
Claus would sure fail to see a lot
of people.
Meanwhile, Christmas is here,I
whether it’s liked or not, al-
though m* and you and a lot of
other people sort of like it. Con
sequently, until the government
gets its Gift Equalizing system
working, I will hereby get rid'
of all my Christmas obligations
by saying: Merry Christmas.
Yours faithfully,
J. A
Randolph Is Guest
Qf Honor at A&M
E. A. Randolph, Negro County
Agri. Agent, was one of the twen-
ty-six honorees who were the
guests at the Annual Christmas
dinner held in Sisba Hall on the
campus of A&M College. These
guests were those completing
twenty-five years of service dur-
ing 1958 in the various parts of
the Texas A&M College System
headquartered at College Sta-
tion.
A 25 year gold service pin was
presented to each by President T.
M. Harrington of the A&M Col-
Max E. Brune was buried in
the Moulton public cemetery
Thursday morning, Dec. 18, fol-
lowing services at the Koenig
Funeral Home chapel. Mr. Brune,
88, died at Austin Wednesday.
The Rev. H. T. Flachmeier con-
ducted the services.
Mr. Brune. a retired farmer,
was born at New Ulm. He was the
son of William and Eliza Poth
Brune. He was married twice,
both wives preceding him in
death.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Stella Helwig of Corpus
Christi; two sons, Glenn Brune of
Houston and Maxie E. Brune of
Austin; a step-son, Louis Wal-
ker of Austin; two sisters, Mrs.
Alma Maeker and Mrs. Quinn
Braddock of Flatonia; a brother,
Ed of Moulton; nine grandchil-
dren and seven great-grandchil-
reh.
TELL YOUR MERCHANT you
saw his products advertised in
the Journal. If your merchant
isn’t using the Journal to invite
vou.to his store, urge him to do
so. By doing so. you, he. and all
cf us help build a better com-
munity.
Office Supplies at the Journal.
lege System. Radolph’s daughter,
Sandra, was his guest on this oc-
casion. There were over five hun-
dred friends and fellow workers
attending this most pleasing oc-
casion.
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Jt is on a note of sincere apprecia-
tion that we thank you for your pat-
ronage and wish much holiday joy and
good cheer to you and your family f
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Season’s Greetings
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From Your
COUNTY
DISTRICT
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STATE
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Clark W. Thompson
Congressman, 9th District
Fritz Lobpries, County Supt.
Culp Krueger, State Senator
Ike J. Petraa, Dintrict Clerk
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Rep. Homer Koliba, District No. 46
L.J.
J. R. Fuchs, District Judge
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May the true ifJMt of Christmas
bring joy to every home... con-
tentment to every heart And throughout the coming year, may we ell
know die peace and food will of which the angels tang on that Holy
Night, long ago. To you and yourt, we with a very merry Gbrifcmat.
Wallace Barber, District Attorney
Walter Oeltjen, County Attorney
Homer D. Eck, County Auditor
Henry J. Schovajna, County Judge
T. J. Flournoy, County Sheriff
It A. Pietsch,
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Fuchs, Durwood L. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1958, newspaper, December 25, 1958; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998455/m1/3/: 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.