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B. F. Harigel, Proprietor
Democratic in Principle and a Worker For La Grange and Fayette County
$2.00 Per Year
Volume 62
La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, April 24, 1941
Number 1 7
THE RAMBLER
Merely Mentioning That There’s
A Reason
Attendance upon the annual de-
coration day exercises held at the
gym-auditorium last Thursday was
not, in numbers, as it was of previous
years; the number of visitors to La
Orange was considerably less than in
recent years. Cause to be assigned
may call for a rebuke. It was appar-
ent that lack of interest was preva-
lent. Familiar faces were missing;
it may be said this is due to the re-
sponses made in recent months, when
the last call was sent out. Many have
crossed the bar and have folded their
hands in the last repose, at is were.
And, as one of the respondents
said when it was mentioned, illness
prevalent in many families is to be
considered. This applies to friends
of the cemetery association, who live
at some distance from their old home
town—La Grange. It s not so much
that those who live a distance from
our city were absent, but that the
local citizens were not present, that
the comment is made. Business hous-
es were closed during the afternoon
of the program hours.
The program, with George Kroll
as master of the ceremonies, was
minus of no numbers that usually
find place thereon; the rendition of
the choir numbers, directed by Mrs.
Gilbert Eck, with Mrs. Osborne at
the piano, were in keeping with the
solemnity of the hour. The address,
as spoken by County Attorney John
C. Marburger, was of sufficient ap-
peal to' provoke the closest attention.
The regret is that more citizens were
unable to be present.
While many had come to La Grange
to assist in the ennobling purpose of
decorating the graves of the departed,
all did not remain for the day. To
the visitor, however, and the local
citizens, the condition of the two ce-
meteries was most appealing. Rob-
bed of rank growth of invading weeds,
flowers in full bloom and the markers
polished to newness, the cemeteries
were, as of old, attractive, even the
statement, belies the need.
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Place fThe Reason Where
It .Suits
Well, Fayette county didn’t get
into the poll of selection; in conse-
quence, as previously stated, there
will be no food stamp plan operative
in the county. This may be regretted;
Rambler saw no hope of the county
being favored after he was privileged
to hear of the many who had—the
counties, we mean—applied for the
plan, and that the also many who
had applied long before Fayette coun-
ty had applied, were still “on the
waiting list.” Not inclined to be-
come one of those who have snarl to
offer instead of smile, Rambler does
make bold to say that, comparatively
speaking, • Fayette county is so darn
far ahead of many counties in Tex-
as, and is regarded as being “the
least hit” by conditions, that the
powers that be decreed the old coun-
ty could continue to rock along.
Which it will, of course. General
activity in the county is not lacking;
we believe that there is constantly
something agog; even unto the
leagues among the farmers the ac-
tivity remains in good form. As to
what will be accomplished, that is
another matter. Our county agent,
our home demonstration agent, our
agricultural association and the sev-
eral other government offices now in
operation, have lent aid, and have
aided in many instances. Canvassing
among the rural citizens, however,
the result is what may be Expected.
Dissatisfaction because of some rea-
son the Rambler fails to learn. His
solution to a problem, if offered,
would amount to as much as wind-
break, built of spider’s web. Sorry
s the stamp plan will remain only a
mention at that.
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Exhausted Space Prevents
Current Comment
Absence from the usual columns
this week are the editorials the editor
generally gives to his readers. Space
taken by the report of the County
Auditor, borders on the lengthy,
something had to be reduced, and, as
the time is being taken daily for the
preparation of articles for the special
edition to be issued June 5, a week of
absence is permitted. Rambler also
curtails his usual “walk along the
front page” in order to give the news
as it happens and is reported by the
several correspondents from the east-
ern and northern ends of the county.
Rambler suggests, however, that
the reader examine carefully the re-
port of the county auditor; it may
be in good form to also mention that
the preparation of this report, in
type, is not a simple task. The chief
reason, however, for calling attention
to this report, is that the printing of
it cannot be secured from the county,
at a living price. Forced down to a
minimum, incurring an expense of
one-half in cost of what the remuner-
atiop will be, publishing the report is
near to a “news item”—minus the
cost for space.
This, however, is not charged to
the Commissioners’ Court, which
august body follows the law by “let-
ting it out to the lowest bidder.” In
days past the Journal charged $100.00
Rev. Heise, Ben Siebel
Attend Luth. Conference
Rev. R. Heise, pastor of St. Paul’s
Lutheran church, accompanied by
Ben F. Siebel, choir director, left for
Brenham Tuesday to attend the six-
day. district convention of the Texas
Synod of the American Lutheran
church, which convened Tuesday
morning, and will be continued thru-
out the week. Present to attend the
convention are 146 pastors and 123
laymen. During the week many of
the members of the St. Paul’s Luth-
eran church will drive over to Bren-
ham and take part in the layman’s
deliberations.
District President E. A. Sagebeil
of Seguin opened the meeting and
will preside until its closing Sunday
morning with a special service, the
service to be delivered by Dr. Em.
Poppen, Columbus, Ohio, president of
the American Lutheran Church.
Important issues to be discussed
during the course of the convention
include the expansion of the Mission
work, both home and foreign, broad-
ening of the parish education field,
and assisting of college students at
public institutions and those stationed
at army camps.
One of the highlights of the con-
vention will be the patriotic service
held at the Old Washington State
Park-on-the-Brazos Thursday after-
noon. Rev. Victor Albert of Galves-
ton will deliver the sermon. The ser-
vice is to be held by the Lutherans
to express their sentiments of their
country relative to the current inter-
national controversies.
Other officers besides Rev. Sagebeil
include the following: Rev. F. A.
Neumeister, vice-president, San An-
tonio; Rev. M. J. Schwarz, 2nd vice-
president, Mason; Rev. F. A. Bracher,
treasurer, Fredericksburg; C. N.
Roth, secretary, Winters; and Rev. H.
Krause, statistician, McGregor.
for the publication of this report,
which, when mentioned to colleagues
in convention assembled, was regard-
ed as cheap. And it is cheap at that
price, to take it for less is to be re-
garded as doing the job for a song.
Fayette county is-the only county in
this section of Texas, where the price
charge is below par. That, however,
is also not to be charged against the
Commissioners’ Court.
Newspaper owners have maintained
(without endorsement from the Ramb-
ler) a lobby influence at Austin dur-
ing the present session, for what?
To induce the solons to pass a meas-
ure known as the “publicity bill” and
which bill would require that legal
notices of all natures be published,
and that the price charge would be
in keeping with the value of such pub-
lishing, and the owner of the news-
paper be compensated in consequence.
Well, that is history, had the bill
been passed and the law became op-
erative, the condition here would not
have been changed, much.
That’s our complaint; the annual
report of the County Auditor carries
a great amount of information; the
man who reads the report is most
likely a taxpayer. The county is a
large corporation, handling about 18
millions of dollars per annum; the
man who helps to raise that sum by
paying the taxes assessed against
his property, should be sufficiently
interested to know what is being done
with his money. The report may be
interesting from that standpoint. If
not interested, Rambler suggests that
you waste no time in the reading
thereof. Some day, perhaps after the
Rambler has folded his hands the
“lowest bid” will have become obso-
lete; the amount that is justified in
charge, will be paid.
• • •
Landscape Attracts The
Human Eye
Sunday afternoon Rambler was
taken, in the automobile driven by
Aug. Mensing, in the city from San
Antonio, visiting with local relatives,
to Williams Creek cemetery, where
those who have relatives interred, had
gathered to hold their annual exer-
cises and elect their officers for the
year. While “the chat may lag” en
route or return, the eye fails not to
feast upon the attractive landscape
that forms a panorama over hill and
fertile valley. The wild flowers are
kings todayl
Rambler spoke to the gathered
members and their friends, at the ce-
metery, and was given close atten-
tion; he was pleased to note that the
little squared cemetery plot had been
placed in a very attractive condition,
that the flowers that covered several
of the mounds bore evidence of pains-
taking care to sd decorate. The mem-
bers, with several exceptions, are
farmers and their families, of the
Williams creek section, their interest
is such as to excite favorable com-
ment. In speaking to them on cus-
toms of the past, and the manner in
which some of the ancient countries
preserved the bodies of the dead,
Rambler cited the custom, in the ma-
jority prevalence in America, where
the edict of the Biblical days was
paramount: “Dust thou are, to dust
thou shalt return.”
Aug. H. Hausmann was elected to
serve as the president for one year,
and Mrs. Milton Schmidt of La
WITH a ROUND WICK
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TODAV MEN AND WOMEN WORK COM-
FORTABLY IN BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED FAC-
IES. FREE FROM GLARE. EMPLOYERS
KNOW THAT SCIENTIFICALLY CORRECT
LIGHTING INCREASES EFFICIENCY AND
SAFETY 9/ ELIMINATING EVE-STRAIN.
OFFERS COMMUNITY AND
CO-OPERATIVE SERVICES
A type of loan that is proving to
be very popular in Texas is the com-
munity and co-operative service loan
which is made for the purpose of en-
abling a group of farmers to provide
a service which could not be pro-
vided by one alone. These loans are
made for the purpose of purchasing
such things as large scale farm ma-
chinery, pure bred sires, community
grist mills, syrup mills, and many
other things of a like nature. The
loan is made either to a group of
farmers, or to one farmer where
other low-income farmers in the com-
munity will agree to use the service
at a designated fee.
Any farmer or group of farmers
interested in this type of loan should
contact Claude M. Gattis, Rural Su-
pervisor, Fayette county, La Grange,
Farm Security Administration office
in the old Hunger building on the
south side of the square.
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VISITS AND ENJOYS THE
NATIVE WILLD FLOWERS
Boyd C. Russell, Assistant Ser-
geant-at-Arms, House of Representa-
tives, at Austin, was sporting around
in his new car last week-end and
visiting with friends in La Grange,
Hostyn and Plum, and at the same
time enjoying the Bluebonnets and
other wild flowers. While in this sec-
tion, he was the guest of Rev. Paul
P. Kaspar.
LA GRANGE STUDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Albert v. Rosenberg
were informed by letter one day last
week, that the name of their son
Lester was listed as “one of the dis-
tinguished students for the first se-
mester of the session of 1940-41” at
the A. & M. College. Lester’s former
classmates at La Grange, and friends
of the family join the Journal in of-
fering congratulations.
E. J. Kyle, dean of the School of
Agriculture, in addressing a greeting
to Lester, had this to say: “I con-
sider that you have reflected honor,
not only upon yourself and your fam-
ily, but upon the A. & M. College as
well. I want to commend and con-
gratulate you on this splendid re-
cord.”
MARRIED AT YUMA, ARIZONA
Friends of the family will be inter-
ested to know of the marriage of
Staff Sergeant E. H. Reiss of Camp
San Louis Obispo, California, which
occurred Thursday morning in Yuma,
Arizona. The bride, Mrs Mabel Gres-
sett, of Houston, visited his mother,
Mrs. Anna Reiss and sister, Miss
Irene, briefly, and on Monday was
accompanied by Miss Irene to Yuma,
Arizona. The trip was made by auto.
After witnessing the wedding, Miss
Irene returned home by rail, while
the newlyweds journeyed on to Cali-
fornia. Congratulations!
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Subscribe for the Journal.
Grange, as secretary. Report of the
retiring secretary and that of the
president were interesting; it demon-
strated, that suggestions were in or-
der which would create an interest in
the cemetery association and cause
the tool house to be repaired. And,
as the members came forward and
paid their dues, willingly, it may be
surmised that the cemetery will not
become the garden of weeds. The
road to the Williams Creek cemetery
is on the left from the Schulenburg
highway, about 5 miles south of La
Grange, the greater part of the road
is in good condition, a certain section,
however, shows the ravage of the
winter, a sequel to the continuous
rains of the past winter and not good
for the automobile tires.
One relic—probably none other
would have given it even a side glance,
attracted the Rambler’s eye; ’twas a
small building, fast yielding to the
ruthless elements. “In that building,”
said Aug. Mensing, “my mother re-
ceived her first school instructions.”
Three score years ago, when much of
the neighboring section was rich in
wild life, rank growth of grass ana
the soil, virgin at that. The “little
school house” is crumpling fast; built
of rock that was hauled by ox team
from the Bluff section, and supported
by heavy oak beams, the building de-
fied the elements. That was in the
days when you and I were young
dearie; before that, to be exact.
With only a brief respite after
reaching home, Rambler left, in com-
pany with the home boss for Ellin-
ger. in the hope to reach the scene of
a birthday celebration before the
guests had departed. He failed, only
a few friends were at the auditorium,
and Uncle Jake Koehl, whose anni-
versary was being observed, extended
the glad hand. “There was more than
200 men and women here this after-
noon,” said a relative, and the eats
that were set upon the table? I have
never seen such a collection; we want-
ed you to be here and enjoy the^ re-
past.” Nice, very nice, but the Good
Lord so constituted man that if one
essayed to sunder his makeup it would
be the old story of: “He certainly
looks natural.” Uncle Jake is now
88 years old.
Driving from La Grange to Ellin
ger, the fields of blue bonnets and
red blankets and several other wild
flowers enhance the scenery, make
golden the hours for that matter,
cause many of the tourists to gasp
in surprise and yearn to crawl from
under the wheel and do a little pluck-
ing. While the growth along this
highway from La Grange to Ellinger
is heavy and the flowers are beauti-
ful, the drive from Fayetteville to La
Grange completely excels it in every
manner. There is no manner in which
the scenery may be described. The
wild flowers of many colors, every
tint of the rainbow, are evidence of
a greater gardner’s effort. There is
still a strong hand at work, and there
is also an assurance that the flowers
will come back, each year, to remind
us, to recall the story only recently
retold, and to encourage a love for
things beautiful.
* • •
Local Interest Same As In
Other Sections
Governor O’Daniel’s proclamation
calling for an election to he held Sat-
urday, June 28. at which time a suc-
cessor to the lamented Senator Mor-
ris Sheppard is to be elected, has
more than passing interest aroused
in I^a Grange. The indolent (?) man-
Perry Cases Closed
Guilty—Dismissed
Cases, in which the charge of
“swindling” was made, against one
Perry, are concluded; in entering of
a plea of guilty Tuesday, to one com-
plaint, and fined $5.00 and costs, the
remaining cases were dismissed.
The several cases against Perry
came as a sequel to a canvass he
made among our business men, so-
liciting advertisements to appear in
a history of the Hermann Sons lodge,
celebrating its 50th year as a fra-
ternal order in Texas. The price
charged for the ads was paid, but the
history was not printed, due to sev-
eral causes, as contended by Perry.
When the first of a series of cases
was tried, Perry was declared guilty;
his attorney, Mr. Lusk appealed from
the verdict of the trial court and the
higher court reversed and remanded
it on a technical error in the com-
plaint—failing in fully describing the
check that was used in the trans-
action.
Tried on another complaint last
week another “flaw” was discovered,
and Judge Arnim instructed the jury
to render a verdict in favor of the
defendant.
Saturday a jury in the third trial,
another complaint, after hours of de-
liberation, r-ndered a verdict of not
guilty.
Tuesday, with several more cases
to be tried, Perry entered a plea of
guilty to one complaint; the rest filed,
were dismissed.
It was shown thatj after the de-
fendant had failed to have the his-
tory printed, the Hermann Sons
Lodge returned the sums paid, to the
advertisers, Perry later reimbursed
the Lodge; which, however, did not
relieve Perry of the charge of the
misdemeanors. Finis!
Advance Notice Of
Diamond Anniversary
Our dear old Bethlehem church of
Round Top will celebrate the 75th
anniversary this year. On October
28, 1866, the church was dedicated to
tha service of the Triune God ami
for 75 years our good Lord has show-
ered blessings upon our congregation.
Through 75 years His saving word
was preached in this church, and His
holy sacraments were administered
unto us. Thanks and grace be to Him
for all His goodness. Our godly fore-
fathers who organized our congrega-
tion and built our church, were not
rich in earthly possessions; they were
small in number, but they wished
with all their heart to have a place
of worship for selves and for their
children. They labored, they toiled,
they brought sacrifices, and did not
rest until our church was built.
.Our church has become old and
ruinous, it needs to be repaired. Our
congregation is not willing to permit
the inheritance of their fathers to
decay. A special offering was gath-
ered in the congregation and the
work was started. The walls of our
church have received a coat of plas-
ter and some paint work was done;
more repairs and more funds are
needed. We have received many do-
nations from far and near, many
thanks to those kind friends; still,
there are in our community so many
who are not members of our congre-
gation, who were baptised, confirmed,
or wedded in our church. Friends,
will you not be so kind as to help us
in our work ? Every donation will
gladly and thankfully be accepted.
One thing more, our Ladies’ Aid
intends to give an English play and
chicken stew in the near future in
order to raise funds for our church.
Please watch the next few issues of
your paper for the program and an-
nouncements.
No Services Sunday
Sunday, April 27, no Divine ser-
vices will be held in the Round Top
Lutheran church. Your pastor will
be in attendance upon convention of
the American Lutheran church at
Brenham.
Sunday, May 4, Sunday school will
start at 8:30 a.m., and English ser-
vices at 9:30 a.m. On this Sunday
the Ladies’ Aid will celebrate their
annual picnic. At this occasion an
important meeting will be held. All
members of our Ladies’ Aid and
their families are heartily invited.
REV. W. KRALIK, Pastor.
LA GRANGE STUDENT
Denton, Apr. 21.—Mias Rose Mai-
sel of La Grange is a member of the
sophomore class team at Texas State
College for Women preparing for the
annual college Regatta to be held at
Lak? Dallas, April 26.
The affair ■ sponsored by the Wom-
en’s Recreational Association and
competition will be in a wide variety
of water events. Miss Maisel is the
daughter of Mrs. Elsie Maisel of La
Grange'.
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Guests at the home of Mrs. H. B.
Kaulbsch *«st week-end were, Mrs.
W. S. Holr.-.an and son Andy, of Bay
City, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Holman and
daughter Julie, of Austin, and Miss
Glare Turner, of Houston.
Dairy Day, Thursday
Drew Large Crowd
Judge E. A. Arnim, Jr., was tied
up in court and was unable to make
the Address of Welcome, therefore
George Kroll served as a pinch-hitter
and gave the address. Judge J. Lee
Dittert, County Judge of Austin coun-
ty. gave the response. Leslie D. Wil-
liams of Brenham, president of the
Washington County Jersey Cattle
Club, made a short talk explaining
the purposes and aims of his organi-
zation, and offered their full co-op-
eration for the development of the
dairy industry in this section of Tex-
as. Wilburn Loessin, president of the
Fayette County Fair Association,
gave a short talk pledging the com-
plete co-operation of the Fair Asso-
ciation toward the improvement of
the dairy business and all other agri-
cultural interests of Fayette and ad-
joining counties.
The technical program was han-
dlel by Messrs. E. R. Eudaly, Exten-
sion Dairyman; G. G. Gibson, Ass’t.
Extension Dairyman, and 0- C. Cope-
land, Dairyman for the Texas Experi-
ment Station, with the local commit-
tees from Fayette and adjoining
counties assisting all they could. A
Dairy Products display showing the
value of dairy products in the diet,
were made by the Home Demonstra-
tion Councils of Fayette and Lee
counties. A demonstration of the use
of dairy products in the home, en-
titled “Clean Wholesome Milk Is
Health Insurance”, was given by the
Engle 4-H Club girls, with Mary Ja-
lufka and Gracie Lee Krenek as the
two on the program, directed by Mrs.
Ervin Stavinoha, Club sponsor. The
Future Homemakers of La Grange
exhibited some of the things they
made, including home-made rugs,
dresess, a group of hobbies, flower
arrangement, and an ideal bedroom.
Out-of-town visitors of special men-
tion were, R. S. Miller, Dist. Agent,
John H. Erickson, County Agent
emeritus, Washington county, who
was introduced along with County
Agent Yeary as the first and last In
County Agent work, being further
explained by the fact that John H.
Erickson was County Agent of Collin
county in 1908 and 1909, at which
time Mr. fetay wae a Club hoy rai-
ning State and National recognition
for his Corn Club work under the su-
pervision and guidance of Mr. Erick-
son. W. P. Young and P. B. Branch,
Jersey cattle breeders of Georgetown
were here, also John A. Yarling, Sr.,
John A. Yarling, Jr., and E. W. Fott,
of Rosenberg, the last three winning
a large number of blue and red rib-
bons on their Jersey animals at the
Dairy Day in Rosenberg on April 17.
Extension workers, dairy produ-
cers, and Vocational Agriculture
teachers from all seven counties were
present, with Fayette and Lee coun-
ties contributing to the largest por-
tion of the attendance, Lee county
being well represented with both peo-
ple and cattle, having ten animals
entered, which included one blue rib-
bon cow, two red ribbon cows, one
white ribbon heifer, three red ribbon
bulls, and one white ribbon bull. Le«
county business men gave 12 or 18
sacks of feed and $20.00 in cash prizes
to exhibitors, which will be distribut-
ed to the exhibitors on point basis.
Entries And Winners
Cows, 3 years and over (Blues)—
Fritz Mueller, La Grange; Chaa. E.
Kasper, Lincoln; Albert Rosenberg,
La Grange, 2 entries.
(Reds)—J. H. Browning, West
Point; A. J. Jaster, Giddings; Jack
Taylor, La Grange; Dr. F. J. Guen-
ther, La Grange; Albert Rosenberg,
La Grange; J. C. Schwake, LaGrange,
3 entries; H. T. McCollum, LaGrange;
Don Wolters, Giddings; Frank Will-
mann, La Grange; Gus Ray Harris,
La Grange.
(Whites) — Fritz Mueller, La
Grange; John Sommer, Giddings;
Walter Scholtz, Giddings.
Cows, 2 and under 3 years (Blues)
—None.
(Reds)—Earl Chalk, La Grange, 2
entries; G. W. Lampe, La Grange*
Richard Osborne, La Grange; Clar-
ence Stanzel, Schulenburg; Morgan
(See DAIRY DAY, Page 8)
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TO CONVENE APRIL 29
AT LUTHERAN CHURCH
The Brenham Group Conference
of the Texas District Women’s Mis-
sionary Federation of the American
Lutheran church, will convene in La
Grange, April 29, at St. Paul’s Luth-
eran church, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Visitors are welcome.
LUTHERAN MISSIONARY
SOCIETY
MKT STATION AGENT
TRANSFERRED TO CISCO
Frank Haggard, station agent for
the M-K-T Railway, at La Grange for
the past year, received transfer no-
tice Monday, and will go to Cisco to
serve the company as station agent.
Cashier Dickerson will, temporarily,
act in the capacity of station agent;
C. B. Roberts of SinithviUe reports to
All the position vacated by Cashier
Dickerson.
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