The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1962 Page: 1 of 16
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Volume 83
La Grange, Fayette County, Texas Thursday, Feb. 1, 1962
Number 5
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Zion, Trinity
Churches Merge
In a special joint voters' meet-
inf of Zion and Trinity Lutheran
congregations, held Sunday, Jan-
uary 28, at 7 p.m., the aforesaid
congregations merged to form a
new congregation with a new name.
The name selected was Mt. Cal-
vary Lutheran Church. For the
present services will be continu-
ed at both congregations until ade-
quate facilities can be provided.
Officers electe d for the new
congregation are the following:
Walter Oeltjen, president; Edgar
Roitsch, vice-president; Baker
Davis secretary; Theo Schroeder,
treasurer - financial Secretary;
Walter Schneider, Anton Lehmann,
Herman Koepke, George Boening,
Paul Teinert, Otto Marquart and
Gus Michalk, elders; Martin Kai-
ser, Robert Mitschke and Gilbert
Boening, trustees; and Harry
-Gaertner, Sunday school superin-
tendent.
The following were also elected
to serve on various boards: An-
ton Pietsch, Alvis Roensch, Her-
bert Boening, Lawrence Williams,
Victpr Bohot and Theo. Harbers,
board of education; William Wiem-
ken, Reuben Kappler and Herbert
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All Sports Banquet
Is Thursday Night
A large crowd is expected at the
La Grange Jaycee’s annual all-
sports banquet set for Thursday
-night, Feb. 1, at the Hermes school
cafeteria, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Featured speaker at the event is
Weldon Humble of Houston, now
with the First City National Bank
and former All-American and All-
Pro football player. Mr. Humble
was only recently admitted to the
National Football Hall of Fame.
Clarence Schwake is the general
chairman of the banquet and Fritz
Lobpries will serve as master of
ceremonies. The speaker and
awards committee, which will an-
nounce the best all-around La
Grange High football performer
and the runner-up, is comprised
of Aubrey D. Voelkel, chairman,
K. A. “Moe” Moellenberndt, Mr.
Schwake and Mr. Lobpries.
Lawrence Weber, and G. A. Koe-
nig head up the important 12-mem-
ber foods committee; while Warren
Helntschel is chairman, and E. H.
Baumbach and Frank J. Kana are
members of the tickets commit-
.v tee
It was announced by the ticket
chairman that ev^y though the
deadline for Jaycees turning in
their tickets was Tuesday, should
any member still have tickets,
they should turn them in imme-
diately .
Tax Tour Begins
Next Monday
r Gilbert H. Bek, Fayette county
Tax Assessor-Gbilector has an-
nounced the dates, time, and places
of his annual tour for assessing
property for State and County taxes
and registering cars and trucks.
The first two week’s schedule
are carried in an ad elsewhere in
this issue.
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VISITING PAKISTANIAN PROFESSORS from
Texas A & M College are shown above with County
Agent Clinton Bippert who took them on a tour
of farms and related industries in the county. The
professors were here for a two-day visit, Monday
and Tuesday. The group included agriculturists
and engineers. Also pictured are the groups two
drivers from A & M. —Journal staff photo-
Consolidated Slates Open House
An open house for all day Fri-
day and Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3,
will mark the 15th anniversary
of Consolidated Frozen Food Lock-
ers, Inc.--now more familiarly
known as Consolidated Smoke-
house--in La Grange.
During the two days there will
be guided tours of the massive
plant, a cattle slaughtering demon-
stration on Friday afternoon and
a swine slaughtering on Saturday
afternoon. A total of 30 free
door prizes will be awarded at
the end of the day on Saturday.
The prizes are 10 sugar-cured
hickory-smoked hams, 10 slabs of
bacon of the same treated cate-
gory, and 10 five-pound pekages
of smoked pork sausage. Regis-
tration is all that is required,
and presence is not necessary to
win.
Gbnsolidated was opened in La
Grange on Feb. 2, 1947. Its main
business at that time was that of a
locker plant and offering curing and
smoking services to its locker
patrons.
About three years later--when
home freezers began to get pop-
ular—Gbnsolidated beganto diver-
sify by offering services to home
freezer owners.
Today, the plant’s processing
for home freezer customers far
exceeds that for individual locker
patrons. The trend toward home
freezing units has been continuous
over the years and customers have
demanded the plant’s services of
slaughtering, curing, smoking etc.,
because of the greater con-
venience; however, from a purely
economical standpoint, the indivi-
dual locker would still be cheaper
in the aggregate.
Also, throe years after the plant
opened, it inaugurated its smoked
turkey and other specialty items
program, all of which caught on
rapidly. In fact, their success
have contributed to make the plant
known nationwide and are con-
sidered “big business” for Con-
solidated.
The need for public health pro-
tection as well as the desire to
sell meats over the state as a
whole was seen by the manage-
ment as a prime necessity. As a
result. Consolidated became a fully
state Inspected (Texas Meat In-
spection Legend) plant on March
1, 1961. This one item alone
has been a big factor in the labor
angle, and the total of employees
now Is three times that of what
it was at the beginning. In fact.
Consolidated has one of the largest
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Five More File For
Democratic Primary
Five additional candidates had
filed for a place on the Demo-
cratic ballot during the past week,
A. H. Blume, committee secretary
said.
Among those filing were Char-
lie Giesber of La Grange, who
will seek the Fayette County
Treasurer seat, J. E. Tiemann
of Warrenton, who seeks renon-
inatlon as Precinct 2 justice of
the peace, and Fritz Lobpries,
who seeks renomination as Fay-
ette County School Superintendent.
Also Clinton P. Krause of War-
renton, who seeks the position
of Precinct 2 commissioner and
Austin H. Furse of Bay City for
U. S. Congressman of the 9th
District.
There are now four who have
filed for the Precinct 2 com-
missioner spot. Others besides
Mr. Krause are Incumbent R. A.
Pietsch, Howard F- Fuchs of
Carmine, and Paul Jaster of near
Round Top.
Clinic Is Feb. 6
Readers are reminded of the
plant insect and disease clinic
which will be held on Feb. 6 from
9 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to
3 p.m. In the meeting room of die
County Agricultural Building In
La Grange.
Door prizes will be given.
Stockmen and sportsmen of Tex-
as and the Southwest have been re-
quested by the Southwest Animal
Health Research Foundation to
“pull all stops” immediately in
their drive to control and possibly
eliminate the costly screwworm.
Walter Schaefer, chairman of
the Fayette County Screwworm
Control Program Committee said
he had been advised by the Foun-
dation’s Board of Trustees that the
long-sought goal of a screwworm-
free Southwest would be a possi-
bility for 1962 if full advantage
is taken of the hard freeze of two
weeks ago which dealt the flesh-
eating parasite a very crippling
blow.
In Fayette County, the collection
of cash contributions to aid the
drive has lagged far behind the quo-
ta, according toCounty Agent Clin-
ton Bippert.
Bippert said only about $3,000
had been collected toward Fayette
County’s assigned quota of $23,000.
The last of eight meetings in the
County to explain the program and
collect funds was slated for Tues-
day night. Over 500 farmers and
ranchers in the county have atten-
ded the meetings, Bippert said.
Cattlemen, both beef and dairy,
are asked to contribute 50 cents
per adult head of cattle and 10
cents per head of swine, sheep,
and goats to the fund.
Chairman Schaefer added that if
the $3 million voluntary contribu-
tion goal of the drive is reached
within the next two to three weeks,
the^ could expect estimated
savings during the next two years
of $200 million from screwworm
damage and treatment costs and a
reduction of up to 50 per cent in
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CLINTON P. KRAUSE
Calendar Revised
In order to avoid teaching school
on Saturdays, the La Grange Public
School calendar has been revised.
All holidays except Good Friday
will be eliminated and two extra
days will be added at the end of
the school year—May 31 and June
1. This will provide the required
175 days of teaching.
The Randolph Colored School
will add four days to their calen-
dar and will close on June 7. The
white school will close on Friday,
June 1.
It was announced that if the
schools had to close again because
of Inclement weather, then it will
be necessary to have school on
Saturdays to make qp the kut days.
Clinton P. Krause
Seeks Election
As Pet. 2 Commr.
Clinton P. Krause, 44-year-ola
Warrenton businessman and far-
mer and lifelong resident of Pre-
cinct # 2, has authorized The
Journal to announce his candidacy
for Commissioner of Precinct #
2. Mr. Krause’s announcement
follows:
To the voters of Precinct #2.
Fayette Co., Texas:
“I am making this race at the
request of some of my friends.
I believe that I am capable to
serve you as your Commissioner
as I am well acquainted with most
of the roads of Precinct #2. also
almost any kind of machinery,
having done mechanic and black-
smith work for a number of years,
starting in 1941. During the past
years I have been engaged in car-
penter work, and in farming.
It is my sincere desire to carry
on a clean campaign, win or lose.
I respect you, the voters of Prec-
inct # 2 and my opponents.
I make no campaign promises,
but I assure you that if elected,
I will do nty best to make sound
and honest decisions, and to spend
the tax money in whichever way
It will be of the most benefit to
you the tax payers of Precinct.
#2. -
I solicit your vote and support,
for the office of Commissioner of
Precinct #^2 of Fayette Coumy.
Sincerely yours,
cum P. Krause
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Fuchs, Durwood L. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1962, newspaper, February 1, 1962; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113159/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.