The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1983 Page: 1 of 4
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Sit 9lrtn Him (yntcrj)ri&
Your Community Newspaper
Volume 72 Number 31
New Ulm, Austin Countv, Texas 78950
Thursday, May 26, 1983
20c per copy
Never since the days of Hurricane Carla over 20 years ago
has this area been so steallily pounded by stormy weather
as it was for two straight days last week - Friday and
Saturday. The storm was actually a series of tornadoes
that raked across the area, leaving unbelievably serious
damage in its wake. Austin County Commissioner Hilbert
Galle, after surveying damage all across the north and
west portions of Austin County, estimates that there were
five separate twisters of various intensities that tore
parallel paths across the area from Shelby to south of New
Ulm, running almost west to almost east. Weather people
called the overall big storm a “super cell" that formed in
far West Texas and then got big and bad the nearer it
approached the wet air of the coastal area. One report had
the top of the storm clouds reaching 62,000 feet or 11 miles
straight up. That in itself is amazing when you consider
that is twice as high as most airlines fly and is in that rare
atmosphere where only the military ventures. The
destruction was so intense that it is almost impossible to
chronicle because everyone received damage of some
kind, some much, much more serious than others. Here at
The Enterprise, power was out for about 33 hours and that
was an experience in itself, and, most thankfully, it didn't
happen on a Tuesday or Wednesday. The heroes of these
days were all the emergency workers, the road and
highway personnel and the power people who were out in
some pretty nasty conditions helping others. Then there
were the many, many instances of neighbors and friends
helping each other through some tough situations - the
confident Dioneer spirit of weathering adversity.
Little League Action
On Tuesday, May 17, the
Industry Firecrackers de-
feated Pacher’s Panthers
by the score of 12-9. The
winning pitcher was Amy
Krause while Kristi Neece
took the loss for Bellville.
Leading hitters for Industry
were Amy Krause with 2
doubles and a single and
Tracey Aschenbeck with a
double and a single. Gina
Schubert, Tammy Wil-
liams, Wendy Eckermann,
Jo Aschenbeck and Denise
Marek collected a single
each. Gina Schubert played
great defense in center field
with a couple of superb
catches.
On Tuesday, May 17, the
Eagles lost a close game to
the Reds 1-0. The game
proved to be a real pitchers'
duel with Claycomb from
the Reds giving up 4 hits
while Chuck Glenewinkel
allowed only 2. Dwayne
Machinsky, Matt Herzog,
Dwayne Gross and Jason
Wehring managed to each
collect a hit. This was a
well-played ball game, con-
sidering that it is T-ball and
the players are only 8,9 and
10 years old.
In girls' minor league
action, the West End Lion-
ess Sneakers pounced upon
Walter's Pharmacy|with a
16-6 victory. Melanie Hein-
sohn pitched an exciting
three innings, only letting
one run across the plate.
Relief pitcher Kristi Broz
did an outstanding job hold-
ing off the opponents and
(Continued on Page 41
Around Here
This is a New Ulm Enterprise feature about your friends
and neighbors around here
Nathan Moaer is pictured with this 5-1/2 foot moccasin he
and his dad, Phillip Moser, shot last Thursday near their
house. The reptile was killed with a 410 shotgun.
Firemen Play
At Weimar Sunday
After a rough weekend in
Shiner, the New Ulm Fire-
men hit the road again - this
time to Weimar Sunday
afternoon for a SCTAL
game.
The Weimar - New Ulm
clash is at 3:00 p.m. at the
Firemen expect a tough foe
in the much - strengthened
Vet team.
Another trip is on tap for
the Firemen as they play
Cameron Wednesday night,
June 1 in a pre-NBC Tour-
nament warmup. Cameron
will be in New Ulm for a
return match on Tuesday
night, June 14.
This past weekend ended
up in typical SCTAL fashion
as the race tightened up in
the East Zone and Shiner
remained undefeated in the
West Zone as they defeated
New Ulm 2-0.
All the league Saturday
games were rained out.
Other Sunday scores were
Flatonia 12-2 over Fayette-
ville; Elast Bernard eased
by Seguin 6-5 in a 9th inning
rally; and Bernardo beat
Weimar 7-3.
New Ulm’s problems
stemmed from their inabi-
lity to cross the plate.
The Firemen mounted th-
reats in the first, third,
fourth, seventh and 8th
innings but they only came
close in the 7th when Jeff
Dungen was thrown out at
the plate attempting to sc-
ore from second on David
Cerny's single to right. Dun-
gen had singled to open the
8th and had moved up on
Mel Cerny’s perfect sacri-
fice.
The Firemen put a pair on
in the first inning when Carl
Nix singled and Steve Cer-
ny's bunt was mishandled.
Two more were aboard in
the third when both David
Cerny and Carl Nix strolled.
In the fourth, it again was
two more walks - this time
to Scott Abel and Mark
Taylor. Two more walks
again got Mahacek in trou-
ble in the 8th (Chris Dittert
and Scott Abel) but David
Pavlas came on in relief to
get two quick outs and
retire the Firemen in order
in the 9th to get the save.
STORM DAMAGE - This damage scene at the Jake
Reichle place south of New Ulm offers a stark description
of the tornadoes that zipped through the area last Friday
morning. Reichle lost two bams and many trees. This
Enterprise photo shows part of the roof of one bam that
flipped over - and note that one of the long bar joists is
about half imbedded in the ground in the path that the
tornado took.
SCTAL action this Satur-
day finds Weimar at East
Bernard Saturday night;
and day games (3:00 p.m.)
of Schulenburg at Bernar-
do, Flatonia at Katy, and
Shiner at Fayetteville. New
Ulm and Seguin are off.
Sunday afternoon action
will have New Ulm at
Weimar, Schulenburg at
East Bernard, Shiner at
Katy, and Seguin at Fayet-
teville. Flatonia and Ber-
nardo are off.
Shiner 2
New Ulm 0
The New Ulm Firemen
lost their first SCTAL game
of the season to a determin-
ed Shiner Clipper crew
there Sunday afternoon by a
narrow 2-0 margin.
New Ulm left 10 men
stranded as Shiner’s lefty
Kenny Mahacek scattered
4 hits to get the win.
Stanley Krebs matched
him pitch for pitch, but
Shiner bunched three hits, a
walk and a New Ulm error
in the 4th inning to score
their only two runs. Krebs
gave up 6 hits, walked only 2
and struck out 4 in 7 innings
for the Firemen. Bobby
Estrada pitched the 8th
inning for New Ulm, strik-
ing out 1 and walking one.
RONALD P. SCHMIDT
Honor Grad
At A&M
University
Ronald P. Schmidt of
Route 2, Fayetteville, was
an honor graduate of the
graduating class at Texas
A&M University on Friday,
May 6. Ronald graduated
Cum Laude with a grade
point average of 3.696 and
received a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Aero-
space Engineering.
Ronald is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel T. Schmidt
of Route 2, Fayetteville and
is the grandson of Mrs.
Robert Coufal of Willow
Springs.
Carl Nix led New Ulm _ ■ ■ ■ ■ 11 a I I ■
Tornado Destruction High In Area
BOX SCORE
ab
r
h
rbi
D. Cerny 2b
4
•
1
0
C. Nix 3b
3
0
2
0
S. Cerny ss
4
0
0
0
Dittert lb
3
0
0
0
Abelc
2
0
0
0
Walton cr
0
0
0
0
Burttschell cr
0
0
0
0
M. Dungen rf
4
0
0
0
Taylor dh
3
0
0
0
J. Dungen If
3
0
1
0
Machinsky ph
1
0
0
0
M. Cerny cf
3
0
0
0
Krebs p
0
0
0
0
Estrada p
0
0
0
0
Total
30 0
4
0
A fast - moving storm
howled through the area
early Friday morning, May
20, spawning a aeries of
tornadoes that destroyed
bams, wrecked buildings,
uprooted trees, knocked out
electrical power and caused
plenty of alarm and con-
cern.
Luckily, no one in Austin
County became a casualty,
but there were deaths in
Washington, Waller, Mont-
gomery and Harris Coun-
ties when the storm got to
them.
In our area, there was
Bellville HS Honor Grads
Bellville High School has
announced that Deborah
Mittanck is the 1983 Vale-
dictorian and James Win-
ship is the Salutatorian of
the graduating class.
Deborah has a four-year
academic average of 93.960.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Mittanck
of Bellville.
4-H Cookbooks
On Sale Now
Until June 9, 4-H groups
from Colorado County will
be selling Texas 4-H Cook-
books "a tried-and-true col-
lection of recipes your fam-
ily will treasure for mouth
watering meals to come."
This is the first cookbook
to have recipes only by 4-H
members. Amy Sklar, Tri-
cia Canik and Christi War-
schak from Colorado Coun-
ty know this for a fact; their
recipes are included in the
books. 4-H groups from
across the state are parti-
cipating.
The cookbook has a de-
tailed nutritional analysis
for over 300 recipes; 160
pages - spiral bound; beau-
tiful color and black and
white photographs; handy
cooking charts and tips;
grease resistant covers; and
easy index for fast recipe
reference.
The cookbooks will bene-
fit not only the local 4-H
Club groups and members,
but also the County 4-H
program and the Texas 4-H
Agents Association.
Cookbooks may be order-
ed from the Colorado Coun-
ty Extension office (409)
732-2&0 or 732-6694, or call
one of the local 4-H'ers.
James has a four-year
academic average of 93.562.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Winship of New
Ulm.
Honor graduates are
Shelly Hord and Terrence
Prokop.
Summer Youth
Horse Program
A summer youth horse
program will again be con-
ducted in Colorado County
beginning Monday. May 30
and continuing on each
Monday night in June and
July. The program will be
held at the 4-H Horse Club
Arena located in Memorial
Park at Columbus. Each
evening’s events start at
8:00 p.m.
Volleyball
Tournament
In Columbus
The Columbus Softball
Association will host a Mix-
ed Volleyball Tournament
on Sunday, June 12 at the
Veterans Community Cen-
ter in Columbus. Proceeds
will benefit the new Colum-
bus City Park, which is
currently under construct-
ion.
Teams will consist of 3
men and 3 women. The
entry fee is 825 per team.
Deadline to register for the
tournament is Friday, June
3.
Entry fees and roster
may be mailed to Columbus
Softball Association, P. O.
Box 145. Columbus, Texas
78934, or you may call Rusty
Neuendo'rff 732-2552. Curtiss
Schonenburg 732-3283. or
Marian Werland 732-3498
heavy destruction of bams,
buildings and trees in the
Welcome - Bleiblerville ar-
ea. Almost every farm had
some damage from tom-up
bams to outbuildings and
trees.
Reports of damages are
almost too numerous to
recount.
However, severe damage
was done at the Benjamin
and Johnny Spiess farms at
Welcome.
A Western Union micro-
wave tower on the David
Schulz place at Welcome
was blown down • as was
another large tower in the
New Bremen area on the
Dr. Taylor place.
Indications are that the
tornado that blasted Wel-
come was the one that went
on to Phillipsburg in Wash-
ington County where the
first fatality was recorded
in a trailer park that was
completely destroyed.
The storm hit Austin Cou-
nty sometime after 1:00
a.m. Friday, knocking most
of the power out around
1:15.
After it left, most of the
country roads were almost
impassable because of fal-
PUC
Denies
Texland
Application
All three of Governor
Mark White’s new appoin-
tees to the Public Utility
Commission combined their
efforts and kicked out the
Texland Power Project ap-
plication for permission to
build a lignite • generated
plant in Milam County.
That decision came Thur-
sday morning at the hearing
in Austin.
It followed almost along
the lines of recent recom-
mendations by the PUC
staff.
The appointees, who were
just recently placed on the
Commission by Gov. White,
voted unanimously against
Texland.
The Texland project had
gained widespread support
in the service area and had
the verbal support of Senat-
or Kent Caperton, the auth-
or of the bill that extended
the life of the PUC.
Texland officials later
commented that their ef-
forts were not over, yet
len trees.
In Precinct #2, Commis-
sioner Hilbert GaUe's crews
worked almost to dark Fri-
day clearing the roadways
of trees.
The same was true for the
electric power companies in
the area. Bluebonnet. San
Bernard, Fayette Electric
and HIAP had their hands
full. Most power was re-
stored in spurts - short
distances at a time. Some
areas never lost power,
parts of New Ulm and
Industry. The remainder
was restored Saturday, but
some of the area west of
Frelsburg was out until
Sunday.
Another stom hit Satur-
Funeral
Services For
Mrs. Fordtran
Funeral Services for Mrs.
Josephine Fordtran. 83, of
Bellville, were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday, May 25,
1983 from the Chapel of the
Pete E. Etlinger Funeral
Home in Bellville with Rev.
David Hutchins officiating.
Interment was in Oak
Knoll Cemetery.
Mrs. Fordtran passed
away at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday,
May 24. in the Bellville
Hospital.
Bom in Industry' Septem-
ber 21, 1899. she was the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Bernard E. Knolle. She was
reared in Industry, attend-
ed Industry Public Schools
and the Presbyterian Col-
lege at Milford. She mar-
ried L. R. (Pat) Fordtran
December 27. 1927 in Hous-
ton and was a member of
the Bellville United Metho-
dist Church and the United
Daughters of Confederacy.
Surviving Mrs. Fordtran
are her husband. L. R.
(Pat) of Bellville; one sis-
ter. Mrs. Henry A. Hoile of
Houston; one brother. Dr.
Ben E. Knolle of Rosen-
berg; several nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in dea-
th by her parents, two
sisters and two brothers.
Pallbearers were Wins-
ton B. Neely M.D., R. A.
Neely M.D., Robert L. For-
dtran M.D., Henry B. Hoile
Jr. M.D., William F. Ford-
tran and A. C. Miller.
Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
the Pete E. Etlinger Funer-
al Home of Bellville
day morning, but it turned
out to be mostly hail and
rain.
(Editor’s note: A number of
damage pictures were tak-
en by the Enterprise and
we'll be running them over
the next several issues. >
Funeral
Services For
A.P. Vitek
Funeral Services for Al-
phonse “A.P." Paul Vitek of
Fayetteville were held Mon-
day, Mav 23. at 10 a m. at
St. John Catholic Church in
Fayetteville with Rev. Ben
Mazurkiewicz officiating.
Burial was in the Fayet-
teville Catholic Cemtery.
Mr. Vitek passed away
Friday. May 20, 1983 in the
V.A. Hospital in Temple at
the age of 64 years.
He was bom in Fayette-
ville March 25.1919, the son
of Martin L and Albina
Mikes Vitek. A lifelong resi-
dent of Fayetteville, be was
the founder of Fayetteville
Butane Company and was a
member of the KJT, Kni-
ghts of Columbus, Fayette-
ville Chamber of Commer-
ce, Fayetteville Lions Club,
and Shelby American Le-
gion.
He was united in mar-
riage with the former Sybil
Lydia Gully October 15,1940
in Fayetteville and was a
Veteran of World War II,
having served in the U. S.
Army.
Survivors include his
wife. Sybil Vitek of Fayet-
teville; one daughter and
son-in-law. Marcia Lynn
and Lance Harris Idol of
Round Rock; one son, Tho-
mas Martin Vitek of Fayet-
teville; three sisters, Agnes
Cook of Jackson, Missis-
sippi. Dorothy Klecka of
Houston and Mildred Vitek
of San Angelo; five bro-
thers, Frank Vitek of Fay-
etteville, Bennie Vitek of
Victoria, Libert Vitek of
Brazoria, C J. Vitek of
Lake Jackson and Dominic
Vitek of Odessa; two grand-
children, Charlsie Lynn Idol
and Kendra Suzanne Idol,
both of Round Rock; 17
niecesand 17 nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, one sister
and one brother.
Knesek Chapel of Fayet-
teville and Koenig-Peel Fu-
neral Home. Inc. of La
Grange were in charge of
fu wwal arrangements.
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