The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1986 Page: 3 of 6
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Schubert's Farm & Ranch Services
Bulldozer Work
Building Ponds
Land Clearing
Gully Shaping
Dirt Scraping
Cattle Care
Feeding
Hauling
Working
Fence Building
Gopher Poisoning
Move Feed & Equipment
Coastal Sprigging
Small Grass Seed
Seeding B Clover
Planting
Hay Making
Shredding Pastures
Seed Bed Preparation
Sub Soiling
Onsets 8, Chisel
Discing & Leveling
Rt. 1, New Ulm. Texas 7»»w
Allen Schubert 357 1173 Day or Night Gregg Schubert 357 239*
Industry Post Office
Edward □. Janes & Co.
Auction Center Inc.
Jerome G Chudej. Jr., Ownr'
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I. A. Brokmeyer Memorials
RINN READY MIX
co-
regular MENU ALSO AVAILABLE
Telephon* I-40T/T^2-37 J7
Cat Spring, Tx. 7*933
Oilfield Locations
Ready Mix Concrete
Road Building
Sand 8. Gravel
route carrier arrive*; 7:30 ■ 12:00 -
Service customers, answer phone
and cancel stamped mall; 12:00 -
1:00 p.m.-Lunch Break; 1:00-4:30
- Service customers, answer phone;
3:30 p.m. - Continue daily reports;
4:00 p.m. - Ready all outgoing mail
for dispatch; 4:30 p.m. • Take flag
down, close doors, lock up office.
Tax-free Municipal Bonds offer a solid rate of
return on which you will pay no federal income
taxes. None. For all the details, call me today.
eight families in the area three
hundred fifty had German name*.
In 1866, George Hennings was
appointed Postmaster of Industry,
then on Route 8540. The Poet Office
was moved into a store owned by
Hennings, one-fourth mile east of the
first Post Office.‘When J. William
Runken was appointed Postmaster
on January 6. 1888, he moved the
office across the street into his
building. Six years later when
Charles F. Knolle became Postmas-
ter, he again moved the office two
blocks west into his building. During
those years, mailed arrived in New
Ulm on the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas train and was received in
Industry by star route from the New
Ulm Post Office. During Postmaster
Edwin Raeke's term, which began in
1938, the Post office became a Third
Class Office. In 1967 the Poet Office
was moved one block west to its
present location on FM 109.
The Post Office remains a Third
Class Office with one hundred ninety
rented locked boxes and eighty
boxes on the Rural Route *1. Other
than the Postmaster, the Office has
one Postmaster Relief, Mrs. Shirley
Gross, and one carrier, Clarence
Schweke.
U. S. Postmasters of Industry are
as follows: John Seiper, 22 May
1846; Ernst Knolle, 15 August 1855;
Robert Voigt, 25 August, 1859;
George Hennings, 27 February 1866;
J. William Runken, 6 January 1888;
Charles F. Knolle, 5 Setpember 1894;
Edwin A. Raeke, 1 February 1938;
Melvin Spiess, 13 December 1957;
Clara J. Loesch, 17 October 1958;
Jerry F. Kubala, 13 April 1974;
Thomas W. Falke, 8 March 1980.
The following persons served the
Post Office as clerks through the
years: Alwin Raeke, William Raeke.
Howard Raeke. Melvin Spiess, Oli-
via Roos, Kenneth Griffith and
Joyce Krause.
Kitzman
Files For
Re-Election
Ph 409 357 23*0
if no answer call
357 2220
FIRST POST OFFICE BUILDING
OF INDUSTRY, U38
GEORGE HENNINGS
INDUSTRY POSTMASTER
1866-1888
KULM FM
Announces
Sister Station
L J Rinn
P.O Box 148
industry, Texas 78944
Life around the Post Office has
somewhat changed. Even though it
still serves a* a social meeting
place, life is different. The Knolle
building was fronted by a spacious
porch on which patron* visited for
hour*. Whenever someone needed to
enter the post office, visitors moved
over, not off, and the conversations
continued. Today’s building has only
a small area in front, and even
though visiting goes on in the
parking lot, length of conversations
and visits has been forcibly shorten-
ed, due, of course, to safety.
In the past, one could expect a
letter to reach it* destination a*
quickly and efficiently as possible. It
seems as though once a letter was
mailed, it began its process im-
mediately.
Today, in the name of progress,
speed and efficiency have suffered.
Mail that is not local must be sent to
Austin and then on to ita destination.
That means that a letter from
Industry to Bellville, a distance of
fifteen miles, goes first to Austin,
then to Houston, and then to Bell-
ville.
Past nostmaster, Melvin Spiess,
(Following is another in the series of
articles prepared by the Industry-
West End Historical Society detail-
ing some of the early history of the
Industry area. 1
St. John
ALCW Meets
January 8
DON R. HOWARD
1211 MILAM, COLUMBUS, TEXAS 78934
409-732-8266
STAFFORD OPERA HOUSE
KULM FM Radio Station in
lumbus will soon have a sister-sta-
tion. KULM has officially announced
this week that its majority owner.
James Allen Schilling of Garwood,
has purchased KOAW 1490 AM in
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
KOAW is a 1,000 watt AM Station
that blankets the entire resort area
of Ruidoso.
General Manager of KULM FM in
Columbus, Darrel Appelt. will sup-
ervise the operations at KOAW.
Appelt said, ’i'll be making trips to
Ruidoso periodically to institute
some much needed organizational
systems. But with the quality staff
that we already have there and the
market potential, it’s a very exciting
opportunity. I spent a weekend there
recently to look around and was very
pleased. I do want folks to know
though that KULM will always be
my top priority.”
It could be as early as mid-Febru-
ary when control of KOAW 1490 AM
will be turned over to James Allen
Schilling by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission.
The St. John’s ALC Women of New
Ulm met January 8. President
Jerrie Boehme called the meeting to
order and Preamble of the Constitu-
tion of St. John Church Women was
recited. The president welcomed
everyone, wishing them a "Happy
New Year”.
Pastor Rostedt installed the new
officers, namely: Joyce Wiebusch,
secretary; Joyce Marek, treasurer;
and Brenda Tonn, education secre-
tary.
The opening hymn was “Abide
With Me”. The theme hymn was
"May God Be Gracious To Us”.
The birthday celebrants were
Gladys Brune, Maynette Heinsohn,
Norma Krause, Gertie Meyer, Thel-
ma Schulz, Norma Gross, Bessie
Blezinger and Barbara Allcom.
They chose the hymn “Amazing
Grace.”
Devotion and prayer, “How I
Pray.” was given by Wilma Ziegen-
bein.
Roll call and minutes were read by
Joyce Wiebusch.
Joyce Marek gave the treasurer’s
report.
Education secretary Brenda Tonn
gave an informative reading on
■Blessed Through Prayer For the
Church”.
Secretary of stewardship Wilma
Ziegenbein asked for cookies to be
sent to Shiner, Texas. She also gave
the offering and prayer.
leaders Norma Gross and Jerrie
Boehme led the Bible Study, “Un-
derstanding Prayer".
The meeting closed with Pastor
Rostedt leading in prayer.
Refreshments were served by
hostess Norma Gross and co-hostes-
ses Maynette Heinsohn, Alice Herm-
sdorfer, Norma Krause and Elsie
Lover.
In 1831, Fredrich Ernst received
the title to a league of land on the
west side of the west fork of Mill
Creek, which would later become
the first German settlement in
Stephen F. Austin's colony and the
first in Texas. Ernst came to Texas
with Charles Fordtran, a fellow
ginman and surveyor, but because
Ernst was married with a family he
was entitle^ to the free land while
Fordtran, being single, was not.
Ernst, however, gave Fordtran one-
forth league of his land in return for
surveying it. At first, the Ernst
family lived in a six-sided hut under
the most primitive circumstances,
many of their meals consisting only
of combread. Later when a market
for tobaccd and cigars developed,
Ernst sold both in San Felipe,
twenty-eight miles to the east, where
he also purchased essentials that
were shipped up the Brazos River
from Galveston. On November 28,
1838, Ernst established a town for
German immigrants, now the pre-
sent location of Industry. The lots
were 50’ by 150’ and cost $20 each.
Ernst recognized the early set-
tlers' need to be able to post mail
and receive it from their homeland
and, thus, built a Post Office, which
still stands and is maintained by the
West End IJons Club of Industry.
For a time, around the 1930's, the
building was used by Otto Schroeder
as a smokehouse. Recently, how-
ever, it was restored by the I Jons,
and serves as the only landmark left
of the pioneer buildings. Mail was
delivered to Industry by boat from
Galveston to San Felipe where it was
picked up at dockside and carried
overland to Industry. In 1845, Indus-
try also received mail on the La
Grange-Fanthorpe route addressed
to the town in care of "Seiper", since
John G. Seiper, Ernst's son-in-law,
was the Republic of Texas Postmas-
ter there, having been commis-
sioned on April 10,1843 He received
his United States appointment on
May 22,1846. Seiper'shorne, built in
1854, still stands.
By 1846, Ernst's German settle-
ment was known as Industry, a
name given by the American set-
tlers in recognition of the enterpris-
ing and industrious spirit of the
German settlers. Industrious as the
people were, the settlement grew
slowly. A drug store and cigar
factory were opened, followed by a
iwtel, which quickly became a
gathering place for German people
who were on their way from
Galveston or Houston to the interior.
The Eighth Census in 1860 showed
that out of a total of four hundred
INDUSTRY LP GAS, INC.
(409) 357-2550
ALL PURPOSE GAS COMPANY
DELIVERIES • INSTALLATIONS • REPAIRS
P. O. Box 304. Industry, Texas 78944
JohnKenjura Norman Jasek Nolan Krebs
830-0161 249-3261 249-3224
Bus. 836-5563 ___________________
★ Entrance Door
★ Gable Roof
★ 20 year Composition
Roofing
★ Painted Color of Choice
Located 4*^ mi. east of Industry, Inter. Hwy. 159 and FM 2754
* SALE EVERY TUESDAY
Hog Sale at 11:00 a.m. Cattle Sale At Noon
Livestock received on Mondays or call for special arrangements
to receive on the weekends. Weekdays call 409-357-2545, weekends
865-2066 or 865-5760.
Committed to excellence for your livestock sales and
marketing needs.
Entree
2 Vegetables
Salad
Roll
Dessert
Coffee or Tea
Limited Offer 20X30 Triple Carage
$4975.00
8% % to maturity
Earn this
rate of return and
pay no federal taxes
Student Holiday
Monday, Jan. 20
Monday, January 20 will be a
student holiday as teachers will be
having a workday in the Bellville
ISD on that day.
Ph 409 992 3131 -
Brakes
Tune-Up
Electrical
State inspection i
Air Conditioning ,
Front End Alignment \
Wrecker Service '
THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1*« PAGE 3
tell* of the people who simply xlBBi
stopped by to talk He remember*
specifically Mnt Woodrow Ripple, J***dW^ 4
who frequently sent tier children
with cake pie or c.-ikies, or a .|
cup uf : uffee or a glass of i. rd tea ; ' V Z", » •. ■ ‘ ‘ , ’ ..; ■ / ■
at
a hundred
Post Office and the day
probably not as busy
The present postmaster Thornas -
Falke, give* the following a* hi*
schedule of a typical day in the
Industry Post Office, 78944 : 7:30
a.m. - Open door*, hang flag, ready
counter for first customer; 7.35 a.m.
■ Sort all incoming mail and distri-
bute to post office boxes and to the
rural route carrier’s case; 9:00 a.m.
- Begin daily reports and read
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
Taylor at Live Oak,
Rt. 1. Box 134E. New Ulm. Tx. 78950
PRESENT INDUSTRY
POST OFFICE
Twenty-three members and Pas-
tor Rostedt were present; also one
visitor.
EMORIALS OF DISTINCTION !
Isedore A. Brokmeyer
P. O Box 184 j
New Ulm, Tx. 78950
Are* Code 409 992-3454
Licenced irrigator 41373 Ph. «•* 731-3970
Texas Irrigation & Pipe
INSTALLATION. SALES * SERVICE
BACKHOE SERVICE
Sprinkler Sytfemt Whyman O Piencik
Pip*
Corrugated. PVC, Concrete
AT FOUR COUNTY AUCTION CENTER
HWY. 159 & FM 2754
Phone 357-2535
Now Opening For
Sunday Dinner
11:00 - 2:00
Granite Work Memorials • Granites of Various Kinds I
Mar Ei on re • White crushed Marble, Etc. • Inscriptions - Vases
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* 4'/i" Slab with iS'/i” Beam
* Treated Bottom Plates
♦ 16" O C Studs
♦ Tl-ll Siding
★ Two Windows
Noser Construction
P. O Box 218. New Ulm. Texas 78950
District Judge Oliver S. Kitzman
has announced that he will file with
the Republican Party for re-election
this year. He commented:
“There is nothing about my work
as a trial judge that should or will be
influenced by party affiliation. It is,
however, necessary under present
law that our Judges run for office
under one party or another.
I sincerely believe that the mod-
em Republican Party best serves
the long-range interests of the
people in this jurisdiction. I further
believe the thinking of the people of
Waller, Austin and Fayette Coun-
ties. and that of the majority of the
locally elected officials, is most in
tune with the ideals demonstrated
by the modem Republican Party.
The local Democratic Party lead-
ers and elected officials have
worked with me in the interest of
good government. I am not ungrate-
ful and expect we will all continue
doing our best to serve the greater
public interests.
District Judges are not ethically-
permitted to become involved in
partisan political contests except for
their own. Since I genuinely feel as I
do, it becomes a matter of con-
science that I, in complying with the
election laws, be identified with the
political party best serving those to
whom I have a duty personally and
by reason of my public office.”
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