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Volume 75, Number 44
New Ulm, Austin County, Texas
Thursday, August 29, 1985
20c a copy
News
The 1965 Amateur Baseball Season has finally drawn to a close for
this area and for the nation with the conclusion of the National
Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas. A well-known
team from our area, the College Station Cardinals ended up tied
for 5th in the nation after winning 4 games and losing 2 in the NBC
World Series. Fans in this area remember them for the tough
series of games they play each year against the New Ulm
Firemen, both here and in College Station. The season started
with exhibition games, then zone tournaments, then the state
tournament and ended with the national tournament, the World
Series of amateur baseball. Mixed in with that was league play,
league playoffs and league championships. Several local players
were invited to join the Cardinals when they beefed up for the
World Series and for them, it was quite a thrill. Their first game
was played in front of a crowd of 3,700 people and the final game
was in front of a jammed 7,500 seat stadium. Total attendance for
the 21-day World Series was pegged at over 100,000 with 34 teams
from all over the United States participating. liberal, Kansas
won it. North Pole, Alaska came in second with Anchorage,
Alaska third and Santa Maria, California fourth. Liberal and
North Pole handed College Station their two losses in the
Tournament.......The year-ending Muscular Dystrophy
Tournament held August 3-4 in Bernardo was quite a success and
the proceeds from it will be recognized during the Labor Day
Telethon on Channel 2. It featured 6 teams from the South Central
Texas Amateur league and was sponsored by the Bernardo
Volunteer Fire Department.
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Fire
Destroys
25 Hay Bales
A fire that Firemen feel started
from an electric fence destroyed 25
big round hay bales near the Ewald
Schneider home at Frelsburg Mon-
day.
The fire was spotted by passing
motorists who alerted the Frelsburg
Volunteer Fire Department and
helped fight the fire.
Firemen contained the fire to the
hay bales and stopped a grass fire
from advancing part way to the
house.
The Schneiders were not home at
the time of the fire.
The alarm came in around noon
and Firemen stayed at the scene
until late in the evening when the
bales burned down and were no
longer a hazard.
Folks throughout the area are
reminded of the severe dry condi-
tions and the extreme danger of fires
in the area.
Hold
Fayetteville
Parish
Picnic
St. John’s Catholic Church of
Fayetteville will hold its annual
picnic on Sunday, September 1, in
the air-conditioned Recreation Hall
in Fayetteville.
Festivities will start with Holy
Mass at 9:30 a m. with the Czech
Choir singing hymns. Immediately
after Mass there will be plenty of
homemade pastries available in-
cluding 200 dozen koiaches, with a
variety to select from, bringing back
the memories of Fayetteville as
being noted for the "Koiache Capitol
of the World”. Strudels, pies, rolls
and cake will also be available.
A meal of choice beef locally
grown and fed, prepared by a
skillful crew along with sausage and
all the trimmings will be served at
noon. Only adult plates " to go" with
all the trimmings will be sold.
Tickets for the noon meal will be
$3.75 for adults. $2.50 for children
under 12 with tea or coffee. Barbe-
cue and sausage to take home will be
available. All will be ready at 11
a m. Barbecue and sausage burgers
along with iced tea will be served all
afternoon and evening.
The biergarten will open at noon.
Live music will be provided by the
Central Texas Sounds (formerly the
Ellinger Combo). At 7:30 p.m. a free
dance will be held by the same band.
One of the highlights of the picnic
will be a big country auction starting
at 1:30 p.m. Items large and small
along with some valuable antiques
and many, many other items will be
offered.
Bingo will be played in the air
conditioned hall following the meal
with prizes awarded. In addition,
there will be a flower booth, country
store, with plenty of fresh home-
made bread, noodles, sauerkraut, a
bazaar with many hand-crafted
articles, fish pond, cake walk and
others. This year’s festival will
include more attractions for the
youngsters such as needle in the
haystack and face painting.
The Rev. Msgr. Ben Mazurkie-
wicz, pastor of Fayetteville, and
parishioners invite the public to
come out and enjoy the real country-
fashioned church feast.
SCHOO/
Around Here
This is a New Ulm Enterprise feature about your friends and
neighbors around here..............
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Paul Becker of the Star Hill Community is presently painting the old
Kellner's store in New Ulm. The building is now owned by Mrs. Doris
Cantrell. Mr. Becker enjoys painting and fishing.
Named
Finalist
James N. Hold has been named a
finalist for the Lady Bird Johnson
award. Hold, maintenance construc-
tion supervisor of Austin County for
the State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation, has been
instrumental in beautifying the co-
unty roadways.
The Lady Bird Johnson Award
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Hill
Funeral
Services
George W. Hill of Austin and San
Felipe de Austin, educator, historian
and scion of one of Texas oldest
families, passed away in Huntsville
Tuesday, August 27,1985 at 4:45 am.
at the age of 74 years.
Funeral Services for Mr. Hill wore
scheduled for today, Thursday. Au-
gust 29,1985 at 11 a m. at San Felipe
United Methodist Church with Rev.
Thomas Price and Rev. Scott Som-
ers officiating.
Burial will be in the Hill Family
Cemetery at San Felipe
Bom in San Felipe November 16,
1910, he was a son of Jacob W. and
Carrie Elder Hill. He married Myra
Eloise Leissler June 7. 1939 Ln
Wichita Falls, Texas. She preceded
him in death on May 1,1982.
Mr. Hill was designated as the
first executive director of the Texas
State Historical Society and Foun-
dation and spent 10 years in that
capacity serving with others in the
organization and implementation of
programs of historical information
in the 254 counties of Texas. He was
also the first chairman of the Texas
Tourist Marker Committee that in
the early 1960’s originated extensive
statewide marking of historical and
other attractions. He was consider-
ed the leading authority on the
history of San Felipe de Austin,
Stephen F. Austin's colonial capital
and was the main force in the
development of the Stephen F.
Austin State Park.
He volunteered for service in
World War II and rose to the rank of
Lt. Commander. At the age of 23
years. Hill was elected the youngest
school superintendent in Texas. His
work in reorganizing and moderniz-
ing the school systems in Austin
County received wide recognition.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. Ann Hill Froelich and family of
Huntsville; one son. David A. Hill
and family of Lufkin; sisters, Mrs.
J. C. (Florence) Boyd of San Felipe
and Mrs. Ben (Carrie MaylGajdo-
sik of San Felip; two brothers,
Justus W. Hill of Wallis and Robert
L. Hill of Brenham; five grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were LeRoy Grebe,
Dave Crutchfield, C. J. Marik, Dee
Brune. Henry Verm, and W. J.
Wasicek.
The Pete E Etlinger Funeral
Home was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
County Names Judge
For Court At Law
NOTICE
The New Ulm Vol. Fire Dept, is
having a Work Day Saturday,
September 7, all day long.
This workday is for all fire
department members and their
wives and all Auxiliary members
and their husbands.
Schools
Studied
By County
Historians
At the recent meeting of the Austin
County Historical Commission the
Commission agreed to make a study
of schools once in existence in the
County.
In 1937 there were twenty-six
common school districts. They were
No. 1, Travis; No. 2, Piney; No. 3,
Buckhorn; No. 4 , Hartsville; No. 5,
San Felipe; No. 6, Cannon Hill; No.
7, Peters; No. 8, New Bremen; No. 9,
Henkhaus; No. 10, Rockhouse; No.
11, Shelby; No. 12, Welcome; No. 13,
Nelsonville; No. 14, County Line;
No. 15, Roach Prairie; No. 16,
Kentucky Ridge; No. 17, New Weh-
dem; No. 18, Kenney; No. 19,
Hacienda; No. 20, Millheim; No.
21. Mixville; No. 22, Cleveland; No.
23, Frydek; No. 24, Cochran; No.25
Ives Creek; No. 26, Coshatte; No. 27,
Oak Ridge; and No. 28, Bradbury.
Within each District there were
more than one school. There were
six independent school districts,
they were Cat Spring, Industry, New
Ulm, Bellville, Sealy, and Wallis.
The Commission is interested in
recognizing the site where a school
once stood, by erecting a marker at
the site, if permissible, and if the
Community shows an interest in
having such a marker erected. The
expense of the marker would come
from contributions made by people
of that Community. The inscription
on the marker would include the
name of school and dates of existen-
ce.
If you are interested in making a
donation toward the purchase of a
marker for the school in your
community, contact Ruby Koehn at
885-6667, 885-4191, or 865-2818 or
Betty Krueger at 865-5165 or 8655911,
Ext. 110.
Buxkamper
Funeral
Services
Funeral Services for Paul H.
Buxkamper of Ellinger were held at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellin-
ger Saturday morning. August 24, at
10:30 a.m. with Rev. Ben Mazurkie-
wicz officiating.
Burial was in Sts. Peter and Paul
Catholic Cemetery in Frelsburg.
Mr. Buxkamper passed away in
Fayette Memorial Hospital in La
Grange. He was 89 years of age.
Bom March 4, 1896 in Frelsburg,
he was the son of Joseph and Ottilia
Schucke Buxkamper. He married
the former Victoria Dungen Novem-
ber 18, 1919. She preceded him in
death on April 25,1982.
A retired farmer, he was a
lifetime resident of the Ellinger area
and a member of the American
Legion Post in La Grange, service in
World War I.
Surviving are two daughters, Er-
nestine Fritsch of Ellinger and
Verena Daugherty of Dallas; one
son, W. J. Buxkamper of Nashville,
Tennessee; one sister, Emma Bauer
of Columbus; two brothers, Peter
Buxkamper of Sweet Home and
Hugo Buxkamper of Weimar; nine
grandghildren and fifteen great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Barry Buxkam-
per, Paul Knippel, Fred Patek.
Dwight Daugherty, David Daugher-
ty and Dutch Daugherty.
Henneke Funeral Home of Colum-
bus was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
The Austin County Commissioners
Court meeting in special session on
Monday, August 26, appointed Mrs.
Gladys Oakley of Bellville Judge of
the new Austin County Court at Law,
held public hearings on the 1966
Budget and also on the proposal to
increase ad valorem tax revenue.
There were four persons in atten-
dance at the budget hearing other
than county officials and only two
attended the 2 o'clock hearings on
increasing tax revenue. In other tax
related matters, the Court voted to
again allow a 3 percent discount for
payment of taxes in October; a 2
percent discount for county tax
payments made in November and to
allow a 1 percent deduction for
December tax payments.
Mrs. Oakley's appointment is
effective from January 1, 1966 until
the General Election in 1966 at which
time a Judge for the Court will be
elected for a four year term.
The Court also appointed the Rev.
Gayle A. Wald of Industry to the
Austin County Child Protective Ser-
vice Board.
There were two bids received and
opened for a new pickup for Precinct
(fl. The low bid of $10,787 from
Boriack Motors of Bellville was
accepted. Also bidding were W. A.
Vimau and Sons of Sealy. A report
on the Allens Creek survey ordered
last week was received from Pled-
ger Schulze & Kennedy Consulting
Engineers. The report listed several
factors responsible for the stream
blockage of Allens Creek. In sum-
mation the engineers informed the
Court that a permanent solution
cannot be provided until a complete
Frelsburg VFD
Meeting Slated
September 5
The Frelsburg Vol. Fire Dept, will
bold their regular monthly meeting
on Thursday, September 5, at 8 p.m.
at the Fire Station in Frelsburg.
This is a change in meeting place
for the Frelsburg Firemen, as they
formerly had been meeting at the
Sts. Peter and Paul Dining Hall.
Davison
Funeral
Services
Graveside Services for Mrs. Edna
Davison, 93, of Ventura. California
were held there at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday. August 22 at Ivy I-awn
Memorial Park.
Rev. Robert Waldschmidt of Way-
farers Chapel officiated at the
Services.
Mrs. Davison, who had lived in
Ventura County for some 62 years,
died Sunday, August 18 at home
after a short illness.
The former Edna Dungen, she was
bom in Colorado County August 11,
1892, the eldest child of Henry T. and
Mary Krause Dungen.
She married Alonzo Davison in
Lane City, Texas September 19,1916
and they later moved to California.
Her husband preceded her in death
on May 11, 1934.
Survivors include two daughters,
Juanita Fast of Polson, Montana and
Betty Mooney of Port Hueneme,
California; one son, William Davi-
son Sr. of Ventura, California; five
sisters, Mrs. Mary Marek of New
Ulm, Mrs. Elsie Schwenke of Yoa-
kum. and Mrs. Irene Tietschert,
Mrs. Emily Buxkemper and Mrs.
Mabel Krenek. all of Columbus:
three brothers. Lee. Henry and Joe
Dungen. all of Columbus; 11 grand-
children; 18 great - grandchildren
and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services were under the
direction of Joseph P. Reardon
Funeral Chapel of Ventura
reshaping of the channel is imple-
mented. There will be no formal
action taken on the report until after
the remainder of Allens Creek, from
the Mixville Road Bridge to its
mouth is surveyed. This report is
expected and to be acted upon at the
regular September meeting of the
Court.
The Austin County Commissioners
Court will meet Tuesday, September
3, at 9:00 a.m.
Auction
Center Opens
Near Industry
Located 4 miles east of Industry,
Four County Auction Center, will
have its first weekly sale on Tues-
day, September 17, starting with
hogs at 11:00 a.m. and cattle at noon.
The facility, located on 15 acres of
land at the intersection of Hwy. 159
and FM 2754, is "designed to handle
the requirements of weekly sales, as
well as special breed sales,” said D.
Knute Poulson, president of Four
County.
The auction center houses 8,610
square feet of air-conditioned space,
including the arena which seats 485,
offices, meeting room and restau-
rant.
Thirty-six thousand square feet of
covered piped pens can accomodate
2,500 head of cattle and according to
Poulson, with the four alley system,
can efficiently load out or receive
cattle during a sale without inter-
ruption.
Four County is locally owned and
operated. "We felt there was a need
for a locally owned facility," Poul-
son said. Yard manager for the
facility will be John Janicek with
Ronnie Beck of Flatonia doing the
auctioneering.
The restaurant will be operated by
Gene and John Sillivan and will be
open seven days a week for break-
fast, lunch and dinner with a
capacity to seat sixty. Steaks along
with shrimp, catfish and short
orders will be served.
A grand opening will be held on
Sunday. September 15 from 6:30
p.m. until 8 30 p.m. at the facility.
Whitehouse
Funeral
Services
Funeral Services for Kay (KnoUe»
Whitehouse, 39, of Weatherford,
were held August 27, 1985 at the
Chapel of the Pete Etlinger Funeral
Home in Bellville with Rev. Thomas
Wallace officiating.
Bunal was in the Pilgrims Rest
Cemetery.
Mrs. Whitehouse passed away
Saturday, August 24. at her residen-
ce at the age of 39 years.
The daughter of William C. and
Bess Knolle of Bellville. Mrs. White-
house was a graduate of Bellville
High School and Baylor University.
She was married to Floyd G.
Whitehouse III June 14. 1969 at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church in Bell-
ville. She was a schoolteacher and
member of St. Mary's Episcopal
Church.
Survivors include her parents,
William C. and Bess KnoUe of
Bellville; her husband. Floyd White-
house of Weatherford; daughters,
Amme Elizabeth of Weatherford
and Heather Ruth of Weatherford;
brother. William KnoUe of Austin;
grandmothers, Mrs William Som-
mer of Brenham and Mrs Miles
Knolle of Industry.
Active pallbearers were Wesley
Westbrook. Jim Marik, Julian Paw-
lak. Wayne Alexander Jr., John
Elick and Butch Luedre
Honorary pallbearers were Jim-
my Woodley. Kenneth Ueckert, Lee
Charles Goebel. Pete Hargett, Wm
(Spunky i Blum and Gerald Tegeler
The Pete Etlinger Funeral Home
of Bellville was in charge of funeral
arrangements
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