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NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950
Volume 39 No. 29.
John L. Stieriing Seeks
Is Honored At Bay City
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Decoraton Services
Held Despite Rain
Marcus W. Steck Asks
Re-election To Sheriff’s
Office Of Austin County
Mrs. Paul Laake Suffers
Serious Burns Friday
Sinclair Preparing To
Complete Laake No. 1
St. Paul’s Luther I>eague
Held Meeting At Shelby
Trinity Luther League Met
At Frelsburg Monday Night
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The annual educational
fund-raising campaign of
day by John W. Doremus, in
charge of the Austin office of;
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The regular meeting of the
Austin-Waller Bi-County Coun-
cil of Parent Teacher Associa-
tions will be held in Wallis on
Friday, April 28 at 10:00 a. m.
Representative organizations
are urged to attend.
Bi-County P. T. A. Council
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Doxey classing program for cot- !«««] P T A Will
ton farmers were announced to- LUtdl I. 1. n. IT HI
Meet Friday Night
THE NEW ULM ENTERPRIS
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Due to the illness of the Co-
Dan Hruska, Former FBI Congressman Thompson
Agent, Is Candidate For
Office Of County Judge
Cancer Fund Raising
Has Started In County Return As Dist. Clerk
Mrs. Paul Laake suffered ser-
ious burns about her legs and
arms last Friday evening when
her cress caught fire while she
was cleaning an oil cook stove —until the goods are delivered,
in the Laake Cafe in New Ulm. ------------
Funeral Services Held
For Cat Spring Farmer
Among relatives from New
Ulm who attended funeral serv-
ices at Hallettsville Saturday,
April 15, held for Joseph F.
Bozka. were Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Henkhaus. Walter Henkhaus,
Otto Henkhaus, and Leroy Sch-
ramm.
Mr. Bozka. a former Lavaca
County Clerk, and until his
death owner and manager of
the Lavaca County Abstract
Company, was far and widely
known throughout south Texas.
He was married to the former
Miss Frieda Henkhaus. at Shin-
er in 1921, a cousin of the Henk-
hauses at New Ulm.
at the home games.
The meeting closed with the
hymn, “The Strife Is O’er,” and
the Lord’s Prayer, after which
everyone enjoyed practicing voT
Funeral services were held
Friday, April 14. at Bellville
from the Pete E. Etlinger fun-
eral home at 2:30 p. m. for Ro-
bert Plcss of Cat Spring. In-
terment was in the Cat Spring
Among those who visited in
New Ulm this past week end
and attended the Memorial
Services at the New Ulm ceme-
tery on Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Bruno Frnka. Mr. and Mrs,
P. J. Frnka, Mrs. Jack Frnka..
Olen Frnka. Miss Elsie Duve,
Mrs. Emma Duve, Milford Frn-
ka and Mrs. Leona Knolle. all
of Houston, and Mrs. Willie
Heitman of Bartlett. Mrs. Fran-
cis Langer, Miss Minnie Langer
and Lynn Dusek of Wesley.
The annual Decoration Day
aervices at the New Ulm ceme-
tery scheduled for last Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock were
held despite rain and ■threaten-
ing weather conditions.
Although showers started fall-
ing shortly before the scheduled
program was carried out, a large
audience was present to partici-
pate in the sacred activities.
The Rev. Ernest Poehlmann, of
Greenvine, .supply pastor of St.
John’s Lutheran church of New
Ulm, brought the memorial ad-
dress in a most capable manner.
The annual event brought
many out-of-town people, the
majority being former citizens
in the district j and native.* of New Ulm, who
when the first primary rolls a- came here especially to pay tri-
rourd on July 22, 1950.
Since McCarthy’s completion
of the Blezinger No. 1 last week
as a good producing oil well,
things have quietened down
somewhat in the New Ulm field,
with the exception of the Laake
No. 1, drilled by Sinclair-Prairie
Oil Co., which has casing set and
is ready to test for production,
with final completion expected
within a few days.
It is expected that informa-
tion on the Laake well will be
made known within the next
four of five days. Indications are
another good producing oil and
gas well is in the making.
Reports on McCarthy making
another location for further
drilling cannot be substantiated
at this time.
Both, McCarthy’s and Sin-
clair’.* operations are being made
on a tight basis—nobody talks
all- cotton
in Smith-
Fritz Engelhard, of Eagle
Lake, has this week authorized
the Enterprise to announce his
candidacy for the office of Sta-te
Representative for the 25th Dis-
trict of Texas, composed of Aus-
tin and Colorado counties.
Mr. Ergelhard states, “I am
new a private citizen, living on
my farm at Eagle Lake, and I
have previously served the dis-
trict as their representative in
the 42nd and 43rd legislatures,
1932 to 1936.”
Mr. Engelhard will greatly
appreciate the vote and support
of the people in the district;and natives of New Ulm, who
Sheriff Marcus W. Steck has
authorized The Enterprise to
publish his announcement as a
candidate for reelection to the
office of sheriff of Austin coun-
ty, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary in July.
Sheriff Steck is seeking his
second term, having been elect-
ed in 1948.
“As sheriff of Austin county
I have done my best to dis-
charge the duties of that office
for the benefit of our people,”
Mr. Steck said, “I will appre-
ciate the continued support of
the public, and sincerely solicit
the vote of everyone in the
county. I have done my duty as
I see it, and promise to continue
to enforce the law without favor
as I am sworn to do.”
Sheriff Steck will appreciate
the assistance of Austin county
voters, and stands on his record
as a peace officer in seeking re-
election to the office he now
holds.
her misfortune will probably re-
main a mystery to her, and oth-
ers. As reconstructed, the acci-
dent happened while cleaning
ur-! the .stove with a rag saturated
and | in oil which caught fire. Mrs
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officiated.
Mr. Pless died in his home in
Cat Spring on Wednesday, April
12 from a heart attack after
having been in <11 health for the
past six months. He was 60
years of age.
He was born in Cat Spring
on April 30, 1889 where he had
Three members of the Colum-
bus High School F.F.A chapter,
Raymond Foer.-ter and Wilbert
Gross of New Ulm. and Dean
Venghaus of Frelsburg, are can-
di.i.ates for the Lone Star Farm-
er Degree this year.
The three boys are going to
Schulenburg this evening,
Thursday, to formally present
their applications.
in most areas April
throughout fhe county.
“Cancer takes an annual toll
of nearly 7,000 Texans,” Austin
county chairman, Mr. Albert
reminded. “From one-third to
one-half of these 7,000 persons
can be saved, if they only know
how to recognize the early
warning signs of cancer and
receive treatment in time.
“We must fight cancer with
knowledge — the best weapon
for cutting the annual national
toll of nearly 200,000 Ameri-
£ « M1* k • <■ MnilrtM kna
butt to the loved onc-3 who are
now at rest here cn God’s acre.
Grave decorations were
usually very beautiful,
' ers' visited him and Mrs, Mich-
sick list for quite some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jousan of
Granger visited his mother here
Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Prause
and Harvey were in Houston
Tuesday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Streich-
er spent the week end here with
Mrs. Minna Kuehn before re-
turning to San Gabriel.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sitter and
children of San Antonio spent
Easter Sunday here with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Michaelis.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Howe had
visitors from Houston Sunday
morning. They were neighbors
when Mr. and Mrs. Howe lived
in Houston.
The Calico Dance sponsored
by the O.D.H.S. last Saturday
was a big success. A large jolly
crowd was present. Quite a few
took part in the grand march
which was led by Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Strauss. While marching
the letters RD were formed
which was short for Rosenduft,
the name of the local O. D. H. S;
lodge.
life. On December 9. 1931. he
was married in Sealy to Miss
Annie Dierke. formerly of Bell-
ville. Mr. Pless was- a farmer
by occupation and up untn his
illness and death had engaged
in farming operations at Cat
Spring. He was an active mem-
ber of the Sealy Lutheran
church.
Mr. Pless is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Annie Pless of Cat
Spring; two sisters. Mrs. Ar-
thur Brandt of Sealy and Mrs.
W. H. Froebel of Bellville; two
brothers, Robert and Dave Pless
both of whom are from Hous-
ton.
Applications and more details! a short playlet,
about the program can be se-
cured from County Agricultural
Agents, County PMA offices
. ..unj ■■<»■■<., v.v.and ginners, or by writing to
ladies of the Methodist church'John W^ Doremus, Box 1140,
were feted with a banquet given
by the men in the educational
room of the church.
The operator, P K. Kirschke,
of the Industry Service Shop, re-
ports business very good. Also,
Industry is growing in leaps and
bounds, as new’ homes and new
business establishments are be-
ing built right along.
Bay City, April 14.—More
than 550 people from all parts
of the Ninth Congressional Dis-
trict assembled here Thursday
night to honor Rep. Clark W.
Thompson at a testimonial din-
ner sponsored by the Bay City
Chamber of Commerce.
Earl Selman, C of C president,
served as master of ceremonies.
J. C. Lewis, prominent Bay City
banker, introduced Congress-
man Thompson and Mayor Ri-
chard Gusman presented him a
golden key in behalf of the peo-
ple of the Ninth District.
Among those paying tribute
to the Galveston legislator in
extemporaneous remarks were
Mayor E. E. Irwin, Columbus;
Guy Jackson, Anahuac; J. T.
Linebaugh, Jr., Victoria County
judge; T. M. Gupton, Brazoria
County judge; State Senate?
Jimmy Phillips, Angleton; Rep. way, if we all lend our support
Franklin Perry, Angleton; Dr. " ”
R. E. Lee, president of the Edna
Chamber of Commerce; W. A.
Kline, district American Legion
commander, Wharton; and Sam
Lowe, collector of customs, Gal-
veston.
During the course of his talk,
Cong. Thompson announced that
he would definitely be a candi-
date for reelection this year. A
burst of applause followed his
remark.
Complimentary letters wtere
read at the dinner from Speaker
of the House Sam Rayburn
and Senators Tom Connally and
Lyndon Johnson, who were in-
vited but unable to attend the
afair. They praised the work of
The Trinity Luther League of
Frelsburg met for its regular
meeting in the parish house on
April 17 with sixteen members
present. New members are Mar-
vin Becker and Clemons Veng-
haus. We were also happy to
have a group from the Fayette-
ville league as guests.
The meeting opened with a
hymn, “I Know Whom I Be-
lieve In." Scripture was read by
Joyce Suchadoll, and Waldine
Venghaus led in prayer.
Plan.* were made to attend
the Luther League Rally and
banquet in Brenham on May 7.
The meeting closed by sing-
ing, “My Faith Looks Up To
Thee” and the Lord’s Prayer.
Volley ball and other games
were played and refreshments
were served during the social
period.
Last Sunday evening and dur-
ing the right this area received
a nice rain which was a blessing
to every farmer and gardener.
Enough moisture was put into
the soil to give farmers an op-
portunity to plant their corn the Cotton Branch, Production!
and other crops. The rainfall land Marketing Administration,
was ainu gwu ivr me puiaiu: • u>. vi n6.ivui-, uvu ireaieu. Also su
crop. Iture. j morrow. Friday night, April 21, bout the hands
Mr. and Mrs. P. Chanek and “Farmers will follow the C. 2.ZZ _’J
daughter of Bay City, Mrs. Au- same procedures as they did last! auditorium,
gust Nagel of Gonzales, and year in signing up for'this pro-; /
Hedwig Steig of Waco, were
pleasant visitors in the home of | wuu^. «, uc
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Lindemann | receive without
every! for a few days last week,
f fl t (1 f. i.mJill.
solemnized Sunday night in the
Methodist church with Rev. L.
I). Hardt officiating, when Wal-
ter Meinen Jr. and Miss Jennie
Beckmann were united in mar-
riage. A wedding reception was
held at the home of the bride’s
parents following the ceremony.
Service.* are being held each
night this week at the Metho-
dist church, w’ith Rev. Dennis
MaCune, of Schulenburg in the
pulpit.
Friday night, April 14
f VW
and The Enterprise was .this week
the authorized to announce the can-
American Cancer Society, Aus- oidacy of John L. Stieriing, of
tin County Unit, got underway Bellville, for re-election to the
office of District Clerk of Aus-
tin county, subject to the action
of the Democratic Primary next
July.
Mr. Stieriing is a veteran in
the district clerk’s office, hav-
ing served the people of Austin
county for many years, during
which time he ha.* won the con-
fidence of all whom he served
through his very efficient man-
ner, and everready to render
prompt assistance when called
upon.
He seeks return to the office..
This nation has defeated! which he now holds, entirely up-
many other once dreaded dis-1 on his past record, and if re-
eases through the work of such! elected promises to give his best
volunteer organizations as ours.1 to all, in an impartial manner.
We can conquer cancer the samel
• f «arx« nil 1/amzI naaw
to cancer control work.”
ture. Any group of farmers or-
ganized to promote the improve-
ment of cotton is
these services.
Doremus urges
farmers interested
Doxey benefits to organize com • 1 tions. Also appearing on the
munity groups immediately and! program will be members of
submit applications | the organization who will stage
All members and friends of
the P. T. A. are cordially invit-
ed to attend. Refreshments will
be served by the committee in
charge.
The Luther League of St.
Paul’s Lutheran church, Shelby,
met on April 11. The program
for the meeting was based on
Easter songs.
After the opening hymn,
“Hallelujah! Hallelujah-” Ver-
non Giebel gave the scripture
and prayer. Another hymn was
sung, “I Know That My Re-
deemer Lives,” was also follow-
ed by another scripture reading
by Vernon Giebel. Preceding the
roll call. “Christ Arose,” was
sung by Elvie Lou Luetgp. Mil-
roy Krebs, and Calvin Krebs.
In our business meeting the
main topics for discussion were
donating for the new electric
organ, advertising league volley everyor
ball games, and taking donations leyball.
ton, Quantico, Virginia, and
Houston. During the past war sion included
I was actively engaged in com- their son, Clark Thompson, Jr.,
bating espionage and sabotage,! and Mrs. Thompson of Houston;
and in performing duties rela- and their daughter, Mrs. C. C.
tive to the internal security of! Marshall and Mr. Marshall of
our country.” i Galveston.
, “In 1945, I was admitted to!
- .practice law before the U. S.
Supreme Court. Since February
- 1948, I have been engaged in
the practice of law in Bellville.”
“Since returning to Austin
County I have been engaged in
Civic Activities, and at the pres-
ent time I am President of the
Austin County Bar Association.
• I am married to the former Ed-
na .Mae Jennings, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jennings of
Raccoon Bend.”
“I will sincerely appreciate
the vote and support of the peo-
ple of Austin County in my race
for County Judge. If elected. I
promise to serve all the people
of Austin County, and (------;
section of Austin County, to the
'best of my ability, and to be fair
to tv ryone in every way.
Sincerely,
DAN HRUSKA.
also good for the potato! U. S. Department of Agricul-j tion of New,Ulm will meet to- treated. Also suffering bum*
“Farmers will follow the
Free Cotton Classing,
MsrLnf Mown Snrviroc prominently expressed the rein-’ Laake threw the rag on the
ludinvl lit no 0CIV1VVO tionship and love of the living; floor and attempted to stamp
the flames out with her feet,
however, her dress caught fire
and seriously burned her legs cemetery. The Rev. A. J. Mohr
and her arms, before Mr. Laake
and their daughter came to her
rescue.
Mrs. Laake was taken to the
The Parent Teachers Associa- Bellville hospital where she was
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school who extinguished the flames of
his wife’s burning dress.
Mrs. Laake was released from spent the^ greater par; of his
the hospital Wednesday morn-
ing, and is now at her home re-
covering nicely from the painful
bums.
tor, Oren Johnson, members oft
t’ <—■ — ••• - —■
appear on the program as was
previously planned. To fill in,
the New Ulm school band will
give numerous musical selec-
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Andreas
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ditt-
mar were in New Ulm, Sunday,
at the Decoration Day services.
Due to rain services were very
brief. They also visited in the
home of Mrs. Antonio Voskamp.
Other visitors there were Mr.
and Mrs. Ho Tetsch and Dolores
of Eagle Lake, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lorenz Voskamp and chil-
dren.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wolcik
and Mrs. Jerry Skalak were in
Houston Saturday.
Congratulations to Mr.
Mrs. Alvin Dittert who
grandparents for the first time
since last Friday night. Mr. and
Mrs. Everette Tomlinson are
the proud parents. This makes
Emma Dittert great-grandmo-
ther for the first time. And con-
gratulations, to you. Uncle Clar-
ence.
Richard Michaelis is in bed
with a fractured heel. We wish
you a speedy recovery. Mr. and
Mrs. Gerhart Michaeli, of Pet-
aelia. Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Skeen, our switch-
board operator, has been on the
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Flood Control Surveys Authorized For Streams
In Austin-Washington Soil Conservation District
Mrs. H. A. Strauss and Mrs.
Hilmer Fricke and little Janis
and Larry Volkening were in
Brenham one afternoon .last
week.
Several from here attended
funeral services for Robert
Pless in Sealy last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Eckardt
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur An-
dreas visited Mr. and Mrs. Hugo
Kveton last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pless
and Marvin Lee of Houston
spent the week end here. Little
Marvin Lee was on the sick list.
Miss Vernelle Reichardt of
Houston spent the week end
here at home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Kollaf-
schny and Herbert Braesicke
were in Brenham one day last
Washington, April 17x—Th«
streams flowing through the
Austin-Washington soil conser-
vation district are included a-
mong seven Texas flood control
surveys authorized by the omni-
bus rivers and harbors and flood
control bill which passed the
Senate today (April 17).
Future authorizations for
flood control projects will be
based on the surveys which will
be made by the Army Corps of
Engineers, Sen. Tom Connally
explained.
Dan Hruska, of Bellville, ha.s
authorized The New Ulm En-
terprise to announce his candi-
dacy for the office of County
Judge of Austin County, sub-
ject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primary on July 22, 1950.
“After giving the matter a lot
of thought, I am hereby for-
mally announcing my candidacy
for the office of County Judge,”
Mr. Hruska said this week.
“The office of County Judge is
a highly important position,”
Mr. Hruska said, “it is a posi-
tion of honor and trust, and is
one to be held by a person who
is qualified, not only in legal
matters, but by one who has
the interests of all the people of
the county at heart. I feel that
I am legally and otherwise quali-
fied to serve as your County
Judge.”
/‘As to my qualifications for
this position, I wish to submit
the following: I am 35 years of
age, the son of the late Dr. and
Mrs. T. S. Hruska of Wesley,
and have been a resident of this
section all my life. I received
. my training in law at the Uni-
versity of Texas, receiving a
Bachelor of Law’s Degree from
the University Law School. I
have been licensed to practice
law since 1938. From 1939 to
November 1940, I practiced law
in Bellville, and in December
1940, I was appointed a Special
Agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. I served with the
FBI until February, 1948, at
Deroit, Kansas City, Washing- Mr. Thompson in Washington,
ton, Quantico, Virginia, and Special guests for the occa-
Mrs. Thompson;
; A very nice program has been
gram,” Doremus said. I arranged and will be presented
Under it, he continued, they j following the usual business
t cost cotton; meeting.
or a iew nays last ween. ■ classing and markets news from’ Due «» the uliro-s vf die w
Another beautiful wedding was* U. S. Department of Agricul-j lumbus High School Band Direc'
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the high school bard will not} Attend Funeral At
Hallettsville Saturday
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