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NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
Volume 38 No. 14.
12.00 Per Yea-
Monday, January 17 Is Deadline For Filing
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Barnes Collier Dies
In Temple Hospital
Faulty Wage Reporting
Can Be Easily Avoided
Hugo Klump Gets Buck
Last Day Of Season
Grand Jury Returns
Four Indictments
Sgt. George Lee Hoppe
Returns To North Carolina
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Veterans Service School
At Bellville, Jan. 15-16
The purpose is to stress in-
struction on insurance, educa-
tion, deceased and living veter-
an benefits, hospitalization, out-
patient treatment, state laws,
and ne w laws passed by the 80th
Congress relating to veterans
and their dependents.
Mr. Harry E. Rother, Educa.
tional Director of the Commis-
The Austin County Grand
Jury panel went into session on
Monday, and since the docket
was exceptionally light, com-
pleted it’s labors the same day.
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Mrs. Brokmeyer Is Seriously
Ill In Columbus Hospital
MRS. ANNA BUNJES
DIES AT AGE OF 89
Mrs. Ben Shupak of Bleibler- and son Cbcilof New Ulm and
ville, Mrs. Franklin Krause and *-••••••
sons of Cat Spring, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Schulte of Brenham,
Miss Hattie Mieth and Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Iselt.
The New Ulm Home Demon-
stration Club will meet Friday,
Jan. 7 at 2:00 p. m. in the home
of Mrs. Gilbert Ziegenbein.
All members are urged to at-
tend, and visitors are always
welcome.
Joseph Marek, 88, formerly
of Industry, died at his home
at Alief on Thursday, Dec. 30
after a lingering illness. .
Mr. Marek was born on July County Judge W. D. Bryan had
the C. M. B. Church at Indus-
try at 1:30 p. m. Rev. H. E.
Beseda of Caldwell officiated.
Burial was in the C. M. B. cem-
etery at Industry, with Zaskoda
Funeral Home in charge at In-
dustry.
Pallbearers were Edw’in G.
Marek, Edwin Marek, Robert
Marek. Bennie Marek, John V.
Marek, and John S. Marek.
Surviving, besides his widow,
are one daughter, Estella, Mrs.
George Dockal of Alief; three
sons, Joe of Rosenberg, and
Henry and John of Caldwell;
one sister, Mrs. William Haider
of Alief; two brothers, William
John Marek of Industry;
seven grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
caused by the employer. Often
poor information furnished him
by the employee results in the
incorrect return.
“All employers should insist
on seeing the actual social se-
curity account number card of
each employee when he is en-
tered on the payroll records.
Only by copying the name and
number direct from the card
can the danger of error be
minimized,” said Rogers. Fail-
ure to report the correct num-
ber may prevent the wage earn-
er from receiving his insurance
credits, he pointed out. Event-
ually the wage-earner could lose
cash benefits the insurance pro.
gram set up for his protection.
who survives. About 41 years
ago he moved to Alief where
he farmed successfully until his
retirement some years ago. He
was a member of the Czech
Moravian Brethren Church.
Funeral services were held at
the C. M. B. church at Rosen-
berg on Saturday, Jan. 1 at
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gering illness. He was 37.
Mr. Collier was born at San-
ta Anna, and moved with his
parents to Sweetwater in 1930,
and was employed at the Gulf
Refinery.
He served during World War
II with the Army Air Force,
being stationed at a bomber
base in England for several
months. After his discharge he
returned to his job at the re-
finery. He was under treatment
in McCloskey Veteran’s Hospi-
tal until a week before his
death, when he was removed
to Scott and White Hospital.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Carrie Linde-
mann. daughter of Mr. and Mrs’
Otto Lindemann of near Indus,
try, whom he married on Feb-
ruary 9, 1943; a son Bill, age
two; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. N. Collier of Sweet water; a
sister; and two grandmothers.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Dec. 25 at 3 o’clock
at the First Methodist church
at Sweetwater. Burial was
the Sweetwater cemetery.
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Mieth of near
Industry on New Year’s Day
were, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Krause
and sons of Houston, M!r. and
Mrs. Nora Mohnke accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
The body returned four in-
dictments.
Their report to J. R. Fuchs,
District Court Judge, is repro-
duced below:
Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Berndt of
Bellville and Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Case visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anderson
Sunday.
According to Colonel Homer
Garrison, Jr., Director, Depart-
ment of Public Safety, Austin,
an examination for Recruit. Pa-
trolmen will be given in the
several Patrol District Offices
over Texas, in February, 1949.
Chief W. J. Elliot, Texas
Highway Patrol, Austin, states
that the qualifications for these
Recruit-Patrolmen positions are:
Must be between 21 and 35
years of age; must be at least
5’ 8” tall, without shoes, and
must weigh not less than two
pounds per inch of height and
not more than three and one-
half ; must be of excellent moral
character; must be able to pass
the rigid physical examination;
must have a high school edu-
cation or equivalent; and must
have been a resident of Texas
for one year or more prior to
filing application. » the
This final examination is giv- covers
en to fill existing vacancies and: though some wage earners with
to bring the Patrol to its exact | large salaries or supplemental
full strength. Several hundred f non-salary income are required
applications are now on file and to file Declarations.
Elliott states he will be glad to I He also pointed out that many
hear from those seeking this of these taxpayers can “kill two
type of work and having the hin'’“ n"“
necessary qualifications.
Applications will be received
until January 24, 1949 for these
positions.
Columbus, Dec. 30.—A judg-
ment upholding the method by
which the Henkhaus school dis-
trict of Austin county was con-
solidated with the Columbus
Independent School district was
hanced down by the Court of
Civil Appeals at Galveston last
Thursday.
The opinion signed by Chief
Justice W. E. Monteith revers-
ed a decision by the Austin
county district court and dis-
missed a suit for injunction
granted in the West End Rural
High School district of Austin
Hcounty, which was joined in the
muit by the Austin county school
board and County Supt. George
W Hill.
Election Cited
In effect, the high court’s de. I
veterans as possible to attend
this meeting. Good speakers will
be on the program.
Miss Burdine Mohnke of Austin
attended the Silver Wedding an.
niveraary celebration of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Toeliner at Wallis
Sunday.
Mrs. Ernst Brokmeyer of New
Ulm is a patient in the Colum-
bus hospital since Wednesday,
Dec. 29. She became suddenly
ill on Tuesday and was taken
to Columbus the following day.
Latest reports were that some
improvement has been noted.
Faulty wage reporting en-
dangers the wage-earner’s pro-
tection under Federal social se-
curity, said the Houston admin-
istrator of the program in a
warning today. Fred C. Rogers,
manager of the Social Security
Administration’s field office
here, stressed the importance
of correct reporting of earn-
ings, names, and social security
account numbers of employees
in tax returns. Federal old-age
and survivors insurance bene-
fits are based upon records
geared directly to employers’
reporting.
However, Rogers pointed out,
Barnes Collier, of Sw’eetwat-
er. and well known at and near
Industry, died in Temple on
Thursday, Dec 23 after a lin-
Frank Scofield, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the First
Texas district, reminded tax-
payers that Monday, January
117, will be the deadline for fil-
ing Declarations of Estimated
Tax for 1948. The final date
normally is January 15 but
since that date falls on a Sat-
urcay this year, the filing per-
iod is automatically extended
to the next official workday.
Collector Scofield explained
that this filing date is of espec-
ial importance to farmers, since
they were encused by law from
filing their 1948 Declarations
until this time. The date is
also important to many busi-
ness and professional persons,
investors, self-employed and
similar taxpayers who were re-
quired to file Declarations last
spring but who now want to
change their estimates by fil-
ing amended Declarations. Most
wage earners whose pay is sub-
ject to withholding are not re-
quired to file Declarations since
the withholding substantially
their income tax, al-
Mr. and Mrs W. A. Meier of
Sealy accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. — Franks of Bellville
were pleasant visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L.
Muenzler and daughters Sun-
day afternoon.
4-ii.iova a.iun virvuuu
ents in 1869, settling in Wash- quested to do in
ington county. Later the family
moved to Industry where he liv.
ed 30 years. He was married
to^ Anna DockaJ,^ at Industry, p. Ji3ore> retained by the Co-
* ~ 41 jlumbus school district and ap-
pealed the Austin county dis-
trict court’s decision in grant-
ing the injunction nrevent:r<e
Columbus district from running
buses into the Ilenkhaus dis-
trict.
The plaintiffs had contended
- - • , that Judge Bryan did not have
^'•00 a.* nr, and continuedj at jurisdiction to call the election,
' that the Columbus Indenpend- county is asked to send as many
ent School district had lost its
identity following its consolida-
tion with the New Ulm district
July 22.
Prior to the Henkhaus-Co-
lumbus consolidation election,
the Austin county school board
has grouped Henkhaus with In-
dustry, Rockhouse and Shelby
districts to form the West End
Rural High Schoo! district.—
Colorado Citizen.
will be assisted by representa-
tives from the various veterans
organizations of Texas, Federal
and State Agencies and
Ve;erans Administration.
Veterans County Service Of-
ficer, L. F. Weige, says he is
proud of the fact that Austin
county was chosen out of 29
counties which will comprise
this meeting. There will be a
meeting held open to all veter-
ans on Saturday night at Le-
gion Hall and each post in the
turns instead of a Declaration.
In other words, a farmer re-
quired to file an original De-
claration or a businessman de-
siring to file an amended Declar-
ation at this time can substi-
tute his regular return on Form
1040, which he might other-
wise wait to file on March 15.
If he files his return and pays
the tax in full by January 17,
he can save the task of pre-
paring and filing the 1949 De-
claration or amended Declara-
tion which is due then.
If a taxpayer in 1948 had
more than $100 of income
which was not subject to with-
holding, he was required to file
a Declaration if his total in-
come (including wages on which
tax was withheld) was $600 or
more.
If all of the taxpaj’er’s income
was from wages subject to
withholding, he was required to
file a Declaration if his wages
exceeded $4,500 plus $600 for
each of his exemptions (for ex-
ample, $6,300 in the case of a
married man claiming exemp-
tions for himself, wife, and one
dependent.)
FEDERAL LABOR LAWS*
TO BE EXPLAINED
IN BROADCAST SERIES
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Bellville, Jan. 4.—The Vet-
erans Affairs Commission of
Texas announced today that it
will hold a Service Officers
School at Bellville, Texas on
Saturday and Sunday, January
15-16, 1949 in the American Le-
gion Hall.
This school will be for all
County Service Officers, and
Veterans Organ.zation Post and
Chapter Service Officers within
a radius of approximately sev-
enty-five to- one hundred miles
of Bellville. All persons inter-
ested in veterans’ affairs are
cordially invited.
This is the second of a series
of schools being held by the
Veterans Affairs Commission
throughout Texas, the first of
---------,-------«...---------the series having been held last
ision upheld the Columbus’ winter and spring
school board’s right to trans- “ ■
port Henkhaus community pu-
pils to the Columbus school as
the Henkhau<s voters had voted
Aug. 31, 1948. They approved
consolidation 74 to 51.
The court ruled that Austin
Mr. and Mrs Bertram Au-
rich and family of Houston
spent the past week end here
in the home of his mother Mrs.
Ema Aurich.
Austin Co. Game And Fish Columbus-Henkhaus
Declaration Of Estimated Income Tax For 1948 Protective Association To School Consolidation
Ruled Valid By Court
New Ulm H. D. Club
Will Meet Friday
New Year’s Day visitors in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Boehme and sons were Mr and
Mrs. Herbert Meyer of Ber-
nardo, Werner Litzmann of
Woodw’ard, Oklahoma, W. J.
Litzmann of Leesville, Louisia-
na, Norman Litzmann and Gene
Green of Columbus, Mr. and
Mrs. Leeland Miller of Austin,
Mrs. J. W. Neshyba and daugh-
ter of Arcadia, Mrs. Willie
Ruhmann of Frelsburg, Mrs.
Mary Zeiner, Mrs. John Wavra
and Mrs. E. J. Zeiner.
birds with one stone” by filing! 22, 1861 in Czechoslovakia, and I jurisdiction to call the consoli-
their final 1918 income tax re- came to America with his par-] cation election as he was t e-
la petition sign-
ed by 22 Henkhaus voters.
Attorneys Appealed
Attys. Morris Hodges and O.
La Grange, Dec. 30.—Mrs.
Anna Engelbart Bunjes, 89, of
Fayetteville, widow of the late
Anton Bunjes Sr., pass-d Sway
at the hospital here Thursday.
Last rites were held Sunday
at 2:30 p. m. at St. Paul’s Luth-
eran church in Fayetteville with
Rev. Paul Fischer officiating.
Burial was in the Fayetteville
City Cemete-y. Koenig Funeral
Home directed.
The body lay in state at the
Knesek Funeral Chapel at Fay-
etteville until 12:30 Sunday af-
ternoon
Mrs. Bunjes, nee Engelbart,
was bora in Germany on Dec.
5. 1858, immigrated to Texas at
the age of 27 and settled at
Warrenton. She had resided at
Fayetteville since 1914. Her
husband passed away March
4, 1944.
She leave,, on^ daughter, Mrs.
Herman von Minden of Fayette-
ville; three sons, Gerhard of
Carmine, Anton of Oldenburg
and Alvin Bunjes of Fayette-
ville; eight grandchildren and
7 great-grandchildren.-Journal.
Houston. Jan. 3.—Federal
labor laws enforced by the
Wage and Hour and Public
Contracts Divisions, U. S. De-
partment of Labor, will be ex-
plained in detail during a series
of special programs to be broad-
cast by various radio stations
in Houston, it was announced
here today. The first program
will be heard at 2:15 p. m.. next
Saturday over Station KTRH.
Thomas J. Rauch, branch
manager of the Divisions and
in charge of enforcement acti-
vities in Southeast Texas, will
be the principal speaker on the
series prepared for the informa-
tion of mangement, labor and
the general public.
-
Gulf Oil Corporation’s Adolph Weige No.l
Well Reported Good Producer, On Test
Gulf OJ Corporation*, Adolph
Weigs No. 1 test well, drilled
about 2 miles east of New Ulm,
was reported to be on test since
Tuesday, and indications are a
good producer iM in the making.
Detailed information has not
been released. But it is rumor-
ed that production sand is be-
low 9,000 feet, with a good
grade oil and high ga& pressure.
ies, scheduled for January 23
on Station KATL, will review’
the new overtime pay interpre-
tations necessitated by the re-
cent ruling of the U. S. Su-
preme Court in the longshore
cases, and will point out how
these interpretations and deci-
sions apply to other types of
industry.
The Walsh-Healey Public Con-
tracts Act, the Portal-to-Portal
Act and child labor regulations
will be discussed on future
broadcasts by Rauch.
Hugo Klump, of Bartlett,
hunting in the deer territory
here at New Ulm, bagged a nice
7-pointer on th^ morning of the
last day of the season, Dec. 31.1
Mr. Klump had hunted un-
successfully on numerous occa-
sions, but with faith, his re-
ward finally came on the final
day.
This was the only deer re-
ported shot since the last re-
port was published in tne En-
terprise.
celebrate Mrs. Oppermann’s
birthday anniversary.
Bellville, Texas,
January 3, 1949.
TO THE HONORABLE J R.
FUCHS, JUDGE OF tHE
DISTRICT COURT OF
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS:
We, the Grand Jurors for the
;January Term, 1949, of the
( District Court of Austin Coun-
. MB r .—Jty, Texas, respectfully report
sion, will conduct the school and that we have diligently investi-
gated all violations of the Crim-
inal Laxs of our State, which
have been reported to us, and as
a result of our investigations we
herewith return into this Court
four indictments, one of which
is for a misdemeanor and the
remaining three being for fel-
onies.
We have inspected the Coun-
ty Court House and find the
building as a .whole in good con-
dition, clean and sanitary and
well kept. Our inspection of the
attic, however, has disclosed
that it is full of old records and
broken and unused furniture.
In our judgment this condition
creates a fire hazard and we
recommend that the Commis-
sioners’ Court of Austin Coun-
ty take such action as may be
necessary to remedy this con-
dition at once.
We have also visited and in-
spected the County Jail and we
find it to be greatly in need of
| a thorough cleaning. That por-
tion of the jail m which the
cells are located is in very bad
conciticn. and the portion oc-
cupied as residence quarters by
the Sheriff and his family is
also in need of paint and new
floor covering. We also found
the ro°f to be bad in places. In
our judgment this building
should be renovated from the
ground floor up and then given
a new coat of paint, and we
recommend to the Commission-
ers’ Court that it take such ac-
tion as may be necessary to
place this building in good con-
dition. In this connection we
further recommend that proper
and sufficient bedding be sup-
plied for the inmates of the
jail. We understand the Com-
missioners Court has given
these matters some considera-
; tion and we urge the Court to
proceed with the work of clean-
ing, and renovating the jail
without delay.
We have completed our lab-
ors and respectfully ask to be
discharged, subject to recall at
any time during the present
term of this Court.
Respectfully fjubmilked,
L. J. Albert, Foreman.
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Marine Sergeant George Lee
Hoppe left Tuesday morning
for Camp Lejeune, North Car-
olina, after having spent his
furlough here with his mother
Mrs. George Mieth and Mr.
Mieth and other homefolks.
While on furlough here he re-
ceived the good news of his
Mieth and Mrs. Lee Krueger promotion from corporal to ser-
' geant. Sgt. Hoppe expects to
receive his discharge from the
Marines sometime next Mart*.
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Guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Oppermann at
Frelsburg on New Year’s Day] ---,
were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert ' faulty reporting is not always
Veith and daughter of Rock-
house, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Op-
permann and children of Co-
lumbus, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Oppermann of Bellville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Schuette.
Rauch will review the first The gathering was mainly to
ten years under the Fair Labor * ’
Standards Act (Federal wage
and hour law) and describe
some of the benefits received
by industry and management
during the past decade, when
he is heard in the opening pro-
gram next Saturday afternoon
on Station KTRH. He will ex-
plain the purpose of the Act
and the intent of Congress in
establishing a uniform mini-
mum w’age and setting up reg-
ulations governing the rate of
payment for overtime work.
On January 15, Rauch will
discuss the “yardsticks” by
W’hich coverage is established
and will describe the various
exemptions from the minimum
wage and overtime provisions
allowable under the Act. This
program will be broadcast by
Station KNUZ.
The third program in the ser-
THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISI
Meet On Wed. Jan, 12
The Annual meeting of ths ingh Court Upholds Columbus
Austin County Game and Fish
Protective Association will be
held at the Cat Spring Agricul-
tural Hall on Wednesday, Jan-
uary 12 at 7:30 p. m.
R. E. Callender, Wild-life
Specialist of the Extension
Service, will be present. Mr.
Callender has consented to give
an address on wild life, and will
discuss wildlife problems with
any one who desires special in-
formation.
An additional feature will be
the showing of wildlife sound
movies by County Agent Wm.
E. A. Meinscher.
All members of the associa-
tion are urged to attend the
meeting, as well as friends, who
are especially invited. Mr Mein-feuit by the Austin county school
scher says, “and bring your a„n«*
family.”
Joseph Marek Of Alief t.
Is Buried At Industry
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