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Volume 44 No. 36.
JUNE 3, 1954
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Schramm Reunion And
Centennial Next Sunday
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Rev l D. Hardt To Serve Fmka’s Quitting Business After 60 Years
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Rev. L. D. Hardt, who has
served the Methodist Church at
Industry since June 1949, was
again last week end appointed to
serve that congregation for an-
other year. The appointment
W8s made at the Southwest Tex-
ts Methodist Conference held in
San Antonio last week.
The Industry Church was re-
presented at the conference by
Mrs. Miles Knolle as delegate.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pavli-
cek and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Krenek, Jr. attended
graduation exercises in El Cam-
po Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prihoda
and family spent one evening
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Au-
gust Canik and sons, and Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Prihoda and
baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pavli-
cek and family of here accom-
< panied by Mrs. Raymond Supak
of near Fayetteville visited in
East Bernard Wednesday with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Koehl
and E. J. of Ellinger visited one
day last week in the Adolph
Kulhanek home.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Supak of
Willow Springs wefe brief visit-
* ors in the August Canik home
Thursday afternoon.
Zimmerscheidt Community Again Wins
In Neighborhood Progress Contest
The one hundredth anniver-
sary of the landing of the Sch-
ramm clan in America will be
celebrated at Hillcrest Hall, 4
miles, north of Columbus on
Hwy. 71, next Sunday, June 6.
This is the day the Schramm
family reunion will be held.
Plans call for a picnic lunch
to be served at noon. All drinks
will be available on the hall
grounds.
sons.
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Eckardt
were in Columbus Sunday for a
ment tin smelter in Texas City.
. It is the only one in North and
South America, and it uses ore
which comes from Bolivia. Ore
from the British smelters comes
from the Far East in that part
of the world known as Indon-
esia. It look as though the Reds
might move into that section
next after they finish with In-
dochina. With world conditions
as they are, and with tin a very
essential metal it looks like the
worst kind of foolishness to
COMMENTS FROM
Sunday visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bastian and
son were Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Bastian and son Jesse of Bell-
ville, Albert Kersten of Cat
Spring, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst
Bastian and Mrs. Eduard Rinn.
“Neighborhood cooperation’’
is the key phrase in the activi-
ties of the Zimmerscheidt com-
munity that has brough': its re-
sidents first place in the Rural
Neighborhood Progress contest
sponsored by the Farmer-Stock-
man magazine in cooperation
with the A. & M. college exten-
sion service.
During the past year neigh-
borhood cooperation made for
success in a program to vacci-
nate all dogs in the neighbor-
hood to control rabies. There
were 35 dogs vaccinated.
Cooperation also put over the
program of testing water wells
in the community. Arthur Veng-
haus, head of the Water Testing
committee, took 24 samples
that were submitted to the
State Health laboratory.
Those were only 2 of the pro-
jects the people of Zimmer-
scheidt undertook during the
past year, under the direction of
Mrs. Clarence Warschak, chair-
man.
They also have erected signs
in front of all homes in the
community stated who lives in
the homes, what occupations are
of the homeowners, etc.
They have adopted a vaccina-
tion program to reduce losses in
broiler production because of
various diseases that have
struck the chickens.
The program has not ony been
for the residents as a group, but
also as individual homeowners.
Running through the story of
the Zimmerscheidt community’s
effort for improvement is the
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where meetings have been held
to plan the improvements and
where many of the community’s
Approximately 4000 people
attended the Catholic Church
Celebration at Frelsburg last
Sunday. The crowd was one of
the largest ever to assemble on
the spacious church grounds.
In Sts. Peter and Paul Church
at 10 o’clock, the Rev. Leonard
Buxkemper, offered his first
Solemn Mass. He was ordained
priest on the day before in cere-
monies at St. Mary’s Seminary
at La Porte. Assisting at the
Mass were Archpriest, Rev. Syl-
vester Fuchs of Bryan; deacon,
Rev L. W. Kapper of Anderson;
and subdeacon, Rev. W. J. Bos-
worth of Beaumont.
Over 1500 meal tickets were
sold for the barbecue dinner
served at noon. Supper was
served in the evening. About
2800 pounds of barbecue and
700 pounds sausage Was dispos-
ed of during the day.
The festivities concluded with
a dance at night fo- which Gus
Lindemann Orchestra supplied
the music.
At Shelby for the American
Legion Home Dedication a large
crowd enjoyed a chicken barbe-
cue dinner served at noon.
Dedication services were held
at 3:30 in the afternoon. Clark
W. Thompson, representative
from the Ninth Congressional
District, gave the principal ad-
dress for the occasion.
Bob and Hig Orchestra fur-
nished the music during the day
and for the dance at night.
Next Sunday, June 6, will
mark the annual June Celebra-
tions at Shelby and at Cat
Spring.
At Cat Spring at the Agricul- |j>a
tural Hall a barbecue dinner will’ad<
be served at noon. Field and
garden products will be on exhi-
bit and prizes will be awarded
for the best exhibits. Music
during the day will be furnish-
ed by Mlcak’s Brass Band. Ben-
nie Prause and his orchestra
will provide music for the dance
at night.
A country style pork sausage
supper will be served at the
Shelby celebration beginning at
5 p.m. The feast, which begins
at 4 p.m., will be held at Hftr-
monie Hall. Ray Krenek Band
will furnish concert music, and
for the dance at night Ray Kre-
nek Orche^ra will furnish the
music.
With weather conditions per-
mitting, a large crowd can be
expected at both places.
bert Eckermann and family, Mr
and Mrs. Cornell Eckermann
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Eckermann and family, all of
Bellville; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Bahlman and son Calvin of Cost;
Mrs. Armin Neuman, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Neuman and daugh-
ter, Sharon Ann, Aug. Grams,
Clarence BaMmann and Miss
Kay Seivers, all of San Antonio.
Miss Elsie Hoppe of Houston
accompanied by Miss Ida Rinn
of New Ulm spent the past week
end visiting with relatives in
Waco.
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12.50 Per Year
was the birthday of their niece,
Mrs. Herman Lee Henneke.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pless
and Marvin Lee of Houston
spent Sunday evening with the
Plesses here.
Richard Kollatschny received
birthday congratulations Sun-
day.
visit with relatives. The occasion’social events have been held.
-----4.u_ • The Community Center is the
former school building and
grounds.
After closing of the veteran’s
vocation class in the Frelsburg
area, the Zimmerscheidt people
acquired use of that building
which is located on the Com-
munity center grounds.
Colorado county gave the
Zimmerscheidt people several
chairs for their Community Cen-
ter and they have added tables
and other furniture and fur-
nishings.
The story of the community
goes on and will as long as there
is “neighborhood cooperation.”
—Colorado Co. Citizen.
Mrs Wm. Kuehn returned
home from Houston Tuesday
where she visited in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Tomlin-
son and family. While in Hous-
ton she attended graduation
exercises at which her grand-
son, Wallace Kuehn Tomlinson
received his high school diplo-
ma. Another grandson, Allan
Tomlinson, Jr., on the same
night, received his degree in
chemical engineering at Texas
Tech in Lubbock. While in Hous-
ton Mrs. Kuehn also visited
with another granddaughter,
Mrs. Joe Baron and family.
After 60 years of continuous
operation Frnkas are quitting
business in New Ulm, which
means that the last of business
enterprises established by the
late J. J. Fmka will go out of
the public picture, the closing of
the Frnka Mercantile Co., store.
The Frnka Mercantile Com-
iny, incorporated, is the name
adopted following the passing of
J. J. Frnka in December of 1935.
Before this the business was op-
erated under the name of J. J.
Frnka. The Frnka Merchant!!*
Company was operated since
1935 under the management of
Hugo L. Frnka, who also served
the organization as its presi-
dent. Hugo Frnka is the oldest
son of J. J. Fmka, whose sur-
viving children all have an in-
terest in the business.
In announcing the closing of
the business in New Ulm the
Frnkas stated, “it is with deep
regret that we are closing out
the Frnka Mercantile Company
which was founded 60 years ago
by wr fatbar, the late J. J.
Fmka. And since our brother, H.
L. Frnka, who managed the
business, is retiring from active
business, and all other children
are gainfully employed else-
where, we see no alternative but
to close our doors.’’
Sale Announced
A giant closing our sale has
been announced to begin next *
Wednesday, June 9, and will
continue until all stock is sold.
Every item in stock will be sold
I at drastically reduced prices.
I. I" years past the
THE NEW ULM ENTERPn
5 p.m.
> p. m.
One hundred and fifty rela-
tives and friends of Mrs. Mary
Stuessel gathered at her home
in Cat Spring Sunday. May 23,
to celebrate the fifth annual
Stuessel family reunion and
Mrs. Stuessel’s 89th birthday,
— „ J which is May 28.
rmh^n^and^^Hv8Mr and Guests came from Sealy,
S/ln kmd’v Markham. Ba-V City, Rosenberg,
hart Eckermann and family. Mr du8tr*> Bellville and Cat Spring
A basket dinner was served
at noon and cake and coffee,
later in the day.
Upon taking their leave,
guests wished for "Grandma”
Stuessel many more happy
birthdays, and anticipated next
year’, reunion.
Ed. Suchadoll, Retired ' .......„
Farmer, Med Thursday lethodists Another Year Sak
Edward Suchadoll, retired
farmer and lifelong resident of
near New Ulm, died at his home
at 1:15 p. m. Thursday, May 27.
He had been in ill health sev-
eral months. He attained the
age of 74 years, 3 months and
25 days.
Mr. Suchadoll was born at,
New Ulm February 2, 1880. He
attended the local public school
for his education. In 1909 he
was united in marriage with
Miss Minnie Warschak He was
a member of the Catholic
Church.
Survivors are his wife; two
daughters, Isabella, Mrs. E. J.
Schertz of Fayetteville, and Ly-
dia, Mrs. Elmo H. Iselt of
Hempstead; five grandchildren;,
one sister, Mrs. Frank Mai of
New Ulm; and one brother,
John Suchadoll of New Ulm.
Funeral services were held at
9:00 a.m. Saturday, May 29,
from the Koenig Funeral Chapel
in New Ulm and continued in
Sts. Peter and Paul Church at
Frelsburg. Rev. Edward Geiser
officiated. Burial was in the
Catholic church cemetery at
Frelsburg Koenig Funeral home
directed the services.
Guests in the home of Miss
Dessie Miller at Post Oak Point
Thursday were Mrs. E. H Lin-
demann, Mrs. E. F. Schroeder,
Mrs. Alma Rinn, Mrs. Leeland
Rinn, Mrs. Emil Gross, Mrs.
Wm. Kuehn, Mrs. T. A. Pophan-
ken, Mrs. Delbert Arndt and
Betty, and Miss Hattie Mieth.
The group enjoyed a lunch of
sandwiches, cakes and coffee.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuette
of Houston visited with rela-
tives here Saturday.
Kollatschny and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Andreas.
Mr. and Mrs. O. II Michaelis
of Bellville visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Pless and Gary Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kollat-
schny and Annette spent the
holiday week end in Galveston
with Mrs. Kollatschny’s sisters,
Mrs. Dee Ballard and Mrs. Chas.
Koenig and their families.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ladig
of Houston spent the week end
here with her mother, Mrs. Min-
na Kuehn.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Morgan
and Mrs. Odea Lee Andreas of
Houston spent Sunday and Mon-
day here with Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Andreas. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
are leaving Friday on their vaca-
tion to Arizona for a visit with
Mr. Morgan’s sister and from
there to California.
Edwin Zubicek and Miss Maul- j
dine Stuessel are among the
seniors from Sealy high school '
to go on a trip to California.
Mr. and Mrs H. A. Strauss
visited their niece Mrs. John
Hayes and Mr. Hayes and chil-
dren in Houston Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Marsh
and Mary Lynn and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hartman of Hous-
to spent the holiday week end
here. Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh and Mrs. Hartman ac-
companied by Chas. Wolcik and
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Skalak visit-
ed in Granger with Mrs. Joe
Huser who is seriously ill.
Edmund Dittmar spent
week end in Houston with his
Glenn accompanied him “Community Center.’’
by
CONGRESSMAN
CUM W. THOMPSON
Ml TIXAS DISTRICT
Dear Neighbors:
Some months ago patrons of
small post offices were worried
for fear their offices might be
closed. Inspections had been or-
dered by the Washington au-
thorities, and there were all
kinds of rumors flying around.
I inquired from the Post Office
Department what they had in
mind, and was assured that only
in extreme cases would 4th class
offices be closed and even then
they would provide services at
least as good and generally bet-
ter. I passed this word along to
our neighbors. For a time ev-
erything was quiet, but now it
starts up again.
I have been notified of the in-
tention of the Washington au-
thorities to close some Sth class
offices, consolidate rural routes
and shake things up generally.
Personally, I have opposed the
Department on these proposals.
Their claims of great savings
don’t stand up, particularly in
the light of some expenses they
have added here in Washington.
Unfortunately the decisions are
apparently being made by peo-
ple who never lived as I once did Mrs. Albina Pustka, of Cam-
in a small community which eron, and her sister and daugh-
centered around the Post Office' ter visited recently in the Sam
For many months 1 have been [ Zubicek home. Mrs. Pustka will
e fighting a bitter battle to pre-; be remembered here as Mrs. Ed.
vent the closing of th* govern- Zubicek.
Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Ott-
mers and Kathleen and Daniel
returned home Monday from a
week’s visit in Fredericksburg
with their homefoiks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Schroeder
of Sharpe visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernst Dittmar Sunday.
They are cousins.
Mr. and Mrs. Finley Dittmar
and girls of Houston visited here
briefly Monday. They were en-
route home from a week end
___ trip to Sharpe, Cameron and
close our smelter and place our- Temple
Robert Gene, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Froebel, wno has
been in the service a year was
promoted to the rank of corpor-
al. He is in a camp in North
Carolina. His brother, Cecil, al-
so a corporal is in Korea. He is
already doing the duties ot a
sergeant.
Mrs. Chas. Malecek and
daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Raeke, of
Bartlett, visited George and
Emil Cornelius and Mrs. Her-
man Kollatschny here a few
days.
Olin Dittmar of Houston was
here at home several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grabow
and Ervin visited in the Henry
Grabow home in Mentz Sunday.
Henry Grabow just recently had
an accident where he almost
lost a big toe.
Several from here helped Mrs.
Leroy Hillboldt of Millheim ob-
serve her birthday last week
Tuesday.
Mrs. H. A. Strauss and Mrs.
Hilmer Fricke visited the Geo.
Fricke’s in Round Top last Tues-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Andreas
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ren-
ken visited in Bay City last
Thursday with their aunt, Mrs.
Pauline Meyer, who had been
seriously ill.
Lynwood Andreas of Houston
spent the week end with his par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur An-
dreas.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldert Michae-
lis, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wolcik
and Mrs. Jerry Skalak were in
Granger last Thursday to visit
their aunt and sister, Mrs. Joe
Huser who is seriously ill with
a heart attack.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Le
Strange of Houston and Mrs.
Ben Hibbler of Sealy visited Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Necker one day
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Kollatsch-
ny and Karen of Liberty spent
the holiday week end here with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Sunday visitors in th* home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Neumann
were Cpl and Mrs. Leland Neu-
endorff of Fort Hood, Mr. and
Mrs. Kermit Neumann and chiM
dren of Houston and Mrs. D&o’
nis Krueger and son William.w
Serving as pallbearers were all, and in all probability was
Edwin Eckardt, Walter Renken, J the first sale ever held in Aus-
Arthur Andreas, L. P. Neuen- tin county. A sales circular of
dorff, Hugo Kveton and Wilfred tha£«ale; whichin possession
i towns, brings back a lot of mem-
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of reminiscing. The large circu-
lars, printed by W. A. Trenck-
mann’s Print Shon in Bellville,
were distributed far and wide.
! Some of the articles offered in
17, 1907, was married to Miss' this sale were wool dress goods,
p .i__ .<:_i i:. 44 to o4 inches wice. at cts.
Lit-i.na .uKuacnn, at vai uyiing. , . ., . , . , . „
a vard; full-width domestic 8c
Mr. Eckardt was a member -’ - • -
of the Lutheran church. In ad-
dition to his prominence as a
farmer and cattleman, he be-
longer to the Austin County!
Gun club, and several musical,
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organizations. | a yd Flour came in 24 and 48
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. poUnd sacks and in large wood-
Bertha Eckardt; one daughter, en barrels weighing 192 pounds.
Mrs. Owen Schrader of Sealy; Crackers and prunes came in
four sisters, Mrs. Louise Back wooden boxes. Dining room
of Alleyjon, Mrs. Antonio Don-, chairs sold for 87 cents each;
nelly of San Antonio, Mrs. Pau- Galvanized iron wash tubs 43c;
line Meyer of Bay City and anj a No. g Cooking Stove sold
Mrs. Malchen Gruesen of Kerr-j for $14.60.
Items from all departments
were listed, such as saddlery, tin
ware, hardware, crockery and
1 glassware, buggies and wagons,
i patent medicinies, furniture,
shoes, for men, women and chiL
j dren. ladies’ and men’s hats, dry
The seventh Eckermann fam J
1 y reunion was held May 2 at of what you may find now
Wolters Park in Schulenburg. in a modern store.
After a basket sinner of fried Reader3 are asked to read the
chicken an.: other good food, a adverijsemcnt announcing the
business ■meeting was held, .11 on lxJll7.p fnur rtf this issue,
which all present officers were
re-elected.
The rest of the afternoon was
spent in dominoes, bowling and
other games and “just visiting.”
A light lunch was served before
the crowd departed for home.
Next year’s reunion will be
held the first Sunday in June in
the same place.
Among those who attended
were Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Eck-
selves at the mercy of the Bri-
tish monopoly, particularly
-.when they may lose their ore
supply.
This week it seems as though
* we have won our fight. Work-
ing with Senator Lyndon John-
son we secured passage of a Re-
solution which directs the con-
tinued operation of the smelter
» for another year, during which
time a Congressional Committee
will study the need for continu-
ing it indefinitely. Also, it will
give us a chance to do what I
have been trying to do for seven
years; namely, to sell it to pri-
vate enterprise Nine hundred
and twenty-five neighbors of
yours and mine work in that
smelter. I expect this news
sounds mighty good to them.
Sincerely your friend,
CLARK W. THOMPSON.
Funeral services were held at
the Etlinger Funeral Home in
Bellville Friday, May 21 for Al-
vin Eckardt, Cat Spring farmer
and cattleman. The Rev. A. J. *
Mohr of Bellville officiated. Mr. | In years past the business
Eckardt died Thursday, May 20 has held sales in various depart-
after a month’s illness. He was. ments, but a giant sale held in
79. I the early 1900’s eclipsed them
Serving as pallbearers were all, and in all probability was
Edwin Eckardt, Walter Renken, J the first sale ever held in Aus-
Arthur Andreas, L. P. Neuen-, tin county. A sales circular of
dorff, Hugo Kveton and Wilfred that sale, which is in possession
Eckardt. Interment was at the' of Mrs. Vlasta Freis of York-
Sealy City cemetery. ' . ’ ’
Mr. Eckardt was born at Cat' °^e'‘ aPd. ha» caused quite a bit
Spring Feb. 10, 1875. He was a ------
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Eckardt. He spent his
entire life there, attending the
Cat Spring school, and on Dec.
Bertha Michaelis, at Cat Spring.
reduced to 5 cents a yard; En-
terprise meat chopper $2.13; 8
pounds best Rio coffee for
$1.00; 9 pounds of good roasted
coffee for $1.00; Calicos were
5c a yard; fine Mechlin lace 8c
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Survi^ng are his wafe, Mrs. | pound sacks and in large wood-
Mrs. Owen Schrader of Sealy; ■ Crackers and prunes
four sisters, Mrs. Louise Back wooden boxes. El a
of Alley^ton, Mrs Antonio Don-.^gjrg for 37 cents each;
line Meyer of Bay City and anj a No. g Cooking Stove sold
flriincon nt «__
ville; three brothers, Henry and;
Edmond Eckardt of Cat Spring
and Charlie Eckardt of Sealy.
Three brothers and two sis-
ters preceded him in death.
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