The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 16
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The local ASCS office will be
closed this Friday. July 3 in ob-
servance of holiday.
THDA Delegates
Named Friday
The three delegates to at-
tend the State Convention of the
Texas Home Demonstration As-
sociation were elected following
the regular meeting of the Coun-
ty Home 1
on Friday, June 26.
Elected delegates are Mrs.
Oliver Pape of the Rutersville
Club, Mrs. R. C. Meier of the
Winchester Club, and Mrs. V.
G. Frenzel of the Walhalla club.
Alternate delegates are Mrs.
Walter Wagner of the Swiss Alp
Club. Mrs. Chas Stoelke of the
Fayetteville Club, and Mrs. Ted
The State meeting will be held
on Sept. 16-17, in the Rice Ho-
tel in Houston.
The council meeting was cal-
led to order by Mrs. C. W. Fr-
itsch, chairman and opened with
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where she is receiving treat-
ment for burns she sustained
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock
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In tri-city services Monday
night, the La Grange Smithville,
and Bastrop Lions Clubs instal-
led their new officers at Cotton-
wood Inn Restaurant.
More than 200 attended the in-
stallation banquet, hearing Lion
Flop Colson of Bryan serve as
t _______ . master of ceremonies and instal-
Harbers of the West Point Club. ling officer.
Mt. Calvary’s
Ground Breaking
Set Sunday
Ground breaking services will
be held at the Mt. Calvary Lu-
theran Church site in La Grange,
Sunday, July 5, at 9:15 a.m.
Among those taking part in the
service will be the following
members of the Building Com-
mittee: Harvey Roitsch, general
chairman, Wilbert Diers. Harry
Gaertner. Herman Koepke. Her-
bert Lange, Gus Michalk, Cla-
rence Peters. Walter Schneider
and Eugene Winkler.
Sunday school and Bible class
will be held in La Grange after
the service.
Construction of die church will
begin the following week. Travis
Broesche and Associates of Ho-
uston have been engaged as ar-
chitects for the new church. Wel-
don A. Scholtz of La Grange is
the general contractor.
TO CLOSE
Fitzpatrick, La Grange: py j-q Celebrate ,
4th 114th Time
The little historic town of Ro-
und Top will celebrate the fourth
of July for the one hundred four-
teenth time with the usual color-
ful parade of decorated floats,
buggies and covered wagons, and
trail riders.
Mayor Don Nagel will welcome
the visitors at 10 a.m. and will
introduce J. G. Banik, who will
give an appropriate address for
the occasion. The parade will be-
gin immediately thereafter.
Senator Culp K ruger and Sher-
iff Jim Flournoy will lead the
parade, followed by the Lone Star
Brass Band and the Round Top
Rifle Association members. The
American Legion and the decor
ated floats will come next, foll-
owed by covered wagons, bugg-
ies, Ed Tobias and his trained
Brahma bull, and the trail rid-
ers. The trail ride will begin ea-
rly that morning at Ledbetter.
Prizes of $101.50 will be given
for decorated floats, $15. for
covered wagons and buggies, and
$10.50 for the trail riders.
The Texas Monument describ-
ed the first celebration of July
The Fayetteville KC's are all
set for their big two-day Inde-
pendence Day celebration for this
weekend. It starts with a free
trail riders’ dance at the K of
Hall in Fayetteville on Friday
night and ends with a feast and
dance at Ellinger on Saturday.
Jack and Woody will furnish
the music for the dance at Fay-
etteville which will be preceded
by a fish fry beginning at 5:30
p.m. The supper, for the public
as well as the trail riders, is
for the benefit of the St. John’s
Pa rent-Teacher club. Admis-
sion will be $1.25 and 60tf.
Family-style barbecued beef
and sausage dinner and supper
will be held on Saturday in El-
linger. Prices are $1 and 50<£.
Trail riders will arrive at 11
a.m. Amusements and music
will be provided during the day.
Clyde "Barefoot”Chesser and
his Ranch Hands will play for
the dance at night at Ellinger,
with recording star Ray Fru-
shay also on hand for vocal
numbers. Admission will be
by $1 donation.
Officers in the County, so far,
there has only been three traf-
fic deaths.
Please, let’s everyone try our
level best to keep this death rate
down to a minimum, and not
only the deaths, but the many
injuries, hospital and doctor bills
and the enormous amount of
damage to vehicles and other
property caused by trafflce ac-
cidents.
My predictions are that there
will be more cars and people
traveling over the highways this
4th of July weekend than was
ever know before, so lets all
cooperate and see what we can
do about it.
Lq Grange, Fayette County, Texas Thursday, July 2. 1964
Flash Fire Seriously Injures Local Lady
Mettle B. Collier re-
mains in very critical condition
at Fayette Memorial Hospital
she had been cleaning clothes
when the accident occurred. It
is believed that the fluid she
was using was ignited in some
manner and caused the flash
fire which burned her nearly
over her entire body and did
a certain amount of damage to
her home.
The dwelling is owned by Mrs.
Otto Legler and the blaze dam-
aged the store room in back of
the garage, the back roofline and
the attic. The hood of Mrs.Col-
lier’s car, which was in the gar
age was scorched and the wind-
shield broken by the intense heat.
Firemen were on the scene im-
mediately and said that they found
Mrs. Collier in her back bed-
room where she was apparently
changing clothes. She was rush-
ed to the local hospital where she
Is at present confined.
In addition to the damage to
the rear of the house, the Inside
was damage by smoke.
New presidents installed were
L. w. “Sonny” Stolz Jr., replac-
ing E. B. “Tex” Mayer in La
Grange: C. K. Mick, replacing
Carl Grimes in Smithville; and
Robert F. Wilkins, replacing Dan
the pledge of allegiance to the uoyj in the Bastrop Club.
Other officers installed in-
clude: 1st. Vice president. Dr.
E. L. 1 .
W. D. Mays, Smithville; and N.
R. Simpson, Bastrop.
Second vice presidents: Ch-
arles Lemmons. La Grange; W.
D. McClure, Smithville; and John
Welting, Bastrop.
Third vice presidents: Erwin
Janssen, La Grange; Quinn Sch-
lortt, Smithville; and Paul A-
baus, Bastrop.
Secretary-treasurer’s: Stuart
Penick, La Grange; B. F. Wes-
son, Smithville; andCarlL.Car-
son, Bastroy.
Tail twisters; Dr. C. Garrette
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JULY 4th IS
g HOLIDAY HERE
Saturday, July 4 is National
Independence Day and it will be
observed as a business holiday
in La Grange.
The date is listed on the Ch-
amber of Commerce Calendar
as one on which members are
to “close shop” for the day.
The closing also Includes the
court house and post office.
There wll be no window nor
city or rural mail delivery ser-
vices. _________________________
Sheriff Issues Sale Driving Plea
To July 4th. Travlers
Fayette County Sheriff I. J,
Flournoy has issued the follow-
ing special plea to persons tra-
veling Fayette County Highways
and roads during the July 4th
weekend:
Last year we had seventeen
people killed in traffic accidents
here in Fayette County, and this
was nine deaths over our year-
ly average. In other words, the
average traffic deaths in Fay-
ette County for the past sixteen
years have been eight persons
per year.
This year, by the Grace of
our Almighty God, the assis-
tance of four and sometimes
five Highway Patrolmen and
my entire staff, and all the Peace
flag. Roll call revealed 28 pre-
sent, representing 14 clubs.
Committee reports included
(Continued on Back Page)
Th. Tex.. r>.p.r.m.nt .f PuMje
to mark thia Fourth of July accidents are at
driving habita in light of ** re frequent in holiday
an all time high. Senoua accidents are morej eq klIIed jn
perioda. and it is entiinuted th,t. c„ES.v July 5. Thia doean’t
traffic from Friday, July 3, through Sunday, eonntantly
have to happen! Tragedy can be a taking chances and
on the alert for dangerous situations, by not taring cnan
by driving in accordance with laws of safety.
Mueller Named
Lion of Year
G. B. Mueller has been named
Lion of the Year by the La Grange
Lions Club for the year 1963-
1964.
Mr. Mueller has served his
club in many capacities. He is
a past president of his club.
He has also served his club in
practically every office from
Tail Twister to President.
Mr. Mueller has served as
Zone Chairman in the District
to which the La Grange Club
belongs and he has been most
active in every Lions Club ac-
tivity and community project and
has taken a leading role in its'
minstrel shows.
Also, this geniel gentleman has
attended the Lions International
Convention and numerous Dist-
rict conventions.
Mr. Mueller has also served
his community as past presi-
dent of the La Grange Jaycees,
former member of the La Gr-
ange City Council, former mem-
ber of the Board of Directors
of the Fayette County Fair As-
sociation, charter member and
first Quartermaster of the local
(Continued on Back Page)
Fire Confined to Back of House
Fayetteville KC’s
Set For Weekend
Fourth Fete
for their big two-day Inde-
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Roberts, Dottie M. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964, newspaper, July 2, 1964; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1254485/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.