The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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Rutersville
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Ellinger ....
Fayetteville
Willow Springs
Warrenton
Haw Creek
Round Top
Carmine
Ledbetter
Waldeck
Nechanltz
Ward*
Winchester
West Point
Ford’s Prairie
Muldoon
Black Jack
Cistern
Colony
Flatonia "...
Praha ,....!
Ammannsville .
Holman ..
Swiss Alp
Engle
Schulenburg ....
Dubina
High Hill ....
Freyburg
Primm
Rabb’s Prairie
Elm Grove
Totals
taxpayers had
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LOANS to buy new can. Up to
24 months 'to repay. Low
Bank rates, quick service. La
Grange State Bank.
Guy L. McCraw, quartermast-
er of Fayette Memorial Post
5254, VFW, hands us this an-
nouncement : “Warrants for pay-
ment of the interest on Fayette
Memorial Post’s Bonds are in
his office in the court house.
Persons holding notes are res-
pectfully requested to call at the
office and pick up their interest
warrants for last year’s interest.
Simultaneously, as secretary
of the Fayette County Fair As-
sociation, Guy also issues this
announcement pertaining to the
chairmen of Fair committees:
“We have about thirty days be-
fore our Fair dates October 5,
6 and 7. How is your committee
shaping up? Do you need any
help with your work? The direc-
tors will have a special meeting
Thursday, Sept. 7, at 8 PM, at
the Fair Grounds to receive re-
Zion
many.
elder. of
former Sunday
■rintendent, and was
for
col-
than
the
final
runoff,
had 351,140 to 340,075
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people will
Ljm
Men involved in this exam
would then have until about
mid-December before they would
be called for induction.
As previously reported,
other group of 70, from
three counties, will be sent to
Houston for physicals on Tues-
day, Sept. 5.
Mrs. Helen Rosenberg, chief
clerk at the board’s headquart-
ers here, said that of the 70 men
sent for physical tests last week
Tuesday, one transferred to
another board, and 30 of the re-
mainder passed their exams.
DR. A. H. REBSCH
DIES SUDDENLY
AT OFFICE HERE
—
Optometry since the .it was said.
Guy L. McCraw, Chief of the
local platoon, stated that ap-
proximately two-thirds of the
members of this group thus far
have received notice to report or
I have reported to active duty.
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TWINS ARE BORN
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wil-
liams of St. Louis, Mo., are the
proud parents of twin daugh-
ters, Melinda Anne and Michele
Anne, born to them August 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bonot are
the proud grandparents.
Mrs. Bohot is visiting in St.
Louis at the present time.
19 From Three
Counties To Enter
Service Sept. 28
The tri-county draft board,
comprising Austin, Colorado
and Fayette Counties, got its
first call for induction this
week.
The call is for 19 men from
the three counties, and they
will report for induction at
Houston on Thursday, Sept. 28.
The inductees will come from
those who passed physical tests
in the Aug. 7 and 14 calls.
Twelve passed out of the Aug.
rict clerk. Other race results:
commissioner of Precinct 1, in-
421; CbmmissiXr
1950 Fayette ^County
- _ .-----•annUgj
of its kind to be staged
nge, promises to hold
the biggest and best
' yet to be held, according to Guy
McCraw, fair secretary, and E.
F. Anders, president.
Scheduled for October 5, 6
and 7, many outstanding fea-
tures are being planned Tn the
way of entertainment. Opening
day is slated as children’s day
and approximately sixteen bands
have been Invited to take part
in the parade at 10 AM. Fair
grounds will open at noon, Oct.
5, v..... ~ “ * ** “
in the midway.
The board was advised by
, Service head-
quarters at Austin Monday that
.there “probably” would not be
salads, 'any more calls for physicals
cakes, trimmings of all kinds, .until the latter part of October,
and every time we kinda paused ...
for a breath o’ air there was
someone right at hand thinking
that we were starvin’ to death
. . . and there we went again.
Yep ... as always . . . that
feast and Bazaar up at Sacred
Heart was put on in grand style.
Lotsa people got lotsa credit
cornin’, and it don’t hardly pay
to start naming them because
there were so many. There was,
for instance, DOC DARILEK . .
and LOUIS ZAPALAC ... and
the BACA brothers, JEROME
and EDWIN and LLOYD . . .
and CY CERNOSEK ... and
big BILL KRIVACKA ... and
CALVIN KNIPPEL ... and
JOE URBAN ... and VASTINE
SCHAEFER .
KUBESCH .
ZBRANEK . ,
LUECKE.
KALLUS.
KOVAR .
White Wins Over
Veteran McDonald
Young John C. White of
Wichita Falls has defeated 10-
term winner J. E. McDonald for
Texas’ agriculture commission-
er.
The 25-year-old White
lected 11,074 more votes
McDonald, according to
state election bureau’s
count on Saturday’s
White ' '
for McDonald.
The bureau’s final tabulation
showed these other results:
Lieutenant governor: Ben
Ramsey 449,915, Pierce Brooks
274,600.
Court of criminal appeals: W.
A. Morrisan 392,238, R. L. Lat-
timore 274,220.
Supreme court Place 1: Will
Wilson 388,015, Fagan Dickson
294,658.
Supreme court Place 3:
Meade F. Griffin 440,807, George
Harwood 228,663.
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Negress Is Arrested
Following Forging Of
Three Welfare Checks
• The entire community was
saddened Friday morning when
the Word got around that Dr. I me sueiixx seuu me vhojis,
A. H. Rebsch had passed away from the state welfare depart-
suddenly at his office about
9:30 a. m.
Dr. Rebsch, 49, widely known
for his civic and church activ-
ities in addition to his profes-
sion, was at work in his opto-
>pped semi-
La Grange Clarence Wagner, tossed a four-
baseball hitter in downing Flatonia, 7-1,
jin the afterpiece. Three of the
field varirty and the other was
a double by Gene Herzik. Thus,,
Wagner now has allowed four
infield taps and one solid blow
in 18 innings of play. He fanned
117 Flatonians.
I The Reds’ Lloyd Ander took
three of the seven hits allowed
by Gene Herzik, one of them a
double.
Scores by Innings:
Ellinger ” ..... 010 003 016 - 11
Giddings 001 000 001 • 2
Blume and Farek; Moebus,
McDonald (7) and Kutschke.
Flatonia 000 100 000 - 1
Round Top 040 200 Olx - 7
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. and EUGENE
. and EDDIE
and JOHNNIE
*. . and -Ernest
. . and E. S. (Curly)
. . and ERWIN
FRANCKE . . . and umpteen
others. And that beaming smile
on FATHER ZIENTEK’S face
See ’Round Town, back page
Petras Wins Election 19®® WteCo-
Fair Looms As ; J
Biggest Of All
The ~ .
Fair, the twenty-third
event
in La Grange, promises to hold
in store
t
Pass the soda, please.
And that don’t mean that the
food wasn’t good. It’s just the
fact that it was too good and
there was too much of it.. .and
we didn’t have any more sense
than Mark Twain’s famous bull
frog and tried to eat everything
that was shoved in front of us.
Mark’s bull frog was supposed
to be able to jump after his
feast, which, after all, is a frog’s
method of locomotion. The story
has it that he failed miserably. 7 test" and 23 from those who
We were supposed to be able to reported on Aug. 14.
walk, and . . . well we barely T.._ • 2
got by. Of course, now, the frog state Selective
was eatin’ buckshot . . . but
maybe frogs like buckshot. We
were eating sausage,
cakes, trimmings of
regular holidays set aside
the La Grange Chamber
Commerce.
checks from the post office in
April, May and June, signed
Evelyn Johnson’s name to them
and cashed them at the Ritter’s
store, La Grange Utilities office
and King’s grocery, respective-
ly. Two of the checks were for
$22.68 and one was for $24.03.
Most of the money was used
for doctor’s bils and for clothes,
the woman said in her state-
ment.
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Tax Board Hearings
May Be Ended Today
A total of 399 f
been heard by the
Grange’s equalization board uj
to mid-morning Wednesday. I
appeared that the board would
complete the hearings by
Wednesday afternoon.
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Receives Call
Jerome M. Mazoch of Holman,
member of the Naval Electronic
Warfare Platoon of this city,-
received his call to active duty
this week. MML-3c Mazoch Is
to report in Houston on Sept. 8,
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New Smithville
River Bridge
To Open Sept. 1
» Smithville’s new $569,000
(highway bridge
do River, on State High'
will be opened to traffic
about Friday, Sept. 1.
This information was releas-
ed in dally press dispatches the
week end.
Construction work on both
bridge and the approaches is
compelled and the painting will
be finished by the end of the
month, according to T. R. Rob-
erts, construction foreman.
The Smithville Chamber of
Commerce and other organiza-
tions had previously planned
appropriate opening ceremonies.
However, it was reported that
proper arrangements could not
be made, and no date has been
set for an official opening.
The bridge was started ap-
proximately 20 months ago,
and was built by the Wallace &
Mowden Construction Engineers
of Dallas. It serves a direct
route from Austin to Houston.
Demolition work on the old
steel overhead bridge, which
was built soon after the first
wooden one was washed out in
the 1913 flood, will begin im-
mediately upon the opening of
the new one, it was announced.
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Treybig Reunion
Next Sunday
The Treybig family reunion
will be held at Park, near Fay-
etteville, Sunday, September 3,
it was stated this week.
Approximately one hundred
and fifty people are expected
to attend the re-union. Members
of the family from Dallas. Bay-
town, Houston, Bay City, Whar-
ton, El Campo, San Antonio,
Austin, Bellaire and other Texas
cities, and perhaps some from
pimininfl m or id
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DEMONS TO BRENHAM
The JC Demons go to Bren-
ham Saturday night for a game
with Travis Voelkel's Lions. The
tilt was originally set for this
Wednesday night, but was post-
poned when the semi-pro tour-
ney here was delayed a day by
rain.
JC Tourney Finals On Tap Tonight
The Ellinger Eagles and I in their defeat.
Round Top Reds copped_ semi- | Round Top’s classy lefty,
final games in the I
Jaycees invitational
tourney here Tuesday night. !
The two nines will meet Wed- i
nesday nigh^gitonight) at 8:15 |
to decide the championship. The
tourney was delayed one full
day, when Monday night’s semi-
finals were postponed because
of rain.
The all-star team will be an-
nounced after tonight’s
and awards presented. ,,
day night this team engages the
La Grange Jayeee Demons here.
Big Les Blume gave up six
hits and fanned 17 in register-
ing Elllnger’s triumph over
Giddings, 11 to 2. Arthur Moe-
bus and Heine McDonald, Gid-,____________
Zion School To Open
On September 5
On Sept, 5 Zion School will
open its doors for the 1950-51
term. At 9 o’clock a chapel ser-
vice will be conducted in.'the
Zion Lutheran Church by Rev.
H. A- Traugott. Parents and
friends are Invited to attend thia
service.
Zion School is in existence
only one year. It will have the
same teaching staff as last year,
Cart Dunk, principal and G. W.
Twenhafel, teacher of primary
grades.
Due to increased enrollment
there is room for only a few
more pupils. Any parents in-
terested in enrolling their child-
ren are encouraged to confer
with Mr. Dunk, principal.
OLD-AGE CHECKS
TO BE UPPED
Good news is in store for
83,261 Texans.
Regional Director J. H. Bond
of the Federal Security Agency,
Dallas, said Monday these resi-
dents will be notified by mail of
the increase in their monthly
old-age and survivors insurance
payments under the new law
just signed by Pres. Truman.
The checks these |
receive early in October, cover-
ing the month of September,
will be for the increased a-
mount, Mr. Bond said.
A La Grange negress was
free on $500 bond this week,
following her arrest for three
check forgeries.
Sheriff Jim Flournoy Friday
arrested Ira Lee Washington in
connection with the three forg-
ings. The woman made a state-
ment to officers confessing
the action^, and she made $500
bond after being charged with
forgery. The case wa$ bound
over to tHe grand jury.
The sheriff said the checks,
LABpR DAY
Next Monday, September 4,
business houses in La Grange,
will remain closed in observance
of Labor Day. This is one of the
by
of
as the National Sheep Dog
exhibitors and more band music,
with an all-star band concert at
night. A square dance jubilee
and “Pee-Wee” football game
will be held that night. x
Dairy Day is set for the
second day, and John Baca’s
band will furnish music during
the day, and Adolph Hofner will
play for the dance at night.
Free picture shows will be ,
shown both day and night. Ar-
rangements for a college foot-
ball game are underway and
further announcements will be
made later, fair officials stated.
A total of $2,300 will be of-
fered in premiums, lists for
which were distributed county-
wide last week.
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Several Veteran Officers Defeated;
Here Are Election Returns From
AUSTIN COUNTY 1
Bellville—Victor Witte de- '
feated Lloyd Schroeder for tax '
collector, 1635 ot 1001. Max !
Marsam defeated Tom Snyder, j
1685 to 934, tor county surve- '
yor. Franz W. Zelske, editor of 1
The Bellville Times, defeated
Fritz Engelhard of Eagle Lake,
2229 to 391, for state repres-
entative of District 25. The total
vote in the representative’s Wi
SJSWaUBt5S “
LHSOpe
Slated T
Morn At 9 A. M.
La Grange’s public school*
will open for the 1950-51 term
Tuesday morning, Sept. 5, at 9
o’clock.
High school students will have
a short assembly program in
the auditorium - gymnasium,
principal for instructional pur-
poses. The public is welcome to
attend the short session.
Right after the assembly, and
until 10 AM, high school stu-
dents will be issued their text-
books and lockers. The regular
classroom schedule will get
started at 10 o’clock and con-
tinue until 4 PM.
Elementary school pupils win
report at 9 o’clock, and go right
into the regular schedule.
Supt. C. A. Lemmons said that
the school cafeteria would be in
operation the first day of school,
and continue right through the
term. The superintendent added
that bus routes would operate
substantially the same as last
year, with a few minor excep-
tions. Affected patrons have,al-
ready been notified of change*
made.
ment, were made payable to
Evelyn Johnson—hut the latter
moved to Houston early in the
year, while the checks kept com-
ing here.
The Washington woman, in
metry office darkroom when he her confession, said she got the
was stricken by a heart attack.' ■ • -
A physician was hurriedly sum-
moned, but he passed away
minutes later.
The deceased, who located in
La Grange in 1935, was a mem-
ber and past director of the
Chamber of Commerce, member
of the Jaycees, past president
of the La Grange School board,
member and past president of
the La Grange Lions Club.
His interests in the
Lutheran Church were
Dr. Rebsch was an
the church,
School supei
teacher of the Bible class
the past several years.
He was a member of the
Lone Star Walther League camp
board since its inception nine
years ago, served on this board
all of these years, and was its
> of his
demise. His efforts played a
large part in establishing the
camp near La Grange, purpose
cf which is to foster the Chris-
tian education of the youth of
the church.
He had served as a member
of the State Board of Examin-
ers in
spring of 1949.
Dr. Rebsch was bom at Port
Arthur on Sept. 6, 1900, son of
the late Herman C. Rebsch and
wife, nee Miss Anna Voight. On
(See Dr. Rebsch, back page)
Ca/i Received Schools Open
COUNTY’S RURAL
INSTITUTIONS TO
START, TERM 11TH
Fayette County’s rural schools
will open for the new term on
Monday, Sept. 11.
At least, that’s the date re-
commended by the county’s
board of school trustees. How-
ever, it remains for the respec-
tive rural school boards to make
their final opening date decis-
ions, said Adolph Jurajda,
county school sperintendent.
Faculties for three schools
have been completed, Mr. Juraj-
da said. They are:
Round Top-Carmine:
Banik, superintendent;
Graeber, high school principal;
A. E. Kellers, Alton A. Kieke,
Herman Schulle, Mrs. Leila
Harzke and Miss Ida Christine
Behrend, faculty at the high
j, with the Don Franklin Shows school at Carmine; Mrs. Leola
^^68 such prlndpal. Miss Gladys
special types of entertainment 'jaster, Mrs. Lilly H. Graeber,
. __ . lqhs Braun and Mrs. Nora
Braun, faculty at the elemen-
tary school at Round Top.
Fayetteville: Elo Rohde, sup-
erintendent; Jesse J. Jochec,
James F. Parma, Harry L. Mey-
er, Miss Wilma Elliott, Fred
Grebe, Miss Frances Kamas,
Mrs. Glenda S. Toll and Gladys
Forqueran.
Scott’s: Mrs. Bernadette Mot-
al, principal; and Mrs. Virginia
Balusek.
Faculties for the Pecan, Cis-
item, Praha and Hostyn schools
are not yet completed, the
county superintendent said.
DISTRICT CLERK
RETURNS.
Following are the box-by-box
returns in the race for Fayette
County district clerk:
Luck Petras
363
22
3
42
69
6
10
43
32
59
11
72
71
28
16
20
19
53
145
4
90
14
21
18
95
1
2
6
21
4
96
0
2
5
18
15
13
1509 2157
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Fayetteville School
Patrons, Notice
The Fayetteville Rural -High
School for whites opens Sept.
11, according to Supt. Elo
Rohde.
Children of all grades will
assemble in the gym at 9 AM
for announcements. Registra-
tion will follow, assignments
will be made and children will
then be permitted to go home.
Buses will run the same
routes as last year, starting the
opening day, with a few minor
changes.
Children who become six after
Sept. 1 will be accepted, but
contact the superintendent first.
The enrollment for this grade
will be less than 25, therefore
the school can accept children
who become six after Sept. 1.
No lunches will be served
Sept. 11, but will be served
starting Sept. 12.
The colored school will open
Sept. 18.
I
370
120
41
34 .
33
22
79
154
24
54
9
29
35
3
12
8
14
17
4
16
8
14
41
0
138
98
105
94
44
80
321
61
36
9
3
22
5
Polls 2157 Votes
To 1509 For Luck
Fayette'County’s voters, in
Saturday’s Democratic run-off
primary, elected Ike J. Petras
as their new district clerk, and
favored three of the leading
candidates in state runoffs.
Petras, who entered the run- -■
off with E. H. Luck of West
Point in the first primary in
July, won by a 3-2 margin.
Petras polled 2157
while Luck had 1509.
In the July 22 prmiary, Pe-
to
for
And a good time was had by
all! And it must have been a
good time for Mr. and Mrs. L.
J. Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Meiners, Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Boelsche of Houston, Mrs.
John Whiffen of Madison, Wis.,
Dean Whiffon of Austin, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Boelsche of
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Lee, Mrs. Laura Whiffen of
Houston, and Dr. and Mrs. L.
D. Boelsche who can easily
claim the cake this week for the
best fish story of the year.
Fishing at New Roads, Louis-
iana, on False River Lake, the
group caught about 300 pounds
of black bass. They returned
Sunday night after spending
two weeks in the Pelican state, chairman at the time
which has become an annual
custom. While fishing at the
lake five of the party visited
old plantations at Natchez, Mis-
sissippi, and stated that some
of them are beautiful—out of
this world, so to speak. L. J.
Schroeder says that Dr. Boelsche
launched out into the deep and
brought up a 20-pqpnd bass. In
order to try his luck for a big
catch, L. J. also dropped his
hook in the deep waters and
said he brought up a large, en-
closed lamp with the light still
burning—This is L. J.’s story
and you may take it for what
it’s worth.
tras received 2804
1542 for Luck and
Aubrey D. Voelkel.
The coutny’s returns in
five state runoffs were:
Lieutenant governor: Pierce
P. Brooks 1207 and Ben Ram-
sey 2433.
Associate justice of the sup-
reme court, Place 1: Will Wil-
son 1761 and Fagan Dickson
1836. •
- Associate justice of the sup-
reme court, Place 3: Geo. W.
Harwood 1604 and Meade F.
Griffin 1986. |
Judge of the court of crimin-
al appeals: Rqbert (Bob) Lat-
timore 1331 and W. A. Mor-
rison 2253. 1
Commissiondr of agriculture:
J. E. McDonald 2255 and John
C. White 1354.*
At latest reports, Ramsey,
Wilson, Griffiri, Morrison and
White were ahead for the five
respective positions. Thus, Fay-
ette County favored three STORES TO CLOSE
of the five — Ramsey for
lieutenant governor, Griffin for
supreme court Place 3, and
Morrsion for criminal appeals
court judge.
The vote in this county was
extremely light, as was predict-
ed. The total was near the 3700
mark, compared with 5931 in
the first primary.
All returns are still unoffici-
al, until canvassed
county’s Democratic
committee.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Noak,
Rutersville, Aug. 23, a boy, 7
lbs. 8ya OZ8., named David Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pondk, El-
linger, Aug. 24, a boy, 5 lbs. 9
ozs., named Ben Allen Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kana,
Houston, Aug. 26, a girl, 7 IT
2 oz8., named Patricia Ai
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L
La Grange, Aug. 28, a |
lbs., named Jolene Faye.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton St<
Giddings, Aug. 28, a girl,
5 ozs., named Gloria Jean
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