The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1972 Page: 6 of 8
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THE LA GRANGE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972
ELLINGER NEWS
Mrs. Lorene Koehl
MISS MUELLER IS
MISC. SHOWER HONOREE
Miss Dorothy Mueller was
honored with a miscellaneous
shower Sunday, April 12, at 8
P M at the Burton Baptist
Church.
The gift table was covered
with a white handmade cloth
centered with a Bible flanked
by two lighted candles
Refreshments consisted of
cheese and tuna sandwiches,
potato chips, Fritos. pineapple
cake squares, white cake
squares, and orange punch
Hostesses for the occasion
were Miss Sherry Frankovick,
Mrs James Ponder, Mrs D.
E Lomax, Mrs. John Woos-
ter, Mrs. Bob Van Dyke, Mrs.
Adele Carmean Their gift
was a white bedspread
Miss Mueller and Ben Allen
Poncik will be married on
May 20 in St. Paul Lutheran
Church in La Grange
Attending the shower from
here were Mr & Mrs Bennie
Poncik, Anna and Ardene, Mr
& Mrs. Alvin Koehl, and Ben
Allen Poncik.
HERMANN SONS MEET
The Ellinger Hermann Sons
Lodge No. 30 held their
regular meeting Monday,
April 18, with the president A.
V Kubena presiding Sixteen
members were present and
six officers answered the roll
call
General routine business
was held. One new member
was accepted and one mem-
bers insurance increase was
approved. The meeting time
was changed to 8 P M instead
of 7:30. A discussion was held
about an entry for the Festival
parade. The president appoin-
ted Waldo Weishuhn chairman
of that committee.
Kevin Hoelscher’s name
was drawn for the door prize
He being absent, toe amount
will be added to the May
drawing
The meeting adjourned and
refreshments were served
CHRISTIAN SISTERS
SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING
The Christian Sisters Soci-
ety of Fayetteville Brethren
Church held their regular
meeting Sunday afternoon,
April 23, in the church The
meeting was opened with a
prayer by Mrs D. A. Juren
and two hymns were sung.
Mrs. E. C. Jecmenek served
as organist
The Bible study was “God Is
a Big God" led by Mrs. D. A.
Juren.
Mrs Juren, president, con-
ducted the business meeting.
The secretary-treasurer, Miss
Julia Jecmenek, gave her
report. Mrs. E. C. Jecmenek
had the closing prayer.
Refreshments were served by
all the members who were
present.
D. A. Juren, president of the
board of elders, had the table
prayer.
KOVAR REUNION HELD
The descendants of Anna
Kovar met Sunday, April 23,
for their annual reunion which
was held in Plum at the
I The
Colorado River
Wind Bag
Dear Mr. Editar,
This mornin Ah went out to
windshiel my cow and calf
situashun and while checkin
the water hole next to that big
ditch on the north edge of our
spread Ah picked up a copy of
that there U.S. News Report
and the page facin me said
“You can’t have a game
without rules.” This was
referin to Baseball Ah shore
hope that them baseball
players settles that strike
because that's gonna just ruin
this late spring and summer
without baseball. Can you just
imagine what would happen
without baseball in this area.
Based on ma observations just
locally, think what would take
place around Fayette County
if the local baseball players
would go on strike.
divorced says that communi-
cation ceased. Well, you know
when communication ceases,
we is in trouble because most
of the time some "high class
lawyer" takes over. The
Furst, the umpires would be
then
church grounds.
N Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Koveru rith nt riy pack money,
Mr & Mrs. Bill Kovar and think of what would happen to
all the breweries and the local
The Bank that
Puts it All Together
There are places for saving, and places for bor-
rowing, and places for getting financial advice,
and so on. But why run all around, when we
have every service you need in one handy
place? Bank here ... "Where Everything’s At!"
The First National Bank
of La Grange
La Grange, Texas
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
family of here, Mr. & Mrs.
Lawrence Urban and family
of Houston, Mr. & Mrs. Frank
Loeve, Mr. & Mrs. Johnny
Franta, and Mrs. Albina
Muzny attended from here
A basket lunch was enjoyed
at noon.
STANLEY PARTY
Mrs. John Smidovec enter-
tained with a Stanley party at
her home Friday at 7:30 P.M.
with 10 guests present.
Mrs Isabel Knippel, dealer,
explained the uses of some of
the new products. Several
games were played and the
winners received prizes
The hostess served koiach-
es, doughnuts, coffee cake,
dewberry surprise, tea, and
coffee
ATTEND BAND TRYOUTS
Attending the Region 18 Jr.
High Band contest from here
Saturday were Mary Ann
Hruska, who won 3rd chair
coronet, and Rae Lea Weis-
huhn, who placed as alternate
coronet Mary Ann will
participate in the concert next
Saturday which will be held at
the Bryan High School Audi-
torium. Congratulations to the
girls.
Mary Ann is the daughter of
Mr & Mrs. Gus L. Hruska and
- Rae Lea is the daughter of Mr.
- — Ms. Roy Weishunn.
ATTEND CONVENTION
The 22nd annual convention
of the Austin Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women was held
distributors who depend on the
sport for part of their income.
Then think of all the income
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SALES & SERVICE
Miss Helen Urban weds
Edwin Muras in Ellinger
The wedding of Miss Helen ensemble of pale yellow
Fay Urban and Edwin Francis double knit accented with
Muras was solemnized Satur- brown accessories and a
day afternoon, April 22, at corsage of yellow sweetheart
two-thirty o'clock in St. roses and baby's breath
Mary’s Catholic Church in trimmed with white ribbon
Ellinger. Rev. Francis Kolar The mother of the groom
purpose of this hear letter is to and Mrs. V. L. Muras of Route
illustrate that constant com-
munication must take place
for us humans to continue to
follow some sort of a basic
pattern by which we can live
together. If you don’t com-
municate, then all the steam
built up suddenly explodes
very violently rather than
chugglin’ along at an idling
manner where we only gets
mad at each other momentari-
ly
Now you take me and ma
better haf, she can “cuss” me
out in Czech or German and
that don't hurt me because Ah
know she needs to let off that
steam sore But on the other
hand whew-she t. L—
only in plain ole English and
she suddenly gets quite for an
hour or two Ah really gets
worried because then Ah
centered with a candelabra
accented with yellow rosebuds
and white tapers
Members of the houseparty
were Mesdames Keith Bay-
less, James Urban, John Lee
Urban, Lawrence Urban,
Leonard Urban, Robert Buch-
anek, Leonard Banse, and
Jimmie Genzer and Misses
Betty Trlicek, Terry and
Janice Janacek, Susan Gaert-
ner, and Margie Baumbach.
They all wore corsages of
yellow carnations accented
with green net and yellow
ribbon.
For a wedding trip to
various points in San Marcos,
the bride chose a pale blue
A-line dress with bishop
sleeves complimented with a
sleeveless white linen over-
coat accented with pale blue
buttons.
The bride is a graduate of
Columbus High School and is
employed at Bilroy’s Discount
Center. Her husband graduat-
ed from La Grange High
officiated at the double ring selected for her son’s wedding
ceremony. * a lime green dress compli-
Parents of the couple are mented with bone accessories
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Urban of Her corsage also consisted of
Route 1, Columbus and Mr yellow sweetheart roses and
baby's breath with white
3, La Grange. ribbon.
The church was decorated A reception was held in the
with arrangements of yellow Ellinger Chamber of Commer-
gladiolus and white chrysan- ee Hall following the cere-
themums. mony.
Wedding music was provid- The guests registered at a
ed by Henry Hrachovy. table covered with a white
Given in marriage by her cloth overlaid with green net
parents, the bride was attired and held a heart of rice bags
in a princess style white linen and two love birds,
gown fashioned with bishop The bride’s cake, a three-
sleeves and round neckline tiered confection, was topped
and accented with lace beaded with two doves encircled with
with tiny seed pearls. The yellow roses and cherubs. The
floor-length gown was made cake was flanked by two green
by the bride's mother. Her tapers.
lace-edged tulle veil flowed The bride's table was
from a tiny crown and was centered with an arrangement -School and served in the US
accented with beaded, appli- of live red roses sent from the Navy for four years. He is
qued flowers. She carried ruon’s - brother van A ^ —moleyed Frr
nosegay of yellow roses and --------------
baby’s breath. The floor-
length was made and designed
Muras, who is now serving in er's Air Conditioning and
the US Navy in the Indian Heating. The couple will make
tax men who would be really don’t know if she's sore
affected. atmeor she’s sore at herself.
Furthermore, what are all By and large, Ah trusts ma
the players' gonna do on better haf can stay with me as
Sundays. Ah reckon, we’d all long as we can live cause,
have to go to pitching horse divorce, that costs money and
shoes. On the other hand, since she holds the money, she
since there aren’t too many ain’t about to let loose of too
horses here now, where are we much at a time and me Ah
gonna find enough horse shoes don't have too much so that
to pitch. Can you imagine all fairly well settles that portion
these lady baseball fans rootin of this argument
for their favorite horse shoe Mr. Editar, Ah read where
pitcher? the local airport now has the
Without baseball, the local name of La Grange painted on
peanut salesman, the patotoe top of the hanger. Ah thinks
chip man, the pop corn people, that is quite an accomplish-
the soda pop salesman, the ment because now that gives
local cafes, the local power one them highjackers a
companies and the local “do chance to know where they
right boys” would almost go are so they’ll keep going cause
out of business on certain based on his sound record of
days, law enforcement. Mr. “Jim”
Mr. Editar, I trust you would have one of them in the
understand how ma better haf Fayette County Bastile short-
and me is so concerned about ly if they selected La Grange
by the bride.
Miss Barbara Urban of
Columbus served her sister as
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Misses Susan Urban, the
bride’s sister of Columbus;
Monica Janda, a friend of the
Ocean.
their home at Rt. 3, La
The groom’s German choco- Grange
late sheet cake with coconut REHEARSAL SUPPER
filling was inscribed with the The parents of the bride and
names “Helen" and “Ed." groom were hosts at a
The gift table was covered rehearsal supper held April 21
with a white cloth and in the C. of C. Hall in Ellinger.
bride of Weimar; and Elaine •
Gorka, the groom’s cousin of H
La Grange. They wore lime H
green dotted swiss dresses H
trimmed with green and white K
lace at the waistline and on the ■
collar. The princess style ■
floor-length gowns were com- •
plimented with white sandals •
and headpieces of matching ■
green bows. They -carried 9
bouquets of miniature yellow N
roses and baby's breath
accented with green net and ■
yellow and white ribbon 1
streamers tied in love knots. ■
Denis Muras of La Grange •
served his brother as best -
man. Groomsmen were Ken- -
neth Janacek. the groom’s 1
cousin of Houston; Billy 1
this because, she and I enjoy to land at.
baseball not just for baseball's You know crime don’t pay,
sake but also for ^ ^ the causethat one That had La Cwange; and Danny
Roensch, the bride’s cousin of
"recreation" that normally
goes along with it.
You know this baseball
situashun is like marriage. Ah
saw a TV show about
/marriage mid divorce and
based on that show a lot of
dissatisfied people who are
$500,000.00 for a few hours
found out shorly he didn’t have
it any more. So back to my
start of this here non-educated
letter Ah talked about “You
can’t have a game without
rules.” That’s sort of like my
better haf she says if we go Daniel Muras.
Janacek, a friend of La 1
Grange. .
Witnesses were Charles A. 1
Roensch and Jerry Janacek. 1
Performing usher duties were
C. J Roensch, Robert Bucha-
nek, Dennis Goerig,and
------------------------------------- down to “Harry’s” she says
Houston visited over the my limit is two bottles and if
For her daughter 's wedding,
Mrs. Urban chose a two-piece
weekend with his parents, Mr.
& Mrs Lyttleton Fritsch, Sr.
Ah drinks more than she
insists on driving back to m
Monday, April 17, in Bren-
ham. Ladies attending from
here were Mrs. Lawrence : Mr. & Mrs Lawrence Urban house and you know most of
and family and Mr & Mrs the time Ah have to hand to -
Arnold Ruether, Jr., of her, she does a real good job of
Houston spent the weekend bringing us back home down
W h M & o * **->
and on Saturday they attended we were really fortunate in
the Urban-Muras wedding buying that there wide “cattle
Mrs. Alfred Zatopek and guard" way back several
Miss Nancy Koehl made a trip years ago and simply building
to Houston last Thursday. a carport. Well, we’ll write :
Mr & Mrs Leonard Urban more next time.
Korenek, Mrs. B. J Michal
sky, Mrs. Vera' Fuchs, Mrs.
Elo Balzer, and Miss Dorothy
Poncik, and Fither Kolar
PERSONALS
Mr & Mrs Henry Dungen of
Columbus visited Monday
with Mrs Selma Becker.
Mrs. T. H. Zatopek is
visiting in Bellville with Mr &
Mrs Wayland Renner and
Elizabeth
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Drabek of
Houston visited with Mrs.
Vera Fuchs Friday
Saturday visitors with Mrs
Vera Fuchs were Mr & Mrs
Sam Bonno of Houston.
Mr & Mrs John Supak and
family, Mr & Mrs Ray
Wilson and family, and Mr &
Mrs Charles Polocheck and
family, all of Houston, spent
the weekend at their camp
house While there, John
Supak killed a coral snake, 22
inches in length, on the
Clemence Fehmer farm Sat-
urday while they were spray
ing wild rose bushes
Lisa Hoelscher, daughter of
Mr & Mrs. James Lynn
Hoelscher of Houston, spent a
few days here with her
grandparents. Mr & Mrs
Edwin Hoelscher On Friday
Mrs Edwin Hoelscher and
Mrs Alton Koehl and Lisa
visited in Rosenberg with Mr
& Mrs Arnold Divin Lisa
remained there to spend a few
days with her grandparents,
the Divins
Miss Nina Faye Martinek of
Houston spent the weekend
with Mr. & Mrs. Arnold
Martinek, Doug and Joe
Miss Cynthia Orsak of
Houston spent the weekend
with Mr & Mrs Jim Orsak
and Bernita Dennis Neisner
was a visitor
Mrs Rosa Lee Perry of
Lissie and Raymond Selcer of
My Neighbors
art
of Victoria spent the weekend
with Mr. & Mrs. John Urban
and family.
Mr & Mrs William Beseda
and family and Mrs Alvin
Wagner spent the weekend in D
Houston visiting with Mr & • IF
Mrs. Ralph Wagner and
Sincerely yours.
C.R.W.B. . "It doesn’t sound like It’s
for me-you get it.”
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You Want To Put The Roads Back
In The Middle And The Ditches On
The Side
Sheryl, and other relatives
Mr & Mrs. Horace Pre
meaux and daughter Dottie
Louise visited Saturday with
Mrs. Arnold Ilse.
Mr & Mrs Leslie Cordes E Dr ICC
visited over the weekend in I WlSt . . . .
Houston with Mr & Mrs. • = u t 1
Alfred Marek and family I Elect Gilhert Richards For
Mr & Mrs. LarryMarusik I Commissioner, Precinct 3, Pd. POl V.
and daughter of Houston spent ■ Gilbert Richards]
the weekend here with Mrs •••--••=••-
Holman spent Sunday with . 1 egg
Harold Ilse and Mr & Mrs
Edwin Marusik
Monsignor Tydlacka and
Mrs Emillie Hoffman and a
friend of Rosenberg visited
Sunday with Mr & Mrs Lad
Kolenovsky and family
Mr & Mrs. Emil Matura.
Jr . and family and Mr & Mrs
George Matura and family of
Houston spent the weekend
with Mrs Emil Matura, Sr
Mr & Mrs J. C Hrachovy
and family of Houston and
Sydon Hrachovy and Stephen
of Pasadena spent the week-
end with Miss Mary Hrachovy
and Mr & Mrs Joe Hrachovy
Mr & Mrs Roy Weishuhn
went to Houston Monday on
business
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JOHN WILSON
Your State Representative
Mr & Mrs Frank Poncik.
Eddie and Dorothy
Mr & Mrs Robert Smido-
vec and family and Mrs Tonie
Aldag attended the Buech-
mann family reunion at the
Firemens Hall in New Ulm
Sunday
Mr & Mrs Lyttleton
Fritsch, Jr and family of
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2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
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1 cup coconut
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Zapalac, Lester H. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1972, newspaper, April 27, 1972; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694240/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: 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.