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Schulenburg's State and National Prize-Winning Newspaper
THE SCHULENBURG STICKER
VOL. LXVIII—NO. 8
SCHULENBURG, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS—THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1961
PRICE 10c—ESTABLISHED 1893—EIGHT PAGES
How CARLA Affected Schulenburg And Its Rural Area
Hurricane "Lady" Carla Proves Her
Furious Destruction to Many Texans
Lady Carla is now history.
"Vicious and evil, she left un-
forgettable memories of de-
struction in her shoirt-lived ex-
istence. Around the Sohulen-
Burglar Attempts
To Rob Deterling
Liquor Store Here
A burglar attempted to rob
the Deterling Liquor Store on
Highway 90 late Monday night
but was frightened away before
being able to complete the job.
Chief of Police L. B. Tarking-
ton reports thait nothing was
stolen, but that two cases of
whiskey had been placed near
the door. An automobile with
San Antonio license plates was
found at the scene of the at-
tempted robbery. It is reported
•that the thief had stolen an au-
tomobile in Schulenburg but it
was recovered.
The suspected culprit is be-
ing traced and probably will be
arrested in a few days. Re-
lease of the name might hinder
investigation.
Two other robberies of resi-
dences in ithe rural area have
been reported but due to dis-
rupted telephone service we
were unable to get complete de-
tails from, local officers, who
lhave also been kept quiet busy
with helping clean up after
Hurricane Carla.
St. John's Lodge
Slates Meeting
The St. John's Lodge No. 44
R.V.O.S. will .hold its regular
meeting Sunday, September 17
at 2 p.m. at St. John's.
Lunch and refreshments will
lie served.
Local Trail Riders
Journey to Cistern
The Schulenburg Trail Riders
will journey to Cistern Sunday
morning, September 17. The
truck will pick up the horses
at the auction pen at 6 a.m.
sharp. Be sure to be there and
lot Alfred "Slim" Steinmann
knoys how many will come.
burg area, this hurricane broke
all records for its ferocity. By
midnight Monday, September
11, its gales of gusty winds
were unofficially recorded as
reaching past the 100 mile per
hour mark. Humidity dropped
to the lowest point on chart for
a continuous period beginning
early in the weekend. Storm
warnings hastened the evacua-
tion of the Gulf Coast area
from Lake Charles to Browns-
ville and many of the evacuees
headed in this direction from
Galveston, Houston, La Marque,
La I'orte, and many other ci
ties in that vicinity. Freeport
was completely evacuated; Port
Lavaca had a majority of its
population seeking shelter. Port
Arthur was blockaded.
In the annals of Lady Carla
are her meanderings in the At-
lantic and the unpredictable
course she followed to the Tex-
as coast lines. First indications
were that the eye of the hurri-
cane, which is the center of
fiercest force, was due to hit
Port Arthur. Later reports in-
dicated that most Houston-Gal-
veston-Freeport towns were in
for the blows that exceeded 100
mph. From the eye of the
Istorm, radiuses of up to 150
miles would feel the fury of
iher devastation. This proved to
be true.
Early Tuesday, new metero-
logical reports indicated that
Carla was veering northwest
and precautionary warnings
were issued to use extreme pre-
caution and protective action
along the entire Gulf Coast
line with cities and communi-
ties farther inland to board up
for protection. By 10:30 a.m.
Sunday morning, Schulenburg
had its first alert that it might
feel the ever increasing dam-
ages of the hurricane which
was moving then at about ten
miles per hour. Church congre-
gations in session who could
be contacted were advised to
make preparations for possible
emergencies, cautioned to be
ready with food, water, and
stormbound essentials. Before
this time, Highway 90 saw a
steady stream of cars, most of
them going west to seek safety.
Some took Hwy. 77, north, and
by noon Sunday central Texas
cities such as Waco had used
up rental housing facilities to
stake care of the people and tem-
porary shelters were being
opened in churches, schools, and
■weather proof buildings as far
north as Dallas. To the west,
refugees drove past San An-
tonio, some continuing 150 or
more miles farther on to Uval-
de and other western areas.
Approximately one-half mil-
lion Texans left their homes
with their families, a limited
amount of clothing, what few
items of necessity they could
pack into their cars and began
their search for protection
against the winds, thigh tides,
rain, and the coming hurricane
.hazards. According to records
this is the largest mass evacu-
ation in the history of the
United States. Most noticeable
in this area was the extremely
careful driving by the majority
of the travelers. A continuous,
steady pace was held and few
cars could be seen traveling to-
ward the alerted areas. State
highway patrols and local of-
ficers were busy in their effi-
cient efforts to avert casual-
ties, keeping law and order on
the highways and through the
town.
Five minute radio reports
were put on the air by some
stations, keeping the public in-
formed as to the progress of •
the hurricane and Sunday night
it predicted that Carla liad
changed course heading for the
Aransas Pass, Port O'Conner,
Corpus Chriati, and Matagorda
Bay area. The city of Corpus
Christi, partially evacuated ear-
lier because of wind velocity
threats, began in earnest to
prepare for Carla.
Monday events indicated that
the monster would head farther
inland going north to north-
west and an influx of additional
refugees left their homes. More
(Continued on Tjack page)
LOCAL BUSINESSMEN hastily boarded up glass
plate windows and doors Monday to protect them
from the furious winds of Hurricane Carla.
Shown above, left to right, are E. K. Deterling
Sr., Abdon Fiedler, Emil Fiedler and Frank Kle-
sel.
...... „
THE FORCEFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
of Hurricane Carla left their mark on many busi-
ness places and residential areas throughout our
city. Shown above is one of the two buildings at
the Armco Plant, located east of town, which
were extensively damaged. —Sticker Photo
District Governor Shepherd To
Visit Rotary Club Here Sept. 18
The Rotary Club of Schulen-
burg on Monday, September 18,
will be host to Dr. I. A. Shep-
l-.erd, Governor of District 587
of Rotary International, who is
making his official visit to each
of the thirty-four Rotary Clubs
in District 587. He will confer
with Jerome J. Bucek, presi-
dent and Leslie A. Lippman,
secretary, and officers, directors
and committee chairmen on Ro-
tary administration and service
activities, and will address the
local club at its regular lunch-
eon meeting.
Dr. Shepherd is owner of
Shepherd's Chiropractic Clinic,
in Taylor. He was born in Buf-
falo, New York. Served as a
member of the medical detach-
ment of the 303rd Engineers
during World War I. Gradu-
ated from the Palmer School of
Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa
in 1921, came to Taylor that
isame year and has been a Ro-
tarian since 1921. He served the
Taylor club as president in
DR. I. A. SHEPHERD
1933.
Dr. Shepherd has served sev-
en terms as Commander of the
American Legion Post in Tay-
lor, also served as Commander
of the Tenth District of the
A merican Legion.
He has earned the Silver
Beaver award for his service to
the Boy Scouts, and is now
serving as a member of the
board-at-large of the Capitol
Area Council.
He was elected as a district
governor of Rotary Internation-
al. for 1961-1)962 at Rotary's
52nd annual convention in Tok-
yo, Japan, last May. He is one
of 269 district governors super-
vising the activities of more
than 11,000 Rotary Clubs which
hr.ve a membership of 509,000
business and professional exe-
cutives in 123 countries through-
out the world.
Wherever Rotary clubs are
located, President Bucek as-
seited in discussing the gov.
ernor's visit, their activities are
similar to those of tfhe Rotary
Club of Schulenburg, because
they are based on the same
general objectives—developing
better understanding and fel-
lowship among business and
professional men, promoting
community - betterment under-
takings, raising the standards
of business and professions, and
fostering the advancement of
understanding, good will and
peace among all the peoples of
the world.
Each year, this world-wide
service organization continues
to grow in numbers and in
(strength, President Bucek add-
ed. During the past fiscal year,
more than 300 new Rotary clubs
were organized in 43 countries
and four geographical regions
were added to Rotary'a mem-
bership roister: Gabon, Nigeria,
Reunion and Somalia.
Local Students
Resume Classes
Bishop Forest High School
and St. Rose Parochial School
students returned to classes
Wednesday morning and the
Schulenburg High School and
Elementary School resumed
classes Thursday morning.
The local schools, along with
all schools in the area, were
closed due to the unfavorable
Weather conditions created by
Hurricane Carla.
Annual Parish Feast
At Cistern Sunday
The annual church picnic in
Cistern will be held Sunday,
September 17 with an all day
celebration. Family style din
ncr and supper consisting of
istcw, sausage, turkey, chicken
and all the trimmings will be
served.
Entertainment will be on the
grounds all day and the "Tri
umphs" will provide the music
for the dance at night.
Lvons Lodge No. 195
Meets September 19
Tlho stated meeting of Lyons
Lodge No. 195 will be held on
Tuesday, September 19 at 8
p.m. All members are asked to
attend.
Last Rites Read For
Mrs. W. Schaefer
Funeral services for Mrs,
William Schaefer, ago 63, were
conducted Sunday, September 3
at 4 p.m. at the Buffington Fu-
neral Chapel in Cuero with Rev.
D. I. Dolton officiating. Inter-
ment was in the Oak Grove
Cemetery in Hallettsville.
A native of Fayette County,
Mrs. Schaefer had lived in La-
vaca County most of her life.
She died at 9:04 a.m. Friday,
September 1 following a linger-
ing illneas.
Survivors are her husband,
erne daughter, throe sisters, two
brothers, Frank Schuetze of
Muldoon and Marvin Schuetze
of Winchester.
AMONG THE MANY OVERHANGING ROOFS
of business places in town, which collapsed or
received extensive damage, were the ones on the
buildings occupied by Mitchon Shoe Shop, Joe
Kleckar, B. A. Hrcek Jewelry and City Cleaners.
—Sticker Photo
WIND DAMAGES
Hurricane Carla damaged
(•potted areas of business build-
ings, houses, garages, sheds,
fences, plate glass windows, an-
tennas, barns, storage ramps,
and in the rural area, did some
damage to standing crops and
seme to buildings and storage
.sheds. Interior contents, both
in town and in the rural area,
are being reported to lumber
yards and* insurance agents. No
official report is available as
to total damages for the area.
ELECTRIC SERVICE
Throughout the area many
electric wires were down. In
Schulenburg, electric service
was interrupted at intermittant
intervals Monday afternoon,
then Monday night the town ini
general was affected from 9
p.m. until between 7:30 and 8
a.m. Tuesday morning. Some
parts of town had no electricity
from 4:30 p.m. Monday until
nearly Tuesday noon. Candles,
•seldom used, came out of stor-
age drawers and were put into
use!
WATER PRESSURE
Water pressure held constant
until after the electric service
went off. It is reported that the
(water tower was almost full at
the time of the electric current
istoppage and was drained by
citizens filling their bathtubs
and containers with an emer-
gency supply of water. The
City Utilities Department were
br.sy through the entire emer-
gency making repairs and keep-
ing Schulenburg facilities as
efficient as was possible. One
report from the bus station,
which was open as usual all
night, was a shortage of water
l'or drinking and for coffee. The
Carnation plant kept its well
operating and was able to sup-
ply the bus station with water.
TELEPHONE SERVICE
Schulenburg's competent and
'helpful telephone operators did
everything they could to give
Hie town and area, immediate
service. Because of the line
damages some inconvenience
was to be expected. Sunday, a
flood of long distance calls
'placed throughout the state to
relatives and interested parties,
caused a hold-up of several
hours in getting these calls
through, however, most custom-
ers managed to make contact
by late Sunday night. Local
iservice was interrupted early
Tuesday morning after the hur-
ricane blow and repairs were in
the process as we go to press.
FOOD SUPPLIES
Ample food supplies were
available except for a minor
23rd Annual
Horse Show
[•read shortage which occurred
late Monday afternoon. Some
food stores had extra high sales
of staples to place on emer-
gency shelves including coffee,
canned meaits, canned fruits,
and canned vegetables. The
fresh milk supply held out a-
long with fresh meats. The tap-
ing up of store windows gave
the drug stores, lumberyards,
and variety stores a run on
masking tape, and tape of all
kinds. In some cases, even ad-
hesive tape was used on home
windows as protection from
glass breakage.
OTHER SERVICES
Gas stations, highway restau-
rants, motels, hotel, and sundry
whops took care of the local peo-
ple as well as the mass of the
traveling public leaving alerted
areas for safer shelters. One
.'station owner stated that his
gasoline sales were at a record
peak Saturday, Sunday, and in-
to the Monday morning rush
Returning coastal population
began their trek home late
Tuesday afternoon and the San
.Antonio-Houston highway had
a solid row of cars, one hauling
operator told The Sticker edi-
tor. Highway 77 traffic was
less dense due to roa.l blocks
in low areas.
RAIN DAMAGES
By late Tuesday afternoon,
rivers and creeks were flooding
in and arqund this section. Ma-
jor streams a/t farther distances
were on the rise including the
Brazos, Colorado, Trinity, and
the Lavaca. The winds of the
hurricane brought torrential
rains to some areas anil the
blowing rain forced its way in-
to leaky windows of businesses
and houses. Unroofed by the
storm, some stores and homes
had interior water damages, it
ir- reported.
HURRICANE "CARLA"
Barometer Readings
By Paul Heiss Breymann
Lowest barometric pressure
observed in Schulenburg during
Hurricane "Carla" was 28.63
inches of mercury at 12:30 a.m.
Tuesday as the eye passed some
20 to 25 miles west of here.
Winds here must have been at
least 100 mph during height of
storm.
Following pressure readings
(reduced to sea level) indicate
the magnitude of the storm as
it approached Schulenburg:
Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12
Sunday Monday Tuesday
the storm passed northwest of
here was typical of major
storm systems of this type.
Pressure readings below 29'.00
inches of mercury are extreme-
ly rare, and indicate major
storm systems only. Schulen-
burg had readings below 39.00"
for ten hours during the height
of the hurricane in our area.
RESERVISTS ON DUTY
Names of reservists on vol-
unteer duty during hurricane
Carla were: Captain Lowell M.
Kubala, commanding officer;
SP4 Royce 0. Schroeder, Pvt.
Arnold W. Berger, Pvt. Donald
G. Berger.
Other volunteers: Captain
Claude J. Marty Jr., Headquar-
ters, 90th Infantry Division;
M-Sgt. Orville E. Thompson,
unit advisor, Company D; Wey-
land D. Billingsley, unit aide,
Company D and Jim Parma.
Vehicular and portable radio
communications established with
one radio set located at the City
Hall as control station.
Trucks of different types pre-
pared for instant dispatch to
scene of emergency including a
bull-dozer mounted on semi-
trailer.
12 a.m.
7 a.m.
12 p.m.
4 p.m.
8 p.m.
29.78
29.69
29.62
29.51
29.51
29.47
29.33
29.23
29.01
28.81
28.64
29.35
29.47
The rapid rise in pressure as
EVACUEES
Supt. A. C. Winkelman re-
ports that approximately 425
hurricane refugees were accom-
modated at the Schulenburg
High School, Elementary School,
Gym and Ag. Room with the
first persons arriving about
12:20 Sunday morning.
The men teacher:; worked a-
long with Mr. Winkelman in
getting storm necessities for
the refugees and the cafeteria
■staff aided by some of the
teachers' wives cooked and
served meals to about 200 per-
sons who headquartered here
until they departed for their
'homes Tuesday morning.
SUMMARY
It is impossible to list the in-
dividual problems brought on
by Hurricane Carla. A drive
around town Tuesday proved
that few, if any, missed some
impact of the storm. Altoge-
ther, the town was littered with
trees, limbs and leaves, shin-
gles, shutters, window glass and
a general appearance of debris
blown in by the forceful winds.
Bits of garbage, empty cans,
pails, fence posts, and loose pa-
per cast an unclean air to the
appearance of Schulenburg
which is noted for its neatness.
In completion, The Sticker, your
newspaper, reviews this hurri-
cane with limited facilities for
coverage and despite the ele-
ments of nature that sought to
prevent us from going to press
this disastrous week.
Schulenburg Dairy And
Slated September 19th
A GIANT TREE FELL in the yard of Mrs. Sophie
Watzlavick and was uprooted with a wide area
of the ground surrounding it. —Sticker Photo
THE WEST NAVIDAD CREEK on Highway 77
rushed out of its banks early Tuesday morning
as a result of the rains which accompanied the
furious hurricane. —Sticker Photo
Rules for the pet show to be
iheld in connection with the
Twenty-Third Annual Dairy and
Horse Show in Wolters Park
Tuesday, September 19, were
issued by Ben Sustr, chairman.
The bird division, which will
be open to children and adults,
will be displayed in Tri-Asso-
ciation Hall beginning at 3 p.m.
All other animals must be in
the park not later than 7:15
p.m., and judging will begin at
7:30 p.m.
Entry blanks, which may be
secured at the Schulenburg
Elementary School or St. Rose
School, or from Sustr, must I
be returned not later than Sep-
tember 14.
Prizes will be awarded as
follows:
Dogs (for children 6-12 years
iof age)—largest dog, smallest
dog, best dressed dog, dog that
can do the most tricks.
Cats (for children 6-12) —
most playful eat, smallest cat,
largest cat, best dressed cat.
Birds (for children 6-12) —
most original cage, noisiest
talking bird, smallest bird, larg-
est bird. (For adults)—most
original cage, noisiest talking
hird, smallest bird, largest bird.
Other animals (for children
Shorthorns Meet Flatonia Friday
The Schulenburg Shorthorns
will meet the Flatonia Bulldogs
Friday night at Shorthorn Sta-
dium. The Bulldogs lost their
first game but came back to
run away with the second. The
Shorthorns lost their first game
and will meet Flatonia for the
second. The Shorthorns have
learned a lot from their first
game and will be wiser and
stronger when they meet Fla-
tonia.
Probable starting line-up for
Flatonia:
No. Name
Pos.
Wt
16—Krejci
RE
140
30—Merecka
HB
145
31—Mica
FB
155
44—Cooper
QB
170
45—'Tupa
HB
145
62—Pospisil
C
150
64—T. Fajkus
RG
165
72—Hanzelka RT 180
74—Taylor LT 185
85—Charba LE 140
89—Zimmerhanzel LG 150
Probable starting line-up for
Schulenburg:
No. Name Pos. Wt.
11—Donnie Henderson B 150
44—David Niesner B 155
70—Hank Stavinoha T 175
61—Paul Oeding G 145
62—Thomas Antosh G 145
22—Leon Fiedler B 169
50—Gerald Bonner C 151
71—Jerome Servera T 160
37—Tom Short E 122
15—Arnold Mlchalke B 135
81—Dale Hatfield E 135
This promises to be a very
good game and local people are
urged to attend the game and
•back the home team. Game time
8 p.m.
6-12)—most unusual animal.
Lloid Henderson, show chair-
man, said that other features
will include judging of junior-
dairy animals at 10 a.m., fol-
lowed by open classes for Jer-
stys, Holsteins, Guernseys, and
Brown Swiss; a concert by the
Schulenburg High School Band
at 4:30 p.m., Trail Riders Pa-
rade at 5 p.m., horse show judg-
ing at 5:30 p.m.; awarding of
"Trade in Sohulenburg" prizes
at 10 p.m.
The Shorthorn Band Parents
Club will sponsor a carnival,
with a supper to begin at 5:30
p.m.
Sorry You're Sick ..
Mrs. Henry F. Krause under-
went surgery in the Youens
Hospital Tuesday.
Hugo Foerster submitted to
surgery in the Youens Hospital
last Friday.
Karen Staha, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Staha of Point
Comfort, has been hospitalized
at the Youens Hospital.
Henry Grieve of Flatonia is
still a patient at tho Youens
Hospital.
Edward Kunz, who has been
seriously ill in the Youens Hos-
pital for two weeks, has been
moved to the Colonial Rest
Home here. His condition shows
blight improvement.
Herman Bretting was a week-
end visitor with Mr. and Mrs.
W. Pavlica and Ted in Flatonia.
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