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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXIX
LA GRANGE, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1951
NUMBER 77
CAMP’S TENTH
ANNIVERSARY
DRAWS CROWD
Walther Leaguers
From Over State
Join In Celebration
Walther Leaguers from all
over the state gathered at the
Walther League Camp here
Sunday for their annual Fel-
lowship barbecue. This year’s
occasion was of special signi-
ficance since it marked the
tenth anniversary of acquiring
the property for the campsite.
During the morning service,
the Rev. M. L. Koehneke of
Austin used the text “O, Give
Thanks Unto the Lord for He
Is Good” as the basis of his
sermon. He pointed out the
progress that has been made at
the camp and emphasized the
need of a program of Christian
education such as the camp
provides during the summer
months.
At noon, a chicken barbecue
was served to approximately
325 people.
In the afternoon, a meeting
was held to arouse a greater
interest among the Leaguers
for the purpose of expanding
and enlarging present facilities.
The meeting was presided over
by Miss Marie Bornemann of
Austin, who is conducting the
financial promotion of the
Camp. The Rev. A. O. Rast of
Austin was the principle
speaker and he presented to
the youth of the Lutheran
church the challange before
them to own and build this
camp at La Grange. The dis-
cussion was mainly on the
swimming pool which is to be
built as soon as funds are
available. A well is soon to be
drilled which is to furnish the
water for the pool and all those
present pledged to go home
and support the cause of rais-
ing the funds so that the swim-
ming pool may become a
(See CAMP, Page 2)
Henry G. Stahmer
Expires Wednesday
Henry G. Stahmer, 82, a na-
tive of Oldenburg, Germany,
but a pioneer resident of the
Rutersville area, expired at
his home Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held
at the Koenig Funeral Home
chapel Friday at 3:00 p. m.
with the Rev. H. T. Flachmeier
officiating and burial in the
Rutersville cemetery.
Mr. Stahmer was the last
organizing member of the
nearby Rutersville Lutheran
church.
The deceased, a retired
farmer, was a son of Detrich
and Sophie Letmann Stahmer
who immigrated to this coun-
try in 1883, settling near here,
when he was 15 years of age.
He was united in marriage in
1892 at Rutersville with Anna
Heverkamp who preceded him
in death in 1945.
Survivors include a son,
John Stahmer; a daughter,
Mrs. Frank Friemel; a sister,
Mrs. Ed. Schultz; a brother,
William Stahmer, all of La
Grange; 12 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildren.
Krenham Rail Club
Terminates Play
Sports fans of this area will
regret to learn of the announce-
ment that the Brenham Lions’
have concluded their baseball
season and will disband They
drooped th“ir final fray tr
Columbus 6-1.
According to the Brenham
Banner-Press, the club “folded
because of financial difficulties
and lack of fan interest ”
La Grange had enjoyed
several games with Brenham
this season and the Lions had
fielded a fine squad of good
sports They will be missed
from the playing Held.
La Grange's First Bale
Raised By Edwin) Zoch
Edwin Zoch, Winchester area
farmer, annexed the honor of
raising La Grange’s first bale
of cotton for the 1951 season
by bringing in a 565 pounder
Tuesday afternoon, July 24.
The cotton, raised on the
Emil Zoch farm near Win-
chester, was ginned free by the
La Grange Gin and Milling
company, classed middling and
was purchased by Ehlers Cot-
ton company for 40 cents a
pound, four and a half cents
above market value. Purchase
price was $226.
The 1951 bale is fifteen days
earlier than that of 1950. Last
year’s first bale was produced
by Leon Teinert and was
brought in on August 8.
Bids Extended
To Farm Bureau
Meet At Columbus
The Colorado County Farm
Bureau is planning a county
meeting at 8 p. m. July 31 in
Columbus at the American Le-
gion hall and invites all the
neighboring counties to at-
tend. Guest speaker for this
event will be Commissioner of
Agriculture, John C. White.
Johnnie L. Sula, of Fayette-
ville, president of the Fayette
County Farm Bureau, urges
farmers, ranchers and all
others interested in agriculture
to try to attend this meeting
as it should prove to be of in-
terest to everyone.
Mr. Sula attended a supper
and meeting in Eagle Lake
Tuesday held for the purpose
of planning the July 31 meet-
ing. It was attended also by
County Farm Bureau presi-
dents from Austin, Colorado,
Wharton and Fort Bend coun-
ties.
OPS Clinic Held Here;
Another Due Aug. 6
Nine merchants of La Grange
and vicinity attended an Of-
fice of Price Stabilization price
clinic here July 23.
The meeting, held at the
county court house, was con-
ducted by Houston District
OPS price specialists F. N.
Blevins, consumer goods
branch, and Joe J. Gatti, foods
branch.
A similar price clinic will
be held here again Aug. 6, 2
p. m. to 5 p. m.
Co. ‘A’ Builds
140 Foot Bridge
In 13 Minutes
Twenty one La Grange area
men returned Sunday morning
from a two weeks’ summer
training camp at Camp Polk,
Louisiana.
Except for extremely tor-
rid and dry weather, an ex-
cellent time was reported by
the group. The training gave
all of the men an opportunity
to fire the Army’s 30 and 50
calibre machine guns, various
rocket launches, and rifles.
Three types of bridge^ were
constructed wlyle on biouvac
with the La Grange men serv-
ing as instructors on the con-
struction of a floating bay foot
bridge.
The La Grange group is es-
pecially proud of its achieve-
ments in foot bridge construc-
tion because of the speed with
which it was accomplished, a
140 foot bridge being “manu-
factured” in 13 minutes.
Members of the group, up-
on their return, reported that
“it takes only a couple of days
training and you’re an old
soldier again.”
The 21 were members of the
“A” Company 980th Engin-
Mrs. W. L. Turnage
Expires Wednesday
Mrs. W. L. Turnage, 83, of
La Grange expired at the
Schneider Rest Home in Moul-
ton Wednesday afternoon.
Further particulars were
not available Thursday morn-
ing.
DEMONS SCORE
9-1 WIN OVER
EL CAMPO ACES
Davidson Tosses
And Bats Mates
To Easy Victory
“Cotton” Davidson, Baylor
Bear chunker now tossing for
the La Grange Jaycee Demons,
pitched and batted his mates
to a convincing 9 to 1 victory
over the El Campo Aces here
Monday night at Fair Park.
Davidson, in no playful
mood, limited the Aces to but
six hits, fanning 12, and ham-
mered out a home run in the
second framo, scoring Hart-
mann and Curry ahead of him.
That, in itself, was enough to
“wrap up” the win.
The triumph was La
Grange’s 17th in 28 starts and
gave the Jaycees a season
average of .607. A crowd of apf
proximately 250 witnessed the
fracas.
El Campo, whose Aces had
won 20 of 25 tilts prior to the
set-to with the Demons, gain-
ed their lone tally in the initial
stanza, when Shortstop Leis-
sner tossed wild to third, Lin-
ton Supak scoring on the play.
After that, it was “lights out”
for El Campo.
The Demons, leading 3-1 af-
ter Davidson’s round-tripper,
added another in the sixth
when Wally Jarl singled to
left, tallying Leissner, who had
walked. They pushed across
two more in the seventh when
Murray Muston, on the first
ball pitched to him, blasted it
over the left field 'fence for a
homer and Greenshield, who
had singled, tallied on Short-
stop Motal’s miscue.
Jarl’s single, Otto's free
ticket, Hartmann’s single to
right, and Greenshield’s two-
bagger combined to give the
Demons three more markers in
the eighth.
Gene Krutilek, El Campo
moundsman, while showing
neat form on the hill, just
couldn’t stop the onslaught by
(See DEMONS, Page 2)
Electric Co-op Continues Its Growth
Now It’s ‘Shotgun’ Davidson!
‘ Cotton' Captures Fleeing Prisoner
The Big Ones Are Bitin’ Again
Champion Hank Looks To Laurels .
“Hank” Rotter, elongated
La Grange area business man
who has a habit of catching
“king-sized” fish from the
Colorado river and who is
credited as the champion of
them all in “these hyah parts”
as the result of landing a 63
pound yellow catfish some
months ago, was in town this
past week-end “stocking up”
on a new supply of fishing
equipment.
“Hank,” asked a reporter,
“what’s the big idea? Don’t
you have plenty of equipment
by now?"
“Well,” replied the “champ,”
in his inimitable drawl, “you
see, I’ve been reading that I
Fayette County Record about
how all these boys are catch-]
ing them big fish in the Color-
ado. And it’s getting a little
too close for comfort. You
know what I’m gonna do, boy?
I’m gonna catch the biggest
old catfish that ever popped
a wave out of the Colorado
River! Just wait. You’ll see.”
What Hank was talking
about were the six big fish
that have been nabbed this
season from the flowing waters
of the nearby Colorado. Milan
Docekal started the fireworks
in mid-June when he brought I
in a 20 Mi pound gaspergoul
which was caught on a throw-1
line on a small hook baited
with crayfish.
The next day—on the June-j
teenth to be exact—Walter
Mueller and Harvey Roitsch I
“corralled” a 39 pound yellow'
cat in the Colorado near the |
Roitsch Ranch, using a trot1
line to land the big fellow. i
Twelve-year-old Jerry Pola-i
sek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gar-
land Polasek, a short time lat-
er, using a throw line, made
contact with a 34 pound cat-
fish which was almost as large
as Jerry. The lad called for his
dad who helped him pull the
big fish in. >
E v i d e ntly Insuranceman
m
“Cotton” Davidson, fast-
tossing moundsman for the La
Grange Jaycee Demons, has
"done up” and earned for him-
self the additional nick-name
of “Shotgun.”
Here’s how:
Thursday night, Deputy
Sheriffs Charlie Prilop and A.
H. Knippel apprehended H.
Brownfield, 30-year-old Chic-
kasha, Okla. resident, and
Charles Ray Justice, 20-year-
old Princeton resident, and
charged them with drunken-
ness. The duo, whose ’34 Ford
coupe had stalled on the high-
way, were arrested near Hal-
sted. The car also carried a
fictitious license plate.
After spending the night in
the local bastile, the duo Fri-
day morning were being fin-
gerprinted, etc. in the sheriff’s
office. Saying that he was
thirsty, Brownfield stepped
outside the office ostensibly to
get a drink of water.
A short time later, Sheriff
Jim Flournoy answered the
telephone and a lady's voice
asked: “Sheriff, are there any
runaway prisoners this morn-
ing? Somebody just ran
through my yard mighty,
mighty fast!”
The voice was that of Miss
Anna Klatt who lives just a
block from the jail.
The sheriff took one look
and decided he did have a
runaway. So out go Deputies
Prilop and Knippel to “bring
him in.” The duo headed west
and toward the Colorado river
where the fugitive had last
Draft Call To Be
Upped Despite
Korea Peace Talks
Although the September
draft call for the tri-county
area of Fayette, Colorado and
Austin has not yet been re-
ceived by Local Board No. 44,
it will be asked to induct ap-
proximately nine men, if the
same proportion for August
holds true.
In August, when Texas had
a draft call of 485 man, Local
Board No. 44 provided six, ac-
cording to Mrs. Delores Oder,
chief clerk for the board.
Texas’ quota for September
will be 619 men, according to
Brigadier General Paul L.
Wakefield, state director of
Selective Service.
The entire nation has been
asked to supply a total of
34,180 men in September.
Texas draft headquarters
was advised this past week
that its August call had been
raised from 485 men to 772.
The July quota, now being
filled, is 367.
Local board quotas for Sep-
tember will not be available
(See DRAFT, Page 2)
New Leopard Coach
Arrives, Looks Over
And Likes Prospects
Charlie H. Jungmichel, new-
ly named coach of athletics for
La Grange high school, to-
gether with his wife and two
children, Randy and Nancy,
has “come to town.”
The personable new athletic
mentor, who made his first
“pre-season pep talk” here
Tuesday when the Lions club
held its regular luncheon, will
make his home In one owned
ny Mrs. Cecelia Lidiak on
South Franklin street—the
same as that formerly occupied
by another coach—Fritz Lib-
pries.
Coach Jungmichel, who
comes to La Grange from Cor-
pus Christi high, and who is a
University of Texas graduate,
hasn’t been here long enough
to make any “predictions.”
However, he told the group
that he had met four of his
gridsters-to-be and that he
had been impressed by them.
The new grid skipper, who
has an impressive record both
in the field of coaching and
playing football, is a World
War II veteran and served for
4 Vi years as chief engineer in
heavy bombardment.
Ill
M
This 63-pounder, caught in
the Colorado in November of
1948, earned Hank Rotter the
title of champion fisherman
for this area, a title he’s out to
maintain. That 20-pounder at
light, caught at the same time,
was just "bait” in comparison.
“Stink” Weber and Banker
“Skinny” Rosenberg had been
reading The Record, too. So
they just "up” and caught a
gargantuan 50 pound yellow
catfish in the Colorado near
here on July 9 using a trot
line.
Not long afterward, C. W.
Kasper Jr. of Winchester fish-
ed from the cool waters of the
Colorado, a 41 pound yellow
cat, employing for the job a
drop-line with a 3-0 hook. Like
young Jerry Polasek, the
Junior Kasper called for his
dad’s help to drag old “Empire
State” out of the river.
Having a bit of fun himself
and serving notice that Hank
had better get busy if he want-
ed to retain his laurels, Ed
Supak of Plum, on July 17,
pulled out of the Colorado a 47
pound yellow cat, obtained on
a trot line. Ed didn't have his
dad along with him to help but
he did have his dog. After
waiting all night for the canine
to come home, Mr. Supak
looked for the pooch next
morning. He found him—ex-
pectantly watching the trot
line from which dangled the
47 pounder.
Although it wasn’t from the
Colorado, Steve Urban, in mid-
May did right well himself in
a tank near Park. He caught a
16 1/4 pounder on a small fly
hook after a 15 minute battle.
That's the story up to now.
But anything can happen tc
change the picture.
Hank says he’s just the fel-
low who can change it! But
meanwhile, in his own modest
way, he acknowledges he’s
still the champ! (
Mrs. Walter Wagner
Taken By Death
Funeral services were sche-
duled Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Walter Wagner
home at Round Top for Mrs.
Ernestine Wagner, 57, who ex-
pired at the Fayette Memorial
Hospital here Tuesday.
The Rev. A. B. Weiss is the
officiating minister, with burial
in the Richter cemetery.
The deceased was bom in
Washington county, daughter
of Julius and Ernestine Goeh
ring Schwierske, both natives
of Germany. She was united
in marriage with Walter Wag-
ner at La Grange on October
3, 1920.
Surviving are her husband;
three sons, Innis of Round
Top and Saddis and George of
Warrenton; four daughters,
Mrs. Augusta Eckert of Okla-
homa, Mrs. Olga Heber of
Corpus Christi, Mrs. Ida Top-
pel of Giddings and Mrs. Em-
ma Knebel of Carmine; a
brother, Julius Schwierske of
Round Top; and seven grand-
children.
Koenig Funeral Home di-
rected the funeral.
been seen.
During the search, the offi-
cers encountered Cotton David-
sop, calmly fishing, the morn-
ing after his hectic battle with
Weimar the night before. In-
vestigation disclosed that Cot-
ton had seen Brownfield but
that the latter had moved on.
Deputy Prilop handed Cot-
ton a shotgun with this ad-
monition: “If he comes back,
hold him with this shot gun,
unil Knippel and I get back.”
A short time later, the offi-
cers returned. And there was
ole Cotton, with a big shotgun
aimed at the fugitive from
justice, holding him for the
deputies’ return.
“I wonder,” mused Cotton
later, “if I had pulled that trig-
ger, would it have been a ‘ball’
or a ‘strike’?”
Cotton will just have to al-
ways wonder.
NOW IN GREENLAND
Louis F. Nitschke, TD2,
USN, advises his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Nitschke, that
he is now in Greenland, across
the Artie circle. It snowed
there on July 4 and 5. They
have no night time there now;
it’s daylight 24 hours a day
around the clock, he wrote.
His address: USS Deuel
(APA 160), H Division., c/o
FPO, New York, N. Y.
MR. EHLERS ILL
A. R. Ehlers has been quite
ill at his home this week.
Latest reports are that he is
much improved.
FFA Head, His Dad
And Advisor Honored
At Luncheon Here
Franklin Brandt, newly
elected president of 33,000 Fu-
ture Farmers of America of
Texas; his dad, Arthur Brandt,
and his F. F. A. advisor, J. R.
Jackson, were honor guests
at the La Grange Lions club
here Tuesday.
Franklin, whose elevation to
the state presidency marks the
highest honor obtainable by a
Texas F. F. A. boy, expressed
his appreciation for the splen-
did cooperation given to F. F.
A. activities in the past by the
entire community, especially
the business men of La Grange.
“We just couldn’t get along
without it,” he said, “and it
helped to make possible many
of the fine projects achieved
by the La Grange F. F. A.
chapter.”
The lad also expressed
thanks to his F. F. A. advisor
for his encouragement and as-
sistance and to his family mem-
bers for the same type of aid.
Mr. Jackson, speaking brief-
ly but graphically, outlined
the general principles which
motivate F. F. A. work and
pointed out that young Brandt,
who will be heading an or-
ganization of nearly 800 chap-
ters, was definitely worthy of
the honor.
Mr. Jackson explained that
Texas’ new F. F. A. president
was prepared for his new as-
signment because he had had
the proper background; a
splendid home life, excellent
training for it, and that he
wasn’t afraid of work and
responsibilities.
Program chairman for Tues-
day’s parley was Marshall
Holloway.
STILL DRILLING
Latest reports from the
Sohio Petroleum company’s
No. 1 Brown near Flatonia,
which came in as a gusher and
hen faded away, are that re-
newed drilling has sunk the
hole below the 8,000 foot level.
The bottom was in shale but
the destination is the Edward**
lime where, it's hoped, the
flow can be tapped again.
Explaining Frede’s Broad Smile
FORD AGENCY ENDS 30TH YEAR
If you happen to encounter
H. A. Frede, La Grange Motor
Company executive, to-day
and he’s wearing a great big
smile, there’s a mighty good
reason for it.
He’s celebrating the 30th an-
niversary of the founding of La
Grange Motor company, start-
ed by his father and himself
exactly 30 years ago—on July
27, 1921.
There was considerable
"water under the bridge,” how-
ever, before the company,
which has developed into one
of the most successful in this
county, originated.
The son of the late Leo
Frede and wife, to-day’s cele-
brant, first saw La Grange six-
ty years ago, arriving in town
on July 3, 1891. His high school
days were spent here and, fol-
lowing this, he attended South-
western university at George-
town.
Following that, he began
work as bookkeeper for the
La Grange state bank and con-
tinued that activity for the
next four years. From La
Grange, he then transferred to
the First State bank at El-
linger where he served as its
cashier for two years.
North Carolina beckoned
and he moved to scenic Ash-
ville, summer mecca for East-
ern capitalists. Here his activi-
ty was that of a real estate
salesman and he had the pleas-
ure of dealing with a number
of renowned businessmen who
summer-vacationed in' Ash-
ville.
After two years in the real
(See FREDE, Page 2)
1350 Miles Of Line
Now Gives Service
To 3810 Members
The Fayette Electric Co-
operative, now a million and
a half dollar business serving
3810 members, has made ap-
preciable strides during the
past year, co-op members were
told at their annual meeting
at the fair grounds here Wed-
nesday.
The estimate 1000 people
present were informed that
despite the freezing weather
of last winter which caused
considerable havoc with the
system’s lines and a shortage
of copper which had held up
some construction, 96 miles of
new lines, serving 342 new
members, were added during
the past year. This enlarged
the system to 1350 miles of
lines in seven counties serv-
ing 3810 members, Manager
John F. Luecke reported.
He commended the em-
ployees of the co-op and its
board of directors for faithful
and efficient service.
The meeting apparently ap-
proved his commendation for
it re-elected the N five-man
board of directors. They in
turn re-elected all officers who
are: L. A. Giese, Warda, pre-
sident; C. W. Meyer, Schulen-
burg, vice-president; C. M.
Janda, La Grange, secretary-
treasurer; Joe Matocha, Cis-
tern, and John F. Migi, Fla-
tonia, directors.
President Giese’s suggestion,
proposed by the directors, that
the board be increased to at
least seven members, with
staggered terms and to be
selected from districts to be
established, was voted down
by the membership. The sug-
gestion was made with the aim
of giving a greater degree of
representation to all areas
served.
Further expansion at this
time is seriously threatened
by the copper shortage, but the
manager reported that it is
planned to install voltage re-
gulators and negotiate addi-
tional sources of power in or-
der to meet the increasing re-
quirements of present mem-
bers.
Installation of oil circuit
breakers on the system has
(See CO-OP, Page 6)
Mrs. Freeland
Buried Thursday
Mrs. Kristina Freeland, 88,
a long-time resident of La
Grange, expired Tuesday
morning at the Schneider Rest
Home at Moulton.
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at 10 o’clock
at the First Presbyterian
church here with the Rev. Guy
B. Duff of Denison and the
Rev. Lem Tittsworth officiat-
ing. Interment was in the old
city cemetery.
Mrs. Freeland was born in
Sweden on January 31, 1863.
Her husband, the late Albert
Freeland, preceded her in
death on September 15, 1924.
There are no immediate
survivors.
Koenig Funeral Home di-
rected the funeral.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Thursday, July 26, 1951
The following prices wera
paid in La Grange on the above
date and are subject to mar-
ket changes. Eggs and poultry
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Cotton, middling ..,..... 35 l/4c
Fryers ................................ 26c
Hens .................................... 21c
Eggs: Grade A 49c
Grade B 42c, Grade C 30c
Roosters .............................. 12c
Turkeys, Hens 28c; Toms 20c
Sweet Cream:
Direct Shippers _________ 63c
Sour Cream:
Direct Shippers ........ 58o
Station ________ 55c
Cotton Seed $67.00
Hides .......-—8c to 12c
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