The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 29, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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Babeeription Pries
In County
One Year___________$3.M
Nix Months___$1.75
Three Months _____ $1.09
THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD R
Nearly 4,000 Paid Up
Subscribers. Rated AAA
Newspaper by
Community Research
Bureau
Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texa*
VOLUME XXXIX
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
LA GRANGE, TEXAS (In tha Heart of CRIDAland), TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1960
H. D. COUNCIL
SHAPES YULE
PARTY PLANS
Event Set Dec. 13;
Work Is Started
On ’61 Activities
Final plans for the Fayette
County Home Demonstration
Council’s annual Christmas
party were made at the meet-
ing of the group on Nov. 18.
Mrs. C. W Fritsch, chairman,
presided, and 35 members rep-
resenting 17 clubs, were pre-
sent.
Date of the event is Tuesday,
Dec. 13
The annual party is spon-
sored by I960 Council mem-
bers and honors all 1961
Council members. Special
guests will be the Commis-
sioner’s court members and
their wives Mrs. Eugene Has-
chke and Mrs. Harold Harris,
co-chairmen of the planning
committee, announced the
program will include carols,
planned recreation, a style
show, and a report of club
work done in the county dur-
ing the past year.
Miss Edna Wiernken was
appointed to the Education-
Expansion committee. In pre-
paration for next year, all
committee members are asked
to meet at the HD Home at 10
a. m on (lie January Council
(See COUNCIL, Page 2)
FIVE GENERATIONS
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This photo was taken recently when members of five
generations got together for an impromptu family reunion
in Galveston. In progression, they are: Mrs. Mary Kadlecek
of Galveston, bottom right, the great-great-grandmother;
Mrs. Chas. Ulrich of La Grange, bottom left, the great-
grandmother; Mrs. Julia Luse of Galveston, top left, grand-
mother; Mrs. Mary Frances Jennings of La Grange, upper
right, the mother; and her little son, Wallace Herman Jen-
nings, being held by the great-great-grandmother.
Hugro Krebs Rites
Held At Shelby
Funeral services for Hugo
A. Krebs, 70, of the Shelby a-
rea, were held at 2 p. m Mon-
day at the Shelby Lutheran
church. The Rev. Waldemar
Wendel officiated and burial
was in the Krebs family cem-
etery near Shelby.
Mr. Krebs passed away at
the Milroy hospital in Bren-
ham Saturday morning. A re-
tired farmer, he was bom on
June 21, 1890, son of Frank
and Bertha Goebel Krebs, and
spent his lifetime in that
community. On Nov. 3, 1914,
he was married at Fayetteville
to Annie Luetge, who sur-
vives.
Also surviving are two sons,
Wilson Krebs of Fayetteville
and Wilkens Krebs of Lake
Jackson; three sisters, Mrs.
Augusta Rinn of Fayeteville;
Mrs. Tillie Menking and Miss
Emma Krebs, both of Alice;
and four grandchildren.
Mr. Krebs remained at the
Koenig Funeral Home in La
Grange until noon Sunday
and at the Koenig Chapel in
Fayetteville until 11:30 a. m.
Monday,
FIRST NATIONAL’S MOTOR BANK
OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Completion of the spanking during the appointed hours to
new, handsomely-appointed j view this new banking build-
motor hanking building of The! ing and its facilities. There will
First National Bank of La j be souvenirs, refreshments,
Grange will be observed with > and attendance prizes of three
Open House Friday and Sat- time certificates of deposit for
urday of this week, from 3:30
until 9 p. m.
Residents of the entire com-
munity are invited to come in
Walter Pietsch, 39,
Succumbs Suddenly
Funeral arrangements are
pending for Walter Erwin
Pietsch, 39, who passed away
suddenly at his home on La
Grange, Rt. 4.‘Sunday night.
Mr. Pietsch is survived by
his wife. Mrs. Mildred Synat-
schk Pietsch; mother, Mrs.
Martha Pietsch; three daugh-
ters, Betty, Sandra and Peg-
gy, all of near La Grange;
three sisters, Mrs. Leslie
Schuster of Houston, Mrs. El-
la Roe and Mrs. Arthur Blor-
dom, both of San Antonio;
and two brothers, Carl and
Edwin H. Pietsch of near La
Grange.
Koenig Funeral Home Is in
charge.
KC MEETING CHANGED
Bishop Odin Assembly, 4th
Degree Knights of Columbus,
will meet on Thursday, Dec.
8, 7:30 p. m. in the parish hall
at Smithville, Faithful Navi-
gator Emil Vacek has an-
nounced. The meeting had
originally been set for Thurs-
day, Dec. J.
$8,805 For Damages
Awarded Plaintiff
In Court Case Here
Plaintiff was awarded dam-
ages for $8,805.28 in district
court here Wednesday in the
civil case styled Verbie V. Ull-
rich et al versus Hardware
Mutual Casualty Co.
The case stemmed from a
workmen’s compensation pol-
icy held by plaintiff’s hus-
band, A. D. Ullrich, at the
time of the latter’s accidental
drowning in a lake near Car-
mine on May 8, 1959.
Plaintiff's attorney was a-
warded a fee of $750 out of the
amount of settlement.
Two petitions for removal
of disabilities of coverture
were granted in other action
during Wednesday’s court ses-
sion. These were in cases
styled ex parte versus Adela
Schmidt and ex parte versus
Amalie Francke.
In another action, plaintiff
was granted divorce in the
case of Artis Collins versus
Ruby Lee Collins.
Ivetfume Planting
Deadline Dec. 15
The deadline for plant-
ing winter legumes has
been extended to Thurs-
day, Dec. 15, according to
information received Mon-
day morning from the of-
fice of K. L Stork, Fay-
ette county ASC office
manager.
$100, $50 and $25, respective-
ly
The new motor bank is loc-
ated in the 100 block of N.
Jefferson St.—on the lot adja-
cent to the F.d A. Giese insur-
ance building.
The motor bank has a 66-
foot frontage and extends
back 54 feet, and a 10-foot
wide drive encircles it. Green
marble, similar to the main
bank building on W. Colorado
St., was used for the front and
part of the sides, and the rest
of the outer walls are of brick.
There is a carport on both
sides.
Entrances are from the front
and from the right side. One
tellers window is provided on
the left side, and reservation
was made for another—which
can be added at any time.
The front of the building,
on both sides of the recessed
glass door entrance, was util-
ized fo rrest rooms. Then there
is a lobby, with a port ent-
rance from the right and a
teller’s window to the left.
The center portion is to be
used for meeting purposes.
The board room occupies a
(See BANK, Page 2) '
CIVIL DEFENSE
iDISPLAY DUE
NEAR BASTROP
$5 Million Exhibit
Is Open To Public
Two Separate Days
The US government will dis-
play a $5 million stockpile of
emergency supplies and equip-
ment near Bastrop next week
in commemoration of National
Civil Defense Day.
The public has been invited
to visit the depot stockpile bet-
ween 10 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.
on two separate days—Sun-
day, Dec. 4. and Wednesday,
Dec. 7. It is located seven miles
north of Bastrop on State
Highway 95, between Bastrop
and Elgin.
A 200-bed emergency hos-
pital, radiological monitoring
instruments, water purifica-
tion equipment, first aid sup-
plies and engineering equip-
ment are among the items to
he shown. Several exhibits and
demonstrations will also he
shown, including the latest
models of home fallout shel-
ters.
Officials wil|l conduct a
guided tour of the depot,
show civil defense films and
explain the functions of var-
ious facilities.
The depot is maintained by
the US Office of Civil and De-
fense Mobilization, the Gener-
al Services Administration,
and the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare jyd-
liam C Dickson of Bastrop ra
manager.
The emergency supplies and
equipment in the depot are
aimed at helping to meet civil-
ian survival requirements fol-
lowing major natural disasters
or a nuclear attack on the
United States.
Region XVII Band
Marching Contest.
At Luling, Dec. 3
Music lovers who delight in
seeing fine half-time shows at
football games will see a lot of
that if they go to the Region
17 marching band contest,
slated Saturday, Dec. 3, at
Luling.
Twenty-two high school
bands, including La Grange’s,
will participate in the march-
ing contests starting at 12:30
p. m. and continuing without
interruption until 4 o’clock.
Class AA contests begin at
1:30.
La Grange’s band takes the
field at 2 for inspection and
2:30 for marching.
Bill Wendtland of Lamar
Consolidated, Rosenberg, will
serve as (inspection judge.
Gene Braught of DelMar col-
lege at Corpus Christi, Joe
Frank of Harlingen« High
school and Ralph Burford of
Edinburg High school are the
marching contest judges.
NUMBER 8
Karen Roitseh Is
TLC Sweetheart
Miss Karen Roitseh of La
Grange, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Roitseh, was elect-
ed sweetheart of the Texas Lu-
theran College T Association,
it is announced by Gerald
Johnson, president of the
group at Seguin.
She was presented at the T
Association dance held on the
TLC campus.
The T Association is compos-
ed of all students who have
earned a letter in either foot-
ball, basketball, baseball, ten-
nis, golf or judo.
Miss Roitseh, a sophomore
medical technology student at
TLC, is a 1959 graduate of La
Grange High school, where
she was a cheer-leader and
held many offices in school or-
ganizations.
She is head cheerleader at
Texas Lutheran college this
year and serves as treasurer
of the Gamma Delta and is
also treasurer of Beta Alpha
Siguia. ___ -ftrm_________ -Ti-miT-'a
One of the most popular
students on the TLC campus,
the La Grange product was a
freshmen class favorite last
year.
CJ’s Country Store
Sets Grand Opening
“CJ’s Country Store”—the
former Hank’s Place, about
three miles east on the Ellin-
ger highway—will observe its
grand opening Tuesday even-
ing of this week.
Featured at the opening will
be free stew for all, with serv-
ing to begin at 7 p. m. Every-
one’s invited, and all one has
to do to participate is to bring
a bowl and spoon.
New owner of the business
is C. J. Fritsch, who has had
lots of experience in the gro-
cery field and related lines.
Mr. Fritsch invites the con-
tinued patronage of all cust-
omers of Hank Rotter, the
former owner, as well as of
all others.
Santa s Coming Here Dec. 8
JC’s Make Further i
Ligating Contest MONDAY CRASH
And Banquet Plans
INJURES FOUR
La Grange Jaycee directors
advanced plans for two up-
coming events at a board
meeting Friday night.
One is the annual Christ-
mas homelighting contest and
the other, the yearly all-sports
banquet honoring La Grange
High school athletes.
Deadline in the
Four people were injured
when two autos figured in a
collision on Highway 71, about
three miles west of La Grange,
Monday morning at 6:40 a. m.
contest was set for noon on
Saturday, Dec. 17, and all
wishing to participate are to
call the secretary, John R.
Lanier. Judging will take place
between that date and Dec.
24.
An array of valuable elec-
trical prizes is to be solicited,
and these are to be displayed
at either the respective don-
ors’ places of business or at
one central location. Further
contest details are to be form-
ed at the next membership
meeting, Dec. 6.
Committee appointments
were made for the sports ban-
quet, which is to be held on a
night in January—depending
on the availability of a speak-
er. Daniel Frey tag, Fritz Lob-
pries and Aubrey “Red” Voel-
kel were named as a panel to
select the speaker and emcee,
and set the date.
Patrolman A. F. Hall, who
investigated, listed the injur-
lighting ed as Paul Joseph Knopp, 26,
Other related
appointed were:
Selection of
committees
outstanding
Mel Ammermann, Elward
Ruffin and Chas. W. Priebe;
tables and chairs, C. A. Lem-
mons, H. C. Giese and Ray E.
Cornes; . loud speaker, Jack
Kana and Ted Adamcik; food,
Lawrence Weber, chairman,
and Hank Rotter, Gunther
Behrens, W. A. Jaster, Travis
Etzel, Clinton R. Bippert, Rud.
Hagemann, G. A. Koenig,
Richard Roberts, V. A. Hr-
bacek, Milton Pechal and
Dean Trubee.
Also clean-up comirtiittee,
Edward Schielack, chairman,
and Theo Svec, Warren
Heintschel, E. H. Baum-
bach, Clarence Matula, Ker-
mit Treybig, Gus Lindemann,
Dr. E. L. Fitzpatrick, Wesley
Steinmann, Werner Willrich,
Jesse Norsworthy, Monroe
Dunk, Anton Pietsch, Leslie
Smith and Jack Cemosek.
driver of a 1960 Vauxhall
John Driscoll and William
Graham Jr., all of Galveston
and University of Texas stud-
ents; and James L. Collins of
Plum, driver of a 1949 Dodge.
Mr. Hall reported the Univ-
ersity students were going
west and Collins was travel-
ing east. When the latter’s
Dodge got behind a pick-up,
Collins applied the brakes
causing the car to swerve a-
cross the center stripe on the
slick pavement, did a complete
turn and then crashed into the
front of the small Vauxhall.
All were taken to Fayette
Memorial hospital, but Dris-
coll was released after receiv-
ing emergency treatment.
Knopp and Graham were un-
dergoing X-ray examination
at press-time but they, as well
as Collins, were not believed
to have been extensively in-
jured.
Patrolman Hall charged
Collins with being on the
ssid; :f.th* not -
Giesber; publicity and tickets, ___________
Large Crowd Present
As 70 Are Confirmed
At SH Church Here
One of the largest crowds
to ever gather for such a"
After Parade He’ll
Open His Quarters
In Downtown Area
As Christmas draws near,
one thinks first of the Birth of
Christ; then of buying gifts,
visiting relatives, eating good
food, decorating, rejoicing, etc.
But what thought pops into
the minds of youngsters when
the Yule season arrives?
Framed in the hack of their
minds is a picture of a fat
and jolly fellow, all decked
out in his customary red and
white apparel, who they whis-
per their Christmas wishes to
—Santa Claus.
La Grange will usher In it*
traditional YuJe activities with
the arrival of Santa Claus hero
on Dec. 8.
The annual event which en-
lightens the hearts of young-
sters in this vicinity is spon-
sored by the local Chamber of
Commerce.
Santa himself will make his
initial appearance on Thurs-
day, Dec. 8, at. 2:30 p.m. A par-
ade headed by the La Grange
High School band under the
ardent direction of Wilbur W.
Johnson will lead Santa to the
downtown area where he will
greet the kiddies and maintain
a gift headquarters.
George Stavinoha, chamber
chairman, has announced that
the former Western Auto
building on the north side of
the square, has been obtained
for the headquarters. Here all
ftseel mere bant-. irhn —-wish,
may display one gift item «-
long with its store name, to bo
viewed by the kiddies and
parents when they come to
visit Santa.
Santa will be present at his
headquarters on the parade
afternoon as well on the suc-
teVrennorS T hand Sunday f feeding Saturdays, December
ternoon and evening for the i jq and 17
confirmation and the chicken
A giant mail box will bo
stationed at the headquarters
where letters to Santa may bo
deposited.
Sacred
FMH AUX TO MEET
The Fayette Memorial Hos-
pital Auxiliary will meet
Thursday, December 1 at 3 p.
m. in the Pioneer Room of The
La Grange State Bank. Mem-
bers are reminded to remem-
ber the change in the time of
the meeting and all are urged
to be present.
BABY GIRL BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bor-
den are the happy parents of a
seven pound daughter who ar-
rived Wednesday afternoon at
Fayette Memorial hospital.
She has been named Tummy
Kay.
Selections Tough’ To Make
Scribe Chooses All-District Teams
Coaches, newspapers, and
other select groups are now
making their choices for
all-district football selections
in high school—and elsewhere.
The Record’s 1960 pigskin
selections for District 21-AA,
to be listed below, have been
picked by this writer after
viewing all of the district
teams in action, but by no
means is what the coaches or
other groups may pick.
The selections were “tough"
ones to make, considering an
over-excessive amount of tal-
ent in the district. Many play-
ers missed our first team vote
by the narrowest of margin.
District 21-AA has been
considered one of the best in
the state for 1960, and with so
many talented players, one
could probably put together a
fairly decent club with just
honorable mentions.
Most prominent among the
five clubs in the district were
a host of talented backfield
stars. The district could very
well place at least two boys
on all-state selections and pos-
sibly one nr two lineman.
Hence, five backs are listed
on the first and second teams.
Where could you find a bet-
ter punter than Bellville’s Er-
nie Koy, a better place kicker
than Columbus’ Butch Rei-
chle, a better fullback than
Joe Lynn of Bellville,
greater linebacker than La
Grange’s Harvey Moerbe and
Mike Lobpries, and etc. And
these few mentioned, fit in
one or more categories.
The mythical tegm lists five
Bellville players on the first
team; Katy and La Grange,
each three, and Columbus,
one. on the first unit. Katy
dominates the second team
with four players. followed
by La Grange with three.
Humble and Columbus each
placed two and Bellville one.
First Team
Ends—Stanley McDonald of
Katy and I-arry Pietsch of La
(See TEAMS, Pa»« 2)
Loaded Truck Hits
Pole, Snafus Light
A 1954 tractor-trailer car-
rying a load of lumber and a
section of an oil derrick, hit
a light pole, broke signal light
equipment and leveled a high-
way direction sign when the
long piece of pertruding der-
rick rammed the objects a-
round 1:15 p. m. Saturday in
drizzling rain.
The accident resulted when
the truck, driven by Aaron
James Vinson III, 30, of Alto,
who was attempting to make
a left turn at the intersection
of 77 and 71, smashed the light
post and signs.
The tractor-trailer is owned
by Bucker and Moore Con-
tractors fnc. of Jacksonville.
The extent of the damages
was not immediately deter-
mined.
HERE FROM AFRICA
Herbert Bergmann Jr. of
Tripoli, Libya, where he is
employed by the Geophisical
Rogers Co., is home on leave
with homefolk He will return
to Tripoli after the first of the
year. Herbert, who has been
having The Record sent to him
o'-er there since 1954, says
that it takes from three to
four months for the paper to
stew supper held at
Heart Church here.
Rt. Rev. Louis J. Reicher,
bishop of Austin, administer-
ed the rites of confirmation at
4 o’clock to 57 children and
13 adults. He was escorted
from the rectory to the church
by the confirmants and their
sponsors, and after benedic-
tion was again escorted to the
main entrance of the new caf-
eteria building which he bless-
ed.
In the procession and assist-
ing at the confirmation were
Rt Rev. Msgr. S. A. Zientek
and Rev. Harry Mazurkiewicz,
local pastors; Rev. Thomas
Matl of Fayetteville, Rev.
Francis, Kolar of Hostyn Hill,
Rev Charles Elmer of College
Station, Rev Harry Bilski of
Bryan, Rev. Louis Wozniak of
Bastrop, Rev Albin Trub-
lowski of Giddings, Rev Wer-
(See CONFIRMED, Page 2)
Mrs. Drawe Expires
At Fayetteville
Mrs. Rosalie Drawe, 91,
longtime resident of Fayette-
ville, passed away at her home
there Monday morning.
Funeral will be held Wed
nesdav at 8:45 a m. at the
Koenig chapel in Fayetteville,
followed by services at St.
John’s Catholic church. Bur-
ial will be in the Fayetteville
City cemetery.
A parish Rosary will be re-
cited at 7:45 p. m. Tuesday,
and K. C. and C. D. of A. Ro-
sary at 8 o’clock.
Surviving are two daugh-
ters. Mrs M H Eichler and
Mrs. Nola Wunderlich of
Houston; five sons. E C., Wal-
ter, A L. and Harry, all of
Houston, and M. J. Drawe of
Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs.
Henry Heintschel of Fayette-
Balloon.s and goodies are to
he distributed by Santa during
his visit.
Mrs. Louis Albrecht
Is Buried Monday
Mrs. Nancy Albrecht. 62,
wife of retired mail carrier
Louis Albrecht, passed away
suddenly at her home Satur-
day afternoon.
Funeral services were held
at 3 p m. Monday at the Koe-
nig Funeral Home chapel with
Rev. Carrol B. Cloyd officiat-
ing. Burial was in the city
cemetery.
Mrs. Albrecht was bom at
Gonzales on Aug. 27, 1898,
daughter of Calvin A. Morris
and wife, Cordelia Canaway.
She was married at Cistern to
Mr. Albrecht on Nov. 15, 1916.
The couple has resided in La
Grange since 1919.
She is survived by her hus-
band; three daughters, Mrs.
Floyd S. Jaycox of Biloxi,
Miss., Mrs. Wm. Baker of Es-
condido, Calif., and Mrs. Her-
bert Hensel of La Grange; one
sister, Mrs. Essie Mae Jones of
Uvalde; three brothers, M. T.
Morris of Angleton, V. D. Mor-
ris of Eagle Lake and Wm.
Morris of El Paso; and tw#
grandchildren.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Harry Daum, brother-in-
law of Louis Klein, died in
Waco following a long illness.
Funeral services were held
last Monday. Mr. Klein, ac-
companied by Mr*. Larry
Klein of here, Mr and Mrs.
Charlie Klein of Columbus
and
Moe Klein of Flatonia,
great-grandchildren. late Mrs. Louis Klein.
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