The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 22, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
Nearly 4,000 Paid Up
Subscribers. Rated AAA
Newspaper by
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Published Twice Weekly By The Farmers Publishing Company, Ltd., La Grange, Texas
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Fayette County and of Texas
VOLUME XXXVIII
LA GRANGE, TEXAS (In the Heart of CRIDAland), TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1960
NUMBER 41
Legion Celebrates 40th Birthday
k.
40 Year Awards
Presented To 41
Local Members
The La Grange post cele-
brated the 40th anniversary
of the American Legion in gala
fashion here Thursday night.
A large crowd was on hand
to participate in the social
hour between 7 and 8 and to
enjoy a delicious barbecued
chicken dinner and a program.
One of the highlights was the
presentation of 40 year mem-
bership awards to 41 members.
Principal speaker for the
evening was V. F. Taylor of
Austin, long active in Legion
circles, who Emcee C. C. Jop-
ling introduced as likely to be
the next state commander.
Mr. Taylor related the his-
tory of the Legion in brief and
listed many of the activities of
the organization which de-
bunks the charge sometimes
made that the organization is
“self-seeking,” but on the other
hand showing that services are
rendered in many fields in
(See LEGION, Page 2)
Mrs. Gus Mikscli
Buried At Weimar
Funeral services were held
March 12 for Mrs. Gus Mikseh
Sr., 69, at St. Michael’s Catho-
lic church at Weimar with the
Rev. Thomas Flanagan and
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. F. Drozd
ofticiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery
She was a native and almost
a lifetime resident of the Hol-
wun - Weimar area. Daughter
O' Heger,
' she was married to Gus Mik-
sch on August 12, 1908. They
farmed for many years in the
Holman aroa.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are three sons, Gus
Mikseh Jr. and Robert Mikseh
of Weimar and Fred Mikseh of
PLAN CELEBRATION
warn
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LEROY FOYT
Post Commander
Hermann Sons Mark
70th Anniversary
The Grand Lodge, Order of
the Sons of Hermann in Tex
C. C. JOPL1NG
Post Adjutant
Local M-K-T Depot
Gets Radio Set-up
M F. Dickerson, the affable
M-K-T railway station agent
a.s, will mark its 70th birthday in La Grange for many a year,
is now a shortwave radio op-
erator, too.
The Katy recently installed
complete receiving and send-
ing facilities in the station
here, which makes it possible
to communicate with other de-
pots and trains within a 35-
inile radius.
Sunday, March 27.
Organized March 27, 1890,
as a fraternal benefit society
by Texas German pioneers,
meeting in San Antonio, where
a single lodge, Harmonia
Lodge No. 1, had existed since
1861, the grand lodge was con-
ceived by eight lodges in San
Antonio, Austin, Brenham,
Houston, La Grange, Taylor,
Temple and Waco.
There were 242 members in
the eight initial lodges. Today
the fraternal order has more
than 50,000 members and is
the largest fraternal benefit
society having home offices in'
Texas. (
Highlight of the 70th anni-
versary of the grand lodge
will be the presentation of a
charter by Grand President
Fritz Schilo, San Antonio, to
____________________ a new Hermann Sons lodge
Carlsbad, New Mexico; nine for both men and women mem-
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild; two brothers,
John Heger of the Holman
area and Fred Heger Sr. of
Columbus; and four sisters,
Mrs. Frank Vacek, Mrs. An-
ton Freis and Mrs. Emil Re-
rich, all of the Weimar area,
and Mrs. Frank Mikseh of
Victoria.
bers at Odessa.
Several months ago a Her-
mann Sons lodge was char-
tered at Lubbock.
Milton C. Schmidt
Has Voice Recital
Two La Grange Trios
Tie In Contest
Two La Grange school vocal
trios tied for second place in
a talent show staged at Wael-
der High school Friday night.
Participating were the Tri-
Tones, composed of Dotty
Roitsch, Carla Fritsch and
Maridell Spacek; and the Sen-
ior Trio composed of Amelia
Janssen, Maridell Spacek and
Sarah Jo Oeltjen, accompanied
by Daniel Marburger.
107 Ladies Attend
Day Of Recollection
Ladies of Sacred Heart Par-
ish enjoyed a most successful
and inspirational Day of Re-
collection Sunday at Sacred
Heart church.
Rev. Floyd Bielamowicz of
Lockhart was the retreatmas-
ter. Rev. Harry Mazurkiewicz
conducted a Day of Recollec-
tion in Father Floyd’s parish
at Lockhart.
Locally 107 ladies registered.
JC’S SET CLEAN-UP
La Grange’s Jaycees have
scheduled another general
clean-up session at the fair
Park baseball field Monday
(today) starting at 5:30 p. m.
All members are asked to
bring necessary tools. A free
stew supper will be servec
after the job is completed.
garden"club to meet
rm r . fluiviPn f*lUD
me i-»a uiw«|F
will meet Thursday at 3 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. H A.
Frede. Mrs. E. W. Meiners and
Mrs. Will Morgan will be co-
hueteMM)
Mr. Dickerson says the radio
is proving itself quite a time-
saver, especially in connec-
tion with incoming freight
trains—all of which are equip-
ped with radios in the engines
as well as cabooses. He said
he now calls the train crew
when It is still a distance u-
way and advises what cars
have to be spotted where, and
where and what cars are to
be picked up. Thus, the train
can begin switching operations
as soon as it gets into town,
without first having to run to
the depot for the crew to get
oral instructions.
The “station” has an output
of 22 watts, and operates on
a frequency of 160.59 mcs.
"Katy, La Grange, calling,”
is the newest on the airways
in these parts.
Huelsebusch Scores
Highest In Course
BAND MEMBERS
SCORE HIGH IN
REGION TESTS
LHS Musicians (Jet |
5 First, 10 Second,
6 Third Divisions
La Grange High school Tfand
members scored five first divi-
sion or superior ratings at the
annual Region 17 Texas Inter-
scholastic League contests held
at San Marcos Saturday.
Ten other ensemble groups
came up with second divisions,
or excellent; and six stored
third division or good ratings.
Here’s the way LHS groups
fared:
1—Superior
Drum quartet: Carla Fritsch,
Sondra Pape, Joelyn Fritsch
and Gloria Dixon.
Woodwind trio: Margaret
Janssen, Maridel Spacek and
Patricia Wessels.
Woodwind ensemble: Aud-
rey Frers, Patricia Wessels,
Elaine Wiemken and Amelia
Janssen.
Brass sextet: Eugene Nie-
meyer, James Blankenship,
Sarah Jo Oeltjen, John D.
Marburger, Bill Williams and
Walter Schaefer.
Brass quartet: Eugene Nie-
meyer, James Blankenship,
John D. Marburger and Bill
Williams.
11—Excellent
Clarinet choir: Nina Friemel,
Marjorie Citzler, Donald Ma-
yer and Alice Citzler.
Flute quartet: Nancy Haseh-
ke, Janice Moebus, Patricia
Wiemken and Mary Jim* Dart-
Iktk.
Drum quartet: Bonnie Otto,
Auction Is Highlight Of Junior Show
Burglar Suspects
Quickly Arrested,
Thanks To Radio
Three subjects were arrested
at Hearne, thanks to short-
wave radio, a bare three hours
after a Flatonia residence was
burglarized Sunday afternoon,
and they were being brought j
to jail here Monday afternoon. |
Home entered was that of
the John Delgados, where a
.22 pump rifle, man’s jacket,
a dress, wrist watch, barber
set, food from the refrigerator
and a variety of other articles
were taken.
The Delgados, who had been
away visiting for a little over
an hour, returned home at 4
p. m. when they discovered
their home had been looted.
Deputy Sheriff August Brun-
ner was notified and, after an
investigation, he called the
sheriff’s office here. Deputy
Sheriff Lawrence Adamcik got
the message on radio at 5:30,
and at 6:15 word came that
three young Californians —
still in possession of much of
the loot—had been taken off
a freight train at Hearne.
Deputy Sheriffs Brunner and
C. A. Prilop left Monday
morning to bring the subjects
here for court action.
AH
FOREIGN AG STUDENTS VISIT
A group of foreign agricul- Guillermo Conrado Rodriguez
m— ’of Guatemala, and Mes’ut Da-
laman, Fuat-Alalay Foru and
tural students, who are in Tex-
as studying agricultural con-
ditions, met recently in the .
Favette Soil Conservation dis- Turkey; technical leader, E.
trict office in the court house 1 ° A1----f--^
Ahmet Bahri Yuzuncuoglu of
where supervisors explained
the functions of the soil dis-
trict and Baker Davis explain-
ed the function and purpose
of the Cummins Creek Water-
shed. After the meeting they
■toured some of the flood re-
tarding structures In the wa-
tershed.
In the group are: the ag
1 trainees, Carlos Coy Hun and
Mrs. Emma Mueller
Rites Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. 1 J|ev> (Jeo> Falskeil
Emma Mueller, 71, who passed
R. Alexander, formerly head
of the agricultural education
department at Texas A&M; in-
terpreters, Orham S. Ozdemir
and Mrs. Monsita Bomberger;
driver, Reginald Spiller of
SCD farmer - cooperator of
Franklin; SCD Board chair-
man, J. C. Yeary Sr., Supervi-
sors Otto Tiedt and Howard
Fuchs and Secretary Mrs. J.
A: Bridgeman.
ili
i
S-Sgt. Franklin A. Huelse
busch was recently graduated
at the top of his class at Shep-
pard Air Force Base.
\ The course was for recipro-
eating engine technicians and
lasted for 14 weeks. Huelsi
busch made an average grade
| of 97 per cent.
K
S-Sgt. Huelsebusch is the son
| of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huelse-
| busch of La Grange.
M
g
Milton C. Schmidt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Sch-
midt of La Grange, was pre-
sented in his senior voice re-
cital at Texas Lutheran col-
lege last Sunday afternoon in
Convo hall.
A near - capacity audience
heard the senior'music educa-
tion major deliver a pleasing
array of numbers which was
given as a partial fulfillment
of requirements for the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science of
Music Education.
For his first two numbers
the La Grange product sang
two of Handel's works—“Com-
fort Ye My People” and
“Every Valley Shall be Exal-
ted."
Then the La Grnnge High
SohooJ graduate rendered
“Widmung,” “Dam rothm
Roslein Gleicht mein Lieb”
and “Die LotusMume,” all by
Robert Schumann.
Young Schmidt has been a
(See SCHMIDT, Page 2)
He and
his wife, the daughter of Mr.
j and Mrs. Rudy Kaspar of La
| Grange, are making their home
in Suison, Calif.
OFFIC ERS NAMED
At a special meeting of the
VFW Auxiliary on March 15
Mrs. Mary Blume was elected
president At a meeting on
March 3 other officers were
elected as follows: Ethel Mel-
cher. senior vice president:
Paula Tielsch, junior vice pres
ident; Ruth Hensel, conduc
tress: Adeline Harbers, chap-
lain; Alida Harbers, guard
Alma Froehlich. treasurer; and
Agnes Struve, three-year trus-
tee.
STORE BURGLARIZED
The Greive grocery, located
near the American Legion hall
at Flatonia, was entered by
burglars some time Thursday
night or Friday morning, but
only about $15 in cash was ta
ken. Sheriff T. J. Flournoy
who assisted Deputy Sheriff
August Brunner in the inves-
tigation, reported there were
no clues as as to entry, leading
to the theory that the burglar
may have been hiding in the
store when it was closed
Thursday evening.
(See IV\ND. Page 2)
Soulh Centex lx>op
Loses Two Members
Two members — the Am-
mannsville Ramblers and
Swiss Alp Farmers — have
dropped out of the South-
Central Texas Amateur Lea-
gue.
That leaves the circuit with
six members at this time. How-
ever, the Witting team of near
Moulton has made application
to get into the loop, and of-
ficials said a mail poll will be
conducted to get the remain-
ing clubs’ approval.
If okehed, it would mean
that the SCTAL will operate
with seven this season, how-
ever, another meeting will be
mandatory to draw a new
schedule. Remaining are La
Crane-, Bernardo. Plum, Shi-
ner, Weimar and Nada.
Meanwhile, the Jaycee De-
mons had a spirited workout
here Sunday afternoon, with
10 turning out for the drills.
Several others, regulars from
last season, were absent by
necessity.
away Sunday at the Cozy Rest
home here, will lie held Tues-
day at 2 p m. at the Koenig
Funeral Home chapel with the
Rev. Raymond W. Durst of-
ficiating. >
Burial will be in the St.
John's United Church of
Christ cemetery at Burton.
Mrs. Mueller was bom in
Washington county, daughter
of Louis and Carolina Hodde
Knipstein. She was married at
Burton in 1916 to Otto Muel-
Ir who preceded her in death
in 1942. She had been a La
Grange resident for the past
18 years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Rommie Maas and Mrs.
Delvin Reuter of Houston;
four sons, Melvin of La
Grange, Wilfred of Brenham,
and Otto Jr. and Milroy of
Houston; five sisters, Mrs.
Louisa Stoltz of Austin, Mrs.
Minnie Schott of Houston,
Of Freyburg Dies
Funeral services tor U*e R«v.
George C. Falsken were held
last Monday afternoon at the
Salem Lutheran church, Frey-
burg, the Rev. H. E. Baumann
of Schulenburg officiating.
Services were continued
Tuesday at Grace Lutheran
church at Mart, and burial
was in the Mart cemetery.
He passed away Saturday,
March 12, after a brief illness,
only a few months short of
completing a half century in
the ministry.
The Rev. Mr. Falsken, who
was 72, was bom at Falls City,
Neb., on Dec. 31, 1887, and
was united in marriage with
Miss Elso Kuehl at Riesel, Tex-
as, in 1913. He received his
ministerial training at St.
Paul college, Concordia, Mo.,
and Concordia Seminary, St.
La Grange Lass Is
Area 3 FHA Veep
| fijitit BwUsdk U Grunge
Future Homemakers of Amer-
ica chapter member, was elec-
ted first vice-president of Area
m, at the annual FHA con-
vention held at the Univer-
sity of Houston Saturday.
Miss Roitsch currently serves
as district vice-president.
Thirty-two La Grange chap-
ter members, along with three
mothers and Mrs. Frankie
Robson, sponsor, attended the
Houston meeting.
Prices Run Good
On Regular Sale;
Champions Named
A spirited auction sale suc-
cessfully closed the first of a
new series of Fayette County
Junior Livestock Shows at the
fair grounds here Friday night
with prices, although not of a
record - setting kind, running
good all the way through the
regular 75 sales.
Henry Holub’s grand champ
fat calf, a Hereford that weigh-
ed in at 846 pounds, was bid
in by the La Grange Livestock
Auction Co. at 51 f a pound.
A 100 - pound Southdown
cross lamb, sheep show cham-
pion and shown by Glen Op-
permann, was sold to La
Grange Super-Valu for 55f per
pound; Gussie Pietsch’s 194-
pound Berkshire barrow, the
swine show grand champ,
brought 08(* a pound from the
W E. Schulze Grocery; the
top single capon, a Dark Cor-
nish by William Prihoda, com-
manded $55 from Albers Hat-
chery; and Ralph Voss sold
his champion pen of capons,
also Dark Cornish, to Mayer’s
Dairy Mart for $45. All lads
are La Grange FFA chapter
members.
Sidney Holec, a Fayetteville
4-H club boy, sold his grand
champion pen of five Vantress
cross fryers to Von Mmden’s
Hatchery and Voskamp’s Meat
Market, Fayetteville, for $50.
Reserve champion sales in-
cluded: Leonard Jecmenek, La
Grange FFA, 775-pound Here-
ford fat calf to the First Na-
tional Bank of La Grange, 47^
5 (Wtmd; iTtalph Voss. 'La
Grange FFA, 91-pound lamb
to The First National Bank for
60«* per pound: Walter Taylor,
La Grange FFA, 210 - pound
Grabau To Address
TLC Ex-Student Meet
Mrs. Melinda Renck of Rio | Louis, and was ordained Oct.
Hondo, Mrs. Alfred Hardstack
of Carmine and Mrs. Julius
Bayer of Brenham; and 12
grandchildren.
4TH DEGREE TO MEET
The Bishop Odin General
Assembly, Fourth Degree,
Knights of Columbus, will
meet at the parish hall in
Smithville Thursday at 7:30
p. m. Following the meeting a
chili supper will be served.
LARGE CROWD DUE TUESDAY
FOR DAM PROJECT DISCUSSION
People from Austin to Co-
lumbus are expected here
Tuesday night when a full dis-
cussion is promised on the
proposed Columbus Bend dam
project.
Landowners, business men
and others who may be affec-
ted favorably or adversely, di-
rectly or indirectly, are ex-
pected to be on hand to get
the first authoritative informa-
tion yet released regarding the
project.
Because of the size of the
crowd expected, the La
Grange High school gym has
been engaged for the meet-
ing, which will get under way
at 7:30 p. m.
Chief speaker expected Is
W S Gideon of Austin, gen-
eral manager of the Lower
Colorado River authority,
which would operate and even-
tually own the dam’s facilities.
He has been described as the
man >vho knows most about
the project. He will present
the story and then hold a
question and answer session to
cover additional points.
Others expected are Max
Starcke, former general man-
ager of the LCRA, of Austin;
John Babcock. LCRA secre-
tary and public relations man,
of Austin (he is also secretary
of CRIDA); LCRA engineers
and at least four LCRA direc
tors.
The event is being sponsored
juinily by the La Grange Limit
club and the La Grange Cham-
2, 1910, at Immanuel Lutheran
church in Kansas City. His
■first charge was at Battle, Tex-
as, where he served as mis-
sionary-at-large for a year, and
later held pastorates at Abi-
lene, San Antonio, and Beem-
er. Neb., retiring in 1952.
Due to a shortage of minis-
ters, he came out of retire-
ment to accept the call to
Freyburg- in 1953, and had
been there since.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters,, Mrs. Cleo J. Steinke of
Mart, Mrs. Norris Maack of
West Point, Neb., and Mrs.
Delvin Kiesling of Pasadena;
and eight grandchildren. His
wife, a daughter and a son
preceded him in death.
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Enumerators Start
Training March 28
The Census enumerator
training period will start on
March 28 in the Fayette Coun-
ty Agricultural building.
Enumerator selection tests
for the La Grange area were
completed as of March 15.
HAVE BABY BOY
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sanders
Jr. of Texas City are the proud
parents of a seven pound 11
ounce baby boy born March
17. He has been named Scott
Harold T. Grabau, executive
Assistant in Development and
Public Relations at Texas Lu-
theran college, will be the
guest speaker at the annual
Fayette - Lee Chapter of the
Texas Lutheran College Ex-
Student Association banquet.
The meeting will be held on
March 28 at the Parkway cafe
in Giddlngs. The program will
get underway at 7:30 p. m.
Kermit Westerholm, Public-
ity Director at TLC, will also
be present at the annual affair
and will give a progress re-
port on TLC.
Officers of the chapter are
Rev. Fred Mgebroff, Giddings,
president: August Wolff, Gid-
diugs, vice-president; and Mrs.
A. M. Hannemann. Carmine,
secretary-treasurer.
Exes are reminded to make
their reservations by
(See SHOW, Page 2)
AUTOS COLLIDE
A 1951 Pontiac driven by
Elo Williams of La Grange
and a 1957 Chevrolet operated
by Alvin Blaha of La Grange,
Rt. 1, collided in Plum Sunday
about 9 p. m., but only minor
fender damage resulted and
none was hurt. Patrolmen N.
E. Purgerson and A. F. Hall
reported the two were com-
ing onto Highway 71 from op-
posite sides and, when both
started in the direction of La
Grange, the vehicles collided.
HERMANN SONS MEET
La Grange Hermann Sons
Lodge No. 8 held its monthly
meeting Thursday evening,
with a large crowd attending.
Following the business ses-
1 sion, all enjoyed a delicious
| chicken stew supper. The eve-
j ning was concluded in a fel-
i lowship gathering highlighted
j with an old-fashioned "gab
fest”
ST. PAT’S DAY BABY
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Prihoda of
Lake Jackson are proudly an-
nouncing the arrival of their
first chfld, a daughter, bora
to them in the Bellville hos-
pital on March 17. She weigh-
ed eight pounds three ounces
and will answer to the name
of Theresa Lynn. Mrs. Prihoda
is the former Mary Lee Kas-
miersky. Grandparents for the
first time are Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Kasmiersky and for
the ninth time Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Prihoda. Great - grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Vasek, all of Fayetteville.
SON ARRIVES
A son weighing seven pounds
five ounces was bom Sunday
at Fayette Memorial hospital
to Mr. and Mrs. William Cher-
ry of Muldoon.
CALENDAR DEADLINE
Raymond Lampe, president,
announces that Tuesday is the
March i absolute deadline to turn in or
Wayne. He was welcomed by j___________________ _____________________________
a little sister, liana Sue, age I 25. The price per plate is $1.50. j get listings for the high school
ber of Commerce. Everybody 3. The mother will be remem- Reservations are to he made 1 band's community birthday
interested is welcome to at- bered as the former Miss Wa- to Mrs. August L. Wolff, Box calendar for 1960-61.
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