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THE FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD
SECTION 1
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 XXXII
LA GRANGE, TEXAS.
TUESDAY, DEC. 22, 1953
NUMBER 15
BOARD CALLS
NEW GROUP FOR
PHYSICAL TESTS
Thirty Five Will
Report; Fayette
To Send 13 Men
Thirty-five young men from
Fayette, Austin and Colorado
counties have been ordered by
Draft Board 44 to report here
for forwarding for pre-induc-
tion physical examinations on
January 4.
Thirteen are from Fayette
county, 12 from Colorado and
ten from Austin.
Listed alphabetically by
counties, they are:
Fayette: Joward Bollar Jr.,
Rt. 1, West Point; Florence
Bruno Christ, Schulenburg;
Bennie Emil Divin, Ellinger;
Charles Cranston Drisdale, La
Grange; Leo Raymond Hrom-
iidka, Rt. 2, Weimar; Frederick
Gene James, La Grange; Elwin
F. Jarmon, Rt. 4, Schulenburg;
Carl Walter Kasper Jr., Win-
ehester; Loyd Kirby Reuter,
Rt. 1, Round Top; Hilton Leon-
ard Schiincke, Rt. 3, Schulen-
burg; Louis Frank Simek, Rt.
1, La Grange; Tommy Alvin
Vinklarek Jr., Rt. 3, Flatonia;
and Edward John Zatopek, El-
linger.
Austin: Charles Herman
Balke, Industry; Thomas Hen-
ry Brune, Rt. 2, Sealy; Manuel
Campos, Rt. 3, Sealy; Robert
Ralph Chumley, Rt. 3, Sealy;
Wilbert Louis Gross, Rt. 1,
New Ulm; Leroy Haynes, Rt.
2, BeMville; Elroy Herman
Holtkamp, Rt. 2, Sealy; Roger
Maynard Lubojasky, Rt. 1,
Bellville; Victor William Svo-
boda, Rt. 1, Wallis; and Leon
Dell Wittenburg, Rt. 2, Sealy.
Colorado: Kenneth Earl
Brune, Garwood; Kervy Ar-
thur Kahlden, Rt. 2, Weimar;
James Douglas Kallina, Gar-
wood; Joseph Albert Korenek,
Rt. 1, Garwood; LeeRoy Lewis
Lundquist, Garwood; John
Mahalitc Jr., Eagle Lake; John
Henry Maples, Glidden; Alvin
Joe Sodolak, Eagle Lake; Wil-
liam Henry Thompson, Rt. 2,
Columbus;. Charles Theodore
Trefny, Rt. 2, Weimar; Johnnie
Joe Vak-har, Rt. 1, Weimar;
James Allen Vasek, Rt. 3, Wei-
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The season’s best wishes are extended to our sub-
scribers, advertisers, correspondents and friends every-
where.
THE RECORD PUBLISHERS AND STAFF
SCHOOL CENSUS
IN JANUARY
Fayette county residents who
have children of school age are
reminded by Co. Supt. Fritz
Lobpries that the school census
will be made in January in-
stead of March.
Census enumerators include:
J. G. Banik, Round Top-Car-
mine; Frank Heger, Pecan;
John Stryk, Praha; Gilbert
Keilers, Cistern; Elo Rohde,
Fayetteville; Joseph F. Janda,
Hostyn; Frank S. Muras, Hos-
tyn; C. A. Lemmons, La
Grange; E. E. Plowman, Fla-
tonia; and Arthur Winklemann,
Schulenburg.
The official “family census
blank” warns that “it is illegal
to enumerate a child except in
the district of legal residence.”
Month-Old Baby
Taken By Death
Funeral services for little
Mallory Fay Kaltwasser, baby
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mal-
colm Kaltwasser of La Grange,
whose death occurred Friday
at Fayette Memorial hospital,
were held at St. Paul’s Luth-
eran church here Sunday at 2
p. m., with the Rev. H. T.
Flachmeier officiating.
Mallory Fay had reached the
age of one month and 13 days.
In addition to her parents,
she is survived by a Sister,
Donna Gale.
Burial was in the city ceme-
tery, with services under di-
rection of Koenig Funeral
Home. s 'at-. '
Schools Announce
Holiday Period
Students of all La Grange
schools, both public and paro-
chial, are, like Santa in the
“Night Before Christmas”
poem, getting set to settle
down soon for “a long winter’s
»»
nap.
At La Grange high, Supt. C.
A. Lemmons reports that the
Christmas holiday season for
students starts Tuesday, Dec.
22, with classes being resumed
on Monday, Jan. 4. 1716 same
dates will be observed by Her-
mes Elementary and Randolph
high.
At Zion Lutheran, students
will recess starting Wednesday
afternoon, Dec. 23 and classes
start again on Monday, Jan. 4,
the Rev. H. A. Traugott re-
ports.
Sacred Heart school, Rev.
S. A. Zientek says, will start
its “Christmas vacation” Tues-
day, Dec. 22 and will resume
operations on Monday, Jan. 4.
Cpl. F. C. Weishuhn
Now* In Korea
Army Cpl. Florenz C. Weis-
huhn, 23, whose wife, Jacqua-
lin, lives at 1234 W. Pierce,
Houston, recently % joined the
2d Infantry' Division in Korea.
The “Indianhead” division,
which captured Heartbreak
Ridge and Old Baldy, is now
undergoing intensive post-
truce training.
Corporal Weishuhn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Florenz Weis-
huhn. Route 2, Fayetteville,
entered the Army in May and
receive! basic training at Fort
Knox, Ky.
ON LEAVE HERE
2nd Lt. Daniel J. Kallus ar-
rived here Saturday from Fort
Henning, Ga. to spend his 18-
dgy delay enroute with his
foot her, Mrs. Rita Kallus, and
other relatives.
La Grange Band’s
Paper Drive Over
The La Grange High School
band’s paper collection was
ended Monday when shipment
was made of 23,000 pounds as-
sembled over the past two
weeks or so.
Margie Morris, president of
the band, said that no further
collections would be made.
She expressed appreciation for
the fine cooperation given by
the public.
Christmas Is Here!
Jaycees Start Yule Program
The spirit of Christmas was
in definite evidence here, start-
ing Friday night, when the La
Grange Jaycees began their an-
nual program of playing re-
corded Yule music from the
courthouse, filling the air with
traditional and pleasing carols,
via a public address system.
The music will be offered
through Wednesday, Dec. 23, it
was reported by Jaycee Prexy
Walter Oeltjen.
An additional Christmas ac-
tivity will be Christmas carol-
ing by all volunteer singers of
this area who wish to partici-
pate. They are asked to report
Wednesday night, Dec. 23 in
front of the Nativity scene on
the courthouse lawn at 6:30 o’-
clock. Plans are to serenade
with appropriate Christmas
carols, the Fayette Memorial
hospital, the county hospital,
and those who reside at St.
Anthony Rest Home.
Another Christmas activity
for the Jaycees is sponsorship
of a Christmas lighting contest,
based fundamentally on out-
door lighting, however, takes
into consideration in judging,
indoor lights which may be
seen from the home’s windows.
1954 Chevrolets
‘Come To Town’;
Get Good Reception
TTte new 1954 Chevrolets
“came to town” here Friday
and Saturday and were given
an enthusiastic reception by
hundreds of area residents, in-
cluding more than 800 people
Friday.
Free coffee and doughnuts
were served, balloons were
given to the youngsters and
perfume to the ladies, accord-
ing to Manager Ed Meyer.
On display here in the big
showroom of the Brasher Mo-
tor company is a beautiful tur-
quoise-colored Bel-Air four-
door Chevrolet; ah “India
Ivory” colored two-door Bel
Air; and a “Two-Ten” four-
door, with power-glide, and
sporting a color of shore-line
beige.
Declared Manager Meyer,
“More power, an extension of
the automatic transmission op-
tion to all Chevrolet cars, and
design revisions to accentuate
the low, flowing beauty of the
three body series are high-
spots this year. The latest
models provide re-styled in-
teriors, a wider choice of rich
colors and color harmonies,
plus chassis advances to as-
sure quieter operation with in-
creased performance.
“Power brakes, adding safety
(See Chevrolet, Sec. 1, Page 5)
Solicitors Reports
Show Over $400
In Boy Scout Drive
Although the campaign is
not yet complete, more than
$400 has been collected thus
far to aid the Boy Scout pro-
gram here, it is reported by
Frank J. Kana.
Solicitors have included
Geo. Lauterstein, James Reese,
Ike J. Petras, Walter Oeltjen,
L. J. Schroeder, John C. Mar-
burger, Fritz Lobpries,, Walter
Mueller, Amos Pavlik, C. V.
Creuzbauer and Ffrank J.
Kana.
La Grange Scouts are a part
of the Capitol Area Council,
'with headquarters in Austin,
v£iich has a trained staff to di-
rect volunteer leaders, coordi-
Three $5 prizes are being of-
fered for the best Nativity
scenes and two $5 prizes for
those of other types. Judging
will be held between 8 and 10
p. m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23,
and all contestants are asked to
notify Jaycee Secretary Ike J.
Petras by 6 p. m., Dec. 22, if
they wish their entry to be
judged.
Coupled with Christmas
lights which have been installed
in the business district by the
city; the Nativity scene on the
courthouse lawn which was
erected by Chromcik council,
Knights of Columbus; and the
numerous Christmas programs
which will be presented by the
varied churches of this area, it
is safe to s*y that La Grange
will radiate the spirit of Christ-
mas.
Waldeck Lutheran
Church Observes
Fine Homecoming:
Despite inclement weather,
the homecoming celebration of
the Waldeck American Luth-
eran churchj which included
dedication services of ap an-
nex, was a Stahdout success
nate the program, and reach and attracted a large crowd of
120 SHS Students Participate
Full House At Program
A record-breaking crowd that
filled the auditorium to over-
flowing was entertained by the
children of Sacred Heart school
when they presented their an-
nual Christmas program Sun-
day night.
A highly entertaining varie-
ty of plays, skits and songs was
offered to an appreciative aud-
ience which the Rev. S. A.
Zientek, pastor, described as
being the largest ever attend-
ing a similar event.
Greetings were offered at
the opening by Catherine Bol-
fik, and Edward Schultz was
emcee.
Numbers included a song,
“Christ, the King,” by the up-
per grades; “The Children's
Polka,” danced by the girls of
Grades 3 and 4; “Don’t Tell Me
It’s Christmas,” a play by the
primary and intermediate
grades; “Bang Goes Christ-
mas,” a play by the upper
grades; closing remarks by the
pastor, expressing appreciation
for the fin^ ‘ turn-out; song,
“Here Comes Santa Claus,” by
all the school’s students, while
Santa Claus v ’de his entrance
from the rear j» the hall and
personally greeted the little
tots.
All the numbers were ably
presented and were well re-
ceived. Many of the characters
showed noteworthy talent.
Distribution of gifts, which
were made possible by the
P-TA and others, was person-
ally made to all the school chil-
dren by Santa who also had
bags for all the kiddies.
Hie auditorium was lavishly
decorated in the Christmas
theme, with trees, colored
lights and other ornaments be-
fitting the season. ' u*
an increasing number of boys,
to provide them with Scout
training.
More than 15,000 members
were served during 1952 and it
is anticipated that 20,000 will
be in the 1953 program.
Mr. Kana said solicitation
would continue until all* pros-
pects have been contacted.
Ixmgtime Dairyman
Joins Hagler Firm
H. C. Jorgensen, a native of
Vejle, Denmark with 30 years
of dairying exjJerience to his
credit, has been added to the
staff of La Grange Feed &
Farm Supply, it is announced
by J. A. Hagler, owner and
operator of the business.
Mr. Jorgensen came to the
U. S. A. in 1947 from Denmark,
along with their daughter,
Kirsten, who is now employed
in Fort Worth. They settled
that year in Wisconsin where
he was in the dairy business
for four years, after which he
moved, with his wife and
daughter, to Fort Worth. In-
cluded among his years of ex-
perience in the dairying busi-
ness were six in South Ameri-
ca.
He assumed his new job here
on December 1 and is now
busily engaged in installing
equipment for milling and mix-
ing feeds for patrons of La
Grange Feed & Farm Supply.
The new equipment is expect-
ed to be placed in operation
shortly and will be a definite
added service for those who
trade there.
HAVE BABY GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Alois Janda
are the happy parents of a four
pound eight ounce baby daugh-
ter who arrived Saturday at
Fayette Memorial hospital.
Frank P. Czichos, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Meek and Diana
and Roland of Waco and Mr,
and Mrs. Wade Curruth o(
Oklahoma City stopped here . .
Sunday for a visit with Mr. and; ni*ht' I'pc
celebrants Sunday.
A beef and barbecued saus-
age dinner was enjoyed and an
interesting program was pre-
sented.
I Principal speaker was the
Rev C. N. Roth of Seguin; Rev.
A. T. Kluge, Waldeck-Car-
mine pastor, offered the invo-
cation and benediction; and
the Carmine junior choir pre-
sented, under direction of Mrs.
W. F. Graeber, one song and
the host choir, another.
The afternoon program in-
cluded musical presentations
by the Walhalla community
choral group, under direction
of Mrs. R. C. Hinze; by the
Warrenton church choir, under
direction of T. R. Keilers; and
the Waldeck church choir.
History of the Waldeck
church dates back to Dec. 10,
1899 when it was first organ-
ized. First councilmen to serve
the congregation included:
Martin Guehre, president;
Louis Schwarz-Buehler, secre-
tary; Emil Schumann, treasur-
er; Rudolph Manske and Paul
Schumann.
Others present at the first
meeting, who signed the con-
stitution, were: Arthur Schu-
mann. Ed Wenzel, John Albers,
Gus Wermeister, William Pet-
zold, Fred Kaiser, Henry Mein-
ers, Eilert Mueller, Henry
Koopmann, A. Kelm, Laura
Meiners, Gerhard Spt'ckels,
Peter Wolf, Johan Baartx, Wil-
helm Suez, Wilhelm Frosch,
Louis Zwememantt, Gustav
Zwememann, Wilhelm Albers,
Wilhelm L e n z, Friedrich
Schultz. Heinrich Kruse and
Fred Alrichs. %
Of these charter members,
four survive: Mrs. G Wehr-
meister, William Petrold. Fred
Kaiser and Louis Zweme-
mann. None was able to be pre-
sent for Sunday’s celebration
Patronage of the public was
appreciated, report officials,
who invite all t<^ their annual
Christmas program Monday
. s£. at 7:30. The
CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM IS
SUPER EVENT
Band, Students,
Pantomime Thesis
Entertain Crowd
Attracting the largest crowd
this reporter has even, seen in
the La Grange High Gym, the
Christmas pantomime, “And A
Small Child Shall Lead Them,”
was presented here Friday
night, with students of all
grades in both La Grange and
Hermes Elementary partici-
pating.
Particularly outstanding was
the narration by Barbara
Haluska, whose perfect enun-
ciation and verbal poise would
have matched a professional.
Also on the super-duper list
was the playing of the La
Grange High Band, under the
capable direction of Ernest
Clark. Their renditions were
excellent and pleasing. Selec-
tions included “White Christ-
mas,” which opened the pro-
gram; “Children’s Prayer From
Hansel and Gretel”; “Santa
Claus Is Coming To Town”;
“Jingle Bells”; and several
other appropriate numbers.
Also worthy of orchids was
the playing of piano-accom-
panist, Carolyn Sue Galla-
more, who recorded a grand
performance.
Principal idea of the panto-
mine was to prove to the “big
men” of the world that peace
was possible in this universe.
Four nations’ leaders were
finally convinced by the end
of scene three. The foursome
included Johnny Vacula in the
role of Malenkov of Russia,
Dale Mitchell as “Uncle Sam,”
U. S. A., Leslie Blume Jr., as
Laniel of France, and Bobby
Mueller as Churchill of Eng-
land.
Customs of observing Christ-
mas were paraded by the fol-
lowing "countries” as repre-
sented by the students of the
two schools: Mexico, Bngland,
Holland, Norway and Sweden,
Germany, Czechoslovakia and
the United States.
An added attraction was the
singing of both the senior
chorus and the junior chorus,
the latter composed of students
In the fifth and sixth grades
Christmas music was featured
excellently.
William Kelly and George
Hatfield served as assistants
for the lighting effects and
Mefle Faye Koenig was in
charge of properties.
To grasp the significance of
the choirs’ performances, there
were 49 voices in the senior
group and 23 in the junior or-
ganization. They sang superbly.
A one sentence summation
of the entire performance was
that it was a standout enter-
tainment, perfectly performed,
with plenty of good music, and
appropriate costuming.
Burglars Back Again,
Invade Morgan Store
NEXT ISSUE
DAY EARLY
As previously announced,
the next issue of The Re-
cord will be printed on
Wednesday to assure de-
livery to area subscribers
before the Christmas holi-
day. Ad or news copy in-
tended for that issue must
be in a full day before
usual deadlines.
Friday, Saturday
Holidays Here
Both Friday and Saturday—
Christmas and the day follow-
ing—will be observed as holi-
days in La Grange by most
business places and offices.
The days are listed on the
city’s holiday calendar which
is followed by the majority of
local establishments.
K. of C. Christmas
Party Set For 28th
The annual Christmas party
of the Knights of Columbus will
be staged Monday night, Dec.
28, starting at 7:30 at the
American Legion hall here.
Santa will arrive at 8 p. m.
and a dance is scheduled to be-
gin at 9 p. m., with music by
Use’s orchestra.
Twenty five door prizes will
be awarded and the party will
be held, rain or shine.
Members are Urged to attend
and to bring their friends.
Mrs. John F. Czichos while Sunday school and choir will
enroute to Corpus Christi. present the entertainment.
La Grange KJT
Re-elects Officers
The local branch of the K. J.
T. held its quarterly meeting
Sunday at which all present
officers were re-elected for the
coming year.
They are: Frank M. Cerno-
sek, president; F. W. Psencik,
1st vice president; E. S. Kovar,
2nd vice president; Willie Vi-
tek, secretary; John P. Vacula,
treasurer; and Frank J. Hana-
cek, financial secretary.
The meeting voted to again
become a member of the Na-
tional Alliance of Czech Catho-
lics for the coming year.
A donation of $10.00 was
made to the K. J. Z. T. toward
the erection of a home for the
aged.
Cash By-Passed, I'f
Mens’ Clothing,
Stolen At Plum
For the .third time in four
days, burglars struck in Fay-
ette county, this time entering
the Morgan Mercantile com-
pany at Plum and escaping
with a quantity of merchan-
dise. The burglary occurred
Thursday night or early Friday.
Stolen were: 12 dozen khaki
pants; 8 dozen khaki shirts; one
dozen khaki jackets; a quantity
of shoes and an undetermined
amount of hats.
Paradoxically, the burglars
didn’t bother an open cash
register which contained ap-
proximately $30. •
Hugo Mueller, wholesale
breadman, discovered the bur-
glary early Friday morning
when he made his regular visit
to the mercantile company. The
front door had been forced
open, Mueller told the sheriff.
Monday night, Fayette coun-
tv had two other burglaries:
$300 worth of eggs were stolen
from in front of the La Grange
Poultry & Egg company and
$167 was taken from the H. K.
Jones drug store at FlatQnia,
plus a quantity of narcotics,
after the invaders had “blown”
a safe.
Sheriff Jim Flournoy and his
deputies are busily engaged in
attempting to solve the three
law violations.
John Walker, 65,
Dies At Weimar
John F. Walker, 65, Colorado
county rancher, oilman, lum-
berman and lifetime resident of
Weimar, died in the Youens
hospital in Weimar late Satur-
day after suffering a stroke
last Monday.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker; two
daughters, Mrs. Preston Shat-
to of Columbus and Mrs. Mary
Beth Houchins of Weimar; sis-
ter, Mrs. W. J. Wirtz of Aus-
tin, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
in Weimar Baptist church with
Rev Howard Parshal, pastor,
and Dr. Norman L. Roberts,
pastor of -Columbus Baptist
church, officiating.
MRS. RAINOSEK DIES
Mrs. Mary Rainosek of the
Hostyn community, \yho has
been seriously ill at Fayette
Memorial hospital for some
time, passed away early Mon
day. Further particulars were
not available at press time.
Pvt. Wayne Schmidt of Fort
Bliss, El Paso, arrived Sunday
to spend 15 days with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallie
Schmidt near Fayetteville.
ON FURLOUGH
Cpl. Bernard Krystinik of
Brooke Army hospital, who re-
cently returned from Korea, is
spending a 21 day furlough
here with his wife and other
relatives.
Doubly Honored!
LOCAL AIRMAN NETS LAURELS
HAVE BABY SON
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Mazoch
of Weimar announce the ar-
rival of a son bom on Dec. 18,
at the Youens hospital in Wei-
mar. The young fellow weighed
six pounds seven ounces. He
was named Bruce Michael.
Mrs. Mazoch is the former Miss
Bernice Jecmenek of Plum.
Airman 2/c Glenn F. Dick-
erson, 23-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. F. Dickerson of
La Grange, who has been in
Northern Japan for 30 months,
has received two recent high
honors.
Glenn has been promoted to
the “next higher grade” on
orders from Lt. Col. Joseph J.
Fields, Base Dental Surgeon.
Among the complimentary re-
marks relative to the promo-
tion were: “He is a quiot, plea-
sant, young man. eager, alert
and full of youthful enthusi-
asm; he expresses himself clear-
ly, is loyal and dependable,
performs his routine assign-
ments with skill, ewe, intelli-
gence, and keen sense of ut-
sponsibility; he dresses very
neatly, conducts himself in an
exemplary manner; he is very
cooperative, uses good judg-
ment . . . displays commendable
initiative; his morals and habits
reflect a credit to the service;
and his overall capability is
excellent.”
An added honor was that
Glenn was chosen as “Airman
of the Month" for October and
was given time off to fly to
Southern Japan to see a big
football game.
Baaic qualities which deter-
mine “Airman of the Month”
are:, "military hearing and
discipline; military courtesy;
personal neatness and clegnli-
(See AIRMAN, Seo. 1, Page 5)
COMPLETES COURSE
Pvt. Larry Polasek, son of
Rud. Polasek of Ellinger, has
completed the Turret Artillery ,
Mechanic Course No. 4 at The
Armored School at Fort Knox,
Kv. This course is used to train
enlisted personnel to perform
organizational maintenance on
power traverse, turret mount- *' (
ed weapons, unit small arms,
turret mechanisms of tanks and
and other combat vehicles.
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Monday, Dec. 21, 1953
The following prices were
paid in La Grange on the above
date and are subject to market
changes. Eggs and poultry
prices are those paid by pro-
duce dealers.
Cotton, middling ___________ 32:25
Hens ........ 21c
Fryers--------------24c to 25c
Eggs:
Grade A, Large .... 47c to 53c
Grade B.............42c to 45c
Grade A, Small.... 30c to 35c
Grade C _______________ 20c
Roosters ....... - 10o
Sweet Cream:
Direct Shippers___ .. . 50c
Sour Cream:
Direct Shippers , 45c
Station-------------— 42c
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