The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1963 Page: 1 of 4
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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 XXXXII
LA GRANGE, TEXAS (In tua Heart of GRID Aland), FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 1963
NUMBER 9
LEPS RIDE 4TH
PERIOD SURGE
TO 46-33 WIN
LHS Drops Bisons
With Two-Platoon
Plan; B’s In Loss
A fourth quarter surge, dur-
ing which the purple and gold
sank 24 points, netted a going-
away 46-33 triumph for Har-
vey McNeill’s La Grange leo-
pard eager* over the Giddings
Buffs in the opening game of
tl»e season here Tuesday night.
Tlie t$jps saw an 18-15 half- |
time lead fade in the third can-1
to when the Bisons forged to a
19-18 load with six minutes to
go. Giddings lengthened the
distance to 29-22 in the early
stages of quarter No. 4. then,
three quick LG field goals nar-
rowed it fo 28-29 with 5:04 left
on the clock.
Tommy Kubena dropped in
two foul shots for a 30-29 Leo-
pard go-ahead and the signal
for things to come. Larry Jas-
ter bucketed a couple of two-
pointers, David Schultz con-
tributed two gratis tosses and
a crip to spread the gap to 38-
29
By this time the pace began
to tell on the invaders as La
Grange sent its second pla-
toon into action. David Frit-
suh, diminutive Ronnie Voss
ami lanky Malcolm Voelkel ac-
counted for 8 more in fast
fashion while holding the Buffs
to 4 in the final three minutes-
Kin LueXge emerged is top
Lep pointmaker witii 9, while
Jaster wound up with 8 and
Jerry Call and Schultz ac-
counted for 6 apiece. Rueben
Coleman amassed 13 to pace
the losers’ cause.
Giddings copped the opening
“B” game by 50-42 and also
was ahead, 23-20. at the mid-
point. Roy Maas tallied 16 and
Bruce Frenzel, 12, to pace the
I,ep Bees in the curtain raiser.
Friday night La Grange goes
to Carmine to tangle with the
RT-C Cubs in a double bill.
VOELKEL HEADS
LG QB CLUBBERS
Aubrey D. ‘‘Red’’ Voelkel
was elected president of the
La Grange Quarterback club at
the final meeting of the season
at Cottonwood Inn. He suc-
ceeds Charlie R. Giesber as the
local QB chief.
Others elected were W. P.
Glaiser. first vice president:
Dr. E. L. Fitzpatrick, second
vice president; and Dr. C. Gar-
rette Ray, treasurer.
Quarterbacks expressed
thanks to Leopard Head Couch
Torn Bain brick and his aides
for a “job well done” in the
football season just ended and
Mr. Bam brick, in turn, ex-
pressed his staff’s gratitude to
the club for its invaluable as-
sistance over the campaign.
SANTA MAKES DEBUT ON DEC. 14
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Santa Claus will make his annual triumphant debut here
Saturday morning, Dec. 14, his arrival to be replete with
sirens screaming and a band a-playin’. Santa will be escort-
ed to town at 10 a. m. by the peppy La Grange High School
band under Wilbur W. Johnson’s direction, the impromptu
parade circling the square before he disembarks to shake
hands with the hundreds of youngsters who’re expected to
be on hand.
The jolly old gent’s visit is again being sponsored by the
La Grange Chamber of Commerce.
Three Tourneys Included
LEPS’ CAGE SLATE ANNOUNCED
Following is the La Grange
Leopard's basketball schedule
for the 1963-64 cage season.
The slate includes three invi-
tational tournaments, ten non-
league and If). .District 21-AA
contests.
Hie slate:
Former Rep. Spacek
Claimed By Death
"e™ show Cottoit Quota Referendum Set Dec. 10
ARE ANNOUNCED
ODHS Reelects;
Plans Yule Party
President Raymond Lampe
presided at the Nov. 21 meet-
ing of La Grange Lodge No. 8
ODHS at which all officers ex-
cept one were reelected The
three-year term of one of the
finance committee members
having expired, Kermit Moel-
lenbemdt was chosen for this
task
Mrs. Kermit Moellenbemdt
was initiated into the lodge.
Plans for the annual Christ-
mas dinner for all members
and their families were discus-
sed and the date was set for
Dec. 12.
General Agent Ben Andreas
brought greetings from the
Grand Lodge headquarters He
stated that the organization
had again oversubscribed the
quota in the membership cam-
paign of the three-month per-
R. B. Spacek of Fayetteville,
long-time public official and
businessman before his retire-
ment, passed away at the Col-
onial Rest Home in Schulen-
burg late Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Spacek was 79.
The deceased began his poli-
tical career as justice of peace
at Fayetteville, after which he
served several terms in the
Texas legislature as represen-
tative from this district. He
was also engaged in the insu-
rance business for many years.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 10 a. m. at his home,
and continued at the Fayette-
ville Catholic church.
Trail Rider Dance
Slated At Flatonia
A trail riders’ dance, featur-
ing continuous music from 8 to
1 by The Velvets and the John-
nie Holub Orchestra, will be
held at the Flatonia American
Legion hall Saturday night,
Nov. 30.
Western, old standard and
twist tunes will be provided
by The Velvets, and old-time
polkas and waltzes will be of-
fered by the Holub band.
An ad in this isBue further
details the event.
Nov. 26—Giddings here.
Nov. 29—Round Top-Car-
mine at Carmine.
Dec. 3—Schulenburg there.
• 'Dec. 5-6-7—-Blum touma-
"'d,,
Dec. 12-13-14—Weimar tour-
nament.
Dec. 17—Bastrop here.
Dec. 20—Bastrop there.
Dec. 23—Gonzales here.
Dec. 30—Gonzales there.
Dec. 31—Caldwell here.
Jan. 2-3-4—Navasota tour-
nament.
Jan. 7—Caldwell there.
•Jan. 10—Tomball here.
•Jan. 21—Katy there.
•Jan. 24-—Sealy here.
•Jan. 28—Columbus there.
•Jan. 31—Tomball there.
•Feb. 4—Bellville here.
•Feb. 7—Katy here.
•Feb. 11—Sealy there.
•Feb. 14—Columbus here.
•Denotes district games.
All contests, not counting the
tournaments, are doublehead-
ers with the “B” games sched-
uled for a 6 p. m. start.
30 Fayette Folk
Have 148 Entries
At Display Here
Following is the remainder
of the list of winners in the
county wide pecun show staged
here Saturday, along with the
number per pound and percen-
tage of kernel content:
Mahan—*fl4rs. Gerhard Wiet-
ing. La Grange R4, 2nd, 41 and
57; Mrs. Don Nagel, Round
Top. 3rd, 42 and 57.
Success—Frank Willmann,
La Grange 2nd, 37 and 53.6;
Mrs. Wieting, 3rd, 36 and 52.6.
Schley—Leonard Baca, El-
linger, 2nd. 56 and 57.7; Rev.
John Anders, Cistern, 3rd, 64
and 58.1.
Desirable — Leonard Baca,
2nd, 49 and 53.1; Harry Vogt,
La Grange, 3rd, 39 and 52.1.
Delmus — Mrs. Fritz Ruck-
ert, La Grange, 2nd, 42 and
47.3; Howard Fuchs, Carmine,
3rd, 60 and 43.5.
Stuart—Howard Fuchs. 2nd,
48 and 48.6; Lloyd Ullrich,
Carmine, 3rd. 55 and 48.5.
Burkett—Teddy Reichert,
La Grange, 2nd, 41 and 54.8;
Schroeder & Kallus, La
Grange, 3rd, 44 and 56.2.
Evans — Schroeder & Kal-
lus, 2nd, 60 and 56.1; Mrs.
Wieting, 3rd, 62 and 56.1.
Roth—Schroeder & Kallus,
2nd, 57 and 49.5; Frank WLlI-
mann, 3rd. 58 and 47.2.
Commonwealth Schroeder
INJURED IN FALL
Fritz von Mindcn, who lives
on S. Jefferson St. in La
Grange, sustained several bro-
ken ribs when a limb of a pe-
can tree on which he was
standing to thresh pecans
broke and he fell to the ground
at about 11 a. m Monday. He
was taken to Fayette Memo-
rial hospital, where he is now
recovering.
& KiUlu.-,, 2nd. 70 and 58.
$ohr<wvhv >•'- K
2nd, 81 and 55.4.
Slybert—Frank Willmann.
2nd, 58 and 59.5.
Texhan — Frank Willmann,
2nd, 55 and 50.8.
Willmann—Frank Willmann.
2nd, 66 and 58.
Mosty — Frank Willmann,
2nd, 47 and 51.1.
Halsly — Schroeder & Kal-
lus, 2nd, 59 and 52.1.
(See PECANS, Page 2)
Bible Reading Plan
Enters 20th Year
Residents of La Grange this
week were being urged by the
Rev. Paul A. Grout Jr., minis-
ter of the Travis Street Me-
thodist church, to join millions
of people on every continent
in observing the 20th anniver-
sary of Worldwide Bible Read-
ing.
This year’s theme is “The
Word of Truth ”
The program is to start with
the reading of the 100th Psalm
on Thanksgiving Day, and will
be climaxed by the reading of
the Christmas Story from the
Gospel of Luke on Christmas
Eve.
Farther particulars will be
presented in the next issue.
Newsletter Gives
1964 Feed Grain,
Other ASCS Data
The 1964 grain sorghum and
corn reduction program will be
basically the same as in 1903,
according to a newsletter by I
the Fayette county ASCS of- !
See.
Feed Grain Program parti-
cipation will agaun be volun-
tary. A farmer nVay divert 25
acres or 50 percent of his es-
tablished base and he will re-
ceive the maximum payment
on all of the diverted acreage.
The sign-up period will be
from Feb. 10 through March
27, 1964.
Other notes from the news-
letter:
The 1963 wool program will
close as of Dec. 31. All appli-
cations for shorn wool and un-
shorn lamb incentive payments
should be filed by Dec. 31 of
this year.
ACP practice payments are
now being made. The amount a
farmer receives on each prac-
tice is approved by the county
ASC committee. Funds also
are still available lor the win-
ter legume practice, but the
deadline for planting is almost
at hand—Dec. 1,
The committee is still taking
applications for grain sorghum
to be delivered from govern-
ment stock stored in the ware-
houses in La Grange—Fayette
county having recently been
added to the emergency live-
stock grain program. An eligi-
ble livestock owner may pur-
chase grain sorghum for his
liquidation lioid at a reduced
price.
There is, as yet, no hay be-
ing offered under this pro-
gram. the letter noted.
Owners and operators whose
fanning operations will change
in 1964, because of sale or pur-
chase of land, should report
such change to the ASCS.
Honor Banquet Set
By Bishop Odin KC’s
Bishop Odin Assembly of
the Fourth Degree, Knights of
Columibus, will have a presen-
tation banquet at the La
Grange Sacred Heart cafeteria
on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.
m., in memory of one of its de-
ceased members, Charles E.
Ebner.
The Assembly will present a
chalice with appropriate in-
scription thereon, to Mrs.
Charles E. Ebner. of Smith-
ville. Mrs. Ebner, widow of the
late Sir Knight Ebner, will, in
turn, present this chalice to
the Austin Diocese. The Dio-
cese will give the chalice to
some needy church within or
without its domain. Some of
these presentations have gone
to such far away places as Af-
rica and South America.
FIVE REASONS FOR LEP CHEERS
Vu i
I
Pictured here as they stand
in front of the attractively de-
corated “Leopard Line-up”
stage at Saturday night’s foot-
ball banquet are the five new-
ly-elected Leopardette cheer
leaders for 1963-64.
They are, from left, Kay
Schultz, Betty Schulz, Head
Leader Darla Dippel, Carol
Schaefer and Sharon Gebert.
The banquet was held in the
school cafeteria under spon-
sorship of the Leopardettes,
with approximately 300 people
in attendance.
- Record Photo.
First Of A Series—
‘26 DAYS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA’
Shop Earlu...Mail Earli)
CARMINE NEW8
By Mm. flmo Noth
Breaks Arm
Paul Wolff had the misfortune to
fall backward from a step and
fracture hi* left wrlat. The acci-
dent happened at the high school,
where he la custodian
mu.Tic Prom Koapiiai
A. H Ullrich returned to tils
home here one day laat week after
he had been a medical patient In
the Vltlrov hospital In Rrenham tor
oyer a week.
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USE /ip coot TO SPIED’
YOUR CHRISTMAS MAIL
FOR LA GRANGE ... 78945
(Editor’s Note: Joe Muras,
Shiner insuranceman who is
well known in Fayette county,
has written an absorbing nar-
rative on his observations
while on a trip to Europe ear-
lier in the year. Because of its
general interest, The Record is
reproducing Mr. Mura*’ story,
and the first installment ap-
pears here:)
l will tell you wbeut my 36
JC’S WILL PLAN
LIGHTS CONTEST
La Grange Jaycees will meet
in regular session Monday
, night. Dec. 2 at 7:30 p. m., rt
] the VFW home, according to
I Secy. Jack Scharnberg.
Finalizing plans for the an-
nual Christmas home lighting
I contest will be the chief busi-
ness item on the agenda. After-
ward John Pace, Social Securi-
ty field representative, will
present a 30-minute program
on Social Security.
Beef stew will be served,
and members' are asked to
bring bowls and spoons, Mr.
Scharnberg said.
Thanksgiving Day
Service At St. Paul
Intern Gary Brurts will deli-
ver the Thanksgiving Day mes-
sage at an 8:15 a. m service
Thursday morning at St. Paul’s
Lutheran church. He will base
his message on Deuteronomy
8:1-20, and develop the theme,
"Not Once a Year Day."
^^HPastor H. T Flachineier will
Faithful Navigator Lester H. i conduct the liturgy. The senior
Zapalac respectfully invites all
Fourth Degree Knights' of Bis-
hop Odin Assembly and their
families to this banquet.
choir, under direction of Leslie
Blume, will sing “Now Thank
We All Our God.” The offering
for the day has been designat-
ed for the work of The Lutber-,
an Welfare Society of Texas.
As a novel and convenient
gift this Christmas, give meat,
advises Ed Uvacek. livestock
marketing specialist at Texas
A&M University.
Chistmas shopping can be
Cliburn Concert
Slated In Austin
Van Cliburn, the Texas
world famous pianist, will ap-
pear in concert at the Austin
Municipal Auditorium on Fri-
day, Dec. 6 at 8:15 p. m.
Tile lanky young artist who
burst into international fame
on winning the Tschaikowsky
Competition in Moscow in
1958. comes to Austin during I
his annual sellout trans-con- ! made eusv and friends will ap-
tinental tour. ! predate this tasty gift, he says.
Tickets and mail orders for i The National Livestock and
this attraction are on sale at Meat Board's Gift Certificate
Blomquist-Clark, 617 Con- program gives you the oppor-
gress and Hemphill’s No. 2 j tunity to support the livestock
industry and at the same time
save time and effort during the
Christmas season, he says.
Attractive gift certificates
for all meat, or specifically for
beef, lamb or pork, are avail-
able in any amount the giver
wishes to purchase. These full
color certificates are for all
day trip through Europe.
I spent 26 days in Czechoslo-
vakia. I was very glad that,
during the 54 years that I have
been in America, 1 was able to
visit my birthplace again.
Three years ago, I had three
brothers there and one sister,
but this time, I had only one
brother and one sister. You
know, where you were born
and 'where you made the tirst
steps in your life, no matter
what kind of home it is, it is
always dear to you. And this
home is always dear to me. It
wasn’t so easy for a 16-year-
old boy to say goodbye to fa
Meaning Of ‘Yes,’
‘No’ Vote Defined
By ASC Chairman
The meaning of a “yes” or&l
“no” vote in the Tuesday, Dec.
10, referendum on cotton mar- ,
keting quotas has been ex-
plained by Anton Novak, chair- -
man of the Fayette county Ag-
ricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service commit-
tee.
All farmers who engaged in
the production of upland cot-
ton in 1963 are eligible to vote
in the referendum.
The chairman explained the
basic choices as these:
First, if at least two-thirds
of the growers who vote ap-
prove ,qf quotas, then the quo-
tas will be in effect for the
1964 upland cotton crop, Also,
marketing penalties will apply
to any “excess” cotton produc-
ed on a farm, and price support
at a level within the range of
65 to 90 percent of parity will
be available to farmers who
comply with their farm acre-
age allotments, he said.
On the other hand, if more
that one-third of the growers
who vote in the referendum
oppose the quotas, then there
will be no quotas, no penalties
would be applicable to the 1964
upland cotton crop, and price
support to farmers who com-
ply with their farm acreage al-
lotments will be available at 5tQ
percent of parity, as directed
by law.
Allotments are not affected
by the outcome of the ba Hol ing,
Mr. Novak, explained They
will remain in effect, whether
or not quotas are approved, as
a means of determining eligi-
bility for the available price
support.
The chairman pointed out
ther, mother, brothers, sisters that, while the Secretary of
Agricultue is directed by law
to proclaim quotas for the next'
crop when the total cotton sup-
ly exceeds normal, it is the
growers themselves who decide
whether or not quotas shall
be used.
Allotments' for individual
farms will be made available
to growers prior to the Dec. 10
referendum, said local ASCS
Office Mgr. Kenny L. Stork.
arid friends, and leave for A-
merica. But I thank God that
He gave me enough wisdom
and foresight that I could tell
them goodbye and leave for
this country. 1 still think that
this is a wonderful country.
The conditions in Czechoslo-
vakia are much worse than
they were three years ago.
They are short of meat, pota-
toes, milk, butter and eggs.
They had a severe winter there
last year, and lots of potatoes
froze in the cellars.
A few years ago, when the
government took the land a-
way from the farmers, all the
children left their homes to
work in the factories, stores
and coal mines. There was no
one there to work the land. The
government worked the land
with tractors, but they all
needed manpower. So now the
government is sending doctors,
dentists, lawyers, clerks and
factory workers to work on the
farms. They are not interested
in farming. If they pick straw-
berries, they pick rotten straw-
berries with the good ones, full
of sand. If they pick cherries,
they pick them with little
(See TOUR. Page 2)
Novel, Convenient Gift
GIVE MEAT AT CHRISTMASTIME
2501 Guadalupe,
IT’S A GIRL
A bsby daughter, named
Shirley Lynn and weighing
five pounds 12 ounces, was
horn at Fayette Memorial hos-
ital Monday to Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Fritseh of El linger.
practical purposes a check
that can be redeemed in the
form of meat purchases at re-
tail meat markets. The retail-
er clears the check through his
local bank as he would any
other check.
No storage. transportation,
delivery or buying problems
are encountered with this type
of Christmas gift and it costs
only 15 cents per certificate,
says Uvacek.
For those interested in pur
chasing this uniquely modem
type Christmas gift, write for
an order blank to National
High
Local High School
Band Scores First
In XY'H Marching
The La Grange
School band rated a first divi-
sion by all three judges in the
Region XVII marching con-
tests held Tuesday at House
Park in Austin.
Joe Bellemah of Texas A&I
at Kingsville, Eddie Galvan of
Miller High at Corpus Christi
and G. Gilligan of Kermit High
school, who served as- judges,
were high in their couunenls a-
bout the local hand.
Their remarks included:
“This is a ‘real’ band, I am
very impressed . good en-
trance, good take-off and very
nice marching; this is a good
group; you can be proud of
yourself ... a nice bund; con-
gratulations to you on a fine
Other bands scoring first di-
vision in Class AA were Fre-
dericksburg and Lockhart, and
Giddings got a second divi-
sion. An area Class A band
meriting a first was Weimar,
while Bastrop scored a second
and Smithville a third division.
ELLINGER NEWS
By Miss Nunry Kochi
Day Of Mourning
The little city of Kllinger joined
the many other town* in TaxU
and over the nation In paying thetr
respect to onr late President lohn
P. Kennedy by suspending their
business and pausing in silence
while services were held Monday—
the day of mourning as proclaim-
“d hy President l.ymlon H John-
Livestock and Meat Board, 36 son The streets were deserled and
South Wabash Avc , Chicago, «v*who ‘,0"ld f"H»wed the
HI (See ELLINGER, Page 2)
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