The Fayette County Record (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 90, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XXXXU
LEPS SCORE EARLY, THEN HOLD
OFF CUBS TO WIN ’64 OPENER
Voss Tacks On AH
21 Points For LG;
Defense Brilliant
The La Grange Leopards
picked tip three first half coun-
ters, then held on with a fine
display of defensive work to
defeat the District 10-AAA
Branham Cubs, 21-0, before a
large season-opening crowd
here Friday night
One star shone brightly in
the Lep machine—that in the
person of one pint-sized senior,
Ronnie Voss. The 155-pound
squatty quarterback, who
stands but 5-6 in low-heeled
shoes, scored all three touch-
downs with gallops of 43, 33
and 30 yards, tacked on the
three extra points with boots
from placement, and had two
scoring plays called back.
The victory was a costly one
for the Leps, who lost the serv-
ices of both fullbacks. Jimmy
Giesber suffered a shoulder li-
gament injury that may keep
him out for six weeks and Joe
“Bubba” Hart sustained a hip
pointer which may sideline him
for the next game.
La Grange, which this season
pasttiines in District 19-AA, got
the show on the road nine min-
utes deep in the first period
The Cubs, deep in their own
territory thanks to a stiff Leo-
pard defense, quick kicked
from the 17 with the ball killed
on the LG 33. Voss dashed for
9 and Joe “Bubba” Hart smash-
ed for 15 more for a first down
on the Cub 43. Voss took it
from there and, behind two
fine blocks, outdistanced the
field to go over standing up.
Two plays after Brenham re-
ceived the ensuing kickoff, Lep
Back Edwin Bowles covered a
Cub fumble on the opponents’
42. An exchange of penalties—
and there were many—along
with two incomplete passes and
two line stabs by Tommy Ku-
bena put the oval on the Cubs'
33. Voss took the snap and
aimed for the sidelines, found
himself hemmed in by two
would-be tacklers, reversed his
field and literally sailed in for
the counter. His PAT attempt
hit the right goal post, then fell
over the crossbar for his second
successive conversion.
La Grange End Robert Tiedt
pounced on a Cub fumble ear-
ly in the second quarter, and
the Leps were in business a-
gain, this time at the enemy’s
30. On the first play from
scrimmage, Voss sa wdaylight,
picked up a couple of good
blocks and went in untouched.
He again booted the extra
point.
The Cubs, who found their
way into Leopard territory on-
ly twice in the entire first half,
got their best effort going in the
waning moments of the game.
The green and white got as
far as the LG 3R but ran out of
steam and La Grange took pos-
session on downs. However, a
Lep hall carrier muffed and
the Cubs recovered on the 37.
Three plays advanced to the 19
but a holding penalty returned
the pigskin to the 34. Then,
with the clock showing but se-
conds', Cub Don Schulz threw
deep in a final desperate effort
to get onto the scoreboard, but
Kubena was there to intercept,
and that was it.
Actually, the Leopards post-
ed two other counters but these
were called back because of
rule infractions. One came on
another scamper by Voss and
the other resulted from a Voss
to Malcolm Voelkel pass for 23
yards in Quarter No. 3.
Kubena and Jimmy Giesber
were other bright lights in the
LHS ball toting department,
but singling out star defensive
performers would be difficult—
suffice it to say that the entire
front wall played a whale of a
game. It held the Cubs to an
Journalism Student
Back From Scotland
Mrs. R. J. Watts of Houston,
accompanied by her daughter,
Ann, visited several days last
week with her brothers, John
L. Giese of West Point and Ed.
A. Giese of La Grange.
Ann has just returned from
Edinburg, Scotland, where she
had a scholarship for a course
in journalism. While there she
joined other students on a spe-
cial tour of several other Euro-
pean countries.
. A former employee of the
Houston Chronicle, where her
late father was city editor for
many years, Ann will now be
employed by the Fort Worth
Star Telegram.
Walter Weyand Sr.
Dies In Houston
Randolph Slates
Short Course On
Insects Oct. 5-8
LA GRANGE, TEXAS 78945 TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1964
I'BACK SCHOOL’ j
IS BATED HEREFayette H,) AKent
NUMBER 90
Fair Plans Begin To Shape
Funeralfor Walter Weyand
Sr., 71, will be held Tuesday
at 10 a. m. at the Von Minden
Chapel in Round Top with
Rev. James H. Watts, rector of
the St. James Episcopal j partHient of entomology at Tex-
urial will as a&Nj University, will be the
PAT HENRY
. . . Instructor
An insect control short course
for adult farmers will be held
Oat. 5-8 under sponsorship of
the Randolph High School vo-
cational agriculture depart-
ment, according to Supt. C. A.
Lemmons and Lorenza Crosby
Jr., Randolph vo-ag teacher.
Pat Henry, entomology spe-
cialist with the vocational ag-
riculture division of the Texas
Education Agency and the de-
church, officiating. Burial will
be in the Florida cemetery.
Mr. Weyand passed away
Sunday in Houston, where he
had made his home for the past
21 years. He remained at the
Heights Funeral Home there
until 3 p. m. Monday when he
was brought to Round Top by
Koenig Funeral Home which
conducted the services. He was
a native of the Nassau com-
munity near Round Top, where
he was born July 8, 1893.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Frieda Weyand; two sons. Wal-
ter Weyand Jr. and Jack Wey-
and, all of Houston; two broth-
ers, George Weyand of Round
Top and Ewald Weyand of
Warrenton; and four grand-
children.
instructor Mr. Henry, who has
completed his course work to-
wards a master’s degree in en-
tomology, has worked three
years with the entomology de-
partment at Texas A&M as a
graduate to research assistant
in the cotton program.
The course at Randolph will
be held each of the four eve-
nings beginning at 7:30 p. m.
It will be held in fKe Randolph
vo-ag building. During the
dates the course is in progress,
Mr. Henry will be available to
assist farmers with individual
problems and provide on-the-
farm instruction.
Those interested in attending
should write or call Supt. Lem-
mons or Vo-ag Teacher Crosby.
An entry fee of $2 will be
charged, and insect control
short course certificates will be
presented to each fanner who
attends all training sessions.
Mr. Henry said the sessions
back’’ fashion'Friday nighra't ed to the P™:
about 9 p. m„ found the MKT **™e” are faced
Trucks Too Tall—
Traffic Is Snarled
Two trucks, heading west on
State Highway 71 in “piggy
underpass east of La Grange a
bit too low and the incident
snarled heavy pre-Labor Day
traffic for about a half an hour.
Officers were called out to
direct traffic so the trucker
could back up sufficiently in
order to lower the vehicle
which was atop the one he was
driving The “piggy back”
truck had wedged under the
railroad track structure.
After the mission was ac-
complished, normalcy was re-
sumed and damage of any large
amount was averted.
with in their community, dis-
cussing the insects causing such
problems and the insecticides
needed to do the job.
LEAVE FOR IOWA
Mr. and Mrs. E T. Rohwer
left Friday on a three-week va-
cation trip to Iowa where they
will visit with relatives On
September 14 they will join
other members of the family in
Schleswig, Iowa, to celebrate
the 92nd birthday of Mr.
THURSDAY EVE
Serving, Music
By Band, Faculty
Introduction Set
The La Grange public
schools annual Back to
School night program, sponsor-
ed by the Parent-Teacher As-
sociation, will be held this
Thursday night. Sept. 19, be-
ginning at 6 o’clock.
The event will again be stag-
ed between the high school
building and Leopard Lounge
and gets underway with the
serving of refreshments. P-TA
officers said homemade ice
cream would be available for
15*. cake for 20e, sandwiches
for 20f and cold drinks for lOf.
The high school band, under
the baton of Director Wilbur i
DPS Director Urges
Early Inspection
Mrs. Virginia Owen of Schu-
I lenburg will become Home De-
j monstration agent of Fayette
county on Sept. 21.
i The announcement was made , ... .
| his week by the F’ayette eoun- jOt Motor \ ehicIeS
II y commissioners’ court and
Miss Leola White, district a-
gent of the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service. County Ex-
tension personnel, they ex-
plained, are joint employees of
the county, state and Federal
government and are supervised
by the district agents.
Mrs. Owen replaces Mrs.
Nettie Mae Freudenberg, who
resigned on;Jan. 20, 1964-
The new agent is a native of
San Patricio county and a gra-
duate of Southwest Texas State
college, San Mareos, with a
bachelor of science degree in
home economic^ She has been
an Extension Service employee
as junior assistant Extension a-
gent in Bastrop county since
June 16 of this year. Mrs. O-
assignment in Bastrop
TADA DIRECTOR
VV. Johnson, will provide music. counj vvill be completed by
The introduction of teachers ’ gept jg
will take place starting at I p. j Mrs. Owen is the wife of Dr.
m., after which all of the <’le-r G owen_ veterinarian of
mentary school classrooms will Schulenburg, and they are the
be open for visitation until 8
o’clock.
The P-TA invites all parents
and friends to come out for, this
once-a-vear occurence.
Swiss Alp Church
Women Hold Meeting'1 inurCrimes l,P
August, Sheriff
parents of three sons. Jerry,
Wayne and Ricky. They are
members of the First Baptist
church in Schulenburg and are
active in community, church
and civic affairs.
The Lutheran Church We
men of the Philadelphia Lu-] states ln Report
theran church, Swiss Alp, held
;£
their regular meeting Thursday
afternoon at the parish hall.
The devotional was led V?
Mrs. Robert J. Kallus, and the
topic was “Concern.” Mrs. Gus
Foerster, Mrs. John Graeter
and Mrs. Walter Wagner as-
sisted. Pastor Hoick led in the
discussion that followed.
The meeting was called to or-
der by the president, Mrs. John
Graeter. Mrs. Elmo Minzenme-
yer reported on the “Lutheran
Women” magazine. All other
committee reports were given.
Final plans were made for the
“Family Night” tor Sunday,
Sept. 6, at the parish hall for
the congregation. Slides on the
Holy Land were to be shown
following the meal.
The evening group had a nice
attendance at their last meet-
ing, and Clara Hoitsch led the
topic for devotions.
SPENDS LEAVE HERE
SP4 Eugene J. Pietsch spent
his 16-day leave from Fort
Stewart, Ga., here with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pietsch
and other relatives.
ATTENDING UT
David Schwegmann and
Rohwer’s mother. Mrs. Kath- Clinton Taylor Jr. are attend-
erine Rohwer I ing The University of Texas.
Col. Homer Garrison Jr., di-
rector of the Texas Department
of Public Safety. announces
that the time has arrived for
Texas motorists to have their
vehicles inspected again.
Garrison said Sept. 1 marked
the beginning of the 1965 vehi-
cle inspection period as pre-
scribed by the Public Safety
Commission. As in previous
years, the period will end on
April 15, 1965.
“This means that between
now and April 15, 1965, more
than 5,200,000 Texas registered
vehicles will have to be inspect-
ed at the 5,200 official inspec-
tion stations in Texas,” he said-
Garrison urged motorists to
have their vehicles inspected in
the routine visits to garages for
ordinary maintenance and -e-
pairs and thereby eliminate the
necessity of having to wait in
line at a later date for an in-
spection sticker. He further
pointed out that with the ever
increasing number of vehicles
registered in Texas, it is becom-
ing ever more difficult for the
motorist to get an inspection
sticker without some delay.
“With the hard summer driv-
ing coming to an end, fall is an
excellent time to have vehicles
safety checked for the winter
months ahead,” Garrison said.
In announcing the new in-
spection period, the Public
Safety director pointed out that
vehicle inspection in Texas has
apparently been a valuable tool
in reducing traffic accidents
due to vehicle defects. When
compulsory vehicle inspection
began in 1951. 19 per cent of all
vehicles involved in fatal acci-
dents had a defect that contri-
buted to the accident, while in
1963, that percentage had been
reduced to four per cent. In
non-fatal accidents, vehicle de-
fects as a contributing factor
were reduced from 20 per cent
in 1951 to five pre cent in 1963.
H. A. Frede of La Grange
Motor Co. has been honored
with appointment as an area
director of the Texas Automo-
‘Mounted’ Square
Dancers Added;
Fine Parade Looms
Another entertainment fea-
ture was added the weekend
for the 37th annual Fayette
County Fair, scheduled here
Friday through Sunday, Sept.
18-19-20.
That is the Sealy Mounted
Square Dance team, which will
perform during the two night-
ly rodeos scheduled Saturday
and Sunday. The group is re-
ported by those who have seen
it as a top entertainment at-
traction and one that is sure
to be a crowd pleaser.
As last year, the colorful
fireworks displays will again
be offered all three nights -
Friday at 8:30 p. tn., and Sat-
urday and Sunday at 10 p. m.
Meafiwhile, the first entry
has arrived for what is believ-
ed will be another outstanding
DEALER AIDES MEET RAMBLER OFFICIAL
Me'#/ ‘ - '■
We were pretty busy this
month, had a lot of minor cri-
minal cases and collectwUqurte
a few fines and fees. Also in-
vestigated a lot of minor acci-
dents-
Now for a few of the daily
highlights of our activities:
Aur. t. 2. Call to Ellinger. one
jailed for no driver's license, nnd
weekend patrol One Jailed for dis
turbing the peace from Schulen-
burg.
3. One drunk railed and calls to
a minor accident.
4. 5. Serving citations ill Flatouia
area and routine work.
6. One deputy to San Antonio
with a mental patient.
7. Call to Schulenburg for inves-
tigation.
8. Four jailed this date, one DWI
and three drunks
9. One Jailed by Fritz from Schu-
lenburg for burglary. Calls to two
accidents, four people taken to hos-
pital. they were not too badly in-
jured.
10. Trip to Schulenburg for in-
vestigation. also call to another
wreck.
11. f took a prisoner to Austin
for a polygraph test, this means a
lie detector test.
12. Serving citations at Schu-
lenburg, and one drunk Jailed
t3, 14. One drunk jailed and trip
to Austin on business.
15. One jailed for DWI and one
for investigation.
18. One Jailed for traffic violation
and routine work
t7. One Jailed for DWI and serv-
ing Civil papers
18. One drunk Jailed.
19. One Jailed from Schulenburg
for investigation.
20-21, Serving more civil papers I
and routine patrol
22. 23, Eight Jailed, two for da j
magtng property and six for fight j
Ing and disturbing the peace and j
several others arrested j Following is the 1964-65 La I 1965.
2C Filing complaints and having ( Grange High schoo| calendar | Jan
1 ’".V 2fi. One jailed Tor dl.turWng as announced by school offici-
als last weekend:
with TADA officers and board
of directors on legislation, high-
way safety and research de-
signed for the benefit and pro-
tection of Texas motor vehicle
buyers.
Mr. Frede, who will serve as
TADA area director until the
association’s 1965 convention
next May, has been a Ford dea-
ler continuously since 1921 and
is one of the oldest Ford dealers
in all of Texas.
ATTEND FORI) SHOWING
While on their Eastern US
vacation trip recently, Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Frede attended the
showing of the 1965 Fords at
the Coliseum in New York City
on Aug. 26. Thirty-five profes-
sional actors participated in the
showing, which was in the form
of a musical. Earlier there was
a cocktail party and dinner for
Ford dealers and their wives
from 11 districts, followed by a
business meeting at which Lee
1. Coca, general sales manager
of Ford Motor Co., was in
charge-
Pilchiek Funeral
In Austin Tuesday
Funeral services for Ben A.
Pilchiek, 57, will be held at 10
a. m. Tuesday at Hope Luther-
an church in Austin, Rev.
Charles Reichert officiating.
Burial will be in Capital Mem-
orial Gardens.
Mr. Pilchiek, a carpenter and
an Austin resident for 28 years,
passed away in a hospital there
Saturday.
Survivors include his wife;
father, Bernard Pilchiek of
Winchester; son. Raymond of
Austin; two brothers, John Pil-
chiek of Winchester and Jess
Pilchiek of Brenham; two sis-
ters. Mrs. Annie Blazek of
Bellville and Mrs. Elsie Raska
of Brenham; and a grandson.
tive Dealers Association. TA-i livestock show. It is for eight
DA is a statewide organization I head of purebred sheep, filed
with a membership of more Harold Tietjen of San Mar-
than 1,400 franchised new car cos-
and truck dealers. As an area. Fair officials said the dead-
director, Mr. Frede will advise line for livestock pre-entries i..;
next Monday, Sept. 14.
Plans for staging another
colorful opening day parade al-
so have been inaugurated. Par-
ade Chinn. Charlie R. Giesber
the weekend sent mail invita-
tions to no less than 30 area
chambers of commerce and
school bands, and it is deem-
ed sure that most will respond
favorably. Floats, commercial
units, posses and the like are
urged and invited, “whether
you received a mail invitation
or not,” the chairman said.
All of the judging this year
will take place the first two
days of the fair, thus avoiding
the necessity for Sunday ex-
hibit appraisals. This will be
the stock judging slate:
Adult dairy-—a one-day show
this year—at 1 p. m. Friday.
Sheep, goat and beef cattle
at 9 a. m., junior dairy judg-
ing contest at 11 a. m„ junior
dairy animals at 1:30 p. m. and
swine at 2 p. m. Saturday.
Women’s department entries
will be placed beginning at, 10
a. m. and poultry exhibits at 2
p. m. on Friday.
Season tickets, good for all
three days of the fair and sell-
ing for $1, are now available.
They may be obtained from
Secy M. J. Pechal at the Alfred
W. Gau Insurance office at 218
W. Colorado.
TRAINS IN GERMANY
Army Pvt. Melvin G. Roeder,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald
Roeder, Schulenburg, particip-
ated in a week-long field train-
ing exercise near Bauntholder,
Germany, ending Aug. 29. Roe- '
der is a 1963 graduate of Bishop
Forest High school.
Ending With Grad Rites!
LA GRANGE HI CALENDAR TOLD
| the peace and nerving civil impers
27. 28, Inventigatlng «everal mi-
nor accidents and office work
29. Seven Jailed, three for dia-
| Mulling the peace and fighting, two
drunk*, one DWI and one for aa
•mult to murder; five othera ar-
reated. minora drinking beer.
30. Schulenburg and Flatonla for
inveatlgation.
31. Filing complaints and court
tilain
We handled 36 prlaonera through
the lull thla month and collected
$1.068 70 in flnea and fees for the
county.
Sincerely.
T J. Flournoy. Sheriff
and Deputies.
First Semetcr.
Sept. 7—Labor Day, holiday.
Sept. 14-18—Three weeks’
test week.
Oct. 5-9—First six weeks’
test week.
Oct. 9-—End of first reporting
period.
Oct. 14—Report cards issued. ' porting period.
7, 8 and 11—Third six
weeks’ tests.
Jan. 12-15—First semester
examinations.
Jan. 20—Report cards issued.
Second Semester.
Jan. 18—Second semester
begins.
Feb. 1-5—Three weeks' test
week.
Feb. 12—End of fourth re-
-Three weeks’
OUTHOUSE BURNS
Above are Janssen Bros.,
attaches of La Grange
even 100 yards rushing, with were in Dallas recently to meet
61 of them registered in the se- with top American Motors
cond half L*\ Grange gained Corp executives at the com-
(See FOOTBALL, page 2) pany’s dealer conference. They
are, from left, Gene Antosh.
sales, E. J Goerig Jr., parts.
Allan Mueller, sales, and Be-
nedict Kallus, mechanic. Cen-
ter is American Motors Chair
man Richard E Cross.
Mueller said that, on the ba-
sis of Rambler’s 1965 product
program and a booming auto-
mobile market, new sales re-
cords are anticipated for this
fall and winter.
Oet. 26-30
! lest week.
Nov. 11—Veterans' Day, ho-
| bday.
Nov. 16-20— -Second six
weeks’ test week.
Nov. 20—End of second re-
porting period.
the NoV. 25—Report cards is-
Gua- | sued.
Thanksgiving
A small outhouse at
Henry Petty place on E.___
dalupe St. brought firemen I Nov. 26-27
scurrying at 1:30 p. m. Friday j holidays.
The building burned to the ; Dec. 7-11—Three weeks' test
ground, but firemen said the j week
ioss was minor A carelessly Dec 23 through Jan. 1, 1965
tossed cigarette butt was said I Christmas holidays,
to have been the cause of the ! Jan. 1, 1965—End of third re-
blaze, the second of a like na-1 porting period,
ture here in recent months. j Jan. 4—First day of school in
Feb. 22-26 - Fourth
weeks' test week.
March 2—Texas Indepen-
dence Day, holiday.
March 3—Report cards is-
sued.
March 12—TSTA District 12
convention at Victoria, no
school.
March 15-19—Three weeks’
test week.
March 26- End of fifth re-
porting period.
April 5-9—Fifth six weeks’
lest week.
April 14—Report cards is-
sued.
April 16-19—Easter holidays
(See CALENDAR, page 2)
Hy. (Mace) Schneider
Buried Here Monday
Henry (Mace) Schneider, 62,
was found dead in bed early
Saturday morning, having died
in his sleep.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at -10 o’clock
at the Koenig Funeral Home
chapel with the Rev. H. T. Fla-
chmeier officiating. Burial was
in the La Grange City ceme-
tery.
Mr. Schneider, who was an
employee of the State High-
way Maintenance department
for 41 years, was born at Wei-
mar on November 4. 1901. a
son of the late Frank and Car-
oline Neiser Schneider. On
April 6. 1929 he was united in
marriage with Mrs. Eddy
Prause Goldammer. He made
his home in La Grange for the
past 43 years.
Survivors include his widow
and one son, David, both of La
Grange: one step-daughter,
Mrs. Herbert A. Wessels of San
Antonio; three sisters, Mrs
Mary Zapalac of Alice, Mrs. A1
Behrens of Eagle Lake, and
Mrs. Louise Huepers of Wei-
mar; four brothers, Charles
Schneider of Houston, Ed
Schneider of Gidtlings, Joe
Schneider of Galveston and
William Schneider of Falfur-
rias; and four grandchildren.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smidovec
of Elllnger are the happy par-
ents of an eight pound daugh-
ter bom at Fayette Memorial
hospital Thursday She has
been named Sheryl Lynn.
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