The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1958 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUME LXXIX
LA ORANGE. FAYETTE COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1*58
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(By the Editor's Wife)
Everybody seems “busy as a
/‘bee” of late, what with family
reunions, feats, weddings, par-
ties, ad infinitum. Lots of va-
cationers, too. Mr. and Mrs.
“Smiles” Anders are enjoying
r trip to Chicago—due back
this week. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Ehlers will leave within the
next few days for Lubbock, and
while there, will go to Albu-
jquerbue to visit daughter Mar-
jorie. (We’re expecting to hear
some good, good news within
the next week or so from the
Rev. and Mrs. Albert Sydney
Tippit in Lubbock, who will
present Mr. and Mrs. Ehlers
with their first grandchild).
__AJ8 —
k Circle 2 of the Women of the
Church of the First Presbyteri-
an Church in La Grange honor-
ed Mrs. Troy Jarvis, wife of
their new minister, with a coke
party Tuesday morning. These
ladies, who are always so
clever and artistic with their
decorations, did it again this
timet They centered a red and
white checked table cloth with
a big bouquet of reAand-yel-
lew zinnias, and served (he
"cokes from a red ice bucked.
Their guests were the entire
membership of Worn** of
the Church organization.
_aJB —
It’s so nice to * hear that
Charles Plumlee. who broke his
thigh on March 4, will be able
to discard his cast next Monday.
Charles, undaunted by the hea-
vy cast which covers one leg
tind the lower half of his body,
manages, with the aid of crut-
ches, to play ball, and have a
good time in general. His mo-
ther, Mrs. Ruby Plumlee, is just
as happy as he that he will soon
be running around again as
good as new.
_ AJS —
Joan Janssen returned home
>on Monday of this week from
Bracken ridge Hospital in Aus-
tin whore she recently under-
went leg surgery. From what
we hear, Joan has been a model
patient, keeping cheerful and
being very brave. Lots of us
grown-ups could take a lesson
from the youngsters when it
comes to enduring illnesses,
don't you agree? Anyhow,
we're mighty glad she's home
ami doing so well!
_AJB —
, Mrs. Ben McCormick surely
should have some kind of me-
dal for her achievement in de-
signing and creating the anni-
versary cake served at the gol-
den wedding celebration of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Tiemann. We have the cake
described elsewhere in this is-
sue, so won’t go into full de-
rails—but her idea of placing
on the cake a ceramic rose for
each member of the family—
with the roses graduated in size
according to age—and pink for
the ladies and girls, blue for
the men and boys—well, isn’t
that something! She plans to
place the roses for each family
on a decorative plate which
i they can keep as a memento of
the occasion.
_AJB — ,
Speaking of talented people—
Mrs. Ollie Snipes, of Royal
Crown Bottling in La Grange—
is just a whiz with flower ar-
ranging. She can take a handful
of assorted garden flowers and
with a few deft touches, arrange
them into a beautiful bouquet.
rfWe get about as far as sticking a
few blossoms Into a vase -and
they look "stuck'').
AJB -
Pickle making time is in full
swing hereabouts. We are In re-
ceipt of a recipe from that gen-
The American Legion Baseball Nine of La Grange. Coach is Frank Kana, former University of Texas ace and local insurance man.
Front row, left to right are Gary Koopmann, Royce Raschke, J. C. Roberts, Edward Matocha, Larry Wilson, and Johnny Lee Zbra.
neR Back row, left to right, Danny Rosenberg, James Karstedt, Glenn Pavlik, Eugene Niemeyer, Ernest Kallus, Lee Allan Wiemken,
and Stanley Schmidt.
Buddy Futschik was absent when the photo was made. ,
Walter P. Freytag Morgan Mercantile Co. Completely
Modernized; To Have Open House
(See AJ8, Page 12)
Installed Master
Of Local Ma^ns
The La Giange Loa'je No. 3*
A.F. and A. M., held fheir In-
stallation of officers on Tues-
day evening, June 24 at 8:00 p.
m. in the Masonic Hall in La
Grange. '■
Walter P. Freytag was in-
stalled as Worshipful Master.
Serving with him for the forth-
coming year will be L. A. Due-
wall, Senior Warden; James
Brown, Junior Warden; Ben
Diebel, Treasurer; Jack Bur-
ket, Secretary; W. B. Winn,
Senior Deacon; Dr. Leland F.
Zatopek, Junior Deacon; John
Roper, Senior Steward; Daniel
Freytag, Junior Steward, Frank
Gemar Chaplain, and Wesley
Steinmann, Tiler.
' Installing Officer was M.
F. Dickerson, with Roy Giese
serving as Installing Marshall.
The Morgan Merchantile Co.
of Plum is announcing its for-
mal opening fallowing a com-
plete renovation of its facilities,
Will Morgan stated this week.
The all-new store now features
complete self-service and is air
conditioned for the shoppers
comfort.
Morgan Merchantile Co. is
celebrating this week end, Fri-
day and Saturday, June 27 and
'V
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Rev. T. Jarvis Has
First Sermon Sun.
The Rev. Troy Jarvis, new
minister at the First Presbyte-
rian Church here, delivered his
first sermon Sunday morning at
11 oclock. Rev. Jarvis and his
family are residing at 258 E.
Crockett St.
Rev. Jarvis come here from
Lubbock where he was pastor of
the Grace Presbyterian Church
for two years. Before then, he
was minister of education for
four years at the First Presbyte-
rian Church at Odessa. He is a
native of Crockett.
The Jarvises have three child-
ren, Troy 17, who will be a sen-
ior this fall; Pauline 12, who will
be in the eighth grade and Rich-
ard 6, a second grader.
Schaefer Baby
Services Wed.
Funeral services will be held
today (Wednesday) at 4 p. m.
from the Koenig Funeral Home
Chapel for Sheldon Wade Schae-
fer, three month old son of Mr.
and Mrs. George T. Schaefer of
La Grange.
The baby passed away June 24
in a Houston hospital.
Survivors include the parents,
one sister, Sharon Kay Schaefer;
three brothers, Norman Dale
Beaman, George T. Schaefer, Jr.
and Douglas F. Schaefer. The
baby’s grandmothers, Mrs. Hilda
Sanders of La Grange and Mrs.
Meta Siebel of Ellinger, alao sur-
vive.
Rev. H. T. Flachmeier will of-
ficiate and burial will be in the
La Grange City Cemetery.
ASC Announces
Loan Rate On
Grain Sorghums
The Fayette County loan rate
on grain sorghums was an-
nounced Monday by Kenny L.
Stork, of the local Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
office. It is $2.50 for 1958,
which is approximately the
same as it was last year.
Mr. Stork stated that this
year the loans may be made by
banks. This was not true last
year, as all of the loans were
made directly with the ASC of-
fice. Mr. Stork stated that he
had not contacted All of the
banks in Fayette County, but
he felt confident that moat of
the banks would want to han-
dle the loans. In the event
banks refuse, loans may still be
made direct as they have been
before.
LA GRANGE JOURNAL
can supply your needs in
MnUng —
Offier Supplies *
28, by featuring special bar-
gains.
Irt addition, the* big open
house will be held all day Sat-
urday, June 28. A total of 20
door prizes will be offered, ac-
cording to Mr. Morgan, and
there is no obligation. All you
have to do is go by this, modern
store in Plum Saturday and re-
gister. You do not have to be
present to win.
Mr. Morgan extends a cordial
invitation to the people of this
area to visit his new, modern-
ized store in Plum Friday or
Saturday. The readers atten-
tion is called to a quarter-page
ad in this issue of the Journal.
Directors Mtke
Hans For Fair
A meeting of the directors of
the Fayette County Fair Associ-
ation was iyeid on June 19.
The members discussed plans
for a new combination lunch
counter-HD kitchen which is to
be erected in time for this year’s
fair, September 18-20. Definite
plans, however, will not be com-
pleted until a report is received
from the HD council.
The admission price for the
fair was set the same as last
year, 50c for adults and 25c for
children. There will not be a
charge for parking autos.
Other matters were also dis-
cussed.
Eli Rubin Will
Be Speaker For
Annual Banquet
Eli Rubin of Hallettiville,
past district governor of this
district, will be the principal
speaker at the installation din-
ner of the local Rotary Club
Thursday night. J. Hudson Mo-
yer will be installed as presi-
dent for the next year.
Other officers to be installed
are Erwin Francke, vice presi-
dent, and Lloyd E. Moore, Sec-
retary - Treasurer. Directors
are: Weldon Chambers, the Rev.
Raymond Durst, Joe V. Kana,
Dr. Floyd Gunn, and Milton
Pechal. Mr. Rubin will also
serve as Installing officer.
The installation dinner will
be held in the Burgundy Room
at Cottonwood Inn Cafe, on
June 26, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
The menu will consist of salad.
T-bone steak, potato, drink and
desert with other food garnish-
ments.
The opening and closing ce-
lemony will be handled by the
present Rotary president, Aub-
rey "Red” Voelkel, who will
also introduce’ the visitors and
ghests. The Rev. Raymond
Durst, vice president of the La
Grange RotarUns, will present
the new officer* and Lloyd
Moore, Secretory - treasurer,
will give a review of the past
year’s activities.
The Stardusters and the Boys
Trio will pe presented by .pp-
Bald Dopslsuf, past vice presi-
dent The songsters and music!
ans will furnish entertainment
L. E. von Rosenberg, pest pre-
sident, will introduce Mr. Ru-
bin. J. Hudson Moyer will give
a brief address after the in-
stallation.
At the regular meeting of
the La Grange Rotary Club
last week, Lloyd E. Moore and
J. Hudson Moyer, delegate and
alternate respectively, to the
Rotary International Conven-
tion which was held in Dallas,
gave a short report on the pro-
ceedings of the convention.
Eli Rubin, of
who is past District
will be the
the installing officer Thursday
night when the La Grange Ro-
tary Club installs officers tor
1958-59.
Trail Riders
Set For Annual
July 4 Ride
The VFW Trail Riders will m-
gain make its traditional ride
before the July 4 celebratiow
here in La Grange, accordinc
to trail boss .Tex Mayer.
The schedule has been an-
nounced as fpllows:
July 3: meet at the Fair-
grounds for a chicken stew and!
western dance at the VFW Halt
July 4: leave early in the
morning, riding acroas country
to arrive at Hostyn at noon.
Here the Trail riders will meet
the Schulenburg Trail Riders-
The two groups will return to
La Grange via U. S. Highway
77, arriving hare in time to par.
tieipate in the July 4th paradhr
In the afternoon.
Mr. Mayer stated that there
will be no registration fee, bat
everyone who wishes to accom-
pany the ride must have hffe
own horse.: ’ *
of La Grange i
Also re-elected were H. A.
Frede Sr., vice president; Edgar
Roitsch, secretary; George HaJ-
ovsky, treasurer and Monroe HL
Tolle, director and manager.
All the directors were also re-
elected.
After touring the warehouse
premises, the stockholders re-
ported that they were well pleae-.
ed with the modern plant.
Monroe Jnrk Of Warda Honored As
Conservation Farmer - Of - The - Year
Monroe Jurk has been named
Conservation Farmer of the
Year in Fayette County. He
was presented a plaque by the
La Grange Lions Club Presi-
dent Gilbert Mueller last week.
Mr. Jurk is the third genera-
tion of Jurks to manage a 570
acre farm in the ‘Lost Pine A-
rea” of Texas, 11 miles north
of Lq Grange. The farm was
settled by his grandfather in
1850. Monroe’s father and he
were both born on the farm.
Mr. Jurk states, “There has
been about 400 acres in wood*
land and 170 acres in cultivated
crops and range pasture on our
farm for more than 100 years.
Woodland has always played an
important part in our farm en-
terprise. Some of the first tim-
ber cut was used to build our
home. Prior to 1906 our logs
were hauled to one of the early
mills in this area”. After that
they purchased their own mill.
August and Monroe Jurk, who
operated the farm together un-
til 1954, made application to
the Bastrop-Fayette Soil Con-
servation District for assistance
in terracing in October 1953.
This initial request led to a ba-
sic conservation' plan in 1955.
The present plan was developed
by Monroe and T. O. Williams.
Work Unit Conservationist at
the time.
Gathered information indi-
cated that the pine on this soil „
would yield 400 board feet per . ’
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. ■ '+ ... » it Rft
acre per year. Information also
indicated that this pine should
be cut once each eight years. In
the process of developing the
woodland part of the conserva-
tion plan Monroe recognized
that thinning, improvement,
cutting, and harvest cutting
practices were needed. About
50 acres per year seemed to be
an adequate work load. The 398
acre woodland tract was divid-
ed into eight equal fields and
schedules made for cutting.
The work plan consists of
leaving good quality seed trees
to make minimum openings of
100 feet; select harvesting of
trees from areas where repro-
duction Is already established;
and the salvaging of dead or
dying merchantable trees.
In addition to his timber con-
servation program, Mr. Jurk al-
so grows corn, hay and peanuts.
Twenty head of beef cattle
graze in his range pasture.
The La Grange Lions Clqb
each year. The Journal l
that this is the first
"tree farmer” has been j
ored.
The ASC Committee will en-
courage landowners in tha Lost
Pina Area to do more woodland
Conservation, adding to their
ACP program a Timber Stand
Improvement practice in which
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