The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1958 Page: 5 of 12
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Theodore E. Mfrffrak-; &**>
School Airman Recruit enlisted
in the U. 8. Navy last weak.
His parents Mr. and Mrs. John
Konvicka reside at HR No. 2
Fayetteville, r * \naxsd!
Theodore is now attending ba-
sic training in the U, S. Naval
< Training Center, San Diego, Co-
lifornia. On completion of nine
weeks basic training Theodore
will attend navy service school
within the naval aviation field.
Chief Raymond J. Batla, Navy
Recruiter from Austin enlisted
Theodore under the navy's spe-
cial High School Graduate
Training Program). Chief Ratla
, stated that High School Gradu-
ates can select a
choice before enlisting and will
be given the opportunity of at-
tending a navy service school
within their chosen field on com-
pletion basic training. There is
no waiting list for enlistment in
the navy.
Further information about the
navy programs can be obtained
by contacting Chief Batla each
Tuesday in the Fayette Co.
■* Court House, La Grange from 10
A. M. to 4 P. M.
RODEO
Fayetteville Roping
Arena *
Fayetteville, Texas
Saturday, June 28
8 F. M.
Rodeo Events
Bareback Riding, Calf Tie-Down,
Roping, Steer Dogging, Girls
Barrel Racing, Bull Riding.
v/*.. * ‘'ifitist
Clowns
• di-.'.'jj ' *■»:.-ilit.fiCbV
Refreshments on. Grounds
Admission:
Adults & Contestants 90c
Children 50c
Mrs.
H.D.
lrs.Albr«4tk
WJtRRENTON
Ait; V. 8. Prasuel
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The Willow Springs Home De-
monstration Club met at the
borne of Mrs. Warren Albrecht
on June 10 with 12 members. The
meeting was opened toy Mrs. WiL
son Krebs, president, with the
club prayer. .• • „
Mrs. Franklin Dockal gave a
report on the Recreation Work-
shop which she attended recent-
ly-
Mrs. Krebs gave the council
report. Members were urged to
take advantage of the good books
which the Club has to offer. It
was voted that each club donate
83.50 to the 4-H Club. Members
field of their *re to Mrs Krebs *****be'
fore June 30 if they want to have
their blood typed. The charge is
$3.00 per person. Workshops
were chosen at the meeting for
the year 1959.
A baby shower was given for
Mrs. Warren /Ubrecht with ap-
propriate games played. Refresh-
ments were also served.
In order that a craft demons-
tration may be given, the next
meeting will be held a week la
ter and a half hour earlier than
p. m. The next hostess will be
Mrs. Robert Bruening.
the usual time, on July 15 at 2
Jr. 4-H Ctaba Meet
The Jr. 4-H Cluba ot Round
Top-Carmine are* met In « re-
gular meeting on June 10, at the
Walhalla Home Demonstration
Club House in Warrenton.
Roy Dale Rohde, one new
member, was added to their roll.
Mrs. V. G. Frenzel, adult lea-
der, announced that the dress re-
vue will be held on July 11 and
distributed information sheets
show.
The president, Mrs. L. L. Pe-
trich. appointed Mrs. Otto Tiedt,
Mrs. Albert Blume and Mrs. V.
G. Franzel a committee to re-
write the club's constitution.
It was decided to observe wed-
ding anniversaries of club mem-
bers which are divisable by 5,
beginning with the 25th—one ce-
lebration to • family.
Mrs. Tiedt of the Education
and Expansion committee re-
pretaining to eligibility and re- ted ^ l4 4-Her>. from this
quirements She asked that all club ^ attended ft.
Melcher Reunion
Held Here
The family of C. L. and Anna
(Gebert) Melcher held their
annual family reunion Sunday,
June 13, at Roitsch’s Camp here.
Mrs. Robert J. Kallus read a
message from Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Ahrens from Lockhart to the fa-
mily and she also led the noon-
day prayer.
A basket lunch was served at
noon and afternoon.
Those attending came from La
Grange, Schulenburg, Waelder,
Wharton, Angleton, Houston and
Corpus Christi.
It. was decided to have another
reunion next year, the third Sun-
day in June at Roitsch’s Camp.
±
Vfi .
garments and record books be in
the Home Demonstartion Agents
office by July 8 for scoring prior
to the modeling of the garments
on July 11. She then Showed
slides of last years State 4-H
dress revue.
Plans were made to attend the
Jr. 4-H picnic in La Grange on
June 23. Mrs. Frenzel announced
that a 4-H leadership lab will be
conducted on the campds of Tex-
as Lutheran College in Seguin.
The dates for the lab will be Ju-
ly 21-24. Two boys and two
girls from this county will be
selected to to attend. Every 4-H
member interested in going is
asked to write an essay on “Why
I Would Like To Attend Dist. No.
10 4-H Leadership Lab’’ and turn
it into the Home Demonstration
Agents office by July 12.
After the meeting adjourned,
refreshments were served the
group by Lynette Treyblg, Carol
Ann Lange, Pearlie Fay Krause
and Lana Jean Behnke.
Brotherhood Plans Family Night
The Brotherhood of St. John's
Lutheran congregation of War-
renton made further plans for the
Family Night to be held on Sun-
day evening, June 29, at a regu-
lar meeting June 17 in the par-
ish house.
Elton Rohde, Robert Tonn and
Edwin Jaster were named as the
food committee for the occasion.
A movie “Moses and His Peo-
ple”, and a short comedy will be
shown, with home talent by the
Bmth.vs supplementing the eve-
nings program. Refreshments
b'oriSitihg 6f home “made ice
cream and hot dogs will be a-
vailable on the grounds. ' >
Opening devotions were in
charge of the chaplain,. Weston
Bauer. The topic “Why a Men’s
Auxiliary?” was then studied
bers present. During the business
meeting, the president, T. R. Kei-
lers announced the recent .a
pointment of Herbert MischCf to"
take care of the church attenapee
regia®} j < / fj )J Tj
The meeting adj burned with
the Brotherhood song ‘ The Sign
State 4-H Roundup recently and
participated in the state contests.
In the election that followed,
Mrs. Robert H. Kerr was elected
the club’s nominee to council as
delegate to the Texas HD asso-
ciation convention which will be
held in the Stephen F. Austin
Hotel in Austin or* Aug. 13-14-15.
The next regular meeting will
be held on July 2? at the home of
Mrs. Orlean Kellers.
plant
all reqi
Poultry
and now is
U. S.
ture’s
Inspector In charge of the Wei-
mar plant is Dr. William Mode,
La Grange, Texas.
Dressed poultry from this plant
now may carry the official
stamp, “Inspected for Whole-
someness by theUSDA.”
Under the program, designed
to protect poultry consumers,
each dressed bird that bears the
circular inspection mark will
have been examined carefully
by a USDA veterinarian to de-
termine Its fitness for human
food. If it does not pass the test,
it will be condemned.
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‘I Put it m My own Car!’,-
1 8ure, I ate plenty of cars in a day’s work... brand j
new ’58s and older models. I know from experi-,
ence that Mobiloil Special saves roohey In wear
and repair...fights power robbing deposits...\
and increases gasoline mileagt. So I put it in I
1 my own c&r. Why don’t you try it top?
........
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MONROE’S
SERVICE STATION
Prayer.
HD Club Meets ; . L ■ •
Mrs. L. L. Hall was hostess to
the Walhalla Home Demonstra-
tion club when it met June 16,
in the Club House in Warrentdn.
The meeting was opened with
the club prayeri Roll call qeyeal-
ed 11 members pfesdnt. Mrs.
A. Hall and son and Sandra ahd
Patricia White visited In /the
pxedfing. Council report/ was
brought by Mrs. Albert JBlume.
Achievement Day was an-
nounced for 1 PM on July 15 at
the American Legion Hall. A
contest on home made cakes will
be held with scoring to begin at
10 a. m. The 4-H girls who en-
tered the county 4-H dress revue
will be invited to show their
dresses to the ladies in a style
ill TEXAS CHAMPJOl
WILLIAM BABtrr TRAVIS
"1 CM on You in the Nome of liberty
STATIONED IN GERMANY
WIESBADEN, GERMANY
(AHTNC)—Army PFC. Gilbert
L. Drab, 23. son of Mrs. Julia
Drab, La Grange, recently par-
ticipated in an air transportation
exercise conducted by the 8th In-
fantry Division near Wiesbaden,
Germany.
Drab is regularly stationed in
Mainz as a Je«P driver in Mortar
Battery of the division’s 5th In-
fantry.
Overseas since January of this
year, he entered the Army in
August 1957 and completed basic
combat training at Fort Carson,
Colo.
FayetteviUe FFA
Trip to Niagara
(Held Over From Last Week)
The Fayetteville Chapter of
the Future Farmers of America
left Fayetteville on the June 1,
at 3:00 AM on their annual edu-
eotional and recreational sum-
mer tour. Niagra Falls, New
York was the furthreat point of
main interest in the tour.- The
primary purpose of the tour was
to observe agriculture'in the var-
ious areas that were visited as
Hie
prominent sights as time would
permit.
I*Those making the tour were:
Dale Heinsohn, Eddie Chovanec,
E; J. BaqtU Daniel Wessfelst Edgar
Von Minded, 'ReeSe - Schmidt,
James Crowley, Gus Kautz, Jr.,
Raymond Johnson, Wayne Burn.
sitlje, Franklih Muesse, Edwin
'kubeiia, Nbrthaft Schulze, Chap*
ter Advisor Gabe Dooley, Jr.,
Supt. Elo Rohde, and Mr. Jesse
J. Jochec, Chapter Honorary
Member and Social Science Tea*
/her. *
The destination of the first day
was Texarkana,. The stopping
point for the second, day was
PoplAr Bluff; Missouri.
WEEKLY AUCTION
SALES REPORT
receipts "
Cattle 62$
Hogs 293
Sheep 141
Horses and mules 9
PRICES PAID
Butcher Prices
Cows, canner to butcher $10.00
to $19.00 cwt.
Calves, cull to choice $15.00
to $27.75 cwt.
Bulls, light to heavy $17.00 to
$21.70 cwt. >m
Stocker Prices
(?ows and calves, head, $128.0d
to $214.00 Hd
Sows and heifers, head $35.00
to $145.00 ltd.
Cows and heifers, lb. basis
$12.00 to $23.00 cWt.
Steers $16.50 to $25.50 cwt.
Calves $20.00 to $29.00 cwt.
Hogs
Good to choice $23.50 to
$24.20 cwt.
Lights $21.00 to $28.50 cwt.
Sows $16.50 to $20.50 cwt.
Feeders $18.00 to $24.50 cwt.
Pigs $8.00 tb $11.00 Hd
Horses and mules; lb. basis
$5.50 to $7.00 CWt.
Sheep
Lambs $14.50 to $20.50 cwt.
Bucks and ewes $6.00 to $12.00
cwt. °
At noon i
held
which all
ed. Those
dent, Edwin
treasurer. Mr
-Jr.; and vice
Kellers. ■ ■ <. muiii* "•>
The oldest member who at-
tended was Mrs, Au|
Ue of Prairie Valley and
youngest present was Da
Wayne Kalmus, son of Mr. and Will
Mrs. Walter Kalmus,.,Jr,of La-
Grange. Each was awarded a
special gift.
Approximately 70 guests were
present and two visitors, Mrs.
,Wm. Bauer of Round Top and
Miss Anna Mae Hentschel of La
Grange. ,, ,
Those present came from Prai-
rie Valley, Warrenton. Round
Top, Crosby, La Grange, Corpus
Christi, Houston, Fayetteville
and West Point. .
The next reunion will be held,
the second Sunday in June at the
Park hall.
r
.IM!)r iJ.
it! , •*» Highway SI7
Goan try Saw
Will he served day and site
!i Music starts at 8:M p. m.
EVERYONE INVITED
SPEC
■
Early on the morning of the
third day, the tour members
headed for St. Louis, Missouri. A
tour was made of Grants Farm
which is located about 10 miles
from downtown St Louis. Grant’s
Farm is operated by Anheuser-
Busch, Inc. for the benefit of the
public; through the courtfesy of
Mips, August A. Busch, Sr. It in-
cludes many points of interest,
some of which are Clydesdale
deer.juurk for
To the People of Texas,.
I am besieged by a thousand or more
of the Mexicans under Santa Anna —
I have sustained a continual bombard-
ment and cannonade for 24 hours and
have not lost a man. The enemy has
demanded a surrender at discretion,
otherwise, the garrison are to be put
to the sword -±- I have answered the
What Texan doesn't "remember the
Ahuno” ? William Barret Travis — the
school ttteber and lawyer from Ala-
bama, pioneer and champion of liberty
for Tkxas — died with his men, fight-
ing, on March 6,1636.
Today Texans still demand and get their
right to choose the way they faps to
live. In thi* vigorous and heedoro-
VL, > I___I__J •* R___
hich houses the famous car-
tiage Collection, the harness, tro-
phy and tack rooms, the stables
and the zoo.' The members also
tyld a very enjoyable evening at-
tending a major-league baseball
game between the St. Louis Car-
dinals and the Pittsburg Pirates
in which St. Louis won 8 to 4.
Beer
is why the United !
lion works
with bftwsn,
/‘asanas
thw Believing that strict kw enforce-
ment serves the beat interest of Texana,
the Foundation stresses close coopers
lion with the Armed Forces. law
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Grange, Texas
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Duewall, L. A. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1958, newspaper, June 26, 1958; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999078/m1/5/?q=GRANITE%20SHOALS: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.