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NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949
Ernest Baumgart Jr. Is
Appointed Athletic Sgt.
At A. and M. College
Blinn College Preparing
For Record Enrollment
Miss Johanna Baring Dies
Suddenly At Eagle Lake
A. C. Miller Jr. Of Carmine
Graduates At Baylor
Reburial Rites Are Held
For T-5 Jerome Martinka
Fun and Hard Work Is His Recipe
Robert Voigt at 92 Lives
A Gemutlich (Good) Life
$104,156 Expended In
Austin County In 1948
Says Transportation Ass’n
Prof. Robt F. Miller
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THE NEW ULM ENTERPRISE
Round Top Native Named
H. D. Agent For Dist. 10
ROBERT VOIGT
A rood life In Houten.
come next Oct. 2 and newest claim-1 Texas, he was drafted as cashier,
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Native"—had not. like his beloved
clock, "stopped going years ago."
But keeping his shooting eye and
arm in trim at the Houston Turn-
verein. adding “fun to industry." is
one reason why he still loves the
good life that Texas has brought
him for nearly a century.
Bom at San Jacinto and McKinney
"Let's see now I was born in a
house that's where San Jacinto and
McKinney now Join. Freddie Heit-
mann and I went to school to-
gether. Freddie's 10 months younger
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his son Robert is named after me.
and still lives here, he was our
teacher. Wonderful teacher. Made
you write things out. Said that was
half the learning." .
Surely the learning "took.” For .
when Mr. Voight moved to New any nonagenarian plus four, or near-
Ulm in 1896. after spending about '
15 of his adult years in Industry,
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Austin County School Bus Drivers To Attend Annual
To Spopsor CROP Week Driver Institute And Bus Inspection At Bellville
Local School Will Open ' ~
Doors On September 6
A complete remodeling of
the Aiminiritration buildir?
Blinn College hag just
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You Are Not Too Old
For Retirement Pay |
Too old to work? Too old to
get a job that will build up re-
tirement benefits under old-age
and survivors insurance provis-
ions? There’s no such thing,
according to information given
the Enterprise by Harry L.
Lewis, representative of the
Houston field office of the So-
cial Security Administration.
Lewis based his opinion on
the June 1949 issue of the So-
cial Security Bulletin, which
contained a table showing the
ages of persons who filed
claims for retirement benefits
in 1948. Before reading any
further, stop a moment and
make your own guess as to
how many wage-earners reach-
ed 80 or higher before retiring
in 1948. To help a bit, there
were 275,903 persons over the
age of 65 who did retire and
file claims in 1948—236,329 be-
ing men and 39,574 women.
How many of them were
past their 80th birthday? Lew-
is thinks you’ll be surprised
to learn that there were 5,535
men and 511 women who were
over the age of 80 when they
finally shed their working
harness and moved to the side,
lines of retirement.
Other age groupings of the
1948 claimants show 22,878
were between 75 and 79; almost
65,000 were between 70 and
74; just under 100,000 were
from 66 to 69 and 61,562 check-
ed out in the year of their
65th birthday.
Too many of them, however,
did not get all of the monthly
benefits they could have re-
ceived had they filed their
claims on time—that is within
3 months of first eligibility.
Lewis’ final word was a re-
minder to Enterprise readers
that retirement and survivor
insurance benefits under the
Social Security Act are not au-
tomatic—a claim must be filed.
All persons interested in the
further development* of Steph-
en F. Austin State Park at
historic San Felipe are request-
ed to meet at the Park at 6:30
p. m. Friday, September 2.
Bring basket lunches and those
who can bring them may find
folding chairs and card tables
useful.
Following the picnic a discus,
sion of the use of the park ap-
propriation will be held. Repre-
sentative Charles McLellan and
State Parks Executive Secre-
tary Mr. Gordon K. Shearer
are planning to attend. While
the meeting is under the aus-
pices of the Stephen F. Austin
State Park Association every-
one is invited.
touring that country. After
his wife died a correspondence
blossomed into romance, and
the long-distance wedding waA
arranged. It is not certain
how the bride can obtain per-
mission to enter the U. S.
laws and regulations.
Buses are to be parked on the
city lot near the water tower
at Bellville. The institute be-
gins promptly at 9:00 a. m. in
the courtroom and will be fol-
lowed by the inspection of
buses.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Pop-
hanken of Houston spent a few
days this past week in the Post
Oak Point community with his
parents, Mr. apd Mrs. T. A.
Pophanken. and with Mrs. F.
B. Miller and daughter Miss
Dessie.
»Last reports received from
Prof. Robt. F. Miller, instructor
in the University of California,
Davis, Calif., state that he has
improvej very little and L still
in a serious condition-. He has
been in the University of Cali-
fornia hospital at San Francis-
co for over five weeks.
Prof. Miller is the son of
Mrs. Hedwig Miller of New
Ulm.
His relatives and many, many
friends wish him God's bless-
ings and an early and complete
recovery.
(The above story and photo appeared in the August 29
i*sue of The Houston Press, and is reproduced through
the courtesy and by permission from the Press.)
Among the summer gradu-
ates at Baylor University, Wa-
co, was A. C. Miller Jr., son of
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Miller of
Carmine. He was awarded his
Bachelor of Arts degree major-
ing in zoology and minoring in
German.
His parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Miller and his brother F. B.
(Puddin) attended the gradua-
tion exercises at Waco.
In September he plan.* to go
to the University of Texas to
enter the college of pharmacy.
The motor transportation in.
dustry was responsible for the
expenditure of $104,156 in Aus-
tin County in 1948 for high-
ways, schools and other gov-
ernmental functions.
“This was made possible by
payment of license fees, motor
fuel taxe8 and intangible tax”
raid Roy Sanderford, President
Reburial rites f°r T-5 Jer-
ome Martinka, ®f Houston,
were held at the Hillje Catho-
lic church near El Campo Sat-
urday morning at 8 o’clock,
with Rev. Vinlard, of Hillje,
and Rev. Valenta of El Campo,
officiating.
T-5 Martinka, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Martinka of Hous-
ton and formerly of El Campo,
died of wounds received on
Okinawa on June 7, 1945. He
was in the infantry, and parti-
cipated in seven Island inva-
sions in the Pacific. He was
wounded three times before
making the supreme sacrifice.
He entered the service on July
22, 1942, and was overseas ap-
proximately 26 months at the
time of his death. He was a-
warded two bronze stars, good
conduct medal, presidential ci-
tation, and the purple heart
with four clusters.
Surviving besides his parents,
are one brother, Otto Martinka
of Houston and numerous oth-
er relatives, some of whom live
in New Ulm and Frelsburg.
Attending the services from
Frelsburg were Eddie, Elo, Wil.
son and Mis.* Bertha Noska.
Betty Jean and Ray Zingel-
mann, and Fred Zajicek.
In preparation for the open-
ing of school September 12
twenty-five bua drivers will
drive their buses to Bellville
Tuesday, September 6, tor the
annual bus driver institute and
bus inspection, County Super-
intendent George W. Hill stated
this week, "No bus should be-
gin its daily rounds until it
meets safety ar.d legal require-
ments. School children are the
most priceless cargo transport-
The New Ulm elementary
school, as well as the high
school in Columbus, will open
their doors for the coming
school term on Tuesday, Sept.
6, it was announced here by
G. R. Ziegenbein, principal of
the New Ulm school.
Two buses will operate out of i ed'by'any' vehicle'in the world
New Ulm, one will pick up ele-'—-» -•-----------■*- J--
mentary and grade pupil* in
the areas of Boggy Branch and
Frelsburg and transport them
to New Ulm, while the other
will operate between the New
Ulm school and Columbus high
school, transporting high school
students.
In addition to Mr. Ziegenbein,
the faculty will include Mrs.
Billie Louise Westerholm, as
primary teacher. Prof. Gus
and it is our purpose to do eve-
rything in our power to see
children safely and comfort-
ably transported to school and
to their homes at the close of
the school day. It is for thia
reason that the inspection and
bus driver training hag been
scheduled before a wheel starts
to rolling in the school trans-
portation service.”
State Highway Patrolmen
will instruct drivers on safety
Streithoff^ is jnusic teacner, and and legal requirements and each
bus must stand a rigid inspec-
tion. School officials are to
provide in handling children
and in other obligation^ of dri-
vers.
Bus drivers must hold chauf-
feur’s licenses, provide $2000
bor.d, pass a first aid test, and
Prof. Gus. G. Streithoff, of
La Grange, local music teach-
er, who has been a patient in
a Houston hospital for a few
wteks ha8 returned home and
expects to resume giving music
lesqpns again next week. This
goods news was received here
by one of his pupils from the
professor himself.
College Station, Sept. 1—The
following appointments and as-
signments of cadet officers and
r.on-commissioned officers in
the corps of cadets at Texas A.
and M. College, for the 1949-50
school yea*r, have been an-
nounced :
Headquarters Second Squad-
ron, Air Group: Sergeant maj-
or, Jackson L. Raley, 4308 Lor-
raine, Dallas, technical ser-
geant; supply sergeant, Doug-
las D. Hearne, Blanco, techni-
cal sergeant.
"D” Air Force: Commander,
Tim T. Griesenbeck, 2045 Sum-
mit, San Antonio, captain; sec-
ond in command, Herman Ross,
Childress*, first lieutenant; pla-
toon leader, Herbert A. Frede,
Jr., La Grange, first lieutenant;
platoon leader, Richard X. Cook
Nederland, first lieutenant;
scholastic officer, William G.
Irvine, 1816 Warrington, Shre-
veport, La., first lieutenant;
athletic officer, Raymond R.
Medford, Haskell, first lieuten-
ant; first sergeant, Clarence
E. Jones, Texas City, first ser-
geant; platoon sergeant, R. Phil
Goldston, Hereford, technical
.sergeant; scholastic sergeant,
Herman C. Gollob, 1231 Words,
worth, Houston, staff sergeant;
athletic sergeant, Ernest H.
Baumgart Jr., New Ulm, staff
sergeant; supply sergeant, Don
F. Kendall, 1135 Grand Ave.,
Abilene, staff sergeant; squad
leader, Bruce F. Carruth, O-
range, staff sergeant; squad
leader, Earl C. Gilmore, Jr.,
Odessa, staff sergeant; squad
leader, Hilmer H. Schuelke,
Lockhart, staff sergeant; squad
leader, James W. Wade, An-
dice, staff sergeant.
Under the zporttorship of its
church, St. Paul’s Lutheran,
the Shelby community will ob-
Mtved September 5-12 as the
specie! week for receiving do-
nations of cotton for the Chris-
tian Rural Overseas Program
(CROP). Commodity Chairman
Sanford Schmid has made ar-
rangements for receiving and
ginning such cotton. The Ehrig-
s«n gin will both receive and
gin CROP cotton gratis. The
Melcher gin has ,r.o store-room
receiving, but will haul
OP cotton from a place of
■rage and gin them without
.rge. Mr. Schmid stands
ready to advise anyone concern,
ing CROP donations, and may
b< seen at his place of business
at Shelby. He also has some
available storage space.
Cash gifts will be received
from dairymen and others who
prefer to give money.
According to the Fayette
Cpunty Chairman of CROP,
Rpv. John G. Mueller of Schu-
lenburg, cash contribution.* will
bq converted into either cot-
ton or evaporated milk. Cotton
seed involved will be converted
into cash with which cotton
or milk will be purchased.
Because many people in west-
ern Europe ard elsewhere are
still in great need, whole-heart-
ed cooperation is urgent. And
Christians are reminded by
their Lord, "Whatsoever ye
have done unto the least of
these my brethren, ye have
done it ur/to Me.”
Mail Romance Leeds
To Telephone Wedding
Brenham—Otto Arndt, 61-
year-old farmer, living near
here, was married in a long
distance telephone ceremony
last week, to a widow living in
Berlin, Germany. They met
several years ago when he was [ Agents association, having been
elected to thi9 position at the
annual meeting last fall in
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mieth
spent Sunday ar.d Monday in
Waco with Miss Eraa Mieth
and in Riesel with Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Moers and other friends.
high school at Laredo and from
1935 to Feb. 15, 1938, she
taught the same subject in the
Marshall high school.
She was named Harrison
county home demonstration a-
gent on Feb. 16, 1948 and serv-
ed there until Sept. 5, 1948. At
that time, she was transferred
to Pecos county and the same
position.
Miss Bracher has been an ac-
tive member of the Texas
County Home Demonstration
Agents association and in 1948
served as president of the or-
ganization. She is presently
serving as secretary of the 9h-
tional Home DemonstratMfti
College Station, Aug. 27.—
Margaret Bracher, Pecog coun-
ty home demonstration agent,
on Sept. 1, will become dis-
trict agent for extension dis-
trict 10 with headquarters at
College Station. The announce-
ment was made by Maurtne
Hearn, vice director and state
home demonstration agent.
Texas A&M College Extension
Service.
Miss Bracher is a native of
Round Top, Fayette county, a
graduate of Fredericksburg
M. C. Koch, Mrs. Ada Meyer;I high school and holds B.S. and
Port Arthur, Mrs. ArthuriM.S. degrees from the Uni-
Grote and son Fred; Liberty,’versity of Texas. From 1927 to
Mis.* Lora Baring; Austin, Dr. 1930. she taught home econom.
and Mrs. R. S. Fuller; Colum- ics at Texas Lutheran college,
bus, Mrs. Martha Hughes, Miss Seguin. From 1930 to 1935, she
Use Miller; Galveston, Miss Ed. taught home economics in the
na Gollmer.—Headlight.
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Miss Baring was the sister
of the late Mrs. Emelia Reich-
le of New Ulm. She was a re-
sident of New Ulm for many
years prior to moving to Eagle
of Texer, Motor Transportation
Association in releasing a stat-
istical study of the motor
transportation industry’s share
of the cost of state and local
government.
Sanderford stated that theae
figures do not include city and
district ad valorem taxes,
franchise taxes or unemploy-
ment insurance taxes.
Total taxes and license fees
paid by motor carriers for the
entire state amounted to more
than $50,000,000.
Austin County’s share of the
industry’s contribution to gov-
ernment was made up of the
following: county portion of
registration or license fees
(commercial vehicles only),
$19,837; State highway con-
struction, $29,886; State high-
way maintenance, $18,046;
county and district road debt
paid, $13,939; surplus in road
bond fund distributed to coun-
ty, $8,728; per capita apportion
to schools, $13,212; and ir tan-
gible tax paid to county, $511.
The above facts and figures
prove beyond doubt 'that the
motor transportation industry
is paying its full share of the
cost of govern men •.
Eagle Lake, August 26—Miss comply with all local and atate
Johanna Baring, who has been
a resident of Eagle Lake for
the past 37 years, died sudden-
ly Monday, August 22nd. Miss
Johar.na, as she was known to
her friends, did not feel well
Monday and at 3:00 in the
afternoon was taken to Laugh-
lin Hospital where .she passed
away at 8:00 p. m.
Funeral service, were held
from Mill Funeral Home Wed-
nesday afternoon, August 24th,
at 4:00 o’clock, with interment
in Lakeside cemetery.
Rev. O. E. Linstrum, pastor
of Colly Memorial Methodist
Church, conducted the funeral
services. Music was furnished
by Mrs. Clara Mae Nash, with
Mrs. Bill Betts singing “The
Lord’, Prayer.”
Palioearers were Otto Reich-
le, Howard Reichle, Raymond
Reichle, Fred Grote, Ralph Ful-
ler and Alfred Schroeder.
Miss Baring was born in
Welcome, Texas, the daughter
of Albert and Johanna Baring,
and moved to Eagle Lake 37
years ago.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Charlotte Grote of Hous-
ton; two brothers, Albert of
Houston and Otto of Glendale,
California, and 19 nieces and
nephews. Another brother, A.
L. Baring of Eagle Lake, pre-
ceded her in death 13 years
ago.
Out-of-town relatives
for the funeral of Mis.,
ing: Houston, Mrs. Charlotte
Grote, Misses Leah and Gela
Grote, Mr. and Mrs. John Rat-
liff, Mr. and Mrs. A. W Bar-
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Reichle and daughter, Joyce,
Howard Reichle, Alfred Schroe-
der, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Grif-
fin; New Ulm. Mr. and Mrs.
Monday,
Day students
will register from 8 a. m. to 4
p. m. Evening students will re-
gister from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Evening classes are prirflarily
for veterang and non-veterans
who are employed during the
day.
Blinn College is approved and
accredited as a junior college
of the first class by the Asso-
ciation of Texas Colleges and
the State Department of Edu-
cation. It is also approved by
the Veteran.* Administration
for G. I. training. It offers the
standard college courses for the
first two years of college work
including courses in agricul-
ture, veterinary medicine, busi-
ness administration, education,
public speaking, mathmatics,
music, English, science, social
science, pre-engineering, pre-
law, pre-medicine, pharmacy,
medical technology, pre-nurs-
ing, pre-dental, home economics,
journalism, and the general
academic course.
Blinn College renders daily
bus service and adequate dor-
mitory facilities for men and
women, and also have an out-
standing athletic program con-
sisting of football, basketball,
ba.*eball, track and tennis.
g of
been
completed in order to make
preparationB for a record fall
enrollment.
Blinn College is the first
county owned public junior col-
lege in Texas with 66 year* of
continuous service. An enroll-
ment of more than 550 stud-
ents is anticipated.
Registration is
September 12.
He’s Latest Candidate in The Press’ Search
For Houston’s Oldest Native-Born Resident
By MARY FRAZER
Preu Staff Writer
Robert Voigt looked at the elock with the ornate walnut scroll and
classic gUt figurines.
"Old Jacob Binz gave me that on my wedding day in ISIS," he said.
"You know, old man Binz? Built the Binz building? Ach me, the clock
has stopped going, years ago ..
His blue eyes feU to the wealth
of other mementos kept in his MB
home at 3304 Berkley . . . pen and IJE
ink drawings done by his father. HF
Capt. Robert Voigt of the Texas
Volunteers. Confederate Army, to MS
while away 18 months in the Yan- IK
kee's Johnson Island prison... old
coins from Saxony which the elder M|
Voigt brought to Texas in 1850...
letters written long before the en- ^M
velope had been invented. On the
postage stamp . . . KJ
Surrounded by Treasures Mr
The Grandfather Voigt looked at MB
his newer treasures. Thick files of
National Geographic magazine ML
("You can travel anywhere in the ■■
world with them!) Pictures of his BK
.adoring family. ("Little Sharon is ■■
.the first Voigt girl in 62 years!”) BM
Books on mechanics. ("I appren- RM
tlced as a mechanic when. I was PJU
17, at Wiggins Smith * Simpson,
■down where the Farmers' Market II ,■
Is now”)
And as he looked, and talked,
you knew that Robert Voigt—93 ■_
come next Oct. 2 and newest claim-. lexas. ne was oraitea u casmer.
ant to the title "Oldest Houston then president of the new bank.
... •....—. "Didn't know a thing about bank-
ing. But I just kept my eyes open
and learned. Ran that bank 22
years, too," he added, with a smile
of satisfaction.
Why did he quit then?
"Oh, I just wanted to loaf. Sold
out to Ernest Baumgart from Bren-
ham. He’s still there."
Gematlieht Life
There, again, you have a good
rvason for 93 years of the good,
gemutlicht. life.
, _ You learn a lot about life, and
than I am. you know. F. F. Duerer. Houston, looking for the oldest na-
tive. to be honored at the city's
112th birthday Tuesday, in cere-
monies in Founders Park. The Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce and The
Press will continue the search until
that day—and want to hear from
ly so, who can beat Mr. Voigt's rec-
ord.
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