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cast in the Shaw's Bend election
the Class AA Columbus High
School.
a Fayetteville native who is
now at Lexington.
Firemen's Park Sunday after-
noon.
i and
honoring the heritage of the
proud people that settled In the
Washington County area.
of April,
or dir-
Wednesday.
He was accompan-
ied to the convention by Rev.
Gus Schulze of San Antonio.
Rev. Roos uld that
the two denominations were
divided in early times by lan-
guage differences.
The rwo-week con-
vention was completed Satur-
day with more than 1200 offi-
cial delegates attending.
Delegates from all
over the country attended the
event.
George
Mueller of Weimar defeated
incumbent Colorado County
Sheriff J. O. Walker in the
Democratic Primary unreeled
in Colorado County Saturday.
Crockett Leyendec-
ker and Edwin Poenitzsch are
in a runoff battle for the post
of County Commissioner of
Precinct #3.
Lester Schneider of
Columbus is in a runoff race
with Mrs. E. L. Litzmann for
the County Clerk position in
Colorado County.
Mueller swept into
the General Election as the
Democratic candidate with a
711 vote margin over Walker .
He has no Republican opponent
in November.
The total tally gave
Mueller 2, 742 votes to 2, 031
for W alker.
In the four-man
Miss Toni Kuehn
killed a Coral Snake at Post
Oak Point Monday.
The 27-inch rep-
tile was in her yard.
The Eagle Scout
Awards Ceremony will be
Tuesday night at 7:00 p. m.
at the West End School in In-
dustry.
Itwas killed in the
general area between New Ulm
and Cat Spring where several
large rattlers were killed last
year.
Weishuhn
got 4 and Truchard, 2.
in the absentee box,
Leyendecker got B, Truchard
3, Weishuhn 2 and Poenitzsch
i.
acceptance would be announc-
ed.
Kenneth B lezinger
will be receiving his Eagle
Scout Award at the event.
Through the last
week, some 6,110 head of
cattle had been tested in Co-
lorado County in the current
Brucellosis testing program.
That figure included
197 herds of which 40 were
found to have reactors.
Total number of
reactors discovered in Colo-
rado County to date have been
196.
B
day night.
Gov. John Connally
The Snook native,
who played on the Snook
eh am pionship teams of several
years past, will begin his
duties in Columbus this fall.
Kieke wished him
luck in his coaching at his new
Totals for last week
show 115 reactors found in 16
herds. A total of 1877 bead
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with 2,227 votes. He missed
a clear-cut decision in the
three-way race by 102 votes
as Mrs. Litzmann polled 1559
votes and °ryor Simmons re-
ceived 770.
Candidates in run-
off battles will meet in the
Runoff Elections on June L
In the voting in New
Ulm. some 65 ballots were
cast out of some 203 qualified
voters.
Our congratulations
goto Fayetteville Coach Wal-
do Dalchau for his new coach-
ing assignment at Columbus
High School.
The Fayetteville
Lions Club will hold their Of-
ficer Installation Banquet Fri-
day evening at Michalsky's
Cafe in Fayetteville.
The installation
ceremony will beheld follow-
ing a Banquet meal for the
Lions and their wives.
New Lions Club
officers who will be installed
Friday evening are Rev. Henry
Schulte, President; Ludvik
Chovanec, vice - president;
John Cufr, second vice-presi-
dent; Jerry Odstrcll, secretary-
treasurer; Bobby Banik. tail-
twister, Rev. Ben Mazurkie-
wicz. Director; and Billy
Graeter, director.
The event will be-
gin at 8:00 p. m. Committee
members in charge of arrang-
ing the banquet were Waldo
Dalchau and Rev. Mazurkie-
wicz.
For the candidates
unopposed la the Democratic
Primary on the local level,
the following votes were cast
in New Ulm; Mutscher 60,
Oliver S. Kitzman 59, M. E.
Laas 53. T. A. Maddox 53,
•___■ fere * ' ' i nation will arrive in Brenham
parade at 10:30 a.mf Friday, to take part in the celebration.
cites for the F. R. H. S. senior class will be held in the high of the meeting, and Mrs. Mil-
lard Neptune of the New Bre-
men Precinct was elected Se-
cretary.
The wet weather
this spring has caused the grass
and weeds to grow tall and
thick in the areas where dew-
berries grow - a good place
for snakes to be.
Dewberry pickers
are cautioned about the dan-
ger of snakes because they are
out now.
Several snake kills
have been reported in the
area.
Ben Barnes led in
the race for Lieutenant Gover-
smallest vote was Brudiy where nor with 55 votes.
60 ballots were cast. Leyen-- State Comptroller
___________ decker led with 43 while Poe- Robert S. Ca Ivert got 56 votes
yendecker led with 76. Tru- polled U. Weishuhn to 6 for Dallas Blakenship;
chard ran in the runner-up
spot there with 72 votes; Poe-
nitzsch got 10 and Weishuhn,
7.
Preston Smith led
the slate he re in the Governor’s
race with 17 votes. Second was
Republicans
Conduct
Primary
Republicans from
the Industry, New Bremen and
New Ulm preci nets held a com-
bined precincts meeting at the
In the Buescher box,
134 votes were cast with Le- Schneider led bal-
yendeckerinthe lead with 67; lotingin the County Clerk race
Poenitzsch tallied 34 and Wei- "“k ° '** “ '
shuhn, 21. Truchard received
12.
53, County Democratic Chair-
man Mrs. Anita Mayer 58 and
Democratic Precinct Chairman
Ernest Baumgart 63.
Democratic candi-
dates will now face the Repub-
lican candidates in several
races in the General Election
on November 5.
In the Democratic
Precinct Convention that was
held here in New Ulm Sarie-
day. support went to Governor
John Connally as a favorite son
candidate for the office of
President of The United States
and for the unit rule.
Mrs. Edwin Dierke
killed a rattlesnake last week
at the Dierke place southeast
of New Ulm.
It was over four
feet long and had 8 rattles.
The Walter Ecker-
marms have reported killing a
45-inch rattlesnake in their
timberland near New Uim
Monday morning.
The snake had 9
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Fayetteville Has
Sports Banquet
For the first time School Superinten-
in several years, Fayetteville dent Nelson Kieke announced
Rural High School held an All-
Sports Banquet under the
sponsorship of the Parent-
Teachers Club.
The event was
staged Saturday evening at the
Fayetteville Gym and was
given in honor of all the ath-
letic teams of the school.
First and foremost
were the honors and recogni-
tion given the Championship
Basketball Team that won the
District55B Crown and lost to
State runner-up Friendswood
in die bi-district battle.
Coach Waldo Dal-
chau received words of recog-
nition and a standing ovation
as the coach of the basketball
champions.
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Minarcik, Sr., of Route 2, Box 112,
New Ulm. MisiWilde is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Sean McGee defeated Maa
Davis 35-24 for Supseme
Court Place! and Tom Reave-
ly had 34 to 24 for James Den-
ton for Place 2 on the Court
among other state races.
On the liquor-by-
the drink referendum. New Ulm Eddie Richter 64, Arthur Franke
voters were 39 for and 20
against; on the betting issue,
they were37forand21 against;
and the milk price issue came
out 26 for and 32 against.
Frelsburg Hews
day leave with homefolks. He
w ill return to Camp Pendleton
after his leave to report fat
sniper training duty.
SNAKE BITE
Mrs. JackCloatwas
bitten by a copperhead snake
at her home Sunday a week
ago. Her daughter, Mrs.
Sammy Restive and baby of
Houston spent several days
with her while she was re-
covering from a badly swollen
foot.
PERSON ALS
Emil Dietrich of
Riesel, Texas, spent the past
week here visiting relatives,
the Kic kiers, Ruhmanns and
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swo-
boda at Oak Grove.
visiting Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Slova-
cek at Columbus were Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Henneke and son
Gilbert of EUinger, Mr. and
Officer elections
are held in mon clubs about
this time of the year.
And the grassgrows
fast - just ask my lawnmower.
If lawnmowers were
able to strike like telephone
operators or public workers,
then we all might turn into
inhabitants of jungle areas.
Of course, 1 don't
suppose it’s the lawnmower's
fault that my yard looks as
rugged as it does.
Maybe something
magic will happen.
Fayetteville has
been active lately with several
events having taken place
and the Lions Banquet coming
up.
Workers on the
Cancer Crusade in the indua-
coronations try area included Mrs. Thomas
will beg in at 8 p.m. each night Bader, Mrs. Luther Blezinger,
at Firemen's Park. Mrs. Hany Hackfield, Mrs.
The largest parades Willie Hajek, Mrs. Romeo
in the history of the event will Isek, Mo. Walter Meiachen,
start the activities of each day Mrs. Wilfred Peachel, Mrs.
at 10:30 a. m. There will be Charlie R samam, Mrs. James
more that 30 colorful floats Ripple, Mrs. Marvin Wisner
and about 12 march ins bands and Milton Williams.
PRESENT JACKET TO COACH - Fayetteville Rural High School Basketball team Co-Captaint Gary Fritsch and Johnny
Becka are pictured here in this New Ulm Enterprise photo as they present Coach Waldo Dalchaq with bis basketball let-
ter jacket during the All-Spent Banquet held Saturday night in Fayetteville.
Buechmann
Family
Reunion
The Buechmann
Family Reunion was held Sun-
day, April 28, at Firemeu’s
Park here in New Ulm with
some61 family members pre-
sent.
The newly elected officers
were Hugo Buechmann of
Brenham as Honorary President;:
Paul Buechmann of Shines as
Honorary Vice President; Pat
Buechmann of San Felipe as
President; Mrs. Pat Buechmann
as Secretary- Treasurer; and
Miss Pam Buechmann of New
Ulm as Reporter.
The oldest family
member present was Emil
Krueger of San Antonio, the
youngest was Bruce Wayne
Ludeke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Ludeke of Bellville.
Families came from near and
far to get acquainted.
Colorado County
School Superintendent Herbert
A. Schroeder reports that the
applications for transfer of
school chllrken are available
during the month of May.
Parents of school-
age children who desire to
have them attend school in a
district other than the one in
which they live must apply for
transfer before June L
Application must be
filed in the County School Su-
perintendent's office.
in other Items of
news interest around this area,
the Welcome ALCW conduct-
ed their Mother- Daughter
Banquet Friday night at the
Welcome Church Hall.
Theme was “Wel-
come to an Evening in Japan".
Japanese-s tyle dishes were
served and the program was
presented by Mrs. Simon of
Brenham, a former resident
of Japan.
With the summer
season beginning, a lot of
folks are out picking dewber-
ries.
HENNEKE ON LEAVE
Sgt. Wilfred U
Henneke from March Air Force
Base, California arrived home
on Monday, April 29, for a
rwo-week leave with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Aloies
Henneke and Daniel.
Wilfred is assigned
to the 22nd Bomb Wing as a
crew chief on a KC-135 Inflight
refueling Ta nicer. He was at
Kading Air Force Base in Oki-
nawa for 6 months last year
supporting the Viet Nam war
with such duties as refueling
and servicing airplanes on the
ground. These planes refueled
the B-52 planes which flew in
bombing missions over Viet
Nam.
A basket lunch was
held at noon.
Dwing the meeting
officers were elected and plans
were formulated for the next
„ . annual reunion that will be
Mrs. Adam Moeckel of Alley- held at Firemen's Park on the
ton. arsJ Emn and Johrntfe fowtfi Sunday of next April.
Moeckel. Mr. and Mn. Slo-
vacek left Thursday for Hous-
ton where Mrs. Slovacek en-
tered Herman tiospiul as a
patient.
Richter, 46-1/4; Harold Marek,
ed that the new Fayetteville crime and law lessness which is 45-3/4; Ray Dungen, 46;Wal-
coach would be Victor Havr an, sweeping the country, <—1
a Fayetteville native who is c: 1____7_, J."___, . . . _ . _
now at Lexington. leadership in its efforts against 46; Davy Gross, 46-1/4; Ernest beginning of springtime
Rev. Henry Schulte crime and in support of effec- Boehme, 45-1/4; and Clifton
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Past Lions District
Governor E. B. "Tex" Mayer
of La Grange will be incharge
of the Installation ceremony.
Guest speaker for
the evening will be Dexter
Anderson of Eagle Lake and
the guest master of ceremonies
will be Dr. J. Fitzpatrick of
La Grange.
The installation
banquet will mark the begin-
ning of the second year for the
Fayetteville Lions Club.
Rev. A. M. Roos
of The Industry Methodist
Church attended the Conven-
tion last week in Dallas where
the Methodist Chirch and the
Evangelical United Brethren
Church united into the United
Methodist Church.
Rev. Roos attended
the sessions on Monday and
Tuesday of the week of April
22 and returned to Industry
Asa newspaperman,
we* 11 have to put in a plug for
the printed word.
Seems like this
time of the year gets about as
active as Christmas.
Someone told me
that everyone recovers from
their cm n touch of spring fever
about this time and things
start to happen.
Anyway, the begin-
ning of summer vacation for
scholars is grow Ing near. Along
with it goes the traditional
graduations, parties and meet
ings.
in March Wilfred
was at Elelson Air Force Base
near Fairbanks, Alaska, where
be was on duty for two weeks.
After his 2 week
leave he will return to March
Atr Force Bare, California.
WARSCHAK HOME
Marine Pfc. Vernon
Warschak, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Warschak, arrived
home Saturday from Camp
Pendleton, Calif, for a 2"-
Wilde, of Route 2, Box 104, New Ulm. Commencementexer- elected Permanent Chairman Rifle
Club
Scores
Some 31 votes were The New Ulm Rifle
cast in the Republican Primary Club met in regular session at
Election in the Precinct.
The principal busi-
ness transacted was the selec- During the regular
tian of delegates and alternates business session, the club dis-
for the meeting of A ustin Co- cussed the possibility of having
unty Republicans to be held in a match with another club
Bellville on Saturday, May U. during the next meeting.
Efe legates elected were Brok- Itwas decided that
meyerfor New Ulm Precinct 9, an invitationwould be extend-
position of basketball coach of Waldo Luedeker for Industry ed and that the other club's
Precinct 5, and Mrs. Ctrtis
Luedke for New Bremen Pre-
cinct 21.
Mueller Takes Sheriff’s Race; 2 Run-Offs June 1
In Colorado County For Commissioner, Co. Clerk
George "Doc" battle for the County Commta- with Leyendecker leading with Waggoner Can with 16 while Seats McGee defeated Maa Far
stoner's spot in Precinct #3, 49 and Poenitzsch coming close Dolph Briscoe came in with 8.
Leyendecker led with 355 45• Truchard received John Hill had 6, Don “
votes as Poenitzschgained the and Weishuhn, one.
_____, in Mentz, Leyen-
Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Kubicek and chilcken were at
Nelsonville Sunday to visit
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Eben.
Mrs. Leslie Weasel
of Sealy spent Friday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Heinsohn.
Visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wei-
shuhn Sunday were k*. and
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Brenham Maifest
Starts Friday
The Brenham Mai- and drill teams in the parade*.
In the shootir^ match fejt u «« to shine in splendor Many dignitaries
Alternates elected that followed, the followli^ a* the 78th annual pageant is from throughout the state and
Kirby Gross for New Ulm, scores were fired by member* ushered in beginning with a nation will arrive in Brenham
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Marek, 42; Raymond Peachel, May 10 and lasting until Satur- A homecoming atmosphere
32; Curtis Dittert.42; Cleo
Buechmann, 44-1/2; Lee Me-
; NOTES
MLrereMM««BrerereaBaBMremreiM*"O
Primary Election
Day has passed and the next
stopfer some of thecand Ida tea
is the June 1 runoff.
Things are sort of
hectic during the final hours
of an election day, especially
when the vote returns are
comlqg in.
But, confusion is
one of the privileges we enjoy
in a free country.
Sometimes, things
you hear are not the correct
things.
If
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crusade a success.
Mn. Perry said
that the crusade in the Indus-
try area resulted in a total of
$221. 65 in contribution*.
Mrs. Perry and Mi*,
and Mn. Edward Boettcher, Jr., Vollmer expreaed their thanks
Brenham, and Margie Routt, and appreciation to those who
daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Mil- generously contributed and to
ton Routt, Chappel Hill, will those who worked with the
reign over the “Court of A Mid- crusade,
summer Night's Dream* on
Saturday.
Both
PICTURED HERE are the two top senior students at Fayette-
ville High School for the 1967-68 term. Left is Alvin J.
Minarcik, Jr., class valedictorian, who has a projected aver- New Ulm School following the
age of 9L87; and at the right is Ruth L. Wilde, salutatorian, party's Primary Election on
whose projected average is 87.4. The valedictorian is the son Saturday, May 4.
Isedore A. Brokmeyer
of the New Ulm Precinct was
borough 5, Eugene Locke 3,
Al Veloz 3, Ed Wittenburg 1
Running third in the decker led with 36 as Truchard and Johnnie Mae Hackworthe
race was Francis Truchard with r*n *con<i with 28. Weidiuhn L
M8 while Ftorenz Weishuhn, 8°‘three Poenitzsch. one.
Jr. polled 139. The box with the
In that race, the
latgest vote was in Bernardo
where 165 were cast and Le-
rner, co-chairman have of-
and Mn. Edwin Hugh Schleo- feted their thanks to all of the
ker, Brenham and Queen Le- people of Industry and the
fayne Hodde, daughter of Mr. surrounding area who made the
and Mrs. A. W. Hodde, Jr.,
also of Brenham, will reign
over the "Court of Playtime
Pleasures' on Friday.
Senior King Ben
Edward Boettcher, son of Mr.
will prevail as many fneods,
relatives and visitors arrive in
assignment and recognized him sored by Luedeker and Lawrence yer, 45-3/4; I^e Krueger, 36- has signed a proclamation de- Brenham to join in the tetttrt-
for his sports program at Fa- Kanter called for action by 3/4; Milford Gross, 42-1/2; daring both days as Brenham Ges.
yetteville. national, state and local au- Kirby Gross, 40-1/2; Ernest Maifest Dey* in Texas. IndllStFY
Kieke also announc- thorities to bring an end to the Richter, 46-1/4; Harold Marek, The Brenham Mai- J
fest is one of the most colotful VBDCCF
Crusade
Report
Cancer Crusade
work has been completed in
Junior King, Tom Industry and Mrs. Alfred Peay,
Mabry Schlenker, son of Mr. chairmanand Mrs. Fred Voll-
were 1
Eldie Blezinger for Industry Douglas Lilie, 43-1/2; Ben
and Millard Neptune for New I'
Bremen.
A resolution spon-
K a nt er called for action by 3/4; Milford Gross, 42-1/2; clariqg both days as Brenham tie*,
national, state and local au-
thor! ties to bring an end to the
and ter Glaeser, 40-1/2; Wilfred festivities in the nation, steeped
commending Republican Party Peschel, 44; Wilson Neumann, in tradition, signifying the
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