The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1955 Page: 2 of 12
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955
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You’ll find that you pay
less at your Ford Dealer’s
Among the distinguished vis-
itors at The Journal office last
week was Gibb Gilchrist. And
anyone who doesn't know who
Gibb is can ask any Aggie.
Ike Ashburn had told Gilchrist
about The Story of Monument
Hill” and it was for that reason
that the Ram-rod of Aggieland
paid us a visit.
John Charles Niemeyer of La
Grange is a winner of a scholar-
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Ford Factory-Auth wized Ford Denier.
Mere people bought Ford Curs lust
rear than anv other make. 1'his makes
us so proud that wore cekbrating
with our great FORD LEADERSHIP
FESTIVAL! Right now, we’re offering
extra-generous trades . . . making it
easier than evei for you to own one of
Ford’s 16 beauties.
Come in and see the *55 Ford. Take
one down the road for a Test Drive.
YauH go for Ford's Thunderbird-
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extra-responsiveness of Ford's new
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silken smoothness of Ford’s new Angle-
Poised Ride.
And we believe you’ll go for the
extra-fine deal we can make you on
a ‘55 Ford right now, during our
FORD LEADERSHIP FESTIVAL.
Come in and let the Man with the
Golden Rule show you how easily yon
can own a new Fordl
a man farms, it's the number of
hours, and despite all the tech-
nological progress and median!- •
cal marvels, hasn’t anybody
been able to substitute a sunup
to sundown day for a farmer
when planting time arrives.
Machines may do 99 per cent
of the world’s work, but they
don’t do 99 per cent of mine.
The way mine’s divided, ma-
chines do about 30 per cent, I
do about 25, and the rest never
does get done.
Yours faithfully,
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From J. Richard Trigg of
Kansas City, Missouri, comes
these »wds: “Under separate
cover I am sending items that
I believe will be of interest to
your local historical society
These items were keepsakes and
momentos of my late mother’s.
Mrs. Emma O’Bar Trigg, girl-
hood days in Warrenton and La
Grange. My uncle Dr. Oliver O’-
Bar will visit there soon and
can help you in identifying the
pictures, etc. I feel Mama would
be happy in knowing these re-
turned to their point of origin.”
We appreciate this letter from
Mr. Trigg and have received
the momentos. However. we
are so sorry to advise that
there is no historical society
here. There is no museum in
which to store these old keep-
sakes. Among the things sent
was a copy of The Schulenburg
Sticker dated April 28. 1898. On
the front page, which is in near
perfect condition despite its 57
or more years, is a picture of
the county officials of that year.
Joseph Ehlinger was county
judge; R. T. Bradshaw was
county treasurer; August Loes-
sin was sheriff; Neal Robison
was tax collector; C. H. Stein-
man was tax assesor; Peggy
Faison was county attorney;
John O’Bar was County Super
intedent: and Rudolph Klatt was
county clerk.
Among the ads that caught
our attention was one which
read: “Send 25c for the Hous-
ton Semi-Weekly Post . . . three
months . . . best semi-weekly in
Texas.
Well, anyway, from small a-
coms, big oaks grow.
Clark Thompson writes: “I
have been studying the Admin
istration plans to assist the low
income farmers. I can’t find
anything new in the program,
and there was nothing which
would cure the basic trouble of
our small cotton farmers. Our
difficulty is lack of enough a-
creage allotments to enable a
man to make a living. If we can
restore him to a reasonable pro-
duction he can take care of him-
self. Without production no
amount of research, credit, ex-
tension service and other meas-
ures suggested by the Adminis-
tration will do the job.”
Walter Malec. editor of the
Lavaca County Tribune in Hal-
lettsville writes in his column
last week: 'It does not take an
hour and a half long speech to
show the farmers what's wrong
and what to do about iL For
the Old Cotton Belt group, it
would be undoubtedly better,
less talk and more heart in the
matter."
That’s what the man wrote.
Come in during our FORD LEADERSHIP FESTIVAL!
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CEDAR CREEK PHILOSOPHER TAKES___
Issue With Expert Who Contends
Machines Now Do 99% of the Work
Editor’s note: The Cedar
Creek Philosopher on his John-
son grass farm on Cedar Creek
is talking about work this
week, which apparently is about
all he ever does about it.
Dear editar:
Just for the novelty of the
thing, to keep from getting
stale, I lit in and worked pret-
ty hard for a while on my farm
out here yesterday, and after I'd
been going pretty steady for
three or four hours I headed for
the shade and was sitting there
getting my breath back and af-
ter a while I pulled a newspaper
out of my pocket and glanced
over it, just to get my mind
off the rest of the work still to
be done.
I was reading along not pay-
ing much attention to what I
was looking at when suddenly
I caught an article that made
me go back and take a second
look.
According to it, an expert has
announced that “today, humans
and animals together do per-
haps one per cent of all the
work. The rest is done by ma-
chines.”
I thought this over a long
time. There was bound to be a
catch in it, but I couldn’t find
it right off.
Maybe, when you add up all
the work in the world, counting
every time a piston moves, etc.,
machines actually dp 99 per cent
of it and human beings and
horses do the rest, but it only
works out that way on paper.
From me and the rose’s stand-
point, those figures sqre do
leave something out.
And if you ever find a farm-
er who does one per cent of the
work making a crop and the
tractor does the other 99, I’d
like to study his methods.
The catch is that while ma-
chines may be doing most of
the work, there’s a blame lot
more being done. It used to be
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West Point Red Cross fund
drive is over the top under the
fine chairmanship of Mrs. Lula
Thornton. You can count on the
West Point folks.
Fayette County may be the
scene of uranium strip mining
activities in the near
The announcement was made
last week by Master Nixon,
president of Southern Minerals
Corp. Coupled with the announ
Corp. Coupled with the an-
nouncement was the agreement
reached between Nixon's com-
pany and Seaboard Oil Company
and Sun Oil Company, giving
Southern Minerals the exclusive
rights to prospect on some 120,-
000 acres of oil leased land in
Southwestern Texas
Wouldn't it be ironic if after
all of these years of cotton
farming Fayette County became
a mining area?
After the paper came out last
week Mrs. W. T. Kreuz baked a
cake for the staff of The Jour-
nal It was a delicious cake and
we had a party at 4 pm., serving
cake and cokes. We want to
thank Mrs. Kreuz, the mother
of the year, for this nice ges-
ture.
People are always doing nice
things for us at The Journal.
Mrs. B. F. Hangel brought us
the nicest vase of Gowers last
week. We appreciate this
thoughtfulness very much.
And thanks too, to the many
folks for the many nice things
said about the new book pub-
lished by the Journal; about our
winning the award; and all the
other nice things. We’re human
enough to like compliments.
that 40 acres and one mule plus
a man was a pretty sizeable
farming unit, and while nowa-
days a man with four or six-row
equipment can farm three or
four hundred acres, let’s not
confuse 1 per cent of the total
work with 1 per cent of the
, working time.
It’s not the number of acres
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EDITORIALS
uniform fund. This is a commendable action for it shows the
ture members to have new uniforms.
The Journal urges the people of La Grange and Fayette
County to attend the Variety Show to help the band earn money
lor its new uniforms. And just as a suggestion, although the
admission is only 50c and 25c. why not forget to ask for change
when buying your ticket to the Variety Show. Give a dollar or
five dollars or ten dollars. The band will appreciate IL
roper time for the
’’ayette Hospital in
Band’s Variety Show
The La Grange High School Band, under the direction of
Ernest Clark, will present Ito Variety Show Friday. May 13, at 8
pjn., at the High School Gymnasium, The show is being presented
for the purpose of raising funds for band uniforms. Admission
la 90c for adults and 25c for students.
The band cannot buy Ito uniforms with state funds. As a
matter of fact, no funds exist from the state for the buying of
uniforms. It has been necessary, therefore, for the band and the
townspeople to purchase uniforms when needed. The present
hand uniforms are ten years old. New uniforms must be bought—
they are sorely needed. /
The band through efforts of its own have earned or collected
over $2,000. already. Since it takes from $50. to $55. to buy one
uniform, one can understand why another $1,500. or more is
needed.
The band members earlier this year staged a scrap-paper
drive in order to make money for their award jackets. Since
money is so badly needed for uniforms, the members of the band
About Our Hospital
The week of May 8th through May 14th has been set aside
by the American Hospital Association for the commemoration
ol the birth of Florence Nightingale on May 12th. Hospitals
throughout the world are celebrating this week in memory of
this great nurse who first gave us hospitals as we know them
today.
This is National Hospital Week and a
citizens of this county to look to its own
La Grange ... to recognize the great service it performs; to
appreciate the existence of it; and to pay tribute to it during
this week. It is also a proper time to evaluate its needs, desires
and ambitions.
Recently Edwin C. Campbell, manager of the Fayette Me-
morial Hospital, proposed a new hospital for La Grange. Also
recently, one of the owners spoke with this newspaper concerning
the great needs at Fayette Memorial. It is gratifying to this
newspaper to see men so vitally interested in caring for the sick.
It is gratifying to see that already thinking Is being done and
plans are being made for the construction of better and more
modem facilities.
During National Hospital Week the Journal takes pleasure
to paying tribute to thktowners. the management andthe per-
sonnel at the Faj-ette Memorial Hospital and to wisifThem God
Speed in the realization of their dreams for a new hospital.
A Pair Of Congratulations
This newspaper would like to extend a couple of congratu-
latory messages to two neighbors. One to the editor of the Cuero
Record and the other to Mayor Reese Lockett of Brenham.
We want to extend our congratulations to Ken Towery, the
editor of the Cuero Record, who exposed the veterans land scandal
story. For his untiring efforts and for his defiance of numerous
threats on his life, be was presented last week with a Pulitzer
Prize for fearless journalism.
Towery’s handling of the veterans land scandal stories did
much to set-off the state-wide investigation which is still under-
way. The ability to see ’em straight and call 'em straight is the
most important one for any honest newsman. Towery is such an
editor. Our congratulations. Ken.
Our second saluate goes to Mayor Reese B Lockett of Bren-
ham who last week ordered closed a house of ill fame in that
dty. Mayor Lockett ordered the house closed; ordered the “ma-
dam** in charge to discontinue operations; and for the girls to
leave town. This newspaper wishes to commend Mayor Lockett
far his action. He R a good public servant.
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Duewall, L. A. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1955, newspaper, May 12, 1955; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1254994/m1/2/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.