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VOL. LX. NO. 27—61ST YEAR
A M ' J ft Big Houston Man Charged With Murder
In Connection With Kalich Death
Discussed At Meeting In
LaGrange, February 11
with the business firms of Schu-
The membership of the Colora-
Melvin Kalich, who died in St.
fested area ad therefore must
Joseph’s Hospital in Houston
Association Hall in Wolfers Park.
ever,, if they prefer.
atten
Shrine
Dance at Columbus
ary 13, or at the Houston Coli-
was not- set.
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the information after the business
people have made their decisions.
If you have not mailed back the
It appears, from reports, that same job, told of witnessing the
the
Lions Club To Fete
$2,649.44 Collected In‘March
Louis Herzik, who heads the
(I. E. Clark)
Total Poll Tax.
busiest blocks.
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the Lions.
1-
.Those who went, up on their
will have to file for reelection and
price? claimed that the high price should there be other candidates
Sheriff Jim’s Monthly Report
Besides Mrs. Lorfing. she
leys. They are coming 'here, at DAR.
this time so that they can get in
January 20. She weighed
seven
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out here for
given in Columbus on February
17th.
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NAVIDAD PHILOSOPHER
Claims He And The Diplomats Use The
Same Methods in Attacking Problems |
Charles Henry Morrell of Hous-.
ton was charged with murder in
connection with the death of Mel-
lenburg, sent out a suggested cal-
endar of the holidays on which
Schulenburg .business men would
close their places of business, and
The membership of the Schulen-
burg Lions Club will hold a ban-
quet honoring the members of the
Schulenburg Shorthorn "A” Foot-
Club
out-
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o’clock Sunday evening and af-
ter retiring she suffered a severe
stroke and passed away several
hours later. •
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’Orange, Waller, Washington and
Wharton.
and their employees were glad to
cooperate.
There is still a parking prob-
lem, however, and on Saturdays
-it is almost impossible to find a
nlace to park in the-four or five
Schulenburg Divided
On Coffee Prices
The eating zand coffee-drinking
(farmin operations
years.
For example,
GIRL FOR BRIQHTS
Mr. and Mrs. Rayford Bright
of College Station are the proud
parents of a baby daughter, born
The final filing date would be
on Wednesday, March 3.
survived by two other daughters
and five sons.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. I
from the Shiner Lutheran Church
with interment in the Shiner City
Cemetery.
praise of the many people who
haworked so long and diligently
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Shirlev Munke Wins
DAR Award
Shirley Munke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Munke, has been
selected by the faculty of the local
high' school to receive the annual
DAR award. This award is pre-
sented annually to a student who
meets the requirement?’ of the
seum on February 25 or 26. The
ticket you buy in Schulenburg .will
j entitle iyou to take your‘choice i
ball squad. 4 -
The banquetwill be held at the
GIRL FOR SCHROEDERS |
Mr. and Mrs.’ Erwin Schroeder
are the proud parents of a pretty
baby girl, Glenda Fay, born on
January 24, at the Renger Hospi-
tal in Hallettsville. She weighed
seven and one-half pounds.
abide by the regulations concern-
held on February 29 at the Tri- ing planting and plow-up date.
for office they will have''-to file
pound, made them take the ad- with the city office 30 days be-
do Valley Shrine Club will spon-
sor the raising of funds for the
Crippled Children’s Hospital in.
some farmers
Jaycees Still Working On
Parking Problem In Town
ral Home at 9:15, followed by ser-
vices at the St. Rose, Catholic
Church at 9:30. Intermint will be
in the St. Rose Catholic Cemetery.
Melvin was born and reared in
the Engle section, west of Schu- ■
March of Dimes drive for funds
in Schulenburg and this area, re-
ported on Wednesday morning of
shis week that collections up to
chat time had reached a total of $2,-
649.44. Mr. Herzik was high in his
। of a pound of coffee will remain
is | high for some time to come. .
of the Texas Ten Pin Bowling i Council; FFA Sweetheart in 1953;
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
M. Kalich of the Engle section,
where he was born and grew to
manhood.
Payments Reach
5,616 in County
he was at work when some disa-
greement come up and Melvin
was dropped on his head on the
concrete by one of the men where
he was working. He was rushed to
the hospital where first aid was
given him and it looked as though
he was not seriously injured. A
little later in the day his condition
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
P. T. A. To Sponsor
Play on February 18
- fee
The Penthouse Productions of
Hollywood and New York will pre-
sent "Peter Rabbit” in the Schu-
lenburg High School Gym on Feb-
ruary 18th.
This promises to be a big treat
for all the small fry and their pa-
rents, too. It’s a big musical stage
I vin Kalich, also of Houston, but
, formerly of Schulenburg. Melvin
p. m.
the
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THE SCHULENBURG STICKER
SCHULENBURG, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS — FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1954 PRICE 10 CENTS — ESTABLISHED 1893
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The case is due to come before
the grand jury, which will probab-
ly meet some time this coming
week.
A United Press report out of
Houston stated that Anton Culak,
who worked as a foreman on the
(Editor’s Note: The Navidad
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
farm on East Navidad no doubt is
asking excuses again this week,
excuses being one of the main.
products from his farm).
Dear editar:
It’s a long way from my John-I
ton grass farm out here at East
Navidad to the Big Four meeting
in Paris,' but I have 'been foliowin
the methods used not only there
wreck, and to Plum for investiga-
tion. '
Jan. 4: I made two trips to
Smithville reference a check for-
gery and cleared the case up. One
deputy to Flatonia and jailed sus-
pect in a theft case.
Jan. 5: Another suspect brought
to jail by Brunner in connection
with the theft case and two depu-
ties working traffic at two fune-
rals.
Jan. 6: Three fighters jailed
from Flatonia and I went to Hous-
ton working on the safe blowing
at Flatonia.
Jan. 7: Call to West Point re-
ference a run-a- way girl, also
trip to Fayetteville for investiga-
tion.
Jan. 8: One deputy to Schulen-
bug serving citations.
Jan. 9: Two jailed for disturb-
ing the peace and call to wreck
near Engle.
Jan. 11: One deputy to Austin
(Continued on Page 8, CoL 4) .
, but the date'of this entertainment
1 has sot been announced. , »
It-will be remembered,that all
rones made will go to the Crip-
pled Children’s „fund and this en-
titlesany child from agy where
and regardless of faith,, or clor.
_______ _______ . „ .Shirley, now a ‘ senior । student
pounds, ten ounces and was nam- ' some practice before the ’opening ! was a member ,‛of the Student
standing senior letterrhan for
good sportsmanship, grades and
Save May Be Your Own.”
Now for the highlights of our
daily activities:
Jan. k Very quiet New Year’s
Day, call at night' to Carmine, a
suspicious truck and one drunk
jailed.
Jan. 2: One jailed for the Gid-
dings Sheriff and several local
calls.
- Jan. 3: Call near Wards, a
but in other in-
ternational ses-
school lunch room at 7:00
with about 22 • members of
squad to be present.
At that time the Lions
award will be made to the
of 28 years.
For the past five or six years,
he had been working in Houston
and at the time of his death was
employed by the Wholesale Sup-
ply Company as a shipping clerk.
of coffee, which is near a dollar a
Mother of Local Lady
Dies in Shiner
Mrs. Charles Langhoff, age 77,
of Shiner; mother of Mrs. G. M.
Lorfing of this city, passed away
at the family home in Shiner last
Monday morning at 6:15, follow-
ing a stroke suffered about nine
o’clock Sunday night.
Mrs. Langhoff, nee Anna Stratt-
mann, was born and reared in the
Hackberry-New Kinkier section.
Five years ago she and Mr. Lang-
hoff celebrated their Golden Wed-
ding anniversary. She had not .
been in the best of health but was
not seriously ill. They entertain-
ed company until about eight
writing. In talking with the Depu-
ty Wednesday, the first hearing
lenburg, as the son of . Mr. and I in the case had not been held and
Mrs. A- M. Kalich. He was born j therefore bond
April 17, 1925, and died at the age
may receive treatment in
Shrine hospital in Houston.
The Schulenburg Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce received a lot of
favorable comments about its ap-
, peal to merchants and employees
to help provide more parking
space by parking their wn cars
away from busy streets.
This appeal was published in
the Sticker before Christmas, and
a majority of the business men
sions lately and
I’m surprised to
find the diplo-
mata have adopt-,
ed my system of
operating almost >
100 par cent.
As I understand it, no interna-
tional conference, is ever held
asked that each merchant mark
the days they preferred to close.
Of the 100 business firms to
I which these suggested dates were
sent, asking for replies, only 41
sent back their replies.
The Chamber of Commerce
stated that a meeting would be
held in the immediate future to
determine the dates and that this
was a service which the C. of C
offered. The C. of C. is not trying
to tell any of the business firms
what dates to close, or to stay
Fayette County. farmers must
plant their cotton by May 15,,1954
and all cotton plants must be de-
stroyed by midnight, October 20.
Other counties included in the
Jaycees To Raise
Funds For Youth
Projects
A Mexican supper will be pre-
sented by the Schulenburg Junior
Chamber of Commerce at the
Knights of Columbus Home on
Monday, February 22.
The complete dinner, all your
favorite Mexican dishes, will cost |
only 75c for adults and 50c for
children. Tickets may be purchas-
ed from Eddie Deterling, Jr., Ju-
lian Headley, Duane Alexander,
or any member of the Jaycees.
Following the- meal, which will
begin at 6:00 p. m.,.a games party
will be held.
Proceeds from the night will aid
the Jaycees’ civic and youth pro-
jects.
Fayette Co. Still In Melvin Kalich To
PinkBollwornArea BeBuried Here
Fayette County has again been Friday Morning
included in the pink boll worm in-
in a fight wit), Kalich and “pick-
ed him up and threw him on the
pavement head first." Morrell ad-
mitted this act in a verbal state-
ment but would not put it in
Funeral services were held on
Thursday morning, February 4,
1954, from the Schwenke-Baum- >
garten Funeral Home, followed by
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
ed Kaye Linn. The mother is the
former Dorothy Boening of this
city. Maternal grandparents are ,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Boening of
this city. This is the couple’s first
child and the second grandchild
for Mr. and Mrs. Boening.
The merchant who parks his car
in front of his store when he
knows there will be a crowd in
town gives the public the same
impression as he would if he
hung a sign on his door saying,
“I don’t care whether you trade
with me or not.”
Ad the employee who takes up
a parking space in front of his
boss’s store shows that he lacks
one of the most important queli-
ties of an employee—loyalty’to
his boss and consideration for the
the customers who pay his salary
through their purchases.
Several other suggestions were
made after the first appeal came
out in the Sticker. Among them
were:
If everybody parked at the
same angle to the curb, more cars
could park in each block. That this
is a good suggestion can be seen
by driving down the street. Nearly
every car is parked at a different
angle. Some are almost perpendic-
(Continued on Page 10, Col. 5)
wake up some morning in the
(Continued on Page 9, Col. 4)
establishments of Schulenburg I tax payers was in 1947, when
seem to be somewhat divided on ' 8,940 persons paid their poll taxes,
the price of a cup of coffee. —-----—---
On Friday of last week, most । Candidates For City
of corresromadegnerdubetopzi. Election Must File By
On one of the main blocks of March 3rd.
town, the price of coffee is a dime ’• The terms of office of three
while in the other blocks all places ! members of the city council,
are still five cents. Most of the namely, O. H. Wolters, Charlie
highway eating places have also’ Guenther and I. W. Speckels will
advanced'their prices to a dime, (expire this year and. either they
------------- A chicken barbeue will be
Mrs. Joe Willie Schwartz spent . held at the noon hour for the visi-
on ।
Quite some time ago, the Cham- i Qrinnar hiAran
ber of Commerce, co-operating VI 'HrIu ViI
on Chief Deputy Sheriff Frazer of
Monday, February 1, at about 7:15 ; Houston, in an interview with the
p. m., will be buried here on this j Sticker Wednesday, stated that
Friday morning, February 5, from I Morrell had admitted that he was
the Schwenke-Baumgarten Fune-
vegetable oil. The plant grows to
approximately 40 inches in height
and matures in about 1.00 days. It
has a tap root similar .to cotton.
The seed? yield 50 per cent oil.
This oil is used in paints, soaps,
cosmetics and for medicinal pur-
poses.
Any one desiring any further in-
formation or is . interested in the
possibility of planting the new
crop as a replacement for cotton,
can get the’ information at the
meeting on February 11, in the
District Court Room in LaGrange.
same zone with Fayette are Aus-
tin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado,
Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris,
Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda;
Rabies Cases
Reported in
Hackberry Area
Dr. R. G Owen on Monday of
this week reported two cases of
rabies in the upper section of La-
vaca County.
One of the cases was near
Hackberry and the other near
Bila Hora. The doctor stated that
one of the animals was a cow and
the other a calf. The two cases
are abou four miles apart.
On one of the farms, the farmer
(reported that his dogs had killed
two fox which came almost up in
the yard.
Fie,
Dr. Owen stated that he be- j
lieved that a dog somewhere in 1
that comnfunity was afflicted
with rabies and warned farmers
to be on the lookout. He- stated
that he doubted that a fox would
try to ttack a cow or would be
able to bite through the skin of
a eow.
of Dimes’ Drive in Schulenburg Fobtuaryzm
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of places to dance. La " Grange ,
will sponsor a games party to
which you may go if you prefer
Association meeting gets * under and a member of the Future Home
way. These ODHS teams will take 1 Makers class at school. The award
part in the State Tournament. also covers “Gobd Citizenship.”
Local bowlers are asked to go . Shirley, along with girls from
down to the alleys and meet and Hallettsville, Weimaf, Columbus,
bowl with these vigjtors Sunday. Eagle Lake and Garwood, will be
* honored at a banquet which will be
in the collection of funds for this
very worthy cause.
In the Mothers March of Dimes
a total of $276.64 was turned in.
In the coffee sales of last Friday,
a total of $177.16 was turned in
with Borchers Place alone turning
in over $100.00. 0. H. Wolters,
who had promised to match all
funds derived from the sale of
coffee, went a step further and
gave $200.00. Collections at the
nublic school was announced as
$295.00.
In another place in this issue
of the paper will be carried a par-
tial list of those who gave $1.00 or
more and as time and space per-
mits, more names and donations
will be carried.
I a few days in Houston last week. tors.
Growing of Sesame ToBe Reptiesconcerning Fund Raising
Discussed At Meeting In Closing Dates Dances To Gid
oil is very high grade and stays
non-rancid much longer than most open, but only wants to pass
show, featuring" Peter Rabbit,
Mopsy, Flopsy, Cottontail, Farmer
McGregor, and Mother Rabbit.
The rabbits will sing dance, .and
go through many comical scenes
that will tickle the funny bone of
every child in’town. i .
The show is being brought to
Schulenburg under, the sponsorship
of the Schulenburg P.-T. A.
The show will start at 7:30 p.
m. Admission prices are: 50c for
every school child from the first
through the twelfth grade; 75c for
adults. Children under schodl age
will be admitted free-of charge.
card containing your preferred
closing dates, you are urged to
do so immediately.
without first holding a few preli-
minary. meetings to discuss what
is gonna be discussed at the main
meeting. For example, they’ve
be holding a few preliminary
meetings in Korea for months try-
l ing to decide ■ what would be pro-
' per to talk about in case they got
together to hold a main session.
And what the Big Four Confer-
ence decides is not something af-
fecting the course of history but
only somethin affectin the next
meeting of the Big Four.
A lot of people criticize this
system, but I don’t. It’s the sys-
tem I’ve been employing in my
total of 5,616 poll tax payments
had been made for the year of
1953 in Fayette County.
Poll tax payments for the pre-
vious year were 5,200, thus mak-
ing an increase or 416 voters
in Fayette County. ’ • .
Poll tax payments usually in-
crease in election years, and this
year there will be many city,
county, state and national elec-
tions. The biggest number of poll
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fight. Morrell was described as a
steel worker, weighing 310 pounds.
Tuesday afternoon Victor
Baumgarten, local undertaker,
who went to Houston to bring the
Kalich body to Schulenburg for
burial, was stopped enroute back
to Schulenburg and had to return
to Houston where a further study
‘of the head injury was made.
Roy H, Anderson, Ass’t. Vice-
President of the Liberty National
1 Bank, pf Paris, Texas, will show
a film and discuss questions on
the growing and harvesting of Se-
some on Tuesday afternoon, Feb.,
11, at 2:00 p. m. in the District
Court room at La Grange.
Jim Reese, County Agent,
states that quite a number of
farmers have been making inqui-
ries in regard to the crop. Not a
great deal is known about it, how-
ever, it has been grown fairly suc-
.cessful as close as Moulon, Texas.
Sesame,, is raised for the seeds
which contain an edible oil. This
other qualifications outlined by rRepazs Torming Granghathis
Funeral Rites For
' t .
Mrs. Cecelia Vacek
Held Thursday
« Mrs. Cecelia Vacek, aged 83
. years, one month and one day,
* passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Eddie Watzlavick,
on Tuesday, February 2, following
: t an illness of three weeks.
V Mrs. Vacek was born in Moravia,
I Europe on January 1, 1871, as the
daughter of John and Mary Men-
sik, deceased, and came to this
country at the age of elever
years, settling in the Hostyn sec-
tion. She had lived in Fayette
county for seventy-two years and
for the past thirty years had
made her home here in Schulen-
jburg.
She was united in marriage to
Jhn Vacek on November 4, 1890,
in the St. John Catholic Church at
Ammannsville and to this union
eight children, six daughters and
two sons were born. Both sons
passed away in '.infancy.
vance. fore election date, which is on the
From all indications, the price first Tuesday in April.
. Houston by having a number of
entertainments in this area.
t in Schulenburg, a danee “will be
the dance here. They may, hoy-
Is Bn .
February 12; Bellville onFebAu.
Myke Klein is due to be the
master of ceremonies and Rev.
Anderson will make the award. .
The announcement of the win-
ner of the trophy will not be made
until the time of the banquet.
Blume.’s Orchestra will furnish
the, music. . -
A1L, Shriners in this area are
selling tickets at $1.00 ech which
willentitle the bearer to attend
Miss Mary David
PassesAway
{ Mary David, age 67 years
and oaf month, died at the family
home at 606 Upton Street at 7:35
d'elock Tuesday evening, February
2nd.
• Miss David was born in Schu-
lenburg on January 5, 1887, as the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
David. She spent her childhood
years in the Ammannsville sec-
tion, and later the family moved
to the St. John community. Fol-
lowing the death of her father,
she left this secton and for nine
years was employed in San An-
gelo and Sterling City. She re-
turned to Schulenburg thirteen
years ao and for nine years was
an employee of the Von Minden
Hotel. For the past four years
she has been ill at her home.
Funeral services were conducted
on Thursday, February 4, at 3:00
p. m. from the family residence
with Rev. Leo Goertz officiating.
Interment was in the St. Rose
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» Mr and Mrs. Beno Hoffmann
and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Burger
spent Sunday in Houston with
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hoffmann
and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Strobel
and dagghter.
San Antonio ODHS
Bowlers To Be Here
Sunday, Feb.7
Eight men’s. and ladies’ teams
representing the San Antonio
ODHS Lodge will be in Schulen-
burg on this coming Supday *o
practice bowling on the local al- i
fiv<
This wa rather a busy 'month,
we did a lot of collecting as you
will see below. However, the sad
part of it was we had a person
killed in a traffic accident and
also had several major wrecks
hat caused considerable property
lage. Last year, we had only
\ people killed in traffic com-
pard to eight deaths each for the
years 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952.
I sincerely hope we can hold the
traffic fatalities down still lower
this year. Let’s all try to remem-
ber the well known slogan of
‘ “Drive Carefully, The Life You
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