Remember When?
Open House Set to Welcome Dr. Bill Nolan at His New Clinic
July 23-30, 1976
An open house for Dr. Bill D. Nolen was set for Sunday, July 25, at his new medical clinic at the corner of Guadalupe and Jackson Sts. Formerly the office of the late Dr. Guenther, the building had been extensively remodeled and redecorated inside and out, the first completed project of the Fayette County Industrial Foundation that was formed in 1972. Also instrumental in the reopening of the clinic was the board of directors of Fayette Memorial Hospital. A native of Lawton, Okla., Dr. Nolen, 32, earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma. After a stint in the U.S. Army, he practiced pharmacy from 1969 to 1971, before attending Kansas State College of Osteopathic Medicine from 1971 to 1975. His internship was at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa.
Two men and two women from San Antonio were quickly apprehended after robbing Joe Greive’s Drive-In Grocery in Flatonia late Friday afternoon. When they entered the store at 6:10 p.m., the men flashed pistols at Mrs. Angeline Hajek, the only employee on duty, demanded all the money and struck her on the head, knocking her down. They grabbed the cashier’s purse with $300 in it and lifted $23 from the till, along with two six-bottle cartons of soda pop as they went out the door. About that time, a young couple drove up and figured something was amiss. The young man read the license plate number to his companion, who wrote it down and later gave it to local law enforcement officers, who quickly identified the suspects.
A U.S. Navy career man from La Grange, Commander Weldon Koenig, relinquished command of the USS Simon Bolivar, the 53rd nuclearpowered submarine, to become an operating element of the nation’s powerful nuclear deterrent force, in charge of command ceremonies at Charleston, S.C. The commander’s next duty was an assignment to the staff of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, as deputy senior member.
A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing on FM 2762, west of Flatonia, early Saturday morning as a fast-moving thunderstorm moved through the area. A Houston doctor, who was the pilot and lone occupant, was treated at Fayette Memorial Hospital. The plane was reported to have sustained landing gear damage.
A 21-year-old man was fined $50, plus $47 in court costs, in county court for assault on a peace officer following an altercation at a dance in Ellinger.
La Grange advanced to the finals of the District 13 Senior Little League tournament at Brenham, downing Bellville-Sealy, 6-1. With two mates on board in the top of the third, Greg Trlicek’s home run gave La Grange all the margin it needed. The local lads plated another three for good measure in the sixth on four base hits, a double by Darren Kolbe and singles by Marvin Marburger, Donnie Bertsch and Ronnie Pietsch. Marburger hurled strong baseball for La Grange, fanning five and giving up only four safeties. Clement Trlicek and Danny Muzny coached the La Grange team.
The La Grange Board of Trustees approved the $44,234.82 bid from Reeder’s Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc., for 30 units of 3 to 5 tons to air-condition Hermes Elementary School.
Some 400 people, 289 of them registered members, attended the annual meeting of Fayette Electric Cooperative at the Round Up Hall in La Grange. All officers and directors were reelected: Arthur Friemel, president; Ewald W. Friedrich, vice-president; Edwin G. Kruppa, secretarytreasurer; Elmo Minzenmeyer; and George Pesek. Manager J.C. Warhol reported that during 1975, 16 miles of line had been added to the system and 131 new services were connected. FEC was serving 6,191 meters.
In Carmine, several new street markers were installed, including: Augsburg, Luther, Friedhoff, Thigpen, Sugar Hill, Haup Strasse, Brunn and Umland. The old Hwy. 290 was named Centennial and the new Hwy. 290 going through town was called Sylvan, the town’s name before it adopted Carmine.
Raymond (Ray) Baca Sr., 83, and his son, Gil Baca, were participating in the Washington, D.C., Festival of American Folklife from August 4-8. Ray was to perform on his dulcimer, with Gil accompanying him on the piano. Ray was one of the original members of the Baca Band, generally considered the oldest Czech band in Texas. It was organized by Ray’s father, Frank J. Baca Sr., six years before the Spanish-American War. Ray had carried on the old-time folk music since the age of nine.
Funeral services were held for: William Woodrow Wilson, 61, of La Grange; Mrs. Rose S. Cheney, 85, a Lavaca County native; Clarence G. Giebel, 44, who was well-known in Fayetteville; Lee Herman Kruse, Sr., 93, a native of Carmine; Debbie Rodriguez, 8, of Flatonia; Arthur W. Cordes, 75, of La Grange; Mrs. Helen Schindler Cochran, 39, formerly of Carmine; and Lee G. Cassell, 80, formerly of Fayetteville.
As a Bicentennial observance, 7-Up offered its soft drinks in cans representing each U.S. state. When arranged in a certain order, the cans formed a likeness of Uncle Sam. Victor Sylvia of La Grange was one of the first people in this area to gather soft drink cans from all 50 states.
La Grange native Frank Giesber was appointed assistant professor of economics at Texas Lutheran University.
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