Remember When?

October 21-31, 1975

The La Grange Leopards made it look easy again. Scoring every time they got hold of the football in the first half, they piled up a 35-0 intermission margin and coasted to a 42-0 victory over the Weimar Wildcats at Leopard Field. The win was the Leps’ third straight District 25AA encounter in which they scored 140 points to six for their opponents, and their fifth in six starts for the season. That left Weimar ranked 1-2 in the district and 3-3 for the season. Defensively, the game was an all-team effort with 17 Leps figuring in one or more tackles. Shelby Willett led the pursuit with nine stops, closely followed by Kenny Zimmerhanzel, Tommy Supak and Curtis Ray. Tommy Matocha picked off two passes from his defensive halfback post, and Garry Matocha intercepted one and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown.

Community members helped volunteer firefighters battle a stubborn pasture fire north of Muldoon for nearly three hours on Thursday afternoon before getting the blaze under control and finally extinguishing it. The La Grange department answered the 2 p.m. call with its booster truck, while Flatonia sent two firefighting units. The Texas Forest Service had two bulldozers on the scene digging fire retardant trenches. A pasture dozer was also on the job. A nearby stock tank was utilized to replenish the booster trucks’water supplies. This was the third grass fire in the same general area, all apparently started by sparks from passing Southern Pacific freight trains.

Burglars broke through a rear door at La Grange Feed & Egg Co. on Colorado St. sometime early Wednesday night, according to Deputy Sheriff Vastine Koopmann and City Night Patrolman Darrell Koopmann. Taken from the office were a Remington calculator, a Magnavox clock-radio, and about $20 in nickels, dimes and quarters.

Albert and Leo Ernstes of Schulenburg won top honors in Class 5 at the State Hay Show in Austin. The class included hay from oats, ryegrass and other winter annual grasses. Two other class winners were Red Novak, Schulenburg, perennial grass, and LeRoy Mc-Bride, Schulenburg, sorghum Sudan hybrids. Benedict Kallus of La Grange showed a thirdplace coastal Bermuda entry.

Head cheerleader Nancy Brown was named the 1975 football sweetheart of the Schulenburg Shorthorns. Other nominees were: Susie Boehm, Debbie Frank and LaVera Mc-Millian.

Charles A. Meyer of the U.S. Marine Corps was awarded the Certificate of Merit and Commendation for outstanding service by Brigadier General John DeBarr at a ceremony in Washington D.C. Meyer had recently completed his four-year regular tour of duty and transferred to the Marine Reserve. He was being sent to Seattle, Washington, for duty for the next two years. An active elder in the Mormon Church, Meyer planned to devote as much time as possible to its mission while he lived there. He was a 1971 graduate of La Grange High School and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meyer and the grandson of Mrs. E.B. Meyer of La Grange and Mrs. Walter Sabrsula of Plum.

Funeral services were held for: Frank J. Pratka, 69, of La Grange; Joe L. Taylor, a longtime La Grange resident; Alfred A Witt, 77, of La Grange; Weldon Aubrey Steinmann, 65, a La Grange native; Lee G. Schaefer, 54, a La Grange native; Melvin W. Stork, 52, formerly of Nechanitz; Mrs. Emma Trnovsky, 80, of Fayetteville; Mrs. Alma Bruns, 80, of Bluff-Cedar; Joe Jakobeit, 66, of La Grange; Edwin Vasek, 54, of Fayetteville; Herbert Emil Marburger, 55, a native of Round Top; Mrs. Minnie Mikolas, 73, a native of Fayetteville; Alvin Pfeiffer, 96, of Carmine; and Mrs. Johanna Moss, 89, of La Grange.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bohot celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with friends and family on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the River Colony Clubhouse. Victor Bohot and Elva Bunte were married in the Amador Hotel, Las Cruces, New Mexico, by Pastor Paul F. Stueckler of Zion Lutheran Church in El Paso.

The 21st annual Keilers reunion was held on Sunday, Oct. 12, at Zapp’s Hall in Warrenton with about 130 in attendance. Werner Keilers of Austin was elected to serve as the next president, assisted by vice-president Lloydell Keilers and secretarytreasurer Ruth Ellen Koehl of Fayetteville. Silver dollar prizes were awarded to: Gus Keilers, the oldest person in attendance; Johnnie Keilers, the youngest; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Keilers, the longest married couple; and Mrs. Wilma Lenz of Fremont, California, for traveling the longest distance.

Beckie Tatum, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Tatum of La Grange, was selected as one of the nominees for Blinn College homecoming queen. She was the candidate representing Fauna and Flora.

Three Fayette County 4-H Horse Club members participated in the Waller County Horse Show. Kelly Smith won a first-place trophy in poles on Sal’s Red Wasp. Kelly also won third in halter and fifth in reining on Bar N Scooter, and third place in barrels on Sal’s Red Wasp. Bart Ullrich placed sixth in halter and third in western riding on Post King Bar. Carrie Ullrich, riding Lonita’s Choya Bar, won third place in western riding and fourth place in reining. Carrie also participated in the AQHA Quarter Horse Show, winning fourth place in barrels and fifth in reining on Lonita’s Choya Bar.

La Grange native Morris Alberts was being transferred to Tehran, Iran, for a tour of duty as a procurement specialist on the Peace Corps Log Program manager staff.

The Fayette County office of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service announced that some funds were available for brush control.

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