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Indian Campsite Found on Fayette Power Plant ROW

Feb. 3-6, 1976

Excavations were underway in the La Grange-Fayetteville- Ellinger triangle at a furious pace.Atrench for an 80foot water line was being dug from the Colorado River to the Fayette Power Project lake site. There, massive earth-moving had been working for months. Work halted along Hwy. 71, which was being expanded to four lanes, when diggers came upon an Indian campsite. The assistant archeologist for the Texas Department of Transportation was called in to ascertain what had been found and what could be salvaged. It was determined not to be a burial ground, as first thought, but a place where Indians had camped for a few months at most and done extensive work on arrowheads, judging from the quantity of flint chips and discarded flint rocks about six inches below the surface. The archeology team found and labeled many artifacts at the location just east of Cedar Creek. It was characterized as being on the border zone between Gulf Coast and Hill Country Indians, possibly providing an excellent study of their cultural mixing.

The continued grass fire plague underscored the need for a good, general rain. La Grange firefighters were called to extinguish a small grass fire on the Hill place east of La Grange, property formerly owned by E.A. Sladek. The same day, firefighters were called to the other side of O’Quinn to what turned out to be a controlled burn contained by the owner. The next afternoon, the local department responded to a brush fire call the other side of Clear Lake Pines. Texas Forest crews had the blaze under control when La Grange firefighters arrived.

In a prominent display advertisement, Bill and LaVerne Kleimann announced they were closing their market on Saturday, Feb. 14 and urged all their locker customers to empty their lockers on or before that date. They also wished to call the attention of all their friends and customers to a copy of an interoffice communication from the Texas Department of Health posted in the window of the market that showed the name of the complainant and why their market was forced to go out of business.

Building up a lead almost from the onset, the La Grange Leopards upped their District 25AAcage record to 6-3 on Friday night with a 74-59 conquest of Luling’s Eagles that allowed them to stay in contention for at least a share of conference laurels. Garry Dippel set the scoring pace for the victors with a 29-point effort, while Kenny Hatfield and Jeff Lindemann tied for runner-up with 13 points apiece. Playing under pressure, previous high-scoring Johnnie Johnson was held to just 1 point.

Round Top-Warrenton Volunteer Fire Department members elected R.A. Pereiro as their 1976 president. Glen Krause was named vice president; Lucille Meinen, secretary; and Wayne Wagner, treasurer. Clarence Wagner was reelected fire chief; Fredie Meinen, assistant chief; and Junell Winkelmann, fire marshal.

After a 100-mile flight from San Antonio, a plastic laundry bag filled with a lighter-thanair substance, likely hydrogen, landed near La Grange. The balloon, discovered by Henry Wied at his place three and a half miles northeast of La Grange, had been sent aloft by two students at Oak Crest Junior High School in San Antonio as a science experiment. After entering the finder’s information, Mr. Wied returned the note attached to the balloon to the girls.

District Attorney Oliver S. Kitzman was seeking re-election to the 155th Judicial District of Texas, serving Waller, Austin and Fayette counties. Since becoming district attorney in 1967, Mr. Kitzman, a native of Waller County and a U.S. Air Force veteran, had served with distinction at the local, state and national levels.

Three commissioners awarded Mrs. Annie Herman Hanath, et al, a total of $42,138.85 for holdings being condemned to provide land for the Fayette Power Project. The hearing was held with Will Moore, Adolph Jurajda and L.A. Giese serving as the commissioners. The land in question involved several tracts totaling 34.97 acres. There was also a channel easement of .69 of an acre.

The contract to build and lease a new post office building in Fayetteville was awarded to Carlos J. Klutts of Cedar Creek, the lowest of 10 bidders. The structure was to be constructed at the intersection of Hwy. 159 and FM 1291. The postal service held an option to buy the site from Mary Chalupa of Fayetteville and would assign the option to the successful bidder. Completion of the new post office was set for June.

Tammy Pietsch, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pietsch of La Grange, was selected by the clothing company Young Years to model in an Easter Fashion Show at Highland Shopping Mall in Austin.

Schulenburg High School won both first places at the district Future Farmers of America talent and sweetheart contests in Sealy. Ginger Holub, a senior student and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Holub, was selected as district sweetheart. The musical combo of Jackie Machac, Michael Lebeda and Felix Bargas walked off with the talent prize.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Pfughaupt Sr. of Fayetteville celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Funeral services were held for: Richard A. Wolff, 83, of Round Top; Louise Ella and Werner John III, infant daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Werner John Koopmann Jr., of La Grange; Ignatz Zaskoda, 84, of Ellinger; Louise G. Beniretto, 73, of Carmine; Mrs. Grace Lemmons, 84, of La Grange; Alton Lambert Ricicar, 57, a native of Plum; Mrs. Edna A. Leonhardt, 62, of Round Top; and John H. Petter, 83, a native of Fayetteville.

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