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New Subdivision Planned for La Grange

Developer Tom McKenzie took his plans for a new 21-lot subdivision in the northern part of La Grange to city council. The development was on 5.22 acres known as the Henry Berry plat, located between County Line and Helter Sts. McKenzie told the council he would first develop seven lots facing County Line, with others to follow. He hoped to begin work in about a month. Helter Street, he said, would connect with County Line at a full 60-foot width through the property. The developer added that the project would comply with the city’s subdivision code in all respects.

Two area sheriffs were reelected in close votes Saturday and a chief deputy was elected sheriff in a third county in the area. Returned to office were S.J. Whitworth in Waller County and George (Doc) Mueller in Colorado County. Elected for the first time in Lee County was Charles (Lucky) Thompson.

La Grange native Glen Weyand was named assistant manager at the local Perry’s store.

A Houston diamond salesman carrying about $250,000 worth of stones and $11,000 in cash was fatally injured in a head-on collision about 1.2 miles east of the La Grange city limits. A westbound Ford pickup driven by a Houston man and his wife was involved in the accident. They were treated at Fayette Memorial Hospital before being transferred to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.

Aircrews of the 924th Tactical Airlift Group at Bergstrom Air Force Base began conducting low-level training flights in this area with a four-engine turboprop transport operating at altitudes between 500 and 1,500 feet at 250 mph. The routes were largely over rural areas surrounding Austin. The purpose of the flights was to train reserve aircrew members in low-level flight operations and procedures to accomplish airdrop training.

Scholtz Construction Company workers removed a portion of the sidewalk on the north side of the 100 block of W. Colorado St. in downtown La Grange in order to widen the thoroughfare.

Anew group, theTexas Festival Orchestra, was premiering at the Round Top Festival on the weekend with 50 brilliant young musicians performing.

With 32 Fayette County families already registered in the Texas Family Land Heritage Program, the search continued for additional farms and ranches that could lay claim to 100 years or more of continuous productive operation. May 1 marked the third year of program registration, during which almost 950 families statewide had been recognized for their dedication to Texas agriculture.

Scoring 10 quick counters in the very first inning, the La Grange Jaycee Demons went on to plate 15 more, walloping the Schulenburg Dodgers, 25-9, at Schulenburg on Sunday afternoon. Clint Bippert’s Demons smacked out 28 base knocks over the seven innings, including home runs by starting pitcher Neal Miller, reliever Charles Koether and catcher Guy McPhail. Larry Bippert hit safely five times out of seven appearances at the plate, one going for three cushions. Neal Miller likewise collected five licks, numbering a double and three one-ply socks to go with his circuit smash. McPhail also singled three times. Garry Dippel had three one-baggers and Richard Cernoch a pair of safeties.

Funeral services were held for: Mrs. Herman (Hulda) Markwardt, 86, of Round Top; Captain Dalton W. Hielscher Sr., 55, formerly of Winchester; Sister Sophia Anna Polasek, formerly of Fayetteville; Mrs. Estelle Helfer, 72, formerly of La Grange; and Lad Faldyn, 81, of Fayetteville.

A new president, Gilbert Keiler of Flatonia, was elected at the Albers reunion held Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Round Top. Serving again as secretary-treasurer was Mrs. Ralph Mueller of Houston. Traveling the farthest were Weldon Albers and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Albers, all of Houston. The oldest couple present was Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Albers; the oldest, Mrs. Herbert Albers; and the youngest, Marcus Neil Nowicki, the six-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Nowicki.

Ann Marie Schmidt, a 1976 graduate of Fayetteville High School, was awarded an $800 John Porter King Jr. Memorial Scholarship by the Texas Interscholastic League Foundation.

Deborah Krause, a 1976 graduate of Round Top-Carmine High School, received a $1,000 scholarship and a certificate recognizing her academic achievements from the Clark Foundation.

Members of the confirmation class at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in La Grange were: Ann Kappler, Wendy Ulrich, Joyce Hentschel, Stephen Zuhn, Ricky Nietsche, Willie Konvicka, Susan Kappler, Cynthia von Minden, Kathy Herbrich, Edwin Floyd Pietsch, Gary Roensch, Jeffery Cook and Don Huelsebusch.

Anton Salas sold a threeyear- old, 1,005-pound Yorkshire boar for $315. Salas, who had been raising hogs since 1932, said it was the largest he’d ever seen. More than $3,000 worth of pigs bred by the big boar were sold in the first six months of 1976.

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