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50Years Ago

April 18-21, 1972

Following an exhausting threehour meeting, trustees of the La Grange Independent School District announced several changes to the dress code. The trustees passed a new, stronger hair and dress code rule to augment the one they had rolled out the previous week.

La Grange’s high-flying Leopards made it five straight in District 10-3A action when they trounced Houston Elmore, 22- 0, in Houston. Lep hurler Billy Miller came through with a no-hit mound stint. He applied the goose egg on the opposition in an abbreviated, five-inning tilt, permitting only two baserunners and those on walks. La Grange rained 15 base knocks over the field; third sacker Lonnie Lehmann led the charge with a double and a single. Buddy Grobe, Hal Lindemann and Steve Kovar each bingled twice, all singles. The Leps were also demons on the base paths, swiping 10 in the shutout. Larry Hatfield was top thief with a pair of pilfers.

In the 1972 Leopard Spots School Annual, Sandy Winkler and James Liska were chosen as Miss La Grange High School and Mr. La Grange High School, respectively. First runners-up were Donna Zapalac and Billy Miller with Diane Howard and Larry Urban as second runners-up. “Most Likely to Succeed” were Barbara Naiser and Glenn Davis with Diane Wagner and James Liska as runners-up. “Most Likeable” laurels went to Susie Moellenberndt and Larry Urban with runners-up Barbara Naiser and John Riehs. Chosen as “Most Athletic” were Donna Zapalac and James Liska with runners-up Sandy Winkler and Charles Kana. “Most Dependable” honors were Barbara Naiser and Gary Minzenmeyer with runners-up Diane Howard and Billy Miller. Selected as “Best All-Around” were Diane Howard and Billy Miller with runners-up Barbara Naiser and Gary Minzenmeyer.

Nelson Kieke resigned as superintendent of the Fayetteville schools, a post he had held for six years.

Descendants of Tobias and Emma Schellberg gathered at their gravesites in the Post Oak Cemetery near La Grange for a memorial service on the 100th anniversary of the couple’s arrival in this country from Germany. Great-grandson Marvin Phillipus of Austin conducted the service. The Schellbergs arrived at Galveston on April 8, 1872, with their oldest daughter, Bertha, (later Mrs. Herman Tieken). The family settled in Fayette County where Mr. Schellberg was engaged in farming and the drayage business, hauling freight with wagon and oxen. Four sons and five daughters were born here in Texas. A Methodist lay preacher, Mr. Schellberg died in Castell on Oct. 29, 1904, while attending a Methodist conference as a delegate. Mrs. Schellberg died on July 28, 1942, at the age of 92.

Lloyd Kolbe, owner of KVLG Radio in La Grange, was selected as the outstanding radio station for Region III, which consisted of 36 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the Texas Conservation Awards program. Elton and Henry Boehnke of Muldoon were selected as the local district’s Conservation Farmers of the Year and Earl Hertel of Schulenburg was named Come Back Farmer of the Year.

Funeral services were held for: Gus G. Streithoff, 81, of La Grange; August Nitschke, 62, of La Grange; Grady Stueber, 58, of Giddings; and Mrs. Agnes Wostarek, 71, of Frelsburg.

The centennial reunion of the Bartos families, commemorating the arrival of Mikulas and Apolena Bartos in Texas, was planned on Sunday, April 20, at the KJT Hall in Ammannsville. Mr. and Mrs. Bartos left Austria-Hungary, which became part of Czechoslovakia, and landed at Galveston. They proceeded to Ammannsville and Bluff, which later became Hostyn, by wagon drawn by oxen.

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