REMEMBER WHEN?

50 Years Ago

May 19-23, 1972

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department quickly unraveled a case involving the theft of two saddles from a Dubina-area weekend farmer/rancher’s barn. The saddles, stolen from H.K. Reese’s place sometime Sunday night, were reported missing on Monday morning. When officers identified and confronted a suspect, he confessed. Sheriff T.J. Flournoy said the perpetrator had been sentenced to state prison in 1966 on a burglary charge.

The LGISD Board of Trustees adopted two new hair and dress code resolutions. The first addressed long hair and unusual clothing in classes where they might be dangerous if they became entangled in engines, power tools or other machines. Because this would cause a hazard to themselves and others, the boys were required to keep their hair at a reasonable length and to wear clothes that would not easily catch in machinery or equipment. The second resolution focused on students who refused to conform to the provisions of the first resolution. These boys were to be removed from classes where hazards existed and be reassigned to study hall or non-hazardous classes. A month earlier, a resolution set forth by the board concentrated on students who wore unusual hairstyles and clothing that reflected unfavorably upon the school. They were to be reassigned to classes or activities where they would not generally be observed by the public. Teachers, coaches and directors of events and activities were responsible for enforcing the resolutions.

La Grange school trustees held a stormy meeting on Tuesday night. Four high school boys who asked about the new hair and dress code received a variety of answers. A local mother complained that she was getting the runaround with regard to questions she had sub mitted to the board the previous month. One trustee lambasted the entire board about holding closed sessions. Another said he was dead set against measuring the length of boys’ hair. A third trustee waved a school board guidebook, saying his colleagues were not following proper procedures and demanded that they do so. He also said the local parent-teacher association should be dissolved and put back in the hands of the parents.

Virginia Legler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Legler, was chosen as a delegate to Bluebonnet Girls State being held at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin from June 13-23. Virginia, a junior at La Grange High School, was sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary #102.

Texas draft boards were being instructed to issue induction orders to all 1972 first priority selection group men with lottery numbers of 35 or below. The Defense Department asked Selective Service to induct 15,000 men in April, May and June. The previous lottery cut-off number was 15 for April and May, but that was raised to 35 for the June induction call. Each registrant to be inducted was given at least 30 days’ notice before his induction reporting date.

Mrs. Adolph Hajovsky Sr. of Holman, the mother of 12 children (one of whom was deceased), was honored by her children and their families on Mother’s Day with a gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hajovsky of La Grange. About 60 enjoyed the potluck family dinner. Also enjoying the day with the Hajovskys were Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Leifeste of Plum. Mr. Leifeste taught the Hajovsky children at the Holman School years before.

Funeral services were held for: George Robert Hauser, 56, of a La Grange native; and Mrs. Viola S. Gest, 68, a La Grange native; and Mrs. Lydia Dornhoefer, 75, of Carmine.

John W. Wied, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wied of Fayetteville, was elected secretary of the 800-member Student Bar Association at the University of Houston Bates College of Law. John was to serve in this capacity through the spring of 1973. A graduate of Round Top-Carmine High School and the University of Houston, he was a Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity member.

Mrs. J.B. Garrard celebrated her 96th birthday with friends and neighbors calling in the afternoon.

The explosive La Grange Leopards staged one eruption here Tuesday night to tack on the full District 10-3A baseball championship. A standing-room-only crowd estimated at well over 1,000 crammed Fair Park to see the Leps blast out five safeties for three runs in the third inning, then hold on for a 3-1 victory over the Huntsville Hornets. The Leps’ southpawing Bubba Riehs permitted only three hits, fanned 11 over the seveninning game and free-passed only one when Huntsville earned its only run. The lone Huntsville run was unearned. Buddy Grobe and Billy Miller singled to open La Grange’s bottom half of the third inning and David Zatopek scored them both with another bingle. Mark Cook followed with a single. Riehs hit to the shortstop, and Zatopek was out at the plate. Jim Quinn followed with a two-bagger and Cook scampered across.

Jerry Schatte, a 1968 La Grange High School graduate, received his BS degree in biology from Texas Christian University at Fort Worth.

Frank Cernosek was elected president of the Holman Farm Bureau.

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