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Area farmers could apply to distributors immediately to request more diesel fuel, according to Johnny S. Potter, Chairman of the Fayette County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Potter said the emergency program, which would be in effect for 60 days, was expected to enable many farmers to continue a variety of work necessary to produce food for the nation. The mandatory distillate fuels allocation program that had taken effect Nov. 1, 1973, was based on the amount of diesel and other distillates each farmer had used in the corresponding month the previous year. Therefore, did not necessarily represent a farmer’s current fuel needs.

A total of 110 members of the Fayette Water Supply Corporation registered at a meeting in the ag building Monday night to formally approve Phase 1 of the rural water project. That set the stage for a 40-year Farmers Home Administration loan application of $225,000 (and perhaps more) for a water supply system in the Riverside to West Point and adjacent areas. The next job was to obtain easements for the rural water lines.

The commissioners’ meeting room was packed with delegations from Schulenburg and Flatonia in the majority for a two-hour discussion about the Fayette County ambulance service. Commissioners voted to change Fayette County’s ambulance service provider on Feb. 1, 1974. The bid from Bexar County Ambulance Service of San Antonio was $5,850 per month or $70,200 a year. Austin Ambulance Service, which had served Fayette County since Feb. 1, 1973, bid $7,446.50 per month or $89,358 a year. Commissioners also decided to stay with two units rather than increase the fleet to three.

Also at the commissioners’ court meeting, three bids for a crawler-type of front end loader for use at a sanitary landfill in Commissioner Henry Dittrich’s Precinct 4 were reviewed. However, no action was taken until the machines could be demonstrated and evaluated. Commissioners did accept the low bid of Janssen Bros., Inc., of La Grange to provide a 1974 truck chassis with a five to six-dump body for $5,800.

The First National Bank of La Grange planned an open house on Sunday to welcome customers to its larger, more modern 24x110-foot facility on the site of the former Elkin’s Store at the corner of N. Washington and W. Colorado Streets.

The La Grange Garden Club invited the public to an old-fashioned Christmas at the Faison Home on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 3-8 p.m. The annual yule party for the La Grange Hermann Sons Lodge No. 8 also was set for Dec. 8. Members were asked to bring a covered dish.

John L. Giese, Chair of the Fayette County Christmas Seals, said response to the annual campaign was lagging. The local appeal to aid the American Lung Association-Alamo Area had set a goal of $142,914. Through Nov. 27, Fayette County residents had donated only $682.51 or about 31% of the target.

Fayette County, which had not filed any delinquent tax suits for the prior 20 years, pledged to get tough on the issue. County Attorney Dan Beck told Commissioners’ Court that the county was due approximately $35,000 in back taxes or approximately $65,000 to $70,000 with added interest and penalties.

Santa Claus planned to make his 1973 debut on the Square in La Grange on Friday, Dec. 7, riding a La Grange Fire Department truck. The La Grange High and Junior High School bands, directed by Joe Lambert and Martin Goodman, respectively, were to march in an impromptu parade and provide Christmas music at Santa’s tent on the north corner of the Square. High school band members would be appearing for the first time in their new uniforms.

A Houston man and his wife, who were weekend Fayette County residents in the West Point-Muldoon area, were both admitted to Fayette Memorial Hospital after their vehicles collided on the crest of a hill near their farm.

The La Grange Leopard cagers upped their 1973 mark to 5-2 Monday night by downing Sealy’s Tigers, 65-54. Scoring was equally divided with Johnny Johnson, Neal Miller, Robert Poole and Steve Kovar each dropping in 14 points. Tommy Taylor came up with 9 for the night. The Lep jayvees were nosed out by a close 43-42 score in the opener for their first setback after three straight triumphs.

A funeral service was held for Theodore Hahn, 79, of New Ulm.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Juren honored their parents on their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 22 at the Fayetteville Brethren Church. Mr. and Mrs. Juren were married on Nov. 22, 1923, in Rosebud, Texas, by the late Rev. Joseph A. Hegar. One of their two wedding witnesses, Mrs. Joseph A. Hegar of Austin, was in attendance with her son, Daniel Hegar of La Grange. Mrs. Juren was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zaboik of Zabcikville, near Temple. Mr. Juren, the son of the late Rev. Henry Juren of Fayetteville, was a barber, a former postmaster and offered tax accounting services.

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