1979: New Residential Subdivision Proposed for Monument Hill

Jan. 12, 1973

Developer V.A. Hrbacek presented La Grange City Council with his plan for Frisch Auf Village, a proposed subdivision on Monument Hill. The proposal called for the new development to be built in three sections on land more or less surrounding the old Kreische Brewery atop the Bluff. Representatives from an Austin engineering firm had earlier discussed the particulars with the council’s street/bridge and utilities committees. Council agreed to specifics that included 60-foot streets with no grades exceeding 10% and no curb and gutter requirement until the city annexed the area. The developer was to place utilities underground at depths specified by the city. Sewer facilities were to be coordinated with the Frisch Auf! development.

Misty rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow, and continued bitter cold described almost a full week of recent weather across Fayette County, as well as much of Texas. A slick glaze on highways and roads made traffic extremely hazardous. Two trucks jackknifed on Hwy. 71 in the Gay Hill area, but there were no injuries and damage was not extensive. Fayette Electric Cooperative had a minor outage in the Prairie Valley community, but service was restored within two hours. All this misery was caused by .05 of an inch of freezing rain and sleet, followed by a blanket of snow that measured anywhere from one to three inches. This was the first snow of consequence for Fayette County since the winter of 1960.

Fayette County’s commissioners accepted the bid ofAustinAmbulance Service to provide countywide ambulance service for one year with an option to renew the contract for a second year. The bid price was $6,528.50 per month, which amounted to more than $78,000 per year. The Austin firm pledged to place two ambulances, either 1972 or 1973 models, at two locations in the county. The ambulances would meet all standards Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas State Department of Health and Fayette County set forth. Sites and radios were to be provided by the county. Each of the ambulances was to be manned by crews of four for 48-hour periods, with eight hours allowed in each 24 for sleep, providing 24hour service. Austin Ambulance Service contracted to charge $35 per call, plus 60¢ a mile for out-ofcounty calls. Fayette County was to receive all revenue derived from the service.

U.S. Representative Jake Pickle said he voted against an ‘end the Vietnam war’ resolution in the House Democratic Caucus because it did not have legal standing. Representative Pickle called the strongly-worded resolution presented during the opening of the 93rd Congress nothing more than a harsh scolding of President Nixon’s Vietnam War policies. Pickle explained, “I did not want to do anything to prejudice the peace negotiations in Paris that didn’t have the force of the law behind it.” He warned that the administration’s failure to conclude American military participation in Vietnam could bring up legislation to prohibit public funds for combat operations in Indochina.

J.C. Warhol of Fayette Electric Cooperative was elected president of the La Grange Chamber of Commerce. He succeededAubrey D. (Red)Voelkel, who had held the post for the prior three years. Carl Kinslow of General Telephone was elected vice president. Other new members were: Mrs. Marian Busch, Delton Wessels and Gus Lindemann. Holdover board members included: Mr. Warhol, J.W. Roper, Marvin Moerbe, Wayne Fowler, Mrs. Judy Stueber and ex-officio director Voelkel.

Funeral services were held for: Mrs. Annie Ermis, 70, of Plum; Percy Kasparek, 40, of La Grange; Edward Marek, 17, of Willow Springs; Mrs.Alvina Meyer, 86, of O’Quinn; Mrs. Louise Frnka, 85, of New Ulm; Glenn Marion Richardson, 57, of New Ulm; and Mrs. Johanna Rohde, 84, of Warrenton.

Mrs. Judy Stueber, the owner of Classic 1 Beauty Shoppe, announced she was working Wednesday through Saturday at her business at 108 S. Main.

The Mid-Texas Bookmobile, which was in La Grange every second Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and every second Tuesday from 2:45 to 4 p.m., had added several new volumes to its traveling library. The bookmobile also stopped at Oldenburg every second Tuesday from 2 to 2:30 p.m., at Fayetteville every second Tuesday from 1:15 to 1:30 and at Ellinger every Tuesday from 11 to 11:30. It also visited Warrenton every second Saturday from 9 to 9:30 and Rutersville every second Tuesday from 3:30 to 4 p.m.

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