LCRA Case Recessed With Deadline Set for Briefs

About 20 interested spectators, some of them wearing ‘LCRA Stinks’ lapel buttons, watched as the Lower Colorado River Authority versus Bennie H. Schmidt et al. suit droned to an inconclusive recess on Monday in Judge Paul Huser’s 155th District Court. In the afternoon, the judge overruled a motion for continuance and took the case under advisement, giving a Nov. 25 deadline for amended pleadings, briefs, etc., to give him time to read and consider them. In addition, the damage issue was severed from the declaratory portions of the case. Defense Attorney W.J. Merrill’s position was three-fold: LCRA had no jurisdiction to perform the necessary surveys, LCRA-City of Austin agreements violated the Texas Constitution and the site selection was arbitrary and, therefore, void. LCRA attorneys systematically attacked the allegations.

A Houston state legislator, Rep. Lindon Williams, announced he had prepared a bill for the 64th Legislative session to restore Veterans Day to the original Nov. 11 date. He said 42 states, by legislative action, had returned Veterans Day to Nov. 11 rather than celebrating it on a Monday in October.

Judge Paul Huser sentenced two young Fayette County men in 155th District Court on informational indictments of burglary with intent to commit theft. One drew a prison term and the other a suspended sentence. The charges stemmed from a break-in at Edward J. Sula’s Little Oaks Drive-Inn between Rek Hill and Fayetteville the night of Oct. 20. The arresting officer was Precinct 2 Constable F.C. Knippel of Fayetteville.

Trustees of the Round Top-Carmine Independent School District appointed two members to the equalization board and nominated a textbook committee. Ronald Mueller and Alfred Albers were named to the equalization board. Alvis Mueller, Robert Banik, Dorothy Geraghty, Stewart Bruchey, Diane Vaughn and Beverly Phillips would serve on the textbook committee.

Funeral services were held for: Joe J. Trlicek, 61, a native of the Egypt community; Mrs. Lizzie Laux Diers, 77, a native of La Grange; Mrs. Mione F. Wessels, 82, of Prairie Valley-West Point; Paul John Goehring, 85, of Warrenton; Mrs. Lillie Bunjes, 82, of Oldenburg; Mrs. Myrtle Lucy In-gram, 81, of La Grange; and Mrs. Lillie Seeberger, 81, of La Grange.

The Bohot-Todd International Harvester dealership in La Grange received its largestever tractor. The new 1975 Farmall 1466 diesel weighing more than 13,000 pounds with 145 horsepower listed at $23,000 had already sold to a Smithville man. The tractor had 16 forward speeds and was designed for 8-row farming.

Fayette County Farm Bureau queen Glynis Tietjen was representing District 11 in the Texas Farm Bureau queen contest. Miss Tietjen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Egon Tietjen of Swiss Alp, would be competing with 10 other district winners at the Dallas Convention Center on Dec. 1.

Fayette County citizens over 55 years of age would soon be offered their own transportation service through the Bastrop County Community Action Agency’s Community Program for the Aging. Mrs. Emily Blume of La Grange and Mrs. Erna Mensik of Schulenburg had been employed as the Fayette County senior citizen coordinators. County commissioners donated three station wagons to transport senior citizens to destinations such as doctor appointments, visiting friends in the hospital and attending senior citizens’ activities.

Mr.andMrs.MaxG.Bathe celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at Carmine Hall on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. Max G. Bathe and Ira Bell Braun were married in Round Top with the Rev. A.B. Weiss officiating on Nov. 12, 1949, in Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The couple had five children: Susan of Austin, and Patti, Laurie, Matthew and Amy at home.

Danny Rudloff, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Rudloff of Shelby, was another area student featured in the 8th annual Who’s Who Among American High School Students, 1973-74.

Hunters nervously fingering their hunting licenses in anticipation of Nov. 16 might have noticed turkey tags added to their 1974 permits. Law enforcement and wildlife officials at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said the new tags would put teeth in the enforcement of bag limits on turkeys.

The La Grange girls’ basketball teams, a new addition to La Grange High School sports, would open its season in Smithville on Dec. 16. The girls, under Coach Mariana Welch, officially started practice on Oct. 15. The squad was composed of varsity and junior varsity teams. Trustees of the Fayetteville Independent School District approved the state immunization program but also added tuberculosis to the list. At the November city council meeting, a delegation of about 16 officers and members of the La Grange Ladies Cemetery Association was present with their attorney, John D. Marburger. The association again recommended that the city take over cemetery upkeep, and be reimbursed with proceeds from the organization’s perpetual care fund investment revenues, amounting to about $7,000 annually.

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