New Members Sought for Fayette Water Supply

Fayette Water Supply Corporation’s board of directors was intent on obtaining additional customers in the Phase 1 area: the Bluff, Riverside, Plum and West Point. Anyone interested could contact a board member or attorney Michael F. Klesel in La Grange. The proposed membership on the existing line was $100. Each member agreed to give the corporation an easement – a legal, notarized permit, survey sheet and service agreement. Those who still owed part of the $100 membership fee were reminded to pay the outstanding sum before service commenced.

For the second time in less than two weeks, a motor vehicle crashed through the fence of the La Grange City Cemetery on E. Travis St. The car struck the boundary fence at the Bon Ton Restaurant parking area, knocked over one of the stone posts and went through the steel wire cemetery fence, running over some graves.

La Grange School District’s summer work-study crews, all high school vocational students, were hard at work setting up the compressor units that would provide air-conditioning for the high school. The 32 compressors received the previous Friday had been positioned on slabs around the exterior of the building. They would chill water which would circulate to individual cooling consoles in each room. Entex sold the units to the school district.

Another local senior citizen was duped in a fast-moving gameofThree-Card-Monte,according to Sheriff T.J. Flournoy. He said the victim picked up a stranger who requested a ride to Fayette Memorial Hospital where they picked up another man. The two showed the La Grange man a large amount of cash and assured him they would show him how to double his own money from a local bank. While the strangers waited, he did so, although a cautious cashier asked why he was withdrawing such a large sum of cash. After returning to the car, the target placed the money in a paper bag beside him on the seat. When he discovered the sack next to him was only filled with trash, the strangers had fled.

Fayette County commissioners agreed to use matching funds, along with money made available through the Texas Historical Commission, for exterior work on the courthouse. This included partial cleaning of the exterior walls of fungus and mold, repair of all missing mortar joints in the stone, waterproofing all exterior walls with two coats to prevent moisture penetration and seepage, efflorescence (a white, powdery substance) and staining, and repairing the roof.

The La Grange Little League All-Stars used clutch hitting, slick fielding and steady pitching to defeat Brenham’s Washington County All-Stars, 3-2, at Flatonia to annex the District 13 championship for the second straight year. In the top of the fourth inning, La Grange led off with three straight hits – a liner by Pat Fowler and bunt singles by Stephen Taylor and Eddie Marburger – to load the bases. Brenham pitcher Pat Gaskamp fanned Bryan Schoenemann but then issued a free ticket to Dennis Cufr to bring Fowler home from third.

A 1974 Mack truck with a loaded trailer of maize ended up swaybacked and disabled after it crashed into a gasoline pump at the new Gulf station under construction downtown of Hwy. 71 and 77 intersections. The Mack had been hit by another big truck rig loaded with steel. Both drivers were taken to Fayette Memorial Hospital. It took at least 12 hours to unload the maize before the Mack wreckage could be moved. City Patrolman Darrel Koopmann said both trucks could be classed as demolished.

State Senator William Patman of Ganado was invited to serve as parade marshal for the 48th annual Fayette County Country Fair. A state senator for 15 years, he had served on 19 Senate committees and was president pro tem of the Senate in the 60th Legislature.

Fayette County producers placed second in the state in the number of hogs on hand, according to the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. On Dec. 1, 1974, Fayette County farmers had 30,000 hogs, 3.2% of the state’s 940,000. On the same date in 1973, there were 1,050,000 hogs on Texas farms.

Private James B. Etheredge of La Grange completed his Marine basic training in San Diego, Calif. After his leave, he was to report to Meridian, Mississippi, for aviation and maintenance training.

Eight students from the La Grange area were named to the spring semester dean’s list at Sam Houston State University at Huntsville. This included: (from La Grange) David Elzie Elmore, Charles W. Faldyn, Charles Henry Kana, James W. Lehmann and Carol Ann Zimmermann; (Carmine) Carobeth Fuchs and Dennis Aaron; and (West Point) PatriciaAnn Bush.

The steeple on the old Sacred Heart Church came down as work progressed on converting the building into a parish community hall. When remodeling was completed, the Chromcik Council, Knights of Columbus, was to be the custodian of the building.

Leonard Buchanan of Monterey, California, formerly of La Grange, was promoted from private first class to specialist fourth class in the U.S. Army. A former La Grange High School teacher, Buchanan was stationed at Presidio/Monterey.

Funeral services were held for: Charlie Null, 80, of Flatonia and Muldoon; A.M. Frierson, 79, a native of West Point; Paul I. Mrnustik Jr., 65, a native of Rabbs Prairie; Irwin Clinton Hardcastle, 51, of Park; and Mrs. Rosalie Klimek, 69, of Fayetteville.

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Below are ads from 1975