Remember When?

James Lee Jasek, 19, of the Praha community, was fatally injured when the bulk feed truck he was driving collided with a Southern Pacific freight train about two miles north of Flatonia on Hwy. 95. Loaded with 12,000 pounds of

Two 17-year-old Houston youths were apprehended early Saturday morning after damaging the temperature section of the clock in front of La Grange State Bank. Nightwatchman Edward Chudej, who was making his rounds near Ehlers Cotton Co., heard the sound of breaking glass from the direction of the bank and hurried to investigate. He took the young men into custody and alerted La Grange Police Chief L.R. Ulbrich. After appearing in front of Judge A.V. Smith, the pair was released after posting $1,000 bonds. They also pledged to pay for the damage to the clock, which

A Cistern family of seven lost practically all of their household possessions, escaping with only their night clothes before a flash fire consumed their home. Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Janca, their three sons and two daughters, fled after their youngest son, Royce, who was awakened at 4:30 a.m. by intense heat, spread the alarm. The blaze spread so quickly that by the time the Flatonia Fire Department arrived, the building was only a mass of embers. The family also lost their 1968 Chevrolet parked under an adjoining carport. They felt fortunate that a San Antonio man invited them to use his summer home in the community. The

Round Top; Milroy R. Mueller, 39, formerly of La Grange; Mrs. Hilda Kaehler, 76, of La Grange; and Fred C. Schiege, 71, a native of Round Top.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Krause of Carmine observed their 25th wedding anniversary at the Carmine Hall with about 200 relatives and friends. A barbecue of pork and sausage was enjoyed by all. Nelson Krause and Mary Bell Eichler were united in marriage on July 8, 1947, in Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Carmine. The couple had three children: Mrs. Sandra Beetner of Brenham and David and Mary Jane, who still lived with their parents.

Fayette County had at least 100 cases of screwworms, largely in the Flatonia, Cistern, Muldoon and West Point areas.

Michael F. Klesel was representing the Fayette County unit of the American Cancer Society at the 27th Division annual meeting at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas on Aug. 23-24.

Teen models in the fall fashion show sponsored by Needle Fashions Fabric Center included: Roxanne Giese, Virginia Mode, Carolyn H. Lehmann, Betty Moerbe, Suzanne Hruska, Gale Minzenmeyer, Rose Teinert, Kathy Zimmermann, Karen Fritsche, Myra Okruhlik and Debbie Wunderlich.

St. Michael’s Lutheran Women’s Missionary League members Mrs. Milton Koenning and Miss Toni Kraatz, who served on the hospital committee in July, reported on their visits to the Towers Nursing Home in Smithville, the Giddings and Hensley Homes and the Retama Manor Home and Fayette Memorial Hospital in La Grange.

Vrazels were headlining the Sat., Aug. 12 dance at the Round Up Club in La Grange. The following evening, Krytal Blue was playing there. Admission cost $1.50 per person at each dance.

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