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May 22-29, 1970
La Grange school trustees approved the application for five new teachers to staff a special education program in the fall. Three units would be set up to educate special needs students and two for those needing speech therapy.
A new La Grange volunteer group called REACT, which stood for Radio Emergency Action Citizens Team, was part of a nationwide organization of citizens band amateur radio operators. Their goal was to stand by and assist police, Civil Defense, American Red Cross and other organizations in times of emergency. When FM 155 flooded in the Mullins Prairie community south of La Grange, a local unit stationed at the Muras place reported that an auto was stranded in the floodwaters. The message was radioed to another member in La Grange, who promptly contacted a garage, which dispatched a wrecker to the scene.
Funeral services were held for: John C. Zatopek, 77, of Ellinger; Mrs. Emilie V. Zapalac, 80, of Fayetteville; Mrs. Nola Zapp Reitz, 76, a Fayetteville native; Robert August Pampell, 83, of Winchester; Willie Rebarske, 67, of Round Top/Burton; and John K. Barta, 64, of Ammannsville.
The Federal Communications Commission in Washington approved an application from Lloyd Kolbe for a new FM broadcasting station, KBUK FM, in La Grange that would broadcast on 104.9 megacycles. Kolbe, who also owned KVLG AM, said the new station would operate out of the same building. He hoped the new station would be in operation by September so nighttime broadcasts of football and other sporting events could be carried live.
‘Gemuetlichkeit’ - good fellowship in the German manner - was celebrated on May 24 during the annual Freyburg Maifest that took place at the community hall, according to event chairman Nelson Holz.
Mrs. J. B. Garrard observed her 94th birthday on Saturday afternoon when friends and relatives called at her home. The dining room table was covered with a linen cloth handstitched by the late Dr. Garrard’s mother. A silver coffee service was set up on one end of the refreshments table and a crystal punchbowl at the other. For the occasion, Mrs. Garrard wore a corsage of pink sweetheart roses centered with a large white carnation on her dress, a gift of friends.
Patsy Jo Chernosky, 16, a sophomore at La Grange High School, was named queen of the La Grange Evening Lions Club.
Members of the First Presbyterian Church of La Grange voted to begin plans for a new manse.
Members of the 38th graduating class of Sacred Heart School joined the ranks of 345 previous school graduates. Those receiving diplomas were: Freddie Adamcik, Sandra Blaha, David Bordovsky, Daniel Cernoch, Larry Hernandez, Barbara Hluchanek, Danny Janacek, Carol Kana, Stephen Kovar, Beverly Martinek, Lisa Murray, Cynthia Petras, Dennis Rohan, Dennis Ryza, Janice Sumbera and Donna Wessels. Stephen Kovar received a certificate for achieving the highest average.
A memorial service at the Waldeck Cemetery was scheduled for Sunday afternoon, May 31 with the Rev. Donald W. Elzey officiating.
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary were planning to sell poppies for Memorial Day on the streets of La Grange. The small red paper flowers made by disabled veterans were emblematic of those who gave their lives in America’s wars. Profits from the annual sale aided injured or disabled veterans.
U.S. Senator John G. Tower advised the City of La Grange that it had been awarded a supplemental grant of $13,500 for the proposed new wastewater (sewage) treatment plant.
The 1970 honor graduates at La Grange High School were: Peggy Joyce Altmann, Ronnie Eugene Brown, Russell Allan Friemel, Daniel Ray Glaiser, Allen Ray Heinecke, Theresa Ann Janacek, Connie Lynn Janda, Larry Ray Joost, Daniel Mark Jurk, James Daniel Legler, Gregory Temple Smith and Karen Blancke Williams.
The schedule for the 1970 CenTex Connie Mack League was announced. Clinton Bippert was managing the La Grange entry. Boys between the ages of 16-18, who were interested in playing, were asked to contact president Leroy Riehs as soon as possible.
Shirley Syrinek was named valedictorian of the 1970 Flatonia High School graduating class. Salutatorian honors went to Joseph Schaefer.
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