The Multi-County New Landowner Education program is a series of seven informational meetings, seminars, and field days designed to make new landowners in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties aware of what types of agricultural enterprises are best for their property. The last program for the 2022 series will take place on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Blinn College Rankin Ag Complex located at 1409 Old Mill Creek Rd. Brenham. Topics to be covered: Bee Keeping Basics, Trees for Texas and Landowners.

The Faison Preservation Society cordially invites you to our Save The Faison House Auction Social on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Historic Casino Hall, 254 N. Jefferson, La Grange, Texas. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served. Music by Larry Ripper. Free-will donations are greatly appreciated.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5: Grass Fires - 2 Medical - 10 Smoke Report - 1 Accidents - 5 Fire Alarms - 3 Vehicle Fire - 1

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department resonded to during the week of Oct. 16-23.

Since its inception, Fayette County Community Theatre has boasted the tag line and ascribed to the motto of “Building Community Through Play”. Time and time again this has been true in so many ways. This past weekend was no different.

The youngest daughter of General Sam Houston was fatally injured in an automobile crash on the eastern outskirts of Schulenburg on Dec. 2, 1932 while passing through town. Mr. Edmund Dusek who witnessed the crash reported that the Ford swerved and then rolled over into a ditch with the wheels in the air. The occupants were unable to remove themselves from the car until bystanders were able to right the car and remove the occupants. Mrs. Antoinette “Nettie” Houston Bringhurst, daughter of General Sam Houston, suffered four broken ribs and a broken collar bone. She was transported to a local doctor for first aid and then transferred to the hospital in San Antonio by Schwenke Funeral Home Ambulance escorted by two Texas Highway Patrolmen motorcycle officers. The other occupants, Mrs. Bringhurst’s daughter, Nettie Bush, a niece, and a ten-year-old granddaughter were not seriously injured but badly shaken.