Gasconade County Republican (Owensville, MO), 1951-10-11

              Historical Society HEADLINE NEWS torn 'Hound AUut ' St. Clair Chronicle Champ Lovell King, 37, of near Cuba, died about 2:45 a. m. Monday, September 24, at the Northside Hospital at Sullivan, of a fractured skull received about an hour before when he drove his 1951 Oldsmobile lengthwise under the trailer of a tractor-trailer outfit carrying 22 head of feeder cattle. According to State Trooper 'Whit' Whitmer, the accident occurred about 1:45 a. m. on Highway 66, one mile East of the Sullivan city limits. According to a statement made by Norman W. N eagle, 23, of Sum-merville, Mo., driver of the tractor-trailer, to Coroner Thos. Schaffer, the truck was East bound on Highway 66 at a slow speed due to foggy conditions which reduced visibility to about 20 feet. King's car, traveling at a high rate of speed, appeared directly ahead of the tractor in the East bound lane and Neagles had barely time to turn his tractor squarely off the pavement when the automobile struck the front end of the trailer, burrowing beneath it and continuing 100 feet down the pavement before it came to a stop. The springs, wheels and rear axle assembly were sheared from the trailer, and the body was demolished and thrown to the South side of the pavement, the cattle escaping into the woods. Warrenton Banner Charles Bot-termuller of Jefferson City, Material Inspector of the Missouri State Highway Dept. was seriously injured last week Monday evening, September 24, about 4:15 when he fell 20 or 25 feet, as he descended from a bin of the quarry at Aux-vasse on Highway 40, where he had been analyzing materials. He fell to a concrete platform and was thrown on the conveyer. He was rushed to the Callaway Hospital at Fulton in a state of unconsciousness. He suffered a multiple skull fracture, a broken wrist and some minor injuries. Washington Citizen The police last Friday picked up Geo. Savoy and Frank Petoxi of Linden, New Jersey, by request of the State Highway Patrol on the information I that the two men were selling! stolen watches. They were driving a 1950 Buick car. After an investigation, however, it was learned that the watches the men had were purchased through regular channels and the men were later released by the police and the patrol. Linn U-D Lawrence Brester, 23, of Westphalia was brought to jail in Linn last Friday by the State Highway Patrol on a charge of felonious stealing. Brester. according to Sgt. Keller of the State Highway Patrol, earlier j Friday confessed to stealing a pouch of checks from Joe Lubbert, proprietor of Luebberts place in Westphalia. He took the pouch to an isolated spot aooui a nines i south of Westphalia where, upon finding no money in it, burned the checks. Luebbert had placed1 the pouch on the counted await-! ine the arrival of Cornie Rehagen, .who was to take it to a bank in Jefferson City for deposit. He left the room for a few minutes and when he returned the pouch was gone. The Highway Patrol was notified and Brester was picked up. He took officer Wells and Luebbert to the place where he had burned the checks and the charred paper and ashes were gathered and taken to the Highway Patrol laboratory in Jefferson City in hope that some of the names of those who signed the checks could be deciphered. New Haven Leader Paul Weh-mueller hit a deer last Sunday morning while driving towards New Haven. The deer was hit just west of the Mike Maczuk farm and the impact dented the left front fender of Wehmueller's car and also caused minor damage to the radiator. It is not known how badly the deer was hurt as it arose and ran away after it was knocked down by the automobile. Sullivan Democrat Rose Nie-wood of New York suffered cuts and bruises when the car in which she was riding and a car in which Cpl. Robert Essinger of New Mexico and Cpl. David Smoker of Indiana were riding collided near Bourbon, Tuesday, October 2. The two soldiers also suffered slight (Continued on Page 5.) OWENSVILLE, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, Volume 48, Number 49. $2.50 Per Year In Missouri; BRIDAL SHOWER A bridal shower was given last Thursday evening in honor of Miss Betty Estes, at the Wehmeyer Cafe in Rosebud. Miss Estes will become the bride of Harlan Meyer in the near future. Hostesses were Mrs. Louis Wehmeyer, Misses Doris Linenbroeker, Arietta Windhorst, Delores and Ruth Heidbrink. About 60 guests were present. Miss Estes received many lovely gifts. Lunch of ice cream, cake, coffee and Kool-aid was served. County Livestock Pasture Tour One of the biggest county-wide meetings of the year is planned for October 24, when a livestock Pasture Tour will be held on the J. C. Dozier and Sons farm south of Bland, and the Wm. J. Boettcher farm, west of Owensville. The farm tour and meeting will get under way at 12:00 noon, at the J. C. Dozier farm, County Agent Coy McNabb, said. This means that those who attend will need to eat an early lunch in order to be there for the full program. The tour is starting at this early hour because of the full afternoon program which will include visits to the two farms. E. S. Matteson, widely known Livestock Specialist from the University of Missouri, and one of the foremost livestock men in Missouri will discuss, "A Sound System of Producing Beef", as one of the highlights of the afternoon pro- gram. Beef cattlemen and farm people interested in beef Deduction will be particularly interested in thislful singing and joyful music be-, tour and meetine. Late fall pas-!cause that music is part of the; tures, how to winter beef cattle, j and increasing profit from beef . . ... 7 r ... . ,.., Tu,r ...ill !, i cow neras win oe some oi ine iuils ; discussed by Mr. Matteson. A t ilna Pnnttnhap Porm a rnnnpi will be given by Wm. Boettcher j on his beef calf records that he , v.i (U. tmr o.n improvement program. - The public is invited and beef cattle men are urged to attend County Agent McNabb said. Be at! 5 . c-j0... the Dozier farm at 12:00 noon fori5'" Sunday For the beginning f the tour. j PfC. Arnold NieWdld After a short tour of the Dozier farm the Wm Boettcher farm will ta iMcitorl TV. a nrnnram u;ill end 1 1 be visited The program will end there Principal Speaker For Farm Meeting J. W. Burch, Director of Exten sion Service, Missouri College of Agriculture, who will speak at a!died jn the 8063rd Mobile Army farm meeting to be held at the; Surgical Hospital on February 2 M. F. A. Hall in Owensville Friday j 195 h after being seriousiy wounded night, October 12, 7:30 p. m. jjn action by a hand grenade near Burch, who has been Director of Taeyami-ni in South Korea. Frag- .i;sws ' ' Si- ' l 111 1 if ' thc Missouri Extension Service for the past twenty years, is an outstanding speaker. The meeting is being sponsored by farm families in Balanced Farming Association and the County Extension Service. A large attendance is expected at the meeting. 4 Yi I 7 J. W. BURCH asconade County reran n ran Announces Program Of Genuine Folk Music Next Saturday at 1:00 p. m. a series of Afternoon Tower Concerts will begin at the Evangelical & Reformed Church. Using the redesigned electronic equipment that has been a part of the Chimes installation for some years, the Concerts will seek to bring to Owensville the best of the folk music of the world. Some music will be on records and some will be performed in person. It was announced that anyone who wishes to see the program go out over the amplification system may do so by coming into the church. No further invitation is needed. As time permits the mechanics of the system will be explained to all. If a few people who like to sing folk music will come next Saturday an informal period of group singing will be attempted. This will also go out over the tower. Only the most familiar numbers will be used in this section of the program. America has not yet made its great original contribution to the development of world Christian faith. Compared to other countries we are a very young country and no young country does its very best until it has had some time to grow up. Gerald Heard of England, who is now lecturing in Washington University in St. Louis, was quoted in the last Saturday's Post-Dispatch as saying that America is on the brink of a great religious movement. Every such movement in history has its own music. The final form of American religious folk music has not been found, but it will include the best music of every nationality that has lost it- jself in the developing American consciousness. It will include joy- American spirit. It is for these reasons mat tnese Saturday Alter w....m ... uv.-, w bring the best folk music it can! find from all the streams that have ! floed 1"t0 American life An attempt will be made to. j 1 i . CIU1U UIC UUUI 1UJIK CUHtd I Oil . Arrangements have not! unan ' ri)t '-'v.'-ii i.uiiipicicu 00 1111a ia UCHIg Funeral services for Pfc. Arnold P . V ionmlH enn nt 1r on II ! E. - Niewald, son of Mr. and Mrs Henry F. Niewald of Freedom, who lost his life in Korea while serving wun tne armea torces, win be held Sunday afternoon, October 14, at the Lutheran Church at Freedom. Interment will be made in the church cemetery. The body will arrive in Jefferson ! citv Fridav mornine. Pfr NiP,aiH vx eicuauc mi 111111 in the chest and left thigh. The bodies of 579 Americans who lost their lives in Korea were returned to the United States aboard the Hoosicr State Victory, which arrived in San Francisco September 29. SHOE WORKERS REJECT UNION AT BROWN SHOE COMPANY A second attempt to unionize the Brown Shoe Cpmpany factory in Owensville met wih defeat in an election held this (Thursday) morning at the factory under the supervision of a representative from the National Labor Relations Board. Official figures show that the workers defeated the proposition by a vote of 241 against 67 for the proposal. OIST. R-2 SCHOOLS CLOSED OCTOBER 1819 Public schools in District R-2 will be closed next Thursday and Friday, October 18 and 19, while the faculty attends the annual Teachers' Meeting session at Rolla. (r AIAF1 Surprise Dinner For Mrs. Milford Krarr.me Last Sunday, October 7, a surprise birthday supper was given in honor of Mrs. Milford Kramme at their home by the immediate families and neighbors. A table for the covered dish supper was spread in the dining room with a huge birthday cake in the center which was beautifully decorated. Those present were Milford Kramme and Peggy, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wehmeyer and family, Mrs. Lydia Korff, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Korff, Mr. and Mrs. Roy West and family and Mr. and Mrs. Clias Korff and son of Rosebud and i Krueger, Hermann; Vice President Route; Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Harris! Ernest G. Benz, Stony Hill; Sec-of St. Louis; Mrs. T. O. Beueke, J retary Rev. B. V. Wulff, Hermann; Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Ritterbusch j Treasurer Walter C. Marsch, Bay; and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Earl i Members of Executive Committee Kramme and daughters, Mr. and; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Null-Mrs. Calvin Kramme and daughter. : meyer, Bay, Mr. and Mrs. William Mrs. Ida Kramme, Mr. and Mrs. ! Kallmeyer, Hermann, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kreter and son, Mrs. Mary! Kreter, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Land-wehr and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Enke, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landwehr and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Collier and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kreter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wendel Biles and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Tavloe and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tayloe, Mrs. J. H. Tayloe and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Hamilton and son, Mrs. Lilhe Souders and Iron,, and Pfc. George A. Schultz of Ne- Enro,Iment of more than H0 000 the Federation of Women's Renubli-Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Collier. Mr. and j braska spent the weekend with MissourianSi according t0 prelim- can Clubs of Missouri. The pro-Mrs. Lewis Rutz and Mr. and Mrs.; the John II Holtz family of Ow- inary and incon lcte tabulations,' gram will also include remarks Armin Rutz and sons of Owens- ensville Route in celebration, of represenls 23.3 percent of the ap-'by Mrs. Kern, ville and Routes. Mr. and Mrs. Ho tz silver wedding j proximateiy 600i0oo Freedom Scroll At 8 p. m. Friday night, October The evening was spent visiting, anniversary. Also present were ; clna.r. rav,. in stato w.'l'2. Senator Kern will be the main When they departed everyone wished Mrs. Kramme many Happy Returns. She received several nice gifts. Brothers Meet After Twenty-Two Years 7 Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Payton of! Arlinutnn Pfllifnrnia. visitor! last week at the home of his brother, Ben H. Payton, and Mrs. Payton - of Bland, whom he had not seen for twenty-two years. Sam's last , trin tn Mlccnnri .i nc in i ooo rl,nn " l" . ... ..111.11 brother, Elmer, came here from rnlnmrln h.tnr mnvino in raM. vv.v.u, v forma. After a week's visit they were sas, oy r. ana mis. uen rayion where they attended the Payton, lami.y leun.or. anu viMteu wun ; stives and friends. They will . , return to their home in California; after visiting relatives in Utah and Oregon. X" , Others visiting at the Payton luiiii home on Sunday w ere Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Payton of Bland, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Payton of Owens ville, Mr. and Mrs. Junior Payton and son of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cox and family of Wright City. INSTRUMENT DISPLAY AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM The Music Department of District R-2 Public Schools is promoting its instrumental music by giving music talent tests in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Some 120 students have taken the test and 52 of them qualified for a superior rating. "As a follow-up to this test, Ludwig Music Company of St. Louis will give an instrument demonstration in the high school gym Friday, October 12, at 8:00 p. m. Those parents who are interested in having their children participate actively in the school music program are urged to attend. ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS AT FT. WOOD HOSPITAL Mrs. Herman Buchholz and The Peace Valley Orchestra of Hermann went to Fort Leonard Wood Sunday afternoon to entertain the wounded soldiers. This program is under the auspices of the American Red Cross and the first Sunday of each month has been assigned to Gasconade County to provide entertainment there. 1951. $3.00 Elsewhere County Bible Society Elects Officers The Gasconade County Bible Society at its annual meeting, held at the Owensville Presbyterian Church last Sunday, voted to con- tribute $275.00 to the American Bible Society and nominated the following for Life Membership in the American Bible Society: Rev. Ernest G. Crawford of Owensville, Rev. B. V. Wulff of Hermann, Rev. II. F. Sinning of Bay, Mr. William Kallmeyer of Hermann and Mr. John EhJert of Rosebud. Officers elected for the ensuing year are: President Louis A. Albert E. Morre, Drake Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Statler and son and daughters, Eldon, Dorothy and Cleta Ann, of Law-j rence, Kansas; Cpl. and Mrs. David; , L. Statler of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rittendale a"d j Claire Lee, Mrs. Claire Van Gilder, Miss Bobbye and R. E., Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hoke, Mrs. Herbert D. Freer, Marty and Nancy, Mrs. Annie L. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Woodruff, all of St. Louis. I Miss Joan Lee Holtz, also of St. Louis, Johnny Holtz and Mrs. Jean K. Holtz and Diana Lee helped entertain the visitors. Pvt. Jean Tllt, ,.,K Je Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, was unable' to attend. I -- , - ,.v..v....to vi,v. Mrs. Herbert Freer baked a cake decorated with the words "Clara- T.i oiii ! .? juuii, iU" Jl III pillK 1L'11U. BUSS of the gathering, to serve as a ,a r 4U i : jviiiimifi ui nit; itxJy ULLdalUIl, , BIRTHDAY DINNER A birthdav dinner was eiven Sun. day in honor of Mrs, Rosa Jones and her granddaughter, Laura Bell wmhite atThe 01 home vumue, dl llie UllO VV Ullllie Iiome. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. I clav Martjn 0f Washington' Mr 1 m . .1 ana Mrs. Lewis Jones and Doris,1"'" '" :"...u ui l.u- h d b saddle horse The horse !Ml. mjm rk t n cation. Mr. A. F. Berger. Mr.!. r: Vrre 1 "e n('.se J Jacky Lynn, of Belle; Mrs. OUie Pendleton of Meta; Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Groff and Wayne and Leon, nf TTninn- Mr nnH Mrs nttn will. y,;ie cammi0 ann iallra r0u Trc !Tnnc 0H Mioc Tiinn ' PICKED UP ON COMPLAINT .Tim rriHor nf Ri.-mrf niriroH up by Deputy Sheriff E. F. Hohen - street last week on complaint of Charles T. Schneider of St. Louis. Schneider reported that a car driven by Crider had sideswiped his car at Drake and had asked him to stop at the Standard Garage in Owensville where he would settle for the damages, but instead of paying for the damage drew a knife and drove away. The case was settled out of court. CARS COLLIDE ON HIGHWAY 28 Two cars were badly damaged last Saturday ' evening about 8:30 in a collision at the intersection of Hickory street and Highway 28. Both cars were Fords, one a 1941 model driven by Mrs. A. Durbin and the other a 1947 Ford driven by Clarence Gehrt. JOE PIOFCYK, SR. DIES Joe Piofcyk, Sr., farmer residing near Tea, passed away early this (Thursday) morning after a lingering illness. As we go to press funeral arrangements have not been made. SENATOR JAMES HERE FRIDAY AT United States Senator James P. Kern will address a joint assembly of high school students and P.-T. A. groups in Owensville tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, October 12. He will speak in the high school auditorium at 2 p. m. The public is invited to hear him. BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party was held Tues- annual meeting of the Ninth Dis-day afternoon for Dennie Land- tr'ct Republican Women's Clubs in wehr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armin Sl- Charles at 6:30 p. m. on Oc-Landwehr, Dennie celebrated his tobt''' 13- Mrs- Joseph Tate, of 5th birthday anniversary. Owensville, as President of the Those present were Brenda and thirteen county organization, will Nancy Landwehr, Dennis Mills, , twsiu-' at thc Saturday night meet-Brenda Garver, Cheryl Landwehr, in. l h lu'ld in ,nc Emanuel Jeff Green, Roger and Ronnie Loeb, Eutheran Church Hall at St. Charlene Havelka, Patti Landwehr, Charles, ! Harold and Gerald Ratcliff, Ronnie After the presentation of dis-Koepke, Vieki Garver, Janet Fuchs, , tmguished guests at the district Delores Kormeier and Randy Land- women's assembly, Missouri's wehr. Senior Senator will be introduced A lunch of ice cream, cake and'b' Mrs- Ann Becker, President of cool ade was served. Thousands Enroll In Freedom Crusade More than 140,000 Missourians already have enrolled in the 1351 , Crusade for Freedom and contri-j buted 46 per cent of the state's minimum objective in funds to ex-i pand the voice of truth over Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, initial tabulations revealed this week. I These figures represent only incomplete reports from a few coun-j ties and from the state's two largest! cities, Robert A. Willier, Regional ' and Missouri executive for the Cru- sade, said. Contributions reported j thus far to state headquarters amount to $40,259 of the state's, S87.000 objective. 4ng the 1951 Crusade, WMier point ; d t All signatures in this year's Cru- burg CaIvin winter, the club sade are being shipped to Europe president, is in charge of arrange-for special placing in two new radio mpnts ' stations to be built for Radio Free I Europe, national Crusade head- quarters has announced. Last year ' more than 16.000.000 statures of ' Americans who ioined the first i ... .... ....... uoauc nuc anu iu uuiun vvmi the famed Freedom Bell i National objectives in the Cru - sa(le thls year are enrollment of 25.000.000 American and ennfrihii - Port the increasingly effective psvcholocical warfare beint? waged " - " "Y rr. ana piannea lor kpa against communist propaganda and oppression behind the iron curtain. Local School Officials Attend Workshop r 1 SuPt- Leslie E. Spurgeon and t n rnn rr n wrvc- ni run iahhh - l 1 , i George Juedeman and Mr Ford- nul"vl aeiiueu wie BoarQ 01 caucauon-Aominisiraior s ! Workshop at Union on October 9. :The Administrators and Boards of 'lEdu jcation from three counties I Warren, Franklin and Gasconade were represented at the Workship. Five members of the State Depart- 1 ment of Education, Mr. Kenneth 1 Kirchner, Dr. Ervin Coyle, Mr. Fred Cole, Mr. Davis H. Acuff and Mr. Oral Spurgeon, were present and discussed current school problems. Some of the problems were: 1. Qualifications of a good teacher. 2. Probation period and tenure. 3. Single salary schedule. 4. Classification of schools. 5. Superintendent responsibility, qualifications, selection, time of selection, length of term. 6. Inadequate school building aid and matching funds. 7. Court decisions and attorney general's opinions. 8. Safety of transportation. 9. Social Security fornon-certified employees. ATTEND NURSES' MEETING AT JEFFERSON CITY Mrs. Marie Keller, Mrs. Elma Ritterbusch and Mrs. Vclda Zulauf j attended a meeting on "Nursing 1 Aspects of Atomic Warfare" at the Missouri Hotel in Jefferson City last Sunday. The lectures were presented by the Cole County Nur- sing Committee on Civil Defense, P. KEM 2 P. M. ' The Senator will round aut a two-week series of reports to the people with an address at the U. S. SENATOR JAMES P. KEM - speaker at a meeting of the Bear ,' Creek Township Repubilcan Club in thp Cnmmnnifv Hnll at .Tnne. Before the St Charles and Jc-?';- hllfff mnnd'nnr L" ...111 "I "Z, '"niia 1 TihZ e "":?.0,1,ica.l "poIts. t0 P'? . , ,0T- '.'"ul " 1 ot5y uu0 , "" j rcnion Lions l HID i uesflay, !c. . n . , "w"1 Mlssour State College student assembly. Octnhnr 11 "la junior Lnamoer v"""m'L f "larjviacion uea- ! "esudy, utlODer 111; KirK.Tllle , Thursday, October 11. rh d In urpH VVhon ; 1 I Run Over iiy Horse Laura Belle, 3-year-old daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wiilhite, who live west of town, was seriously injured about 7:30 Tuesday morn ing when she was kicked in the ingmciicu IJt'll L UV dogg and ran througn the d whvre Laura Belle and her brother were playing. The child was rushed to the Mis souri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis where an operation was performed that day. TICKETS NOW ON SALE j FOR HALLOWE'EN BALL Members of the Owensville Volunteer Fire Department are now selling tickets for the 22nd annual Hallowe'en Ball, to be held at Exhibit Hall in Memorial Park on Saturday night, October 27. Proceeds from the annual Hallowe'en Mask Ball are used to de fray the expense of the Depart ment's annual visit of Santa Claus for children of the community. You can have a good time and at the same time help make Santa's visit possible by buying your ticket now. SCHOOL BUS DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT One of the small Carryall Buses belonging to Reorganized District R-2 and driven by Marrlan Morgan of the high school faculty, was bad- ly damaged Wednesday noon in a collision with a car driven by Carl Rose. The accident happened at the intersection of First Street and Madison Avenue. Morgan was driving west on Madison Avenue and Rose was driving south on j First Street. J'.. I w