The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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be the principal speaker.
He died
chil-
body was glad everybody else
; had come to cheer and en-
; courage the players who endea-
i vored to please the audience.
j 'The program given by the
primary and intermediate de-
partment Tuesday night drew
much applause from the vast
audience until three-fourth of
the program had been success-
fully finished when seats be-
gan to click because of an ap-
i proaching tempest.
Those remaining to the end of
•the program and who had come
held
resi-
in Frnka’s Opera House. Dr.
Closing Exercises For New Um High
School Began Sunday Morning
Heifry A. Breihan, a very
prominent and influential citi-
zen of Bartlett died suddenly
last Thursday morning May 9.
Mr. Breihan attained the age of
71 years. He was born in Ha-
nover, Germany, and at the age
of 3 years came to America
with his parents, who settled
at Rockhouse. In the year 1880
Mr. Breihan was married to
Miss Sophie Muenzler and lo-
cated at Bartlett where they
settled on a farm one mile east
of town, where the family con-
tinued their residence for a per-
iod of forty-five years and un-
til his death.
Aside of. being a successful
farmer he was associated with
the National Bank of Bartlett
of which he was a director and
stockholder. Formerly he was
for many years one of the di-
rectors of A. & M. College. He
vzas always bent on lending a
helping hand to all civic and
progressive movements calculat-
ed to elevate and foster com-
munity uplift and advancement.
He was a life member of the
Methodist church and served
his church as local pastor for
almost a quarter of a century,
always filling the pulpit during
the absence of the regular past-
or.
Last Wednesday evening af-
ter the regular routine of his
day’s labor, and after eating
a hearty supper, Mr.- Breihan
retired apparently in the best
of health, but never again to
awake hi this world,
of heart failure while asleep.
His wife found him dead in bed
Thursday morning after his
failure to arise as usual.
His wife and four sons sur-
vive: Rev. B. E. -Breihan of
Brenham; Dr. Ernst Breiham
of Dallas; Ed. Breihan of Hous-
ton and Albert Breihan of A-
bilene; three daughters, Mrs.
Nellie Behrens of Copperas
Cove; and the Misses Laura
and Olga at home. Surviving
' also are two brothers and a sis-
!ter, Willie and August Breihan
! and Miss Mary Breihan of Rock-
house and several grand
dren.
Funeral services were
Saturday morning at his
dence with interment in the
state” Mr. Lahrmann
“that Mr: J. J. Zanek
ed me not to buy a
tor hearse for reason
there would not be enough bu-
siness in this teritory for two
motor hearses, and that we
could curtail expenses by both
using Mr. Zanek’s hearse. Mr.
Leon Simank of Brenham has
made me practically the same
offer, in-as-much as he tendered
me the use of his latest model
limousine hearse together with,
all modern equipments, includ-
ing a devise for lowering cas-
kets in the grave, and other up-
to-date conveniences.” said Mr.
Lahrmann, who feels highly
elated over- the splendid busi-
ness accorded him by the public
during his eighteen years of
service. He feels truly grate-
ful and 'proud of the confidence
bestowed upon him by those
whom he served and hopes to
merit their patronage in the
future. Mr. Lahrmann carries
in stock a complete assortment
of coffins, caskets, grave lining,
robes and gravedec orations
which he sells at a legitimate
percent of profit.
Mr. Lahrmann doesn’t wish to
impose upon his friends and
prospective customers, for that
is not the purpose he has in
view. He simply wishes to ap-
prise the public in general that
he carries a complete stock of
everything needed in the under-
taking business and that he can
compete with any in that line,
both in quality and price. Mr.
Lahrmann assures his prospec-
tive customers and old time
friends prompt service and city
like conveniences.
Eighteen Years in Publisher’s Uncle
Business At industry; Dies Suddenly
At Bartlett.
During a pleasant conversa-
tion with Herm. Lahrmann re-
lative to his business career at
Industry, he called our at-
tention to his undertaking busi-
ness which he established eigh-
teen years ago, when he pur-
chased the stock and fixtures of
the late Z}' C\ Gollmer.
“An ^Undertaking business is
"generally not advertised for
reasons too well known to the
average reader, hence some peo-
ple may think I am no longer
in the undertaking business, be-
cause I own no motor hearse,”
said Mr. Lahrmann. “As a
matter of explanation I wish to
said
ask-
mo-
that
The baccalaureate sermon all taken up long before the
given by Rev. W. F. Flachmeier curtain was drawn up. Every-
of Columbus in the Lutheran
chi/rch Sunday morning, was1
-Considered a gem in oratory by ■
those able to judge. Rev. Flach- :
meier is a fluent and eloquent
orator. His happy collocation of
words and spontaneous expres-
sions had a refreshing and in-
spiring effect on the congrega-
tion. Not all the seats were
taken up which is attributed to
the fact that as a matter of I
courtesy, preference in seating
the audience was given the fa-’’
culty, the graduating class, afoot, were obliged to wade
their parents, school board and homeward through water reach-
regular church members. The ing up to their • ankles. How-
vocal music was exceptionally ever, they did not mind the
harmonious and blended well, i foot ease at all and were unani-
Monday night the High' mous in “schoen war’s doch.”
School program took place in Commencement exercises will
Frnka’s opera house. The play be held tonight (Wednesday)
was smoothly rendered and ex-
ceptionally well carried out in ■ Phil. Deschner of Brenham will
every detail. The seats were
$2.00 Per Year.
have had an enjoyable
!KEWPIE”
Graduation Exercises
(Clifton) Carter, prior to
*
Alma
Mrs.
*
them—their
funeral
wall decora-
symbols we
Moody
of Cas-
husband, who spent
of usefulness in this
ought to be notified where to
look for misplaced articles. Mr.
Lahrmann takes the prank as a
joke but realy it is no joxe.
But boys are boys, you know.
Carter Dies'
in Houston Of
Electrical Shod
the marriage
The Graduation Exercises
were held on Friday night, May
20th. The class alone deserves
high honor of being a very bril-
liant and remarkable class, but
we must bestow another honor
(Continued on the last page)
members of her family arrived
here Sunday shortly before
noon in response- to a message
apprising them of the death of
Mrs. Chernocky’s mother, Mrs.
Szymansky.
Tuesday night about 10 o’-
clock a heavy rain began pour-
ing down which lasted more or
less vehemently for two hours.
This morning crops look a little
rain beaten. Fortunately the
rain was not accompanied* by
any strong winds.
Sunday evening, May 22nd,
relatives and friends gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Kautz in honor of Mrs.
Kautz’s birthday. The time was
well spent and the parting hour
came too soon. Lunch and re-
freshments were served. Every-
one that participated in the af-
fair left with a smile on his
face and this is an assurance
jhat each one had~an enjoyable
time.—Contributed.
Our readers perhaps recall
the announcement made by
Herm Lahrmann of Industry
shortly after the Christmas
holidays in which he offered a
liberal reward for the return
of his hay rake wheel or for
positive information leading to
its recovery. To his great sur-
prise he was asked Sunday
noon whether his offer was
still good. Answering in the
affirmative he was shown the
way to the banks of Mill Creek
where the wheel had been res-
cued from the bottom of the
creek by a swimming party. Mr.
Lahrmann dug down in his
jeans and gave the divers two
wheels for one they had res-
cued. After informing the di-
vers that he would gladly in-
crease the reward if the double
tree and other attachments
were brought to surface, the
divers' plunged right into the
water in search of the missing
articles, Mr. Lahrmann appre-.
ciates a joke as well as any body
ner on which lay John Szy-
niansky Sr., suffering intensely
from cancer of the lower lip.
On hearing his daughter’s voice,
he removed the veil from his
face and answered questions as
to the date of his marriage etc.
ii| a firm, but faltering voice.
Raising up his head he said
“spread out and tell the mourn-
ers I’ll soon follow.” We nod-
dbd assent to apprise him that
we understood what was said,
whereupon he replaced the veil
over his face while we withdrew
from the sickbed and tiptoed
out of the room.
At this time orders were giv-
en to
where
3.20 p.
Mrs.
Play Staged By
Graduates Draws
leave for the cemetery
interment was held at
m.
Freiderika Szymansky,
nee Muench, was born in a
small village in Hessen, Ger-
many on March 11, 1849, and
at the time of her death was
78 years 2 months and 11 days
old. In 1872 she came to Tex-
as with her parents and broth-
ers who settled at New Ulm and
engaged in farming.
About 58 years ago she was
married to John Szymansky.
To their union ten children were
born, two sonsi and eight daugh-
ters, of whom ’ 6 survive and
whose names are: John Szy-
mansky Jr., New Ulm; Mrs.
Anna Chernocky, Charlotte, A-
tascosa County; Mrs. Rudolf
Prause, Bernard; Mrs. Bertha
Brast,. Bellville;
Shepherd and Mrs. Olga An-
derson both of whom reside in
California. Surviving also are
24 grand children, 15 great
grandchildren and two broth-
ers, Bernhard Muench of Sealy
and Gerhardt Muench of New
Ulm.
The aged couple lived at New
Ulm all their married life and
were popular among all classes
of people. About three years
ago Mr.’ Szymansky contracted
cancer of the lower lip while
Mrs. Szymansky suffered from
dizziness and palsy. Their
strength gave out at the same
time, about ten days ago, which
rendered them helpless and un-
able to help each other during
thir declining days of life. Mrs.
Prause, her daughter, and the
next door neighbors are doing
everything in their power to
alleviate the suffering of the
surviving
a lifetime
town.
J. C.
1918 a citizen of New Ulm, met
death in Houston Friday of
last week while at work carry-
ing a piece of metal conduit
over his shoulder when it came
in contact with a 33,000 volt
line from a switch panel in the
outer court of the Houston
Lightning and Power Company.
According to press reports,
there was a blinding flash as
the current swept through Car-'
ter’s body. He dropped to the
ground with all his clothing
burned from him except part of
the one sleeve and the upper
portion of his trousers. Carter
lived twelve hours and at one
time regained consciousness
long enough to speak to the
hospital physician and nurses.
The Carter family lived at
New Ulm for many years. His
father, John Carter, being the
first local cotton buyer of New
Ulm. After the death of John
Carter the family removed to
Houston. The family still owns
two residences in this town.
Carter is survived by his wife;
his mother, Mrs. Jennie Carter,
and a number of cousins. After
funeral services at Houston the
body was sent over the M. K. T.
to La Grange where interment
took place Sunday evening.
Our sympathy to the bereav-
ed.
***********
* LOCAL AND PERSONAL
its not his fault, Mr.
middle name is “The
Builder.” _
Funeral For Mrs. Friederika
Szymansky Held Sunday
The modest small cottage oc- readily recognized the interior
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. John i of the room as the one in which
Szymanski, Sr., located at the • We performed
northern edge of town, fur-; ceremony for Mr. John Szy-
nished a pathetic scene the past1 mansky, Jr. and Missi Alma Hil-
week, which reached its climax! gen thirteen years ago.
Sunday evening, when Mr. Zan-! In a small anti-room we no-
ek’s big gray hearse rolled up ticed a cot standing in one cor-
to the front yard gate to re-
ceive the mortal remains of
Mrs. Szymanski, who died Sat-
urday morning. The cottage,
a small three room building,
partly screened by wisteria and
other creeping vines, and dark-
ened by large post oak shade
trees, from whose majestic
branches nature suspended large
tendrils of moss that swayed
gently back and forth under
the preasure of the'mid-after-
noon breeze, which blew gently
at intervals from the south,
presented a deplorable and pa-
thetic appearance, for within
all was sadness.
On the writer’s arrival, about
thirty minutes in advance of
the time set for starting the
funeral procession, he found
the vacant town lots adjoining
the Szymansky homestead, dot-
ted with cars of all makes and
descriptions, most of them be-
ing. occupied by neighbors and
friends holding bouquets of
flowers and other tokens of
friendship in their arms and
shielding them against the hot
rays of the mid-afternoon sun.
Here and there small groups of
men had collected conversing in
a tone harly above a whisper
deploring the helplessness of
Mr. Szymansky who is hover-
ing between life and death, and
whose solution of body and
soul is expected momentarily.
On entering the living room
in which the corpse was biered
we were silently greeted by a
nod of the head by several lad-
ies dressed in black, whose
tear-stained cheeks bore evi-
dence that they were mourning
the loss of their best friend this
world ever gave
mother.
By the antique
tions and other
xk n i I Serial for the erection of a
the Gradu-L, , .
i three teacher school building at
! Frelsburg. Mr. Rath’s bid was
considerably lower than that of
his nearest competitor. Mr.
Rath broke the ice when he
first began bidding on the bill
for the material needed in the
construction of the Henkhaus
school. Since then he furnish-
ed the material for the Rock-
house school, secured the con-
tract for the Willow Spring
school and for the Frelsburg
school. Mr. Rath is always
bent on giving customers a fair
and square deal and if they don’t
get it
Rath’s
School
an-
is
the seise, but thinks that a person
the
* Any news items given '
* us for this column will be
greatly appreciated
.j: ********** 5
H. Melcher, the Rockhous*
ginner was a business visitor
in our office last Thursday af-
ternoon.
'^Bernhard Muench and son, E.
B. Muench of Sealy attended the
funeral of the former’s sister,
Mrs. John Szymansky, Sunday.
”T1 ermT^Ladusch of the Bern-
ardo called at our office one
day during this past week to
renew his subscription for an-
other year.
We call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement
elsewhere in this issjue
nouncirig a pla^ which
scheduled to take place at
Welcome Hall and given by
students of Blinn Memorial Col-
lege.
Mrs. Anna Chernocky of
Charlotte, Atascosa County, and
Methodist cemetery at Bartlett
with services by Rev. August
Didzun of the Bartlett M. E.
Church, Rev. Mr. Didzun be-
ing assisted by Rev. Kattner of
Riesel, Rev. Doerr of Lexington,
Rev. Jul Urbantke of
and Rev. Gus. Urbantke
tell, Texas.
Those attending the
services from here were Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Muenzler and
son Fred of Willow Spring, Wil-
lie Breihan of Rockhouse, Prof,
and Mrs. P. A. Weiss and Louis
O Muenzler of New Ulm.
Absent but not forgotten!
At a meeting recently held
by the citizensf of Frelsburg
Chas. Rath, manager of the Mu-
LsrffC Crowd Lunmber Company of New
; Ulm, was given the contract
The playTTvo Days To for furnishing the requisite ma-
Marry,” staged by t„„ _______
ates of the Industry School on |
Wednesday night, May 18th
was a’ success. The amateur
players all proved to be star
players in their roles they had
to perform. The large audience
was patiently and quietly wait-
ing to hear and see every little .
thrill and scene that vzas to ap-
pear on the beautiful decorated
stage. The performances be-
tween the acts added very much
lustre to the occasion. All seem-
ed to
time.
NEW ULM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927.
Chas. Rath To Furnish Material For
Three Teacher School Buliding At Frelsburg
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The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1927, newspaper, May 26, 1927; New Ulm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1200390/m1/1/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nesbitt Memorial Library.