The Fayette County Record, Tuesday, June 2, 2020 A9

HookRoland Adam Hook passed

away in Prescott, Ariz. on May 25,2020.

Roland was born Jan. 25, 1931 in Maud, Okla., the son of Earless Hook and Elizabeth (Wolf) Hook. In 1950, Roland was united in marriage with Lo-rilla (French) Hook, the love of his life and lifetime partner. Ro-land was the father of two chil-dren. Steven R. Hook of Corpus Christi, and Gloria Elaine Lee, deceased.

Roland made a career in the industry of oil and gas explora-tion and production and was a pioneering influence in deep well drilling. At the age of 27, Roland was selected to super-vise the drilling of the Anadarko Basin #1 well near Binger, Okla., which was the first deep test well in the Anadarko Basin. He later supervised the drilling of the Leonard Sevetz #1 Well near Summerset, Pa. which was the first deep test well in the Ap-palachian Basin. The geological data obtained from the drilling of those wells became indirectly responsible for the discovery and development of approxi-mately 20% of the oil and gas reserves of the United States.

Roland held key positions with Parker Drilling Company and Amoco Production Com-pany prior to entering the in-dependent business world. In 1976, Roland founded Roland Hook and Associates, as an oil and gas consulting service. In 1983, Roland founded Ginger Petroleum Company an inde-pendent oil and gas exploration and production company locat-ed in La Grange.

In 2005, Roland entered semi-retirement and took full time residence in Prescott, Ariz. yet he continued to be active in the day to day operations of Gin-ger and served as its President until his death.

Roland is survived by Lo-rilla, his wife of 70 years, son Steven and three grandchildren.

Memorial services are pend-ing.

In lieu of flowers, it is re-quested that any remembrance be in the form of donations to the Southwest Wildlife Founda-tion in Scottsdale, Arizona or to the Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter in La Grange, Texas.

June 2, 1970Spec/4 Arnold Kulhanek, the

son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Kul-hanek of Fayetteville, was criti-cally injured in a booby trap ex-plosion in Vietnam. The injuries occurred at an aircraft landing zone. Kulhanek, attached to an infantry unit, was evacuated to a hospital the following day. The young GI, who graduated from Fayetteville Rural High School in 1966, also attended Blinn College in Brenham.

An article under the banner headline entitled ‘Ledbetter Cen-tennial Will Herald a New Be-ginning,’ said the first train that went through Ledbetter 100 years ago was also the first train to go through Fayette County. Ledbet-ter’s longest lasting industries were the shipping of gravel, coal, rock cordwood and cattle. The town furnished gravel for many Texas highways, as well as rock for the Galveston jetties. Ledbetter had been called the Coastal Bermuda Capitol of the area for a decade. Entering its second century, Led-better was installing a new water system, had chosen a new location for the Ledbetter post office, was preparing new dumping grounds and improving telephone service, as well as installing streets and signs. The population was expect-ed to grow with the subdivision of 50-acre lots at Deer Haven, ac-cording to owners Alfred Boecker and John Val Dietz.

Ricky Blume’s clutch double following a pinch-hit single by Charles Plumlee in the top of the ninth scored the run that enabled the La Grange Demons to edge Schulenburg’s Merchants, 5-4, in a South Central Texas Amateur League hair-raiser. The seesaw tilt saw the Demons’ Alex Jordan and Dennis Florus of the Merchants book up in a nifty hill battle, al-though base hits flowed freely dur-ing the afternoon. Jordan permit-ted a dozen base hits and Florus gave up 10, though a number of

those were of the scratch variety. After Danny Glaiser had walked, Butch Blume’s three-bagger got the Demons their first in the top of the second. Schulenburg retaliated with doubles by Jerry Kubena, Florus and Domingo Seguro, and singles by Frank Segura and David Segura to account for the trip in the bottom half of the inning. Ken Schroeder and Wayne Otto singled to open the Demons’ third. Hal Tiedt popped out, but Rick Blume walked to fill the bases before James Karstedt skied to right with Schroeder scoring after the catch.

The Pirates prevailed over Round Top-Carmine, 11-10, in a Little League seesaw affair. The RT-C lads outhit the victors, 12-7, their dozen swats including a homer by Jody Pohl and two-bag-gers by Charles Marburger and Alan Meinen. Arthur Muerer had a double for the Bucs. Getting five strikeouts, Martin Bordovsky was credited with the hill win, while Gaylon Georges was the loser.

The Texas Court of Civil Ap-peals in Austin upheld a lower court decision that prevented the state savings and loan commis-sioner from authorizing South Central Savings and Loan Asso-ciation of Brenham to operate an agency in La Grange.

The newly formed Southwest Texas Conference announced ap-pointments for Methodist Church ministers in the area. Assigned to Travis Street United Methodist Church in La Grange and Win-chester was Norman D. Roe. J.C. Williams was named to St. James United Methodist Church in La Grange, as well as Fayetteville and Industry. In Flatonia, Waelder and Thompsonville, Henry C. New-man was appointed and Arnold M. Roos would be leading the Industry congregation. Robert Parsons was serving Schulenburg and Freyburg, while Phillip M. Riley’s churches were Smithville, Muldoon and Paige. Mrs. Doro-thy R. Finch was appointed to the

Winchester circuit.Clyde E. Owen of Koenig

Funeral Home was in Fort Worth to attend the 84th annual conven-tion of the Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association. Mr. Owen, along with others holding 50-year licenses, was to be hon-ored at a special recognition cer-emony on the last day of the three-day convention.

A funeral service was held for Miss Wilhelmina Wolff, 91, of La Grange.

Miss Linda Ann Ephraim be-came the bride of John Michael Dalchau of Snook in a double-ring candlelight ceremony at 6 p.m. at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester on Saturday, May 30. Miss Susan Fritsche of Austin, the cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. The best man was Waldo Dalchau Jr. of Columbus.

Approximately 185 guests called during the evening of May 23 at the American Legion Hall in Smithville in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Moerbe’s 50th wedding anni-versary. Mr. Moerbe was a native of Warda and Mrs. Moerbe a na-tive of Winchester. They were unit-ed in marriage on May 23, 1920.

Among the more than 1,250 University of Texas students awarded Bachelor of Arts degrees were: Elvis Glenn Schulze, Fay-etteville; Terry Frank Pechacek, Flatonia; and Michael Martin Loessin and Karen Elise Yoder, both of Weimar.

Shirley Jean Chovanec earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and Linda M. Giese Oltmann earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Texas Women’s University at Denton.

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The Garden Club of La Grange enjoyed an al fresco lunch on Thursday, May 28 as their fi nal meeting of the season. The Club doesn’t meet in the summer, but will resume in September. They “socially distanced” in the yard at the Faison House for their May meeting. Interested gardeners are invited to join them. Photo by Larry Jackson

Garden Club Held Final Meeting For Season

The Blinn College District has enrolled a record 1,463 stu-dents for the May Minimester, a 15.2% increase over the previous year.

All of Blinn’s May Mini-mester courses were offered on-line this year due to COVID-19, and the College has announced that all its Summer courses also will be online.

Blinn’s May Minimester en-rollment included 11 high school dual credit students. May Mini-mester contact hours increased 15.1% to 70,416.

Students can enroll in the Summer I semester through Tuesday, June 2, and classes will run Wednesday, June 3, through Wednesday, July 1. Registration for the Summer II semester is available through Sunday, July 5, and classes will run Monday, July 6, through Monday, Aug. 3. More information regarding the Sum-mer semester, including course offerings and resources, can be found at www.blinn.edu/summer.

“I have enjoyed getting to know my professors,” said Jackie Andrade, Blinn Class of 2020. “At a big school you may be just a number, but here they really do care about helping you. I like that about Blinn.”

Blinn offers a variety of re-sources for students taking online courses at www.blinn.edu/online, including an orientation course, tips for taking an online course, tutorials, frequently asked ques-tions and a live chat.

The Fall semester will in-clude face-to-face, blended, and online courses, and social distancing guidelines will be in place. Fall semester registration is open through Sunday, Aug. 23, and classes begin Monday, Aug. 24.

Despite the increase in May Minimester enrollment, College officials still anticipate a de-crease in Fall enrollment due to COVID-19.

Prospective students can ap-ply to Blinn via the ApplyTexas.org application. Once admitted, they can register for classes at https://my.blinn.edu. Blinn rec-ommends that all students speak to an academic advisor prior to registering for classes. Students can chat online with a Blinn ad-missions specialist between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at www.blinn.edu/admis-

sions, and can call Enrollment Services at (979) 830-4800.

“Blinn is an affordable way to ease into college life rather than jumping right into a four-year university,” said Makenzie Menke, Blinn Class of 2021. “Blinn gives you an opportunity to build relationships with your professors rather than being in a huge class.”

Blinn’s academic transfer rate is the highest in the state, accord-ing to the Texas Higher Educa-tion Coordinating Board, and Blinn has partnered with Texas A&M University to develop pioneering co-enrollment pro-grams such as the Texas A&M-Blinn TEAM Program, the Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Blinn-Bryan, and the Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Blinn-Brenham.

As a member of the RELLIS Academic Alliance, Blinn offers courses at The Texas A&M Uni-versity System’s RELLIS Cam-pus that transfer seamlessly into the four-year bachelor’s degree programs offered by The Texas A&M University System region-al universities also located onsite. For more information, visit www.blinn.edu/RELLIS.

According to data from the Texas Higher Education Coor-dinating Board’s CollegeForAll-Texans.com, out-of-district Blinn students taking 30 credit hours will save $4,514 (44%) in tuition and fees compared to in-state res-idents at the average Texas public university.

In addition to Blinn’s low tuition and fees, the Blinn Foun-dation offers more than 200 endowed scholarships avail-able to incoming and returning students from a wide range of backgrounds, majors, and expe-riences. Current and prospective students can complete a single application to apply for all Blinn scholarships at www.blinn.edu/scholarships.

To learn more, visit www.blinn.edu.

With innovative programs and award-winning co-enroll-ment partnerships, Blinn’s aca-demic transfer rate ranks No. 1 among Texas community colleg-es. Courses are available online and at five Central Texas cam-puses, and students save 44% in tuition and fees compared to the average state university.

Blinn Posts Record May Minimester Enrollment

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