Yorktown FFA Banquet Honors Guests and Awards
Yorktown FFA held its annual banquet at the school cafeteria with two hundred attending. Marvin Migura gave the invocation, Jimmy Urban welcomed guests, and Linda Barth performed. Awards were presented to Kelby Boldt, Keith Lemke, Kurt Heil, Wayne Gerbert, Ted Dlugosch, Rodney Karnes, Harlan Afflerbach, Gordon Barth, and Jimmy Urban, plus showmanship honors and the DeKalb award. Miss Barth, district winner, will seek Area XX honors May 18 at Kingsville. Guest speaker was F B Vines of A and I University. Officers for 1968 1969 were installed: Kelby Boldt president, Kurt Heil VP, David Buesing secretary, Keith Lemke treasurer, Glenn Weischwill reporter, Rodney Karnes sentinel, Aldo Gohlke advisor. Dinner at VFW Center featured grandson Chad Lynn Steele and niece Lori Bars. colorful birthday cakes were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Migura
Jimmy Urban
FFA
F.F. A
Linda Barth
Gordon Barth
Kelby Boldt
Keith Lemke
Kurt Heil
Wayne Gerbert
Ted Dlugosch
Rodney Karnes
Harlan Afflerbach
Joe Hoffman
Farm Bureau
Miss Barth
LaBahia
Kingsville
F. B. Vines
Agriculture& Education Department
A&i University
Ford
Case
International Lawn Mower
David Buesing
Glenn Weischwill
Rodney Karnei
Sentinel
Aldo Gohlke
Holy Cross School honors school graduates and editors
Borgfeld daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Borgfeld earned top marks along with classmates Joan editor James reporter Valda co editor with Jane Wunderlich as assistant. Other graduates include Jane Wunderlich Michael Ressman Joseph Jendrzey John Stepanski Douglas Dueser Leonard Broll and Harvey Logemann. Graduation exercises set for May 26 with a morning Mass and church procession led by Sister M Athanasia principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Athanasia
Holy Cross School
Supper Party at American Legion Center honors new bank executive
The Yorktown Community Bank sponsored a Friday supper at the American Legion Center to honor William W. McClaskey as the new bank executive. Open house May 4 invited the public to meet him, with pink rose centerpieces and staff assisting. A family dinner followed at the Muschalek home with about fifty attendees including Roland and Leroy Koenig and multiple relatives from Yorktown, New Braunfels, Victoria, Montgomery, and Universal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Center
Yorktown Community Bank
William W. McClaskey
A.m
McClaskey
Loys Strieber
Bernice Zaientz
Sylvia Blaschke
Annabell Horny
Bank
Robert Muschalk
Fritz Weise
Col. Mason
Thailand
Roland
Leroy Koenig
Robert M. Muschalek
Yorktown
Eugene
Louis Koenig
New Braunfels
Melvin Koenig
Victoria
Walter
ALCW Convenes in Yorktown with 38 auxiliaries attendance
The ALCW conference met in Yorktown at Saint Paul Lutheran Church for an all day session with 350 members in the Southern Conference. Dr C Umhau Wol addressed the gathering as guest speaker and Mrs N D Hagin spoke on Japan mission work. Local choir entertained. New officers elected include Mrs R L Cordus president and Mrs W P Kensin education secretary. A family weekend at the Harry Foteinski Sr home drew guests from Houston Dallas and Austin. Holy Cross Mothers Club planned end of school activities and May 29 picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALCW
Yorktown
Saint Paul Lutheran Church
C. Umhau Wol
Lutheran Institute For Religious Studies
N. D. Hagin
Victoria
Japan
Saint Paul Communitor Center
R. L. Cordus
Pauline Miracle
W. P. Kensin
Orange Grove
Yorktown Homemakers Plan July Membership Drive
Monday meeting of Yorktown Chapter of Young Homemakers of Texas presided by Doris Waskow. Members discussed a July membership drive with Young Farmers Homemakers family barbecue and placing the regular meeting date in the Band Booster calendar. Also planned is a May style show by home making classes. Edwina Gaebler reported a change in Area X News letter clues. Marcia Mann gave a traveling through United States program with slides. Edith Boldt and Fawina Gaebler hosted. pink damask refreshments with pink Sweet-peas and burning tapers. Holy Cross Parochial School announced honor students Joan Berkenhoff valedictorian James Kaiser salutatorian Valda Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Young Homemakers of Texas
Doris Waskow
Young Farmers - Young Homemakers
Edwina Gaebler
Area X
Marcia Mann
United States
Edith Boldt
Fawina Gaebler
Rabke Homecoming and Memorial Services Announced
The Rabke Homecoming and grave decorations are set for Sunday May 5. Church service at 11 a.m. led by Reverend John Robinson with a sermon. A dinner follows in the Rabke Community building. Memorial services at 2 30 p.m. in Rabke Cemetery. The Rabke Methodist Church is among DeWitt County’s oldest Protestant churches with descendants of early settlers on its church roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabke
John Robinson
Re-elected doctor joins national practice academy
Dr. John Henry Barth of York town is re elected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice, the national association of family doctors. The item lists several families from West Carrollton Ohio Elk Grove California San Marcos and other places visiting relatives or attending events in Texas and nearby areas during a weekend period. Notable names include Mrs E A Allert Mrs Louis Geffert Connie Miss Joan Allert and Mrs James Warzecha among others with multiple family visits and a 14th annual Awards Day program in Evens Aurettorium San Marcos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Barth
Yorktown
American Academy of General Practice
national —_association of family doctors
E. A. Allert
West Carrollton
Ohio
Louis Geffert
Connie
Elk Grove
Calif
Lydia Geffert
Alice Schaller
Joan Allert
James Warzecha
Canada
Albert Metting
West
Texas
J. O. Frisbie
Erin Beth
BJ Frisbie
San Marcos
Parker Frisbie
Lillie Spies
Joe Barfield
Herman Eckhardt Jr
San Antonio
Alfred Dahlmann
Nordheim
Gerhardt Henze
Victor Riske Jr
Alice
Nederland
Travis Nau
Mesdames T. B. Holway
Nic L. Ladner
Lina Braunig
Elsie Poetter
Alice and
Bishop
Dan Wofford
Rex ‘Pinson
DeWitt County Concert in the Park Will Feature Nat Alewine
DeWitt County Historical Notes collect for a Sunday May 5, 1968 concert at 4 p.m. in City Park. Nat Alewine and his High School Band perform on the restored band stand, admission free with a requested free will contribution to finish the $265 restoration debt. Museum hours after the concert. Also notes on Texas state historical markers and requests for early DeWitt County lawmen facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Alewine
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee
Montgomery visitors plan HemisFair visit
Mr and Mrs Walter Steven son and Lisa and Patrick of Montgomery Alabama visit her parents Mr and Mrs Fritz Weise. They plan a HemisFair visit before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stevenson
Lisa and
Patrick
Montgomery
Ala
Fritz Weise
HemisFair
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Yorktown Society
VFW Center
Gus Hattenbach
V. F. W. Center
Chad Lynn Steele
Lori Baros
Hiller’s Pest Control
Yasma Lee Hiller
Houston
Zephyr
Wilma’s Beauty Salon
W. Thomas
TSO
TSG
David Bates, Jr
John A. Harris
Texas State
Qorpricar Wee
SES
M40
Victoria, Texas
Angel Street
McChesney
Kaci
Misses Lane
Einster
Floyd Hendricks
Fred Hughes
Bobby Blaih
Cindy
Guy Riemenschneider
J. G. Roller
Mark and Logan
Cuero
Wm. Lott
Leesville
Corpus Christi
Herman Gruetzmacher
Don Hartman
Nancy Dishough
Billy Franke
Michael
Arthur Franke
Helen
Weser
Eugene Behrens
Weesatche
Cuero Municipal Park
Mother's Club
Jo Ann Griffin
O. T. Migura
Wm. Dworaczyk
Tony Tam
al Wagner
Harry Foteinski Sr
Potecinske
Hilmer Potcinske
Sherri Lea
James Potcinske
Mary
David and
Daniel
Dallas
Linda Alex
Austin
Mothers Club
Holy Cross Mothers’ Club
Fabric Shop
N. Laurent
Homemakers
The
Holy Cross Parochial School
Joan Berckenhoff
Walter Berckenhoff
James Kaiser
Roland Kaiser
Valda Kay
Cuero Lodge
Bob Bishop
A. E. Weatherly ‘Bee'y
Hermann Sons
Bennie B. Prause
Louis Buchhorn
N.Y.A
James B. Kerth
Charles Kilpatrick
American Legion Civic Center
Atiis Carpenter
Calvin
Pete) Webb
DeWitt County
By Isabella K. Schaffner
DeWitt County Committee
Cuero Record
James Francis Blair
Hoe
Throckmorton
Earls Deveien
Court House
Green
N. Gonzales
UM Ald
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