Sheriff Report June 1968 Lavaca County
The Lavaca County Sheriff reports June 1968 as busy with the High School Rodeo drawing crowds. Deputies logged numerous arrests, diversions, and jailings for thefts, DWI, and disturbances while rodeo and dances occupied many evenings. Total fines and fees collected: 648.00. message of thanks to local hospital staff for care of Mary Czichos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Huntsville
Moravia
Moulton
Shiner
J. P
Highway Patrol
Austin
South End
Bastrop
San Antonio
Subject
Wied
Komensky
Breslau
Highway 77
Ronnie Dodds
Lavaca Co
Bill Cunningham Receives Football Scholarship
Bill Cunningham an 18 year old Plainview Texas native signed a four year football scholarship with the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He will also play baseball and has a strong high school record as a defensive tackle with 54 tackles and five fumbles recovered. Cunningham earned Best All Around at Plainview High School and various honors including Eagle Scout and God and Country award. He will enroll this fall and aims to play tackle at New Mexico.
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Bill Cunningham
W. D. Cunningham
Plainview
Texas
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Bill
Bert Clark
Loboes
Cunningham
New Mexico
Bulldogs
Plainview High School
St. Alice Catholic Church
Gonzales-Flatonia Market Reports 1968 Florida Texas cattle hog prices
Market reports from Gonzales and Flatonia Texas detail on hand counts and price ranges for July 27 and July 29 1968. Cattle and hog classes sold mostly steady with some feeders 50 cents cheaper and hogs about 50 cents higher than last week. Prices cover butchers calves stocker calves bulls cows and cows with calves plus sows and tops by grade.
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Gonzales
Texas
Flatonia
USN Airman Dennis R. Schilhab Aboard USS Constellation
Airman Dennis R. Schilhab of El Campo Texas serves aboard the USS Constellation in the Western Pacific providing aviation support for U S and Allied ground forces in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Schilhab and husband of the former Miss Clara J Hobbins. Also noted: Mr and Mrs Edwin S Mich alec and family of Houston visited Shiner.
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USS Constellation
Dennis R. Schilhab
USN
Charles Schilhab
E. Third Street
el Campo
Clara J. Hobbins
Colorado Street
Wharton
Constellation
Pacific
U. S
Vietnam
Twirler Gayle Lynn Biehunko Wins Dual Contests
Gayle Lynn Biehunko of Shiner earned two first places in solo twirling and strutting at the Sam Houston Twirling Camp held in Huntsville on July 15 and 16. Arizona instructor Duke Miller awarded her a golden boot pendant for twirling and a silver boot pendant for strutting. Gayle Lynn, a Shiner High School senior, is the feature twirler for the Shiner Comanche Band.
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Gayle Lynn Biehunko
Erwin A. Biehunko
Shiner
Sam Houston
Huntsville
Duke Miller
Arizona
Gayle Lynn
Shiner Comanche
Hometown Visitor Sees Family Ties In Shiner
Charles Macha of Los Angeles visits his mother Mrs. Mary E. Macha in Shiner after a weeklong stay. His brother Alex Macha lives in Yoakum and sister Viola Stewart in San Antonio. Macha works for North American Rockwell Aerospace Division at L A International Airport and has 21 years with the firm. He helped manufacture F 86 jets during the Korean War and F 100 and B 70 jets, now assigned to the Sabreliner program.
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Charles Macha
Los Angeles
California
Mary E. Macha
Shiner
Macha
Alex Macha
Yoakum
Roy
Viola) Stewart
San Antonio
North American Rockwell Corp
North American Aviation) Aerospace
Los Angeles International Airport
Corporation
Matula Named to Honor Roll and Dean’s List
William M. Matula Jr. of Corpus Christi earned honor roll and dean’s list status at Del Mar College, posting a 2.43 GPA. He received a congratulatory letter from Dean A. C. Pierce. Matula is the grandson of Mrs. Agnes Michna of Shiner.
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William M. Matula Jr
W. M. Matula Sr
Lum Ave
Corpus Christi
del Mar College
A. C. Pierce
William
Agnes Michna
Shiner
Early Austin capitol built from Bas trop timber
The first capitol building at Austin used logs and sawn lumber from Bas trop in the Lost Pine area, per the Texas Forest Service. Today, wood production from the pine-hardwood region drives Texas’s economic life.
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Austin
Bastrop
Lost Pine
Texas Forest Service
The Notorious Billy the Kid and His Origins
A compact note traces Billy the Kid to William H Rooney, recounting his 21 alleged killings, noting his NYC origins, and describing him as a grubby cattle thief rather than a regional cowboy. It contrasts glamorous legends with the gritty truth and closes with a business credo about customer service.
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Billy-the-Kid
Southwest
William H. Rooney
New York City
Mid Coastal Nursing Home Chapter Meets
The Mid Coastal Chapter of the Texas Nursing Home Association met at Duck Blind Restaurant in El Campo on July 22 with 43 attendees. President Lillian Weide chaired. discussions covered proposed Intermediate Care standards, a forthcoming old age assistance program study, and a July 30–31 seminar in Victoria on employer employee relations.
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Mid Coastal
The
Texas Nursing Home Association
Duckblind
el Campo
Lillian Weide
Margaret Montello
Harold D. Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Home
Shiner
Texas State Department of Public Welfare
Wanda Sitis
Ridgecrest Convalescent and Nursing Home
Gonzales
Iltis
Lillian Wiede
Continental Inn
Victoria
Mary Frances Bowden
State University System
Oliver F. Stevens
Marietta Maxey
Chronic Illness Division
Houston
Ammette Stein
Shiner church schedules and services listed
Shiner Catholic Holy Mass times Confessions First Friday Mass and devotions listed. Also Methodist and Baptist church programs weekly with worship services Sunday School choir and board meetings noted. Local pastors Rev J Gordon Talk Rev J Earl Bryant and F E Eilers named.
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Shiner Catholic Church
Sacred Heart
John J. Hanacek
Louis Fritz
First United Methodist Church Church
W.S.C.S
J. Gordon
MLS
J. Earl Bryant
Luther League Meeting
Evangelism Committee
Ladies Aid
Church Council
F. E. Eilers
Wiese Family Attends Son Thomas Wiese Graduation
Mr and Mrs Ray Wiese and Mark traveled to Waukegan Illinois for their son and brother Thomas Wiese s graduation from basic training at Great Lakes Itinerant visits followed in Iowa Illinois and Oswego before returning with Thomas on leave to Memphis for his new assignment The next Mid Coastal Chapter meeting is set for Trinity Lutheran Home Shiner on August 26 at 730 p.m.
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Edwin F. Otto
Dennis Wagner
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Home
F. E. Eilers
Victor Stindt
Buffington Funeral Home
Kolar-Stanek
American Legion
Ray Wiese
Mark
Shiner
Waukegan
Ill
Thomas Wiese
Great Lakes
Thomas
Mary Wiese
Lake View
Iowa
M. N. Anderson
Crystal Lake
Vernon Bean
Galesburg
Jeff Chandler
Oswego, Ill
Memphis, Tenn
Mid Coastal
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Sheriff's Report
Sheriff’s Office
Richmond
Sweet Home
Cuero
MemisFair
Marijana
Recreation Hall
Colorado County
State Hospital
Worthing
Robert Wagner
Mary Czichos
John Hanacek
August Czichos
Annie Weitzel
John Dennis Wagner
Father John Hanacek
Helen Oltmann
Gonzales-Flatonia
Ray
Grocery & Market
Meat Department
Usda No
Fryers
Slab Bacon
del Haven
Big
Suncrest
Libby
Rosedale
Uncle Williams
Bama
Anut
Duncan Hines
Blackburn
Waldorf
Lemons
HOT Pit
D. R. Schilhab
Edwin S. Michalec
Williford
Mid-Coastal Nursing Home Chapter
Shiner Baptist Church
General Electric
C. B. Welhausen Howe
Shiner, Texas
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