Congress backs President in world crisis vote
Dear Neighbors notes Congress passed a bipartisan resolution 414 to 0 with one present, signaling strong support for the President amid crises from Formosa to Cuba. The author discusses military posture, potential Chinese and North Vietnamese moves, and hopes for adjournment and return home by September or Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Formosa
Lebanon
Berlin
Cuba
United States
Maddox
North Vietnam
Korea
Atlantic City
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Chilek
The Jerry Koliba home in Petersville hosted a bridal shower Thursday night August 6 for Miss Patricia Chilek bride elect of John Edward Kurtz of Shiner. Forty guests signed the bride’s book as yellow spider mum decorations and a trellis centerpiece set the theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Koliba
Petersville
Patricia Chilek
John Edward Kurtz
Shiner
Koliba
Felix Chilek
Miss Chilek
John Kurtz
Mary Jo Chilek
Mary Ann Richter
Pat
John
Sharon Chilek
Girls State Reports Given July 28 At American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Doris Aschenbeck and colleagues recount their Bluebonnet Girls State experience at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. They describe sessions on city county and state government, flag ceremonies, speeches by Mrs. Harold Cooper and Attorney General Waggoner Carr, and the inauguration of Brenda Cook as Governor. The narrative notes activities, recreations, and gratitude to the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Rosalie Patek
Bluebonnet
Texas School For the Blind
Austin
Nationalist
House of Representatives
Mary Bernadette
America
Girls State
Senate
Federalist Party
Brenda Cook
Doris Aschenbeck
State Capitol
Capitol
House
Susan Light
Star of Texas
Rotunda
United States
Texas
Bluebonnet Girls
Louis Crump
Crump
Meade Griffin
Supreme Court of Texas
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Barton Springs
Capitol City
Bluebonnet Girls State
Francis Goff
Shiner Catholic Church Parish Schedule and Confession Times
The Shiner Catholic Church lists Father J J Hanacek as pastor with Father Alphonse Padalecki as assistant. Masses are Sundays 6 30 8 00 and 9 30 a m. Holy Days 6 8 and 9 30 a m. weekdays 6 30 a m. Dilworth Mission Church offers 8 00 a m Mass Sundays. Confessions Saturdays 4 30–6 00 p m and 7 30–9 00 p m with First Friday 6 00 a m Mass and Sacred Heart devotions. Thursday confessions precede First Friday. Also includes United Dr Martin Luther Church worship at 8 00 a m and Sunday School at 9 15 a m with L C W meeting Wednesdays 3 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Catholic Church
J. J. Hanacek
Alphonse Padalecki
Dilworth Mission
Sacred Heart
United DR. Martin Luther Church
F. E. Eilers
Methodist Youth Fellowship
W.S.C.S
Holy Communion
Edmund Deane
Shiner Baptist Church
R. A. Tindall
Drabek Jr Wins Great Texas Lumber Giveaway
Albin Drabek Jr. won the Smoke House Bar-B-Que Pit prize during Great Texas Lumber Co promotion in Shiner. The $39.50 aluminum pit is one of three prizes, with a $32.95 GE clock radio as the third prize. Drawings continue August 31. Local residents and visitors attended and registered during August for the drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Drabek Jr
Great Texas Lumber Co
Shiner
It’s the Law Jury Duty and Its Civic Role
This piece explains jury duty in criminal cases as a joint civic task requiring twelve jurors to reach a unanimous verdict. It notes diverse juror backgrounds, the judge’s instructions, and the burden of evidence, with emphasis on reasonable doubt and the separation of law making from verdict.
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Texas
Baby arrivals and family notices from Floresville and Yoakum
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Joe Fietsam of Floresville on the birth of son David Alan on August 5 1964 at Floresville Hospital weighing nine pounds nine and three fourths ounces. Welcomed by sister Beth and grandparents Joe H Fietsam Ralph Kerr great grandparents Lutzie Hemmi Tillie Fietsam. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dvorak Yoakum announce son Michael Eugene born August 4 1964 at 9 09 a.m. in Huth Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds 12 ounces welcomed by half sister Shirley and half brothers Ray and Mark Simecek. Grandparents Fred Fishbeck Yoakum A G Dvorak Angleton. Mack H Cochran Houston announce son Mark Alan born July 26 1964 at Memorial Baptist Hospital. Grandparents Lucille Kuehn C P Cochran Irvine and A A Chaney of Bueche La. great grandparents Richard Kuehn Moulton Henry Schroeder Shiner. Jo Ann Petry surgery update at John Sealy Hospital Galveston with family news from Flatonia. This State Bar of Texas feature warns never to apply law without proper advice.
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Jimmy Joe Fietsam
Floresville
Floresville Hospital
David Alan
Beth
Joe H. Fietsam
Ralph Kerr
Houston
Lutzie Hemmi
Hallettsville
Tillie Fietsam
Shiner
Raymond Dvorak
Yoakum
Michael Eugene
Huth Memorial Hospital
Shirley
Ray
Mark Simecek
Fred Fishbeck
A. G. Dvorak
Angleton
Mack H. Cochran
Mark Alan
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Cochran
Lucille Kuehn
Alfred Kuehn
C. P. Cochran
Irvine
A. A. Chaney
Bueche
Richard Kuehn
Moulton
Henry Schroeder
Ernest F. Petry
Galveston
Jo Ann
John Sealy Hospital
Eva Marie
Pamela Kay Petru
A. J. Pospisil
Flatonia
Shower for Charlene Nerada Bride Elect
Charlene Joyce Nerada bride elect of Edward Pekar was honored at a Sunday afternoon shower in Shiner Catholic Parish Gym. Attendees included family and friends who joined programs and performances by Cynthia Nerada, Loretta Hajek, and others. A 9 am wedding Mass at SS Cyril and Methodius is planned for August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Charlene Joyce Nerada
Edward John Pekar
Loretta Hajek
Cynthia Ann Nerada
Marilyn Welll
Clara Jaehne
Cynthia Ann Nevada
Louise Marie Valis
Rosalie Patek
Annie Patek
Doris Aschenbeck
Margie Welff
Marilyn Welff
Charlene
SS. Cyril and Methodius’ Catholic Church
Mildred Pavelka
Victor Roznovsky
William Sobotik
Intern Hoerig Joins New York Synod as Intern
Alfred O. Hoerig a Central Lutheran Theological Seminary student from Yoakum Texas and member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church is assigned to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Sny der Buffalo New York as an intern under Dr. Ernest Co French. The nine to twelve month program offers supervised learning in ordained ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred O. Hoerig
Central Lutheran Theological Seminary
Fremont
Nebraska
Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Yoakum
Texas- Louisiana Synod
Yoakum
New York Synod
Hoerig
Texas Lutheran College
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension
Snyder-Buffalo
New York
Ernest Co. French
Central Seminary
Salem Lutheran Church
Yoakum Herald-Times
Gene Kutach
Austin
Shiner
Agnes Kutach
Dennis
Miss Mary Ann Knezek Shower Honoree
The Gilbert Gregory home in Yoakum hosted a lingerie shower for Miss Mary Ann Knezek bride elect of Roy Langhoff on August 6. Hostesses were Misses Jerry Gregory Kay Wagner Mary Lynn Dvorak Anna Heidaker Sandra Gilpin and Shirley Neubauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Gregory
Whitfield Street
Yoakum
Mary Ann Knezek
Roy Langhoff
Jerry Gregory
Kay Wagner
Mary Lynn Dvorak
Anna Heidaker
Sandra Gilpin
Shirley Neubauer
Walter Knezek
Hilton Langhoff
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Shiner Gasette
Lee J. Sedlmeyer
P. O. Box
Shiner, Texas
W.A. Andrews
Sapolio
Andrews
Fuzetta
Portugal
Joe Mera
Walt
Clark W. Thompson
Neighbors
Tokyo
Shiner Drug. CO
Ph. LY
Chilek
Kathy Retz
Gonzales
Ivy
Great Texas
Gary Allan Huebner
Debbie Ann
Roswell
New Mexico
Oscar H. Huebner
State Bar of Texas
Charlene J. Nerada
Intern Hoerig
VFW
Legion Park
Shiner Hobo
Benefit Shiner Vfw
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