Four Week Camping Trip Across Texas New Mexico Colorado Wyoming
A couple from Shiner Texas recounts a 4400 mile four week trek northward visiting Dallas Texoma Lake Wichita Falls Amarillo Dalhart Capulin Capulin Mountain National Monument Canyon City Royal Gorge Park Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs Denver Cheyenne Cody Yellowstone Grand Canyon Grand Teton and back through Colorado and Wyoming noting wheat farming near Dalhart irrigation wells 500 to 700 feet deep park fees and scenic highlights including Old Faithful and the Arkansas River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Texas
Dallas
Texoma Lake
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Dumas
Dalhart
New Mexico
Capulin
Capulin Mountain National Monument
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Canyon City
Royal Gorge Park
Arkansas River
America
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado Springs
Denver
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Cody
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone River
Grand Teton National Park
Rocky Mountains
Rawlins
Meeker, Rifle
Aspen
Mrs Fritz Vornsand 76 Dies. Rites Held in Weimar
Funeral services for Mrs. Fritz Vornsand 76 were conducted July 30 at Hubbard Funeral Home Weimar with burial in Masonic Cemetery. She died July 28 at Wagner Hospital Shiner after a life spanning Germany to Texas. Survivors include son Fred J. Vornsand of Weimar and stepchildren. Pallbearers listed. The section also notes a lengthy 16 day visit by Mr and Mrs Edward Novosad of Shiner to Ontario and Canada with extensive travel anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz
Johanna) Vornsand
Hubbard Funeral Home
Weimar
Masonic Cemetery
F. J. Mehrtens
St. Paul United Church
New Bielau
John Behlen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Shiner
Charles Flessner
Moulton
Fritz Vornsand
Fred J
Wildwood
Vornsand
Fred J. Vornsand
Lena Bradshaw
Edward Novosad
Chatham
Ontario
Canada
Frank Novosad
Charles Remsik
Blomheim
George Prokop
Wilfred Schirtacher
Sault Ste. Marie
Wilfred Schinader
St. Thomas
Welland Canal
St. Catharines
Fort Erie
Hamilton
Burlington
Toronto
Barrie
Orillia Gravenhurst
Parry Sounds
Sudbury Elliott Lake
Blind Rivers
Palestine
Michigan
Port Huron
Mackinac
Steve Svarad
Gaborik
Sarnia
Lady of Sorrows Seminary
Damian Mlynsky
J. J. Svee
Texas
Greyhound
Pfeil Reunion Holds Fourteenth Annual Gathering in Shiner
The Pfeil family held their 14th annual reunion on August 9, 1964 at Hermann Sons Hall Shiner with a noon meal a business meeting led by President Ivan Pfeil and elections naming Billie Gene Goetz as president and Mrs. Goetz as secretary treasurer. Attendees from multiple towns enjoyed entertainment gifts and an attendance prize while travelers from Kingsville Floresville New Braunfels and San Antonio joined family members for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfeil
Hermann Sons
Shiner
Ivan Pfeil
Gus
Bessie) Pfeil
Billie Gene Goetz
Oscar Weber
A. C. Pfeil
John Pfeil
Floresville
Leona Rose Pfeil
John Wallace Pfeil
Bobbie Heidrich
Albert Neubauer
A. P. Greif
Kingsville
Homer Sommerlatte
Erna Wegner
Milton
New Braunfels
August Neubauer
Hallettsville
Selma Zander
Frieda Koenning
Messrs
Gus Pfeil
Ivan
F. C. Neubauer
Willie E. Goetz
Elo Pfeil
Bennie Eicher
Willie Neubauer
Edgar Pfeil
Westhoff
Marion Seim
Fred Uleak
J. J. Elsik
Corpus Christi
Benita Uleak
Elsik
Rudy Eicher
R. B. Kroulik
Austin
R. H. Anderson
Baptisms at SS Cyril and Methodius Shiner and St Louis Austin
Nathan Wayne son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Kloesel was baptized Monday July 20 at SS Cyril and Methodius Shiner with Rev Father John Hana cek officiating. Sponsors are Arthur Kloesel. Sandra Jean daughter of Mr and Mrs Alois Kutach baptized Sunday August 9 at St Louis Austin. Sponsors are Ernest Fikac and wife. Gratitude note from Mrs Kenneth Zimmerman expresses thanks for cards gifts flowers visits prayers and hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Wayne
Raymond Kloesel
SS. Cyril and Methodius’ Catholic Church
Shiner
John J. Hanacek
Arthur Kloesel
Sandra Jean
Alois J. Kutach
Austin
St. Louis Catholic Church
Ernest Fikac
Houston
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
F. E. Eilers
Dennis Wagner
Kenneth Zimmerman
Angie Jaks
Louis Dusek
Patsy Dusek
Linda Cimrhanzel
Helen Benes
Margie Benes
Barbara Hartman
Jaque Cloutier
Marie Dusek
Mary Kovalcik
Dorothy Koenning
Sulphur Park
Dusek
M. Noreen
Rose Siebenhausen
Ann Siebenhausen
Gus Kovalcik
Jaks
Evelyn Kutach
Susan
Carol Hall
R. B. Kroulik
Walt
Steve
Lisa Lynn Wendtland
Rosenberg
Wm. Wendtland
Anton Janik
Laddie Janik
Robert Wagner
Kloesel
District 10 4-H Club record contest results
District 10 4-H Club record awards list Junior division includes Annie Beth Valenta Loretta Williams Pho tography and other members with Blue Red and Hope awards. Senior division features Lillie Schindler William Schindler and multiple honors in Clothing Citizenship Garden Health and more. An August meeting note records officer elections and a swimming party at Sulphur Park with Sister M Noreen presenting oil paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Beth Valenta
Sacred Heart
Loretta Williams
Hope
Alan Valicek
Moravia
Caroline Berger
Ray Bellinger
Margaret Vahalik
Shiner
Denise Jetton
Frank Smolka
Linda Jetton
Anna Klapuch
Soil and Water Conservation
Fort Worth Press
Kathryn Matus
Santa Fe
Nancy Appelt
Home Economics
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Victor and
Ethel Treptow
Shinerites
Mt. Elbert
Mt. Harvard
Continental Divide
Independence Pass
Sauerkraut
Doe
Gebhardt’s
Hunt
Coca-Cola
Folger’s Coffee
Fryers
Slab Bacon
OLEO
Pohier’s
Pohler
Curtiss Marshmallows
Gladiola
Baki
Robin
Star Kist Tuna
Libby
Miracle
Pth Ip Ea
Lipton Tea the Bassk
Tallan
del Haven
Drug Department
Ajax
Alka Seltzer
Bob
Reynold
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