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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
4
The Brewers defeated Victoria Sun Beaters 10 to 1 in a decisive game. Veterans like Charlie Strauss contributed timely hits, keeping the team in contention for playoff ambitions as Welhausen field hosts another matchup this Sunday. Community notes praise Edgar Wolters for his business leadership in a weekly Verbal Roses feature.
The Zappe Ranch near Gonzales hosted a Thursday birthday party for William Zappe. Mrs. William Zappe and Mr. and Mrs. William Zappe Jr. entertained friends with mutton barbecue, potato salad, and beer under hurricane lamps, featuring a centerpiece of wildflowers. Attendees included E. A. Zappe, Max L. Wolters, Glade Welhausen, Florine Berckenhoff, Gussie Mae Eschenburg, Hertha Liebhafsky, Rosa Gasser, Aline and Beatrice Zappe, Ray Welhausen, James Buske, Leonard Valek, George Martin of San Antonio, Edwin Jaeggli, Oscar Raab, Derwood Selman, John Braden, and the honoree and hosts.
A collage of maxims on charitable feeling and benevolence from Adam Smith Thackeray Quarles Mary Baker Eddy Richter and Middleton. It emphasizes acting kindly in ordinary moments and the enduring impact of charity on the giver.
John J. Novak, two miles west of Engle, lost two mules when a rain storm lightning strike hit the line of four mules in stalls. The two outer mules died while the two in the middle survived. A hay stack on Mrs. Bednarek’s farm was struck and burned down to half its stack before flames were put out.
Enlistments opened to fill vacancies in the Regular Army in Hawaii and the Philippines as Pacific island posts prepare for new units. Sergeant John, Recruiting Officer in Texas, cites quotas likely to be filled within days and urges eligible men to apply. Radio and auto battery price mention appears incidental to the page.
A sobering plea from a little girl about poverty after a father dies. The ad urges life insurance to prevent future hardship for Mary and her mother, invoking dire consequences if no policy exists. It promotes Joseph Mural of Shiner Texas offering life insurance and pet medicine for livestock.
Pvt. Lewis Breithaupt has been visiting his parents on weekends while receiving a two month transfer to Leesville Louisiana. A gathering at La Grange for the 15th district cotton Ginners Convention drew Louis Trautwein John G Holfmann Theo Rogge John F Kasper Emil Buske and Arno Wagener among attendees.
Kingsville and Corpus Christi residents and guests from Hondo San Antonio and Houston toured El Campo last Sunday as business visitors. Mrs R H Hopper and son Richard Lee returned to Galveston after a month with her parents the Picha family. Sergeant Hopper, on three weeks furlough, left for duty. The group met their new little David Buford, nephew of the Jurica family.
The Senior Luther League met on Thursday Aug 7 at 8 p m with a devotional song and a lesson read by Mrs Elton Zander and a psalm read by Edgar Bohmann The meeting opened with prayer and the minutes were read A 42 party for the public was discussed and scheduled for the night of August 22 with admission 15 cents a ticket or two for 25 cents The gathering closed with the Lord's Prayer.
A thrilling melodrama featuring Lloyd Nolan Bart Mary Beth Hughes plays Sleepers West at the Palace Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday.
An advertisement invites customers to visit HOLCHAK'S Beauty Shop at Phone 197 in Shiner Texas for a permanent wave service and related beauty treatments. The notice emphasizes convenient access and local business presence in the community.
Mr Ford Guettner Mrs Ford Guettner and Miss Mildred along with Mrs Ervin Roeder and Miss Irene Bleier returned last Monday from a trip to Orange Grove and Range. They say crops in that area are only in fair shape. Mr E J Gerdes and Pat Frank of Victoria spent a few hours Thursday with Mr and Mrs E L Balusek.
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