Willie Joe Velek dies at 37 in Shiner funeral Monday
Funeral services were held for Willie Joe Velek age 37 at Eschenburg Funeral Parlor and Shiner Catholic Church with Rev. J J Hanacek officiating. Burial followed in Shiner Catholic Cemetery. He died August 14 in Temple after a brief illness. Survived by wife Bessie and two daughters Frances and Dorothy, two sisters and four brothers.
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Eschenburg
Willie Joe Velek
Shiner Catholic Church
J. J. Hanacek
Shiner Catholic Cemetery
Davis Picha
J. E. Wentreek
Chas. Chrastecky
Ernest Kral
Opela
Fred Berger
Mr. Velek
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Shiner
Old Sweet Home
Bessie Tousek
Frances
Dorothy
Mat
Annie) Kedzieski
Houston
John
Mary) Mitchell
Rosebud
Frank
Mexia
Jacob
Jerry
Jacob Welek
Mary Patek Velek
Funeral Rites Held for John Recek in St Marys Area
John Recek 82 was found dead at his home near St Marys Tuesday night. Justice of the Peace O T Shoemake ruled natural death after investigation. Kubena Funeral Home handled the services with a Requiem Mass at St Marys Church. Survivors include two sons Anton and Matthew and five daughters, twenty nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren. He was a member of the K J T Society and active in church work.
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John Recek
St. Mary’s
Matthew Recek
Justice of the Peace
O. T. Shoemake
Kubena
Hallettsville
Henry Psencik
Czechoslovakia
Recek
America
Lavaca County
Magdalena Krahulik
Anton’ Recek
Shiner
John Drexler
Edmund Koenning
Rudolph Jaluska
Adolph Kutach
John Kutach
K. J. T. Society
Catholic Church
Rudy Kurtz Orchestra to Broadcast Sunday on KCTI
The Rudy Kurtz Orchestra of Shiner will broadcast over station KCTI this Sunday at 3 30 p m. Present plans are to broadcast every Sunday with possible change of time noted by the Gazette.
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Rudy Kurtz
KCTI
Shiner
Wie Poe
the Gazette
Shiner VFW to Show Free War Films Tonight
Shiner VFW Post 6209 meets at Shiner High School Gym August 19 at 7 45 p m. Navy recruiters from Victoria will present three Pacific war reels including To the Shores of Iwo Jima after the business session. Free admission for the public. Navy medals available to eligible veterans with proper discharge papers. Ladies Auxiliary also meets at City Hall Library.
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Shiner V. F. W. Post 6209
Shiner High School
Roman Hanak
Doyle Clardy
Navy Recruiters of
Victoria
Iwo Jima
Navy
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Joe Heger Sr at Moulton
Mrs. Joe Heger Sr. died in San Antonio on August 14 at 10 40 p m aged 7 8 12. Funeral services were at St Joseph s Church Moulton with a Requiem Mass and burial in the local Catholic cemetery. Survivors include six daughters and five sons among other relatives.
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Joe Heger Sr
Henkhaus
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Moulton
Heger
San Antonio
Augusta Heger
Columbus
Mary Heger
Adam C. Kram
Shiner
John Sofka
Houston
Elizabeth Woolsey
Temple
Leonard Cuculo
Frank Heger
Louis Heger
Seguin
Joe
Henry Heger
Freeport
Rudy Heger
Joe Hauser
Frank Banse
Weimar
Alois Rabel
Ad Berger
Hallettsville
Shiner Receives 3982 Bales of New Cotton
Public. Weigher L. M. Roeder reports 3982 bales of new cotton received up to Tuesday night August 17, compared with 2749 bales by the same date last year.
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Shiner
L. M. Roeder
Fire Burns Sear Frank Jemelka at Country Home
Shi ner Fire Department responded Thursday to Frank Jemelka’s country home where an oil cook stove ignited. He suffered severe burns to hands arms and face while fighting the blaze. Kitchen repairs and dining room smoke damage follow.
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Shiner Fire Department
Frank Jemelka
Jemelka
Fire crews save bridge on Rocky Creek
The Shiner Volunteer Fire Department arrived at 4 30 p m Wednesday and quickly extinguished a grass and drift fire under the wagon bridge on Rocky Creek just outside the city limits. Some boards were damaged and replacements needed. County Commissioner Joe Kouba warned that a main gas line crosses the decking and a larger blaze could cripple local industries.
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Shiner
Rocky Creek
Joe Kouba
Gazette
Yoakum
Peter Zbranek Jr Buried After Catholic Rites
Funeral services for Peter Zbranek Jr 44 were held at Eschenburg Funeral Parlor then Shiner Catholic Church with Requiem High Mass officiated by Rev R C Hoffmann Rosary was recited at the parlor August 14 Burial followed at Shiner Catholic Cemetery He died August 12 in Rusk Hospital after long illness born April 1 1904 in Kokernot Gonzalez County survived by parents two sisters and three brothers with pallbearers named.
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Peter Zbranek
Eschenburg
Shiner Catholic Church
R. C. Hoffmann
Shiner Catholic
Zbranak
Rusk Hospital
Kokernot
Gonzales County
Peter
Janie Gaya Zbranek
Bill
Louise) Pechacek
Vernon
Julius
Margaret) Chumchal
Rt. 1
Yoakum
Hallettsville
Laddie
Geo
Ganado
Tom Zbranek
Edward Svoboda
Willie Knezek
Edward Peterek
Joe Broz
Jimmie Knezek
Important Notice on S H S Student Registration Dates
Pre registration for high school students occurs Wednesday September 1 and Thursday September 2. Fresh men on September 2 morning, Sophomores on September 2 afternoon, Juniors on September 3 morning, seniors on September 3 afternoon. New students bring statements of credits. Elementary students register September 6 Monday morning with full credit statements.
Notice to Rural School Teachers for 1948-49 term
All rural school teachers are requested to call at the office of the county superintendent before September 1 and get the text books for their schools, make salary schedules and complete other arrangements for the 1948-49 school term.
Messer LaCoume Rites Read In St Patrick's Cathedral
Miss Joyce Messer and Le Roy F LaCoume wed at St Patrick's Cathedral Galveston at 8 am with family present. The bride wore white satin with lace and a net yoke, orange blossom coronet, and white asters. The groom is a Galveston native, a Coast Guard veteran. The ceremony featured gray suits and carnation boutonnieres, and a wedding breakfast followed. Both families extend best wishes for a long, happy marriage.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Galveston
Joyce Messer
Curt Messer
le Roy F., LaCoume
John E. LaCoume
Iris Deah Baca, R. N
Shiner
Elinor Gindorf
Brenham
Leo Bivona
Johnny Burdette
Corpus Christi
Perkins
Shiner High
University of Texas
John Sealy College of Nurses
John Sealy
Coast Guard
la Coume
Postal Rates to Rise January First 1949
Effective January 1 1949 air mail rises from 5c to 6c and postcards by air become 4c. Third class mail up half a cent for first two ounces. Bulk rate under permit up 2c per pound with 1c per piece minimum retained. Parcel post up about 28 percent. Books at 8c for first pound and 4c for each additional pound. Special delivery up to 15c from 13c. No change in second class mail rates.
Dance Club Meeting Scheduled for August 21
The Dance Club will meet Saturday August 21 at Blucher Park, inviting members to join the community event and conduct a routine gathering in the park setting.
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Blucher Park
Local social notes from Houston visit
Mrs Peck Welhausen and Miss Marthalyn Valenta visited in Houston the first of the week along with Mrs Glade Welhausen and Gayle and Mrs Benno Holchak.
Earline Kroulik Weds Aaron L Hall In Candlelight Ceremony
Earline Kroulik and Aaron L Hall united in marriage at First Methodist Church in a 6 30 p m ceremony. The bride wore a white marquesette gown with cathedral train and pearl necklace while her sister Ro land Anderson and Marthalyn Valenta served as attendants. The groom and groomsmen wore tuxedos with white carnations. A reception followed at the bride’s home. After a wedding trip to Colorado the couple will reside in Austin. Earline is a Shiner High School graduate 1942 and has worked in Austin. Aaron is a Bangs High School graduate and Army Air Corps veteran who is attending State University.
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First Methodist Church
Earline Kroulik
R. B. Kroulik
Aaron L. Hall
T. J. Hall
Bangs
Texas
Roland Anderson
Austin
Marthalyn Valenta
Irene Westphal
San Antonio
Wayne Cox
Hunter Estep
Clifford Cox
W. L. Hightower
Walter Kerr
Central Methodist Church
de Koven
D’hardelot
Wm. Wendtland
Bohm
Schubert
von Weber
W. C. Schmidt
Shiner
Ernest Hajek
Edgar Wolters
Mabel Merrem
Kum
C. H. Sheffield
Medford McCoy
Waldrop Creamery Expands Amid Regional Distribution Growth
The Waldrop Creamery, once Purity Creamery, has grown from a three employee start in 1927 to a large complex with two dairies six milk routes and refrigerated fleet reaching 70 miles including Houston Corpus Christi and San Antonio. New fireproof room bottling and pasteurizing facilities plus a 96 by 80 foot addition expand production and distribution across Eagle Lake Kenedy Lockhart and intermediate towns.
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Gazette
Waldrop Creamery
Rce
Purity Creamery
Eagle Lake
Kenedy
Lockhart
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
C. J .Waldrop
Bonorden matriarch laid to rest in Hallettsville
Mrs. Albert Bonorden Sr died Sunday at 81 11 months 11 days. Funeral Tuesday at 10 from Kabena Funeral Home with Rev Loeske Lutheran minister officiating. Survived by four sons Albert Leonard Gus Emil and one more. seven daughters Thekla Martha Alma Ophelia Brown Lona. 27 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren.
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Gus Bonorden
Albert Bonorden Sr
Renger Hospital
Hallettsville
Kabena
Loeske
Gonzales
Albert
Leonard Bonorden
Shiner
Emil Bonarden
Victoria
Thekla) Pohl
Vienna
Martha Bonarden
Mike
Alma) Brocker
C. T
Ophelia) Brown
Lona Hill
San Antonio
Oil Mill Opens 1948 49 Season With Full Operation
The Oil Mill started its 1948 49 season with a 6 a.m. whistle. Manager Arno Wagener says the mill is in full operation and will supply hulls meal and cake for the trade throughout the season.
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Arno Wagener
Homemaking Students Stage Project Show in Shiner
On Saturday August 21 Shi ner High School homemaking students will display summer projects in the City Hall Chamber of Commerce room from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Miss Margaret Strube notes the exhibit will be well rounded with dresses uniforms foods canned and cooking samples. The event encourages girls and honors their home crafts for future homemakers.
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Shiner High School
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Shiner
Margaret Strube
Shiner High School Bus Schedules Announced
The Shiner High School buses begin Monday morning September 6. Charlottenburg Midway Sunset routes follow last term’s schedules with Sunset bus at 7 20 a m from Hundl s pit and return. For details contact drivers Tasler Bednar Frers.
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Shiner High School
Charlottenburg
Midway
Hundl
Edgar Tasler
Midway Bus
B. Bednar
Charlottenburg Bus
Henry Frers
Sunset Bus
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Fire Department
Peter Zbranek Jr
Messer-LaCoume
Charles Vrazel
Yoa
Roscoe L. Nollkamper
Braintree
England
George Nollkamper
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