Shiner VFW Picnic Planned at Sulphur Park
Plans are complete for the annual VFW Picnic sponsored by Shiner Memorial Post 6209 at Sulphur Park Swimming Pool on Sunday August 24. Supper starts at 5 00 p m featuring chicken barbecue with all the trimmings. Entertainment for the whole family includes music by the Pearl Polka Boys with a free dance at night and plenty of cold drinks on hand.
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VFW
Sulphur Park
Shiner Memorial Post 6209
Pearl Polka Boys
Crowell Couple Relocate To Shiner Welcome Home
Mr and Mrs Joe Drabek of Crowell Texas arrived in Shiner last week Tuesday to start a new home they bought the Tillie Fietsam house They sold their Crowell farm northwest of Crowell where they lived 37 years to their son Charlie Mr Drabek came to Crowell 47 years ago and the couple have been married 45 years Rosa Pechacek born in Shiner now Mrs Drabek is welcomed and wished happiness in their new home
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Joe Drabek
Crowell
Foard County
Shiner
Tillie Fietsam
Charlie
Drabek
Rosa Pechacek
DeDear Receives Texas Lutheran College Scholar ship
Dennis DeDear, a 1958 Shiner High School graduate, accepted a football and baseball scholarship to Texas Lutheran College Seguin. He lettered in four sports, captained football as junior and senior, and led in scoring 1957. He plans to major in physical education and coach.
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Dennis DeDear
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Dennis
Shiner
Shiner High
Comanche
Comanches
Shiner Clippers
Col. Kramer
TLC
Post Cafe Reopened After Major Remodeling
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Cimr hanzel announce the reopening of the Post Cafe after a three week closure for repairs. The renovated cafe features a lowered ceiling, vinyl terrazzo flooring, four new place booths, scenic wallpaper, and enhanced air conditioning by Friedrich unit installed by C B Welhausen Co. Michna Barber Shop adjacent redecorated. contractor and supplier credits listed. Visitors invited to see the transformed cafe.
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Jimmy Cimrhanzel
Post Cafe
C. B. Welhausen Co
Michna Barber Shop
E. W. Sonntag
Glatzert and
Garbade
C. B. Welhausen
E. A. Kasper
Oscar Lichey
Morgan Sonntag
Cimrhantels
Shiner Catholic Church Picnic Set for August 31
The Rev Fathers John J Hanacek and Michael O Shaughnessy lead parishioners planning an annual picnic and bazaar at Legion Park Shiner. The event promises to be bigger and better this year with parish members inviting all to attend Sunday August 31.
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John J. Hanacek
Michael O’ Shaughnessy
Shiner Catholic Church
Legion Park
Shiner
Shiner Parish
Tragic Harlingen gun play ends in boy's death
Eight year old Reuben Hauschild Jr. was fatally shot when a pistol discharged while he and two companions, Charlie McCallam and Joe Lee Hauschild, handled a .22 automatic outside 105 E Beck St Harlingen. Charlie McCallam held the weapon. the accident occurred shortly before 2 30 p m. Reuben died at Valley Baptist Hospital. Funeral services were planned for Aug 11 at 10 am with Kreidler Aschcraft in charge.
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Harlingen
Reuben Hauschild Jr
Valley Baptist Hospital
Reuben
Joe Lee
Charlie McCallam
McCallam
Dorothy(Poole) Hauschild
E. Beck St
Joe
Johnnie
Lorreta
Hattie Jean
H. Poole
John Hauschild
Austin
Kreidler- Aschcraft
Combes
Shiner
Edwin Jaehne
Gus Jaehne
Fritz Boedeker
George Boedeker
Arthur Blohm
Ed. Koenning
Elo Koenning
R.H. Cook
New Braunfels
Walter Klaus
Yoakum
Emmett Boedeker
Victoria
Oregon logging accident claims Wm Buck Hempel
Wm Buck Hempel of Oregon was killed in a logging accident on Monday August 11. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wm Hempel of Yoakum. Funeral services were held in Harbor Oregon as relatives from Yoakum Alice Lolita and Harber attended.
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Buck) Hempel
Oregon
Hempel
Wm. Hempel
Yoakum
L. F. Hempel
Alice
H. G. Hempel
Lolita
Harbor
Fire destroys George Shimek home in rural Texas
Firefighters answered a midnight alarm at the Shimek residence on the Shi ner Hallettsville highway. The home and furnishings were total losses, with only baby clothes and a bed saved. Residents are asked to call the Gazette at 4 3346 if they can aid with household items.
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Shiner
George Shimek
Dianne
Milady Baros
Shiner-Hallettsville
Shimek
Gazette
Solemn Requiem For Pat Collins In San Antonio
A solemn Requiem Mass for William P. Pat Collins 39 was held August 9 at St Peter Prince of Apostles in San Antonio. Father Thomas Collins presided with Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A Leven. interment at St Marys Cemetery. Survivors include Charles and Mrs Collins and siblings in San Antonio and San Diego.
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San Antonio
St. Peter Prince of Apostles
William P
Pat” Colins
Thomas Collins
Stephen A. Leven
Joseph Nowak
Thomas French
Bernard F. Popp
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Zizik-Kearns Funeral Home
Charles Collins
Margaret Reininger
Collins
John Collins
A.E.C
Shiner High School Teachers Reception Planned
A reception for Shiner High School faculty will be held Wednesday August 27 at 8 00 p m on the school lawn. All parents are urged to attend this annual affair.
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Shiner High School
Victor Krejci
I-O
Sweet Home Firemen
Representative from Social Security Office to Visit Shiner
A Social Security representative from Victoria will be at Shiner City Hall at 9 AM on Monday August 25. Residents may file retirement survivor or disability benefit claims and get assistance with questions about the program.
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Social Security Office
Victoria
Shiner
City Hall
Native Texan Julius Dreyer 93 Burial Rites Held
Julius Dreyer 93 died August 17 1958 in Nix Hospital San Antonio after a fall fractured hip He was buried August 19 at Shiner City Cemetery Rev J C A Pfennig er officiated Dreyer born January 27 1865 at Columbus Colorado He and his wives and children are named Survivors include two sons Alfred and Emil three daughters Edna Wild Edith Pulkrabek and Doris Marie Kubecka multiple grandchildren great grandchildren and siblings Pallbearers Otto Wendt Leonard Dreyer Gene Dreyer Allan December Robert and Gordon Anders were listed.
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Julius Dreyer
Nix
San Antonio
Buffington Funeral Home
Shiner
Shiner City
Alfred Dreyer
Emil Dreyer
Yoakum
Arthur
Edna) Wild
Slaton
Victor
Edith) Pulkrabek
Laddie
Doris Marie) Kubecka
Theo. Rogge Os
Walter Manchen
Adolph Dreyer
el Paso
Bill
Annie) Henkhaus
Emil
Frankie) Pohler
Charlotta Neisser
Herman
Rud
Henry Dreyer
Dreyer
Otto Wendt
Leonard
Gene Dreyer
Allan December
Robert
Gordon Anders
Twister Wrecks 30-Ft Cow Shed in County Weather
Heavy showers and lightning moved across the county last Thursday with a thunder cloud over the F A Dolezal farm. A twister ripped away a 30 foot cow shed and scattered lumber, but no other damage or injuries were reported.
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Shiner
F. A
Saint Ludmila's Opens Sept 2
Saint Ludmila's Academy announces the opening day for the current session on Tuesday September 2 Students are to attend Holy Mass at eight o clock and stay for classes all day Parents should send their children Sister Petra the principal lists the faculty sponsors and teachers by grade levels across the school from first to eighth grade.
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Saint Ludmila’s Academy
Petra
Veronica
Blanche
Therese
Catherine
Ann
Gertrude
Theresa
Regina
Celine
Anasthasia
Roberta
Elaine
Cecelia
Angela
Sr. Margaret Mary Leaves S. S. A. for Cuero post
Sister Margaret Mary who has served as principal for four years and taught at St Ludmila's Academy for many years left this week to take up a new post at St Michael's School in Cuero. Students and friends unite in wishing her God blessing on her endeavors in the new post.
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Margaret Mary
St. Ludmila’s Academy
St. Michael’s School
Cuero
Rites Read Monday For Bill Baros 68
Funeral services were held in Yoakum for William J. Bill Baros 68 at St Josephs Catholic Church and Cemetery. He died August 15 at home after 38 years in Yoakum. Survivors include wife, son Robert, daughters Rafaela and Olga, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild, brothers John Albert Martin Charles Rudy, sisters Brunner Harvey Champion.
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Yoakum
William J
Bill) Baros
Plaza Street
Edward J. Jansky
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery
Baros
Fayette County
Shiner
W. J. Baros
Robert Baros
Rafaela Baros
Olga) Malinak
John Baros
Moulton
Albert
Martin Baros
Charles Baros
Port Lavaca
Rudy Baros
San Antonio
H. R. Brunner
Corpus Christi
Cecil Harvey
Port Isabel
Christine Champion
Houston
Annual Cemetery Assn Benefit Lunch Sept 7
The Shiner Cemetery Association sponsors an annual benefit lunch on Sunday September 7 at 3 00 p m at Legion Park Meet friends and donors for cakes will be notified Those who have loved ones buried in the City Cemetery are asked to donate coffee sugar shortening flour and related items and bring them to the home of Mrs Alois Kasper
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Shiner Cemetery Association
Legion Park
Alois Kasper
United Fund Meet At Clinic
The Shiner United Fund Committee met at the Shiner Clinic to map plans for this year’s drive scheduled for October 7. Reports were accepted and quotas will be set at the next meeting on September 1 with interviews of agencies to follow.
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Shiner United Fund Committee
Shiner Clinic
Mae Blohm Saling Buried In Graveside Rites
Mae Ellen Blohm Saling of Houston died August 11 1958 at 7:50 p.m. at age 51 after years of illness. Graveside services were held August 13 in Shiner City Cemetery with Rev. John C. Gilbert, buffington funeral home assisting. She was born June 8 1907 in Shiner to Adolph J and Minna Blohm. She married Charles H Saling October 10 1932 in Lake Charles Louisiana and lived in Houston 38 years. She is survived by her husband her parents a sister Stella Valenta and many friends.
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Charles H. Saling
Mae Ellen Blohm
Sul Ross
Houston
Texas
Saling
Shiner
Adolph J
Minna
Thulemeyer) Blohm
Hyde Park Chapel
Paul Brown
Methodist Church
Shiner City Cemetery
John C. Gilbert
Weldon Schramm
A.A. Darilek
Shiner High School
Hugh G. Koether
Lake Charles
Mae Blohm Saling
Shiner High Opens Sept 1 After August 28 Registration
Shiner High School will open Monday September 1 with grades 9 through 12 attending regular classes. Registration for students is set for August 28. Bus routes will run on normal schedules. The detailed six week and holiday schedule follows through May 26-26 teacher clearance days.
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Shiner High School
Norman Davis
TSTA
Hospital Patient List and Dismissals
Hospital weekly roster shows current patients including Louis Trautwein Mrs Augusta Wendt Mrs Albert J Berckenhoff Miss Emily Hohlt Mrs Louis Matias and baby boy Mrs Frank Steiner Shiner Bill Spann Sweet Home Mrs Clara Schmidt Gonzales Mrs Allen J Butschek and baby girl Mrs Bennie Orsak and baby boy Houston Colored Unit Leroy Cunningham Dismissals include Mrs Maude Vick Tommy Bozka John Chaloupka Mrs Edgar C Wolters Mrs Harold Koennig and baby girl Mrs Edward Kokas and baby boy H O Helmcamp Mrs Blase Konvicka and baby boy Mrs Sylvia Olovsky and baby boy Julius Staruszka Mrs Joe Vrazel Mrs Benedict Molnoskey Colored Unit Mrs Willie Flowers and baby boy.
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Louis Trautwein
Augusta Wendt
Albert J. Berckenhoff
Emily Hohlt
Louis Matias
Frank Steiner
Shiner
Bill Spann
Sweet Home
Clara Schmidt
Gonzales
Allen J. Butschek
Bennie Orsak
Houston
Leroy Cunningham
Maude Vick
Tommy Bozka
John Chaloupka
Edgar C. Wolters
Harold Koenning
Edward Kokas
H. O. Helmcamp
Blase Konvicka
Sylvia Olovsky
Julius Staruszka
Joe Vrazel
Benedict Molnoskey
Willie Flowers
Car Hits Dirt Pile Injuring Couple Near Shiner
Mrs Benedict Molnovskey and her husband were injured when their 1953 Ford struck a dirt pile dumped by a county crew on Vlastenec Road 2.7 miles south of Shiner at 12 15 Friday afternoon. They, and their son Patrick, were taken to Wagner Hospital in Shiner for treatment and checks. Damages were listed at 175 dollars.
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Benedict Molnovskey
Shiner
T. C. Cook
Molnovskey
Vlastenec
Spoetzl Brewery Adds New Delivery Truck in Shiner
The Spoetzl Brewery unveiled a Chevrolet 10 000 Series V 8 delivery truck built in San Antonio by Bedell and delivered by Shiner Motor Sales. The truck carries 600 cases of Shiner beer plus keg beer and features air brakes and power steering. Joe Green, a 25 year employee, notes a history of miles driven and recalls a wartime truck with 100 000 mile milestones.
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Spoetzl Brewery
San Antonio
Bedell
Shiner Motor Sales
Shiner
Texas
Joe Green
Spoetzls
the Gazette
Spoetzl Family
Joe
Gazette
Cecelie Spoetzl
Spoetzl
Believe It or Not Election Day Here Again Saturday
August 23 marks election day in Shiner for the Democratic nomination in the Supreme Court Associate Justice Place No 1. Lavaca County’s 28 polling boxes will open with voters urged to participate. West Box at City Hall and East Box at Masonic Building.
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Shiner
Robert W. Hamilton
J. Edwin Smith
the Supreme Court
Lavaca County
City Hall
Masonic Building
Football Practice Monday Aug 25
Football practice scheduled for Monday August 25 with team members to report at the usual field times. Coaches confirm routine drills and conditioning as part of the week’s schedule.
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Shiner Vfw
DeDear
Harlingen Boy
Pat” Collins
Shiner High School Teachers Reception
Mar
Ethelyn
Dana
Linda Kay
Gertrude Ulcak
Bob Taylor
Pete Gehrels
K. Spoetzl
Texas Special
Tex
Saint Ludmila’s
S. A
Bill Baros
United Fund
Shiner United Fund
Shiner Rotary Club
Don Kaspar
August Darilek Jr
Robert Wagner
Clyde Otto
Harvey Barsch
Ernest Petry
Knights of Columbus
BOY Scouts
Fathers of Boy Scouts
Magnolia Beach
CDA
Court St. Paul
American Legion Auxiliary
Mesdames
Mike Benes Jr
Willie Menke
Henry Schierschwitz
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