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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1930
Page
6
Vincik Laddie Vincik and Miss Wilma Mueller wed quietly in the county capital on Tuesday of last week. After a brief bridal trip they returned to the Vincik farm near Sunset School, with the Gazette offering congratulations.
Mrs Otto Draeger and Geo Wiedler hosted a birthday party at Grandpa Fiedler’s home on Tuesday afternoon November 18 for Delphine Larose and Georgie Fiedler. Pink and white decorations featured pink rambler roses and two birthday cakes. Miss Edna Reischel gave a toast as twenty or more children enjoyed refreshments and games were played into the late afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Pohler spent last weekend in Taft extending a brief leisure trip with sightseeing and relaxed family time in and around the Taft area.
Wm Remmers and daughter Miss Evelyn visited Nordheim relatives for Thanksgiving, sharing time with family and giving thanks.
Dreyer Emmanual Lutheran Church will hold English worship next Sunday night December 7 led by Pastor Rev. J. C. A. Pfenninger. All are welcome to attend the service and participate in the evening program.
Mr and Mrs Ballard Fry returned from Austin Saturday and left Sunday for Houston where Mr Fry has a position with the Texas Company.
Miss Ernestine Mergenthaler of New Braunfels visited with her parents last week. J. M. Canon and wife attended the funeral of John Kloppenburg at Sublime Friday afternoon.
Shiner celebrated Thanksgiving with the Wied Community Fair drawing strong local turnout. Many residents enjoyed a plentiful Thanksgiving meal and praised the abundant exhibits which were unusually attractive and appealing.
Friends of Dr J D Gray will regret his serious illness early this week at Huth Hospital Yoakum. As we go to press, news from his bedside is more encouraging.
Emil Benarden sells cabbage and onion plants fresh from his garden. The notice lists several attendees from Shiner who were at a Texas A and M game in Austin including Elo Wolters J M Canon Wm D Green Chas Sandford and Jeff Mikulik. Also mentioned are Misses Gladys Tomlin son Ella Stratman Selma Rogge and Messrs Paul Kempe Jr Glade Welhausen Glen Wagner Percy Garbade Leonard Valek Roy Mewes and Mrs W O Mewes.
Former resident offers a new modern cottage for rent close in near the Catholic Church. Apply to Ernst Schultz.
Master Emil J Karasek, of Yoakum, spent last week with his grandparents, returning with stories of farm life and family reunions.
An Oil Mill Garage offer promotes a Golden Voice Atwater Kent Radio with a quick vision dial as a Christmas present costing 1.50 dollars. The copy notes Misses Alice Pohler and Elsie Dziewas attended a Houston Teacher's Convention and lists High School faculty members Supt. Leslie Miss Alf Christian and Mr. George Mitchell Butte attending the State Teacher's Convention in Houston.
A General Electric radio is presented as a prized gift for the whole family at Oil Mill Garage. Mrs. John Kloesel Sr. has shown slight improvement after weeks of illness while Mrs. Paul Kloesel of Gonzales serves as a special nurse, continuing duty with care.
Thanksgiving Day proved crisp with a heavy frost the prior Tuesday. The Gazette lists holiday gift suggestions and special ads offering bargains for practical Yuletide purchases.
Beeman Bee Bednar Reuben Jaroszewski Anton Baros and Olan Mittanck returned home from Commercial Schools in San Antonio over Thanksgiving in a brief homecoming note highlighting their names and travel.
The notice urges shoppers to begin now to avoid crowded aisles and ensure full, complete stock selection. It stresses shopping early for speed and availability and urges immediate action to secure desired items.
The Shiner section notes Mr and Mrs Louis Jaluska celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with sumptuous meals at noon and midnight snacks. Over a hundred guests attended. music games conversations and dancing filled the day and night as the couple received wishes for many more joyous years.
Buy your radio at Shi ner Garage Shiner s best equipped radio repair shop. Radio tubes radio battery radio tube testing Phone 174.
Mr and Mrs W L Russell of Houston were Thanksgiving visitors in the E F Wolterby home.
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