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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
4
Market notes from Gonzales and Flatonia Texas detail cattle on hand hogs prices and trend the report notes steady to higher cash markets for cows bulls calves and hogs with prices for various classes listed. Local holiday visits and church notices accompany the agricultural update and community notices.
State Commander Charles Cannon Jr of Garland visited Shiner Memorial Post 6209 with Mrs Cannon and Mr and Mrs Leroy Sportsman of Refugio. The group received a warm welcome from Post Commander Erdelt and Auxiliary President Mrs Sadie Erdelt as Cannon praised the post and its leaders for strong community service.
Trinity Lutheran Home notes from last Wednesday highlight a color film about the S S Manhattan voyage through the Northwest Passage. The event served as a practical shipping test for crude oil routes and as a lab for oceanographers and geologists. Visitors included Mrs Emma Seidenberger, Mrs Hilda Otto, and Mrs Otto Sander, with Thanksgiving gifts from Mr and Mrs A W Nollkamper and support from local churches. Upcoming services feature Pastor Alvin A Walter of Mount Calvary La Grange and Pastor Gerald A Rivley Jr of Emanuel Seguin, with guest pianist Mrs Olga Smothers.
The Shiner Public Schools lunch plan approved by Supt. Seidenberger lists meals from Monday to Friday. Menu items include Frito meat pies, mashed potatoes, green beans, cinnamon rolls, bread, milk on Monday. hamburgers with toppings and sides on Tuesday. stew meat in gravy with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut on Wednesday. baked chicken with dressing and peaches on Thursday. and fish sticks with macaroni and cheese, green peas, and chocolate cake on Friday.
DeKalb and surrounding counties report multiple deer kills. Don Kaspar bags a 14 point buck in DeWitt County on Thursday morning November 23. Jeff Wagner shoots a spike back on Tuesday November 28. Mrs Henry Kalich nets a 4 point in Llano on December 2. Houston residents include Dr Norris Tyer and Mrs Norris Tyer with 8 point and other bucks, Adolf Hoepfl with 4 and 8 points, Eugene Hoepfl an 8 pointer, and Ronald Wischnewsky a spike buck.
Christmas parties are listed by date and venue across several organizations including 621st Mess Kit Repair Co VFW Home Shiner Farm Bureau American Legion Trinity Lutheran Home Hermann Sons Rotary and others with details on times locations and pianist? lunch and Santa visits. The article briefly notes that until the 18th century cocoa growers in Latin America used only the pod flesh discarding the bean or using it as currency similar to Aztecs and Mayans.
Mrs Emil L Balusek Sr visits the Sons of Hermann Austin Lodge No 120 Christmas Party at the VFW Hall in Austin on Sunday December 3 as a guest of Mr and Mrs M Max Seim and Gerald and Beverly Ann Seim. She calls the meeting interesting and the entertainment wonderful.
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