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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1960
Page
8
Optometrist Dr Fred A Berckenhoff announces complete services at 302 Latt Street Yoakum Texas. Hours 8 30 AM to 5 30 PM Monday through Saturday closed all day Wednesday. Phone AX 3 2122 and located across from the post office.
Texas oyster harvest news highlights 45 million oysters sold last year with most plants certified by the state Health Department. It notes certification since 1937, season dates, and that 42 plants were approved last year while 30 have current season certification. Texas birth and death rates in early 1960 show a slight rise in deaths and steady births, with the Records and Statistics Section maintaining vital records.
Shiner Volunteer Fire Department announces its annual New Year's Eve dance at Legion Park on December 31. Joe Patek and His Orchestra will provide music. Dance proceeds support local firefighters. no fireworks allowed. The notice invites community attendance and appreciation for the volunteers.
Reminiscences from the 1920s Eastland daily editor recount encounters with strangers in hotels and locals who shaped town life. Anecdotes touch oil activity, bank liquidations, and a Twain quip on spelling.
An OCR fragment lists items including a washer double rinse tub electric refrigerator 5 HP and 2 HP electric motors 1 HP engines and related equipment attributed to Frank E Guettner located one block west of the High School in Shiner Texas.
The column highlights the importance of enumerated rights in the Bill of Rights as part of the Federal Constitution. It notes an upcoming observance of Bill of Rights Day and promises a future list of rights. Also mentions funeral attendance by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Keuper and Mrs. Leon Maker for Arthur C. Eschenburg in Floresville on November 22.
A concise survey of how law interacts with human relations in business and government. It explains that law aims to ease insecurity and injustice, provide rights and duties, regulate contracts, and ensure fair chances for learning, speaking, and rising families, while acknowledging fallibility in courts and legislation.
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