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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
6
A youth column invites families to solve quizzes and enjoy a poem by Claire Brackman of Seguin. The piece includes riddles aimed at exercise for minds and a short verse about finding a true pal. Seguin is noted as the author’s hometown.
The Hallettsville Texas chapter held its December 1 1966 meeting at 7 30 p m in the H H S Homemaking Cottage. President Janet Roeder presided with 13 members and 4 guests. They planned boots for hospital patients and sponsoring two F H A girls in a wool contest.
Private Frank T. Bluda aged 18, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bluda of Yoakum, finished a six week lineman course November 25 at the Army Southeastern Signal School Ft Gordon Ga He received training to install and maintain open wire field communication wire and lay lead and rubber covered cable Also noted Mr and Mrs Otto Goetz returned home after a week visiting their children in Houston.
Shiner Public School plans meals for the week approved by Supt. Little. The menu lists daily options from December 12 to 16 including chili and doughnuts, stew meat, hot dogs, fried chicken, and salmon croquettes with sides and milk.
Upland cotton producers will receive two ballots December 5 through 9 for 1967 marketing quotas and for a potential research and promotion order. Voting, governed by ASCS and C&MS rules, requires two thirds or a majority of voters. A Cotton Board would administer the program with $1 per bale assessments, refundable on request.
Thanksgiving weekend visitors included distinct Texas families visiting the Waldrop home in C J Waldrop with names from San Antonio Moulton Hallettsville and Mor rocco. T/Sgt Elton Pfuhl promoted to Master Sergeant recently transferred to Morrocco.
The text notes the start of the 1967 crop season with a focus on early measurements and planning. It mentions preliminary conditions and expected activities as growers prepare for planting and harvest milestones upcoming in the season.
A reader comments on 1967 tax prospects from his John son grass farm on Rt 3 Shiner. He argues taxes rise yearly and predicts a 100 percent chance of increases, noting politicians promise tax cuts but fail to deliver.
Army Private Ronald A Kosler 21 son of Mr and Mrs Otto A Kosler Shiner Texas completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training November 25 at Ft Lewis Washington He received instruction in small unit tactics and in firing weapons including the M 14 rifle M 60 machine gun and the 3 5 inch rocket launcher The lumber industry is the oldest industry in America.
A letter argues a city sent one man to Washington to ask a committee to lower taxes and another to secure half a billion for a local waterway. The writer suggests some reductions are temporary and warns that taxes will rise again, urging practical caution.
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