Christmas mail flow urged and packing tips from Shiner Post Office
Postmaster Arthur Ward warns Shiner residents that 24 mailing days remain before Christmas and over eight billion pieces must be delivered. He urges early shopping and mailings, ZIP Codes usage, proper packing, and clear addresses to ensure on time delivery amid growing holiday volume. The department offers a five cent Christmas stamp to aid festooning.
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Arthur T. Ward
Shiner
Lawrence F. O’brien
Texas
Ward
Post Office Department
Multiple Baby Births and Adoptions Noted in Texas Parents
A string of birth notices and an adoption announcement from Texas families. Marcus Hinch and wife welcome a baby boy born December 4 at Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. Franklin A. Cook and wife announce a son born December 4 weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces. Otto Lee Goetz and wife announce the adoption of a boy named Troy Alan born March 28, with grandparents W H Lehrmann of Brenham and Otto Goetz of Shiner. Norman L. Jostes and wife report a son named Charles Scott born November 22, 1966 at Ewing Hospital in Linton weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces, with 3% year old brother Lamar. E A Schmidt of Mathis is maternal grandmother. paternal grandparents H F Jostes of Tynan. James Vogt and wife welcome Duane Edward born November 24, 1966 at St Joseph's Hospital weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces with a brother Terrance. grandparents Robert Vogt of Schulenburg and Ernest Kral of Shiner. Freddie Taments and wife announce an adopted girl born October 3, 1966 weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces named Kathryn Marie. grandparents Louis Targac of Moulton and Frank Kolodziej of Yorktown. great-grandparents Nicholas Warzecha.
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Marcus Hinch
Yoakum
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Franklin A. Cook
Gonzales
Otto Lee Goetz
Houston
Troy Alan
W. H. Lehrmann
Brenham
Otto Goetz
Shiner
Norman L. Jostes
Beeville
Ewing Hospital
Linton
Charles Scott
Lamar
E. A. Schmidt
Mathis
H. F. Jostes
Tynan
James Vogt
Duane Edward
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Terrance
Robert Vogt
Schulenburg
Ernest Kral
Freddie Tam
Kathryn Marie
Louis Targac
Moulton
Frank Kolodziej
Yorktown
Nicholas Warzecha
Deer Hunting Recap From Hallettsville and Surrounding Areas
Local hunters report several deer kills in early December. Bobby Heyer of Moulton bagged a 7 point buck at the Allen Ranch near Hallettsville after a morning mass with his father Tommy. Other noted kills include Joe Strauss, Kenneth Sonntag, and Mrs Zappe with multiple bucks, along with Albert Zissa and Emil Zissa in Cherry Springs area.
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Bobby Heyer
Moulton
Hunter’s
Hallettsville
Allen Ranch
Bobby
Tommy Heyer
C. J. Waldrop
Joe Strauss
Wm, Zappe Jr
Zappe Ranch
Cheapside
Albert Zissa
Houston
Emil Zissa
Angleton
Cherry Springs
Zissa
Emil
Christmas gifts brighten Trinity Lutheran residents visit
American Legion Junior Auxiliary members visited Trinity Lutheran Home on December 3 delivering first season Christmas gifts to each resident. They distributed wrapped packages with bows and candy canes, assisted by Trinity Lutheran Home Auxiliary members and nursing staff. John J. Dusek and Louise R. Hill were among new residents welcomed recently to the Hallettsville facility.
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Trinity Lutheran Home
American Legion Junior Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
Margie Benes
Barbara Hartmann
Debbie Veit
Rose Marie Struka
Helen Benes
Annie Proschko
American Legion Auxiliary
Willie Menke
Grayce Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Home Auxiliary
Louise R. Hill
Hallettsville
Shiner
John J. Dusek
Jim Dusek
Harold D. Johnson
American Nursing Home Association of
Washington, D. C
Flora L. Ray
R.N
Johnson
TLH
Social Security Agent to Visit Shiner December 12
A Social Security Office representative from Victoria Texas will be at Shiner City Hall at 9 a m Monday December 12 1966 to assist residents with retirement survivor's disability and medicare benefit claims and answer questions about the program.
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Social Security Office
Victoria
Texas
Shiner
City Hall
The Gazette Gift Subscriptions For Christmas
The Shiner Gazette offers subscriptions as Christmas gifts with 52 issues a year. A Christmas card notification option is available. One year rates are $3.00, making a timely and informative present for friends and relatives.
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The
Gazette
Shiner Gazette
Three Men Fined For Killing Doe in County Court
El Campo men Melvin Clark Joe D Pichoda and Chris J Brown were fined 100 each for killing a doe in Judge Gus J Strauss county court on Monday December 5 Costs brought total to 343 30 Licenses for Brown and Pichoda suspended to August 31 1967 They were arrested Friday night on the Louis Mother ranch southeast of Speaks by Game Warden Emmett Wolfsdorff and Deputy Warden Hayden Cook all pled guilty.
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el] Campo
Gus J. Strauss
Strauss
Melvin Clark
Joe D. Pichoda
Chris J. Brown
Brown
Pichoda
Louis Mother Ranch
Speaks
Emmett Wolfsdorff
Hayden Cook
Nurses' aides complete course with named graduates
The graduates named are Ella Ermis Violette Guettner Frances Morisak Marie Koenning Dell a Lahodny Selma Menke Ruby Vincik Emma Bengsch Lydia Sauer Nora Raab Hat tie Haas and Emily Ondrusek. Two other employees request instruction were Olga Smothers and Edna Malina.
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Ella Ermis
Violette Guettner
Frances Morisak
Marie Koenning
Della Lahodny
Selma Menke
Ruby Vincik
Emma Bengsch
Lydia Sauer
Nora Raab
Hattie Haas
Emily Ondrusek
Olga Smothers
Edna Malina
Held-Over News Items Carry Next Week
Due to space constraints, several stories were postponed and will appear in next week's edition. The page notes additional coverage to be published in the following issue.
Holiday event notices invited by Gazette for community
The Gazette requests readers to report holiday happenings including guests, parties and trips to ensure complete community coverage. It suggests mailing or posting news on cards. Also notes a weekend visit by Svoboda families from Houston Nederland Pasadena and San Antonio.
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Gazette
The
A. A. Svoboda
Houston
Edwin J. Svoboda
Nederland
Felix Svoboda
Linda
Pasadena
L. J. Peters
San Antonio
Wm. Drabek
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