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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
6
Sgt Victor DeHarde and Mrs Anton Kahlich and daughter LaJoyce of San Antonio spent the weekend with Shiner relatives. Corp Ewald Seidenberger of Randolph Field visited homefolks this weekend.
SHINER MOTOR SALES promotes installing a new car radio as a Christmas holiday gift idea. The message emphasizes enjoyable driving experiences and seasonal cheer through updated auto audio equipment.
The Twentieth Century Club held a regular meeting at the city auditorium on Thursday afternoon. Mrs S A Thulemeyer welcomed members and guests and distributed festive sprays. The program featured a review of composer Stephen Foster by Mrs Max Wolters, a musical Sing Song by the Shiner Choral Singers directed by Horace Cammack, and performances including Foster’s Old Folks At Home Old Black Joe and Old Kentucky Home. August Darilek performed Beautiful Dreamer on trumpet with piano accompaniment by Mrs Thulemeyer. Several visitors attended.
In Dallas Texas households face a paper shortage as wrapping paper and bags dwindle due to wartime demand. Merchants join a government backed campaign to curb waste and guide consumers toward conserving paper for defense needs. The drive, launched on War Against Waste Day, urges reducing nonessential paper use and encourages shopping with reusable bags and minimal wrapping. The effort cites a gap between twenty six million tons used and twenty one million produced, worsened by halts in pulp imports from Finland and Norway.
The State Council of Administrators in charge of the NYA defense training program reports 73 active NYA Special Defense Projects in Texas, up from 44, added 29 projects in three months. Programs operate through TSES, NYA, and the State Board for Vocational Education, providing work experience and training in fields like welding, machine shop, aviation, radio, and more at locations including Ranger, Houston, El Paso, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin.
Help your kidneys with Turner's Juno Tablets sold by KUHN Pharmacy under a guarantee. The price is 50 cents for a box and one dollar for a larger supply. The ad targets kidney and bladder disorders causing get up nights backache disturbed sleep dizziness and rheumatic pains.
Pvt. Herbert DeHarde of Fort Davis, Boston, Massachusetts, is at home on a furlough.
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