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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
6
Bermuda Onion plants for sale by parcel post at 10 cents per 100 and 90 cents per 1000. Offered by R. J. Friedrichs in Cuero Texas. Plain advertisement notes 6x6 sizing.
The Sunday San Antonio Express features a group photo with the Lady of the Lake Archery Club. Miss Alice Pohler is noted as a prominent member in the image caption.
George Rogge arrived from Robstown this week. Yuletide visitors include Miss Margaret Schindler from Brooklyn who reached Galveston by boat and land. After two years away she joins her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas Schindler for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hundle are happy parents of a daughter named Florence Marie Hundle born on November 27.
Mrs and Mrs A C Janca announce the birth of baby Mary Annie Janca born December 2.
A son arrived for Frank Rez and his wife of Sweet Home on December 28. The child will be known as Frank Rez Jr. Earlier, Mr and Mrs Ed L Sommerlatte welcomed a son born November 15 who will sign as J R Sommerlatte.
Mr and Mrs Anton Novak announce the arrival of a son on December 4. The baby will be named James Novak.
We, the undersigned, will close at noon every Sunday beginning Jan 6. Shiner Motor Sales Highway Garage East End Filling Station Texaco Filling Station John Beal Elsik Filling Station City Tire Shop Ford Filling Station A G Lichey Filling Station 6x2.
Among Shiner instructors expected home this weekend are Miss Ernestine Mergenthaler from Moulton, Helen Rogge from Dilworth, Louise Thulemeyer of San Antonio, Irene Turk of Hondo, and Clifton Monroe of Mission.
An article compares medieval holiday fare to a modern Christmas menu. It lists dishes such as holly canapés, mistletoe canapés, chicken curry soup, roast suckling pig, stuffed sweet potatoes, baked onions, stringless beans, mock Hollandaise, lettuce salad, cheese straws, English plum pudding, and elaborate accompaniments. It includes detailed preparation ideas for holly and mistletoe canapés and notes about marshalling ingredients like sardine butter, watercress, peppers, and marshmallows as stuffing.
The local post office will operate on Christmas Day despite a directive to suspend all work from midnight Dec 24 except special delivery and regular holiday mail. Residents may drop parcels only until 10:15 AM when delivery windows open, then close at noon for the rest of the day.
Mrs Wm Hillie and her daughter Miss Wilma depart Tuesday for Christmas holidays in Houston. Miss Edna Kasper will arrive from Teacher's College at San Marcos in time for the Yuletide.
Johnnie E. Turk and Isabel Hillen were quietly married at Judge Cone's residence in Gonzales on Tuesday evening December 11. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hillen, and the groom is the son of Mrs. Geo. Turk. They will stay at home until the New Year, then establish their own household.
Adolf Boehl led Ella Schroeder to the altar at Dr. Martin Luther church on Monday afternoon. Rev. J C A Pfenninger officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Schroeder of Sweet Home and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Boehl near Shiner. The couple were joined by the groom’s parents as well wishes poured from The Gazette.
The Mineral Wells index reports Dr H Arthur Zappe elected to the Kiwanis Club board of directors at the annual officers election. The note highlights Herbert Zappe’s progressive attainments during his brief stay in the health resort town.
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