Christmas Eve and Day Services at Immanuel Lutheran Church
Christmas Eve and Day service times listed for Immanuel Lutheran Church and Dreyer Church with Masses, candlelight service, church school, and confirmations. Devotional notes urge reverent observance and blessing for parishioners and community. Pastors Rev. John J. Hanacek Rev. R. C. Hoffmann and Edwin J. Oehlke invite attendance.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Drever
Dreyer Church
Shiner
Edwin J. Oehlke
Methodist Church Presents Holy Child Christmas Program
The Methodist Sunday School announces a Christmas program on Sunday night December 26 at 7 PM. A color film Holy Child of Bethlehem will be narrated by Mrs Ella E Lane with musical background by violin piano and organ under Mrs Wm Wendtland. Gifts for orphans in Waco will be collected.
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Methodist Sunday School
Bethlehem
Ella E. Lane
Wm. Wendtland
Church School
Waco
Miss Etta Schraer Funeral Rites Held Tuesday
Miss Etta Theresa Schraer daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Schraer of Moulton died in Hermann Hospital Houston Friday December 17 at 11 50 am Rosary was recited Saturday and Sunday by Rev Joseph Kopp and Rev John Matocha Funeral services were held December 20 at 9 00 am from Smith Funeral Home Moulton followed by Requiem High Mass at St Josephs Church Interment was in Moulton Catholic Cemetery Pallbearers were cousins Henry and Ervin Schraer Charles Seidenberger Emil James Wesselsky O P McMurrey and Edwin Anderle She was born at Shiner Texas September 3 1921 age 27 years 3 months 14 days She had worked in Houston Survived by parents and brothers and sisters Benita Schraer RN of New Orleans Dorothy Walters RN of San Diego Alvin Schraer of San Antonio Clarence Frances and Joseph at home The death shocked relatives in Shiner The family expresses sincere sympathy.
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Etta Theresa Schraer
Ben Schraer
Moulton
Hermann Hospital
Houston
Smith Funeral Home
St. Josephs Church
John Matocha
Moulton Catholic
Henry
Ervin Schraer
Charles Seidenberger
Emil James Wesselsky
O. P. McMurrey
Edwin Anderle
Miss Schraer
Shiner
Texas
Benita Schraer
R. N
New Orleans
Stanley
Dorothy) Walters R. N
San Diego
Calif
Alvin Schraer
San Antonio
Clarence
Frances
Joseph
Beautiful Program Portrayed By St. Ludmila's Academy
The Christmas program at St. Ludmila's Academy featured carols and a primary grades playlet The First Christmas Roses with introductions and roles filled by Joyce Sofka Curtis Havel Mary Dorothy Velek Joseph Patrick Kahanek Ruth Geraldine Pulkrabek David Jaks An Old Shepherd Bernard Marcak Angel Theresa Matula Ruths Guardian Angel Geraldine Migl Kerwin Kosler Ronald Maneth Robert L. Meyer and other students costuming and lighting enhanced the performance.
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Joyce Sofka
Messenger
Curtis Havel
Mary
Dorothy Velek
Joseph
Patrick Kahanek
Ruth
Geraldine Pulkrabek
Sheppherd
David Jaks
Bernard Marcak
Angel
Theresa Matula
Shiner Baptist Church Schedule Noted
Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Midweek Prayer Service at 8 p.m. Brotherhood meeting occurs every third Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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Brotherhood
Hospital Patients Listed This Week At Local Hospital
The roster shows current patients including Mrs Agnes Hodanek Mrs Agnes Fischnar Mrs Mary Sefcik Leo F Hubner Frankie Dolezal Shiner Mrs Thomas G Muehlstein Jr and baby boy Ernest J Darile Mrs Jim A Kalina Moulton Mrs Daniel Pekar Halletts ville Peter Farkus Schulen burg Frank Vyvjala Flatonia and dismissed patients Dorothy Annie Herman Mrs Emil H Blaschke and baby boy Mrs John Bujnoch Mrs John Bie hunke and baby girl and Fr Krametbauer Jr.
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Agnes Hodanek
Agnes Fischnar
Mary Sefcik
Leo F. Hubner
Frankie Dolezal
Shiner
Thomas G. Muehlstein Jr
Ernest J. Darile
Jim A. Kalina
Moulton
Daniel Pekar
Hallettsville
Peter Farkus
Schulenburg
Frank Vyvjala
Flatonia
Dorothy Annie Herman
Canon to greet Santa after sudden illness scare
J. M. Canon fell seriously ill Tuesday noon causing alarm among family and friends. Medical advisers expect him to recover quickly and be well enough to shake hands with Santa Claus.
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J. M. Canon
Santa Claus
Christmas Concert Features Classic Carols and Free Will Offering
The choral group closed with Renditions of Ring Christmas Bells Aj Andelic kove Spi Spi Nevinmatko Adeste Fidelis O Tannen baum Gloria In Excelsis Deo White Christmas. Rev. J J Hanacek thanked the very large audience and announced a free will offering.
Shiner Volunteer Firemen Host New Year Dance at Blucher Park
Advertising begins this weekend for the Shiner Volunteer Fire Department annual New Year’s Eve dance at Blucher Park Friday December 31 from 8 p m. Admission is 60 cents for gentlemen and 25 cents for ladies with tax included. Music by Pateks. Fireworks are prohibited on the grounds and the event proceeds regardless of weather. Everyone is invited.
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Shiner Volunteer Firemen
Blucher Park
Pateks
V F W Auxiliary Sets Christmas Party Date
At the regular V F W and Auxiliary meeting the Christmas party was set for Tuesday night December 28 at Blucher Park at 7:30. Members should bring a gift labeled with a name and a guest gift. Refreshments will be served.
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V. F. W. and Auxiliary
Blucher Park
O D H S Lodge Set Meeting Jan 2 1949
The O D H S Lodge will hold a regular meeting Sunday January 2 in the City Hall library room. Members should attend. Public installation of district lodge officers is planned for Shiner January 9 at 2 p.m. in Blucher Park. Frank Tasler Jr. pres.
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O. D. H. S. Lodge
City Hall
Shiner
Blucher Park
Frank Tasler Jr
Lavaca County elects 1949 ACA committeemen and delegates
December 8 polls statewide named farmers to represent Lavaca County in the 1949 Agricultural Farm Program. Listings show community delegates, alternates, chairs and officers, with Edgar Freytag as Chairman and John W. Henneke as Vice-Chairman chosen at the December 17 County Convention.
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Lavaca County
J. Lynn Mauk
ACA
Mauk
Edgar Freytag
Moulton
Texas
John W. Henneke
Hallettsville
Jerome P. Harbich
Yoakum
John Matula
Louis Kallus
Rt. 1
Lavaca
Lifetime Lavaca Resident H. H. Stratman Dies at 75
Funeral rites for Henry H. Stratman were held at Roe der Funeral Home and United Dr. Martin Luther Church after his death at his Shiner home Friday December 17. Born near Shiloh in Lavaca County on April 4 1873 he married Emilie Spies in 1899 and lived in Shiner Hochheim Prairie Yorktown and finally Shiner. Survived by wife three sons two sisters a half brother a granddaughter and five grandsons, he was active in church and the O D H S Lodge. Interment at City Cemetery with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers.
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Mr. Stratman
Shiloh
Lavaca County
Bernhard and
Sophia Bender Stratman
Emilie Spies
St. Peters Lutheran Church
Hallettsville
Rev. C. Geiger
Hochheim Prairie
Shiner
Edward R. Stratman
Arno G. Stratman
Houston
Elo H. Stratman
Yorktown
Robert
Sophie) Spies
Chas
Anna) Langhoff
Andre Zinke
Roscoe
C. B. Stratman
Otto Zinke
Cotton Season Closes With 12 158 Bales Shiner Report
Closing cotton report for 1948 shows 12 158 bales weighed in Shiner as season ends on December 21 led by L. M. Roeder. Last year’s total was 10 757 bales.
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L. M. Roeder
New Peddlers Ordinance Aims to Protect Local Merchants
Gazette notes a new ordinance defining peddlers and imposing a license tax to curb street selling in Shiner. The piece parallels protection for local merchants paying licenses and rents against inferior products from itinerant sellers. Rotary visit by Dist Gov Oliver Harris and guest Albert Dittmar highlights Rotary ideals and Americanism with a district conference planned for March 27–29, 1949 in Waco.
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Shiner
America
C. J. Waldrop
Max L. Wolters
Albert Dittmar
Los Angeles
Calif
Oliver Harris
Rotarians
Rotary
Shiner Club
Shiner Rotarians
Waco
Texas
Courtesy note to readers and visitors
The notice invites readers to share visits of out of town guests with the paper by calling 69 or sending a postal card. It frames this as a courtesy and asks readers to inform the office of any item.
Yule Greeting Edition Announces Christmas Edition
The Gazette presents its annual Christmas greeting edition featuring merchants professionals and out of town patrons with a pictorial style. It notes 1948 year end cheer and that no Gazette will publish next week returning in the new year.
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the Gazette
Gazette
Gift Day Draws Record Crowd in Shiner
Wednesday of last week brought a record breaking crowd to town with a jovial mood. Nearly a hundred gifts were distributed by the merchants of Shiner as appreciation presented to the public.
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Merchants of Shiner
The Bride Goes Wild at the Palace Theatre
The Bride Goes Wild plays at the Palace Theatre this Saturday with matinee at 3 p m and nightly shows at 6 60 p m and 8 15 p m.
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the Palace Theatre
Warning to Those Tampering With Mail Boxes
Post Office Inspector W. R. Warrick visited the Shiner Post Office last week to investigate tampering and knocking down rural mail boxes near Dreyer. The act is a penitentiary offense and violators may face severe penalties. Postmaster Herder pledged full effort to pursue clues until culprits are apprehended or stop the depredations.
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W. R. Warrick
Shiner Post Office
Dreyer
Herder
United States
Uncle Sam
Wheel Chair Missing Upstate VFW Seeks Help
The Veterans of Foreign Wars urge help to locate a missing wheel chair, last reported borrowed by two ladies for a patient in Moulton. No names or patient details were left, and months have passed. Any information leading to its return is appreciated.
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Moulton
Methodist Pastor Will Preach Sunday Service
The pastor Rev. W. L. High tower will fill his regular appointment at the Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday School as usual 10 a.m.
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W. L. Hightower
Methodist Church
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius
John J. Hanacek
R. C. Hoffmann
Shiner-Dreyer Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Homes
Round Rock
W. L. Russell
J. L. Mikulik
James Burke
J. M. Yater
Elton Zander
A. H. Kasper
Russell
Wendtland
Mayme Merseburger
Etta Schraer
Joseph Kopp
Miss Schiner
St. Ludmila’s Academy
St. Nicholas
Shiner Baptist Church
V.F.W
Q.D.H.S. Lodge
Alfred Gassman
Johnnie R. Dierschke
Alfred Gassmann
Walter E. Haas
Rudy E. Heger
Edwin Dierschke
Moravia
Fr J. Olsovsky
Frank W. Bohuslav
Frank J. Olsovsky
Jim J. Konvicka
Anton V. Hinck
Jerome Jurena
Sweet Home
Eugene N. Hermes
Frank A. Dolezal
Felix Jurica
Victor Peters
Herbert H. Becker
South Hallettsville
Paul Hermes
Ernest E. Hermes
Robert J. Grahmann
Victor L. Steffek
Rudolph Bujnoch
Fr. Raiosek
North Hallettsville
John Holy
August Holub
Frank L. Holub
Theo. A. Golsch
Arthur W. Spies
John C. Henke
Hubert A. Haas
Fred Henneke
Herbert Overgower
Henry F. Lorfing
Edward J. Chovanetz
Henry Herold
Arthur G. Stratmann
Arthur F. Nollkamper
Leonard B. Mladenka
Jacob Velek
Bernard J. Roeder
Alois M. Pustka Jr
Theofil J. Bujnoch
Willie T. Janak
Vienna
Rudolph Sieber
Sam Kelley
Leonard C. Bonarden
Anton Trlica
Harper W. Kloppenburg
Paul Reckaway
Ezzell
B. W. Butts
Anton T. Kutach
Henry J. Pohl
William T. Reagan
Henry C. McElroy
H. H. Stratman
Friends
Henry H. Stratman
Roeder Funeral
United Dr. Martin Luther Church
Stratman
Erwin Stratman
Louis Zinkie
Edmund Langhoff
Edgar Klitsch
Victor
Erwin Spies
Edwin Oehlke
Rotary Club
Dist
GOV
Victor Johnson
Taylor
Shiner Rotary Club
Meyer’s
Yule
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