Retired Missionaries Plan Christmas In United States
After 42 years as Southern Baptist missionaries in the Far East the Rev Dr and Mrs Charles Culpepper have retired to San Antonio. They recount 27 years on the Chinese mainland, wartime imprisonment, furloughs, and later posts in Hong Kong and Taiwan as they speak to church groups about foreign missions.
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Charles Culpepper
Southern Baptist
Far East
Culpeppers
San Antonio
China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Notes and Comments on Christmas Hymns and Carols
Christmas caroling evolved from Nativity plays with street singing. St Francis of Assisi nurtured the practice and the making of carols. Notable works include Stille Nacht, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Messiah, and Joy to the World.
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Rome
St. Francis of
Assisi
St. Francis
Grecchio
Italy
Joseph Mohr
Oberndorf
Austria
Franz Gruber
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Phillips Brooks
Boston
Town of
Bethlehem
Handel
Dublin
Isaac Watts
Nahum Tate
George Frederick Handel
George II
Culpepper Family Christmas Return Highlighted in NOTE
The passage notes Dr. Culpepper returning home from mission work in Taiwan and Japan to celebrate Christmas with his wife in Taipei and their grandson at Baylor University. It identifies Culpepper as a Lavaca County native born near Shiner and references his hometown ties and furlough visits.
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Taipei
Dr. Culpepper
Lavaca County
Shiner
Gonzales Livestock Market Report Summary
The Gonzales Livestock Market was active to strong with light receipts due to wet weather. Hog prices rose about a dollar from last week, with detailed ranges for butcher calves stocker calves and cows. next sale set for January 1 1966. odd meteorological note about boiling point at altitude included.
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Gonzales
Hospital Visitors And Patients Of The Week
Hospital visiting hours are 10 00 to 11 00 a m 2 00 to 4 00 p m and 7 00 to 8 30 p m. Listed patients include Mrs Adolph Wegener Mrs O S T Meyer Mrs Victor Foster Sr Mrs Theo Dierksen Frank Marek and others with newborns at Shiner Hallettsville Schulenburg Nordheim and Flatonia. Dismissed patients include Mrs Annie Bareak Mrs Adolph Jasek Fritz Albrecht and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Wegener
O. S. T. Meyer
Victor Foster Sr
Theo. Dierksen
Frank Marek
George Edwards
Bob Hlozek
Hugo Pohler
Carroll Sembera
Mario Chavarrio
Mildred Schroeder
Local Families Welcome Newborns Across Texas Communities
Congratulations pour in as several families announce births in December. George Edwards and wife welcome a baby boy in Shiner weighing eight pounds three ounces. Raymond Janak and wife have a son in Hallettsville weighing nine pounds. Adolph Jasek and wife celebrate a son in Flatonia weighing nine pounds two ounces. Dossey family announces a son born December 2 at Red Bluff General Hospital in Pasadena, with grandparents listed from Houston and Shiner. The Dierschke family in Moulton celebrate a daughter named Renae Marie born December 1 at Laughlin Hospital in Eagle Lake, joining two older siblings Nicky and Donnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edwards
Shiner
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Raymond Janak
Hallettsville
Adolph Jasek
Flatonia
William Dossey
Pasadena
Red Bluff General Hospital
Joe Drabek
Houston
William E. Dossey
Wm. Drabek
Louis Rothbauer
Dossey
Mexia
James Dietschke
Laughlin Hospital
Eagle Lake
Renae Marie
Dierschkes
Nicky
Donnie
John Jasek
Edwin Dierschke
Moulton
Bastrop Lake Shows Strong First Five Months as Fisheries
Lake Bastrop opened for fishing June 1 after stocking by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. In its first five months 7,880 permits were issued and total catch reached 78,600 with black bass to twelve inches. The LCRA maintains boat ramps and rents boats while requesting catch records.
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Bastrop
John Babcock
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Sim Gideon
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Colorado River
Texas Forest Service
Babcock
LCRA
Lake Bastrop
Highway 95
Bastrop State Park
Lost Pines
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Quality Pharmacy
David “Billie’ Patek
Stacie Kubecka
Judy Tronicek
Sharon Jurica
Anita Mikes
Virginia Helweg
United States
Ehler’s Furniture & Appliance
Hallettsville, Texas
Charles Dickens
Americas
the Kruegers
Srogans
CULP
Kruegers
Culp, Evelyn, Cay
Gonzales Livestock Market Report
Beauticians
Ann's Beauty Shop
Del's Beauty Shop
Hinze Beauty Shop
Lva's Beauty Shop
Lil's Beauty Salon
Lad’s
Beauty Shop
Mary Ann's Beauty Salon
Evelyn's Beauty Shop
Pearl's Beauty Shop
Bastrop Lake
Natif de France
Quality Pharmacy, Inc
William David Patek
Charlie Chrastecky
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