Shiner Rotary Club Christmas Party Highlights Grants and Gifts
The Shiner Rotary Club held its December 15 Christmas party at Swank Restaurant with Rotarians and guests. Prizes from a football score contest went to Arthur Ward, Don Kaspar, and Billie Gene Goetz. Grants totaling over five thousand dollars were announced for the city, school district, library funds, and St. Paul High, plus gifts to members and a Broadway invitation the group declined.
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Shiner Rotary Club
Swank
Rotary Anns
R. A. Tindall
Edmund Deane
Arthur Ward
Don Kaspar
Billie Gene Goetz
Max Seidenberger
Rotary Club
Nell
Green- Dickson Municipal Park
Rotary
Broadway
Shiner
Green-Dickson
Shiner Independent
St. Paul High
Frank M. Wagner
Peck Welhausen
Arthur Kaspar
City of
Green-Dickson Municipal Park
Holiday Accidents Warn Against Drinking While Driving
The Texas Safety Association reports over half of Christmas season crashes involve a drinking driver or any driver under the influence. Alcohol impairs reflexes and judgment, so avoid driving after consuming alcohol. Carrie Chapman Catt is noted for leading the push for the 19th Amendment granting women's suffrage.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Safety Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Council of Safety Supervisors
Garrison
Conservation district notes on farms near Stieren Nickel and Koker
Otto A. Bartels builds a new farm pond on land near Stieren to support grazing crops. Frank Wagener farms 35 acres of terraced row crops while grazing 235 acres of native rangeland with good grass cover. Donald Bunting plans to root-plow mesquite and plant coastal Bermuda with another field to Texas winter grass. Willie Dreyer waters 63 acres with a pond and has 24 acres of coastal Bermuda. he will revise his conservation plan next month. Robert Hack grazes coastal Bermuda keeping at least six inches of grass. Brent Arthur completed a pond and will plant about 100 acres of coastal Bermuda. pond includes a large pipe-drop structure.
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Otto A. Bartels
Stieren
Frank Wagener
Nickel
Donald Bunting
Bermuda
Texas
Willie Dreyer
Kokernot
Robert Hack
Brent Arthur
Gonzales Mason George C Seydler Receives 50 Year Pin
George C Seydler of Gonzales was awarded a 50 year Mason pin at a Monday night ceremony in Gonzales. Local Masons including Carl F Williams and W B Reaves recognized the 72 year old, a WWI veteran who joined in 1914 and later served 20 years in Gonzales city government including a term as mayor.
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George C. Seydler
Gonzales
Ertson Funeral
Seydler
Robertson
Willie Kay Kluge
Mason Shrine
San Antonio
DPS Predicts 190 Holiday Deaths During Texas Season
Texas DPS estimates 190 people will die during the 11 day Christmas to New Year period, including 105 traffic fatalities. The plan, Operation Death Watch, runs December 24 to January 3 with extra patrols, daily toll updates, and public safety campaigns across agencies to curb crashes.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Public Safety
DPS
Texas
Garrison
Texas Highway Department
Roosevelt’s Tennis Cabinet Known as Intimate Friends
Intimate friends of President Theodore Roosevelt were popularly known as the Tennis Cabinet.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Leave Yourself an Out to Avoid Texas Accidents
A cautionary note urges drivers to always leave space and anticipate hazards. It argues that following a simple safety rule can significantly reduce the Texas death toll from traffic incidents.
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Texas
Colorful Canisters for a Thoughtful Gift Idea
Gift idea featuring fabric covered canisters to match a friend’s kitchen decor. Tips include selecting plain canister sets from a dime store and covering with solid or printed cotton fabric, trimmed with flat cotton braid or rickrack.
Insure Your Life for Family Safety and Future Provisions
An advertisement urges readers to insure life to protect dependents and provide for old age. It argues a noninsured life leaves family at risk and promotes Pan American Life with agent Joseph Muras in Shiner, Texas.
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Joseph Muras
Phone LY
Shiner
Texas
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Shiner Rotary Club Christmas Party
Alton Allen
The
Raymond Dickson Foundation
Mr. Allen
Claude Pickering
Percy Garbade
Max Wolters
Arin On
Guadalupe Valley Electric Co-op
Peem Ue
Gonzales County Soil Conservation District News
Indianola Burke
Elsie Roberson
Houston
New Orleans
Freeport
Thomas Jefferson
Kleine Brothers Funeral Home
W. F. Robertson
Seydler-Rob
Myra Bonno
Walter Paul
Paul
Pauls
East End
Lee Sedlmeyer
Kilauea
Hawaii
van Shh
Patek’s Grocery and Market
City Meat Market
Joe's Market
Patek’s Cafe
Wiedgin
H. G. Koether
Department Stores
Hallettsville
Weimar
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