Lavaca County to Receive Type II Polio Vaccine
Lavaca County residents from six weeks to beyond will be offered Type II Oral Polio Vaccine on Sunday January 13 1963 at Hallettsville Public School Gym and Shiner Catholic Gymnasium from 1 to 4 PM A 25 cent per dose donation is requested but no one will be refused vaccination Bring Type I cards for stamping minors under 21 must bring consent slips Volunteers for traffic control and administration should arrive by 12 30 PM Organizers include Lavaca County Medical Society and Shiner Hallettsville Rotary Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca County
Hallettsville
Shiner
Shiner Catholic
Lavaca County Medical Society
Shiner and
Hallettsville Rotary Clubs
Twin Calves Born On Farm And Hospital Figures
Raymond Brosh reported twin heifer calves born on his farm Sunday, the cows first calves. In Springfield, twins were born at St. John’s Hospital in different years with a newborn son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burks at 11:31 p.m. December 31 weighing five pounds nine ounces and a daughter at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday weighing five pounds twelve ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Brosh
Springfield
St. John’s Hospital
Jack Burks
Five Cent Mail Rate Takes Effect January 7 1963
Postmaster warns that new nickel letter rate becomes effective January 7 1963. Patrons sending 4c letters must add a penny, 1c stamps available at Shiner post office. Air Mail letters rise to 8c and postal cards to 4c. Drop letters rise to 4c and out of town mail to 5c. Clerks will assist during the transition. Remember the date Monday January 7 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur T. Ward
Shiner Post Office
Post Office
Shiner
Patient's Wife Praises Gonzales Warm Springs Healing
Mrs. Ross B. Dobbins of Lubbock praises the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation after her husband, 64, suffered a December 18 1961 brain hemorrhage and later improved from near coma to walking with effort. He received rehab including tab baths speech occupational and physical therapy. The couple's monthly income is 198 dollars from social security and state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales Warm Springs
GWSF
the Inquirer
Ross B. Dobbins
Lubbock
Foundation
Dobbins
Methodist Hospital
Death Claims Mother Of Large Family
Mrs. Sam Pfenninger 77 of Corpus Christi died December 20 1962 at her home after a lengthy life in Goliad and Corpus Christi. Funeral services were held December 22 1962 at St John s Lutheran Church Goliad with pastors Arlyn Hausman and Vernon Breitkreutz officiating. She leaves seven sons five daughters 35 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren along with two brothers and four sisters. Her husband had served as Goliad County superintendent of schools for 49 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Pfenninger
Goliad County
Goliad
Corpus Christi
Lutheran Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chris
Urban
Gus
Roland
Nathaniel
Henry
Fritz Pfenninger
Robert
Leona) Field
Willie
Philipina) Mueller
Reinhold
Mary) Karnes
Herbert
Caroline) Pieper
Kenedy
Berthold
Johanna) Gaubatz
Victoria
Fritz
Ben Urban
Helen Howard
Houston
Calvin
Emelia) Riggs
Lydia) Boehl
N. J
Tillie) New
Shiner Hosts Hermann Sons Installation January 13
Offficers from nine Hermann Sons Lodges and two youth chapters will be installed at 2:00 p.m. Sunday January 13 in Shiner Legion Park. Installing officer will be H J Windlinger of San Antonio a grand trustee, with Louis Spitztenberger Gonzales and others assisting. The event includes Lodges of Flatonia Schulenburg Yoakum Hallettsville Shiner Freyburg Moulton Hochheim Gonzales and two youth chapters. The statewide order runs a free youth camp and a home for aged members with headquarters in San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Spl
Hermann Sons
Shiner Legion Park
Shiner
H. J. Windlinger
Texas
Windlinger
Louis Spitzenberger
Gonzales
H., F. Koester
Seguin
Grand Lodge
Emmie Kyle
Schulenburg
Flatonia Hermann Sons
Flatonia
Yoakum
Hallettsville
Freyburg
Moulton
Hochheim
Carnation
Starch Plant Begins Operation Near Victoria
National Starch and Chemicals Corp opens a Green Lake vinyl acetate plant south of Victoria. Production runs on a 24 hour automated line with six staff and nine operators. Built by Brown & Root at a $4 million cost along the Victoria Barge Canal near Port Lavaca with a pipeline link to Seadrift plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Starch and Chemicals Corp
Green Lake
Victoria
National Starch Co
Brown & Root Construction Co
Victoria Barge Canal
Port Lavaca
Long Mott Highway
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
Yoakum Herald-Times
Alfred A Kubicek Dies At 65 In Shiner
Alfred A Kubicek of Oak Grove died at Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital in Shiner on December 22 1962 after surgery. Funeral services were held December 24 at Smith Funeral Home Moulton and St Joseph Catholic Church with burial in Moulton Catholic Cemetery. Survived by wife Josephine two sons Victor and Edwin and daughter Lillian Supak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Kubicek
Oak Grove
Frank Wagner
Shiner
Smith
Moulton
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Emil Winklarek
Moulton Catholic
Josephine
Stasny) Kubicek
Victor Kubicek
Edwin Kubicek
Victoria
Vladik
Lillian) Supak
Corpus Christi
Who Must File A Federal Income Tax Return
R L Phinney announces 1962 income thresholds for filing. U S citizens and residents with gross income of 600 or more must file. those 65 or older must file if 1962 income reached 1200. Self employed with net earnings 400+ must file and pay self employment tax. Austin District tax returns go to 314 West 11th Street. area includes many counties. IRS offers help by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
R. L. Phinney
Internal Revenue Service
Austin
IRS
Internal Revenue
West 11Th Street
el Paso
Hudspeth
Culberson
Reeves
Pecos
Terrell
Val Verde
Edwards, Kimble
Mason
McCullough
San Saba
Lampasas
Hamilton
Bosque
Somervell
Hill
Limestone
Freestone
Leon
Madison
Walker
Trinity
Polk
Tyler
Jasper
Newton
Civil Defense Class Begins at Local High School
A Family Survival civil defense class starts Monday January 7, 1963 at 7 30 p m in the high school. Enrollment is limited to 20 to 36 participants and interested individuals may call Robert Bubolz at the high school or LY 4 3130 to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bubolz
Mrs. Alwine Tietjen Rites Held In Shiner
Funeral services for Mrs. Alwine Dorothea Tietjen 81 were held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at United Dr. Martin Luther Church Shiner with Rev. Edwin J. Oehlke officiating. Burial followed at Shiner City Cemetery. Survived by son Edmund Tietjen Jewett daughter Leonitha Kuck Shiner five grandchildren seven great grandchildren and one sister Emma Kram. Pallbearers included nephews Elton Zander and Edgar Kram and grandsons Alvin Lester Tietjen Arnold Branecky Walter H. Kuck. She was born January 24 1881 near Schulenburg and married Herman Tietjen in 1901. She lived in Shiner most of her life and was a charter member of United Dr. Martin Luther Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwine Tietjen
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Buffington Funeral Home
Shiner
United Dr. Martin Luther Church
Edwin J. Oehlke
Shiner City
Edgar Kram
Elton Zander
Alvin
Lester Tietjen
Arnold Branecky
Walter H. Kuck
Jesus
Alwine Dorothea Tietjen
Zander
Schulenburg
Fayette County
William and
Marie
Kaelke) Zancer
Herman Tietjen
Edmund Tietjen
Jewett
Walter
Leonitha) Kuck
Chas. W
Emma) Kram
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Schiner
Ladies Aid
Kopecky Named FHA Counsel in Washington
Kopecky 48 Hallettsville native named associate general counsel of the Federal Housing Administration in Washington. He served 13 years as assistant federal counsel of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, FHA’s parent, and joined FHA after World War II. He studied at Sacred Heart School Hallettsville Saint Mary’s La Porte Spring Hill College Mobile and Georgetown University Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Kopecky
Hallettsville
Federal Housing Administration
Kopecky
Housing and Home Finance Agency
FHA
Navy
Spring Hill College
Mobile
Georgetown University
Lavaca County Doctors Authorized to Give Oral Polio Vaccine
Physicians of the Lavaca County Medical Society and their assistants are requested to administer oral poliomyelitis vaccine to the child or children named below. Name:
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Lavaca County Medical Society
Plainly Written Poliomyelitis Vaccine Consent Form
The notice explains that anyone under 21 not married must present a filled consent form to receive Sabin polio vaccine. Parents or guardians must sign, and unprepared juveniles must fill forms at vaccination sites, potentially causing delays.
Otto H. Heerssen Dies In Schulenburg
Otto H. Heerssen 67 formerly of Shiner died of a heart attack at his Schulenburg home on December 20 1962. He emigrated from Oldenburg Germany in 1906 and married Mathilda Kuehn in 1919 in Moulton. He was a WWI veteran and active in the American Legion. Services held December 22 at Saint Pauls United Church of Christ Schulenburg. Burial in Schulenburg City Cemetery. He is survived by his wife three daughters one son seven grandchildren three sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto H. Heerssen
Shiner
Schulenburg
Oldenburg
Germany
Frederich and
Amalia
Stratman) Heerssen
Mathilda Kuehn
Moulton
Heerssen
Schulenburg American Legion
McBride Post 143
Saint Paul’s
Jim
Henrietta) Reindl
Louis
Sophie) Schacherl
Houston
W. F. Bill Heerssen
Hospital Patients List Names and Locations
Hospital patients this week include Mrs. Ella McComas Mrs. Anton Schaefer Hope Chumchal Richard Pfuhl Arnold Bailey Mrs Ignac Pavlica Miss Frances Chilek Buford Jurica Loretta Lin Hajek Shiner Mrs. Theresa Vincik Yoakum Mrs. Mary Svoboda Hallettsville George Parker Beale Flatonia Mrs John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella McComas
Anton Schaefer
Hope Chumchal
Richard Pfuhl
Arnold Bailey
Ignac Pavlica
Frances Chilek
Buford Jurica
Loretta Lin Hajek
Shiner
Theresa Vincik
Yoakum
Mary Svoboda
Hallettsville
George Parker Beale
Flatonia
John
William Schulze Dies After Card Game in Moulton
William Schulze, 76, retired farmer and Moulton businessman, died suddenly December 31 1962 at the W H Pundt home during a New Year’s Eve gathering. Death was attributed to a heart attack. services held January 3 1963 at St Joseph Catholic Church. He was survived by his wife Mary and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
William Schulze
W. H. Pundt
Schulze
Praha
Herman Schulze
Mary Freytag
Mary Schulze
Emil Schulze
Hermleigh
Robert
Sweetwater
Walter Goebel
Louis Schoppa
Frank Wattl
Anna Schulze
William Meyer
Colored Unit Dismissals Listed in Hoepsl Moulton Record
Dismissed patients include Joan B. Darilek Henry Marek Cheryl A. Otto Mrs Walter Paul Mrs Edmund Pilzner Robert James Wuensch Mrs Anna Vincik Edwin L Berger Patrick Seidenberger Mrs Frank Surovec Mrs Herman Pilat and baby boy Leo Bartel John Kubos Mrs Agnes Koehler Mrs Julius Krejer Mrs Joe Maly and Mrs Arthur Emken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoepsl
Moulton
Mary Price
Joan B. Darilek
Henry Marek
Cheryl A. Otto
Walter Paul
Edmund Pilzner
Robert James Wuensch
Anna Vincik
Edwin L. Berger
Patrick Seidenberger
Frank Surovec
Herman Pilat
Leo Bartel
John Kubos
Agnes Koehler
Julius Krejer
Joe Maly
Arthur Emken
Community Meeting Notices From Shiner 1963 Schedule
Local clubs and groups announce January 1963 meetings including Shiner Dance Club at First National Bank 7 15 p m Cub Pack 232 Parish Gym leaders meeting January 9 and Blue and Gold Banquet planning. Junior Legion Auxiliary January 5 Legion Park meet. Farm Bureau January 8 7 30 p m Legion Park first monthly 1963 meeting. Cemetery Association January 4 3 p m home of Mrs Welhausen. Members urged to donate and attend installation ceremonies. Eastern Star January 8 7 p m Alma Kempe listed. Cub Pack 232 to attend holy communion January 6 6 30 p m Mass. Slaptech Parish Gym meeting January 8 7 30 p m Catholic Altar Society January 8 Parish Gym with February hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Dance Club
First National Bank
Carlos Dean Wenske
Parish
Dale Schwartz
Milton Flessner
Shiner Farm Bureau
Legion Park
Shiner Cemetery Association
Peck Welhausen
Catholic Altar Society
Mesdames
Anton
Frank
John Novak
Edward Novosad
Louise Osborn
Charles Sr
Charles Jr
Jerome
Jim
Joe Patek Sr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fond
Lavaca Co
Warm Springs
Christian Urban
Lucile Urban
Ben
Mary) Arnecke
Edgar Pfeil
Rt. 1
Shiner East End Addition
CFORT
E. H. Harbers
Shiner High School
H. Tietjen
Otto Heerssen Jr
Fritz Heerssen
American Legion
Melvin Drumm
Benno Neilich
Joe Krhovjak
Robert Janacek
Frank Kolar
Oscar Strobel
Wm. Schulze
Junior Legion Auxiliary
Hermann Sons Shiner Lodge No. 20
Henry Schierschwitz
Emil L. Balusek Sr
Eastern Star
Alma Kempe
Slaptc
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