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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
4
We apologize for missing our annual greeting in the Dec 25 issue due to illness and a rushed edition. The freeze disrupted services across towns with candles, downed telegraph lines, and power outages. Bay City faced a devastating fire and a flood of frozen cattle hides, risking loss to stock owners.
Postponement announced for Kingsville ceremonies with date to be decided and public notice through state press and local paper. If you planned to attend January 8 or January 3, a single later announced date will allow equal convenience. The building work continues and the college plans to open next June with at least seven hundred students.
Lavaca County notices ask all road hands who failed to pay full time for 1924 to settle by February 15, 1925. O C Burkett signs the notice. At the Fireman's Ball on New Year’s Eve Mayor Runk drew ticket 1851. Ed Herder won the 1925 Ford touring car, with a donation back to the American Legion and Kolar Stanek Post now over $300 to the fund.
J M Cannon, a respected local citizen, received word of his mother’s death in Winona Mississippi on December 27. He reached her bedside too late. pneumonia caused the passing. Mrs Cannon had visited Shiner several summers ago and was known to many locals. The Gazette offers heartfelt sympathy.
The Shiner Hi Commanches wore war colors and defeated the Giddings basketball team at Bluecher Park Gym on Friday and Saturday nights. Key players Shelly, Striebeck, Stindt, Heinson, Perry and the subs all contributed as Giddings played square and earned respect. Coach F. K. Bright led the squad. players included Fariss Wilson, Sam Fariss, Charlie Brown, August Lehman, A. Harzke and Frank Brooks.
Frank A. Psencik died about 6 60 o clock Monday evening at his Shiner home after a heart attack. Funeral rites were held at the Catholic Church Wednesday at 10 o’clock, with burial in Yoakum Catholic Cemetery. He leaves his wife and six daughters Mrs. Frank Pagel Schulenburg Mrs. Wm Turek Yoakum Mrs. Sam Stitt Fort Worth Miss Susie and Miss Rosalie Temple Miss Libbie Shiner and an adopted son Louis. An obituary will follow next week.
Ernst Pals age 87 years 7 months 26 days died recently. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon January 7 at 2 30 PM from the residence of August Wegner. Additional details will be announced next week.
Dr and Mrs F W Ledbetter received a telegram stating their daughter Tressa and Warren C Coleman were married in Los Angeles California at 130 pm yesterday. They left for Reno Nevada to make their future home. Tressa was a Yoakum High School graduate and a popular local figure with many friends sending good wishes.
Funeral for 74 year old William Wagener was held at Hochheim Prairie Cemetery after a Sunday death at his home. Sergees led by Rev. Wm Hoebel. Survived by wife and eight children including Mrs Schu macher Mrs Jansen Otto Wagener Emily Gerdes and others. A sister Mrs Wendlhnd Sr and two brothers Louis Wagener and Henry also survive. He lived on the river for 35 years and was an old pioneer citizen of the county.
A fragment notes Friedrichs R 9x8 Cuero Texas and a delivery rate of 90 per 1000. The readable text lacks context for a full event. it appears to reference a local product or shipment metric tied to Cuero Texas.
The Yoakum Times extends sympathy to a bereaved family in a brief notice noting the passing of a local man described as honest and a good father. Theo Dierksen and son visited Floresville relatives during Christmas.
Subscribed and sworn to before me January 6 1925 by E F Wolters William Green C B Welhausen as directors. Notary seal of C B Strattman present.
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