Seaman Recruit Bruns Begins Seven-Week Basic Training
Seaman Recruit Calvin C. Bruns, USN, son of Mr and Mrs Werner H Bruns of Shiner Texas, starts seven weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center San Diego. Recruits study naval history organization customs first aid seamanship and gunnery and will face drills inspections and a fitness program. Upon completion he will be assigned to a school shore station or ship based on tests desires and Navy needs.
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San Diego
Calif
Calvin C. Bruns
USN
Werner H. Bruns
Route 1
Shiner
Texas
Naval Training Center
Navy
Lad and Dad Day Slated At Camp Tom Wooten
The Capitol Area Council Boy Scouts will run Lad and Dad Day at Camp Tom Wooten near Austin on July 16 and 17. Cub Scouts and fathers check in at 2:00 p.m. Saturday with bedding and gear. Activities include boating archery rifle marksmanship canoeing hiking and swimming. The fee is 5 for father and son. reservations due July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp
Tom Wooten
Austin
Family Reunion Held for Valenta Barta Vlasak Havel
The Valenta Barta Vlasak Havel family reunion gathered about 150 people on June 26, 1966 at Boedeker's Place, three miles west of Shiner on Highway 90 A. The 1967 reunion is scheduled for the fourth Sunday in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Hwy
Sunny Side Up TV Day Echoes and Travel Notes
A lighthearted column covers playful TV remarks about a jolly green giant and contrasts between intellectual opposites. It mentions a caution about a girl who may target hair, stock market losses, and friendship advice. The piece ends with vacation details of Houston residents visiting Juarez and El Paso, plus tours of Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Darilek
Henry Schindler
Houston
Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sands
New Mexico
Youth Camp Attendees urged to join Hermann Sons next year
Beverly Ann Balusek and Sharon Louise Voskamp attended the Hermann Sons Youth Camp at Comfort from June 19 to 25. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Emil L. Balusek Jr. and others, then returned home with Mrs. Emil L. Balusek Jr. and Mrs. Jake Turk. Icebergs remark ends the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann Balusek
Sharon Louise Voskamp
Hermann Sons
Comfort
Emil L. Balusek Jr
Albert Muenich
Max Voskamp
Carlton
Emil L. Balusek
Hermann Son
Jake Turk
Gonzales
Rodman Wanamaker's fortune worthless stocks warning
An ad warns that Rodman Wanamaker inherited seventeen million dollars in worthless stocks and bonds. It urges readers to hedge investments by insuring life with Pan-American Life Insurance Co. Agent Joseph Muras in Shiner, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Pan-American Life Insurance Co
Joseph Muras
Shiner
Texas
Wedding at Aldersgate Church in Abilene July 2 1966
Miss Jennifer Jordan and E Montgomery Smith Jr exchanged vows in a candlelight double ring ceremony at Aldersgate Methodist Church Abilene with Rev J B Sharp officiating. Attendants and family members participated as reception followed at the church parlor and terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Abilene
Jennifer Jordan
James B. Jordan Jr
Tuscola
E. Montgomery Smith Jr
Odessa
E. Montgomery Smith Sr
Shiner
J. B. Sharp
Wiley Caffey
James Crutchfield
Jeryl Jordan
Bill Moore
Morris Hopkins
Dallas
Tony Hale
Austin
Steve Watts
Pavliska on UT Pharmacy honor roll
Henry A. Pavliska of Hallettsville Route 4 earned Spring Semester highest honors on the University of Texas College of Pharmacy honor roll announcement by Dean Lee F. Worrell. The dean released a list of 109 students with highest or high honors for the past semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Pavliska
Henry Pavliska Sr
Hallettsville
Route 4
University of Texas College of Pharmacy
Lee F. Worrell
College of Pharmacy
Worrell
Safe Deposit Boxes and Banking Services Ad
A vintage style bank ad touts safe deposit boxes as a girl’s best friend and promises personal service with commercial and installment loans. It highlights night depository drive in facilities and private offices as part of customer convenience.
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Bruns
Wooten
Flatonia
Flatonia Or
Gonzales Commission Co
Elo’s
By Elo
Onzales
Shiner’s Finest
Nabisco
Morton
Sunkist Lemons
U.S.D.A
Roegelein
Silver Dale
Hunt
Aurora
Bama
Eddy
California
Borden
Kurtz
Adolph Hybner
Felix Hybner
Louis Matula
C. E. Pickering
Charles Chovanetz
Leo Hybner
Bernard Pustka
Theo Hybner
Johnnie Hybner
Rudy Kurtz
Jim Fric
West
Lake Jackson
Corpus Christi
Wharton
Victoria
San Antonio
Garwood
Port Lavaca
Yoakum
Louis Chneider Jr
Midland
Nancy Crowell
Kay Altman
Bride
Cooper High School
McMurry College
Delta Beta Epsilon
Model United Nations Assembly
Stuttgart High School
Stuttgart
Germany
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Acapulco
Mexico City
West 13Th Street
Byron Jackson Inc
Ray Hancock
Susan
Darrell
el Campo
Jimmie Kresta
Anton Koudelka
Jerry Kresta
Pat Wagner
J. D
R. J. Wagner
John Manacek
Emil Wesselsky
Charles Carolan
R. A. Tindall
F. E. Eilers
Edmund Deane
Sedlmeyers
Shiner Gazette
E. J. Wesselsky
Marilyn Marbers
Delores Zimmerman
Oklahoma
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
Pikes Peak
Alvin Bee Bednar
Patrick
John Dennis
Robert Wagner
Buffington
Edwin J. Oehlke
Joyce Bednar
J. B. Bednar
A. J. Bednar
Henry Schierschwitz
Henry Lee
Fred Chumchal
E. Montgomery Smith, JR
Henry Pavliska
Elkins
Billie G. Goetz
Mer
Kotex
Zac
Vy Price
ALL Men’s & Boys
National Litho
First National Bank
FDIC
Shiner, Texas
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