John Henry Blank Dies in Cuero Rancher’s Obituary
Funeral services for 67 year old John Henry Blank prominent Buchel Community rancher were held in Cuero on Sunday May 21 at 4 p.m. from Freund Funeral Home Chapel. He died Saturday morning at 4 27 in a Cuero hospital after two years of illness. Born in Oldenburg Germany November 3 1882 he and his parents moved to Texas at age nine. He married Flora Schlenker in Yoakum on December 20 1906. Survived by wife seven children three sons and four daughters, four brothers, three sisters, eleven grandchildren. Active during WWII on DeWitt County ration and AAA boards. Pallbearers listed. Interment in Hillside Cemetery.
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John Henry Blank
Buchel
Cuero
Freund Funeral Home
A. A. Hahn
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Mr. Blank
Oldenburg
Germany
John Blank
Lewis
Henry
Emil
Willie
Yoakum
Emil Beckerman
Henry Frels
George Boening
Floresville
Blank
DeWitt County
de Witt
Walter Frels
Edward Schlenker
Edmund von Haefen
Gerhard Blank
Wilburn Blank
Hillside Cemetery
Drabek Tomas Rites Solemnized in Gonzales Church
Miss Mary Drabek and Charlie Tomas were married in a May 16 ceremony at St. James Catholic Church Gonzales. Rev. Peter J Roebrooks officiated. The bride wore a white satin gown with cathedral train and mantled by seed pearl crown. Attendants included Misses Matocha and Christian and Lorine Janik. Reception followed at the bride’s home with a dance at Boedeker's. The couple plan to reside in Gonzales after a wedding trip.
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St. James’ Catholic Church
Gonzales
Mary Drabek
John Drabek
Charlie Tomas
Joe Tomas
Peter J. Roebrooks
Raymond Tomas
Johnnie Siegel
Johnnie Drabek
Mary
Pauline Matocha
Lucille Christian
Weimar
Lorine Janik
Shiner
Johnny Drabek
Andrew Quillion
Falfurias
Albin Drabek
Frankie Drabek
Jerry Siegel
Hamilton
Piano Recital Artistic Success
Mrs. Isabel Thulemeyer directs a Tuesday May 23 piano and piano accordion recital at Shiner High School Gymnasium. Twenty five pupils perform a wide variety of numbers before an appreciative audience, with marked progress from advanced students and pleasing performances from the younger players.
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Isabel Thulemeyer
Shiner ‘High School
Weetots
Boundary Line Kopecky District 27 Votes on Tax Increase
County judge announces an election in Boundary Line Kopecky Common School District 27 at the district school on Saturday June 10 1950 from 8 am to 7 pm to decide on an annual tax increase totaling 60 cents per 100 dollars valuation. Only qualified resident property taxpaying voters owning taxable property and rendering it for taxation may vote.
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Kopecky Common
Paul H. Fertsch
Lavaca County
Texas
Sweet Pea Patrol Meets at VFW Home for Family Night
The Sweet Pea Patrol met at the V F W Home on May 22 with three Scouts and one leader absent. They planned a family night for May 29 at the swimming pool and discussed menu and duties. They also decided to buy venetian blinds for their room. After singing Girl Scouts Together they adjourned with the Girl Scout Promise.
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Sweet Pea
V.F.W. Home
Scout Promise
Moulton Keeps Shiner Girls From Win In Open League Start
The Shiner girls lost 7 to 2 to Moulton in the Guadalupe Valley Women's Softball League opener played last Thursday night at Moulton. Brom of Moulton pitched well in a game helped by Shiner errors. Shiner scored both runs in the seventh on a G Kouba triple and E Ramosek single. Next league game for Shiner is Thursday at 8 p.m. when Hallettsville visits.
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Shiner
Guadalupe Valley
Moulton
Brom
G. Kouba
E. Ramosek
Shiner Girls
Hallettsville
Sharin Sch
Theresa Fric Scholarship Winner
Miss Theresa Fric daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Fric and St Ludmila Academy graduate will begin the Executive Secretarial Course at Durhams Business College in San Antonio next Monday June 5. She won the scholarship by writing a 50 word letter on Why I Want A Business Education placing 7th among 1600 letters. Her abilities are commended and she is expected to become an efficient executive secretary.
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Theresa Fric
Jim Fric
St. Ludmila’s Academy
Durham’s Business College
San Antonio
Miss Fric
Durham’s College
Theresa
Senior Woodpecker Patrol Holds Clubhouse Meeting
The Senior Woodpecker Patrol met at the Clubhouse Monday night for their regular meeting. After a prayer and roll call, Eugenia Jemelka demonstrated table setting and etiquette. A short discussion on attire and uniforms followed and the meeting adjourned until June 5.
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Woodpecker Patrol
Eugenia Jemelka
Haslbeck Family Travels to Germany for Family Reunion
Mrs. Aug Haslbeck accompanies her husband to Houston as he departs for Rosenheim Germany to visit his aging mother and siblings after seventeen years apart. He aims to reach his mother’s 75th birthday on June 4 and plans a meeting with Msgr Jos Pustka of Yoakum in Munich on June 17.
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Aug. Haslbeck
Houston
Rosenheim
Germany
Msgr. Jos. Pustka
Yoakum
Munich
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J. Weingarten, Inc
Shiner, Texas
L. E. Denmark Insurance Agency —Telephone
Feire—Casualty
Polio Insurance
Kupka’s Repair Shop
Sweet Home
Boedeker
Drabek
Gonzales High School
PMA
Aqua Dulce
Corpus Christi
Mildred Ann Welhausen
Delores Glatzert
Evelyn Marie Stratman
Sandra Jo , Ward
Irene Claire Buske
Ronald Maneth
Ronald Dreyer
Jonnie Bee ‘Bednar
Tommie Lee
Jeanette Jaks
Betty Ann Wesselsky
Barbara Henkhaus
Barbara Turek
Benedict Kocian
Henry Schierschwitz
Allen Lichey
Wm. Garbade
G. W. Minear
Joyce Dean Mueller
Erline Vrana
Marjorie Ferguson
Marjorie Brod
Emilie Lou Minear
Doris Henkhaus
Paul Tenberg
Girl Scout News
Sweet Pea Patrol
Cotte
Palmolive
War
Betty Crocker
Dch
Red & White
Pratar
Wat
Merv Tissue
Swift
Libby
Lar BO
Pound Factory
Powerhouse
Johnson
Deans
VLEET
California
Anrco Pein Earl OF
ACE Limes
Mississippi
Zright
R Ea Raj
Patek’s Super Market
Girl Scouts
Haslbeck
DRY Lumber
Garbade Lumber CO
KCTI
Paters
Spoetzl Brewery
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