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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
1
A community meet will be held Wednesday night at Welhausen Park to benefit the Civic League. The event offers various games including keno and refreshments for attendees. Everyone is invited.
Goods continue to be sold and the store remains open for the benefit of the buying public. J. C. Blohm and Sor sale.
At the last meeting of the St Elizabeth Society officers were elected and announced. President is Mrs. Jos Schraer with Vice-President Mrs. Arthur Fischnar. Secretary Miss Elizabeth Degenhardt and Treasurer Mrs. Emil Pohler. Schraer and Fischnar to represent at the state convention in New Braunfels July 20 21 and 22. Reporter.
The Texas Company unveils a new gasoline using the Holmes Manley Gasoline Process. The fuel promises a balanced distillation range, higher volatility, and dry gas vaporization, with millions invested and over a million barrels on hand. Texans are urged to fill at Texaco pumps with Texaco Gaso line and Texaco Motor Oil for improved engine operation.
SHINER June schedule lists Thursday confessions at 4.00 PM benediction 7.30 PM Friday confessions 6.00 AM mass 7.30 AM Sunday first mass St Ann 7.30 AM second mass Shiner 9.30 Corpus Christi procession led by Rev. C. J. Benes.
Reverend Jos. Green will conduct morning 11 am and evening 7 30 pm services at the Baptist Church. Everyone is invited to attend.
An advertisement urges readers to switch to Fyr Fyter oil stoves for safety and lower cost, warning that daily use risks fire with older stoves and noting W H Dziewas as the representative.
Year ending May 381 1926 shows on hand 313.36 as of June 27 1925. Receipts total 431.82 with 745-18 disbursements including charity 75.00, telephone 43.00, instruction supplies and library 285.91, playground expense 46.83, sundry 24.51. Balance on hand 269.98. Respectfully submitted, C. B. Stratman.
Visiting in Shiner last weekend as guests of Gus Jaroszewski were T.L.L. Temple of Texarkana president of Temple Lumber Co Henry Temple of Hemphill superintendent of saw mills Arthur Temple of Texarkana sales manager L D Gilbert Texarkana secretary and general manager I B McFarland Houston manager retail yards and F S Styles Houston auditor They were well pleased with the Shiner yard.
Eight nuns from the Shiner convent, Sisters Ludmila Augustine Clare Stanislaus Beatrice Alphonse Josephine and Ferdinand, departed Wednesday for San Marcos to begin the summer term at the State Teachers College.
The Boy Scouts ran a poppy sale last Saturday for the American Legion, totaling $54.64. Proceeds support World War Veterans entertainments in government hospitals, sent to National Headquarters. Rud Chlastak received a pocket knife for selling the most items.
The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. J C Blohm's home on the eve of last Wednesday with a brief business session followed by a Bible lesson led by Mrs. Fuller. Lunch featured salad sandwiches pickles and iced tea. A silver offering of four dollars and twenty-five cents was collected. The home featured cut flowers and potted plants throughout.
A wedding in San Antonio joined District Attorney R A Weinert of Seguin and Miss Johnnie Ruth Ponton. The ceremony at the First Christian Church parsonage was simple with only immediate family present. The couple will honeymoon in New Orleans and settle in Seguin. Miss Ponton, daughter of Shiner, is a taught and valued teacher from local schools. Weinert is a widely known scholar from State University and Yale.
The speaker urges Legionnaires to attend the June 9 meeting to support the July 5 celebration. He stresses that progress depends on collective effort and participation, noting national and state HQs rely on local help and ideas.
In Shiner the American Legion plans a July 5 gathering with local Legion boys at American Legion Park to celebrate the Fourth. The event aims to provide community activities and patriotic observances in a family friendly setting.
Edgar Breitkreitz a 14 year old son of G A Breitkreitz living near Shiner was severely bitten by a stray cat while chopping cotton on Monday morning. The cat, driven from the yard earlier, sprang from weeds and bit the boy in the leg. He retrieved his gun and killed the animal. The boy was taken to town for medical attention and the cat's head was sent to Austin. A later report said the head test was negative.
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