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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
4
The Shiner Gazette established in 1892 lists publisher Mrs. Tillie Fietsam as responsible for the weekly Thursday edition. The paper charges $2.00 per year and notes second class mail status at the J. Tex post office under March 1 1876 legislation.
Mr and Mrs Rudie Schroeder and children visited relatives in Westhoff on Tuesday. Weather damage blew down the Schroeder garage. Mrs Ross Bonano of Houston, a hospital patient, moved to her parents home in Sun day. Mr and Mrs John Schindler and Mrs Louis Muzny Jr of Weimar visited at the G W Eschenburg home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ervin Intek haus of Karnes City spent Sunday with Shiner relatives. Week end visitors in the Simecek Ehlers home included Max Seim and family from Orange Grove and others from Victoria Yoakum and Austin. Miss Gladys Ruth Goetz vacationing in Houston. Miss Vlasta Michalec RN of Sugarland was a guest in Shiner recently.
A wartime missive from Eddie Schaefer to his family dated Easter Sunday. He explains being in Africa, lacking mail for three months, asks relatives to obtain his Gazette office address, and urges them to write while sending greetings to Maggie and Pearl and their families.
Wartime items include personal letters from Emmett Boedeker and Alma Rucker, updates on family news, and town notices. The Town and Farm column lists sugar coupon validity, ration stamp changes, and shifts in wartime food distribution. It also covers policy changes for teachers, maternity care programs, and a lumber relief allocation for farms, with references to stamps No. 13 through 18 and Blue and Red ration categories. The piece blends personal correspondences with government wartime measures and local agricultural support.
St. Joseph Missouri May 31 AP Joe Suters saw his victory garden fail when a sewer leak undermined the soil causing the entire plot to disappear. City officials confirmed the cause as the leak and noted the loss of the plants.
Paul Berckenhoff, once on a defense job in Victoria, returns home to recuperate with Mrs. Ben Schraer and daughter. Miss Benita visits relatives in Houston. Benita R.N. of Providence Hospital, Waco, vacationing with relatives. Maureen Koether of Austin staying with home folks before summer university session. Mrs. H. J. Strauss and Henry Jr. of Hallettsville visit Shiner on Tuesday.
Officials urge applying to the county farm rationing committee for certificates to buy lumber. Certificates cover maintenance repair and new construction needed for the food production program.
An executive meeting of the Lutheran Women's Society will be held Saturday afternoon June 5 at 4 p.m. at the Church. All officers and department heads are requested to attend.
Shiner Drug Co offers Black Hawk Ointment to treat eczema tetter ringworm athlete's foot prickly heat and itch. Jar priced at 50 cents and 85e with a guarantee of satisfaction.
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