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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
5
Fifty six years after a reclusive old man known for hidden gold is found dead with a bloody ax wound in his shanty. Neighbors recall strangers lurking by the creek and a night cry. the killer or thieves vanished with a single twenty dollar gold piece.
The Guadalupe Valley Women’s Softball League team hosts two home games this week with Yoakum tonight and Gonzales Tuesday. Shiner lost 23 to 3 to Hallettsville Jeepsters last Thursday as errors aided Hallettsville atop the standings. The Shiner girls, inexperienced but resilient, prepare for a heads-up game against Yoakum Thursday and Gonzales Tuesday at 8:00 p.m.
Mr and Mrs H C Leach arrive from Lubbock to settle in Shiner. They will be welcomed by friends as Mr Leach joins Spoetzl Brewery and they reside at the K Spoetzl residence for now.
The list includes Mrs. Louisa Burkett Mrs. Ed Herder Mrs. J M Canon Mrs. Martin M Boedeker and baby boy Mrs. Ida Emken Mrs Anna Orsak Donald Dreyer Mrs Jeff Vaclavik West Gladney Shiner Mrs Emma Kelch Yoakum Mrs Anton Palitza Moulton Dave P Croft Ledbetter Mrs Jerry L Matus Hallettsville Dismissed: Harold Mitchan Mrs Henry Dersen Shirley Ann Petering Annette Foster Emil Mig Victor Winkenwerder Mrs Harry Beale Lukas Ticherina Jean Marie Harabis Mrs E J Henkhaus Kathleen Marie Kubena Wm Mozisek Dr and Mrs C L Kopecky of Boerne brief callers on staff Tuesday Miss Marie Lahodny completed a two weeks vacation at home with her parents Mrs Roy Beckman and Sandra Jo of Yorktown spent Sunday in the parental home Mrs Aug Rogge visiting relatives in Galveston Miss Madlyn Hajek visiting Baton Rouge Miss Evelyn Janda on two weeks vacation from local hospital Donald Dreyer able to leave the hospital Wednesday after a week's serious illness.
Two autos collide near Gulf Service Station as Julius Menthey of San Pedro California Navy Base and W F Krause of Westhoff drive 1946 Chevy Coupes. Olga Krause is hospitalized then released. A second accident on Highway 95 near Shiner involves Albert Muenich and Stanley Herche. Herche treated in Yoakum hospital. Zajic suffers facial cuts. Calvin Pfeil of Houston visits Pfeil family in town.
West Gladney in critical condition after a .22 rifle shooting by Cora Lee Kuykendall at a neighbor’s home following an argument over a letter. Sheriff Long and Deputy Turk detained Kuykendall at Hallettsville jail as Gladney’s fate remains uncertain. Other notes mention visiting relatives and hospital staff additions.
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