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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
8
Dr Fred A Berckenhoff offers complete optometric services at 302 Latt Street Yoakum Texas with hours 8 30 am to 5 30 pm Monday through Saturday closed all day Wednesday. The office is across from the post office and contactable at AX 3 2122.
Laddie Darilek of Shiner Sheller & Feed says their firm is exclusive area dealer for J and J Chemical Company of Houston, introducing a new rodent bait and multi purpose insect bait rated quick acting with no secondary poisoning, indoor outdoor use, no mixing, and lower cost than rival products.
Hallettsville hosts the 1961 State Championship High School Rodeo opening June 14–17 led by Neil T. Masterson Jr. with 327 entrants from Hallettsville Weimar Yoakum and others. Event lineups include 15 bareback bronc riders 16 tiedown ropers 20 boys breakaway 20 girls breakaway 6 cutting horse contestants 10 steer wrestlers and 16 barrel racers.
Patricia Hinch and Kathryn Matus are among six State Citizenship Short Course winners. They will travel from Dallas to Washington D C for an all expense paid program and attend a June 24 return trip after a Waco banquet Friday.
Gunner's Mate Seaman Jimmie Kresta crews aboard the USS Cacapon departing Long Beach California on May 23 for duty in Japan. He expects to return October 17 to the states. In California he met buddies Victor Cortez and Dennis Boehl. Kresta enlisted July 23 1959 in the U S Navy.
About 75 entries will march Friday at 4 30 p m through Hallettsville with the Harris County Junior Sheriffs Posse of Houston. The group will also perform Friday and Saturday nights in the rodeo arena and merchants will host an old time western stew dinner Saturday at noon. Dances follow each night at the Recreation Hall.
Hallettsville Livestock Commission sold 1,185 cows 390 hogs 60 sheep 5 horses 2 mules. Calves brought 23 to 25.10 for Good and Choice, 20-23 Commercial, 18-20 Utility. Stocker calves 26-31.25. stocker heifers 23-26. stocker yearlings 22-25. heavy bulls 17-19.80. light bulls 15-17. cows 12-16.80. cow and calf pairs 130-201. hogs 12-17.60. sheep ewes 4-8 lambs 10-15 bucks 4-8.
Milton Edward Nollkamper Carl Dennis Meyer and Robert John Valis of Shiner enlist in the U S Navy and train at San Diego California under the Buddy System. They will stay together through basic training and take a 14 day home leave after nine weeks. All three are 1961 Shiner High School graduates and entered via the High School Graduate Program.
Kathy Matus of Moravia earned third place in the state 4-H club individual dairy food demonstration while Kay Wagner of Sweet Home placed fifth in the state 4-H club Soil.
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