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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
5
Lavaca County Extension notes a new one-step cold pack method for canning vegetables including lima beans and corn. It explains jar prep, packing, processing times, and salt notes, plus schedules of local home demonstration clubs and a brief student travel item.
Miss Helen Sestak and Willie A Mitchon Jr pledged vows in a double ring ceremony at Sts Cyril and Methodist Church. The groom’s sister and other relatives attended as guests while the couple plans to reside in Rosenberg after a Ray Krenek Orchestra dance reception.
Lavaca County Soil Conservation News highlights cooperators constructing farm ponds for livestock water and pasture diversification near Shiner, Sheridan, Moravia, and Hallottsville. It covers K R bluestem planting, terrace systems, erosion control, and a push for permanent pastures led by Chairman Jerome Harbich and local technicians.
Mr and Mrs Oran W Davis entertained the Guadelupe Valley Electric Cooperative board and guests with an informal Thursday evening coffee at the Gonzales Co op office. Red gladioli and red roses decorated the reception room as attendees enjoyed strawberry shortcake steak sandwiches pickles chips and coffee.
The Flessner family re union was held at Legion Park on Sunday June 12 with Elo Muehlstein's Orchestra providing entertainment. Attendees included numerous Flessner relatives from Houston Shiner Angleton New Braunfels Yoakum Austin San Antonio Cuero Sweeney and Cuero among others.
District Supervisors J F Elder and others oversee soil conservation notes. John Kerr of Dilworth buys a conservation plow used by Clint Harbers to plant vetch and seed 50 acres of Blue Panic with banded fertilizer. Various households in Bellville Sublime Needville San Antonio visit Balusek family and discuss guar seed and corn yields. Cooperator Ed Dahse sells guar seed. Robert Schmidt plants hubham clover and mulch. Jim L Brown builds a farm pond with Soil Conservation Service assistance at Yoakum for better grasslands.
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