Local social notes from Hallettsville and nearby towns
Mrs. Ida Bowden of Brownsville visits sister Mrs. E G Burke then Hallettsville. Donnie Lynn Zander stayed in Victoria with cousin Ben Malina Jr. Edgar Pfeil and family and Ben Eicher party visited San Marcos and Austin Wednesday. E A Ross returned Friday from Nebraska. Corpus Christi Day attendees included C L Kopecky and wife, John Kvinta and family, Senator Gus Strauss and family, Felix Narvar and son, Leo Strauss and sons, Mary Strauss, Robt Pesek and son, Frances Strauss, Annie Strauss all of Hallettsville. Joe H Fietsam of New Ulm. Ben Strauss family of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Lynn Zander
Victoria
Ben Malina Jr
Edgar Pfeil
Ronnie
Dianne
Ben Eicher
San Marcos
Austin
Corpus Christi
C. L. Kopecky
John Kvinta
Yoakum
Gus Strauss
Felix Narvar
Leo Strauss
Ben Strauss
Houston
Peach Creek Philosopher Proposes Continental Loan Idea
A whimsical letter from the Peach Creek Philosopher on his Shi ner area farm suggests a national revenue plan inspired by Europe. He imagines U S loan negotiations with foreign powers to cover budgets, then notes it as largely impractical but entertaining. The column also lists local visits and a service record for S Sgt Ruben Malina.
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Washington
France
England
Spain
America
Sgt Caldwell Plays Ball In Germany
Sgt Carmen Caldwell 25 son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Caldwell Yoakum Texas is playing softball in Germany this season as a member of the 30th Field Artillery Battalion Battery C team. The battalion will choose the best won lost percentage to represent in 1st Infantry Division competition. Caldwell, a section chief in Battery C, entered the Army in 1948 and has been in Europe since December 1952.
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Erlangen
Germany
Carmen Caldwell
Ernest Caldwell
Yoakum St
Yoakum
Tex
30Th Field Artillery Battalion
Caldwell
Europe
Legislator Franklin Strauss reflects on 1955 session
Sen. Gus J. Strauss summarizes the 148 day Texas legislature adjournment noting pay abstention for 28 days and record funding for state services. He cites a tax bill increasing beer tobacco gasoline and corporate taxes, warns of future tax strains, praises insurance law updates, thanks newspapers and constituents, and recognizes colleagues Fred Niemann Homer Koliba Buckshot Lane Walter Schwartz and Jess Ward.
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Texas
Fred Niemann
Homer Koliba
Buckshot Lane
Walter Schwartz
Jess Ward
Gus J. Strauss
Bids Start On Lavaca Road
The Texas Highway Department will accept sealed bids until Wednesday for nearly 7 miles of Lavaca County road work including grading culverts base and a 20 foot hard surfaced road A 150 foot bridge over Ponton Creek will be built H P Krause Sr resident engineer at Yoakum says the project runs from Farm Road 1891 north of Shiner to Farm Road 532 near Moravia east to US Highway 77 in Lavaca County.
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Texas Highway Department
Lavaca
Austin
Ponton Creek
H. P. Krause Sr
Yoakum
Shiner
Moravia
Lavaca County
Thomas Nowlin
Tommy Jr
Houston
Adelia Gehrels
Elizabeth Nowlin
Rudy Kurtz Sr
Daniel
Ernest
Rudy Kurtz Jr
Baby
San Antonio
Seattle
Wash
Fort Lewis
Washington
SHS Class of 45 Re-Union Held
Shiner High School class of 1945 held a reunion at Sulphur Park on Sunday June 12 with thirteen of twenty nine members and families present. Attendees included Adolph Spann Glen Schovassa Wilma Wendt Carol Mascheck Edell Menke Emery Hall ettsville and many others. Letters from absent members were read and a picnic lunch followed a prayer by Franklin Effenberger. A five year reunion was planned to improve attendance as former classmates remain dispersed.
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Shiner High School
Sulphur Park
Adolph Spann
Glen
John Schovassa
Wilma Wendt
Carol
Victoria
Leo Mascheck
Edell Menke
Emery
Ronnie
Hallettsville
Clyde Otto
Robert Wagner
Marthalyn Valenta
Lisa
Albert Mayer
Elaine Boedeker
Deborah
Albert Jr
Nancy
Albert Mig
Estelle Muenich
Aron
Karen
Shiner
Jack Cloutier
Madlyn Hajek
Madison
Jacquelyn
Shreveport
Louisiana
Gene Slanina
Baytown
Melvin Muecke
Brent
Eugene Fiedler
Jimmie and
Larry
Pasadena
Franklin Effenberger
San Marcos
Robert Janda
Caldwell
Tractors and caution in farming life lessons
A 1955 Brewers Foundation piece warns tractors can be dangerous when drivers slack off and fail to slow down at turns. The author blames carelessness for spills and stresses staying alert, recalling Slim Hartman’s wife providing support to keep him safe. It links on the job and off the job behavior to protecting personal freedoms in a lighter, homely tone.
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Slim Hartman
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Ida Bowden
Brownsville
E. G. Burke
Shiner Oil Mill & Manufacturing Co
Peach Creek
Johnson Grass
Rt. 3
J. A
Don Evans
Louise Morgenroth
O. A. Brieger
Frank Steiner
Leroy Forbes
Dallas
Lester Forbes
P. J. Forbes
Ruben Malina
F. J. Malina
Route 2
Lackland Air Force Base
Mitchell Field
Long Island
New York
Malina
Parks Air Force Base
California
Ashiya Air Base
Kyushu
Japan
Ruben
S.sgt
Sgt. Caldwell
Mercury
Montclair
SUPER
Monterey
Ed Sullivan
Kens-Tv
Channel 5
Vv. J. Hermansen Motors
the Capitol
Sen
Strauss
15Th Senatorial District
Lavaca Road
Marian Bartak Malac
Leroy Beal
Mildred Renken Schulte
Mildred Rogge Reagh
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Goodyear
Raymond’s Auto Supply
Shiner, Texas
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