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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
5
The St Elizabeth's Society will hold its regular meeting Sunday June 20 after the last Mass. Mrs O H Schmidt left for Dallas Sunday after attending her mother's funeral and staying at the parental home.
Mrs. Arthur Hutchinson and children from San Antonio visited Shiner for several days to attend to business. On Monday June 7, twenty five ambitious youths enrolled at Baldwin Business College of Yoakum for intensive training. Miss Lucy Irene Fritz represented St Ludmila Academy. Miss Lola Mae Marburger, a Santa Rosa Hospital student nurse, vacationed with local relatives. Irene Westphal, formerly of Shiner, now works as a junior clerk typist at Randolph Field. Mrs. William Zappe and Miss Beatrice Zappe spent Thursday in San Antonio.
Pvt Laddie F Kubeka writes his mother from North Africa noting the hot climate and his first ship voyage lasting twelve days. He expresses gratitude for letters from home and asks family to write often, mentioning plans to send his watch home. He says he enjoys the country and asks not to worry.
The Farm Machinery Repair Course is free for anyone to learn repair work, welding, cutting, painting, and blacksmithing. Taught three nights weekly at 8 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for ten weeks, participants bring in equipment to repair and register with Mr. Hrabovsky.
The speaker asks to be informed upon receipt and mentions the suitcases. They plan to stop for today and resume writing tomorrow, sending love and kisses in the meantime.
An ad promotes Turner's Juno Tablets at 50c and $1.00 for functional kidney or bladder issues with a guarantee. Local brief mentions of visits: Mrs Harold Crawe and son Kenneth Wayne of Houston with relatives, Mrs Mary Pospisil weekend with sister Mrs Aug Heyer in Moulton, Frances Elaine Wagner to San Antonio for Our Lady of Lake College summer session, Sisters Josephine Constance Jean Marie and Florence at St Ludmila's summer session, Mrs F M Wi and Robert to San Antonio, Aug Kutac and Seguin family at J Marek home.
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