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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
1
A classroom-like exhortation urges youths to seek the company of great literature. It warns that bad books corrupt habits, while reading the best authors shapes character, comparing choices to selecting companions and urging early, steady cultivation of noble reading.
A three day old Mary Meyer was buried Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. from Buffington Funeral Home Shiner. Rev. Thomas J Collins officiated. interment was at Catholic Cemetery. Born June 19 at Wagner Hospital, she died June 21. Parents are Harry and Emilie Meyer. paternal grandparents Otto Meyer and wife. maternal grandparents Louis Harabis and wife.
The Little Bigger League All Star game is set for tonight at 8 30 p m on the local diamond following the farm team game featuring Yoa Xum versus Shiner.
The Lavaca Soil Conservation District will sponsor a demonstration on the Welhausen farm to show the Graham Conservation Special plow on June 28 at 2 00 pm. The plow combines chisel breaker bedder deep placement fertilizer and legume planter to farm legumes on bed sides after chisel and bed. The event parallels the practices used by Clinton Harbers of West Point Texas who rotates one fourth of his land to Hulham clover and the rest to vetch and other legumes. The site is the Welhausen farm on the Joe Kneifel place near Shiner with precise driving directions from Texas Highway 95 and U S Highway 90A.
Mrs. Adeline Behlen born October 2 1888 in Shiner died June 15 at 2 30 p m at home aged 65 years 8 months 2 days Funeral services were held June 17 at Roeder Funeral Home with interment in Shiner City Cemetery Survivors include husband John Behlen four daughters seven grandchildren and one great grandchild two sisters and one brother Also survived by other relatives and in laws Funeral services were conducted by a Christian Science Reader from San Antonio with soloist Edith Fawcett and accompanist Caroline Fawcett
Circle Top in Shiner announces grand opening Saturday June 26 offering free sherbet cones for the family from 3 to 5 p.m. The High way 90-A site features frosties and mellorine flavors, sundries, and curb service. Manager Miss Helen Svatek says hours run 6 a.m. to midnight with a full cafe menu and beer.
Funeral services were held for Henry Dersen age 82 at 4:00 p.m. Sunday in Shiner with Rev. J. C. A. Pfenninger officiating. Burial followed at Shiner City Cemetery. He died June 19 at his Shiner home. Born September 15 1871 in Oldenburg Germany he settled near Brenham then farmed. Survived by wife Mary. daughter Gladys Michaelis Smyrna Tenn. son Alfred Dersen Shiner. four stepdaughters in San Antonio Shiner Gonzales and Port Lavaca. four stepsons in Gonzales Shiner Port Lavaca. numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Preceded by parents and siblings. Pallbearers listed.
The American Legion Post in Shiner will host a 4th of July event with over 600 in cash and merchandise door prizes. Registration is all that is required to win at hourly drawings from noon to 11 pm. The day includes church services, a beef roast, dances, and performances by local bands.
July 4 falls on Sunday this year and Monday July 5 will be observed as a holiday. Businesses will close Saturday evening July 3 and reopen Tuesday morning July 6.
The summer solstice Monday June 21 brought a long day and a much needed rainfall. In town 55 reported while suburbs varied with some areas getting up to 2 inches. Localized showers affected area near Shiner with uneven totals.
The notice reports births from San Antonio, Shreveport, and local Texas towns. Terrance Leigh Taubert weighed seven pounds 15 ounces at Santa Rosa Hospital. A baby girl arrived in Shreveport at 4 00 am with no name announced yet. Dagmar and Debra, twin girls, were born at Wagner Hospital and weigh five pounds four ounces and six pounds four ounces respectively. Additional newborns include a son born to L E Taubert and a girl born to Joe Ferguson and another boy born to Eddie Chumchal.
Victor L. Novak receives a $1000 scholarship from St. Edward's University Austin for scholastic achievement in St. Edward's University High School. He plans to major in Pharmacy as friends in his hometown offer congratulations on his exemplary record.
Funeral services for Mrs Fr. Janecek aged 84 were held at the Catholic Church in Shiner with Requiem High Mass. She died June 18 in Wagner Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include four daughters, two sons, 31 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. A Lavaca County Farm Bureau Queen’s Contest precedes the event on June 30 with a watch prize and guest speaker Dr Arnold of Auburn Alabama.
The Business Men's Club will meet Thursday June 24 at Jim and Jane's starting at 7 15 p.m. Attendees plan discussion and announcements for upcoming events.
In a small town the newspaper publisher agrees to refuse advertising to a new chain store if utilities withhold service and the bank denies accounts. He also urges other merchants to withhold merchandise, stating he will personally refuse to sell ad space.
Lavaca County Little League lists 1954 games with dates and matchups across Yoakum Moulton Hallettsville Shiner. Schedule includes June 25 through July 30 with alternating home and away games and two times when two games are listed on one date.
The list shows patients admitted this week including John A. Aschenbeck and Adolph Zander plus Mrs. Sophie Michna and others from Shiner Moulton Yoakum and Flatonia. Dismissals include Mrs. Daniel V. Koranek and several others with notes on the Colored Unit and a final line about traveling the Panama Canal.
Cub Packs 231 and 232 in Shiner held a two day workshop June 14 and 15 at Legion Park led by Floyd Davis with den mothers. Scouts made replicas and painted in habitat colors and learned rope making. An exhibit and carnivalesque program Tuesday featured Dr. J W Connolly as master of ceremonies and highlighted badges awarded to Pack 231 and 232 youths.
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