Notes and Comments from Rev Menke on The Worst Lazy of All
The Rev Wilfred Menke writes from Dallas praising Mrs B J Fischner of Houston for her reprint The Worst Lazy of All in the Shiner Gazette. He describes using the piece for a Children’s Sermon and notes plans to contribute Guideposts on Seniors Take Heart. He mentions church volunteer work by elderly, and closes with blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Menke
Shiner
Willie Menke
B. J. Fischner
Houston
Fischner
Shiner Gazette
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Dallas
Gazette
Impressive Last Rites Held For Mrs Aug Karasek
Mrs. August Karasek died at Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital at 4 55 a.m. Wednesday June 10 1964 after seven months as a patient. She was 87 years old. Funeral rites were held at Buffington Funeral Home and Shiner Catholic Church with burial in Shiner Catholic Cemetery. She was born December 7 1876 in Fayette County and lived in Shiner since 1904. Survivors include daughter Annie Adamek brother Alfred Gieptner three sisters and three grandchildren plus five great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband Emil and several close family members. Her life was marked by faith and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Karasek
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Karasek
Joe Adamek
Adamek
Buffington Funeral Home
Shiner
Shiner Catholic Church
John J. Hanacek
Shiner Catholic Cemetery
Marvin Adamek
Emil Karasek
Pearsall
Alfred Brosch
Daniel Gieptner
Otto Pavlicek
Moulton
Francis Berckenhoff
Austin
Fayette County
Texas
Emil
Anna
Rubena) Gieptner
Oregon
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Hermann Sons Shiner Lodge No. 20
Joe
Annie) Adamek
Alfred Gieptner
Isidor Jalufka Sr
Frank
Frances (Jarecek) Bujnoch
Isidor Jaluska Sr
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rt. 4
Hallettsville
Chas. J. Benes
Wied
Dilworth
Kokernot
Rt. 3
Joseph
Agnes) Sedlar Sr
Flatonia
Theodore
Monica) Sedlar
la Grange
J. H
Christina) Wheeler
Houston
Edwin
Annie) Wasserman
Rosenberg
Jane) Kolar
Robert Seidenberger
Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Catholic
Alphonse Padalecki
Shiner Catholic
Keith Seidenberger
San Antonio
Philip
Sidney Seidenberger
Seguin
Glenn Fisseler
Owen Seidenberger
Gregory Seidenberger
Robert Fisseler
Dalton Stock
Elo Stock
Columbus
Willard Mhagendorf
Sheridan
Buffington Chapel
St. Elizabeth Society
Seidenberger
Margareta Stock
August
Mathilda (Hoyer) Stock
Arthur A. Huebsch
St. James Parish
Gonzales
Meyer Farm
John Behlen
Rt., 1
St. Elizabeth’s Society
Rt. 1
Daniel Seidenberger
Ewald Seidenberger
Erwin Seidenberger
Oscar
Regina) Fisseler
Robert
Evelyn) Werner
Milton
Lucille) Stueber
August Stock Jr
Edmund Stock
Rock Island
Arnold Stock
Cuero
Tillie) Hagendorf
M. Philothea CCVI
Judith Ann Seidenberger
Sisters of Charity
Incarnate Word
Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate
St. Anthony’s Seminary
Adolph
Bernard
Hagendorf
Willie
Mrs Isidor Jalufka Dies At Home In Shiner
Mrs Christina Bujnoch Jalufka aged 73 10 months died at her Shiner home Sunday June 21 1964. Rites held June 23 at 9:30 a.m. at Shiner Catholic Church with burial in Shiner Catholic Cemetery. Survived by husband Isidor Jalufka Sr seven daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren.
Telephone Co to Present Town Hall Program in Shiner
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in cooperation with the Shiner Baseball Association will host a town meeting at Shiner High School Gymnasium on Wednesday July 1 1964 at 8 00 p m. Management from Shiner will discuss telephone service daily operations and the business. Jim Sage will present a traveling science demonstration and light refreshments will be served. Customers can ask questions and learn details of the local telephone work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Shiner Baseball Association
Shiner High School
Shiner
Jim Sage
Baseball Association
Chas Chovanetz Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Friends announce that Chas Chovanetz has returned from Citizens Memorial Hospital Victoria after major surgery. He is convalescing at home and reportedly doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Chovanetz
Citizen’s Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Gigantic Legion Parade And Picnic In Shiner July Fourth
A full day of gala entertainment is planned at Legion Park Shiner on Saturday July 4 with a gigantic parade downtown at 10 30 a m. American Legion Kolar Stanek Post 201 and Auxiliary sponsor the event with numerous entrants from nearby cities. Dinner supper and dance are planned and full details will be in next week's Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Park
Shiner
American Legion
Kolar-Stanek Post 201
Auxiliary
Shiner Children Featured In Local Family Photo
A local Shiner feature shows five children from two families in a portrait. Michael Wayne four, Robin Alan five, Rhonda Ann two, Mark seven, Sharon six, Gail M six. Parents listed for each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wayne
Frank Valenta
Shiner
Robin Alan
Rhonda Ann
Melvin E. White
Mark
Sharon
Harvey Hagens
Gail M
Johnny E. Hajek
Social Security Office Visit in Shiner
A Victoria Social Security representative will visit Shiner City Hall at 9 AM on Monday June 29 1964 to help filing retirement survivor and disability claims and answer questions about the program. Officials note common questions about benefit changes if annual earnings exceed prior estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
Victoria
Shiner
City Hall
Victoria Social Security Office
Hospital Patients Listed in Local Notice
Social Security continued list shows patients in Shiner Adolph Pavlas Flatonia Waelder Hallettsville Moulton Yoakum and San Antonio and names of dismissed patients including Paul Patek Frank Roeder and James E Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sandford
Willibald Kleihege
John Bohmann
Emil Schacherl
Frank Meyer
August Jaluska
George W. Minear
Moulton
John Garcia
John Zissa
Yoakum
Elnora Staha
San Antonio
Paul Patek
Frank Roeder
Anton Ullmann
Lester Tietjen
James E. Wagner
Bernard Marcak
Rudolph Bujnoch
SHINER Community Meetings and Notices
SHINER Business Men's Club holds its regular meeting Thursday June 25 at 7 30 p m at Legion Park All members urged to attend SHINER Public School Library opens Wednesday afternoons 2 00 4 00 for grades 1 6 from June 17 to August 19 Ladies softball games every Tuesday night 7 30 Special band meeting June 30 6 8 p m at the bandhall for SHS Band members to prepare for the July 4 parade Hermann Sons Lodge No 20 holds special called meeting Monday June 29 8 00 p m at Hermann Sons Hall St Isidors Society meets Sunday June 28 1 30 p m in the Parish Gym All members urged to attend. O -
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Business Men's Club
Legion Park
Shiner Public School
SHS
Shiner Hermann Sons Lodge No. 20
Hermann Sons
ST. Isidor’s Society
Learn To Swim at Sulphur Park Pool
A three week swimming program led by Melvin White will run Monday through Friday at Sulphur Park Pool between Shiner and Moulton. Cost is 3.50 per week with sessions from 9:00 to 11:50 am covering advanced swimming, non swimmers 7 years and older, and non swimmers 6 and under.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin White
Sulphur Park
Shiner
Moulton
Mr. White
LY 4
Box
Shiner Texas
Beloved Shiner Matron Mrs Seidenberger dies at 69
Mrs. Robert Seidenberger a longtime Shiner resident dies after a five day hospital stay for a heart attack. Funeral rites at Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church included a high Mass and graveside services in Shiner Cemetery. Survived by husband three sons three daughters and eighteen grandchildren with several grandchildren entering religious life.
Vincent J Jiral Jr Funeral Services Held June 16
Vincent Jiral Jr of Floresville died June 11 at age 73 9 10. Funeral services were held June 16 at Vinyard Funeral Home Chapel Floresville followed by a Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Msgr John Gerbermann and Rev Dan Hennessy officiating. Interment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Annie Jiral two daughters Emma Ripple and Cecelie Videcan three sons E W James and Albert Jiral two brothers Ed Charlie and Emil Jiral four sisters Adolph Janda Annie Jansky Ce clie Wagner and Mary Ryza. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church KJT SPJST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Joe Jiral Jr
Floresville
Vinyard Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Msgr
John Gerbermann
Dan Henessy
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Annie Jiral
John B
Emma) Ripple
Houston
Cecelie) Videcan
Illinois
E. W
James Jiral
Path
Albert Jiral
Ed. Jiral
Charlie
Emil Jiral
Yoakum
Adolph
Louise) Janda
Shiner
Joe
Annie) Jansky
Vaclav
Mary Janisch) Jiral
Theresa
Joe Jiral
John Jira
Post Office Adjusts Shiner Lobby Hours to 8 30
Postmaster Arthur T. Ward announces changes effective July 1 1964 at Shiner Texas. Lobby hours extend to 8 30 am until 5 pm weekdays and 8 30 am to 12 pm Saturdays to align with new mail arrivals from La Grange and Victoria sectional centers and meet standard window service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur T. Ward
Shiner, Texas
la Grange
Victoria
Shiner
Ward
Shiner Post Office
Post Office Department
Illegal Parking and U Turn Laws Enforced in Shiner
Shiner police warn drivers of violations including parking on the left side facing traffic and curb wheel placement within 18 inches. They cite hazardous conditions on highways and main roads and note strict enforcement of U turn rules at signalized intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Sunday Mishap Near Shiner Injures Two at Highway Intersection
At 5 30 Sunday afternoon June 21 a two car crash seven tenths of a mile west of Shiner on Highway 90A sent two people to Wagner hospital in Shiner. Injured were John F Bohman 80 of Shiner and Mrs Val W Staha 63 of Halletts ville. Bohman suffered rib injuries and bruises while Mrs Staha reportedly had a broken leg and head injuries. The collision occurred at FM 533 and Highway 90A when Behman driving a 1953 De Soto eastbound turned left in front of Miss Staha driving a 1961 Chevrolet westbound. Mrs Val Staha was a passenger in Miss Stahas car. Both cars were heavily damaged and picked up by City Auto Sales of Yoakum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Wagner Hospital
John F. Bohman
Val W. Stahn
Hallettsville
Bohman
Staha
Behman
DeSoto
Eleanor Theresa Staha
San Antonio
Val Staha
Miss Staha
City Auto
Yoakum
New Era Herald
Ice Cream Social Sunday at Lutheran Social Hall
A home made ice cream social sponsored by the Luther League will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday June 28 at the Lutheran Social Hall. An informal program including an inspiring film will be shown. The public is invited to attend for fellowship and support the young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Lutheran Social Hall
Rites Held Monday For Mrs McComas
Mrs Wilson R McComas nee Ella Richter aged 83 years 11 months 4 days died June 21 1964 at Trinity Lutheran Home Shiner. Body lay in Buffington Funeral Home until 3 30 p m Monday then moved to First Methodist Church for service at 4 30 p m Burial in Shiner City Cemetery obituary to follow next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson R. McComas
Ella Richter
Trinity Lutheran Home
Buffington
Shiner
First Methodist Church
Shiner City
Shiner Floats and Representatives Parade in Hallettsville
Shiner sent Miss Leonita Werner and other delegation to Hallettsville for a western parade with the Chamber of Commerce float. Participants included Tammy Sue Weber Kay Lynn Vesely Patricia Stary and several local dignitaries. The American Legion Auxiliary cart and Hermann Sons float also featured multiple local figures and the Shiner Hobo Band drew applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonita Werner
Shiner
Hallettsville
Chamber of Commerce
Tammy Sue Weber
Kay Lynn Vesely
American Legion
Patricia Stary
Shiner Hobo Band
Prize To Be Awarded June 30 At Great Texas Lumber
Free prize drawing at the Great Texas Lumber Co in Shiner celebrates a quarterly promotion. Frank Strong says a GE coffee maker valued at 31.95 will be given away Tuesday June 30 with no purchase needed. Three drawings total, one per month starting June 30. Located at Ave C and 7th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Texas Lumber Co
Shiner
Frank Strong
General Electric
Great Texas Yard
Great Texas Lumber
Ave C
7Th Street
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Willow Glen Drive
Mrs. Fischner
Rev
W. R. Menke
cc—The Shiner Gazette
Aug. Karasek
Emil A. Karasek
Emil Karasek Jr
Emma Gieptner
Jim
Emilia) Pavlicek
Hattie) Pavlas
Carl Gieptner
Emil Gieptner
Gigantic Legion
Mrs. Seidenberger
Grim Reaper
Heavenly Mansion
Vincent J. Jiral Jr
Vaclav and
Marie (Hajek) Jiral
Annie Zissa
Wilson County
Mr. Jiral
KJT
SPJST
Adolph Janda
Carol
Julius Zissa
Willie Zissa
Henry Zissa
Edmund Zissa
Jim Zissa
Johnnie Zissa
Godfrey Berkovsky
August Zissa
Emil Zissa
Angleton
Albert Zissa
Franklin Billimek
City of Shiner
Csiiversin
City OF
Shiner Memorial Post
Victor Pulkrabek
O.S.T. Meyer
Richard Veevers
Mesdames
Albert Muenich
Elizabeth Gerdes
Emma Baros
Shiner Lodge
Great Texas
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