Family Vacations Reported in Rockport Visit Notes
Mr and Mrs Leo Strauss Jr and family of Hallettsville vacationing in Rockport this week. Mr and Mrs J J Rohan and daughters of Lavernia spent Saturday in the Bennie Eicher home. Mr and Mrs L F LaCoume and daughter Susan and J F LaCoume of Galveston visited Curt Messer home the past two weeks. S H Roper demonstrated a steam driven horseless carriage in 1863 in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Strauss Jr
Hallettsville
Rockport
J. J. Rohan
LaVernia
Bennie Eicher
L. F. LaCoume
Susan
J. F. LaCoume
Galveston
Curt Messer
S. H. Roper
Massachusetts
Betrothed Betty Goetz to Leonard Kuenstler in August
Betty Jane Goetz daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Goetz of Yoakum engages Leonard Emil Kuenstler son of Mr and Mrs Emil Kuenstler of Sweet Home The bride elect a Yoakum High School 58 graduate attended Victoria College employed at First State Bank Yoakum and is granddaughter of Mrs Henry Goetz Sr and niece of Adeline Goetz Shiner He is a St Joseph's High School Yoakum 55 graduate served three years in the U S Army including Germany tour attended Victoria College Western Electric Houston employee and Houston night classes at University of Houston The couple plan to marry at 5 00 pm Saturday August 8 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sweet Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goetz
Yoakum
Betty Jane
Leonard Emil Kuenstler
Emil Kuenstler
Sweet Home
Yoakum High School
Victoria College
First State Bank
Adeline Goetz
Shiner
St. Joseph’s High School
United States Army
Germany
Western Electric Company
Houston
University of Houston
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Caroline Gatewood Honor Graduate Society Star at Albany School
Caroline Gatewood granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John E Valenta of Shiner Texas graduated with honors from Albany School Lindenhurst Long Island at age eleven She ranked second scholastically and was salutatorian She won a flute solo award at the New York State Music Festival and will attend advanced science and math classes this summer Her mother Caroline Valenta formerly Houston Post photographer and her father Worth Gatewood assistant Sunday editor of the New York Daily News reside in Lindenhurst nearby New York City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Gatewood
John E. Valenta of
Shiner
Albany School
Lindenhurst
Long Island
N. Y
Caroline
Vanced
Caroline Valenta
The
Houston Post
Worth Gatewood
Houston
Gatewoods
New York City
Mr. Gatewood
New York Daily News
Area Deaths and Obituaries in Gonzales and Nearby Towns
Funeral services were held for Pauline Grauke at Seydler Funeral Home in Gonzales after she died June 17. Buried in Hermann Sons Cemetery, she was born October 9, 1875 in Germany and had four sons and eight daughters among 25 grandchildren. Additional notices report Emil Bauer Sr. passing at 78 in Fla tonia and memorials for Laura Amanda Heine Bauer, plus various family travels and military award events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Seydler
Pauline Grauke
Richard Wilke
Durst Street
Clarence Zwetzig
Lutheran Church
Hermann Sons
Grauke
Germany
John
Mary Frances Haschke
Gus Grauke
Route 1
Harwood
Robert
Walter
Oscar
Willie
Mission Hill
Calif
Richard
Olga) Wilke
Arthur
Hulda) Wilke
Corpus Christi
Albert
Rosie) Schumann of
Shiner
Emil Bauer
Fayette County
Lavaca County
Witting
Breslau
Baursville
Zion Lutheran Church
Julius F. Holm
Smith
VFW Auxiliary Meets and Sends Thanks for Mary Karasek
VFW Auxiliary met on Thursday at the Post Home with President Mrs Emil Balusek Sr presiding. They discussed the Dallas Department Convention expenses and approved partial funding. They approved two bills, accepted the treasurer's report, and noted chaplain's card sending. They expressed gratitude for kindness shown during illness and at Mary Karasek’s death, listing flowers cards visits nursing staff doctors, and funeral day meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Balusek Sr
Paul Stock
Ewald Erdelt
VFW Department
Dallas
Balusek
Stock
Eugene Blohm
VFW
Post Home
Emil Balusek Sr
Department
Mary Karasek
Robert
John D. Wagner
John Hanacek
Alphonse Padalicki
Sedlmeyer
Shine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nabisco
SWIFT
Star Grocery Phone LY
Shiner, Texas
Yoakum Herald
Rock Hudson
Palace Theatre
Emil Bauer SR
Moulton City Cemetery
Moulton
Lee Bauer
Eddie Bauer
Flatonia
Emil Bauer Jr
Victoria
Leander
Delia) Mueller
Clarence
Effie) Schaefer
Comfort
Otto Heine
Austin
Fred
Pauline) Janda
la Grange
Elda) Raabe
Herman
Richard Heine
Ella Heine
Allen Wishert
Fred Lambeck
Gus Pfeil
Ivan
E. W. Stratman and Son
Big Spring
Kennett Pfeil
Webb Air Force Base
Lt. Pfeil
Daniel Stock
Port Lavaca
San Antonio
Boerne
Johnnie E. Turk
Sandra Nell
James Wilson Atkinson
John Atkinson
Altus Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Altus Afb Chapel
Altus High School
Chandler
R. J. Pesek
John A. Kutac
Texas
Eeee
Gonzales County Savings & Loan Association
St. George St
Gonzales, Texas
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