Balusek Family Reunion Held at Shiner Legion Park
Balusek families gathered for the fourth annual reunion at Shiner Legion Park on June 15. 73 names signed the register. Emil L. Balusek Sr. presided and was re elected president with John H. Elsik as officer. Dinner featured beef barbecue and trimmings. afternoon included games and fellowship. Joe Balusek Sr. honored in silent prayer. Oldest attendee Mrs. Chas. Balusek and youngest Donna Jean Cockroft. 1959 reunion planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balusek
Shiner Legion Park
Victor Machart
John H. Elsik
Emil L. Balusek Sr
Joe Balusek Sr
Chas
Julia) Balusek
Shiner
Donna Jean Cockroft
Albert Cockroft
Corpus Christi
Seguin Boosters Stop in Shiner on July 1
Seguin's July 4th Good Will Tour will stop in Shiner next Tuesday at 2 55 p m. Boosters travel by air conditioned bus to invite citizens to Seguin on the 4th. An entertaining program will feature Phil Medlin the Singing Sheriff and Elton Strey with guitar. The two day schedule covers twenty towns and cities. Mr and Mrs Frank Derrich of El Campo visited relatives here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Seguin
Guadalupe County
Phil Medlin
Elton Strey
Community kin attend multi-town gathering at local site
Relatives traveled from Corpus Christi San Antonio Houston Refugio Galena Park Sealy Kenedy Hallettsville Needville Linton Woodsboro Yoakum and Shiner to attend a family event held at the same place drawing broad regional turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Houston
Refugio
Galena Park
Sealy, Kenedy
Hallettsville
Needville
Linton
Woodsboro
Yoakum and Shiner
Breitkreutz Kuck wedding in Cuero at St Mark's Church
Miss Janice Ruth Breitkreutz and Walter H. Kuck wed at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in St. Mark's Lutheran Church Cuero with Rev. Vernon Breitkreutz officiating. Attendants included Ruth Breitkreutz Barbara Breitkreutz and Darleen Junker. A reception followed in St. Mark's Parish Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Ruth Breitkreutz
Walter Breitkreutz
Shiner
Walter H. Kuck
Walter Kuck
Gonzales
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Cuero
Vernon Breitkreutz
Goliad
Victor Stindt
Nancy Edwards
Ruth Breitkreutz
Barbara Breitkreutz
Darleen Junker
James Knandel
Robert Breitkreutz
Denver
Arnold Branecky
San Antonio
Calvin Baker
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
Margaret Snapp
Peggy Duncan
Former Shinerite Finds Florida Haven In Playground Area
Mrs. William E. Bird nee Edna Luedecke, once of Shiner, pictured in Playground News caring for orchids at her Choctawmar home near Shalimar Florida. The June 12 piece notes their move last October and a life of garden-loving, entertaining, and new Florida room plans with a focus on orchids and tropical plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Bird
Edna Luedecke
Shiner
Playground News
Shalimar
Florida
Aviary
Choctawmar
San Antonio
Texas
Mrs. Bird
Mas
Bird
California
South Florida
Birds
Choctawatchee High School
Guam
Helweg Brothers Graduates Shine In Navy And Athletics
Ensign Otto Helweg Jr. a Naval Academy graduate provided the Benton Harbor Lions with Navy views. Arthur Helweg, Watervliet High standout, named outstanding senior athlete at the Sports Writers Banquet and set to study at Miami University. Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Vesely and family visited from Taft for two weeks. Warrenton hosts Golden Wedding to J. E. Tiemann couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Otto Helweg Jr
Otto Helweg Sr
Watervliet
Michigan
Ensign Otto Helweg Jr
U. S. Naval Academy
Watervliet High School
Benton Harbor Lions
Navy
Watervliet High
Woman recalls husband's birthday surprise gift
A wife laughs as she recalls her husband remembering a birth day anniversary with a 50 pound bag of chicken manure, noting she was among few women who received such a gift.
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Seguin's
Boosters
Frank Derrich
el Campo
Kelloggs
Blackburn
Peaches
Hunt
Betty Crocker
del Monte
ST. Joseph
Henkhaus Grocery Store
J. Breitkreutz
Herbert J. Wendel
Marlene
Patrick J. Wagner
Frank M. Wagner
Wendel
St. Ludmila’s Academy
Our Lady of the Lake College
Kappa Omicron Phi
Alpha Chi
Mr. Wagner
St. Edward’s University
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Nu Sigma Nu
Miss la Nell Natho
Marlene Wendel
Shinerite
Firestone
America
Shiner, Texas
Helweg Brothers
Adolf Vesely
Taft
Ella Blohm
Hornsby
Wilbert
Warrenton
J. E. Tiemann
R. J. Pesek
Hallettsville, Texas
Champions OF Freedom
William Barret Travis
Santa Anna
Comdt
Alabama
United States Brewers Foundation
Foundation
VFW
Austin
Metropolitan Telephone
United States
ED Davis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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