Local residents visit families across Texas
Pfc. Elton Pfuhl spent Tuesday of last week in Shiner. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wofford and daughters Debra and Sarah Eunice of San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Elton E. Riske and son Alan Wayne of Houston spent last weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Riske.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Elton Pfuhl
Shiner
Ray Wofford
Debra
Sarah Eunice
San Antonio
Elton E. Riske
Alan Wayne
Houston
Ervin Riske
Berger Families Spend Monday in Port Lavaca
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Berger and family plus Mr. and Mrs. Emil Berger and family spent Monday in Port Lavaca. They were recent supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Muenich and their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Berger
Port Lavaca
A. E. Berger
Johnnie Muenich
Former Teacher Encounters Jinx After Auto Wreck
Kerrville Mountain Sun reports Marguerite Strube, former H E instructor at Shiner High, faced bad luck after a road collision near Midway while returning to Kerrville from Junction. Her trip included Camp Idlewilde with Home Makers, a lost watch, a wrecked new car, and a toothache relief amid Galveston rain.
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The
Kerrville Mountain Sun
Marguerite Strube
H. E
Shiner High
Idlewilde
Junction
Kerrville
Midway
Galveston
Graduates Into Good Position At Cudahy Packing Cuero
Joe F. Kristek becomes accountant for Cudahy Packing Co in Cuero after completing a BROTOURD training at Baldwin Business College Yoakum and earning an accounting diploma. He is son of Mr and Mrs P J Kristek of Hallettsville and WWII veteran. Baldwin College offers GI training and night classes in accounting and allied subjects. Families from Medina and San Antonio visited Loraine relatives and helped celebrate W H Backhaus birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Kristek
Cudahy Packing Co
Cuero
Baldwin Business College
Yoakum
Mr. Kristek
P. J. Kristek
Hallettsville
G. I
Ite
L. W. Leach
Medina
Kurt Pfuhl
San Antonio
Loraine
Texas
W. H. Backhaus
Graduate Secures Position After Baldwin Training
Edwin Kelch formerly of Yorktown, after Army discharge, chose Baldwin Business College Yoakum for training in business administration. The course qualified him for a position in Tex-Tan of Yoakum offices. Mrs. J R Bennett of Fort Stockton visited their daughter Mrs. G G Griffin and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Kelch
Yorktown
Baldwin Business College
Yoakum
Kelch
Baldwin College
Tex-Tan of Yoakum
Ite
J. R. Bennett
Fort Stockton
Mrs
G. G. Griffin
Council of Catholic Women Meeting Sheds Light on Charity Drive
The Council of Catholic Women met June 21 with prayers led by President Mrs. Wagner. Minutes approved. garment drive totals reported as 174 garments 100 yards of material 174 buttons 46 spools of thread. Members discussed Catholic charity family life literature and retreats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Catholic Women
Wagner
Catholic Charity Family Life
Merrem Family Guests in Houston Visit
Mr and Mrs W E Merrem of Houston were guests Sunday of his mother and sister Mrs E J Merrem and Miss Mabel Merrem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Merrem
Houston
E. J. Merrem
Mabel Merrem
Julia With A Gun and the Peoria House Demolition
In Peoria Illinois Julia Swearingen stood guard with a shotgun as her husband and four sons tore down an old house bought for lumber to build anew. The AFL Hodcarriers and Laborers Union claims threats were made to halt demolition arguing it must be union work. The piece contrasts frontier homesteaders protecting land with Indians and discusses featherbedding and job ownership linked to property rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Julia Swearingen
Peoria
Ill
Hodcarriers and Laborers Union
AFL
Julia
Union
Local couples host visitors and attend events in Cuero
Mr and Mrs Jack Cloutier returned Saturday from their bridal trip and remained until Wednesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Hajek. Mr and Mrs W J Smith and Miss Claudia Johnston of New Orleans arrived last week for a visit with Mr and Mrs S E Wooderson. Mr and Mrs Wooderson and their house party spent Sunday in Cuero. James Burke was in San Antonio Thursday attending to gin business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cloutier
Ernest Hajek
Rail switchmen face 40 hour week and 18 cent raise
Emergency Board under President Truman recommends a 40 hour week and an 18 cent an hour increase for switchmen, totaling $1.44 daily. Railroads ready to accept, but Switchmen's Union demands 31 cents hourly or $2.48 daily, deemed unjustified and costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Switchmen’s Union
Western Railroads
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Institution Ambulance Service
E. L. Roeder
Shiner, Texas
Semeson Bell
Semeson Jr
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Shiner Drug Company
Blackwell & Kreiger
Packard
NASH
Basil B. Bell
Shiner Compress
Michna
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Winkler
St. Elizabeth’s Society
Mission Project
Frank Tasler
Henry Kiesel
Catholic State League
Nada
Shiner Memorial
Seidenberger
Edgar Bohman
Alfonse Pustejovsky
Hety
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Umea
KRAFT
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Sacramento
Uncle Williams
Decker
White Mountain
Wolters
Shiner Texas
Lavaca County Abstract Company Abstracts—Land Titles—Real Estate—Loans
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Hallettsville, Texas
Peoples State Bank
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Lt Baiett
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
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