Lavaca County One School in Interscholastic League
A. J. Robinson reports 605 schools in the League with 125 counties represented. Lavaca County has Hallettsville High School with Supt. M. K. Williams. County meetings begin with February 2027 in Three Rivers and continue March 5-6 and March 12-13 as Erath Leon Medina Blanco Red River Bell Jasper Milam Marion Travis Hopkins Karnes and Walker Counties select representatives for district contests.
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Lavaca County
A. J. Robinson
University Interscholastic League
Hallettsville High School
Supt. M. K. Williams
Three Rivers
Live Oak County
E. D. Bhurter
Interscholas- Meraasi
Erath
Leon
Medina
Blanco
Red River
Bell
Jasper
Milam
Marion
Travis
Hopkins
Karnes
Walker
Thirty Million Acres of Soil Surveyed
The annual report of the Bureau of Soils shows 29,984,000 acres surveyed in the fiscal year ending June 30 last. Detailed soil surveys were completed or begun in other areas.
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Bureau of Soils of the Department
Good Roads Prospect at Green's School House Meeting
A large crowd at Green's School House heard six speakers advocate road improvements and a $200,000 bond issue. Postmaster Herder warned against losing rural delivery routes without better roads, while officials described government funding and a 20 million annual free delivery. The gathering, split between Shiner travelers and local farmers, predicted a strong bond approval.
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Green
Shiner
Martin Rappel
J. C. Blohm
Blohm
Joe Bozka
Bohemian
Otto Miller
Mr. Miller
W. Paul
Edmund Erder
Mr. Herder
Oder
Shearers
Theatre Party at Wolters Home Delights High School Girls
Last Friday Mrs. Eli Wolters hosted a cheerful informal theatre party for High school girls. Miss Christa Moechel was honored as a surprise guest. The group enjoyed snacks at home then at the Gem Theatre before returning to a cozy parlor for 1915 class mediums and tables that tapped and danced.
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Eli Wolters
Gem Theatre
Opening Exercises at High School Auditorium
Friday morning program led by Miss Sophia Amsler featured piano solos The Ghost in the Fireplace by Sidonia Eschenburg Prima Vera by Mrs 8 A Thulemeyer Bicycle Galop My Dolly s Prayer Elsie Schumacher and Reading The Difference by Mildred Welhausen Louise Thulemeyer and Elvera Herder Also stories The Jackal and the Alliwator and The Dirty Shepherd ess with Stella Blohm and Miss Fan Ledbetter Visitors included Mesdames Herder Blohm Striebeck Schwab Kasper Thulemeyer and Miss Annie Boska Hillie Wendtland and Mr Miller.
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High School
Sophia Amsler
Sidonia Eschenburg
Mildred Welhausen
Louise Thulemeyer
Elvera Herder
Lillian Merseburger
Dolly
Elsie Schumacher
Stella Blohm
Prima Vera
A. Thulemeyer
the Jackal
Alliwator
Fan Ledbetter
Mesdames Herder
Blohm
Striebeck
Schwab
Kasper
Thulemeyer
Annie Boska
Hillie Wendtland
Mr. Miller
Mother's Club Holds Meeting and Program Announcement
The Mothers Club will meet in the school auditorium on March 11 1915. The program features Wonders of Wild Animal Life by Mrs Edmund Herder and Trained Animals by Mrs D C Daniel followed by a discussion on Common Grievances. Mrs C B Welhausen presides and Natalie Trautwein is secretary. Mrs Edmund Wolters has left for Cu
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Mother’s Club
Edmund Herder
D. C. Daniel
C.B. Welhausen
Natalie Trautwein
Sec
Women Suffrage Debate Draws Large Sunday School Audience
A February 1915 legislative session report covers a vigorous woman suffrage debate in the Methodist assembly. Chief speakers Bagby and Burmeister opposed the resolution, while Maddox Baker Calhoun and Burmeister argued for it. The encounter featured heated scriptural references and emphasis on divine and natural law arguments.
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Woman’s Suffrage
The
Methodist
Mendell
Stanley
Beard
Bagby
Tilson
Maddox
Baker
Scurry
Calhoun
Burmeister
Lavaca
Paul
Clean Up Day Announced by Civic Club
The Civic Club announces a general clean up day for next Wednesday. The event aims to mobilize residents to improve community cleanliness and environmental presentation.
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The
Civic Club
Death of Alex Goeth in automobile accident at Lockhart
News from Shiner reports the death of Alex Goeth in an automobile crash near Lockhart. His remains were transported to Shiner for burial, with funeral arrangements pending as details remained unclear. D G Helmers traveled to Lockhart by train to be with family.
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Shiner
Alex. Goeth
Lockhart
D. G. Helmers
Altiines
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Selby
Wolters Brothers
the Shiner Brewery
Theatre Party
Lena Richter
Carlyn Trautwein
Helen Ruhmann
Mamie Merseburger
Erna Eschenburg
Ida Pfaender
Rosa Birkmann
Stella Morgenroth
Emily Schmidt
El’a Schramm
Edmund Wolters
Cuera
Wm. Trautwein
Cb, Welhausen & Co
the City Bakery
Hilda Trautwein
Selma Rogge
May Rogge
Mabel French
Rey Mewes
Louie Striebeck
Mabel Miller
Edgar Merrem
Edgar Hirkmann
Willis Gray
Victor Schulze
R. G. Dreyer
Emmett Schoenvogel
Geo. Rogge
Elmo Schulze
Natalia Trautwein
Helen Rogge
Johnnie Ponton
Augusta Birkman
Ione Striebeck
Elizabeth Brown
Cora Berckenhoff
Mae Blohm
Eethel Dittmar
Lilie Merseburger
Alvera Herder
Fern Richter
Louise ‘Thulemeyer
W. Wendtland Jr
Leonhard Miller
Mathilda Hellman
Mabel Merrem
Stella Hellmers
Maurine Gray
Linnie Dreyer
Estelle Lockmann
Mrs Habermacher
Helen Rubmann
Christa Moeckel
Lonie Richter
Alex
Goeth
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