Clifton Monroe visits former home on Aruba tale
Clifton Monroe, two years on Aruba with Standard Oil, arrived last week to visit his parents and relatives. He spoke at the Hallettsville Rotary Club on Wednesday recounting life on the Aruban island and in South America where Standard Oil has extensive holdings. His six week vacation extends through that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Monroe
Aruba
West Indies
Standard Oil Co
Rotary Club
Hallettsville
Clifton
Aruban
South America
Standard Oil Company
Birth Announced for Baby Boy in Shiner Texas
A baby boy weighing 8 1-4 pounds was born on April 22 to Mr Hoi and Mrs L H Schendel in Shiner. The mother was Mrs Mary Fisbec, delivering news from the local record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoi
L. H. Schendel
Aaron Clark
Shiner. Ie
Hajek Baby Born in Green School Community
Mr and Mrs Tom Hajek welcome a baby boy weighing 11 pounds born April 29. The newborn will be named Thomas Jr with both parents listed from the Green School community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hajek
Green
Thomas Jr
Birth Announced Elaine Marie Hurta in Our City
A sweet eight pound Del was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hurta at Santa Hospital on April 24. The newborn girl will answer to Elaine Marie. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Hurta, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Orsak of Yoakum. Congratulations to the families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Del
and Hurta
Santa Hospital
Elaine Marie
John Hurta
Our City
Joseph Orsak
Yoakum
Everlasting Punishment in Christian Science Lesson
The Lesson Sermon in all Christian Science churches centers on divine correction and mercy. It cites Proverbs 28 13 affirming confession and forsaking sins lead to mercy and highlights Proverbs 3 11 12 warning against despising divine chastening. It also notes Science and Health stating Divine Love corrects and governs man and that only this principle reforms the sinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
United Dr Martin Luther Church Art Festival May 11
United Dr Martin Luther Church schedules a Sunday School at 9 a m and no service due to a nod, a Wednesday 3 p m Ladies Aid, Thursday May 1 8 p m Senior League, and an annual Mother’s Day art festival May 11 in the afternoon at Blucher ar with lunch and entertainment. Richard Schuetze invites a hearty welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weesatche
Texas
Ladies Aid
Blucher Ar
Richard Schuetze
Services at Shiner Baptist Church
The Shiner Baptist Church invites with Morning Worship at 10:00 a.m. and Evening Worship at 8:00 p.m. Training Union at 11:00 a.m. and midweek prayer on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Mrs. R. B. Harris directs. Rayford Harris serves as minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Ne
Cammack
R. B. Harris
Rayford Harris
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Service Stated at 3 PM
Henry C. Nickel serves as pastor for a monthly Sunday service at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The event occurs at 3 p.m. on the designated Sunday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Nickel
County Defense Bond Committee Named
Lavaca County forms a defense bond committee with members from Hallettsville Leon, Shiner, Moulton and Sweet Home. Chair Hallettsville Leon L. Kahanek, and delegates H G Timm S H Simpson J F Kopecky Paul Fertsch Sam Reichman C S Hereford Chas Garbade L E Denmark J Mil Auld Ad Richter Edmund Herder Ed Boehm R B Papacek Dr Sam Jaeggli Emil Kutac constitute the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca County
Hallettsville
Leon L. Kahanek
H. G. Timm
S. H. Simpson
J. F. Kopecky
Paul Fertsch
Sam Reichman
C. S. Hereford
Shiner
Chas
J. Garbade
L. E. Denmark
J. Mil Auld
Ad. Richter
Edmund Herder
Moulton
Ed. Boehm
R. B. Papacek
Sam Jaeggli
Sweet Home
Emil Kutac
May Festival invites Lutheran groups to join lunch event
All Lutheran congregational members and members of the Ladies Aid and Women's Missionary Society are asked to bring lunch and participate in the May Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Ladies Aid and Women’s Missionary Society
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Friedrich Pfuhl’s Family
The family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their mother Mrs. Friedrich Pfuhl. Special thanks to Rev. R. Schuetze the choir and all who attended the funeral and sent flowers. Each act is deeply appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Pfuhl
R. Schuetze
Local social notes from Hallettsville area residents
Twenty five years ago a week in Hallettsville saw Mesdames Canon and Ponton visiting. William Zappe left for Floresville to tend farming interests. Salome Staeger visited Miss Walker at the Shiner hospital. Illness hit Bockmann and Annietta Hillmer. Williams remains home ill. Merrem owns a new Overland car. Eddie Drabek traveled from Wato to see his ill mother while at commercial college. Laura Hillmer left for Orange Grove with stops in Yorktown and Nordheim. Alfred and Mrs Baessler of Hallettsville and Riemenschneider of Yoakum visited the Buske home. Funeral attendance for W. T. Eichholtz in Cuero noted. Koenning back from California preferring Texas. Wolters and Trautwein family to Cuero for Eichholtz funeral. Stuerke, Jaes, Brauner families guests at Berckenhoff home. Wolters bought a Ford roadster from Strauss & Herder. Morgenroth group visited Weimar then Stella Morgenroth’s home. Steve Holchak and family, Runge postmaster, visited relatives. Ruhmanns from Schulenburg spent Sunday with Max Walters. Wendtland Jr. to San Antonio for the Overland Baby model. Siems and family with Jaimes and Timm to Hallettsville. Annie and Marie Janecek and Viasta Lahodny weekended in Novohrad and Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL ‘J. Merrem
Eddie Drabek
Wato
Commercial
Laura Hillmer
Orange Grove
Yorktown
Nordheim
Alfred Baessler
Hallettsville
Riemenschneider
Yoakum
E. G. Buske
W. T. Eichholtz
Cuero
D. Othold
Runk
Aug. Schramm
J. H. Huebner
A. H. Koenning
Shiner
California
Mr. Koenning
Texas
E. F. Wolters
Strauss & Herder
Emil Morgenroth
Irma
Edward Luedtke
Weimar
Stella Morgenroth
Steve Holchak
Babe
Runge
Steve
G. E. Ruhmann
Schulenburg
Max Walters
W. A. Wendtland Jr
San Antonio
G. Siems
Annie Timm
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Postponed in Shiner
The regular monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting, normally on the first Thursday, is moved to Tuesday May 6 due to the secretary's Dallas business. Officers say it will be an important gathering for local businessmen and good representation is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Shiner
Dr Leon Kopecky Earns FACP Degree
Dr and Mrs Leon Kopecky of M and S Hospital San Antonio spent two weeks in Boston for the Congress of the American College of Physicians He is among Texas doctors receiving the FACP degree The couple also visited relatives in Washington DC while eastbound Shiner townsfolk express pride in his achievement as one of the youngest physicians to earn the title
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Kopecky
M. & S. Hospital
San Antonio
Boston
Mass
Congress of the American College of Physicians
Kopecky
Texas
Our Town
Shiner
Washington, D. C
East
Reverend Fitzsimon Named New Chancellor in San Antonio
Rev Lawrence J Fitzsimon named chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio by Archbishop Lucey. A San Antonio native, he studied in Rome and was ordained in 1921. Previously taught at St Johns Seminary and served in Seguin where he led local civic groups. He will assume duties immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Fitzsimon
San Antonio
Robert E. Lucey
Fitzsimon
John T. Fitzsimon
St. Anthony’s College
American College
Rome
Northrn Sea
St. John’s Seminary
Runge
Kenedy
Karnes City
Seguin
Rotary Club
the Elks
American Legion
The
Seguin and
Guadalupe’ Chambers of Commerce
Old age pensions to be cut in May
Public Welfare Director J. Murchison announced a $3 monthly reduction in May, lowering average checks from $14.35 to about $11.50. The cut, delayed for two months, stems from a seasonal drop in liquor tax revenue after Christmas whiskey windfall and before beer tax peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murchison
Ed Templin of Yoakum Dies at 43 in Sunday Hospital
Ed Templin 43, general foreman for Texas highway district 13, died Sunday in a Yoakum hospital. A World War I veteran, he formerly lived in La Grange, Flatonia, and Cuero. Services set for 9 am Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Rev. H. V. Hug officiating. Burial in Flatania Cemetery. Survived by widow, a son, his parents Max and Mrs. Templin of Engle, sister Miss Millie Templin of Schulen burg, and brothers Paul of Engle and Max of Schulenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Ed Templin
Texas Highway District 13
Templin
la Grange
Flatonia
Cuero
St. Joseph’s Catholic
H. V. Hug
Flatania
First Defense Bond Sold in Shiner on Opening Day
Postmaster Ed Herder reports the first Defense Bond sold in Shiner to young Thomas Charles See, son of Mr and Mrs Henry See, after he brought his entire savings in dimes and change in a paper bag to the post office on the sale’s opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Herder
Shiner
Thomas Charles See
Henry See
Herder
Mrs Katherine Pfuhl Dies at 85 Pioneer Mother of Shiner
Mrs Katherine Pfuhl died at 10 30 a m Sunday at age 85 2 11 from a March 2 1941 stroke. Born February 16 1856 in Louisiana she moved to Texas as a young woman and married twice first husband Wilhelm Husemann died 1904 later married Pfuhl who died 1936. Funeral Monday at Eschenburg Funeral Parlor with Lutheran services and graveside rites. Survived by three children and four stepchildren, one sister, 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Pfuhl
Shiner
Pfuhl
Dec
Louisiana
Texas
Wilhelm Husemann
Lutheran Church
Eschenburg
R. Schuetze
Arthur Raabe
Edmund Pfeil
Paul Otto
M. E. Wolters
Fred Cook
Wietter
Wilhelm Reuel
Orange Grove
Richard Pfuhl
Richard
Arthur
Kurt
Carrie Sledge
Freeport
Trash collection delays stated by city sanitarian
J R MIKES, City Sanitarian, warns residents not to set out trash until roads improve as current conditions hinder collection and dumping ground access. He explains weather-related issues cause delays in trash pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Mikes City Sanitarian
Shiner Business Men's Club Meets At Meyer's Modern Cafe
The Shiner Business Men's Club held a regular session on April 24 with 19 members, guests Cammack and Percy Garbade. Reports covered the Shiner High School Band progress, Boy Scouts merit awards, and a National Daily Show briefing on dairying topics at Ft Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Business _Men’s Club
Meyer’s
Cammack
Percy Garbade
Shiner
Percy
Waldrop
National Daily Show
Will Rogers Coliseum
Ft. Worth
Notice of Shop Closure and Permanent Wave Offer
Mrs. Vlasta Marburger announces absence from May 18 to June 1 and a temporary closure of her Beauty Shop. Clients needing a permanent wave should arrange before the 18th, when services will not be available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vlasta Marburger
Local Rain Totals Reported for Shiner Area
Rainfall in Shiner reached 5.71 inches in an April through July period with 4.22 inches noted in a single month. Officials recorded ongoing precipitation in the local area as measurements continued.
U S Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps On Sale Thursday
The Defense Savings Bonds and Postal Savings Stamps go on sale at the main Post Office opening day May 1 as part of a national effort. Postmaster Ed Herder and civic leaders are expected to be among the first purchasers. The program offers bonds in $18.75 for $25 at maturity in ten years with 2.9 percent annual return, redeemable after 60 days, plus postal savings stamps from 10c to $5 with free pocket albums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Defense Savings
America
Ed Herder
Frank C. Walker
Inerica
Washington, D. C
United States
Daniel
Chester French
Morgenthau
United States Savings
St. Ludmila P T A Sets May Meeting
St. Ludmila's P T A holds its regular meeting next Monday May 6. All members are invited to attend. Mrs. Joe Michna is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ludmila’s P. T. A
Dickson Farmers League Meet Set for May 8 at School
The Dickson Branch of the Farmers League will hold its meeting Thursday night May 8 at Dickson school. All members and non-members are asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickson
Farmers League
Dickson School
Excellent Class Play at St Ludmila’s Academy
The seniors staged The Sunshine Twins on April 28 with a responsive audience praising the ensemble. Merlin Hugo led the family drama, Clementine Peters portrayed a devoted wife, and the cast included Anna Marie Muras, Martha Hubner, Joe Strauss, and Joseph Franta in lively, humorous roles that drew strong laughter and applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ludmila’s Academy
Sunshine Twins
Ers
Merlin Hugo
Clementine Peters
Benedict Hubner
Anna Marie Muras
Robinson
Martha Hubner
Elaine V
Joe Strauss
Joseph R. Franta
Mildred Mikes
Legislature Passes Omnibus Tax Bill For Revenue Rise
April 29. In good humor the legislature passed an omnibus tax bill estimated to raise 22 087 501 annually in new revenue. The measure, long debated and bitter, now goes to Governor W Lee O Daniel who favored raising additional revenue. Representative Roger Evans of Denison said the governor indicated he would sign it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
House
Roger Evans
Denison
Decoration Day Services at Hochheim Cemetery
The Hochheim Prairie Cemetery Association will hold its annual Decoration Day service on Sunday May 11 at 2 00 pm at the cemetery. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hochheim Prairie Cemetery Association
Farm creditor meeting set for May 6 in Hallettsville
Lavaca county farm debt adjustment committee with Farm Security Administration official Howard C Ward schedules a 9 30 a m meeting Tuesday May 6 on the second floor of Hallettsville City Hall. The group aids farmers and creditors to reach fair debt settlements at no charge in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca County
FSA
Isor
Howard C. Ward
Hallettsville
Ward Pel
Farm Security Administration
Evergreen Ninth graduation exercises set for May 1941
Graduation exercises for Evergreen Ninth will be held Tuesday night in May 1941. D L Hudson will deliver the address and Superintendent William A Eilers will present diplomas to Helen Fert Elson Roy Schreiber and Dorothy Are. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Ninth Ae
D. L. Hudson
William A. Eilers
Helen Fert
Elson Roy Schreiber
Dorothy
Czech Club visit to University of Texas hosts speakers
Dr and Mrs F M Wagner and Mr and Mrs Jos Muras with daughters and Mrs J F Kasper visited Austin Wednesday night as guests of the Czech Club led by Dr Edward Micek professor of Slavonic Languages at Texas University Dr Wagner and Mr Muras addressed students while Mrs Wagner accompanied the children who performed musical selections for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Muras
J. F. Kasper
Austin
Edward Micek
The
Texas University
Wagner
Muras
School play draws full house for Comanche event
The Comanche Band directed by Mr H C provided music and St Ludmila's School Chorus sang three numbers. The evening gross reached 70.50 dollars with a small admission fee. attendees praised the performance and offered thanks to all who supported the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C
St. Ludmila’s School
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Christian Science Services
Shiner Baptist Church
Emmanuel Lutaheran Church
Rev. Fitzsimon
Mrs
Business Men’s Club
U. S. Bonds
Joe Michna
Leo Strauss
Henrietta Ondrusek
Johnnie Hajek
Louis Franta
Isabelle Hinck
Dorothy Hinck
Evelyn McCord
Dor
Farm Creditor
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