High School P T A Meets May 10
The High School P T A meets Thursday May 10 at 4 o clock. New officers will take over. A musical program will be given. Band Club meets immediately after the P T A session.
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P-T
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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
1
O E S Elects Officers May 8
Shiner Chapter No. 272 O E S will meet in regular session Tuesday night May 8 at 8 o'clock. Members urged to pay dues or send to the secretary. Annual election of officers to be held.
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Shiner
The MGM Story at Palace Theatre Reveals Behind the Scenes
The MGM Story, the added attraction at the Palace Theatre, runs Tuesday and Wednesday and offers a behind the scenes look inside a movie studio.
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M.G.M. Story
Palace Theatre
Senior Class Play Repeated Friday May 4 at High School
The Senior Class play A Ready Made Family will be repeated Friday night May 4 at 8 in the High School gym. Admission is 35 cents for adults and 20 cents for children. Director Max Seidenberger approved the encore to accommodate those who missed last week’s showing.
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Max Seidenberger
Shiner Comets to Meet Moulton KC at Zanderfield Sunday
The Shiner Comets face the strong Moulton KC's on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Zanderfield. Fans are urged to attend and watch the local Baseball Sunday contest.
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Shiner Comets
Moulton Kc’s
Zanderfield
Comets
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Moved to Friday 8 P.M.
Due to the Game and Fish League annual meeting tonight, Thursday May 3, the Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting Friday night May 4 at 8 p.m.
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Game and Fish League
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Kouba Jr Wins 4 H Club Essay Award Pig Gift
Joe Kouba Jr aged ten is a 4 H Club member in Hallettsville Texas. He won a Sears Roebuck gift and will receive a pig on May 12 at 9:00 in the County Agent's office after being selected for the essay Value of Hogs On Our Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Joe Kouba
Hallettsville
Texas
Sears Roebuck
Senate Debating Tax Bills Dominates Week in Austin
In the Texas Senate the week centered on hearings for two tax bills after House passage. The Sewell bill would add a 1 cent per 1000 cubic feet tax on natural gas, with revenues split to schools cities and rural roads. The omnibus tax bill would raise rates 10 percent on twenty taxed items. The hearing ran from 2 30 p m to 11 p m Tuesday, with the bills sent to a sub committee for study and rewrite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
State Affairs Committee
Sewell
Knights of Columbus Meet With Sen Strauss Guest Speaker
The Knights of Columbus host a special open meeting at Legion Park on Thursday May 10 at 8 p.m. Senator Gus Strauss will be the guest speaker. Members are asked to attend and bring a friend. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Legion Park
Gus Strauss
Norbert Tasler Joins Gazette Staff as Apprentice
The Gazette announces Norbert Tasler joining the staff as an apprentice in the mechanical department. By week one he shows notable accomplishments and pleasing aptitude, drawing approval from officials and colleagues.
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the Gazette
Norbert Tasler
Tasler
Tex Ritter To Play In Gonzales In Person
Tex Ritter and his stage show will appear at the Lynn Theatre in Gonzales on Friday May 4 one day only. The full big time attraction features an all star band of hillbilly and cowboy artists and includes guest Martha Lynn of Hallettsville. Ritter will meet fans after the show and sign autographs with a free Tex Ritter comic book for the first 300 children attending Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Ritter
America
Lynn Theatre
Gonzales
Tex
Hollywood
Martha Lynn
Hallettsville
Lynn
Approve Tax Re allocation in Lavaca County Vote
Lavaca County voters approved reallocating tax funds in Saturday’s election. The old 80c per $100 split 25c general, 15c road and bridge, 15c jury, 25c permanent improvements. New split 30c general, 30c road and bridge, 5c jury, 15c permanent improvements. Early returns show West Yoakum as the only negative, 1 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca County
General Fund
Jury Fund
West Yoakum
Shiner Dairy Day Kicks Off May 26 at Legion Park
Lavaca County Dairy Day set for Saturday May 26 at Legion Park Shiner with 10 am start cattle arrival by 9 am judging ring events hourly prizes and awards. Classes cover bulls and females by age and breed with ribbon grades from purple to white and purple rosettes for top female and male per breed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Lavaca County
Legion Park
Rabies Vaccination Clinic Set For Shiner Station
A veterinarian will be in Shiner on Monday May 7 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. to vaccinate dogs against rabies. The service will be at the railroad station.
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Shiner
MacArthur Newsreel Tonight at Sunset Drive-In
The final showing of General MacArthur’s dramatic newsreel arrives at Sunset Drive-In Theatre today Thursday May 3. It will feature the San Francisco arrival Washington Reception New York Reception and Parade on screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Sunset Drive-In
San Francisco
Washington
New York
Schulenburg Doctor Named Texas Family Doctor of the Year
Dr. Leo J. Peters, 65, former Schulenburg practitioner, named Texas family doctor of the year at the Texas State Medical Association convention in Galveston. He has delivered 2300 babies in 42 years, began practice in 1909, and values his saddle bag kept from Schulenburg rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Leo J. Peters
Schulenburg
Texas
State Medical Association
Leo J. Peters Jr
Orange
Sons of Herman Bluecher Lodge meeting set May 6
Members of the Sons of Hermann Bluecher Lodge No. 20 will hold a regular meeting Sunday May 6 at City Hall at 2 30 p m All members are requested to attend
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Sons of Hermann
Bluecher Lodge No
Smallpox Outbreak Prompts Mass Beeville Vaccinations
A child eight months old sparked a Beeville smallpox scare leading to 500 to 750 people vaccinated at the county health unit in one day. Families arrived for immunization against diphtheria and other diseases amid quarantine of Latin Americans. Three diphtheria cases were reported, one fatal. Julius Kutach hospitalized in critical condition. his wife Agnes Strauss Kutach seeks prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeville
Julius Kutach
Eichenlaub Lodge Meeting Set At City Hall
Eichenlaub Lodge will meet at City Hall at 3 30 p m on Monday May 7 with attendance listed. The agenda includes standard lodge business and routine reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichenlaub Lodge
Anton Kusak Sr Funeral Rites Friday May 4
The death of Anton Frank Kusak Sr. aged 65 was announced. Funeral services will be held at Buffington Funeral Home Shiner on Friday May 4 at 8 45 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass at Shiner Catholic Church. Rosary at the funeral home Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. Burial is in Shiner Catholic Cemetery.
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Anton Frank Kusak Sr
Buffington Funeral Home
Shiner
Shiner Catholic Church
Shiner Catholic Cemetery
Last Rites Held for S F Pilat in 1951
Stanislav Frank Pilat aged 56 died Sunday April 29 at 5 15 p m at his home Funeral services held in Home Shiner May 1 at 8 30 a m then Requiem High Mass at 9 00 a m at Moulton Catholic Church Burial in Moulton Catholic Cemetery Rev Father Kopp officiated Rosary in Buffington Chapel Monday at 8 00 p m He was born May 7 1894 in Texas married Julia Koci on January 8 1928 in Moulton Catholic Church Survived by wife and son Eugene Pilat of Moulton Parents Albert and Theresia Pilat preceded him in death He served in World War I was a farmer in Moulton vicinity Pallbearers named Frank Sedlar Ernest Kruse Alfons Vana Louis Fisbeck Andrew Nevada and Chas Nevada Sympathy extends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislav Frank Pilat
Buffington
Shiner
Moulton Catholic Church
Moulton Catholic
Father Kopp
Buffington Chapel
Mr. Pilat
Texas
Julia Koci
Moulton
Eugene Pilat
Albert
Theresia Kocurek Pilat
Frank Sedlar
Ernest Kruse
Alfons Vana
Louis Fisbeck
Andrew
Chas Nevada
Willman Electric Supply Free Gift Offer at Spring Show
Advertisement invites readers to Willman Electric Supply for a 1951 spring showing of Hotpoint 8 cu ft refrigerators. Visitors receive a souvenir bud vase free with no obligation and no purchase required during a limited time promotion.
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Gazette
Willman Electric Supply
Price Clinic For Merchants To Be Held In Columbus
A price clinic led by Charles H. Winerich will be held in Columbus on May 4 for merchants, businessmen and the public from Colorado Fayette Austin and Lavaca counties. The event aims to provide pricing guidance and industry insight for local traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umbus
Charles H. Winerich
Colorado, Fayette, Austin
Lavaca
Shiner High Honors Class of 1951
The Shiner High Senior Class 1951 honors list features Oren Carl Remmers as valedictorian Henry J Neumann as salutatorian and Alice Tieken as third. Recipients for graduation include Laverne Bannert Dennis Barta Robert Breitkreutz Alfred Dersen Mabel Koenning Jerry Michalec Adella Mikes Marilyn Nollkamper Pearl Pfuhl Oren Carl Remmers Ewald Stock Edwin Svoboda and Alice Tieken. A price clinic organized by the Houston OPS and Columbus Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday May 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Colorado County Court House with OPS representatives Joseph J. Gatti and Dewey C. Apple guiding attendees in four counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner High
Oren Carl Remmers
Henry J. Neumann
Alice Tieken
Laverne Bannert
Dennis Barta
Robert Breitkreutz
Alfred Dersen
Mabel Koenning
Jerry Michalec
Adella Mikes
Marilyn Nollkamper
Pearl Pfuhl
Ewald Stock
Edwin Svoboda
Cal Jr
Houston
Office of Price Stabilization
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Colorado County Court House
Joseph J. Gatti
Dewey C. Apple
OPS
Columbus
Jack Draper
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V.F.W
Shiner Memorial Post 6209
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliaries
VFW
Post
American le Hall
O.E.S
C. of C
Joe Kouba Jr
John V. Lindsey
Austin
Sen. Strauss
K. of
C. Meet
Norbert Daler
H’ville Courthous
H’ville City Hall
Breslau
Witting
Gleckler
Williamsburg
Hackberry
Moravia
Shiner West
Mt. Olive
Sweet Home
Worthing
Charlottenburg
Koerth
Wied
Hope
Ezzell
Vienna
Seclusion
Providence
Oak Grove
Novohrad Yoakum, West
Sublime
Bila Hora
Shiner East
Yoakum East
TOTAL
C. J. Waldrep
Charlie Chovanetz
Burjes
Peters
San Antonio
O.D.H.S
Anton Kusak, Sr
S. F. Pilat
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