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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
4
Shiner High School hosts a May 11 8 p m concert featuring the Beginner Band Stage Band and High School Concert Band with selections from Colorado Trail Grand March polkas 20th century music and a full program from the UIL concert. Free admission with a forthcoming donation appreciated.
Several Shiner High School 1947 graduates express interest in a summer class reunion. For details contact Calvin Pfeil Sr. at 1715 Milam Dr., Victoria, Texas 77901. Names listed include Emil Balusek Jr. and many colleagues.
A Social Security Office representative from Victoria will meet residents at Shiner City Hall at 9:00 a.m. on Monday May 15 to help file retirement survivor disability or medicare claims and answer questions about the program.
One of the district's largest crowds attended the Spring session in Shiner on Sunday April 23 1972. District Commander A W Schaffner and Auxiliary President Mrs Ruth Kelley welcomed all attendees at the event.
Baby announcements detail births in 1972 at Shiner and Houston hospitals with weights from 6 pounds 1 ounce to 8 pounds 10 1/2 ounces. Relatives and grandparents named include Darilek, Caka, Machacek, Faltysek, Vincik, Walcott, and others. Also covered is a Shiner VFW convention with officers elected for District 24 and auxiliary, plus Keep America Beautiful Day and weekend visits from regional families.
VFW and Auxiliary set meetings on May 11 and 15 for installation services and Gold Star honors. Confraternity and KJZT St Zdislavy gather May 15 with a Mother’s Day program, guest speaker, and new literature. dues urged. A family obituary thanks relatives, church members, and hospital staff for Emil P. Kloesel Sr.’s funeral rites and support.
Carlton Voskamp Dan Kaspar and Earl Schacherl led Ed Winn's Shiner Troop 231 to first place in the 17' canoe with a course record of 38 01. Dale Born's San Antonio Troop 50 crew took second place. Troop 118 from Wimberley won the special Sprint race. The festival occurs the first weekend in May. Bob Weir of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce praised the boys for winning 6 of 14 heats.
Two hundred ninety Boy Scouts from eighteen troops competed in the Second Annual Blanco Scout Water Festival on a very wet weekend. Eighty three three-man teams raced a 3 mile course down the Blanco River.
Shiner marked its third annual Guar Festival on May 6 1972 with a standout entry winning first prize for best decorated car. The unit featured a mock robbery staged by the shootout team from Shiner led by Chuck Stratman with teammates Kubicek Sonntag Hubner Matula Polasek and driver Erwin Stratman. Kenedy resident Donald Dissett assisted as a holdup victim while Mrs. Stratman photographed. Despite rain at the end the group praised local welcome and promoted Shiner Hospital Day and the Hospital Fund Drive.
Shiner High School alumni announce a class reunion for the Class of 1962 scheduled Saturday June 3 1972. They request attendees to send their addresses to Kenneth Tronicek by May 15 at Rt. 2 Box 107 Shiner Texas 77984.
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