Shiner Scouts Win Ad Altare Dei Awards at Fredericksburg
Six Shiner Boy Scouts from Troop 232 joined more than 100 recipients at St. Mary’s Church in Fredericksburg on Sunday May 19 for the Ad Altare Dei Award ceremony. A parade led by Fredericksburg High School band and Christ the King School drum corps preceded the presentations by Father Joseph J Hildebrand VF. Scouts Eugene and Robert Boehm Eugene Streng Joseph Chotenovsky Glenn Fissiler and Gerard Kosler, all of Shiner, received the awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
St. Mary’s Church
Fredericksburg
Court House Square
Fredericksburg High School
Drum and Bugle Corps of
Christ the King School
San Antonio
Joseph J Hildebrand
Randolph Gronle
St. Mary’s
Robert E. Schmidt
Archdiocesan
Eugene
Robert Boehm
Alvin Boehm
Eugene Streng
Frank E. Streng
Joseph Chotenovsky
Jim Chotenovsky
Glenn Fissiler
Oscar Fisseler
Gerard Kosler
O. A. Kosler
District 4-H Record Awards Winners Named
The May 1 district 4-H awards list includes Lavaca County entries: Kathy Matus Moravia first in Farm Bureau Scholarship, Kay Wagner Sweet Home second in State Fair Honor Award, and Sharon Pesek Sweet Home second in Town and County Business Unit 1. Kathy will have her record entered in state judging. The note adds the founding year 1888 for the YWCA of the USA.
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Lavaca County
Farm Bureau
Kathy Matus
Moravia
Kay Wagner
Sweet Home
Sharon Pesek
Kathy
Funeral Services Held Saturday For Mrs G Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs Evie Lee Johnson wife of Grover Johnson were held at 10 am Saturday May 11 1963 at Seydler Funeral Chapel Gonzales with Rev Jesse E Clark and Rev Robert J Smith officiating Burial was in Gonzales Memorial Park Cemetery She was born December 25 1889 in Bell County and lived in Gonzales county 50 years Survived by husband one daughter Jewell Kelley three sons Glynn Pershing Grover Lee Johnson three sisters and three brothers Pallbearers included David John son John Johnson Clifford Johnson Charlie Chenault Grady Johnson and James Johnson and other attendees noted at a piano recital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seydler
Gonzales
Evie Lee Johnson
Grover Johnson
Jesse E. Clark
Robert J. Smith
Gonzales Memorial Park
Johnson
Bell County
George
Sarah Mozelle Simmons
Arkansas
Harrisburg
Texas
Gonzales County
Route 4
Memorial Heights
San Antonio
Vernon Simmons
Lane Simmons
Hilden
Okla
Sherman Simmons
David Johnson
John Johnson
Clifford Johnson
Charlie Chenault
Grady Johnson
James Johnson
West Columbia
Ida Raschke
Houston
Charlie Peterson
Shiner
Albert
Napa
California
Edward
Beeville
Adolph
Earnest
Lexington
Needville Public Cemetery
Orange Grove
First Lutheran Church of
Emil Hinze
Alice
Kermit Menking
Herbert Schrade
Edgar Hinze
Allan December
Eddie Brieger
Willie
August
Melvin
Edgar Natho
Emil Herman Hinze
Fayette County
August Hinze
Dorothea Arnold
Marie Natho
August Natho
Runge
J. K. Poch
Hinze
Brotherhood
Farm Bureau
Nueces Electric Co-op
Corpus Christi National Farm Loan Association
Schroeder
Community Gin
Herbert Hinze
Robert
Alma) Gibson
Robstown
Olga Hinze
Hilda Hinze
Corpus Christi
Emma) Brieger
Ed Couch
Bruno
Anna) Schendel
Yorktown
Walter
Otto Hinze
Yoakum
Louis A. Petering
Rev
D. I. Dalton
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Restland Memorial Cemetery
de Witt County
Petering
Lott Street
Ida Edith Thiele
Lutheran Church
Ida Petering
Carl L. Petering
Otis
Peggy) Blohm
H. W. Petering
Annie Condel
Albert de
Johanna
Frank) Petry
Mercy Hospital
Brownsville
Julius A. Petru
V. F
St. Philip’s Catholic Church
el Campo
Stanley Petru
St. Agnes Church
Edna
Augustine Petru
O.M.I
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Raymondville
Msgr
Julius Petru
James Petru
M. S. Garriga
Johanna Petru
Frank
Barbara Velek
Netolice
Czechoslovakia
Moulton
Praha
Frank A. Petru
Marak
Holy Father
Pope Pius XII
San Fernando Cathedral
Robert E. Lucey
Gar
VFW Post 6209 Installs Officers and Sees Memorial Services
VFW Post 6209 held its May meeting at the Post Home with Commander Victor Pulkrabek presiding. Officers were sworn in by Victoria official C T Henry as part of a joint installation with the Ladies Auxiliary, including Sr. Vice Commander Ewald Erdelt and Jr. Vice Commander O S T Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Victor Pulkrabek
Ladies Auxiliary
C T. Henry
Victoria
Ben Malina
Ewald Erdelt
Two Shiner Families Welcome Newborns In May
Meridan Mississippi couple John J Hubner announce their daughter Sandra Jo born May 1 at Anderson Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces. Florene Kneifel, former Miss Kneifel, is the mother. Grandparents are Joe Kneifel Sr and Leo Hubner of Shiner. Eddie Fischner and wife announce Monica born May 22 at Santa Rosa Hospital weighing six pounds two ounces. Grandparents Ed Fischnar Sr and Otto Hirsch. Clarence Raab and spouse welcome a son born May 17 at Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Hubner
Meridian
Mississippi
Anderson Hospital
Sandra Jo
Florene Kneifel
Joe Kneifel Sr
Leo Hubner
Shiner
Eddie Fischner
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
Monica
Michael
Matthew
Mark
Ed. Fischnar Sr
Otto Hirsch
Gonzales
Clarence Raab
Moulton
Frank Wagner Memorial Hospital
Area Deaths Report Local Obituaries in May 1963
Funeral notices detail the deaths of Mrs. Bertha Raesener Emil Hinze Louis Petering and several others across Needville Orange Grove Yoakum Hallettsville and Raymondville. The obituaries note survivors ages birthplaces church affiliations and burial locations with service dates in May 1963.
Burkett, 83, Dies in Poth Car Crash
Funeral services for P B Burkett 83 were held in Poth after he was struck by a southbound car on Highway 281. Driver identified as Earl Yeager of Floresville. He lived in Wilson County 57 years, survived by six daughters two sons two brothers and a sister. Burial in Floresville Cemetery. Floresville Chronicle-Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. B
Pat) Burkett
Stapp
Poth
Floresville
Mr. Burkett
Highway 281
Earl Yeager
Burkett
Lavaca County
Bart
Mary Jane Burkett
Clara Louise Jahne
Shiner
Texas
Wilson County
Nell Sunday
Path
Fritz Svoboda
Rt. 4
Carl Watson
Alice
Otto Pundt
Port Lavaca
C. C. Schott
Beeville
Warren Zook
Allen Burkett
Emmett Burkett
Homer I. Burkett
O. C. Burkett
Dora Neighbors
Yoakum
Fritz W. Pawelka Rites May 16 In Lake Jackson
Fritz W. Pawelka 34 of Lake Jackson died May 14. Funeral at St. Michael's Catholic Church Lake Jackson May 16, with burial at Restwood Memorial Park. He worked at Dow Chemical Co for about 10 years and served in the Korean War. Survived by wife Estelle and four sons, plus mother, siblings, and inlaws. He was a member of Knights of Columbus Sons of Hermann and Operating Engineers Local 564.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz W. Pawelka
Lake Jackson
Freeport Funeral Home
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Restwood Memorial Park
Emil Wesselsky
San Antonio
Pawelka
Dow Chemical Co
Darwin Fritz
Theresa McCord
Cameron
Charles Pawelka
Clute
A. J. (Faye) Rohan Jr
Yoakum
Flora Mikulec
Dallas
Shiner
E. J. Wesselsky
Frank Winkler
Riga Receives Medal Mater Sacerdotes for Mother of Priest
In 1957 Riga’s husband was made a Knight of St Gregory by Pope Pius XII in a ceremony at Corpus Christi Cathedral with Bishop Garri ga officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
St. Gregory
Pius XII
Corpus Christi Cathedral
Garriga
Spring Squirrel Season Opens Across Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas counties begin spring squirrel hunting May 1 with varied rules. Austin Brazos Burleson Colorado Grimes Harris Jackson Lee Washington set May 1 to July 31 with 10 daily limit and up to 20 in possession. Brazoria Calhoun Chambers Fort Bend Galveston Matagorda Waller no bag limit. Fayette Lavaca May 1 to Dec 31 with 10 daily limit and 20 in possession. Madison May 16 to July 31 with 5 per day and 15 per week. Bastrop Caldwell DeWitt Gonzales Guadalupe Victoria no limits. No season in Hardin Jefferson Liberty Montgomery Orange San Jacinto Walker until Oct 15.
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la Porte
Texas
Austin
Brazos
Burleson
Colorado
Grimes
Harris
Jackson, Lee
Washington
Brazoria
Calhoun
Chambers
Fort Bend
Galveston
Matagorda
Waller
Fayette
Lavaca
Madison County
Bastrop
Caldwell
DeWitt
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Victoria
Hardin
Jefferson
Liberty
Montgomery
Orange
San Jacinto
Walker Counties
Shiner Band Banquet Honors Members And Officers
The Shiner High School Band hosted its first banquet on May 16 at the Shiner Cafeteria. Band president Kay Lynn Walters led the event, with Cynthia Krejci presenting a band history and receiving major awards alongside Ronnie Pfeil and Kay Lynn Wolters. New officers and majorettes for next year were announced, and Acknowledgments were given to Mrs. Otto Gloor for her service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner High School
Robert Nelson
Shiner
Kay Lynn Walters
Cynthia Krejci
Carl Pfeil
Suzy Riske
Otto Gloor
Ronnie Pfeil
Kay Lynn Wolters
John Philip Sousa
Valerie Sembera
Peggy Herder
John Dierksen
Ken Bruns
Donald Lahodny
Leah Seale
Donnie Zander
John Williford
Bobby Burke
Glenda Barre
Jo Ann Wehman
William Dierksen
Bruce Pohler
Mr. Nelson
Sunshine Party Hosted by Catholic Daughters Group
The Catholic Daughters Court St. Paul No. 1604 held its Sunshine Party in the parish gym on Thursday May 9 from 2 to 4 pm. Guests enjoyed a program of songs and a skit, a plate lunch, door prizes, and colorful décor. Forty six guests attended and Emma Runk celebrated a birthday.
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Court St
Anastacia
Emma Runk
Mesdames Wm. Drabek
Mary Janak
Jim Zissa
Miss Marjorie Stasny and Edward J Patek Tie Vows
Miss Marjorie Stasny and Edward J Patek married at Queen of Peace Church Sweet Home on May 11 in a Nuptial Mass. Attendants included Miss Joyce Stasny and Miss Gussie Patek with organist Jeanette Wagner. reception at Wied Hall. After a honeymoon trip the couple will reside in Victoria where the groom works for Alkek Oil Corp. guests came from multiple Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Sweet Home
Marjorie Stasny
Edward J. Patek
Godfrey Kuratko
John Stasny
Yoakum High School
Incarnate Word College
San Antonio
DeTar Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Patek
Laddie Patek
Mr. Patek
St. Ludmila’s Academy
Shiner
Baldwin’s Business College
Jeanette Wagner
Joyce Marie Stasny
Gussie Ann Patek
Pat Walla
Benjamin Stasny
Laddie Patek Jr
Maurice DeBord
Daniel Herman
George Patek
Wied
Alkek Oil Corp
Yoakum
Hallettsville
Port Lavaca
Moulton
Houston
Seguin
Weimar
la Salle
Corpus Christi
Rosenberg
Schulenburg
Stafford
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Shiner Gaselle Telephone LY
Shiner, Texas
Lee J. Sedlmeyer
Congress
The
USA
Beach Cliff
van Camp
Jai
Lilly Creamlan Mellorine
Gai
Nabisco
Swift
Sweet’s
Brookfield
del Monte
Star Grocery
Phone LY
G. Johnson
William Wendtland Jr
Mesdames
Charles Sandford
Jeff Mikulik
Isabel Thulemeyer
W. W. Wendtland
Walt Wendtland
Gaea
He Olame
Ela Wmlentry
Alaska
Tor’s Prescriptions
Wight
John Raesener
L. A. Petering
Carolina Cinada
Mrs
Frank Petry
P. B. Burkett
J. C. A. Pfenninger
LCW
LCM
Lutherhill
League
Morning Glory
Bednar
Henry Schierschwitz
Shiner Band
CDA
Lee H. Gastinger
Jeff Mikuliks
Shamrock
Miss Stasny
Palace Theatre
Frank Wagner
John F. Kasper
Flatonia
H. BB. Gee—Chiropractor
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