Insect Damage Costs Hit 1972 Cotton Harvest Local Section
H C Massey of the USDA reports heavy losses from pink bollworms boll weevils and budworms on May and June planted cotton in 10 counties. Early season plantings fared better with about a bale per acre. destruction of stalks after harvest is urged to prevent winter survival and future damage. Massey notes progress and emphasizes early planting and stalk destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Massey
Seguin
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
USDA
Massey
Ehlers Summer Furniture Sale Opens in Hallettsville
Ehlers Furniture and Appliance of Hallettsville showcases a gigantic storewide summer sale with tremendous values on all items. The store stays open late each Wednesday until 7 30 p.m for shoppers, and an eight page tabloid in today's Shiner Gazette lists hundreds of sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehler’s
Hallettsville
Ehler
Shiner Gazette
Parish Picnic Prize Winners at Shiner Church Event
A listing of prize winners from the Shiner Catholic Church Picnic includes Pam Michalec of Conroe winning a G E Washer and Dryer, and Ben J Haas of Shiner taking a $50 gift certificate. Other winners span New Orleans to Gonzales with items such as a York air conditioner, record player, electric percolator, and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Catholic Church
G. E. Washer
C. B. Welhausen & Co
Pam Michalec
Conroe
York
Pustka Electric
Lenneth Bland
New Orleans
Margaret Haslbeck
Mary Belle Zerr
D’hanis
Great Texas Lumber Co
Stanley Malatek
Gonzales
Patek Grocery & Market
Ben J. Haas
Shiner
Quality Pharmacy
Mark Strauss
Ray
Marcak Home & Auto Supply
Gladys Hoepfl
Frank Jaks
Freddie
Michael Wagner
N.N
Annie Michalec
Leonard Pesek Named Hospital Fund Drive Chairman
Leonard Pesek has been named chairman for the hospital fund drive by the Finance Committee of Shiner Hospital Foundation. He will hold his organizational meeting Wednesday night September 6. Approximately 88000 more must be raised and the drive relies on continued effort and giving. Volunteer workers are needed again to ensure a successful drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Pesek
Shiner Hospital Foundation
Enrollment totals for Shiner Independent School District
Enrollment as of August 29 1972 shows elementary grades totaling 375 and high school grades totaling 189 with special education 30, grand total 594 students. Notable oddity notes percent denotes Automotive Mechanic Membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner Independent
SS Representative In Shiner Monday
A Social Security Office representative from Victoria will be in Shiner at 9 o clock Monday at City Hall. Residents may file retirement survivor disability or medicare claims and ask questions about the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
Victoria
Shiner
City Hall
Selective Service Board 51 Office Closed for Training
Texas Local Board No 51 Gonzales will close September 11 to 15. Executive Secretary Dolores Sherry will be away at a state training conference. Register during closure by contacting Q. M. Griffin at Gonzales Court House, Judge Claude Mullins at Hallsville Courthouse, or Mrs. Dorothy Moore at Yoakum City Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gonzales
Dolores Sherry
Q. M. Griffin
Claude Mullins
Hallettsville
Dorothy Moore
Yoakum
Meetings and notices for local Catholic groups and districts
The 621st MKR Co plans a Sept 11 meeting at Green-Dickson Park at 7 30 p m with door prize and punch. KJT No 10 and 20 meet Sept 10 at 1 p m in the parish gym. KJZT No 5 holds Communion at 8 00 a m Sept 10 followed by 1 30 p m meeting. Catholic Altar Society meets Sept 12 at 3 p m in the gym with a special gift for someone and October hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MKR Co
Green-Dickson Municipal Park
KJT
KJZT
D.o.’S
Catholic Altar Society
Anton Ullman
Charles Veit
Jacob Vesely
Julius Vrana Sr
Charles Wagner
F. M. Wagner
C. J. Waldrep
Herbert Wehl
Rites In Stockdale For W. D. Bohmann
William D. Bohmann aged 84 7 11 died August 31 1972 after a weeklong illness at Stockdale Nursing Home. Survived by son Elmo Bohmann San Antonio daughter Elva Bares Victoria brother Henry Bohmann Stockdale sister Hertha Bohmann Shiner three grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. September 1 Myers Funeral Home Chapel Stockdale Rev Roald E Braulick. Interment Sunset Memorial Park San Antonio. Pallbearers Sam Sells Aaron Sells Alfred Oltmanns Melvin Bohmann Ronnie Bohmann Elton Bohmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Bohmann
Stockdale
Denhawken
Mr. Bohmann
Weimar
Diedrich
Anna (Harms) Bohmann
Shiner
Dave Hughs
Green
Helen Coldewey
Yoakum
Fritz Bohmann
John F. Bohmann
Charles Bohmann
Myers Funeral Home Chapel
Roald E. Braulick
St. John's Lutheran Church
San Antonio
Bohmann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Sam Sells
Aaron Sells
Alfred Oltmanns
Melvin Bohmann
Ronnie Bohmann
Elton Bohmann
Girl Scout meeting and district event appeal
Parents and citizens are urged to attend a Girl Scout Hut meeting on Thursday September 14 at 7 30 p m for Brownies Juniors and Cadettes. A district event in Victoria on Saturday October 7 costs 50 cents and includes a patch. Patches are awarded for recruiting new scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout
Victoria
Mozisek Family Reunion Set for September 17
Mozisek family reunion scheduled for Sunday September 17 at Blase's Place. Attendees are asked to bring a basket lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozisek
Blase’s
Mrs. L Wendel 95 Dies in Seguin Services in Shiner
Louie N. Wendel nee Annie Elizabeth Kloesel of Seguin dies at Guadalupe Valley Hospital after a stroke. Services at SS Cyril and Methodius Shiner with Requiem Mass. burial in Shiner Catholic Cemetery. Survived by daughter Annie Marie Hubka and granddaughter Virginia Ann Hubka. Burial and memorials noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie N. Wendel
Annie Elizabeth Kloesel
Elm St
Seguin
Guadalupe Valley Hospital
Nesbit
Buffington Funeral Home
Shiner
SS. Cyril and Methodius’ Catholic Church
John J. Hanacek
Buffington Chapel
Shiner Catholic Cemetery
Arthur Kloesel
Adam C. Kram
Willie Hoepf, Jr
Moulton
Rudy Muecke
Sabinal
Perry Kloesel
Victoria
Edward Kloesel
Yoakum
Wendel
Prada
Fayette County
Texas
Franz
Thekla (Kloesel) Kloesel
Pohl
Austria
Kloesel
Galveston
High Hill
Praha-Old
Flatonia
Moravia
Vlastenec
Kopecky School
Louie Nicholas Wendel
SS. Cyril and Methodius’old Church
Joseph Hudecek
East Wendel St
Shiner Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth Society
Annie Marie Hubka
Virginia Ann Hubka
J. R. Kloesel
Frank Kloesel Jr
Adolph Kloesel
Henry
Louisa) Cook
John
Mary) Kloesel
Emil
Emma) Krause
Chas. T. Muecke
Hospital Visiting Hours And Patient List
Hospital visiting periods observed daily from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Patients listed this week include SHINER Mrs Lester Tietjen Mrs Bernard Pustka and baby girl Mrs Ludmila Dusek Arnetta Mathis FLATONIA Dietrich Garbade MOULTON Mrs Carlos Oros co and baby girl Mrs Frank Schoenweitz Frank Schoenweitz Jacob Tousek DISMISSALS Mrs Helen Kos ler Earl Wayne Carroll Mrs Julia Balusek Miss Mary Svoboda Neal H Thurmond Mrs Aloisie Janak Mrs Josephine Schraer Tom A Sitka Fritz Behlen Mrs A A Darilek Jr Mrs Anthony Jaluska and baby girl Mrs Allen Maeker and baby boy Mrs Robert Etling er and baby boy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiner
Lester Tietjen
Bernard Pustka
Ludmila Dusek
Arnetta Mathis
Helen Kosler
Earl Wayne Carroll
Julia Balusek
Mary Svoboda
Neal H. Thurmond
Aloisie Janak
Josephine Schraer
Tom A. Sitka
Fritz Behlen
A. A. Darilek
Anthony Jaluska
Allen Maeker
Robert Etlinger
Henry Fisbeck Dies At 85 In Texas Notice
Conrad Henry Fisbeck aged 85 died August 28 1972 at Center Pavilion Hospital Houston after brief illness. Funeral August 30 at Zion Lutheran Moulton with burial in Moulton City Cemetery. Survived by Ella wife five children eleven grandchildren seven great grandchildren with service by Rev Julius Holm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Henry Fisbeck
Center Pavilion
Houston
Youens Hospital
Weimar
Zion Lutheran Church
Moulton
Moulton City
Smith Funeral Home
Fred Pietsch
Gus
Hugo
Otto
Alton Fisbeck
Edgar Fisbeck
Floresville
Julius F. Holm
Ella Klobedans
Henry Fisbeck
Baur Farm
Brun Place
Corn Cob Hill
Otto Urban Place
Lavaca Creek
Ella Fisbeck
Anton
Etta) Stach
San Antonio
Walter Fisbeck
Flatonia
Erwin
Lester Fisbeck
Marvin Fisbeck
Midland
Local Interests At Folklife Festival
Over 30 artists from across Texas will demonstrate arts and crafts at the first Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio September 7 to 10 at the UT Institute of Texan Cultures HemisFair site. Highlights include German pipes from the Wolters family collection and Czech frontier saloon artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
U. T. Institute of Texan Cultures
HemisFair
Wolters
O. H. Wolters
Schulenburg
Columbus
Houston
Fayette County
Freisburg
Jacob Wolters
Institute of Texan
Shiner Brewing Company
Spoetzl
Praha
Anton Wagner
Patrick J. Wagner
Shiner
Comanches Meet Stockdale Brahmas Here Friday
The Shiner Comanches host the Stockdale Brahmas on Friday night at 8 p.m. in Comanche Stadium. This opens the 1972 season with fans urged to attend and support the Comanches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockdale
Stockdale Brahmas
Comanche Stadium
Frels Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Otto Frels
Funeral services were held for Mrs Otto F. Frels nee Helena Polzin of Concrete who died August 26 1972 at Trinity Lutheran Home Shiner age 76. Burial was at Hermann Sons Cemetery Hochheim with Rev Dolton officiating. Survivors include son Wilburn Frels Deer Park daughter Selma Schmidt Shiner and brothers Harry and Edmund Polzin Yoakum. etc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto F. Frels
Helena Augusta Polzin
Trinity Lutheran Home
Shiner
Buffington Funeral Home Chapel
Ralph Polzin
Yoakum
Leslie von Rosenberg
Frels
Jesus
Mrs. Frels
Dreyer
Gonzales County
Texas
August and
Mathilda
Hagens) Polzin
Germany
Hochheim
Otto Fred Frels
W. C Wolfsdorf
Concrete
Wilburn C. Frels
Deer Park
Selma Schmidt
Harry
Edmund Polzin
Henry
Henrietta) Beckermann
John Eric Frels
Vicki
Janice Jenkins
Local Births Report From Shiner and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Bernard Pustka of Shiner welcome a baby girl born September 5 1972 at Shiner Hospital weighing 8 pounds 15 ounces A second newborn a 7 pound 4 ounce girl was born to Mr and Mrs Carlos Orosco of Moulton at Shiner Hospital on the same date Geoffrey Georg of San Antonio announces a baby girl born September 1 1972 weighing 5 pounds Tricia Kay has a brother named Al Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Leroy Hagendorf of San Antonio and Mrs Alton Georg of New Braunfels Maternal great grandmothers are Mrs Roberta Hagendorf and Mrs Albert Baros of Shiner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Pustka
Shiner
Shiner Hospital
Carlos Orosco
Moulton
Geoffrey Georg
San Antonio
Tricia Kay
Leroy Hagendorf
Alton Georg
New Braunfels
Robert Hagendorf
Albert Baros
Machicek and Heiman Families Featured with Young Children
Left to right Andrew Machicek four years Johnnie Machicek Jr six years sons of Johnnie H Machicek and wife Julia Anna Heiman four months Lenert R Heiman Jr three years children of Lenert R Heiman Sr and wife of Shiner Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Machicek
Johnnie Machicek Jr
Johnnie H. Machicek
Shiner
Julia Anna Heiman
Lenert R. Heiman Jr
Lenert R. Heiman Sr
Timmy and
Tammy Janak
Blaise A. Janak
Star Route Mail Service Changes at Shiner Post Office
The Victoria Moulton Star Route will deliver mail to Shiner at 8 05 a m daily except Sundays and holidays and depart Shiner at 4 15 p m the same route. Lobby opens 8 30 a m and no mail moves on Sundays. Rural carriers leave at 9 00 a m with first class mail and daily newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Moulton
Shiner
Arthur Ward
Ward
Caldwell County Courthouse Fire at Lockhart
The Caldwell County Courthouse in Lockhart was saved from major destruction by firefighters on Monday afternoon August 28 1972. Damage is estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 from fire and water, with cause under investigation and arson not ruled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Caldwell County
Jack Hay
Hay
Richard Morris
FHA
Gus Person
Fire Department
Tower Repair Planned for Hallettsville Courthouse
The courthouse tower damaged by a lightning bolt will be repaired. Sechrist Hall Company of Victoria, a former contractor, will build a scaffold network from the roof to the repair area under state regulations. Glenn E. Russell surveyed the site in Hallettsville for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallettsville
Sechrist Hall Company of Victoria
Sechrist-Hall Company
Glenn E. Russell
Moulton Church Picnic Sunday at St Josephs VFW Hall
The St Josephs Catholic Church all day picnic in Moulton is set for Sunday September 10 at the VFW Hall. Dinner from 11:00 with stew and chicken. adults pay $1.50 and children 7 cents. A country auction at 2:30 p.m., music 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., dancing 7 to 11 p.m. with The Velvets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Moulton
VFW
Johnnie Holub
The
Velvets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shiner Ind
Selective Service
W. D. Bohmann
Agape Singers
Hope Lutheran Church
Edmund Steinbring Jr
L. Wendel
Dietrich Garbade
Frank Schoenweitz
Jacob Tousek
Stephanie Fisbeck
Ritersville
Dietrich Fisbeck
Sophia
Lavaca County
Baursville
Fisbeck
Ed. Belieee
Immanuel Lutheran Reh
Boursville
Postal Service
Mr. Fisbeck
Hermann Sons Lodge
Gerhard
Johanna) Mueller
Matilda) Raymond
Meta Fisbeck
Albert
Anna) Klobedans
Fritz G. Fisbeck
Otto Fisbeck
Rutersville
Gerhard Fisbeck
HemisFair Plaza
Gilmer Yamboree
Ray Green
East Texas String Ensemble
Stephen F. Austin State University
Hinkle Shillings
Center
Folklife Festival
Debbie Bruns
Jeannie Bruns
Milton Bruns
Star Route
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