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ADVERTISING
Does For Business
What Steam Does
For The Railroad
SHINER GAZETTE
JOB PRINTING
Ready When You
Want It--Right
When You Get It
VOLUME XLVI*
SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1940.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
I will be in Shiner on Oct-
ober 18 and 19th for the pur-
pose of collecting State and
County Taxes.
E. A. TURK
Assessor-Collector
Lavaca County
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Shiner Chapter No. 272 will
have its regular meeting Oct-
ober 8, at 8 p. m. All members
are requested to attend.
Tommie Amsler, W. M.
METHODIST YOUNG PEOPLE
Those of Shiner who attend-
ed the Colorado Valley Union
Meeting in Weimar Sunday
were: Mesdames Arthur Kas-
per and Edgar Wolters, Misses
Earline Kroulik, Dorothy Pratt,
Ethel Baros, Marion Ritz, Mar-
ion Bartak, Marthalyn Valenta,
Madyln Hajek, Dorothy Sem
bera, Iris Dean Baca, also El-
ton Riske and Clarence Sem-
bera. Ethel Baros and Dorothy
Sembera contributed to the
musical program at the after
noon session. La Grange
Young People will entertain the
Union, January fifth.
—Reporter
BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN
A branch of “Bundles for
Britain” has been organized in
Shiner and Mrs. C. J. Waldrep,
Chairman; Mrs. L. E. Den-
mark, Secretary and Mr. Glade
Welhausen, Treasurer. Anyone
having clothes or any donation
please notify any one of the
above and they will call for
them.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES
“Unreality” is the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon which will
be read in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
October 6, at 11 a. m.*
The Golden Text is: “Know
therefore this day, and con-
sider it in thine heart, that, the
Lord he is God in heaven above
and upon the earth beneath:
there is none else (Deuterono-
my 4:39).
Among the citations which
comprise the Lesson-Sermon is
the following from the Bible:
“O Lord my God, I cried unto
thee, and thou hast healed me”
(Psalms 30:2).
Scouts Enjoy
Outing Past
Week End
This past week end will be
long remembered by Shiner
Troop No. 1, when a -group of
twenty boys camped overnight
at the waters edge at Magnolia
Beach. Waves of Matagorda
Bay lapped within a few feet
of the tents and the swishing
of the water should have lull-
ed the entire group to sleep,
however, it seemed to have the
opposite effect. The boys fro-
licked on the beach practically
all night, built huge camp fires
out of drift wood and were
about as quiet as a bunch of
sailors on shore leave. Things
quieted down somewhat at 3
a. m. and a few hours of sleep
marred an otherwise zestful
night.
The entire group came to life
again at sunrise, cooked bacon
and eggs over scattered fires
and in a few minutes a full-
fledged football game was in
progress on the sandy beach.
After a while the fishing fever
struck the crowd whereupon
poles, lines and boats were in
big demand. One of the scout
laws is to be truthful, hence the
unanimous report that the only
fish which were caught were
cat fish and three sting rays.
A tired and sun-burned
crowd broke up camp in mid-
afternoon, all of them ready to
go back when the scout lead-
ers say the word. The boys
were accompanied by Scout-
master P. H. Garbade, P. R.
Otto, Dr. A. A. Darilek, Chas.
Mondy, Ed. Fischnar and A. H.
Kasper.
NUMBER 40
SENATOR SULAK AND
WIFE ARE HURT IN
ARKANSAS ACCIDENT
Senator and Mrs. L. J. Sulak
of La Grange were injured
Saturday morning in an auto-
mobile collision at Brinkley
Arkansas.
Senator Sulak sustained a
fractured rib and Mrs. Sulak a
severely cut nose and bruises.
Both were in the hospital Sun-
day but were improved.
The collision occurred near
Brinkley when Senator Sulak
attempted to pass a wagon
loaded with cotton, was con-
fronted with a car coming from
the other direction, and head-
ed off the highway to avoid a
collision. The driver of the
other machine took the same
route, and a head-on crush en-
sued on the highway right-of-
way.
The driver of the other car,
Seay of Memphis, Tenn., was
alone and unhurt.
Both cars were badly dam-
aged.
The La Grange people were
enroute to Chicago where Sen-
ator Sulak was to represent the
Texas branch of the National
Alliance of Czech Catholics at
a general meeting Sunday and
Monday.—Fayette Co. Record.
NEW BABIES
Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Mozisek of Hallettsville, Route
2, at Wagner Hospital, on Sept.
26, a son named Franklin
James. This is their first born.
Mrs. Mozisek being the former
Bessie Konvicka.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Patek
are parents of a baby boy, nam-
ed Eugene, born September 30.
UNITED DR. MARTIN
LUTHER CHURCH
Church School 9:30 a. m.
Divine Service 10:30 a. m.
German.
Young People Society, 7:30
P.
Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Church
Council meeting.
Wednesday, 2:30 p. m. Ladies
Aid, Dreyer.
Saturday Instruction, Shiner
9 a. m. Dreyer 10:45 a. m.
The Fall Festival of one Con-
gregation at the Blucher Park
last Sunday was a successful
program both socially and fin-
ancially. Favored with sunshine
hundreds of friends and visitors
gathered around the beautiful
trees. The variations of enter-
tainment for young and old and
the spirit of Christian fellow-
ship weer helpful to the social
event.
To the Gospel Message please
notice: “Many are called”,
rather, “all are called but few
are chosen.”
The human race shall mul-
tiply until the consummation of
all things. God only knows how
many there have been, how,
many there are and how many
there shall be. But none of them
shall be overlooked or forgot-
ten to be called to the mar-
riage feast of the King’s son.
■Why are there so few chosen?
Because many do not want to
be chosen.
Rev. Richard Schuetze
Many friends sympathize with
Mr. and Mrs. John Valenta of
Kokernot in the loss of their
baby girl, born last Saturday.
OBSERVES 88 BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY
In a telephone conversation
with John L. Sulak of the La-
Grange Record, we were glad
to learn that Senator and Mrs.
Sulak were both released from
the hospital and on the road to
recovery.
DISPLAY YOUR FLAGS
SUNDAY
All business houses are asked
to display their flags Sunday,
October 6, honoring the 9th
Semi-Annual District Conven-
tion held here on that day.
FALL TERM OF
DISTRICT COURT
CONVENES MONDAY
Guadalupe Firemen’s
District Convention
Sunday, October
1941 PARITY PAYMENT
REGULATIONS ANNOUNCED
FARMERS MEETING
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
The Agricultural Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
has called a meeting of the
farmers of Shiner community
for Friday, October 4th, 8 p. m.
at the City Hall.
This meeting having for its
purpose the discussion of onion
planting in the Shiner territory
this year.
The committee has know-
ledge of the fact that the farm
producers income must be sup-
plemented with some additional
cash crop.
A large number of farmers
have signified their intention of
planting a cash crop this year
for harvest in the late spring
of 1941.
The committee is sending out
over 1,000 notices to farmers
in the Shiner territory an-
nouncing the meeting. Should
anyone fail to receive the an-
nouncement by mail, please
take this as your personal in-
vitation to be with us for the
discussion.
—Agricultural Committee
OLIN CULBERSON WILL
ADDRESS ASSOCIATION
LA GRANGE TO UNVEIL
HISTORICAL MARKER
Mr. E. F. Wolters, one of our
most prominent citizens observ-
ed his 88th birthday anniver-
sary last Sunday. Numerous
friends and relatives called to
extend congratulations.
We hope Mr. Wolters will be
here to celebrate many more.
CEMETERY ASS’N. MEETING
All members and interested
friends are urged to attend the
meeting of the Cemetery As-
sociation on Friday, October 4,
at 3 p. m. in the library. Busi-
ness of importance is to be con-
sidered.
Mrs. C. B. Welhausen
President
BENNIE SIMPER NEW
SOFT DRINKS DEALER
The 1940 fall term of district
court was called to order by
the presiding officer, Judge Les
ter Holt, at 9 a. m. Monday,
Sept. 30. Also present were:
District Attorney H. S. Paulus,
District Clerk Gus J. Strauss,
Sheriff A. P. McElroy and
Court Reporter T. G. Eisenlohr,
The following grand jurors
were selected, with A. A.
Schramm as foreman: G. H.
Wachtendorf, Grover Haynes,
Leon McCord, A. F. Fenner, O.
J, Woytek, Wm. Koehler, Ed. J.
Chovanetz, Chas. J. Hrncir, Hy!
Guettler, Leo Ebner and John
Shaw.
Judge Holt after swearing in
the grand jury instructed them
to gather evidence, taken testi-
mony and return bills of indict-
ment against violators of the
law; to inquire into the finan-
ces of the county; and to ex-
amine the jail, courthouse, poor
farm and other county build-
ings and to make recommenda-
tions if necessary.
The grand jury then retired
to their quarters and selected
the following bailiffs: door bai
LA GRANGE, Tex., Sept. 24.
— thousand dollar historical
marker in honor of the late
Judge Augustin Haidusek, first
Czech to become mayor of La-
Grange, will be unveiled in
Czech State Park, November 2.
The occasion will be the 85th
anniversary of Haidusek’s im-
migration. He was a Fayette
County Judge, a university re-
gent, a.- member of the legis-
lature and for 42 years editor
of Svoboda, oldest Czech paper
in the United States.
The park is five miles from
La Grange. Texas Czechs voted
to erect the marker.
PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND
AFTERNOON SESSION OF
FIREMENS CONVENTION
The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend the afternoon ses-
sion of the Guadalupe Valley
Firemen’s Convention at the
High School Gym. Memorial
services for departed members
of the association will be held.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Census report shows that 9,-
971 bales of cotton were ginned
in Lavaca County from the crop
of 1940 prior to September 16,
1940, as compared with 7,541
bales for the crop of 1939.
Henry J. Strauss, Special Agt.
liff, George Chromcak, walking
bailiff, H. J. Straus, riding
bailiffs, L. A. Greer, John Drozd
L. A. Mladenka, J. D. Arm-
strong, Albert Davenport, Geo.
Aschenbeek, Luey E. Hagan,
Oscar Sicko and Max Fowlkes.
METHODIST CHURCH
10:00 a. m. Sunday School.
All former pupils, all church
members and those not enrolled
in any school are invited to at-
tend the Rally and Promotion
Day exercises next Sunday.
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Henry C. Nickel, Pastor
English Services every sec-
ond Sunday of the month at 3
p. m
A few weeks ago Mr. Hugh
Stanley, manager of Boone j
Beverages, Inc., visited Shiner'
in search of a man to handle
the distribution of Daniel
Boone drinks and Nesbitt’s
Orange. Mr. Stanley was indeed
fortunate in acquiring the ser-
vice of Bennie Simper. All re-
tail outlets for the beverages in
this territory will be served
through Mr. Simper here in
Shiner.
Included in the long list of
soft drinks which can now be
purchased through the local
distributor are: Daniel Boon
Cola, Daniel Boone Punch, Dan
iel Boone Mix, Daniel Boone
Root Beer, and Nesbitt’s Or-
ange.
If you haven’t tried one of
these fine beverages you
should put this down on your
must list. For Daniel Boone
Cola which became famous in
the same North Carolina Hills
that were pioneered by Daniel
Boone is more than just an en-
joyable drink. You’ll find in
this drink that Mountain cool
flavor that is prevalent “where
the trees grow tall and green.”
Remember to ask for Daniel
Boone Cola. Remind your gro-
NOTICE
All those who wish to do-
nate eats for the Firemen’s
Celebration Sunday, are asked
to kindly leave same at the
Blohm Building, Sunday morn-
ing. "
Blondie, Dagwood and Baby
Dumplings have plenty of de-
lirious and hilarious adventures
in Blondie Has Servant Trou-
ble. Palace Theatre, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
German Services every 4th _
day of the month at 3 p. m, ceVtobuylt in'e'bottle cartoons
’sitors cordially welcomed, from Mr. Simper.
Mr. Elo Henkhaus and Marie
Jo and Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Krueger spent Saturday in
Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Wolters
and Maxie L. were business
visitors to Flatonia, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arno Wagener
were in Schulenburg, Thurs-
day.
Miss Mary Strauss of Bell-
ville and Ben Strauss of Vic-
toria visited relatives here over
the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Longoria,
Mrs. F. Berckenhoff and Miss
Gussie Mae Eschenburg spent
Thursday in San Antonio.
Supt. T. H. McDonald of
Lyford was a business visitor
here last week.
) Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Koether
and Alice spent Saturday in
San Marcos. While there they
took in a football game, their
daughter Maurine being a mem
ber of the College Band.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Maker of
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Dreyer of Slaton spent Mon-
day with Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Wesselsky.
Mrs. Elo A. Fisseler and
Mrs. Helen Green arrived from
San Diego, California for a
week’s visit in Shiner. From
here they will go to Norfolk,
Va., where their husbands, who
are in the navy, will be sta-
tioned.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Zappe Jr.
left for Mineral Wells, Satur-
day to be at the bedside of
Dr. H. A. Zappe who was op-
erated on for appendicitis.
Word from there reports the
patient as doing nicely.
We acknowledge the price of
a subscription to the Gazette
from Mrs. A. L. Fuller of Bal-
linger. Mrs. Fuller has just re-
turned from a trip to Califor-
nia, Oregon and Washington.
Mrs. John Kvinta and chil-
dren and Mrs. C. D. Hamff of
Yoakum were Shiner visitors,
Tuesday.
Miss Mary Baros, R. N., ar-
rived from Raymondville to
spend the week end with home
folks. On Sunday she left for
Edinburg where she assumed
her new position in the City
and County Hospital.
Arrangements are about com-
plete for the big event ‘-‘The
Guadalupe Firemen’s 9th Semi-
Annual District Convention”
which will be held in our city
Sunday, October 6.
The afternoon program will
be held at the Gym-Auditorium
and the public is invited to at-
tend same.
All business places are asked
to display their flags on that
day.
Olin Culberson, Secretary of
the State Firemen’s Associa-
tion will be present and ad-
dress the Convention, using
“Americanism” as his topic.
The following program will
be carried out:
Convention place: Shine i
City Hall.
Registration of delegates and
visiting Firemen 9:00 to 10:00
a. m. at City Hall and Fire
Station. Get badges and tickets
at registration desk.
Business Meeting:
Morning session 10:00 to 12
o’clock called to order by Pres.
R. O. Muenster, Chief of Luling
Fire Department.
Topics for Discussion.—.
“Responding to Fires outside
the Corporate Limits of a town”
by Ad. Solmsky, Chief of Se-
guin Fire Department.
Enforcing the Building
Code”-by Clifton Weber, Cuero
Fire Department.
Report on International Con
vention”-I. W. Speckles, Chief
of Schulenburg Fire Dept, and
1st Vice-President State Fire-
men’s Ass’n.
Election of officers.
Selection of next meeting
place.
12:00 O’clock—Dinner served
at Blohm Building, just across
street from City Hall. Plates 50c
each.
Afternoon Session:—
Convenes promptly at 1:30
p. m. at Shiner High School
Auditorium.
Invocation, Rev. Rayford Har
ris. ,
Address of Welcome: Chief
Ad. Richter, Mayor of Shiner.
Response to Address of Wel-
come, Gus Strauss, Chief Hal-
lettsville Fire Department.
Entertainment.
Address:-“Americanism” Hon
Olin Culberson, Secretary of
State Firemen’s Ass’n.
Entertainment.
Address :-“Service” Hon. Hy
S. Paulus, District Attorney,
Yoakum.
Entertainment.
Memorial Services: Rev. A.
D. Klages, Pastor Lutheran
Church, Hallettsville.
—Smoker—
The provisions under which
producers of corn, cotton, rice,
tobacco and wheat may earn
1941 parity payments were an-
nounced today by the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administra-
j tion. Payments will be made td
eligible producers from a fund
of $212,000,000 appropriated for
this purpose.
The 1941 parity provisions
are essentially the same as
those in effect for the 1940 pro-
gram. A producer who parti-
cipates in the 1941 A. A. A.
Farm Program will be eligible
for payment if: (1) the 1941
planted acreage of the commo-
dity for which payment is made
does not exceed the farm acre-
age allotment for such commo-
dity. (2) he plants within the
total of the acreage allotments
of corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and
wheat established for his farm
in 1941. (3) he does not offset
his performance by overplant-
ing these commodities on any
other farm, wherever located,
in which he has an interest.
As provided in the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938,
the 1941 parity payment rates
for the five commodities will
he based on the amount by
which the returns from the 1940
crop of each falls below the
parity income. The rate for any
crop can not exceed the amount
by which the 1940 acreage farm
price is less than the parity
price and will be as nearly
equal to parity as the available
funds permit. Rates will be an-
nounced later when the infor-
mation upon which they are
based is available. In 1939 and
1940 the rate of payment and
the average farm price com-
bined could not exceed 75 per-
cent of parity.
As in the two previous years,
parity payments will be made
on the normal yield the farm
acreage allotment determined
for each commodity under thej
1941 program.
SOLONS SERVING
NATIONAL GUARD
WILL LOSE JOBS
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Wagner
returned Wednesday from a
two-week stay in Rochester,
Minn, where the doctor con-
tacted the different depart-
ments of this renowned clinic.
Their stay proved very inter-
esting and pleasant.
PLEASE—PLEASE!
The W. P. A. has resumed
work of improving our streets
and are using every means to
not inconvenience the public by
barricading streets that are be-
ing improved, they are request-
ing the motorist to drive with
caution.
Complaints have been receiv-
ed by the City that unnecessary
fast driving is making it dan-
gerous for workers employed on
the job. Please be careful.
Margaret Sullivan, James Ste
wart, Robert Young and Frank
Morgan in the Mortal Storm,
one of the years’ most powerful
and deeply human dramas.
Palace Theatre, Sunday and
Monday.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
AUSTIN, Sept. 27.—Attorney
Gen. G. C. Mann ruled today
that an officer in the active mil
itary service of the United
States may not also hold a
State government office.
Mann held that under the
State Constitution any public
office occupied by an officer of
the National Guard was auto-
matically vacated when he ac-
cepted such active military ser-
vice.
The opinion had been re-
quested by Adjt. Gen. J. Watt
Page and, while it was advis-
ory only, was regarded as of
great importance because of
the possible effect on several
State offices.
Among officers of the Texas
National Guard are Ernest O.
Thompson, member of the Rail
road Commission; Senator A.
M. Atkin Jr., of Paris and J.
Franklin Spears of San An-
tonio; Orville S. Carpenter, di-
rector of the unemployment
compensation organization; Re-
presentative James A. Taylor
of Kernes and Page himself.
ANIMAL SLEEPING
SICKNESS PREVALENT
IN LAVACA COUNTY
Patients at the local hospital
are: Mrs. Louis Brunner of
Flatonia; Oscar Hohmann or
Moulton; Edna Noack of West-
hoff; Mrs. John Hauser, Mrs.
Alex Kruse, Benedict Berger,
Agnes Machart, Barbara Allen
Baca of Shiner.
Dismissed patients are: Mrs.
Frank Mozisek and son of
Hallettsville, Mrs. John Valenta
Rosie Hybner of Shiner.
ENTERS HALL OF
SOFT BALL FAME
CHILD INJURED IN
CAR WRECK
A head-on colision Saturday
night on the Hallettsville-Shin-
er highway near Wied caused
the 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Kalisek to break
both bones in one arm. He was
riding with his parents in a
Model T pick-up. The other
car, a Model A Tudor was
driven by Steve Pustka. He was
cut in several places, but not
seriously injured. The front end
of his car, however, was badly
wrecked. The Kalisek car was
badly damaged, too. Both
cars were towed to the homes
of the owners by a Heye-Zaru-
ba wrecker.
Later reports say Mr. Kali-
sek suffered extensive bruises.
—New Era-,Herald.
Before the lights were pull-
ed last Friday night ending the
1940 Soft Ball Season for Shin-
er, Edwin Cimerhanzel pitching
for the Temple Lumber Com-
pany pitched a hitless shutout
against the Western Auto As-
sociate Store boys.
Not only did he pitch a per-
fect game, he did not allow a
runner to reach first base.
Edwin has been pitching for
Shiner’s All Stars this summer
and has held some of the
strongest teams in this section
of the country to one and two
hits. The many fans that fail-
ed to see the last game of the
season missed the best exhibit-
ion of soft ball pitching ever
exhibited on the local field.
An epidemic of encephalitis
or sleeping sickness which is
going the rounds of horses and
mules all over the United States
has struck Lavaca County and
several animals have already
died of it. Others are sick, and
stockmen are trying to save the
remainder of their horses and
mules by vaccinating them.
The vaccine is rather hard to
get because of the great de-
mand, but so far between 500
and 600 doses have been ad-
ministered in this county.
Dr. Chappell of the State
Sanitary Commission and Co.
Agent King are making the
rounds giving firsthand infor-
mation as to treatment to ranch
men and business men in every
section.
“It is just as easy to give a
dose of the serum as it is to
vaccinate against blackleg” is
is stated.
THANKS
The local Ford Dealer, Boehm
Motor Sales, wishes to express
sincere thanks and appreciation
for the liberal turn-out their
friends and customers gave
them last week end, when the
1941 Ford was on display. The
public was pleased with the
new features of the car. There
have been many desirable and
beautifying changes in the new
Ford, longer wheelbase, room-
ier and much wider bodies, and
,, t rr ,, , TT altogether new front end ap-
Mrs. John Kattmann of Hous pearance. If you haven’t been
relatives and by, see it today.
Boehm Motor Sales
ton is visiting
friends here.
Don’t miss Hopalong Cas-
sidy’s latest adventure, The
Showdown, at the Palace The-
atre, Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Elton Wessels returned
to her home in Houston after
a visit in the L. B. Richter
home.
Mrs. Ed. Parker of Smiley
spent Tuesday and Wednesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Busch.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Longorio
and Chas. Jr. spent the week
end in Sandia.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Dreyer
of El Paso are visiting in the
Walter Mannchen home.
Woodrow Burkett left . for
Fort Sam Houston, Monday
where he intends to join Uncle
Sam’s forces.
J. A. Williams and Miss Her-
tha Liebhafsky of the local
High School faculty journeyed
to San Marcos for the wee
end.
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