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SHINER GAZETTE
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VOLUME XLVIH
SHINER, LAVACA COUNTV, >EXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1941.
NUMBER 47
Business Men DressediRev. E. Bily Honored |D, Brunkenhoefers
As Ladies To Play |0n Feast Day
Basketball To Night
The FFA Boys of the Shiner
High School will have a basket-
ball game which they will play
Rev. E. Bily, beloved assist-
ant pastor of the Shiner Cath-
olic parish, was tendered a sur-
prise party by the parishioners
Thursday evening, honoring _his
against the Business Men at the feast day and birthday.
Gymnasium Thursday, Nov. 20, The gathering assembled at
at 7:30 p. m. Both the Business the parish hall and when Rev.
Men and the boys will be Bily entered he was greeted by
dressed as women. j the entire group singing “Hap-
The Pep squad will be pres- j py Birthday to You.” Greetings
ent for both sides. One of the' and felicitations were then ex-
main features of the games will pressed to the honoree by the
be the announcing of the FFA I following: Mons. L. P. Netar-
Sweetheart during the half-'dus, Dr. F. M. Wagner, Jos.
time. Muras and Amos Pavlik. Rev.
-— 'Bily responded in well chosen
SWEETHEART CONTEST !wordfand expressed his sin-
__ j cere thanks and appreciation to
The contest to elect a Sweet-“l10, “ade ‘his feast day
heart for the FFA Club is sucb a bappy one.
under way and ciotstoday! ^
(Thursday) at 4 o’clock. A pen'!
ny counts a vote and there are ^and ffri“geTtogetto
five girls m the race. These pninvpA
are: Evelyn Havel, Lola Mae was f
Marburger, Eunice Meyer, Irene .°s \ts g.r®et
Westnhal and Viola Macha Iings and best wishes to those
Boxes" wilf be station” * j f. Bi*’s
school and the Shiner Drug
until voting stops.
Celebrate Golden
Wedding
Gus Jaehnes Celebrate Boehm-Pavlicek
Nuptials Held
Fortieth Wedding
Anniversary
SHINER TO OBSERVE
THANKSGIVING ON NOV.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES
Mayor Richter informs us
that Shiner will observe Thanks
“Soul and Body” is the sub-;giving on Thursday, Nov. 27.
ject of the Lesson - Sermon All business places will be
which will be read in all (closed on that day.
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on -
Sunday, November 23. I ANNUAL THANKSGIVING
The Golden Text is: “Rejoice t SUPPER WELL ATTENDED
the soul of thy servant: for un- I -
to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my I The annual Thanksgiving sup-
soul” (Psalms 86:4). Per given by the Shiner Cath-
Among the citations which olic parish at Blucher Park
comprise the Lesson-Sermon is (Sunday was well attended and
the following from the Bible: proved a great success.
“Thou wilt shew me the path1 The entertainment began at
of life: in thy presence is ful- j 1 P- m. with various games and
ness of joy; at thy right hand amusements. At 4 o’clock a de-
there are pleasures for ever-; licious supper was served, con
The spacious country home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. Brunken-
hoefer, west of Shiner, was the
scene of a happy reunion on
November 11, when the cou-
ple celebrated their golden
wedding.
A sumptuous dinner was
served at high noon to the hap-
py couple, their seven children,
fourteen grandchildren and one
great grandchild, and a num-
ber of other relatives. All
through the afternoon friends
called in to wish the esteemed
couple many more years of
wedded bliss.
Mr. and Mrs. Brunkenhoefer
were married November 12,
1891 at Weimar where they
lived until 1912, when they
moved with their family to Shi-
ner, their present home.
The family attending this
gala occasion were: Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. C. Brunkenhoefer,
son and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Meinke and daugh-
ter of Yoakum, Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Brunkenhoefer, son and
daughter of Shiner, Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Gerloff and two
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Brunkenhoefer, and five
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Kloesel and daughter of Moul-
iton, Mr. and Mrs. William
J Winkenwerder and daughter of
j Shiner. Only one granddaugh-
ter, Miss Elvera Gerloff of Cor-
pus Christi was absent.
Friends who attended were:
Mrs. Annie Menke and three
children of Goose Creek, Texas, _ Mrs
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Raabe and'
tw children, Mrs. Otto Meyer
of Weimar, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Tietjen, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Monday
more” (Psalms 16:11-.
UNITED DR. MARTIN
LUTHER CHURCH
fisting of chicken, turkey, sau-
sage and all the trimmings.
The amount of $279.28 was
: cleared from the day’s receipts.
RED CROSS FIRST
' AID COURSE
Sunday School 9:30 a. m.
Divine Service 10:30 a.
English. j -
Dreyer, 7:15 p. m., English1 A First Aid Course will start
Service. (in Shiner in the very near fu-
Friday 21, 4 p. m., Junior !ture with Dr. J. W. Boyle as
Choir. j instructor.
Saturday 9 a. m. Instruction! It is the desire of the Corn-
ells. imittee that all the women in
With Sunday, Nov. 24 inclu- j Shiner and vicinity take advan
sive the church year will be i tage of this opportunity,
closed. A glorious Advent Sea- Those who are interested in
son will follow. And so it goes! joining the class, telephone Mrs.
on, a steady moving of time Emil Stach for particulars,
and season. | Secretary.
The paramount question for'
the individual person is: How HOUSTON VETERAN CITY
shall I redeem the time? Am i EMPLOYE SHOT TO DEATH
I just a play-ball revolved by
Time and Season? No. A thou-
sand times no! Because it is
our privilege to fill out Time
and Season with a program for
the promotion of a noble and
better life. To such a worthy
program all should be willing
to line up and cooperate to the
welfare of all.
If you want to know what I
mean just come and listen to
my message. A hearty invita-
tion is extended to all.
Rev. Richard Schuetze
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Mrs. Wm. Wendtland, Supt.
Preaching at 11:00 a. m. and
at 7 p. m. every second and
fourth Sunday.
Vernon Perry, pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Jaehne
celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary Saturday evening,
Nov. 15, at Blucher Park, in
the midst of a large number of
relatives and friends.
The table was attractively
decorated with dark red and
white chrysanthemums. The
center of the table was adorned
by a wedding cake which was
in the shape of an open book
and bore the inscription “Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Jaehne, Nov. 15,
1901—Nov. 15, 1941.”
Rev. R. Schuetze delivered an
appropriate address, congratu-
lating the honorees. Following
this, a sumptuous supper was
served to about one hundred
persons. After supper all en-
joyed a dance in the hall.
The Gazette congratulates
Mr. and Mrs. Jaehne and wishes
them many more years of hap-
py married life.
The following were present
from out of town:
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard Drey-
er, Birdie and Henry, Miss Jua-
nita Maeker, Wilson; Mr. A. J.
Kahlich, Joyce and Prv. Al-
wood Kahlich, San Antonio;
Sgt. Victor Deharde, Mrs. H. O.
Burkett, Mrs. Pat Burkett, Hat-
tie Hauschild, Floresville; Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Sunday and
son, Kenedy; Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Polley, Mathis; Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Mengers, Tynan; Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Wendland and Shir-
ley Dale, San Angelo; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cook, Billy, Judy
and Carlos, Ballinger; Mr. and
Walter Klaus, Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Barre and Mrs.
Emma Juengerman,’ Mr. and
Mrs. Elton Hauschild, Miss
Alice Huebner, Yoakum; Mr.
Henry M. Richter
Dies In Houston
Of Heart Attack
Gaedke, Will Westphal, Mr. and and Mrs. Hy. Flessner, Leslie
Mrs. Robert Dreyer and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Remmers,
Mrs. Otto Remmers, Miss An-
nie Remmers, Mr. and Mrs.Otto
Glatzert and daughter, and
Rev. and Mrs. Schuetze all of
Shiner.
NEW BABY
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Schill-
ing are the parents of a baby
boy, born on Armistice Day.
DEER KILLED
Arthur Kasper and son Don-
ald were very happy Sunday
when each one of them downed
a 9-point buck near Hope.
This is Donald’s first victim.
Flessner, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Black and sons Yorktown.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
A beautiful wedding, solem-
nized in quiet simplicity, was
that of Alvin Boehm and Miss
Emily Pavlicek, which took
place in the Praha Catholic
Church Monday morning at
8:30. Rev. Anders officiated.
Witnesses were August Wen-
ske of Shiner and James Pav-
licek of Lubbock.
The bride made a pleasing
picture in her bridal attire.
Her gown was of white satin,
the full skirt extending into a
brief train. She wore a finger-
tip length veil, clasped to her
head with clusters of orange
blossoms. She carried a bou-
quet of white chrysanthemums.
Misses Lydia Rose Boehm of
Ganado and Leona Migl of
Seguin served as bridesmaids.
Both wore rose taffeta gowns
and carried rose colored prayer
books with streamers. Their es-
corts were Edwin Boehm and
Eugene Pavlicek. They wore
dark suits and pink carnation
buttonaires. The groom wore a
dark suit with white button-
aire.
A wedding feast was held at
the home of the bride’s parents
after the ceremony. In the af-
ternoon the newlyweds left on
a honeymoon trip to West, Tex-
as. Upon their return they will
be domiciled in the Frank Stach
apartment.
The bride is the sweet and
attractive daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Pavlicek of Komen-
sky. She has scores of friends
in Shiner and elsewhere, hav-
ing endeared herself to every-
one by her charming person-
ality.
The groom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Boehm of Moulton, is
a young man who also numbers
his friends by his acquaintanc-
es. He and his father are own-
ers of the Shiner Ford Garage.
The Gazette extends sincere
wishes that their journey
through life together may be
blessed with every joy.
Benno Holchak was also lucky
on the first day of the season,
bringing home a 7-pointer.
The following are patients in
the local hospital1 Mrs. Homer
Schilling, Victor Strakos, Emily JOHN DEERE DAY TO BE
Pokluda, Shiner; Mrs. Willie HELD IN SHINER
Kossa, Schulenburg; Christine MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Hosak, Travis Henry, Yoakum; . ,
F. W. Patterson, Flatonia; Joe „ The Hajek Implement and
Scheincheck, Dilworth; Mrs.S^PP1^ Company announces
John Boedeker, Sunset. Ithat they Wl11 have a free en;
______ jtertamment for the farmers of
the Shiner trade territory, Mon
SHINER BAKERY INSTALLS, day, November 24, which has
NEW DOUGH MIXER .been designated as John Deere
- j Day. •
W. Tieken, proprietor of the A free picture show starring
Shiner Bakery announces the. Slim Summerville and Zasu
! installation of a new high Pitts in “Uncle Joe,” an all-
Business Men’s Club
Have Guest At
Luncheon
(Photo, Courtesy of Houston
Chronicle)
NOTICE COTTON
PRODUCERS
After Saturday, November
22nd, the Shiner Compress will
prepare loan papers on Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays of each
week only.
Shiner Compress & Whse. Co.
SERVICES OF SHINER
BAPTIST CHURCH
m.
Sunday School 10 a.
Thomas Hughs, Supt.
Morning Worship 11 a. m.
Sunday Night Services.
Training Union 6 p. m.
Mrs. R. B. Harris, Director.
Preaching 7:00 p. m.
Midweek Prayer Services:
Wednesday night prayer meet
ing 7:30.
A cordial welcome awaits you
at all of our serivces.
Rayford Harris, Pastor.
HOUSTON, Nov. 18.—Hans
Nagel, head zookeeper since
1924, was shot to death about
5 p. m. at the Hermann Park
Zoo Monday in Hermann Park
between the golf clubhouse and
Almeda Road.
Justice Maes said that Nagel
had been shot after an argu-
ment with H. M. Warren, 34,
of 919 Ashland, a motorcycle
park policeman.
Nagel was shot five times,
Maes said, in the head, heart
and abdomen.
Nagel had been in charge of
Hermann Park Zoo since 1924,
and had a national reputation
as a breeder of wild animals in
captivity.
His many hairbreadth es-
capes from death while hand-
ling poisonous snakes and wild
animals at the zoo attracted
wide attention from newspa- j cmnm p t a
pers. He had been injured se- * A* “• . „
1 The Shiner High School P.
T. A. met in regular monthly
session at the High School on
Thursday afternoon, Nov. 13,
ATTEND P. T. A.
BI-COUNTY COUNCIL
The P. T. A. Bi-County Coun-
cil held a school of instruction
in Hallettsville Monday after-
noon. Mrs. Milligan of Vander-
bilt was the principal speaker.
The following from Shiner
attended: Supt. J. Mil Auld,
Mesdames Rudie Valenta, J. W.
Boyle, Hugh Koether, Emil
Hajek and Ernest Hajek.
riously many times by animals,
but always boasted of his lack
of fear for them.
His animal gathering expe-
ditions took him all over the
world, and he was widely
known among American zoo-
logists for his work,
j He was credited with rais-
ing the Houston zoo from a
straggling collection of a few
animals and birds to its pres-
ent rank as one of the finest in
the country.
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Henry C. Nickel, Pastor
English services every second
and fourth Sunday of the
month, at 3 p. m. Visitors cor-
dially welcomed.
Phone No. 4 for an appoint-
ment—the latest in hairstyles.
MARBURGER’S Beauty Shop—
MORE YOUNGSTERS
AWARDED PRIZES
In the Baby Contest held at
Hallettsville, Monday of last
week, additional winners were
Bettie Jane, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hy. Goetz and Doris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Henkhaus.
NOTICE
All citizens are urged to
bundle all old waste paper:
paper will be picked up by the
Bey Scouts. Help ikem
at 3:30 p. m.
The Membership Committee
reported that there were seven-
ty-eight members belonging to
the organization.
All bills incurred by the re-
cent Halloween Carnival were
ordered paid.
The organization voted to join
the Bi-County Council consist-
ing of Fayette and Lavaca
Counties.
After all business was dis-
pensed with, Mr. Auld spoke
on the subject, “Education at
the Crossroads.”
The P. T. A. adjourned to
meet again on Dec. 11 at which
time Rev. Rayford Harris will
be the speaker.
speed dough mixer, installed
this week. This new piece of
equipment weighs about 3,400
Hollywood production, made
especially for your entertain-
ment, will be shown at this
lbs. and will add much in tex- John Deere program. A free
ture to the products put out by j iunch will also be served at the
this well known establishment..110011 hour.
Admission to this entertain-
ment is by ticket only. Same
COTTON GINNING REPORT |may be secured from the Hajek
--- j Implement & Supply Co. The
Census report shows that J program wlil be held in the old
8,500 bales of cotton were gin- j Blohm Building. Starting time,
ned in Lavaca County from 10:30 a. m.
the crop of 1941 prior to Nov. I -
1, 1941, as compared with 12,- For your hairsets and per-
777 bales for the crop of 1940.manent waves go to Holchak’s
Henry J. Strauss Special Agent Beauty S*»op Phone 197.
This Couple May Need Watching
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BUT YOUR SIDES WILL NEED BRACING
IF YOU ATTEND THE
Basket Ball Game
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
WHEN THE
Shiner Business Men
—DRESSED IN LADIES ATTIRE—
WILL PLAY THE
Shiner friends were deeply
grieved to learn of the death of
Henry M. Richter of Houston,
brother of Mrs. C. B. Welhau-
sen and Mayor Ad. Richter of
Shiner, which occurred at 5:30
o’clock Saturday afternoon in
the Methodist hospital in Hous-
ton. Mr. Richter who had reach-
ed the age of 56 years, was pre-
sident of Southwestern Settle-
ment and Development Corpo-
ration at the time of his death.
Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock Monday afternoon in
the Second Baptist church of
Houston with Dr. F. B. Thorn,
pastor, officiating. Burial was
in Forest Park in Houston.
Mr. Richter had been in ill
health and resting for the last
three months, but became cri-
tically ill only last Wednesday
when he suffered a heart at-
tack in Houston and was re-
moved to the hospital.
Mr. Richter was born on a
farm near Weimar, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Moritz Richter,
but at the age of 4 he moved
with the family to Shiner. He
attended Shiner Public School,
Nash School at Cuero and
Draughon’s Business College in
Houston. He taught the
Menger School for a time and
later was employed by the rail-
road. His fervent ambition was
to become a lawyer and this
ambition was realized when,
after studying law while work-
ing in Judge Kennerly’s office
in Houston, he passed his bar
examination.
In 1909 he started as a steno-
grapher with the Houston Oil
Company of Texas and upon
organization of the Southwes-
tern Settlement and Develop-
ment corporation in 1916 he
was made land and tax com-
missioner of the company.
In 1927 he was made general
manager in active charge of its
affairs and in 1933 became its^
president and chief executive
officer.
In addition to his position as
head of the Soutnwestern Set-
tlement and Development cor-
poration, he was manager of the
land and tax department of the
Houston Oil company, land and
tax commissioner for the Hous-
ton Pipe Line company and tax
commissioner for the Houston
Natural Gas corporation.
Mr. Richter’s grandparents
were among the first German
settlers to come to this country
in the early 1830’s. His grand-
father fought in the war for
Texas independence under Gen.
Sam Houston.
Mr. Richter, who has a home
at 4207 Rose Neath street
Houston, and offices in
ORFFV SCHOOL TO HAVE
TURKEY SHOOT NOV. 23
The Green School will hol<’
a turkey shoot at the school on
"\T ■J'J* 9
F. F. A. Boys of Shiner
AT THE
High School Gymnasium
The Shiner Business Men’s
Club met in regular session at
Meyer’s Modern Cafe Novem-
ber 13th, with 18 members and
one guest present.
The meeting was opened with
the reading and approval of
the minutes of the previous
meeting.
Mrs. Elo Wolters, executive
secretary of the Lavaca County
Red Cross Chapter was asked
by President Max L. Wolters
to tell what the Red Cross was
doing and what their duties
were in the line of service to
the community. Mrs. Wolters
gave a splendid outline of the
Red Cross set-up, their duties
and the kind of work that the
Lavaca County Red Cross has
been able to do with the limited
funds available. The work of
the Red Cross is strictly confi-
dential and therefore the many
things that they do in the way
of charity is not known to the
public. The existing world em-
ergency has brought on many
new problems connected with
the soldiers in the army and
there exists now a very pressing
need for new funds from con-
tributing members of the Red
Cross. The quota for Shiner and
vicinity has been set at 350
new members. The member-
ship dues are one dollar each
and a drive will start soon to
raise Shiner’s quota to the Am-
erican Red Cross.
The Vigilance Committee dis-
cussed the solicitors permit plan
inaugurated by the Shiner
Chamber of Commerce and it
seems that this is working very
satisfactorily and that all soli-
citors appreciate this plan.
The Agriculture Committee
headed by James Buske re-
ported on the progress being
made on plans for a stock show
to be held in Shiner in the
soring of next year. Plans are
shaping up nicely and Shiner
will be assured of a good show
at the proper time. &
The basket ball game bet-
ween the F. F. A. Club and this
club has been set for Thurs-
day night, Nov. 20th.
The Xmas Tree Committee
has set Friday evening, Dec-
ember 5th, for the annual Xmas
Tree Program.
The next regular meeting of
the club will be canceled since
it falls on Thanksgiving Day.
No further business, the club
adjourned. ; *
BUNJES CLUB TO MEET
The Bunjes Home Demon-
stration Club will hold its next
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Nollkamper on Monday*
November 24, at 2 p. m.
FLATONIA FLOWER SHOW
NOVEMBER 22
The Flatonia Flower Show
will be held Saturday, Nov. 22*
from 2 to 9 p. m. in the court
house building.
projects. For several years he
served as president of the Tex-
as Highway 8 association, was
a member of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce and a
director of the Texas Forestry
association. He was generous in
his support of every worthy
civic project. He was also a
great philanthropist and helped
many young people to a pros-
perous future.
He is survived by his widow
of Houston; a daughter, Mrs.
Lebbeus C. Kemp, Jr. of Scars-
dale, N. Y.; two grandchildren,
Henry Richter Kemp and Mary
Courtright Kemp of Scarsdale;
two sisters, Mrs. C. B. Weihau-
AT 7:30 P. M.
BE SURE AND ATTEND
sen of Shiner and Mrs. W. R
that McComas of San Antonio; two
city, also maintains a summer brothers, Adolph of Shiner and
home two miles north of Sns-jCtio of Spokane, Wash,
bee and spent much of his time The Gazette joins the count -
there. The southeast Texas head! less friends of the family in
quarters for his corporation is mourning the loss of their loved;
also in Silsbee. _ one- j
For a number of years, one of |
Mr. Richter’s chief interests in1 Among those wno attended*
east Texas has been in the cut- the funeral from here were:
over pine land that is adapted Messrs and Mesdames C. B. Wei
to farming and reforestation, hausen, Ad. Richter, Gus Esch-
with approximately 500,000 enburg and Gussie Mae, Ed.
acres of land within the refores- Busch, V. G. Stindt and Wil-
tation program he promoted. liam, Mesdames Ed. Herder,
He also formulated a plan Peck Welhausen, Chas. Lon-
of selective cutting and logging goria and Junior, Isabel Thule-
that would keep a constant sup- meyer, E. C. Wolters, Annie
ply of saw logs for the mills of Mewes, Wm. Wendtland, Emma
east Texas. He spent much of Hillje, E. A. Busch, Henry
his time educating the public Stindt, Dr. A. A. Darilek and
to the prevention of forest fires. Junior, Messrs. Ray Welhausen,
In addition to his connection Edwin Wolters, Jos. Muras, Mr.
with these concerns, he found and Mrs. W. R. McComas of
plenty of time to promote civic San Antonio.
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