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SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, I960
NUMBER 26
VOLUME 68
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
Welhausen. Hill New Site
Duchess-Duke
THE AMERICAN WAY —
Methodist Vote
REPEAL INCOME TAXES
LEGION PARK, SUNDAY, JULY 3
For New Church
year
days.
Norman
Gazette.
AND THE RAINS CAME
to goodness
for the fol-
Patients
30: Swim-
Holiday, no
the state received
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for the
the
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sue-
Witting
232 and
to Holy
rain is expected to
benefit to the cot-
were held
at the Ku-
in Halletts-
and at St.
husband,
Witting;
at the
at 8:00
Society
by the
with the city receiving
30 inches of rain over the
day period. A total of
inches was reported for
named
with 17
office
DAY
A full day of gala entertain-
ment, attractive to kids and
adults alike, is scheduled at
Legion Park in Shiner for Sun-
day, July 3 as Shiner observes
its annual Independence Day
celebration.
Rains that measured any-
where from around seven in-
ches to 15 dropped on the Shi-
ner area from Thursday after-
noon to Sunday morning, caus-
ing some damage to crops and
roads, but the benefits to fields
and pastures generally far out-
weighed the losses.
base. Arlen Ray Zander called
balls and strikes.
These two teams will meet
again Thursday night, June 30
at 7 p.m., so come out and sup-
port this new crop of softball
players.
A complete list of all the
players will be carried in a
later issue of the Gazette. Watch
for it!
Clarence Sembera
assistant members,
p.m. by the
Thursday, June
parishioners at
day, June 24.
ed in for this week’s pub-
lication. They will appear
in the next issue of the
NOTE: The Gazette
will be closed ALL
Saturday and Monday,
July 2 and 4.
$2.50 PER YEAR 8c PER COPY
NOTE: Due to limited space
it was necessary to hold
over several articles turn-
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cloutier,
Madison, Jacqueline and Mona
Selice arrived this week from
Shreveport, La. and are occupy-
ing their new home, recently
purchased from Jos. Muras, lo-
cated adjacent to the Muras
apartment building.
This estimable family will
prove a desirable addition to
our citizenship, Mrs. Cloutier
being the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hajek,
who are happy to have their
children and grandchildren
home with them.
Walt Disney’s wonderful sto-
ry of a boy and the circus,
TOBY TYLER, at the Palace
Theatre, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Tom J. (Albina) Dari-
lek, 68, died at her home at
Witting, Wednesday, June 22,
1960 at 6:00 a.m. following a
lingering illness.
Funeral services
Saturday, June 25
bena Funeral Home
ville at 9:00 a.m.
Mary’s Catholic Church at 9:30
a.m. Rev. Father Henry Psen-
cik officiated.
Interment was in St. Mary’s
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Julius Han-
slik, Willie Holik, Frank Han-
slik, Daniel Kresta, Willie To-
bola and Victor Buzek.
The deceased was a member
of the Altar Society of her par-
ish. She was born at Breslau
November 12, 1891. Miss Albi-
na Hanslik, as a young woman,
married Tom J. Darilek Nov-
ember 7, 1911 at St. Mary’s and
they settled in the
community.
Surviving are her
Tom J. Darilek of
three sons, Emil Darilek of
Austin, Ad. C. Darilek of Witt-
ing and Edward Darilek of La
Marque; two daughters, Mrs.
Victor (Agnes) Tryner of Yoa-
kum, Mrs. George (Annie) Va-
ligura of Moulton; two brothers,
Joe Hanslik of Wharton and
Emil Hanslik of Victoria; six
sisters, Mrs. Frances Holik and
Mrs. Lawrence Riha of Hall-
ettsville, Mrs. Fred Maresh of
El Campo, Mrs. Julius Kresta of
Shiner, Mrs. Julius Tobola of
Sweet Home and Mrs. Frank
Wagner of Victoria; and 13
grandchildren. One son, two
brothers, a sister and her par-
ents preceded her in death.
Rosary was recited
Kubena Funeral Home
Altar
23 and
8:00 p.m. Fri-
By Willis E. Stone
(Editor’s Note: Willis E. Stone
is author of the “Proposed
23rd Amendment” and Chair-
man National Committee For
Economic Freedom, Los Ange-
les, Calif.)
The State of Nevada is the
third State to adopt a Resolu-
tion for the “Proposed 2 3rd
Amendment”, and provides a
promise of relief from the agony
of “Income Tax Day.”
This amendment will curb
the “tax, spend and elect” phil-
osophy which seems to have
dominated the political scene for
so many years. There have been
many who feel there is no hope
of ever controlling the appetite
of the tax collector, yet the act-
ion taken first by Wyoming,
then by Texas, and now by Ne-
vada, indicates there is every
chance in the world of solving
the problems of unlimited fed-
eral taxing and spending.
The “Proposed 23rd Amend-
ment” is a simple declaration
of basic policy, as it does not
add to, nor subtract from, the
original terms of the Constitu-
' tion. It is designed to give the
Constitution new forces and ef-
fect. It provides that:
“Sec. 1. The Government of
the United States shall not en-
gage in any business, profes-
sional, commercial, financial or
industrial enterprise except as
specified in the Constitution.
“Sec. 4. Congress shall not
levy taxes on personal incomes,
inheritances, and/or gifts.
The “Proposed 23rd Amend-
ment” is generally seriously
considered whenever it is ener-
getically brought before the
Legislature of a State because
the States also are having tax
troubles these days. The pre-
emption of State taxing powers,
and the steady encroachment of
federal agencies on State juris-
diction is felt keenly by the ad-
ministrators of State govern-
ments.
Those who gloomily forecast
that nothing can be done to con-
trol our rush into national so-
cialism should review the facts.
Within the past few mohths
working organizations to pro-,
mote public understanding of
the “Proposed 23rd Amend-
ment” have been developing in
37 states. In some of these the
amendment has been put before
the Legislature for study and
action.
In Wyoming a Resolution for
the amendment was adopted by
a voice in the Democratic
House, and approved without
dissent in the Republican Sen-
ate, and signed by a Democratic
Governor because he wanted to
go on record in favor of it.
In Texas, where not a single
Republican is to be found in
the State Legislature, the “Pro-
posed 23rd Amendment” was
approved by the House by a
vote of 80 to 55, and was ap-
proved the following day by the
Senate on a voice vote.
In Nevada thirteen (9 Re-
publicans and 4 Democrats) of
the 17 members of the State
Senate jointly initiated the Re-
solution. It quickly passed the
Senate and on March 11, 1960,
was approved by the Demo-
cratic House by a 31 to 10 vote.
Here is powerful evidence
that people get results when
they go to work to get action on
the “Proposed 23rd Amend-
ment” designed to solve our
tax-and-spend problems of gov-
ernment.
Every citizen, every commu-
nity, city, county and state will
prosper under the terms of the
amendment—and so will the
federal government. This is true
because the amendment will re-
establish a rule of just and
equal law. It will cause the
federal government to sell vast
enterprises back to the Ameri-
can people from whom they
were taken. These enterprises
will be put back on local, state
and federal tax rolls. By getting
rid of these bureaucratic enter-
prises—more than 700 of them
—the costs of the federal gov-
ernment will be cut more than
in half, which will be more
than enough to offset the re-
venue lost through repeal of the
16th (income tax) amendment.
States will again have sov-
ereignty over the areas within
their boundaries, and the con-
flicts between state and fed-
eral governments will vanish.
It is people, however—just
Corbett McGinty
Dies In California
Mrs. Ervin Riske of Shiner
was notified Wednesday of last
week of the death of her nep-
hew, Corbett McGinty, 60, of
San Francisco, California.
Mr. McGinty lived alone and
had been dead 4 or 5 days be-
fore his body was discovered.
An apparent heart attack was
the cause of his sudden death.
He had never been married.
His father, Luke McGinty,
died in 1927 and his mother
passed away in November 1959.
Survivors include a number
of uncles and aunts and num-
erous other relatives.
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Most of the rainfall soaked
into the ground with washing
occurring in only a few areas
following a downpour late Sat-
urday evening. Wind in some
places laid corn over, but dam-
age is expected to be slight.
Ranchers felt the moisture
was of great benefit to the
parched pastures and all tanks
again were filled. Cotton grow-
ers were jubilant over the pros-
pects and in some parts of the
county cotton was already in
bloom. The
be of great
ton.
Most of
rain, the rain storm being set
off by a small disturbance in
the Gulf of Mexico.
Port Lavaca seemed to have
been the center of the disturb-
ance
some
three
16.63
the period from 8:00 p.m. Sat-
urday until 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
including 5.5 inches in a five
hour period. Rain was reported
to have stopped falling in that
city shortly before dark Sunday.
Damage to the city was esti-
mated in excess of a million dol-
lars. All sections of the city with
the exception of the down town
business district were reported
flooded with water as deep as
five feet in some sections. The
storm was said to be the most
destructive disaster since the
hurricane of 1945.
the
re-
COMMENTS"
After some 18 years of
cessful teaching in the Flatonia
school system, Miss Beatrice
Kasper has decided to return
home and is being welcomed by
scores of friends and future
patrons.
Miss Kasper has moved into
her practically new home, for-
merly occupied by her late par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed N. Kas-
per. She will prove a valuable
addition to the Shiner elemen-
tary public school faculty.
Fourth Of Jm!j
Is Holiday Here
Just about everything will be
closed in Shiner Monday, July
4 in observance of Independ-
ence Day.
The Post Office will be closed
and there will be no rural route
delivery. Offices and businesses
in general will be closed.
Housewives are reminded to
stock up on groceries as stores
will be closed for two
’NOTES AND
Cotton Acreage
Not Planted May
Be Preserved
Growers Must File Forms
By Aug. 1 With Valid Reasons
La Grange. — Farmers who
underplanted their cotton al-
lotment acreage this year due to
one of several legitimate rea-
sons are being urged by the Old
Cotton Belt Association to take
advantage of a new Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conser-
vation Committee Regulation
that will preserve the allotment
for the future.
The new ruling to establish
1961 cotton allotments states
that if a farmer did not plant
at least 75 percent of his al-
lotment in 1960, then his allot-
ment for next year will be re-
duced because the number of
acres actually planted in 1960
will be used to establish the
three-year average.
However, if his not planting
75 percent of the alloted acre-
age was due to conditions be-
yond the producer’s control —
such as excessive rainfall, flood,
hail, drouth, lack of water on
irrigating farms resulting from
effects of drouth of water sup-
plies, or illness—he can make
application in writing with his
county ASC committee and, if
approved, his underplanting
will not affect his three-year
average.
This application must be fil-
ed before August 1, 1960.
OCBA officials urge every-
one who underplanted on ac-
count of conditions beyond
their control to take the matter
up with their ASC committees
as soon as possible.
“Producers who would like
further information should con-
sult with their county commit-
tees at once, as it is imperative
that we salvage this acreage
which might otherwise be lost,”
OCBA officers stated.
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Lavaca Farm
Bureau To Sponsor
Queen Contest
The Lavaca County Farm
Bureau Board of Directors vot-
ed to again sponsor a queen
contest this year. The date or
place of the contest has not yet
been decided, but it will be dur-
ing the summer months, prob-
ably in July or August.
The county awards will also
be decided at a later date and
announced.
Following are points of in-
terest to girls who are inter-
ested in participating.
The purpose of this contest is
to the farm
Texas. The
the contest
Cloutier Family
Welcomed Home
Miss B. Kasper
Accepts Position
In Shiner H. S.
we people—who will profit
most. Again we will get a full
day’s pay for a day’s work—
without taxes being withheld.
It will mean better than a 20
per cent increase in take-home
pay for the American people
without changing the rate of
pay a single penny.
This is the reward available
by reestablishing the power of
the Constitution .through the
“Proposed 23rd Amendment.”
It is worth the effort to make
this question of economic free-
dom the main issue this
of 1960.
Recreation
Summer Program
A good crowd of youngsters
are taking part in the Sum-
mer Recreation Program at the
High School Gym. The activi-
ties are in the fourth week and
interest in sports, crafts and
games is still high. From now
until July 15, activities from
9:00 to 11:30 each morning will
be limited to students in the
first through the sixth grades.
It is not necessary that a child
be there for the entire time. He
may come later than 9 o’clock
and may leave whenever he
chooses.
The afternoon hours of 2:00
to 4:00 p.m. continue to be open
to all school-age boys and girls.
This Summer Program will be
in progress until July 15. If you
haven’t participated in these
activities, start now and take
advantage of this opportunity.
All activities will be cancell-
ed for Friday, July 1 and Mon-
day, July 4. The gym will not
be open at any time during
these two days. Regular hours
will be resumed on Tuesday,
July 5. Below is a schedule of
morning activities
lowing week:
Thursday, June
ming;
Friday, July 1:
activities;
Monday, July 4: Holiday, no
activities;
Tuesday, July 5: Swimming;
Wednesday, July 6: Fishing
Trip. The group will leave the
gym at 7 a.m. and return about
9:30 or shortly after. Each one
shall bring his own pole, bait,
and a snack;
Thursday, July 6: Swimming.
Tuesday and Thursday morn-
ings are Swim days. All swim-
ming takes place at Sulphur
Park. Races and water games
are conducted under the direc-
tion of David Little and Miss
Betsy Ross, both of whom are
qualified swimming instructors
and life guards. There are other
helpers on hand also to assist
in waterfront safety. Each
swimmer is to bring 15c for ad-
mittance to the pool and trans-
portation is furnished from
gym to Sulphur Park and
turn.
® STORY HOUR
Mrs. Guy McKay was
leader for the Story Hour held
on June 22. Almost 20 pre-
school age youngsters attended
this function and enjoyed the
story and play activities. This
Story Hour is held each Wed-
nesday morning from 10:00 to
11 o’clock in the First Grade
Room of the Elementary
Building. It is sponsored by the
P-TA and is exclusively for 4
and 5 year olds and for 6 year
olds who have not yet attended
first grade.
On June 29, Mrs. David Little
directed the Story Hour. An
active game period on the play-
ground delighted the many chil-
dren who attended and quite a
bit of artistic talent was re-
vealed as the boys and girls
drew a mural on the chalk
board.
Keep these activities in mind
and bring your pre-school age
boy or girl to enjoy the Story
Hour each Wednesday morning
throughout the summer.
The Library is open in the
North end of the Elementary
Building every Wednesday
morning from 9 to 11 a.m. Stu-
dents and adults are invited to
come and look around or to
check out a book. There are
books suitable for all age boys
and girls and for adults as well.
A fee of 25c is charged for stu-
dents who are in the 7th grade
and above, also for adults. For
those below the 7th grade, the
fee is 15c. This fee is paid only
once for the use of the library
for the entire summer.
Some forty persons have been
making use of the library faci-
lities in the past three weeks.
Books are valuable items, yet
worth nothing unless they are
read.
Congratulations
• Lt. and Mrs. Harold Hart-
man of Waco are the proud and
happy parents of a baby girl,
Deborah Ann, born Monday,
June 20 at JCAF Base Hospital.
The little Miss tipped the scale
at 6 pounds and 12 ounces.
Grandparents for the first time
are Mr. and Mrs. Herman J.
Barre of Shiner and Leslie
Hartman Sr. of Benton Harbor,
Michigan. Otto Fisseler of Shi-
ner and Henry Barre of Yoakum
are great-grandparents for the
first time. Mrs. Hartman will
be remembered as the former
Wanda Barre. Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Barre and Glenda are
in Waco, 1018 Crow Drive,
forming the acquaintance of
their granddaughter and niece.
® Mr. and Mrs. Brian Helweg
of Shiner are the happy parents
of a baby boy, who made his
appearance at the Wagner Hos-
pital Tuesday, June 28 at 2:45
p.m. Little Tod Jay weighed in
at 8 pounds and 4 ounces.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Oswald Roeder of Schulenburg
and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Helweg
of Shiner. Great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Vaca
and Walter Helmcamp of Schu-
lenburg and Ludwig Janssen.
Listed as patients this week
are: George Boedeker Jr., Mrs.
Frank Schlapota, Miss Evelyn
Matura, Mrs. Brian Helweg and
baby boy, . Milosh Grossmann,
Shiner; Caroline Gatewood,
New York City; Walter C. Mar-
tin, Victoria.
• Colored Unit: Henrietta Mil-
ton, Shiner.
® Dismissed patients are: Mrs.
Frank Konvicka, Betty Jewel
Hull, Edward Berckenhoff, Mrs.
Louis Fishbeck and baby girl,
Mrs. Emma Fehrenkamp, Har-
ley O. Helmcamp, Mrs. Sterling
A. Kuecker and baby boy, Mrs.
Annie L. Peace, Jacob Vesely,
Louis Nagelmueller, Mrs. Fran-
ces Meyer.
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Mrs. T. J. Darilek
Rites Held June 25
Rev. Perry Preaches
Sunday, 8:30 a.m.
Due to the absence of the
pastor, the Rev. Vernon Frank
Perry Jr. of Hallettsville, will
bring the gospel message Sun-
day morning, July 3 at 8:3.0
a.m. There will be no evening
service.
Much interest is centered in
Rev. Perry’s return after many
years. When a boy, in 1941, he
visited with his father, the Rev.
Vernon Perry, when this church
was a part of the Flatonia Meth-
odist circuit and the parsonage
was in Flatonia.
Mrs. E. H. Dreyer of Gon-
zales will be soloist.
At Melon Thump
Miss Mildred Welhausen and
Billie Patek will represent Shi-
ner and the Chamber of Com-
merce as duchess and duke at
the seventh annual Watermelon
Thump in Luling this weekend.
They will be guests at the
buffet dinner Friday, July 1 at
5:30 p.m. at the Club House and
at 8:30 will participate in the
queen’s coronation, followed by
the formal ball at the National
Guard Armory.
The big watermelon parade
will be held Saturday morning
at ten when Miss Welhausen,
accompanied by Ellen Jane Sta-
nek and Cynthia Welhausen,
will ride the Shiner, Chamber
of Commerce float in the par-
ade.
to give recognition
and ranch girls of
basic principles of
are as follows:
This is an honest
queen contest. The girls are to
be judged on grace, poise,
charm, vivaciousness, and all
the other qualities that go to
make up winsome Texas future
homemakers. There are three
main points on which they will
be judged, namely; (1) appear-
ance, (2) poise, (3) personal-
ity.
Each contestant will be re-
quired to speak approximately
one minute on some subject
pertaining to Farm Bureau.
Eligibility qualifications are:
daughter or sister of a Farm
Bureau member actively en-
gaged in agricultural produc-
tion. Membership should be in
county of participation. She
must be single and of an age of
16-22 (sixteen by September 1,
1960 and not over 22, Septem-
ber 1, 1960). The county must
have 25 Farm Bureau members.
Awards will be made in the
queen contest. All district win-
ners and an attendant for each,
will receive an expense-paid
trip to the state convention.
State Farm Bureau queen and
matron escort will be allowed
$500 expenses to American
Farm Bureau Federation con-
vention, Denver, Colorado, De-
cember, 1960. All district queens
will receive a beautiful watch.
BAKE SALE
The Shiner High School Pep
Squad is sponsoring a bake sale
Saturday, July 2 at Shiner Mo-
tor Sales from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. There will be home-made
pies, koiaches, cakes and bread
on sale.
Meetings-Notices
® BUNJES H. D. Club will
meet Thursday, July 7 at 2:30
p.m. at Sulphur Park. Cancer
bandages will be made. (26-2t)
® KJT SOCIETY will receive
Holy Communion in a body at
the 6:30 a.m. Mass Sunday,
July 3. Members please attend.
® SHINER Farm Bureau will
meet Wednesday, July 6 at 8:00
p.m. at Legion Park for its
monthly meeting. Members
wishing to attend the Annual
Barbecue Supper for members
on July 19 are kindly urged to
get their tickets at an early date
in order to enable the Food
Committee to prepare
supper.
• BOY SCOUT Troop
Cub Pack 232 will go
Communion Sunday, July 3 at
the 6:30 Mass.
Bacon Berckenhoff In
Brooke Gen. Hospital
Edward “Bacon” Bercken-
hoff was transferred last week
from the local hospital to:
Ward 43E, Annex 4
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Friends wishing to write to
him or send cards may use the
above address.
Installation
Ladies Night
Rotary Monday
The Shiner Rotary Club met
at Swank Restaurant Monday at
7:30 p. m. Installation of new -
officers for the coming calendar 1
year were installed and Rotary
Ann’s were present for the oc-
casion.
Out of town guests were ,
Donald Eastland, District Gov- I
ernor of Hillsboro and his guest
Miss Margie Watson of Itasca, i
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Welhausen,
Yoakum; Mrs. Thomas J. O’-
Donnell, Lowell, Mass.; Ivan
Vacek and Rowena Johnson of
Schulenburg.
Local guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Griffin, Dr. and Mrs.
Dennis Wagner, Arnold Stanek
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Esse.
Program chairman Glade
Welhausen was in charge of
the well arranged program and
was fortunate to have the new
District Governor present at
this memorable occasion.
The program for the evening
was opened by President Clyde
Otto with the entire gathering
singing “A m e r i c a.” Arthur
Ward assisted by. his daughter
Sandra, at the piano, led the
group in singing. Sandra later
rendered a piano solo.
The speaker of the evening
District Governor Donald East-
land of Hillsboro, spoke on the
theme “You Are Rotary.” An
excellent address was given by
Mr. Eastland. Elsewhere in the
Gazette appears a condensed
history of the new District Gov-
ernor.
Following Mr. Eastland’s ad-
dress, he gave recognition to
the retiring officers: President,
Clyde Otto; Vice-Pres., Jos.
Muras; Sec. Geo. Watzlavick;
Directors: Dr. R. W. Williams,
Arthur Kaspar, Bob Sterling,
Arthur Ward and Dr. A. A.
Darilek Jr.
Installation of the new of-
ficers was as follows: Presi-
dent, Rev. John Gilbert; Vice-
Pres., Geo. Watzlavick; Secret-
ary Harvey Barsch; Treasurer,
Max Wolters. Board of Direc-
tors: Ray Welhausen, Dr. R. W.
Williams, Bob Sterling, Arthur
Ward, Jos. Muras and Clyde
Otto.
After brief acceptance re-
marks by the new president
the meeting was closed with
the Rotary parting song.
Teenage Softball
Teams Organized
The' two teenage softball
teams, which choose to be called
the Red Devils and the Tigers,
met on the Shiner High School
diamond Thursday night, June
23. The boys have had to make
a few adjustments to softball,
this being their first experience
in this game but the practice
session the previous week- real-
ly got some of the players “in
the groove” and a fine game of
ball was enjoyed by the boys
and the spectators.
The Tigers came out victor-
ious by a score of 16 to 6.
The first four innings were
very closely played and the
score read 5-4 going into the
fifth inning, in the Tigers fav-
or. However, this inning was
the undoing of the Red Devils,
as for them it was “three-up
and three down,” while the
Tigers went through the com-
plete batting order before the
Red Devils could halt them,
bringing in 7 runs. The Red
Devils settled down and played
good ball the rest of the game
but it was too late.
Batteries for the Red Devils
were Dana Cimrhanzel and Da-
vid John Sterling. The seven
hits for the Red Devils were a
triple and a double by Cimr-
hanzel, 2 singles each by Car-
lind Blohm and Edgar Boh-
mann Jr. and one single for
Patrick Kram.
Batteries for the Tigers were
Frankie Kubecka and Gene
Henkhaus. Collecting the six
hits for the Tigers were Ken-
neth Lee Jurica, George Ku-
tach, Dorf Zander and Gene
Henkhaus with a single each.
Tommy Korenek slammed out a
homer in the first inning, with
two on, and Frankie Kubecka
came through with a double in
the seventh, cleaning the load-
ed bases.
Ronald Pfeil, playing left
field for the Tigers, made two
outstanding catches, robbing
the Red Devils of hits that
would have gone for extra bas-
es.
Umpires for the game were
Robert Sterling at first and sec-
ond, and Dennis Kutach at third
Promptly at 8:30 a.m. Sun-
day morning the Methodist
Church conference called by the
District Superintendent, the
Rev. Frank Charlton, convened
in an historical session.
The Rev. John C. Gilbert
presided with Mrs. Lanelle
Kasper being appointed secre-
tary.
Despite forbidding weather
over the weekend and unset-
tled conditions of Sunday, the
response, of the membership to
the official call was phenomi-
nal.
The first decision presented
was that of building a new
church. The motion made was
favorable and carried unani-
mously.
The second decision was
whether or not to accept the
new site, so generously offered
by the Welhausen family.
Equally unanimous was the
vote accepting the new loca-
tion.
Adopted was the suggestion
from the official board of the
church to appoint six program
committees to serve the build-
ing committee and the architect
in providing a church plant that
will serve the needs and cus-
toms of the congregation.
Worship chairman
was Arthur H. Kaspar
members assisting.
Education chairman,
S. Davis with 11 assistants, Ad-
ministration chairman, Ray
Welhausen with 12 members
assisting, Site Development
chairman
with 10
Finance chairman, Glade Wel-
hausen with some five or six
co-operating members.
Don Kaspar was named as
general chairman of the build-
ing committee with Ray Wel-
hausen as co-chairman.
The six committee chairmen
above named constitute the
complete building committee.
The pastor is an ex-officio
but non-voting member of each
committee.
The congregational meeting
Sunday was the culmination of
weeks and months of the Im-
provement and Exploration
committees appointed by the of-
ficial board of the church.
Many long hours have been
devoted to this work. These
committees reported from time
to time to the membership.
It must have been gratifying
to this bevy of workers and a
dedicated pastor to have ex-
perienced the appreciation and
support of the membership.
All suggestions presented
Sunday morning were adopted
without discussion with unani-
mous approval.
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Baptist Church
Contract Awarded
The Shiner Baptist Church
has awarded a contract to H. P.
Hibbert’s Company of Irving,
Texas for the construction of
the new church building. The
contract was chosen from four
bids that were submitted, Mr.
Hibbert’s being the lowest, with
a bid of $33,975.75. This in-
cludes the complete construc-
tion of the building with cen-
tral air-conditioning and heat-
ing. The only additional pur-
chase for the church to make
will be the furniture that is to
go into the auditorium.
Mr. Luman and his crew has
arrived in Shiner, and as the
weather will permit, will con-
tinue the task of constructing
the building. The anticipated
completion date is to be ninety
working days or less. Super-
vision of the construction will
be conducted jointly by Mr.
Bliss of Dallas, and the build-
ing committee, Russell Apple-
white, chairman.
Legion Park provides ample
facilities for families to enjoy
a full day’s relaxation and take
part in the many festivities
planned. Various entertainment,
games, pony rides, etc., may be
enjoyed as well as a concert by
the famed Shiner Hobo Band.
Beef barbecue dinner with all
the trimmings will be served
family style beginning at 11:00
a.m.
Lunch consisting of sand-
wiches, cakes and koiaches will
be served beginning at 3 p.m.
Climaxing the day’s activities
will be a big dance at night be-
ginning at 8:30 p.m. with Rudy
Kurtz and his Orchestra fur-
nishing the music.
This annual event is spon-
sored by the American Legion
and Auxiliary Kolar-Stanek
Post No. 201.
Wilcox Venture
Starts In Lavaca
H. L. Hunt of Dallas has
spudded a 9,200-foot Wilcox
prospector two miles south of
Shiner in Lavaca County. Num-
ber 1 Kostak is • about seven
miles west of Mobil Oil Com-
pany’s important Edwards Lime
gas discovery at 13,350 feet.
Hunt has an option to carry
the test to 13,000. Houston Oil-
man Cecil Hagen, who assem-
bled the 6,520-acre block, has
a fourth interest in the play.
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