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Thursday, July 7, 1955
THE SHINER GAZETTE
CONTRACT FOR
Congratulations
• Mr. and Mrs. Ben Huser of
Hallettsville announce the birth
of their first child, a baby boy,
born June 25 at the Renger Hos-
pital, weight was four pounds
and ten ounces. Grandparents
are Mrs. Ben Huser of Shiner
and Joe A. Grahmann of Hall-
ettsville.
• Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ben-
jamin announce the arrival of
a little son, born in the Hous-
ton Osteopathic Hospital,
weighing 7 pounds and 3 ounc-
es. He was named Edward Ben-
jamin III. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Draeger of Cor-
pus Christi and Mrs. George
Dake of Muskogeen, Mich.
• A baby boy, 9 pounds, 2
ounces, was born Tuesday,
June 28 at the Santa Rosa Hos-
pital to Mr. and Mrs. Archie
H. Kotara of San Antonio. The
baby was baptized Sunday at
St. Gerrards by Rev. Springer
with Mrs. Jack Fohn of San An-
tonio and Dan Kresta of Edna
an aunt and uncle of the baby,
as sponsors. He will answer to
Gary Michael and was welcom-
ed at home by his sister, Shir-
ley and brother, Kenneth.
• Mr. and"Mrs. Elwood C.
Kasper are rejoicing over the
arrival of their first born, a lit-
tle girl at the Wagner Hospital,
July 5. The little miss weighed
seven pounds. The mother was
the former Miss Elizabeth Neus-
ser.
• Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kon-
caba are the proud parents of a
baby girl, born at the Wagner
Hospital July 5. Weight was 9
pounds.
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Mrs. Frank Bentley of Green-
ville, Miss., is visiting her niece,
Mrs. L. E. Denmark.
The Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Cecil
had as Independence Day guests
their son, G. G. Cecil Jr., wife
and baby of San Antonio.
NEW YORK CONFIDEN-
TIAL, starring Broderick Craw-
ford, Richard Conte and Mari-
lyn Maxwell, is the true expose
of a big crime syndicate, Palace
Theatre, Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Hospital Patients
Listed this week are: Mrs. El-
wood Kasper and baby girl,
Eugene Berger, Mrs. Hattie
Berg, Mrs. Frank Sralla, Louise
Banda, Mrs. Davies Picha, R. J.
Osborn, Mrs. Willie Koncaba
and baby girl, Mrs. Adolph E.
Drabek, Mrs. Chas. Gaedke,
Shiner; Miss Clara Petering,
Yoakum; Alfred Janak, Hall-
ettsville; Mrs. Henry Wenske,
Mrs. Rosie Migl, Moulton; Bob-
by Schobey, Mrs. John A. Ba-
ros, Gonzales; Louis Matusek,
Wharton.
• Colored Unit: Gladys Ram-
sey, Shiner; Viola Cunningham,
Hallettsville.
• Dismissed patients are: Mrs.
John Kuntschek, Victor Mol-
noskey, Warner Jenkins, Jim-
mie Schobey, Henry Pesl, En-
och Schobey Jr., Miss Mary Ka-
lina, Mrs. Emil Balusek Jr.,
Mrs. Max Johnson, Mrs. Jos.
Rott, Felix Chilek, Wanda Sue
Null, Rudolph Hrncirik, Mrs.
Jimmie Knezek, Edgar J. Boh-
mann, Mrs. Emil Schneider,
Mrs. A. H. Tyler, Mrs. Henry
J. Condel and baby boy, Wil-
liam Ungerer, Mrs. Max Vos-
kamp and baby boy, Mrs. Jer-
ome Olsovsky, Stanley Kaspa-
rek.
For “taps” in entertainment
see SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEV-
EN BROTHERS, a highly enter-
taining musical in CinemaScope
and color at the Palace Theatre,
Sunday and Monday.
The Rev. Edwin J. Oehlke is
on a well deserved vacation
with relatives in Yorktown.
Jane Haun of Kingsville re-
turned home Tuesday after a
visit with her cousins, Caro’
Mae and Mildred Welhausen.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Kram-
etbauer and daughters, Char-
lene, Cynthia and Claudia, spent
Wednesday in San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Quenten Schae-
fer of Dallas visited her moth-
er, Mrs. Edmund Herder, dur-
ing the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kasper
are combining business and
pleasure in an extended visit to
large Canadian cities.
F. M. ROADS LET
A contract for the construc-
tion of grading, structures, base
and surfacing on Farm to Mar-
ket Road 532 and 1891 in La-
vaca County was awarded in
Austin this week, M. G. Corne-
lius, District Highway Engineer
at Yoakum has announced. The
firm of Cage Brothers submitt-
ed the low bid of $258,617.38 on
the project which runs from
present end of F. M. 532 east
to U.S. 77 and from present end
of F. M. 1891 west to S. H. 95.
Resident Engineer H. P.
Krause of Yoakum will be in
charge of the project for the
Highway Department, and it is
estimated that the work will
take 120 days to complete.
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SHINER-DREYER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Thursday, 8:00 p.m., Church
School officers, teachers and as-
sistant teachers monthly busi-
ness meeting.
Friday, 8:00 p.m., Choir re-
hearsal.
Saturday, July 9, completing
of recently begun parsonage
lawn clean-up job. Please con-
tact property committee chair-
man, Alfred Karnau, regarding
your assistance and tools need-
ed to work with.
Sunday, 8:30 a.m., Church
School.
Sunday, 9:45 a.m., Worship
service, to be conducted by the
Rev. Clarence C. Otto.
Immanuel Lutheran Church —
Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Sunday
School.
Sunday, 8:00 p.m., Worship
service, with the Rev. Clarence
C. Otto as supply Pastor.
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., Ladies
Aid monthly meeting.
Edwin J. Oehlke, Pastor
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CZECH-MORAVIAN
BRETHREN CHURCH
Czech-Moravian Brethren
Church services will be held
Sunday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
instead of July 10.
Rev. Gordon Hejl
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Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Tomasco of
Houston spent the holiday
weekend with Mrs. Alvina Wol-
ters.
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JULY 4th PARADE—
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applause in their pink and
white flbat with the following
wee “rabbits” beautifully cos-
tumed by Howard Gloor, Ginnie
Williford, Mary M. Mann, Lin-
da Hajek and Karen Darilek.
The Cookie Patrol of Brown-
ies was very clever and includ-
ed Linda Kruse, Loretta Schel-
ling, Leah Seale, Carolyn Zim-
merman, Glenda Barre, Vale-
ria Sembera.
Shiner Farm Bureau was
manned by the following little
farmers and farmerettes: Rich-
ard and Sharon Pfeil, Jerry and
Patricia Siegel, Jimmie and
Angeline Kral, Rudy Janik,
Alice Wehl, Jeanette Gerum,
Doris Simper, Shirley Jurica,
David Picha.
Garbade Lumber Company
displayed the model of the spa-
cious Ray Welhausen French
Colonial home, complete with
grassy lawn and concrete walks.
Wolters Bros. Co. float was
resplendent in blue and silver.
The occupants were Kay Lynn
Wolters, Beverly Kasper, Suz-
anne Riske, Joan Simper, Joan
Henkhaus.
Elkins entry drew applause
for the occupants, Kenny Ku-
becka and Carolyn Patek in
their patriotic colors.
Shiner Oil Mill was among
the pretty entries of the day
and Bobbie Sue Sterling, Lar-
ry Neubauer and Ellen Jane
Stanek were cupid representa-
tives aboard St. Valentine land.
The Hermann Sons float was
an illustration of Story Book
Land and featured Peggy Her-
der and David John Sterling in
their robes of Queen and King
of the May Fete.
Shiner Compress was all
there with a Davy Crockett
float with John Williford and
Tinkle Bell representing the
heroes of the Alamo.
C. B. Welhausen & Co. chose
to join the patriotic displays
with Chas., Mildred and Cyn-
thia Rae Welhausen and Jane
Haun of Kingsville participat-
ing.
A Declaration of Indepen-
dence built by Bell and Wel-
hausen was most impressive and
commendable with the efforts
for freedom and accomplish-
ments of our youngsters often-
times far out weighing that of
we adults.
The Farmers Insurance Group
were capably represented by
Carolyn Janda and Bobby Bar-
tel.
Other splendid entries were
Troop 4, Patrol 2, of Girl Scouts
and Cub Scouts Dens 1-2 and 3.
The Shiner High School Band
was second to none in their
martial music, with drum maj-
or, Barbara Turek leading, with
drum majorettes Gayle Wel-
hausen and Barbara Henkhaus.
Other entries were the Sani-
tary Dairy, the Dreyer Garage,
Hugo Pohler’s entry of cars,
three model T’s, one Chevrolet
and one Bantam of ancient vin-
tage provoked much laughter
as they chugged along to keep
pace with modern transporta-
tion.
Two entries that kept occu-
pants of the side walks jumping
were lift and tow motors from
the compress that kept angling
bales of cotton to and from the
route of the parade.
Arriving at the Park, the wel-
come address was given by Rob-
ert Sterling and the awards
were announced by the judges.
The report of the day and
night activities was not avail-
able Tuesday.
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Parade Prizes—
There were four divisions in
the July 4 parade and prizes
were awarded first, for beauty,
with Hermann Sons winning
first place, Quality Pharmacy,
second.
The second classification was
for the best theme of Story
Book Land and first place
award went to Shiner Oil Mill;
second to Cookie Patrol, Brown-
ies; third, to Shiner Farm
Bureau.
The third classification of
Commercial entries Garbade
Lumber Co. won first place;
Wolters Bros. Co., second, and
Elkins, third.
The fourth classification was
patriotic entries, Legion Aux-
iliary placed first; Shiner Com-
press, second; C. B. Welhausen
and Co., third.
Judges were Mrs. C. J. Wald-
rep, Mrs. F. M. Wagner and
Mrs. Glade Welhausen.
The credit of the impressive
parade was due to the untiring
effonts of Bob Sterling and Jim-
my Cimrhanzel.
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Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Wendt-
land and son of Cuero visited
relatives here Sunday.
Leslie Merrem Jr. of San An-
tonio is the guest of his aunt,
Miss Mabel Merrem.
MRS. MERSEBURGER—
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ter, Mrs. A. T. (Clara) Stevens,
San Antonio, also survives.
Preceding her to the grave
were her husband, who died
February 22, 1934; her mother,
who died February 27, 1927,
her father who passed on Jan-
uary 17, 1893; seven sisters,
Mrs. E. F. (Emma) Ruhman,
Mrs. R. H. (Olga) Loessin, Mrs.
William (Hildegarde) French,
Miss Selma Jungbecker and
three other sisters who died in
infancy, also one brother, Al-
fred Jungbecker.. UnJ
For nearly sixty years, Mrs.
Merseburger had resided in the
same family home in Shiner. Ini
her younger years she was ac-
tive in her church, the Civic
League, Mother’s Club, now the
P.-T. A., and the Pythian Sis-
ters. With her husband she be-
came a member of St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church of Shiner, un-
der the pastorate of the late
Rev. Karl Konzak. Later in
March 1920, when St. Paul’s
and Dr. Martin Luther Church
merged, she became a charter
member of United Dr. Martin
Luther Church. She held a long
membership in the Lutheran
Ladies Aid.
Mrs. Merseburger had enjoy-
ed remarkably good health all
of her life until May 1954, when
she became severly ill and was
hospitalized. She suffered a
stroke May 21 last and continu-
ed in a very critical condition
until death brought release
Monday, June 27, 1955 at 3:50
p.m. Her earthly span of life
closed at the age of 85 years, 11
months and 8 days.
One by one the thinning ranks
of the community’s picturesque
first settlers is being recorded.
With the advance of modern
times we are loth to forget the
endurance by our old timers.
Mrs. Merseburger was here
when the town was indeed
young. She liked to tell of the
old days and compare especial-
ly the advance in education. Her
text books were McGuffey’s
Readers and the old Blue Back
Speller. She often spoke of the
hardships when she resided
with her sister and had to pack
water for all purposes from a
well located between what is
now Shiner Drug Co. and the
railroad right-of-way, the rail-
road having just been built in
Shiner. The Ruhman family
with whom she lived resided in
the back end of their store, lo-
cated about where the French
store is now. The birth of her
niece, Ida Ruhman, was hailed
with delight as she was the first
white child born in Shiner and
was presented with a residence
lot by H. B. Shiner for whom
the town was named.
Mrs. Merseburger’s parents
built the old City Hotel and she
liked to recall a dance that was
given on the top floor before its
final completion. The lumber
for same was purchased from
the E. F. Wolters Lumber Co.
and the furniture from the J. C.
Blohm Furniture store. The first
telephone installed in Shiner
was in her home, Mr. Merse-
burger having established tele-
phone service.
So with the passing of time
a loving mother has been placed
at rest, leaving to her children
many grand lessons from her
heritage of a pioneer mother,
an impress that will linger with
them until the end of time.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weber and
family of Highlands spent the
weekend here with relatives
and friends, also visited in Gol-
iad.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil L. Balusek
Jr. spent a recent weekend in
Laredo, Nuevo Laredo and
Freeport. In Freeport they vis-
ited Daniel Hybner.
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THANK YOU
It is with a deep feeling of
gratitude that I extend my sin-
cere appreciation to everyone
for their kindness and attention
during my recent stay in the lo-
cal hospital. May you be re-
warded a thousandfold.
E. J. Kempe
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CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation to Doc-
tors F. M. Wagner, Robert J.
Wagner, R. W. Williams, J. V.
Connolly; my special nurse,
my daughter, Katherine, Mrs.
Osborn and the entire nursing
staff, for their kind attention,
while a patient in the hospital.
Reverends E. J. Oehlke and
Wilfred Menke for their pray-
ers and Fathers J. J. Hanacek
and Thomas J. Collins for their
visits. Thanks to each and
everyone for their visits at the
hospital and at home; to iny
relatives and friends for their
flowers and get-well cards. May
God bless you all. *
Mrs. Katherine Barr
MRS. C. L. WILLIAMS —
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Williams to the youth of its
citizenship.
She has erected a monument
that will commemorate her
memory in decades to come.
Through the lives she has
lifted to loftier heights through
culture and education she has
contributed an enviable influ-
ence to better the world in
which we live.
We should have to think long
if we were asked to name one
who had rendered more valu-
able service to our youth.
A Texan and a Lavaca Coun-
tain for 101 years, 1 month and
6 days this revered and vener-
able woman was tenderly placed
at rest in her native soil with
reverent homage. Her Book of
Life has been closed and on its
pages the Great Writer has
penned: “She hath done what
she could, in-as-much as you
have done it unto the least of
these, you have done it unto me,
enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord.”
May your sleep be sweet.
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Mrs. Paul Dujka, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Dujka and sons of East
Bernard spent July 4th with
Mrs. Rosie Schovajsa.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Russell of
Houston were weekend guests
of Mrs. E. C. Wolters.
Harry Fisher, who is attend-
ing summer school at San Mar-
cos, spent the weekend here
with his family.
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CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere
appreciation to Doctors Frank
M. Wagner, Robert J. Wagner
and the hospital staff for their
very kind attentions; Rev. E. J.
Oehlke for his visits and to all
who visited me, sent cards,
flowers and gifts. May God bless
each one of you. *
Mrs. Lawrence Kridler
Rt. 1, Gonzales
Fourth of July visitors in the
E. L. Balusek home were Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Staats of San
Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ku-
benka Jr. of Moulton, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Heiman and son. The
Staats also visited her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerdes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stueber
and J. R. spent Sunday in Bur-
ton where they attended the
Stanley family reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wachten-
dorf of San Antonio were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Karnau.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Turek
and Sharon of San Antonio
have been guests in the Otto
Turek home.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyle of
Temple were guests in the
Rudie Valenta and Ernest Ha-
jek homes during last week.
Henry Hirsch is reported
critically ill in Goliad accord-
ing to Otto Fisseler who visited
him a few days ago.
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CARD OF THANKS
My heartfelt thanks are here-
by extended to Doctors J. V.
Connolly, Frank M. Wagner, R.
J. Wagner, the nurses and hos-
pital staff for their kindly at-
tentions and care during my
two recent stays in the hospital.
I am most grateful for the
friendly visits from the Rever-
ends S. R. Horwood, G. G. Cecil,
John J. Hanacek, Thomas J.
Collins; all of my friends and
relatives. Your flowers and
cards were deeply appreciated.
May God bless you for your
thoughtfulness.
Mrs. Delmar Laas
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mikulik of
San Antonio were with relatives
for July 4. They were accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Max
Schaefer, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Engelbert, Mr. and Mrs. Leo-
nard Koll of San Antonio and
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Achterberg
of Seguin.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gehrels
spent the July Fourth with her
mother, Mrs. T. M. Letbetter in
Gonzales, it being her birthday
anniversary.
Among those attending the
Fritz Herder funeral in Yoa-
kum were Mrs. Edmund Her-
der, Mrs. Annie Ahrens and
sons, Melvin and Avery, Mrs.
Ed. Busch, Mrs. Hattie Hewig,
Mrs. Geo. Herder, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Herder.
Mrs. E. J. Gerdes and Mrs.
Wm. Gehardt visited with Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Balusek and
mother Gerdes Wednesday aft-
ernoon.
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CARD OF THANKS
I wish to extend my sincere
appreciation to Doctors F. M.
Wagner, R. J. Wagner, J. V.
Connolly, R. W. Williams, the
entire hospital staff, and my
special nurse, Mrs. John Welfel,
for their excellent care, to blood
donors, George Watzlavick,
Louis Dusek, Chas. Jiral and
Mrs. Frank Filip, I am very
grateful, and also to Rev. John
J. Hanacek, Rev. Thomas J.
Collins for their visits, the Am-
erican Legion, to all who visit-
ed me, sent cards and flowers.
May all of you be rewarded
many times for your kindness.
Stanley Kasparek
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