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VOLUME 67 $2.50 PER YEAR 8c PER COPY SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY I, 1959 NUMBER^ I
PRESIDENT TO PROCLAIM
Last Rites For
ALASKA STATE SATURDAY
high
of
held
Dis-
husband,
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX PAYMENTS
£
GOING UP 27 PER CENT JAN. 1
The Shiner Gazette
announcing the
Frank Guittard
hospital Christ-
9:30 a.m. at
Catholic
meet
2:30
Hos-
are:
be in the
Cemetery.
Washington—Alaska will be-
come the 49th state Saturday.
This news, from President
Eisenhower’s Gettysburg home
Tuesday, occasioned no surprise.
The President will issue the
THE SHINER GAZETTE
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday thru Friday
8:00 to 12:00—1:00 to 5:30
p.m. He
May 15,
Experts in the field of insur-
ance say that, as it is now run
by the government, social se-
curity can never meet its obli-
gations until and unless the tax
is pegged at 18 per cent. This,
coupled with the income tax,
would amount to confiscation.
Many of the captive partici-
pants in this system would pre-
fer to invest the amount of their
social security tax payments in
annuities of their choice and
thereby provide for their old
age. But how many of them
wrote their Congressmen to
protest this latest amendment
to the Social Security Act.?—
The Houston Chronicle.
one son,
Campo; 9
pro-
Dis-
said.
Thursday
at 7:30
The Social Security system
provides a clear example of the
economic erosion of creeping
socialism in government, ex-
cept that Social Security might
better be described as galloping
.socialism. Here, briefly, is its
history: The system went into
I. effect on January 1, 1937, vzhen
' millions of workers began pay-
ing a 1 per cent tax on wages
and salaries up to a $3000 max-
imum. On January 1, 1951, the
tax went up to 1V2 per cent and
the wage base was raised to
$3600. At the same time mil-
lions of self-employed were
taken into the system, compul-
sorily, at a tax of 2*4 per cent.
Four years later, on January
1, 1955, the tax went to 2 per
cent and the wage base to
$4200. Self-employed were re-
quired to pay a 3 per cent tax.
Effective January 1, 1957, the
tax was raised to 214 per cent
and, for self-employed, it was
raised to 3% per cent. Effective
January 1, the tax will be 2%
per cent and the wage base
$4800.
Glib proponents of this latest
measure emphasize that it will
increase social security benefits
7 per cent in checks going out
after February 3, 1959. They
hush-hush the fact that in rais-
ing the tax rate and the wage
base, it also increases the tax
on the individual worker by 27
per cent. Furthermore, in the
22 years from its inception in
1937 to January 1, 1959, the so-
cial security tax will have in-
creased 300 per cent. In 1937,
the worker paid $30 a year into
the system. As of January 1,
1959, he will be paying $120,
and this in addition to his with-
holding income tax. The limit
is nowhere in sight and the
periods between increases grow
shorter.
This progress into socialism
might be less evil if participa-
tion in the system were not
compulsory, if the rules re-
mained constant, if the system
were operated on an actuar-
ial basis. But Social Security is
bankrupt. Not one cent of the
uncounted billions collected
over the years has gone into a
reserve to meet benefits. In-
stead this money has gone into
the general fund of the Treas-
ury and been spent. Only paper
lOU’s remain, worthless unless
additional funds be taxed out
of us in the future.
Saturday: 8:00 to 12:00
(closed Saturday afternoons)
Funds Allocated
For Lavaca County
Highway Program
The Texas Highway Depart-
ment will spend $79,600.00 for
improvements on highways in
Lavaca County during 1959, M.
G. Cornelius, District Engineer
at Yoakum, has announced.
This is in addition to the reg-
ular construction and mainten-
ance program.
The State Highway Commis-
sion, at its Decembei' meeting,
approved this appropriation to
improve already existing high-
ways. This money will be spent
for additional surfacing, seal
coat, and shoulder construction.
The projects in Lavaca Coun-
ty will be under the supervi-
sion of the local Highway
trict personnel.
“We should have this
gram moving by spring,”
trict Engineer Cornelius
“We believe that the money
spent in this county will go a
long way toward bringing the
roads up-to-date.”
Funds allocated for Lavaca
County will be spent on the
following projects:
1. State 95 — From Ave. C in
Shiner to US 77-A near Yoa-
kum, a distance of 8.2 miles.
2. US 77-A — From 0.5 mile
northeast of Mustang Creek
Bridge, northeast a distance of
5.4 miles.
3. US 90-A — From US 77-A
to 3.3 miles east of State 95 in
Shiner, a distance of 7.0 miles.
4. State 111 — From Jack-
son County Line, northwest, a
distance of 10.1 miles.
Mrs. Joe Wagner
Mrs. Joe (Mary) Wagner
Moulton passed away at the
Wagner Hospital in Shiner
Tuesday morning, Dec. 30 af-
ter a two-month confinement
there. She attained the age of
68 years, 8 months and 20 days.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, January 2, 1959 at 9:15
a.m. at the Smith Funeral Home
Moulton, and at
the St. Joseph’s
Church.
Interment will
Moulton Catholic
Rosary will be recited at the
Smith Funeral Home
evening, January 1
o’clock.
Surviving are her
Joe Wagner of Moulton; her
aged mother, Mrs. Anna Matu-
la of Moulton; four daughters:
Mrs. Emil Charba of Stafford,
Mrs. Edwin Kubena and Mrs.
Henry Klesel, Jr. of San An-
tonio and Mrs. George Machart
of Hallettsville; three sons:
Johnnie Wagner of Moulton and
Willie and Rudie Wagner of
Shiner; and fourteen grand-
children.
Rites Held For
Anton J. Krpec
Funeral services were
in Yoakum Thursday, Dec. 18
for Anton J. Krpec, 80, of 611
Dullye Street, the Rev. Edward
J. Jansky officiating at Buffing-
ton Chapel, St. Joseph’s Church
and St. Joseph’s Catholic Ceme-
tery.
A lifetime resident of the
Yoakum vicinity, Mr. Krpec
died at the Huth Memorial Hos-
pital Dec.16 at 12:45
was born in Europe
1878.
Survivors include
Anton Krpec of El
daughters, Mrs. Mary Belicek
and Mrs. Albina Herchek, both
of Yoakum, Mrs. Ann Sieben-
hausen of Shiner and Yoakum,
Mrs. Frances McCormick and
Mrs. Lillian Cook, both of Hous-
ton, Mrs. Louise Griffee of Ar-
kansas, Mrs. Agnes Holifield of
Tyler, Mrs. Rose Chomout of El
Campo and Miss Betty Krpec
of Waco; 11 grandchildren and
5 great-grandchildren; one bro-
ther, Valentine Krpec of Yoa-
kum; one sister, Mrs. Valen-
; tine Pish of Yoakum.
Hospital Patients
Patients listed in the Wagner
Hospital this week are: Mar-
vin Boedeker, Stanley Ivicic,
Martin Dusek, Herman Colde-
wey, Mrs Edna Welhausen, Mrs.
Ervin Biehunko and baby boy,
Mrs. August Hartmann Jr. and
baby girl, Mrs. George Technik,
Shiner; Mrs. Frank Janek, Mrs.
Rudolph Filip, Mrs. Inez Gosch,
Flatonia.
@ Colored Unit: Wife of Ker-
rhit Price of Shiner and baby
boy, born Dec. 29, weight 6
pounds and 14 ounces.
® Dismissed patients are Wil-
lie Joe Vacek, David Lev, Mrs.
Robert Stluka, Frank Malina,
Mrs. Daniel Harabis, George
Bujnoch, Mike Ray Benes, Bil-
lie Patek, Gregory Kurtz, Mrs.
Joe T. Parker and baby girl,
Leon Maeker, Mrs. Edison Col-
well, Harvey Vrana, Mrs. Frank
Dolezal, Johnnie Moeller, Mrs.
Victor A. Moeller and baby boy,
Marjorie Benes, Lee Sedlmeyer,
David Koronek, Joe Smirak,
Adolph Schaefer, Mrs. Monroe
Menke, Mrs. Mary Wagner, Mrs.
Lester Albrecht, Leroy Kloesel.
© Colored Unit: Wife of
Stell Flowers of Shiner and
baby boy, born Dec. 17, weight
7 pounds and 14 ounces, wife
of Willie Streamer of Shiner.
Spoetzl Brewery
Employees Honored
At Christmas Party
Mrs. Cecelie Spoetzl’s an-
nual Christmas party for her
employees and their families
was held at the Legion Park,
Saturday, December 20.
Playing the role as Hostess
and Santa Claus, Mrs. Spoetzl
had a warm welcome for each
employee and his family. After
a wonderful turkey supper,
everyone gathered around the
beautiful Christmas tree to re-
ceive gifts. Each child’s eyes
glowed with joy as their gift
was presented to them as well
as all employees who were gen-?
erously rewarded.
This Christmas Party was
even more special this year as
seven employees received en-
graved wrist watches in appre-
ciation of 25 years or more of
devoted service to the Spoetzl
Brewery. Those receiving this
honor were: August Haslbeck,
Hy. Weitzel, James Wallace,
Joe Green, August Kovalcik,
Frank Steiner and Alfred
Schramm.
A short memorial service was
held in remembrance of the late
Mr. Kosmos Spoetzl and de-
ceased employees.
After refreshments and a
wonderful evening, everyone
expressed their thanks to Mrs.
Spoetzl, wishing her and one
another a Very Merry Christ-
mas.
Meetings & Notices
© ST. LUDMILA’S Academy
P-TA will meet Monday, Janu-
ary 5 at 3:30 p.m. in the
school building.
® ALTAR Society will
Tuesday, January 13 at
p.m,. at the Parish Gym.
tesses for this ■ meeting
Mesdames L. A. Mladenka,
Frank Nevlud, Anton Novak,
Frank Novak, John Novak;
Miss Annie Novak; Mesdames
Edward Novosad, Louise Os-
born, Joe Pohler, Ad. Proschko.
NOTE: February hostesses will
be listed next week.
® SHINER Cemetery Associa-
tion will meet Friday, January
2 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Hall.
© BOY SCOUTS, Troop 232,
and Cub Scouts, Pack 232, will
go to Holy Communion* in a
body Sunday, January 4 at the
6:30 Mass.
© MEMBERS of Shiner Lodge
No. 20, are kindly asked to
bring or send a dressed chicken
or cheese for the installation of
Districts 10 and 11 officers to
be held Sunday, January 11 at
2:30 p.m. at Legion Park. Also
every member is asked to bring
a cake. Chicken may be left
with Mrs. Bessie Pfeil or Mrs.
Emilie Sommerlatte and leave
cheese with Mrs. Lorene Schier-
schwitz. You will not receive a
personal notice! Your coopera-
tion is needed and appreciat-
ed. (51-2tc)
© INCOME TAX RETURNS—
William Gerum of Shiner will
again fill out Income Tax Re-
turns for members of Farm
Bureau at the Farm Bureau Of-
fice Tuesdays through Satur-
days, same as last year, begin-
ning Tuesday, January 13, 1959.
The Farm Bureau Office in
Hallettsville is located at the
corner of East Third Street and
Schulenburg Highway.
® SHINER Public School Band
Club will meet Tuesday, Janu-
ary 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cafe-
torium.
© SHINER Public School P-TA
will meet Thursday, January 8
at 8:00 p.m.
@ SHINER Chamber of Com-
merce will meet at noon Thurs-
day, January 8 at Swank Res-
taurant.
® CATHOLIC Daughters of
America, Court St. Paul, will
meet Monday, January 5 at 7:30
p.m. at the Parish Gym.
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Mrs. F. Guittard Sr.
Passes Dec. 25th
Relatives received a message
Christmas Day
death of Mrs.
Sr. in a Waco
mas morning.
Funeral services were held
Friday December 26 from the
First Baptist Church, Waco.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Welhau-
sen of Yoakum attended the
last rites.
necessary proclamation.
The White House, however,
continued to make quite a mys-
tery of the new design for the
Stars and Stripes, needed be-
cause it now carries stars for
only 48 states.
Eisenhower aides announced
that the new design would be
unveiled at the White House
in Washington at noon EST
Saturday, but they would pro-
vide no details beforehand.
A screening committee has re-
ceived nearly 2,000 suggestions
for a new design, some of them
weird. The best guess appeared
to be that the flag will continue
to carry 13 stripes, for the 13
original states, and there will
be seven rows of seven stars
each.
Then, in the event that Ha-
waii should be admitted as the
50th state, it is speculated that
its star would be squeezed into
one of the rows. There would
then be six rows of seven stars
and one of eight.
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KRIS-TV
Salutes Shiner
The KRIS-TV Channel 6 has
been using a series of “Salutes”
to various towns in their area.
Shiner has been included in
this series and will now be used
at indefinite times.
Picture and material of Shi-
ner was furnished to KRIS by
Mrs. Irma Kubicek.
The New Year ope
achievements. Let us
Social Security
Representative
In Shiner, Jan. 12
A representative of the So-
cial Security Office, Victoria,
will be in Shiner at 9 o’clock in
the morning at the City Hall on
Monday, January 12, 1959.
Anyone wishing to file a
claim for retirement, survivor’s
or disability benefits should
meet him. Fie will be glad to
assist anyone having questions
concerning the social security
program.
* * *
Employers of household
workers are reminded by Mau-
rice E. Owen, district manager
of the Victoria Social Security
office not to forget the deadline
for reporting earnings of and
paying the social security taxes
for their domestic employees.
The report for the quartei' end-
ing in December must be filed
by January 31.
Each such employee who is
paid $50.00 or more cash wages
in the calendar quarter must be
included in the report. Owen
said that the simplified envel-
ope type of tax return which
Internal Revenue Service pro-
vides is the easiest way for most
employers to furnish the neces-
sary information and to pay the
social security tax. Each em-
ployee must be reported by
name, social security account
number and amount of cash
wages paid. The employee’s tax
is 214% and the employer’s
share is 214%, a total of 4X4%
of the wages paid. (Beginning
with wages paid in 1959 the tax
will be 214% for each.)
These returns will serve as
the base for determination
whether social security benefits
are payable, and the amount of
the monthly benefit rate. It is
therefore very important that
the reports be prepared proper-
ly and be filed in time.
For further information re-
garding social security tax re-
turns, consult the Internal
Revenue Office in Victoria. For
information concerning old-age,
survivor’s, or disability bene-
fits, feel free to call upon the
social security office at 112
East Forrest Street, Victoria.
* * * *
The Social Security Admini-
stration is trying to reach about
400,000 people who may be eli-
gible for payments under the
1958 amendments to the social
security law, according to Mau-
rice E. Owen, District Manager
of the Victoria Social Security
Office. Many of these people
may not know of their new
old-age, survivor’s or disability
insurance rights.
An intensive effort is being
made by the Bureau of Old-
Age and Survivor’s Insurance
and its 584 district offices to
reach the newly-eligibles and
inform them that claims must
be filled before benefits can
start.
The 1958 amendments, he
said, extend social security
benefits to many people who
were formerly denied and to
others who are newly-eligible.
In many cases the Administra-
tion can neither identify nor
locate the eligibles; to locate
others would require a search
through mountains of records.
For example, about 60,000
parent survivors of covered
workers are entitled to bene-
fits if they were dependent on
the worker for support, even
though a surviving spouse or
child also gets payments.
About 35,000 disabled work-
ers age 50 to 65 who failed to
quality because they did not
meet previous work require-
ments are now eligible for
benefits under the 1958 law.
About 50,000 children who are
now age 18 or over but have
been disabled since before age
18 may now receive benefits
based on the social security
record of a retired, disabled, or
Winners Of Annual
Decorating Contest
Winners of the annual yard,
window and door contest, spon-
sored by Msgr. Netardus Coun-
cil No. 3081, Knights of Col-
umbus, resulted as follows:
First prize went to Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Williford;
Second prize was awarded to
the Firemen’s Wives Auxiliary
for their scene at Welhausen
Park;
Third prize winners were Dr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Wagner;
Fourth award went to Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Garbade;
Fifth prize money went to
Mr. and Mrs. James Buske;
Sixth prize was given to Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Hagendorf;
Seventh prize was awarded
to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Patek.
There were many others who
deserve credit for their efforts
in this yearly affair. Paul C.
Berckenhoff and his three
judges deserve much credit for
taking time to do the judging.
The members of the Knights of
Columbus wish to thank all
those who who took part in this
year’s decorating contest. They
especially wish to thank the
three judges for their job well
done.
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Congratulations
® Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Bie-
hunko of Shiner are rejoicing
over the safe arrival of a baby
boy, born Tuesday, Dec. 30 at
Wagner Hospital. The little fel-
low tipped the scale at 7
pounds, 2 ounces and is re-
ceiving a hearty welcome from
his sister, Gayle.
® Mr. and Mrs. August Hart-
mann Jr. of Shiner are the
proud parents of a baby girl,
born Tuesday, Dec. 30 at Wag-
ner Hospital. Weight was 7
pounds and 10 ounces.
© Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Park-
er of Point Comfort are an-
nouncing the birth of a baby
girl, born Dec. 21 at Wagner
Flospital weighing 8 pounds and
4 ounces.
@ Mr. and Mrs. Victor A.
Moeller of Shiner announce the
arrival of a baby boy, weigh-
ing 8 pounds and 8 ounces, born
at Wagner Hospital, December
25.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H.
Partin of Houston announce
the arrival of a daughter in
Herman Hospital at 12:50 a.m.
Christmas Day. The wee lady
tipped the scales at 6 pounds,
10 ounces and will answer to
the name of Sharon Lucile in
honor of her father’s aunt whose
birthday falls on Christmas
Eve. The two brothers Michael
and Richard are giving baby
sister a Santa Claus welcome
to say nothing of the joy of
grandma and grandpa W. L.
Henkhaus over their first
granddaughter.
@ It’s a baby boy for Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Bock of Halletts-
ville, born in the Renger Memo-
rial Hospital, Hallettsville Wed-
nesday, December 24. The little
fellow weighed six pounds. He
is being welcomed by a sister,
Jean Marie. Paternal grand-
mother is Mrs. Garlan Miller
of Hallettsville and maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
John O. Cook of Shiner. Great
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Coldewey of New Braun-
fels. This is the first grandson
for the Cooks and first great
grandson for the Coldeweys.
deceased parent, without having
to prove that at least half of
their support came from this
parent.
If the changes in the law effect
you or you believe they might,
the people at your social se-
curity office which is located
at 112 East Forrest Street, Vic-
toria, Texas will be glad to
explain them to you.
FURTHER EXPANSION PLANNED
FOR SPRING 1959 FARROWINGS
* * *
Breeding intentions for 1959
spring farrowings in Texas
point to a 40 percent increase
above the 1958 spring season.
An unusually favorable ratio
between grain costs and finish-
ed hog prices stimulated re-
newed interest in hog produc-
tion. Bulk of this sharply in-
creased spring farrowed pig
crop will reach market weights
during the fall of 1959.
Postmaster Arthur Ward
pointed out this information on
prospective pork supplies was
made possible by voluntary re-
ports from farmers and ranch-
men along mail routes served
by G. A. Kasper, Route 1; E. P.
Kram, Route 2; and T. B.
Hughs, Route 3, combined with
other reports from all parts of
Texas and the Nation.
The Nation’s 1958 pig crop
totaled 94.8 million head—8
per cent larger than the 1957
crop of 88.0 million. Reports on
breeding intentions indicate 8.3
million sows to farrow in the
spring of 1959. This will be 12
per cent more than the number
farrowed last spring, but only
slightly larger than the 1947-
56 average.
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