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3Jje Shiner (Gametic
$3.00 PER YEAR (Plus Tax)
VOLUME 70
SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 19, 1962
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NUMBER 16
Military Rites
Held Sunday For
Aug. W. Werner
August W. Werner, age 69
years, eight months and six
days, passed away at the Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital Fri-
day, April 13, 1962 at 8:45 a.m.
The remains rested in state
at the Buffington Funeral
Home, Shiner, until 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 15 when they
were conveyed to the United
Dr. Martin Luther Church
where services were held at
4:00 p.m. Interment was in the
Shiner City Cemetery.
The Rev. Edwin J. Oehlke
officiated at all religious rites.
Pallbearers were his nep-
hews, Perry Kloesel, Clarence
Blume, Arnold and Dennis Ris-
ke, Carlwyn and Gus Werner.
Impressive military rites were
conducted by Shiner Veterans
of Foreign Wars and American
Legion Posts. Color bearers and
color guards were Jim Chote-
novsky, Alfred Stoeltje, Hugo
Helweg and Robert Werner Jr.;
squad leader, Rudie Filip; fir-
ing squad, Monroe Menke, Vic-
tor DeHarde, Mike Benes Jr.,
Jerry Mikes, Edgar Kram,
Johnnie E. Hajek, Johnny F.
Hajek, Morgan Sonntag, Ewald
Erdelt, Adolph Seidenberger,
Ben Haas and many other
members from both organiza-
tions were present and stood as
honor guards. Curt Messer
served as chaplain and present-
ed the flag to the widow which
was folded by Eddie Jaks. Bug-
ler was Leonard Darilek.
August William Werner was
born August 7, 1892 at Cheap-
side in Gonzales County, son of
Herman and Christina (Lassig)
Werner. In 1911 the Werner
family moved to Hallettsville.
Having been engaged in farm
work near Lorraine in 1916, he
then worked for a year in the
city and the immediate vicinity
of Fort Worth. In the latter part
of 1917, he returned to Halletts-
ville and took up farming there.
On July 4, 1918, he was in-
ducted into military service,
during World War I. He served
with the 125th Field Artillery
in France. Returning to the
United States in the early part
of January, 1919, he received
his discharge on January 23,
1919. His military rank had
been that of Private First Class.
On November 24, 1919, he
was married to Miss Alma
Blume. For the first sixteen
years after their marriage, Mr.
and Mrs. Werner lived on the
farm in the neighborhood of
Shiner. Since Mr. Werner’s
health did not permit him to
continue farm work, the fam-
ily moved to town in 1935. For
the past twenty-seven years
the deceased has been a resident
of Shiner.
Two daughters were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Werner, one of
whom, Mrs. Cecil (Elaine) Lay-
well of Houston, survives the
father’s passing. Also surviving
is his wife and devoted life
companion, Mrs. Alma Werner.
A daughter, Angeline, died in
infancy. Preceding him in death
were his parents, the mother
having died in January of 1909,
and the father in December of
1935. Three brothers and two
sisters died in infancy. Also pre-
ceding him in death were the
following three brothers: Ar-
thur in September of 1920, Gus
in April of 1946, and Herman
in December of 1951.
For some twenty-five years
Mr. Werner was a member of
the United Dr. Martin Luther
Church. He was also a member
of the local Legion Post.
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Benefit Day For
TRC At Shiner
Sunday, April 29
Legion Park at Shiner will
be the scene on Sunday, April
29 for the Benefit Day being
sponsored by the Former Pa-
tients Association of Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation, now
Texas Rehabilitation Center, at
Gonzales.
The affair will start at 2:00
p.m. and close with a dance at
night. Various entertainment
will be provided, auction and
political rally will be held dur-
ing the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to par-
take of home-made chicken
noodle soup, sandwiches, pies,
cakes and koiaches.
Music during the day and for
the dance at night will be fur-
nished by the V.F.W. Toppers
and the Rhythm Masters.
This project and similar ones
are being sponsored throughout
Civil Defense
Classes Begin
The Shiner Civil Defense Or-
ganization will begin classes on
Civil Defense and Fall Out Pro-
tection Tuesday, April 24 at
8:00 p.m. Classes will be taught
by Robert Bubolz at the Shiner
High School.
The first class is to be at-
tended by the members of the
Shiner civil defense group and
the city council members.
Classes will be held each week
until everyone that is interested
will have an opportunity to at-
tend. The classes are free and
the city council members and
the civil defense officers urge
every person in this area to en-
roll in one of these classes.
Please contact Mr. Bubolz at
the Shiner High School in order
to enroll in one of these classes.
Approximately 25 students will
be enrolled in each class and
the course will run 12 hours.
The instruction offered in this
course will be most helpful to
each person in the event of a
nuclear attack or a natural dis-
aster.
Miss Annie Goetz
Dies In Shiner;
Rites Held April 14
Miss Annie Sophie Goetz
passed away at the Frank Wag-
ner Memorial Hospital Thurs-
day, April 12, 1962 at 5:15 p.m.
She had been in poor health for
several years. On Monday,
March 19 she was admitted to
the hospital and though her
physical condition had improv-
ed slightly after two weeks
stay, her condition grew worse
when she developed pnuemonia
about two days before her pass-
ing. She reached the age of 76
years, 8 months and 10 days.
Funeral services were held at
the Buffington Chapel, Shiner,
Saturday, April 14 at 3:00 p.m.
with the Rev. J. C. A. Pfennin-
ger officiating. Burial was in the
Shiner City Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Milton and Wylie Guettner,
Henry Menke, Alton Boox,
Henry Jr. and Erwin Goetz.
Miss Goetz, daughter of Wil-
liam and Johanna (Wichering)
Goetz, was born in the Province
of Oldenburg, Germany on Au-
gust 2, 1885. At the age of one,
in 1886, she came to America
with her parents and other
members of her family, settling
first near Moulton in Lavaca
County. In 1904, the family
moved to the Green School
community and the Goetz fam-
ily homestead near Green
School continued to be her
home until 1945 when she ac-
quired and occupied her own
home in Shiner.
The deceased was baptized in
the Lutheran Church in her
native Germany, confirmed in
the Immanuel Lutheran Church
in Shiner on March 31, 1901
and on August 1, 1956 was re-
ceived as a member of United
Dr. Martin Luther Church.
She is survived by one bro-
ther and two sisters, Otto
Goetz, Mrs. Eugene (Lillie)
Huber, and Mrs. Frank (Min-
nie) Guettner, all of Shiner.
Preceding her in death were
five brothers, John Goetz, who
died May 12, 1895; Henry
Goetz, Sr., who passed away
July 21, 1947; Fritz Goetz, who
died April 8, 1950; Emil Goetz,
who died May 18, 1953; and
William Goetz, who passed
away December 4, 1957. Also
preceding her in death were a
sister, Johanna Goetz, who died
August 10, 1952; a half-sister,
Mrs. Helen Menke, who passed
away October 15, 1950; her par-
ents, the father having passed
away on June 16, 1919 and the
mother on January 9, 1933.
the state by former patients to
raise emergency funds until
some future project or appro-
priation can be set up to keep
the center in operation. This is'
in addition to the annual United
Fund Drive held annually in
Shiner of which a portion is
sent to the Center.
• DONATIONS—
If any individual or family,
not yet contacted, wishes to
make a contribution of cash,
food or to help out on Benefit
Day, they are invited and urg-
ed to do so.
Cash dqpaiions may be left
at the First National Bank and/
or Guettner’s Appliance Store.
Food donations, especially
hens and home-made noodles
are needed. For this please con-
tact Mrs. Frank Filip, LY 4-
3500, Shiner, and she will give
you any information you desire.
Due to the numerous fu-
nerals it was necessary to
hold over the hospital story,
several pictures and school
picture and story. They will
appear in the next edition.
Rates Reduced
On Some LD Calls
Effective May 20
A reduction in rates on cer-
tain long distance telephone
calls within Texas, which will
save telephone users more than
$2.5 million a year, will be put
into effect May 20, J. C. Dale,
Manager of Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company, announc-
ed in Shiner today.
In general, the rate reduction
will apply to station-to-station
and person-to-person calls of
more than 198 miles, Dale said.
The reduced rates will apply
to nearly 17 million calls a year
within the state, Dale estimated.
The reductions will range
from five to 15 cents for a three
minute call.
Dale pointed out that the re-
duction does not apply to calls
to other states, nor does it apply
to calls of short distances within
the state.
The reduced rates result from
accounting changes recently ar-
rived at by agreement between
the Federal Communications
Commission, the National As-
sociation of Railroad and Utili-
ty Commissioners, and the Bell
System.
Under the new agreement
Dale said a larger percentage
of telephone plant is allocated
to calls going outside the state.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Frank Dolejsi
In Shiner April 11
Mrs. Mathilda Dolejsi passed
away at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. T. Baird in San An-
tonio on Monday, April 9, 1962.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, April 11 at 9:45
a.m. and continued at the Shi-
ner Catholic Church with Re-
quiem Mass at 10:00 a.m. Zi-
zek-Kearns-Downing, San An-
tonio, and Buffington Funeral
Home, Shiner, were in charge
of services. Rosary was recited
at the local funeral home Tues-
day, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. The
Rev. Fathers Albert Maneth,
Lawrence Walsh of San Antonio
and John J. Hanacek of Shiner
officiated at the last rites.
Burial was in the Shiner
Catholic Cemetery with Charles
Brosch, Francis Berckenhoff,
Arthur Kloesel, Edward Roe-
der, Adolph Stiborek and Vic-
tor Pollock serving as pallbear-
ers.
Mrs. Dolejsi, a resident of
Shiner for many years, was born
August 2, 1878 in Mulberry,
Texas, daughter of Bernard and
Theresa (Hajek) Berckenhoff.
At the time of her death she
reached the age of 83 years,
eight months and seven days.
She had been in ill health for
the past eight months.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. J. F. (Millie) Gayle
of Atascosa, Mrs. R. E. (Agnes)
Morin and Mrs. R. T. (Frances)
Baird of San Antonio; one son,
August Dolejsi of Robstown;
nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents, she was
preceded in death by her hus-
band, Frank Dolejsi, who died
August 23, 1923; daughter, Mrs.
J. M. (Albina) Kroeger died
April 29, 1934; also a grand-
daughter, Joyce Morin passed
away on May 26, 1932; four sis-
ters, Mrs. Henry (Mary) Jane-
cek, Charco, Mrs. Joseph (Ele-
nora) Brosch, Yoakum, Mrs.
Anton (Anna) Bleier and Mrs.
Frank (Katie) Dolejsi, Shiner;
six brothers, Fritz Berckenhoff,
Moulton, Willie, Albert and Fe-
lix Berckenhoff of Shiner; Ber-
nard and Roman died in infan-
cy.
Game & Fish League
Annual Meet, May 3
May 3 has been set for the
annual meeting of the Shiner
Game and Fish League. The
meeting is to be at 7:00 p.m. at
the Welhausen pasture picnic
grounds.
The directors are making
plans for refreshments and a
wildlife program, A plan for
building dams in the new City
Park will be explained.
Town Will Close
Good Friday
Shiner Business Houses will
close at noon Friday, April 20,
which is Good Friday, and will
remain closed the balance of the
day in observance with holi-
days set up by the Chamber of
Commerce in January. The
stores will open again as usual
on Saturday morning.
The public is asked to co-
operate by doing their shopping
accordingly so this Holy Day
may be properly observed. Lo-
cal churches are holding ser-
vices on this occasion, so at-
tend the church of your choice.
• FIRST NATIONAL BANK
will close at noon Friday in ob-
servance of Good Friday and
will also be closed ALL DAY
Saturday, April 21 in observ-
ance of San Jacinto Day. Reg-
ular hours will be resumed
Monday, April 23 at 9:00 a.m.
• THE SHINER GAZETTE
will be closed ALL DAY Fri-
day and Saturday, April 20 and
21. Office hours Monday thru
Friday, 8:00 to 12:00 and 1:00
to 5:30. Closed every Saturday.
® RAYMOND’S AUTO SUP-
PLY will be closed Friday
afternoon and ALL DAY Easter
Sunday.
A. 6. Edmondson
Dies Suddenly
A. G. Edmondson, 80, for-
mer cotton buyer, died sudden-
ly and unexpected at the Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital
Tuesday, April 17, 1962 at 6:08
p.m. He had been in the hos-
pital only a few hours having
been admitted at 9:30 a.m.
The remains will be shipped
to Lawrence, Kansas for last
rites and burial.
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Rites Announced
For Tom Zbranek
Tom Zbranek, age 39 years,
seven months and 13 days,
passed away Monday, April 16,
1962 at 4:35 p.m. at Santa Rosa
Medical Center, San Antonio.
Funeral services will be held
at the Buffington Funeral
Home, Shiner, Thursday, April
19 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will
follow in Shiner Catholic
Cemetery, with military ser-
vices.
Rosary will be recited at the
funeral home Wednesday, April
18 at 8:15 p.m.
Requiem High Mass will be
said for the deceased at the
Shiner Catholic Church Mon-
day, April 23 at 6:30 a.m.
Rites In Shiner
For Mrs. Ullmann
Funeral services for Mrs.
Fannie Ullmann of Corpus
Christi were held from the Buf-
fington Funeral Home, Shiner,
Tuesday, April 10, 1962 at 9:45
a.m. and continued at the Shiner
Catholic Church with Requiem
Mass at 10:00 a.m. The Rev.
Father John J. Hanacek of-
ficiated.
Rosary was recited at the
Buffington Chapel Monday at
8:00 p.m. Burial was in the Shi-
ner Catholic Cemetery. Serving
as pallbearers were John and
Ray Ahlers, Ewald Effenberger,
Willie Koether, Travis and For-
rest Vlasek.
Mrs. Ullmann was born July
1, 1882 in* Linzdorf, Austria,
daughter of Frank and Theresa
(Tasler) Effenberger. She came
to this country in 1889 with her
family and settled near Schul-
enburg, later moving to the
Shiner Community. In recent
years she had been making her
home in Corpus Christi at 3621
Stinson. For two months and
seven days she was a patient in
the Memorial Hospital, Corpus
Christi, where she passed away
Sunday, April 8 at 12:00 p.m. at
the age of 79 years, nine months
and seven days.
Survivors include one son,
Leo Ullmann of Galveston;
three daughters, Sister M. Flo-
rence of Falls City, Mrs. Frank
(Isabel) Vlasek of Houston,
Mrs. Joe (Earline) Barnec of
Corpus Christi; one brother,
Frank Effenberger of Moulton;
two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Tillie)
Glomb of Shiner, Mrs. W. H.
(Selma) Koether of Yoakum;
nine grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; husband, Emil
Ullmann; two sisters, Mrs. Ad.
(Annie) Ullmann and Mrs.
Chas. J. (Theresie) Kasper; one
brother, Leo Effenberger.
"NOTES AND
COMMENTS"
Shiner Places
In Tennis Meet
On April 7, the Shiner Ten-
nis Team went to Bastrop to
compete in the District 24A
Tennis Meet. On the previous
Tuesday, in Schulenburg, Wal-
ter Henkhaus in the Senior boys
defeated a boy from Smithville
making him eligible to com-
pete in the finals. Maurice Ward
in the Junior boys singles and
Jo Ann Wehman in the Junior
girls singles, also went to Schu-
lenburg, but were defeated.
At the meet in Bastrop San-
dra Koenning and Kay Lynn
Wolters in sr. girls doubles were
defeated, but took third place.
Their opponents from Bastrop
continued and won first place.
Jo Ann Simper and Cynthia
Krejci in the Junior Girls Dou-
bles stroked their way to the
top by defeating both Schulen-
burg and Bastrop. Walter Henk-
haus took second place by de-
feating an opponent from
Schulenburg. In the elemen-
tary Division Michael Turek
competed in boys singles and
took first place by defeating
Smithville and Schulenburg.
Peggy Herder in girls singles
was defeated by Schulenburg
but took third place. In girls
doubles Linda Kruse and Lin-
da Pilzner were defeated by
Bastrop, but also took third
place.
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Bake Sale
Saturday, April 21
S.Y.S. of Shiner High School,
is sponsoring a bake sale Sat-
urday, April 21 from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon at Shiner Motor
Sales. Come and get some baked
items for Easter.
Collecting Funds
for Screwworm
Program In Shiner
Committee workers are new
collecting funds in the Shiner
area for the Lavaca County
Screwworm Eradication Pro-
gram.
Some of your neighbors are
on this committee and will be
calling on you soon. Be ready
to receive them because only
through the efforts of every one
working together, can this pro-
blem be solved.
The First National Bank in
Shiner is also receiving depo-
sits to this program and you
may leave your contribution
there if more convenient.
If every farmer and rancher
will contribute only 50c per
head for grown cattle and
horses and 10c per head for hogs
and sheep ,this menance to
Agriculture can be eliminated.
Otto R. Borchers, Lavaca
County chairman recently stat-
ed that Lavaca County has al-
ready received in excess of sev-
en thousand dollars.
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Moulton Having
Big Celebration
Moulton will blossom out in
it’s loveliest Easter Sunday
bonnet on Easter Sunday for its
big colorful annual VFW cele-
bration and political rally.
They will act as host to many
visitors of Moulton and South
Texas at the largest political
gathering of candidates for any
major national and statewide
office during the campaign.
Among the prominent candi-
dates to appear at the 3:00 p.m.
rally will be Congressman
Clark W. Thompson, Attorney
General Will Wilson, Don Yar-
borough, Jack Cox, Marshall
Formby, Commission of Agri-
cultural John White, Speaker
of the House of Representatives
James A. Turman, State Sena-
tor Jarrad Secrest, former Tra-
vis County District Attorney
Les Proctor who prosecuted
Bascom Giles and other candi-
dates.
Names will be drawn from a
hat and time called by a clock
that will give the candidates
time to mingle with the throng.
Attractions included in the
gala celebration consist of band
music by the famous Patek
band, bazaar, games for all ages,
dinner and supper on the
ground, Easter egg hunt for the
youngsters and a dance at night.
Everyone is urged to come
early so that they can be seen
in the television pictures as
some of the leading television
stations are expected to be
present to film this occasion
for a later showing.
Maundy Thursday is believ-
ed to get its name from Christ’s
commandment — mandatum, in
Latin — to His followers, ex-
plains World Book Encyclope-
dia. During the Last Supper He
said, “A new commandment I
give unto you; that ye love one
another.”
Meetings & Notices
• W.C.S. of the Methodist
Church will have a covered dish
luncheon Wednesday, April 25
at 12:30 p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall. Please turn in your treas-
urer chests.
• AMERICAN Legion and Aux-
iliary will meet Tuesday, April
24 at 8:00 p.m.
• KNIGHTS of Columbus
meeting notice — Being that the
Holy Week falls on the regular
Knights of Columbus meeting
night, it will be necessary that
the meeting be postponed and
held the following Thursday,
April 26 at 8:00 p.m.
• K.J.Z.T. Society will hold
their meeting on Thursday,
April 26 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Catholic Parish Gym. This
meeting had to be postponed
from April 19 due to Holy Week
services. Members please make
note of this change.
• THE FIREMEN’S Wives
Auxiliary will hold their Ladies
Night Supper Monday, April 30
at Swank Restaurant at 6:45
p.m. This published notice will
be your only notification. Please
make your reservations before
April 28 with either Mesdames
Steve Kubicek or K 'e r m i t
Harbers. This supper will be
“Dutch.” A dollar plate, plus
tax, will be served.
• REGISTRATION of First
Graders Sundays, April 29 and
May 6 at St. Ludmila’s Acade-
my. Parents are asked to re-
gister beginners for the next
school term, September 1962.
Please, bring along the child’s
Baptismal Certificate and a rec-
ord of all vaccinations your
child has had. If your child has
not been vaccinated, see that
he receives all the necessary
immunization before the open-
ing of school in September.
• K.J.T.—K.J.Z.T. and D.O.’s
(Jr. Div.) will have their Dis-
trict Meeting at St. Mary’s Sun-
day, April 29. Registration be-
ginning at 1:00 p.m., meeting
at 1:30. All members urged to
attend. Easter hunt for the
D.O.’s.
• JUNIOR Legion Auxiliary
will meet Saturday, April 21 at
1:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall.
About 3:00 p.m. (after the
meeting) Easter egg hunt.
SS. CYRIL & METHODIUS’
CATHOLIC CHURCH
• CONFESSIONS—
Holy Thursday: 9:00 to 11:00
a.m. and 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Good Friday: 9:00 to 11 a.m.
• EASTER WEEK MASSES:
N.B.: There will be no morning
Masses on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of Holy Week.
• Holy Thursday: Holy Mass
at 7:30 p.m. The faithful may
receive Holy Communion dur-
ing this Mass or immediately
after it. Public Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament in the Re-
pository shall be held from the
end of the evening Mass thru
the night and until Friday 2:30
p.m. If at all possible, all par-
ishioners should adore some
hours after the evening Mass
and until the Friday services
at 2:30 p.m.
• Good Friday: Stations of
the Cross at 2:30 p.m. Services
at 3:00 p.m. All may receive
Communion on this day, during
the Liturgical Functions.
• Holy Saturday: rhe Pascal
Vigil Service will begin at 7:30
p.m. followed by Vigil High
Mass during which time all the
faithful may receive Holy Com-
munion.
• Easter Sunday: Holy Mass-
es at 6:30, 8:00 and 9:30 a.m.
Easter Offertory Collection for
the Seminary will be taken up
at all the Masses.
• All Parishioners are kind-
ly requested to attend all the
/Holy Week services. No better
days can be found to assist at
the Sacred Liturgy and receive
Holy Communion than the days
of Holy Week, especially these
three and Easter.
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SHINER BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday Services:
Sunday Schoo], 9:30 a.m.
Preaching Service, 10:30 a.m.
Training Union, 6:30 p.m.
Evening Service, 7:30 p.m.
Mid-Week Services:
Church Business Meeting.
First Wednesday Night in each
month at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesdays—
Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Choir Practice, 7:30 p.m.
Charles N. Russell, Pastor
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METHODIST CHURCH
EASTER SERVICES
HOLY THURSDAY—
Holy Communion Thursday,
April 19, at 7:30 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY—
Seven Last Words Service at
2:00 p.m. April 20.
EASTER SUNDAY—
Special Worship Service at
10:45 a.m., April 22.
Public cordially invited to all
UNITED DR. MARTIN
LUTHER CHURCH
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Maun-
dy Thursday Holy Communion
worship service. The Rev. Rolf
A. Normann of Austin will de-
liver the sermon.
Friday, 2:30 p.m., Good Fri-
day worship service, including
Holy Communion. For the
Christian, Good Friday church
attendance and reverent wor-
ship of our crucified Redeemer
is a must as well as a sacred
privilege. It is sincerely hoped
that you will feel the need for
and will want to come and join
with your neighbors, friends
and fellow church members in
public worship on Good Friday.
Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Sunday
School and Bible Class.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m., Easter
Day worship service with Holy
Communion. (Please note that
this service begins 15-minutes
earlier than usual). May ours
be a Christian Easter Day ob-
servance, giving priority to
public worship in God’s House,-
and thus receiving the blessing
of our risen, ever-living Savior.
Friends of the community and
from elsewhere, as well as
members of the Congregation,
are most cordially invited to
join in this Easter Sunday ser-
vice.
Monday, 7:30 p.m., U.L.C.W.
and “Men of the Church” reg-
ular meeting. Visitors are in-
vited.
Thursday, April 26, 7:00 p.m.,
a Post-Easter Luther League
social evening, beginning with
a “covered-dish” supper, fol-
lowed by an informal program,
including the showing of a
16mm film, entitled, “Teenage
Loyalty.” The members of the
Palm Sunday Confirmation
Class will be the special guests
of honor, with their parents and
other members of the respective
families also invited.
PRIVATE COMMUNION will
gladly be arranged for and
served to all members of the
Congregation who may be un-
able to attend Holy Week or
Easter Day services at Church.
Please contact the Pastor, if this
service is desired.
A NEW CONFIRMATION
CLASS is to meet for the first
time on Friday, May 11, at 7:30
p.m. Parents who desire to have
their boy or girl join this class
will please confer with the Pas-
tor before or by Sunday, April
29.
Edwin J. Oehlke, Pastor
services including Sunday
School at 9:30 a.m.
Yes, Virginia, there is an
Easter" bunny . . . but some-
times, he’s a bell.
According to one European
legend, church bells, which do
not ring from Good Friday to
Easter, fly to Rome. On their
way back, they drop eggs for
children to find.
Bells have always been close-
ly associated with religious ob-
servances, reports World Book
Encyclopedia. Long before
Christ, high priests of the Is-
raelites wore bells as a protec-
tion against evil spirits. Since
the 500’s Christians have used
bells to summon worshipers.
During the Middle Ages, bells
were considered spiritual things.
They received the blessing of a
bishop and were washed with
holy water—a custom popularly
known as the baptism of the
bell. The bishop prayed that the
bell would summon the faithful
to worship, drive away storms
and frighten evil spirits.
Bells had other uses, too, such
as announcing the curfew or
calling attention to the notices
of town criers. They warned of
fires and called soldiers togeth-
er.
In fact, the power of bells to
rally people was so great that
a conqueror frequently melted
down the bells of a town.
* * *
Calvary, the name of the site
of Christ’s Crucifixion, comes
from the Latin word for skull.
The place may have gotten the
name from its shape, from skulls
seen there in ancient times, or
from a legend that the skull of
Adam was buried there. No one
knows the actual site of Cal-
vary, reports World Book En-
cyclopedia, but tradition places
it where the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre now stands.
* * *
GREG GRIFFIN WINS IN TRACK
Greg Griffin, senior student
at Shiner High School was en-
tered in the interscholastic re-
gional spring meet held in Vic-
toria April 13-14.
In the finals on Saturday, he
placed second in the Conference
A, 100 yd. dash event with the
St. Ludmila's P-TC
Food Sale, April 28
The St. Ludmila’s Academy
P-TC will hold their Food Sale
Saturday, April 28 at the down-
town Joe Patek Market begin-
ning at 10 a.m. Food delicacies
such as home-made bread,
strudel, cake, pies, koiaches,
noodles, butter, old hens, etc.,
will be available to the public.
All members whose names
begin with the letter M through
Z are asked to contribute. The
members A through L, who
failed to donate for the Febru-
ary food sale are requested to
bring their items for this sale.
Come in for your favorite
food and at the same time help
a worthy organization. (16-2t)
—Staff Photo
time of 10.3 which entitles him
to participate in the State Track
Meet in Austin Saturday, May 5.
Greg has gone to regional
three years—in his sophomore,
junior and senior years. When
he was a sophomore, he was a
member of the sprint relay
team and the team placed 4th.
In high school track partici-
pation at interscholastic meets
in Jr. and Sr. events he has
won, 7 first places; 5 second
places, and 1 third place.
Schools Announce
Easter Holidays
® St. Ludmila’s Academy will
dismiss classes at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 19 for the
Easter holidays. Classes will be
resumed Tuesday morning,
April 24.
* * *
• The Shiner Public School
will close for the Easter holi-
days Wednesday afternoon at
2:37 and will resume studies
Tuesday morning, April 24.
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