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SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1963
NUMBER 16
$3.00 PER YEAR (Plus Tax)
VOLUME 71
Soph Comedies
To Be Presented
The Sophomore Class of St.
Ludmila’s Academy will present
a comedy play entitled “An
Evening With The Blakes.” The
play will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 21 in the parish
gym. Admission will be: Adults
40c; Students 25c. There will
also be a skit given entitled
“Waiting For The Doctor.”
Everyone is cordially invited
to come out and see the play.
Hospital Patients
Listed as patients in the hos-
pital this week are: Mrs. Clara
Neubauer, Mrs. Ella McComas,
Mrs. Joe Schovajsa, Mrs. Felix
Konecny, Mrs. Ben Rivera and
baby girl, Mrs. Willie G. Mar-
cak, Shiner; Miss Mary Dole-
zal, Sweet Home; Mrs. Ernest
Chudej, Mrs. Harry Wagner,
Frank Jahn, Moulton; Henry
Matura, Schulenburg; Mrs.
John Kristynik, Flatonia.
• Colored Unit: Ozella Heights,
Shiner.
• Dismissed patients are: Joe
J. Kurtz, Mrs. Frank Michna,
Mrs. Frank J. Pulkrabek, Al-
bert Benes, Robert Jaks, Mrs.
Willie Bengsch, Mrs. Peter Er-
mis, Mrs. Casper Schneider,
Larry James Bujnoch, Mrs. Jer-
ry J. Velek.
• Colored Unit: Martha Harper,
Johnnie Mae Jones.
Social Security
Man In Shiner
Monday, April 22
A representative of the Social
Security Office, Victoria, Tex-
as, will be in Shiner at 9 o’clock
in the morning at the City Hall
on Monday, April 22, 1963.
Anyone wishing to file a
claim for retirement, survivor’s
or disability benefits should
meet him. He will be glad to as-
sist anyone having questions
concerning the social security
program.
* * * *
• Migrant Farm Workers
Migrant farm workers are
covered by social security and
their employers are required to
report the wages they pay to
these workers each year, Mau-
rice E. Owen, social security
district manager, reminded far-
mers today.
A farm worker who works
for several different employers
would have no social security
protection if his employers did
not report his wages, Owen said.
Benefits could not be paid to
him on retirement or disability,
or to his survivors in the event
of death.
Workers who move with the
harvesting seasons are covered
by the same social security law
that applies to other farm work-
ers, he said. They must be re-
ported and the social security
tax must be paid on their wages
if the worker is paid $150 or
more in a year or if the farm
hand works for 20 or more days
in a year for the farm employer.
Since farm employers pay so-
cial security tax on their em-
ployees only at the end of the
year, it is important that each
employee, his correct social
security number, and his wages
be listed by the employer, Owen
explained. At the end of the
year the report of wages paid is
filed with the District Office of
the Internal Revenue Service.
A farm report Form 943 is used
for this purpose. The employees’
social security tax should be
deducted at the time wages are
paid and then matched by the
employer’s contributions.
Mr. Owen went on to say that
the farm employer does not
have a choice as to whether he
will report migrant workers.
Under the law it is compulsory.
Wages paid to migrant workers
must be reported if the worker
meets either of the tests.
In honor of the
50th Wedding Anniversary
of their parents
the children of
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Miculka
request the pleasure of
your company at
Open House
Sunday, April 21, 1963
from 3 to 5 p.m.
Hermann Sons Hall
Shiner, Texas
No Gifts Please
Cemetery Ass'n.
Social April 21
A social to benefit the Shiner
Cemetery Association will be
held Sunday, April 21, begin-
ning at 3:00 p.m. at Legion
Park. Come out and help a
needy cause.
Entertainment is being plan-
ned and cake, sandwiches and
coffee will be served.
You are asked to give a dona-
tion such as sugar, shortening,
coffee, etc., which may be left
at Welhausen’s Store. Those
who will be asked to bring a
cake will be notified.
Weimar To Host
9th District Annual
Spring Convention
Weimar, April 16. — Twen-
ty-three American Legion Posts
will be honored at the annual
Spring Convention of the Ninth
District of The American Le-
gion, to be held in Weimar Sat-
urday and Sunday, April 20-
21, Allen L. Hoelscher, Com-
mander of the local Post, has
announced.
Posts and their Commanders
are: Bellville No. 115, Gus Rin-
iker; Blessing No. 649, Lee M.
Pierce; Danbury No. 501, D. H.
Allen; Eagle Lake No. 108,
Louis Balas; East Bernard No.
226, Andrew Wicks; El Campo
No. 251, C. C. Varner; Flatonia
No. 94, Bowdy Migl; Ganado
No. 364, Stanley Vajdos; Goliad
No. 193, Elder Abrameit; Hall-
ettsville No. 230, Richard F.
Jahn; La Grange No. 102, Otto
Legler; Lake Jackson No. 306,
Mack L. Langston; League City
No. 554, Francis Sneigr, Jr,;
Needville No. 350, Lawrence H.
Wieghat; Rosenberg No. 271,
Paul Schumacher; San Leon No.
291, Frank C. Reynolds; Sealy
No. 442, Edward Hluchan; Shi-
ner No. 201, Lonnie A. Koen-
ning; Sweeny No. 463, R. P.
Martin; Victoria No. 166, Alvin
L. Nelson; Wallis No. 200, Vance
Cooper; Weimar No. 259, Allen
Hoelscher; and West Columbia
No. 503, Dean Laughlin. These
posts will be awarded Citations
for exceeding their 1963 mem-
bership quotas. San Leon, Sealy
and Shiner Posts will receive
additional awards for having at-
tained an all-time high in mem-
bership.
Veterans Memorial Hall on
Park Drive will be open at 2:00
p.m. Saturday for registration.
From 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. there
will be a social hour for Legion-
naires and Auxiliary members,
followed by the annual conven-
tion dance, commencing at 9:00
p.m., with Randy K’s Orchestra
furnishing the music.
Registration will be resumed
again on Sunday at 8:30 a.m.
The joint session of The Am-
erican Legion and Auxiliary
will convene at 9:30 a.m., with
District Commander James D.
Rothermel of Ganado calling
the meeting to order. District
Sergeant-at-Arms Jack V. Sid-
well will have charge of Colors,
followed by the Invocation by
District Chaplain William Mi-
culka. Hon. F. F. Brasher, May-
or of Weimar, will give the ad-
dress of welcome and response
will be by Commander Rother-
mel. Hon. Homer S. Koliba,
State Representative, will in-
troduce the guest speaker, Hon.
Ralph Yarborough, U. S. Sen-
ator from Texas. Chaplain Sid-
well will have charge of the
Post Everlasting Memorial Ser-
vice at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Marcus
Valenta, Past State Chaplain,
will give the benediction.
From 11:15 a.m. to Noon
there will be a District Com-
manders and Adjutants Confer-
ence.
Lunch will be served at 12:00
Noon in the Veterans Memorial
Hall to all guests and delegates.
Immediately following lunch
The American Legion and Aux-
iliary will hold their separate
business sessions with Com-
mander Rothermel presiding
over the Legion meeting. Com-
mittee reports will be heard
from Chairmen of Credentials,
Rules, Resolutions and Consti-
tution and By-Laws Commit-
tees. District Officers, including
Commander and Vice Com-
mander, will be elected. Dele-
gates and Alternates to the Na-
tional Convention in New Or-
leans in September will be
elected and provision will be
made for the Principal and Al-
ternate members of the Depart-
ment Convention Committees.
Division Commander Ben Reue
will address this session.
New Building At
Kaspar Wire Works
An extension to the factory
building will be built this month
at Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. The
new addition will cover 9600
square feet, and is to be of cor-
rugated sheet over a pre-fab-
ricated steel frame.
This building will permit fu-
ture growth to take place. No
special new product or expan-
sion plan is underway, how-
ever, a regular increase in sales
is hoped for by the manage-
ment. The new building is to be
used for machinery and inven-
tory storage.
Meetings & Notices
• FIRST NATIONAL BANK
will be closed ALL DAY Mon-
day, April 22 in observance of
San Jacinto Day. Regular hours
will be resumed Tuesday, April
23 at 9:00 a.m.
• BLUE LADIES will meet at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18
in the hospital annex. All
members urged to be present.
George Watzlavick, president of
the hospital board, will be the
guest speaker.
• ST. JOSEPH and St. Eliza-
beth Societies will meet after
the 8 o’clock Mass Sunday,
April 21 in the parish gym.
• KJZT Society will have its
regular monthly meeting Thurs-
day, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. in
the parish gym.
© AMERICAN Legion and
Auxiliary will meet at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23.
• VFW Post No. 6209 and La-
dies Auxiliary meeting will be
held Thursday, April 18 instead
of Thursday, April 11 due to
Holy Day—Maundy Thursday.
Election of officers will be held
Thursday, April 18 at regular
meeting.
• SHINER Firemen’s Wives
Auxiliary will have their an-
nual Ladies Night Supper,
Tuesday, April 23 beginning at
7:00 p.m. at the Shiner Dine
Inn. Reservations must be made
with either Mrs. Frankie E.
Kubecka or Mrs. George Valis
by Friday, April 19. (15-2t)
© KNIGHTS of Columbus will
hold their regular meeting at
8:00 p.m. Thursday, April 18
in the Catholic Parish gym. A
social hour with refreshments
will follow the meeting. Mem-
bers please attend.
• SHINER Home Demonstra-
tion Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.,
Thursday, April 18 at the home
of Mrs. Edgar Bohmann. Visit-
ors are welcome.
• COURT St. Paul No. 1604,
Catholic Daughters, will meet
at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 22
in the parish gym. Please at-
tend this meeting as important
matters are to be discussed. We
would like a good representa-
tion of members. A door prize
will be given.
• W.S.C.S. will meet Wednes-
day, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Methodist Fellowship Hall.
• VFW and Auxiliary will meet
at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April
18. Election of officers. Ladies
bring lunch.
• CUB PACK 231 will attend
the District Camporee Satur-
day, April 27. More information
next week.
Game & Fish League
Annual Meet, May 2
May 2 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.
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Dance Club Dance
Saturday, April 20
Spring Dance for Shiner
Dance Club will be Saturday
night, April 20 at Legion Park.
Each member couple may
bring a guest couple.
Music will be furnished by
Les Blume Orchestra.
Congratulations
© Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rivera
of Shiner are the proud parents
of a baby girl, born at the Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital
Saturday, April 13, 1963.
She weighed six pounds
and six ounces and was named
Jo Ann. The baby is being wel-
comed by a brother, Ben Jr.
® S./Sgt. and Mrs. M. J. Li-
piec announce the birth of
Thomas Gerard Lipiec who was
born March 23, 1963 at 4:20
p.m. at the San Pablo AFB Hos-
pital, Sevilla, Spain. Weight
was eight pounds and 14 ounces.
They now have three boys and
one girl, and Grandpa and
Grandma Joe Kouba of Shiner
now have 20 grandchildren.
Tommy was baptized on Satur-
day, April 6 at the Santa Clara
Housing, Sevilla, Spain by Fa-
ther Thomas Higgins (Major
U.S.A.F.) Godparents are Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. Briggs of Austin,
Texas. Serving as proxy god-
parents were Mrs. Maureen
Noah of Massachusetts and Ear!
Okomoto of Hawaii.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mori-
sak of Houston are the proud
parents of a baby girl, born to
them in St. Joseph’s Hospital
on Sunday, April 7. The little
Miss weighed seven pounds and
14 ounces and will answer to
the name Cheryl Jean. The ba-
by is welcomed by two sisters
and one brother. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meyer
of Shiner and Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Morisak of Hallettsville.
© Rev. and Mrs. Clarence
Hagens of Lake Charles, Loui-
siana announce the arrival of a
daughter in their home on
Thursday, April 11, 1963. Little
Rebekah Kay was born in New
Orleans, La. on February 3,
1963, weighing seven pounds,
five ounces. Her big brother,
Mark, is giving her a big wel-
come. The happy grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Disch-
er of Shiner and Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Hagens of Schulenburg.
Speed your first social secur-
ity check—bring proof of age
with you when you apply for
your social security benefits.
V.F.W. District 24 Convention
To Be Held At Shiner Sunday, April 28
VFW District 24 will hold
their Spring Encampment at
Shiner on April 28, 1963. Shiner
Post 6209 and Ladies Auxiliary
will be hosts for the event.
The highlight of the conven-
tion is expected to be the joint
session to be held at the Cath-
olic Parish Gym at 10 a.m., with
Senator Culp Krueger as guest
speaker. This session is open to
the public, and will include a
Memorial Service, with the well
known Victoria Drill Squad
participating.
More details, along with the
complete program, will be list-
ed in the Gazette next week.
With hand and foot safely out of the way, air is used io start the
press turning. The initial back strain by the pressman or his
helper is not necessary and the men only keep up the momentum
until the revolution is completed.
W. A. Plueckhahn
Killed In Mishap;
Rites Held Sunday
La Grange. — W. A. “Bill”
Plueckhahn, 41-year officer of
the Carmine State Bank, was
fatally injured early Friday
night, April 12 when the car he
was driving went out of control
and crashed into a bridge abut-
ment about a mile south of Car-
mine on State Highway 290.
Mr. Plueckhahn, 65, was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at the
Milroy Hospital in Brenham.
He sustained a crushed chest.
The route on which the fatal
accident happened is currently
under reconstruction. The car,
a 1953 Dodge, was badly dam-
aged.
The banker’s death marked
up Fayette county’s sixth traf-
fic fatality of 1963.
Mr. Plueckhahn was born
near Burton on January 28,
1898, a son of Wm. and Emilie
(Kieke) Plueckhahn. He at-
tended the LaBahia school and
Blinn college at Brenham, after
which he was elected assistant
cashier of the Carmine bank on
March 13, 1922, and was named
director on July 1 of the same
year. He was elevated to the
vice presidency on July 1, 1946,
and was made vice president
and cashier on July 1, 1952, the
positions he held at the time of
his death.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Special Study At
Baptist Church
The Shiner Baptist Church
will begin a study under the
leadership of Rev. R. A. Tindall
on “The Life of Christ.” This
study will include Christ’s
miracles and travels and every
part of His earthly ministry.
Visitors are invited to attend
every Wednesday evening at
7:30.
Katie, nee Etzel, Plueckhahn,
with whom he was united in
marriage June 26, 1921, at
Round Top; one son, W. G.
Plueckhahn of Austin and Dal-
las; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur
Jaster of Giddings and Mrs.
Herman Hinze of Carmine;
brother, H. G. Plueckhahn of
near Carmine; and two grand-
daughters, Sheryl and Charlotte
Plueckhahn. Two sisters, Mrs.
Fritz Jaster and Lena Plueck-
hahn, preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, April 14, 1963 at 3:00
p.m. at the Carmine Lutheran
Church, the Rev. A. M. Hanne-
mann officiated. Burial was in
the Carmine Cemetery.
Foehner Funeral Home of
Burton directed the funeral.
Buske has a clear view of the entire gin before he pulls the clutch lever which turns on ginning macmnery.
A Typical Small Gin Reduces Injuries Thru
Normal Good Management Practices
© e 9
Editor’s Note:—The follow-
ing story and accompanying
photos appeared in the
March 1963 issue of The
Cotton Ginners’ Journal
and Yearbook and was
written by Tony Price, edi-
tor. The engravings are
courtesy of the Journal
which is published in Dal-
las.
* * *
“SAFETY IS MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT IS SAFETY”
erates past midnight. In the
past 10 years, he has averaged
2,000 bales, ginning from 65 to
70 days each season.
Home Made Safety Device
Buske is his own ginner al-
though he shares this job with
an experienced employee. In a
unique arrangement which
places a desk near the stands
at one end of the gin, Buske
receives every wagon of cotton
* * * *
by Tony Price
“I feel that there is no such
thing as a safe cotton gin. But,
by the same terminology, there
is no such thing as a safe street
crossing, a safe washing ma-
chine or a safe bathtub. These
things are inorganic and it is
only when man uses them im-
properly or permits himself to
come into direct contact with
them that they will cause him
injury.”
Call this philosophy if you
like. It’s the opinion of James
Buske who manages to gin
around 2,000 bales of cotton
every year at Shiner in South
Central Texas. Mainly, his at-
titude toward safety has been
developed through years of ex-
perience ginning cotton and
managing a cotton gin.
He seldom boasts about his
accident prevention record.
Buske doesn’t claim to possess
any sure solutions to prevent
injuries in cotton gins. You can’t
call his efforts a model safety
program, either. But, his opera-
tion and attitude offer an ex-
cellent example of the role of
management in safe ginning.
Management Furnishes
Leadership
There is no substitue for
management’s important role in
accident prevention. Those who
believe payment of the work-
men’s compensation insurance
premium and the display of a
few posters fulfills manage-
ment’s obligation to safe opera-
tion must look again and . re-
examine their position. They are
on a pretty weak limb. The
“boss” has to generate accident
prevention, then maintain the
momentum throughout the sea-
son. The enthusiasm, interest,
responsibility, authority, leader-
ship and loyalty necessary to
prevent injuries must originate
at the top. Management pan
lead and demand safe operation.
Employees will follow and obey
when the employer or imme-
diate supervisor furnishes these
necessary ingredients.
This is the stuff safe habits
are made of. Here is the breed-
ing ground for the sort of at-
titude that prompts each man
to unconsciously or consciously
make the right decisions at the
right time when it comes to
protecting himself and his fel-
low workers. Accidents are
scarce in this atmosphere.
Although Buske doesn’t label
it the same way—and he is not
aware he has done any more
than is necessary to operate his
business successfully—he has
created this atmosphere in his
gin operation at Shiner.
Buske is quick to insist:
“Don’t make me an authority
on safety, or on ginning, I’m
not.”
His management practices are
designed to produce profit. Ac-
cident prevention is one of the
ways to reduce costs. Fewer
accidents result not necessarily
from a safety program alone.
But, when the safety effort is a
part of overall good manage-
ment policies and techniques ac-
cident prevention is a direct
benefit.
The Buske Gin hasn’t had a
lost-time accident in the past
three seasons and will be one of
approximately 25 gins in the
state to receive recognition for
this three-year accomplish-
ment.
Many other ginners find safe-
ty is a part of good manage-
ment and will produce benefits
the same as new machinery, an
experienced ginner, or better
grade and staple. This type of
operation put other gins and
the Shiner gin on common
ground where experience and
know-how are tailored into the
kind of gin that runs with a
minimum of trouble and meets
the level of capacity and quali-
ty demanded by customers.
For a look at one such opera-
tion, look over Buske’s shoul-
der for a day:
Since he does not have a
^rge volume of cotton at one
Lime, Bqske starts ginning
around 7 a.m. and never op-
See— BUSKE—
(continued on Back Page)
HOUGHTON
GETS 5 YEARS
IN STABBING
Fred Hugh Houghton of Vic-
toria, charged with the stabbing
of Joe Sestak of Shiner Novem-
ber 24, was assessed a five year
penitentiary sentence in district
court Monday morning. The
knifing took place at the Re-
creation Hall Park during a
dance.
Houghton, charged with in-
tent to murder, entered a plea
of guilty and was tried before
the court without a jury.
Houghton was on probation
at the time of the stabbing for
burglary in Victoria.
James Cecil Hickey of Yoa-
kum, charged with Houghton in
the stabbing, also entered a
plea of guilty and was assessed
a five year probationary sen-
tence.
During testimony, it was
brought out that Houghton did
the actual stabbing although
Hickey was also wielding a
knife.
Attorney Henry Paulus was
the defense attorney.
James Miller, charged with
burglarizing cars of physicians
and taking medical bags was
sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary.
The case of James L. Avery,
charged with swindling was in
progress when court recessed at
noon to reconvene at 1:30.
Judge W. W. Ellison was on
the bench for the Monday trials.
—New Era Herald.
St. Ludmila's P-TC
Food Sale, April 20
The St. Ludmila’s Academy
P-TC will hold their Food Sale
Saturday, April 20 at the down-
town Patek’s Market beginning
at 10:00 a.m. Food delicacies
such as home-made bread, stru-
del, cakes, pies, koiaches,
noodles, butter, old hens, etc.,
will be available to the public.
All members whose names
begin with the letter N through
Z are asked to contribute. The
members A through M 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. (15—2t)
Reminder: P-TA Flower Show
Date — April 27 and 28th
Theme — Party Fair
Time — 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.,
Saturday, 12:30 p.m.-4:30
p.m. Sunday. Entries in
Cafetorium by 1:00 p.m.
Saturday
Place — Shiner Public School
Cafetorium
Entries — Displays by either
children or adults
Classifications — Religious
(church organizations), ar-
tificial, dried, or fruit
Categories — Live arrange-
ments, Live Specimens,
(Single Flower & Pot
Plants), Student Division,
(Pre- school-Senior )
Now that you have the lead
information and a week; we
sincerely hope that you have
planned on an entry in this
spring event sponsored by the
Parent-Teachers Association.
So plan now for an interest-
ing weekend, viewing floral ar-
rangements and acquiring new
ideas for formal and informal
table settings.
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