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Shiner Gazette — Shiner, Texas Thursday, January 9, 1964
LEGAL CHECKUP
A SAFETY MEASURE
Legal trouble is easier and
cheaper to prevent than to
cure.
Most wage earning, child-
bearing, home-buying, install-
ment-paying families don’t see
much need for a family law-
yer.
Often only under prodding,
one may have his lawyer pre-
pare a will.
But can you tell a big legal
risk from a small one? Can
you spot the signs of legal
trouble?
Check with your family
lawyer when:
1. Your status changes: Upon
coming of age, marriage, the
birth of your children, buying
a house, divorce or death. For
you may then need to draft or
revise your will, change your
insurance, or re-figure your
taxes.
2. You buy or sell. Look out
for flaws in the papers before
you go into debt, part with
money, or sign anything in-
volving big expenditures or
long-term obligations.
3. You enter into other con-
tracts. Promises, spoken or
written, bind you if they call
for a “consideration,” some-
thing of value in return.
4. Someone threatens your
rights. The law exists to defend
them but with some rights you
must take action yourself for
them to work for you.
When you can bring your
lawyer “live” facts (e. g. un-
signed contracts, vexing tax
returns you haven’t filed), he
can do much more for you,
and at a smaller cost than when
you bring him “cold” facts
(mistakes you have made
which threaten trouble).
But above all, get both live
and cold facts to him at once.
For time may run out in many
such situations. Your lawyer
may be able to do something
for you today, which he cannot
do tomorrow.
Tell your lawyer what you
want. Tell him all the facts,
good or bad, and then keep him
informed all along. He is sworn
to keep what you tell in con-
fidence, and he cannot serve
you well without full know-
ledge.
(This newsfeature, prepared
by the State Bar of Texas, is
written to inform—not to ad-
vise. No person should ever ap-
Gonzales County
Soil Conservation
District Hews
© Connally Davis is plan-
ning to install a farm pond
on his place northwest of
Leesville. The pond will pro-
vide livestock water when
grazing a 50 acre pasture. This
50 acre pasture will be es-
tablished to Common Ber-
mudagrass.
© Sample Brothers have re-
moved mesquite brush on 33
acres by rootplowing, raking
and burning. They plan to
plant this 33 acres to Coastal
Bermudagrass in the spring.
0 Glenn Crozier, who be-
came a District Cooperator in
the 1940’s, was assisted in re-
vising his conservation plan.
When the original plan was
developed, he was cropping
about 115 acres and 188
acres was being used as grass-
land. He plans to crop about 70
acres. He has changed his
conservation cropping system
to reduce the amount of row
cropping. On 2 fields of 25 acres
each, he plans to use a crop-
ping system of corn and maize
followed by hubam clover. On
one of the fields he will con-
struct parallel terraces next
fall. The terraces will empty
into Coastal Bermudagrass
waterways. The other field
was terraced several years ago.
Another 25 acre field will be
handled to produce grazing
from Johnsongrass. A 10 acre
cropland field will be convert-
ed to hayland. Johnsongrass
will be managed as the hay
crop. On about 200 acres of
his place he will defer and ro-
tate grazing to improve the
vigor and composition of his
native grass.
9 The Gonzales County Soil
Conservation District in coop-
eration with the Fort Worth
press will sponsor an essay
writing contest again this year.
All high school students in the
Nixon, Smiley, Waelder and
Gonzales Schools may enter the
contest. The title for the essay
will be “Youth Stake in Con-
servation.” The essay will be
limited to 500 words and will
need to be in the hands of the
Soil Conservation District Su-
pervisors by Feb. 1st. The Dis-
trict Supervisors will contact
the English and Vocational Ag-
riculture teachers in connection
with the essay contest.
ply or interpret any law with-
out the aid of an attorney who
is fully advised concerning the
facts involved, because a slight
variance in facts may change
the application of the law).
J. T. “Terry” Newman for-
mer Cuero Mayor and long
time south Texas business and
civic leader today announced
his candidacy for State Repre-
sentative from the 47th Texas
Legislative District which com-
prises Gonzales, DeWitt and
Lavaca counties.
Mr. Newman’s statement
follows:
After several weeks of de-
Health And Safety
Tips From The AMA
(frostbite)
Frostbite is an ever pres-
ent danger in winter in much
of the nation. It can be a ser-
ious. injury.
First signs of frostbite are
“pins and needles” prickly
feeling and then numbness,
says Today’s Health, the
magazine of the American
Medical Association. The af-
fected part will turn white or
gray, and later red.
Frostbite can be very pain-
ful for a long period, can re-
sult in amputations and leave
the victim hypersensitive to
cold for the rest of his life.
In some ways the damage is
similar to a burn.
Prevention is the best pro-
tection against frostbite. Dress
properly in warm clothing,
waterproof shoes and heavy
dry socks. Cover face and ears.
Keep clothing dry from out-
side moisture and from pers-
piration. Avoid tight clothing
or garters that may restrict
circulation.
Motorists should carry heavy
clothing and shoes in the car.
It might be necessary to hike
to a garage for assistance if the
motor stalls.
The first step in first aid is
thawing of frozen body tissue.
Bring the victim indoors to a
warm room. Treat the frozen
part with gentleness. Don’t rub
or massage. Ice or snow applied
to the frozen part merely de-
lays thawing.
Prompt medical treatment is
important. Control of severe
pain is required. Antibiotics
and antitetanus injections may
be needed if the skin is broken.
First degree frostbite, sim-
ilar to sunburn, is likely to at-
tack the ears, toes, fingers,
cheeks or nose. Second degree
frostbite produces blisters, and
third degree freezing damages
deep tissues. Much of the
frozen part may be lost.
Most cases of frostbite need
not have happened, if the vic-
tim had been properly dressed
and had used judgment about
staying out too long in sub-
freezing weather.
liberation and investigation,
during which time I have trav-
eled over much of the district
and have conferred with a
great many people I have def-
initely decided to enter the
race. I feel I can render a real
service to the entire district if
the voters choose to send me
to Austin as their State Repre-
sentative.
I am well acquainted with
area business, municipal, civic,
and farm problems. For 24
years I served Cuero as its
Mayor, voluntarily retiring at
the end of my twelfth term in
April of 1962. I have been in
business for myself for the past
22 years, heading the lumber,
hardware, plumbing and real
estate firm of Newmans of
Cuero, Inc. of which my son
David is now president. I was
born on a farm near Stratton
in DeWitt County and am fam-
iliar with farming and the
problems facing the farmer.
While serving as Mayor of
Cuero I helped secure a num-
ber of worth-while projects for
Cuero, the most important of
which were the Cuero Munici-
pal Park, the Brayton Flying
Service and the DeWitt County
Electric Co-operative.
I have been an active work-
er in the Cuero Chamber of
Commerce, and the South Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce. I am
the president of the Guada-
lupe River Development As-
sociation and am active in the
fight to prevent the S. P. Rail-
way from abandoning a large
section of its rail lines in De-
Witt and Lavaca counties. I am
also a director of the Texas
Under Six Flags Association.
I am a veteran of World War
I and lost a son, J. T. New-
man, Jr. in World War II. I
am a member of American
Legion Post No. 3 at Cuero and
the VFW Post at Yorktown. I
also hold memberships in the
Knights of Pythias, the Mason-
ic Lodge, Shriners, the Rotary
Club and the First Baptist
Church. I attended High School
and Baldwin Business College
at Yoakum, before moving to
Cuero.
I enjoy a wide acquaintance
not only throughout our dis-
trict but with state and nation-
al officials as well, including
the governor of Texas and
President Johnson.
I have always cooperated
with State and National pro-
grams and have gotten proj-
ects approved for thousands of
dollars for Cuero. I believe my
knowledge and experience in
such affairs can make my
services particularly valuable
to Mayors, Councilmen, County
Judges and Commissioners in
DeWitt, Lavaca and Gonzales
counties.
I am married and my wife
Sophie and my son David live
in Cuero. My daughter Mar-
jorie lives in California.
i In announcing for State Rep-
j resentative I am spurred by a
j sincere desire to render addi-
i tional public service, not only
. to my home town but to our
neighbor towns throughout
the district as well. I promise
I will be a full time representa-
tive, attending all sessions and
keeping the people of the dis-
trict well informed as to what
is going on.
I will actively oppose any
move to tie Gonzales and De-
Witt Counties into a congress-
ional district and Laredo and
Rio Grande counties in the
states redistricting plan. I will
exert every effort to secure a
better and more practical
alignment of our counties with
those having similar interests
with our own.
Sincerely,
J. T. Newman
(Pd. Pol. Adv.)
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SALE ENDS SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
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TAX ASSESSOR'S NOTICE -1964
I will be at the following places for the purpose of as-
sessing State and County Taxes for the year 1964:
Shiner (First National Bank): Thursday and Fri-
day, January 9 and 10
Henkhaus: Monday Forenoon, January 13
Sulphur Park: Monday Afternoon, January 13
Midway: Tuesday, January 14
St. John: Wednesday Forenoon, January 15
Gleckler: Wednesday Afternoon, January 15
Moulton (City Hall): Thursday and Friday, Jan-
uary 16 and 17
Witting: (Hoffer Store): Monday Forenoon,
January 20
Wied (Pavliska's Store): Monday Afternoon,
January 20
Sublime: Tuesday Forenoon, January 21
POLL TAX NOTICE
Poll Taxes to be used in 1964 elections may be
purchased at the above listed places and on the
given dates, or in the office any day in Janu-
ary 1964.
Yours Respectfully,
FRANCES J. POLASEK
Tax Assessor-Collector
Lavaca County
Hallettsville, Texas (l-2tc)
Charlie Tiekens
Celebrate Golden
Wedding Anniversary
G o n z a 1 e s—Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Tieken renewed their
marriage vows in the First
Evangelical Lutheran Church
recently with the Rev. Clar-
ence Zwetzig, pastor, officiat-
ing.
The nenewal started off the
observance of the couple’s 50th
wedding anniversary which al-
so featured an open house, a
dinner and a dance with hosts
including their children. These
include:
Mrs. Elroy (Ann Marie)
Boysen of Houston, Mrs. Oscar
(Maxine) Braeuer of Victoria,
Mrs. Bob (Gladys) Campion,
Max Tieken, and Oscar Tieken,
all of Gonzales.
The dinner for the couple,
the attending pastor, their at-
tendants and the family was
held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Campion. Then an
open house was held from 3 to
5 p.m. that afternoon at Her-
mann Sons hall. <
Registering the guests there
was Miss Linda Boysen of
Houston, and Stanley Tieken,
grandchildren of the couple. A
large candle in white with gold
numerals, “50”, adorned the
table here, and pictures were
made of family group.
An arrangement of gold
roses adorned a table where
Miss Beverly Tieken, Miss
Rosemary Tieken and Miss
Sandra Campion assisted guests.
The wedding cake was a
large open book representing
the couple’s life story. On one
page were yellow roses and
gold wedding bells, the replace-
able page also bearing the in-
scription, “1913-1963, Mary and
Charlie”.
Miss Patsy Braeuer of Vic-
toria served the cake, and Miss
Shirley Tieken served punch
at a table adorned with yel-
low and gold mums. Miss
Marlyn Braeuer of Victoria
served coffee from a table
holding yellow and gold flow-
ers.
Assisting with the gifts were
the grandsons of the couple,
Randy, Gregory and Wesley
Tieken, and Terry and Ricky
Campion. The gift table held
a bronze and gold arrangement
that was presented the couple
by their 13 grandchildren.
At 7 p.m. the couple were
hosts to a wedding dance with
the grand march led by Mr. and
Waldemar Tieken of Shiner, the
march ending in a “heart of
gold”, with some 75 couples
participating.
Mr. Tieken and Miss Mary
Siltmann were married on De-
cember 10, 1913, in Shiner
with the Rev. Wilhelm Schmidt
officiating.
Attending the couple at that
time were Mr. and Mrs. Allie
Bruns, his sister; Miss Frieda
Siltmann, her sister; and
Henry Orts of Poth, Mr. Orts
was unable to attend the 50th
celebration.
Mrs. Tieken was wearing for
the occasion a gold colored
frock with black accessories
and with a gold orchid as a
corsage. The assisting grand-
daughters were all attired in
gold colored dresses.
Assisting in the house party
were Mmes, Otto Pilsner, Mel-
vin Pilsner, Katie Bruns, Dick
Campion, Frank Spitzenberger,
Louis Spitzenberger, Alfred
Spieckermann, Hugo Siltman,
Houston Johnston, Edwin
Dick Van Dyke and Janet
Leigh in a scene from “Bye
Bye Birdie”, playing at the
Palace Theatre, Shiner, Satur-
day and Sunday, January 11
and 12.
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Poinsettia Legend
Grew Out Of
Mexican Incident
Legends of the Christmas
season are many the favorite
one for our area is perhaps the
one of the poinsettia.
One Christmas Eve night in
Mexico a tiny figure stood in
the shadow of the great cath-
edral door beyond its path of
light. A happy throng was en-
tering the cathedral to offer
gifts to the Virgin Mother and
Child. Little Maria had no gift
to offer. She knelt and prayed
that she might be able to pur-
chase a gift suitable for this
other Maria who lived so long
ago and bore the Blessed Son,
Suddenly a light seemed to
shine in Maria’s eyes and a
voice to say ‘Give what you
have and in the giving it shall
be beautiful.” She looked and
realized she was holding some
roadside plants in her hands.
She entered the great door and
started down the long aisle. As
she walked, along, ill-kept and
small, all eyes were following
her and there seemed to be a
shining light following her too.
Then as she reached the altar
and started to place her
“weeds” thereon she realized
that a miracle was being en-
acted for her gift was not
weeds but lovely, bright red
red flowers. Her heart rejoiced
and the crowd smiled in won-
dering approval. And so
Maria’s flowers became “flor de
la noche buena”, and we call
them our Christmas flowers.
Another similar legend tells
that when the shepherds heard
the angels announce the birth
of the Savior they told others
on the way and a throng of
people followed bringing gifts
to Jesus. One little orphan girl
came along but she had no
gift. She started to cry.
As she approached the stable
she looked to one side near the
opening and then knelt, crying
and saying her prayerful plead-
ing for a gift. Suddenly she
looked and saw that her tears
were springing up immediately
from the ground as snow white
flowers with crowns of gold.
And so this lovely winter
blooming flower became known
as the Christmas Rose.
Christmas Roses are called
Braune, A. D. Fortune, Louis
Zavadil, Walter Bartels, Walde-
mar Tieken and Adolph Fehner,
Miss Annie Orts.
Calvin C. Simper
Luther Ladies Aid Meets
Applies For B.A. Degree
College Station — Calvin
Charles Simper is among the
557 Texas A&M University stu-
dents who have applied for de-
grees to be conferred at the
Jan. 18 Commencement.
President John A. Hunter of
Louisiana State University will
be the Commencement speaker,
A&M President Earl Rudder
has announced.
The degree candidate listing
released by H. L. Heaton, Tex-
as A&M registrar, shows 46
candidates for doctorates, 101
for the master’s, 1 applicant
for the Professional Degree, 55
for the Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degree, and 346 for
the bachelor’s degree.
Simper seeks the Bachelor of
Arts degree in History.
by this name because they do
bloom in the wintertime even
through snow. They are mem-
bers of the Crowfoot or Butt-
tercup family.
There are a number of leg-
ends of plants that associate
them with the Christmas time.
Bamboo is a symbol of strength
in China. This is a charac-
teristic of Jesus so' the Chinese
include the bamboo quite often
in their paintings of the Ma-
donna.
The pomegranate is a native
of Bible lands and it has often
been associated with the Virgin
Mary. Its red color makes it an
emblem of hope. Section the
fruit and you find a cross out-
lined there. The Pomegranate
was often used as a pattern
for decorations in temples. It is
most appropriate that this
fruit should be used with the
Virgin in paintings. In Mexico
the Agava is called the friend
of the Indian as is the Virgin
Mary, so this plant is some-
times associated with the Ma-
donna.
In ancient paintings the Ma-
donna was often pictured with
Madonna Lilies. This white
lily is an emblem of purity and
chastity. The Madonna of the
Lilies came to be a usual de-
scription of Madonna paint-
ings.
Because numbers of flowers
of the Holy Land weer called
roses, roses came to be associ-
ated with the Madonna. The
Month of May came to be
known as the month of roses
in some lands, just as June is
the month of roses with us.
May, then to some, is Madonna
Month.
Other trees and plants are
associated with the Madonna
and the child. The olive, the
grape, the cedar—all these and
others are symbolic of the Holy
Land and have special signifi-
cance in legend and fact.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid
held its first meeting of the
New Year Thursday, January
2 at 2:30 p.m. The hymn, “As
With Gladsome Men of Old”
opened the meeting with the
President Mrs. Arnold Noll-
kamper, presiding. Devotional
was read by Mrs. Herbert
Discher. Visitors present were
Mrs. Annie Lou Griffiths, Mrs.
Ruth Riske, and Mrs. Ida Hill.
Minutes of the previous
meeting were read by Mrs. Roy
Hewig, who also read the
communications. A nice treas-
urery report was given by Mrs.
Theo Dierksen.
The following committees
reported cheer, social hall, al-
tar flowers, air condition fund,
birthdays for the aged and
lunch list. Mrs. Werner Bruns
read a thank offering prayer.
January will be Mrs. Emil
January will be Mrs. Emil
Balusek and Mrs. Willie Ha-
gendorf.
Altar flowers will be provid-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Mueller, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
De Harde, the Rev. J. C. A.
Pfenninger’s family, Mrs. Theo.
Dierksen, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
McKay and Mrs. Mike Benes.
Wolfsdorf graves will be cared
for by Mrs. Theo Dierksen and
Mrs. A. W. Nollkamper.
Te meeting adjourned with
the Lord’s Prayer. A social hour
followed.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Ben F. Kremling and Wanda
Christmas Day were: Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Berger and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Doby and
son, Daniel Lee Laake of Hous-
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Moritz E.
Laake and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Laake of Cuero; Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Pilsner and
sons of Nordheim; Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Hoerig and family of
Victoria; Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kremling, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz
Zikuhr, Mrs. Emilie Kremling,
Miss Louise Ehler, Miss Annie
Zikuhr of Hallettsville; Mr. and
Mrs. Zabransky and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Kremling, Mr.
and Mrs. Elo Kremling and
family of Shiner; and Pvt.
Henry Kremling of Fort Car-
son, Colo.
Over 10,000 deaths from
snakebite occur in India each
year.
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BAPTISM
Gary Christopher, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bohumir B.
Pustejovsky of Hallettsville,
was baptized in Sacred Heart
-Catholic Church on Wednesday,
January, 1 by the Rev. Thomas
O’Callaghan. Sponsors are Mr.
and Mrs. Isidor Malik Jr. of
Houston, uncle and aunt of
Gary. He is welcomed by three
sisters, Gail Ann, Pamela and
Arleen.
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