The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1954 Page: 8 of 12
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Thursday, February 4, 1954
THE SHINER GAZETTE — SHINER, TEXAS
Bi-County
Council Elects
The Shiner High local P.-T.A.
was host to the Bi-County
Council of the P.-T. A. Thurs-
day, Jan. 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the
homemaking cottage.
After the call to order by the
President, Mrs. Lee Prause, the
following program was present-
ed. The P.-T. A. prayer was
read by Mrs. Max Wolters.
Accordian selections by Al-
len Lichey closed with the
group singing “God Bless Am-
erica.”
The business meeting opened
with the reading of the minutes
of the previous meeting, which
stood approved.
Mrs. Henderson gave a very
inspiring lecture which was en-
joyed by all present. A nomin-
ating committee was appointed
and election resulted as follows:
©
club meeting on the
Hi/ffffy, Ji/sr a few
HAKS Fff SAIFF
SUPER
Mrs.
TIRE SALE!
These Low Prices Include Free Mounting!
be
kept out for several
other
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HENKHAUS GIN & FEED CO.
SALE PRICED$|2?5
SALE PRICED ni.65
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SPECIAL J95
Priced
SAVE
DRIVE
Marcak Home & Auto Supply
Phone 4-3833
SHINER, TEXAS
“(UlUllAVV'
Dorothy and Rosalie
Houston came in for
Harbich, Home
Council Chair-
4-H girls were on the
at the Hallettsville
bread
share
NOWAAL
tVERY
driving
VffTN GOOD
traction
that
the
SUb-
6.00-16
EXCHANGE
If Your Old Tiro
l» Recappable
SUPER
RED TAG BARGAIN^
'Firestone
SUPERMARKET
6.00-16
Pk>» Tax
EXCHANGE, If
Your Old Tire
U Recappable
6.00-16
Plus Tax
EXCHANGE. If
Your Old Tire
Is Recappable
Other Sizes
Proportionately
Low
It
-
FREEWAY
driving—
HILLS-
distance
President, Mrs. Lee Prause,
Schulenburg; vice president,
Mrs. Joe Zumwalt, Halletts-
ville; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Lloyd Henderson, Schul-
enburg.
A buzz session was held with
the group being divided into
three separate groups. Each
group wfis given a topic to dis-
cuss.
SUPtR **R*°
taG BARGAINS
SUPER **RK0
TAGWR^l
Misses
Muras of
a weekend visit in the parental
home.
SUPER WIARR^
P TAG BARGA1^
fast
driving
long
DISTANCE
greatest
safety
We Buy Shelled and Ear Corn.
Dealers in Sun-Gio & Boy Blue Feeds.
Complete Stock of Mixing Feeds, Planting
Seeds, Fertilizer and Poultry Remedies.
Large Park Site
Given to Weimar
Weimar’s new recreation park
has become a reality with Mrs.
George McCormick’s token
lease to the city of Weimar of
60 acres of wooded land near
the eastern city limits.
To be known as the Hill Me-
morial Park, in honor of Mrs.
McCormick’s brother, the late
Tom Hill, the tract is one of
the most beautiful scenic spots
on U. S. Highway 90 between
Houston and San Antonio.
All citizens and civic organ-
izations in Weimar and the ad-
joining areas will have a part
in the planning and develop-
ment of the park.
Planning committees already
have been appointed by Weimar
Rotary and Lions Clubs, the
out on.- By pruning, one forces
' new growth, and the tree be-
comes a producing tree again.
© Two hundred thirty-five
4-H club boys and girls have
ordered tickets for the San An-
tonio Livestock Exposition, and
ninety-three have ordered tick-
1 ets for the Houston Fat Stock
Show. These tickets are ordered
through the County Extension
, Offices. So that the groups can
L get seats together, the boys and
. girls arrange for their own
transportation and leadership
for these trips.
O The Breslau 4-H club boys
are planning a rat poisoning
campaign in the near future.
Warfarin poison will be used.
Farmers in the Breslau' area
will have a chance to buy rat
poison and have it put out. The
poison will cost 25c per pound
and an average size farm will
need about five pounds. In or-
der to do a good job, Warfarin
must
days.
Henkhaus, Texas Ph. 3-4367, Moulton
After a limited time the sec-
retary appointed for each group
presented their ideas as com-
piled from the discussion.
The meeting adjourned to
meet in Hallettsville in April.
After adjournment, Mrs. Nan-
nie Scott with the assistance of
her H. E. girls served refresh-
ments to the entire group.
Towns represented were
Schulenburg, Fl a t o n i a, La
Grange and Shiner. — Reporter
GET THE TIRE YOU NEED FOR THE WAY YOU
...EASY TERMS. LOW AS 75« A WEEK!
SUPER MARR^
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Tinstone
STANDARD
A hard-to-believe
value! A genuine
Firestone tire with
Gum-Dipped cord
body and a long-
wearing, non-skid
tread . . . backed
by a Lifetime
Guarantee*
I Conservation
District News
District Supervisors: Jerome
P. Harbich, Chairman; W. T.
Reagan, Vice-Chairman; Eu-
gene Krejci, Secretary-Treas-:
urer; Frank J. Olsovsky and
Charlie Holly.
® The Chairman of
board of supervisors, Jerome
P. Harbich, is home after hav-
ing spent several days in Huth
Memorial Hospital in Yoakum.
All members of the board are
anxious for him to have a have their soil analyzed should
speedy recovery and resume his ! contact the county agent’s of-
duties with the District.
® Some cooperators of the
Lavaca Soil Conservation Dis-
trict have already applied for
assistance in carrying out con-
servation practices for 1954. In
'Firestone
i CHAMPION
l A high quality tire
| with such extra
I value features as,
I Safti-Sured Gum-
I Dipped cord body,
I "Plus-Mileage”
| tread and a Life-
■ time Guarantee.
ifice.
® I spent Wednesday after-
noon on the Herman Hanslik
farm near Moulton. Mr. Hans-
i lik has some nice clover grow-
____________xxx ^ng on his farm that will pay
1954, as never before, we need ! him well in increased crop
From
Miss
Callie
Izora
Werth.
Lavaca
Home
Demonstration
Agent
©
© Mrs. J. P.
Demonstration
man, has appointed the follow-
ing committee to work up
standing rules for the 1954
County Home Demonstration
Council: Mrs. Leonard Bonor-
den Sr., Mrs. Albert Bleier and
Mrs. Hugo Albrecht.
©The County-wide 4-H
club girls will be meeting on
Thursday at the Hallettsville
High School at 4 o’clock.
• The Wied Community 4-
H club is making plans for their
February
9th.
© Two
program
Lions Club meeting last week.
Mary Jo Eilers and Mary Gene
Dev all of the County-wide 4-H
club.
© Twenty-nine home demon-
stration club women from the
twelve Home Demonstration
Clubs in the County attended
the January Council meeting
last Monday. Each club presi-
dent gave a report of her club’s
activities, standing committees
of council made their recom-
mendations for the year.
A. H. Van Dyke, County
D.A. Chairman, reported
six club women from
Friendly Club have taken
scriptions to the Messenger,
state paper by home demon-
stration club women about their
activities.
• Have you checked your
family’s diet lately by the Tex-
as Food Standard? For a good
diet I need daily . . .
1 pt. to 1 qt. milk
1 egg
1 serving meat including poul-
try and fish
1 serving potatoes
1 serving green or yellow
vegetables
1 serving other vegetables
1 serving citrus or tomatoes,
raw cabbage, strawberries, mel-
j ons
1 other serving fruits
! 1 serving whole grain products
Other enriched cereals and
bread
Butter, or margarine, vitamins
added
Some sweets
More of the above or
foods as needed
6 to 8 glasses of water
© Here is a quick loaf
recipe I would like to
with you:
PRUNE BREAD
% cup shortening
x/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup prunes (cooked, drained)
2 cups flour
l/2 cup nuts
3 teaspoons baking powder
l/2 teaspoon salt
% cup liquid (prune juice or
milk)
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
Cream shortening and sugar
together. Blend in beaten eggs
and fruit. Stir in dry ingre-
dients, alternately with liquid.
Add nuts. Pour batter into
greased bread loaf pan (8” x
4”). Bake 55 to 60 minutes in
moderate oven at 350 degrees
Fahrenheit.
-o-x-o-x-o-
Mrs. Frank Michna of Flat-
onia spent Monday here with
relatives and friends.
News
Items
From
John V
Lindsey
County
Agent,
Lavaca
County
@
Ernest Kral, farming near
-----, Shiner, has five acres of alfalfa
i that is doing good. Soil samples
the were taken on Mr. Kral’s farm
to determine more accurately
the amounts and types of fer-
tilizers needed on this farm.
This is a good time to take soil
samples. Farmers wishing to
Firestone
SUPREME
I Safest tire money
I can buy! It’s the
I one and only
I blowout-safe,
| puncture-sealing,
I tubeless tire on
r the road today*
Lri Ls Write Your
Automobile Liability
insurance INOW!
L. E. DENMARK
(Insurance Agency)
Fire. Casualty, and Polio
Firestone
NEW TREAD
I Applied on Guaran*
l teed Tire Bodies or
I on Your Own Tires
I Made with the
l same high quality
I cold rubber tread
I materials, the same
B"1 tread design, depth and width as new
Firestone tires. Lifetime
A fishing lake has been start-
ed, and there will be picnic
grounds, with barbecue pits,
tables and benches, and play-
ground equipment for children.
Supplementary plans call for
a club house and tennis courts,
and other improvements as they
are presented by the various
planning committees.
-o-x-o-x-o-
T./Sgt. William Oswalt left
Wednesday for San Francisco,
California, thence to Korea. His
wife and twin sons will remain
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
August Baca, during Sgt. Os-
walt’s overseas service.
i While visiting the Hanslik
farm, we pruned an old pear
tree that has been a profitable
tree for many years, but last
year it failed to produce. This
happens to most fruit trees that .
are not pruned occassionally.
Firestone
I DELUXE
\ CHAMPION
I First choice of
i champion race
I drivers — it's the
I same tire that car
i manufacturers
I choose as original
J factory equipment
on millions of new
cars.
HOW PO tPP
PHIVE?
THERE'S A TIRE
gAROAlN HERE
FOR tOU TAILOR
JO youh need
Chamber of Commerce, voca- ¥ Q
tional agriculture groups and i -fcJClVHCH i3GIl
women’s organizations. T h e j
Golfing Commission has assum- |
ed full charge of the nine-hole,
course which, when completed,1
will be equal to the finest in
this area.
SAVE! ™
1 Mor on o complete set
Got Up tO ........... During This Sole
SAVE!
Priced Low as
SAVE! $^764
1 ® voropieT® act
Get Up tO jjy 1 ""1 11 During This Sale
Msgr. Netardus
Council 3081
Meets Every
Third Thursday
Of The Month
At 8:00 PM.
MAX SEIDENBERGER, G. K
AUGUST MANETH. Fin. Secy
Ftrtttont
SAFE
USED TIRE
BARGAINS
Plenty of good,
sound used tire
mileage left in
these. All sizes
... all makes —
all drastically re-
duced!
CORN SHELLING
Feed Grinding & Mixing Feed
EVERY WEEK DAY
Except Saturday - Afternoon.
of soil, slope and past erosion.
By going one more step—pro-
per use of grass produced—this
and will be treated according th for fruit buds to ut
to its needs for protection and
improvement.
® Uncontrolled soil erosion
can do a lot of damage. Henry,
Zissa, a cooperator with the La- ;
vaca SCD has made the first
step in controlling soil erosion
by constructing terraces. By
farming on the contour, man-
aging crop residues and open-
ing up the soil with deep-root-
ed legumes, Zissa plans to im-
prove and maintain his soil and
increase production.
to use each acre within its cap- i yields this fall,
abilities and treat it according;
to its needs for protection and
improvement. In order to use
land within its capability, some
farmers are shifting land use
from cultivation to permanent
grass. This is land that is not
safe to cultivate because of type The tree produces >a heavy mat
O± soil. S1ODO and nasi
of top growth that requires a
lot of plant food to support,
therefore, there is no new
hew w
safhy
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Lane, Ella E. The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1954, newspaper, February 4, 1954; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175903/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.