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Brownies, Red Bird Patrol —
Monday, October 12 from 4
to 5:30 p.m. the Red Bird Patrol
met at the Methodist Church.
Roll call revealed all pres-
ent and the collection of dues
were taken by Helen Rose
Benes.
Since it was Columbus Day,
the leader, Mrs. Guy McKay,
showed pictures of Columbus
and his ships and Cynthia Wel-
hausen named the ships. The
Brownies drew pictures of
boats and colored them. <
Attendance charts were made
by each Brownie and each re-
ceived a gold star for being
present.
The group voted on a name
for their patrol and they decid-
ed on Red Bird.
The Red Birds are Debra
Meyer, Shirley Madala, Peggy
Blohm, Barbara Jungbauer,
Helen Rose Benes and Cynthia
Welhausen.
The next meeting will be
held Monday, November 2 at
4:00 p.m.
Shiner Gazette—Shiner, Texas
Thursday, October 15, 1959 DefCdtS
GJjc ^bitter (Gazette
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MR. and MRS. Lr.E J. SEDLMEYER
Owners — Publishers — Editors
Entered as second class mail matter at the post office in
Shiner* Texas, under the act of Congress of March 1, 1876
Established 1892
Published Every Thursday
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/959---------
•RESS ASSOCIATION
Weimar Wildcats
REMINISCING WITH A GRAND OLD LADY
! (First Installment)
She will soon be 83 years old. I am speaking of Fort Sam
Houston, lovingly referred to as “the mother-in-law of the Ar-
my.” Looking back, she can recall numerous military highlights.
She is loved by many people throughout the United States.
Fort Sam Houston makes her home in San Antonio, Texas.
With a population of over 3,000 retired military people residing
nearby, interesting and sometimes humorous stories can be heard
almost any day in the week.
Established in 1876, the Quadrangle was built of locally
quarried stone, and still stands today, practically unchanged. In
the 90-foot clocktower, first utilized as a water tower and lookout
station, hangs a 600-pound bell salvaged from a gunboat grounded
in Galveston Harbor and first housed at the Alamo. The clock,
still in top mechanical condition, was manufactured in 1907.
Facing four directions, it can be seen for miles, marking the
location of the Quadrangle of Fort Sam Houston. It was here that
the notorious Indian leader, Geronimo and his group, were held
captive prior to being taken to Fort Pickens, Florida.
Recalling those first days, the little lady notes that it is sig-
nificant that no barracks were built for nearly 10 years after
completion of the Quadrangle. There was little time to use them
as the regular Army was spread out thinly in those turbulent
years. The Army had to move fast and often. Her boys based at
the Quadrangle had to escort wagon trains to various outposts,
patrol thousands of miles of dismal desert bordering the Rio
Grande, and were often called on to combat raiding parties from
beyond that stream.
Previously known as “Government Hill” and “Post of San
Antonio,” the post was officially named Fort Sam Houston in
honor of General Sam Houston by General Order Nr. 99 in 1890.
In 1909, the President of the United States dedicated the
“Gift Chapel.” According to available records, Fort Sam Houston
still holds the distinction of being the only Army post to receive
such a gift from local citizens.
Fond memories indeed, recalls the lovely lady of over 80
years.
(Next week, she will recall one of San Antonio’s memorable
highlights. While visiting our little lady, President Taft delivered
a speech. She will tell you what the President said when the
Mayors chair collapsed during the speech.)
The Luckless Legion by Irwin Caplan
GLAD ifS ONLY A BLOWOUT,.,.FOR A SECOND I
THOUGHT WE'D BROKEN THE SOUND BARRIER. "
Speed caused more than a third of the deaths and injuries
in 1958.
CLEVER ADS
Like some newspaper col-
umns, newspaper advertising
can be copyrighted.
In 1903 Justice Oliver W.
Holmes declared that advertise-
ments could be owned and
copyrighted even without hav-
ing any special literary or ar-
tistic merit.
An author, business, or agen-
cy that puts work and skill in-
to an ad can protect it as a rule
with a “general notice of copy-
right.”
One publisher made special
road maps for an advertiser,
and got them copyrighted; the
court held that the advertiser
couldn’t sell these maps to a
rival publisher.
In another case a clever pic-
ture ran in one ad. The court
told a competitor he couldn’t
use the same picture for his ad.
You cannot copyright some
things such as a list of names
publicly available or an ad so
common it lacks uniqueness.
Most ads are “owned” by the
Coach George Skipper’s Wei-
mar Wildcats hosted the Shiner
Comanches Friday night on
Wildcat field in a non-district
game. The Comanches of 33-B
went to Weimar with three vic-
tories tucked away thus far this
season, as compared to the in-
jury-plagued Wildcats who had
dropped four in as many starts.
An after-touchdown pass
spelled victory as the Shiner
Comanches edged past the game
Weimar Wildcats, 14-12.
Halfback Kenny Littlefield
put Shiner ahead in the first
quartei' with a 12-yard dash to
paydirt. Then Quarterback Eu-
gene Vaclavik scored on a six-
yard keeper play in the second
quarter.
A jump pass from Vaclavik to
End William Garbade added
two extra points.
Weimar fought back as Half-
back Clinton Ulbig dived over
from the one. Then Quarter-
back James Dahse flipped a
pass to End Tony Schindler
good for a 57-yard score.
But then Weimar could not
overcome the Comanches’ two-
point lead.
-i-o-e-o-s-o-:-
DeDear On TLC
Football Team
Seguin. — Dennis DeDear, a
member of the Texas Lutheran
College football team, will be
among the Lutherans when they
journey to Pineville, Louisiana
to meet the Louisiana College
Wildcats, October 17.
DeDear, son of Russell De-
Dear, Route 1, Box 13, is a 5-11,
185-pound fullback on the TLC
team which is seeking its sec-
ond straight win of the season
against the Louisiana Baptists.
The Lutherans o v e r-ran
Monterrey Tech, 60-0 for their
season’s first win.
DeDear, an All-district full-
back for Shiner High School,
also lettered in basketball,
track and baseball. He has
seen regular action in the first
three games of the Lutheran
schedule.
DeDear is a sophomore phy-
sical education major at Texas
Lutheran.
IT’S THE LAW
★ ★
A public service feature
of the State Bor of Texas
SHINER WELL REPRESENTED
AT DISTRICT V. F.
★ ★ ★ ★
Shiner VFW Post No. 6209,
and Ladies Auxiliary were well
represented at the District 24
Meet in Moulton Sunday, Octo-
W. MEET
★ ★ ★ ★
ber 11.
All present report that the
convention was very interesting
and enjoyable.
Congressman Clark Thomp-
son was the guest speaker, and
delivered a very inspiring ad-
dress.
State Dept. Senior Vice Com-
mander, Victor Afflerbach, was
present, and paid a special com-
pliment to the Shiner VFW
Auxiliary for reaching their
1960 quota. Shiner Post 6209
also received mention for al-
ready being very near their
1960 quota.
Those in attendance from
Shiner were: Mr. and Mrs. Ad.
Seidenberger, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
J. Strauss, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Mikes, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Balu-
sek Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Aschenbeck, Mr. and Mrs. El-
ton Aschenbeck, Melvin Ah-
rens, Ewald Erdelt, Thomas P.
Wright, Rudy Hobizal, Henry
Condel, Arnold Riske, Mrs.
Paul Stock Sr., Mrs. Emil Balu-
sek Sr., Miss Anita Discher,
Mrs. Anita Pustejovsky, Mrs.
Sadie Havel, Mrs. Tillie Blu-
dau, Henry Fietsam.
Dancing was enjoyed by all
after all business sessions were
concluded.
advertiser, not the newspaper
or magazine.
Ads which are run to get
business may also create pro-
perty right in a “trade name”
of great value to a business
even without a copyright.
Besides, a business or pro-
duct name itself may often be
copyrighted. Now and then, un-
fortunately, a company name
may become so well known that
without proper protection it can
lapse into the common lan-
guage and lose its character as
property.
Trying to gain from some-
one else’s ads may well get you
in trouble.
It can be a crime for anyone
to violate a copyright on pur-
pose, and he may have to pay
money damages covering all his
profits. And then some.
False or misleading ads can
cause loss or suspension of cer-
tain business licenses; the post
office sometimes gets rough if
someone uses the mails to ad-
vertise fraudulently.
Of course ads aim to brag
about one’s product which is
well known by the public and
therefore, within limits, such
“puffing” is allowed. But the
Federal Trade Commission oft-
en stops certain advertisements
if they are false or misleading
especially as to factual claims.
(This column, prepared by the
State Bar of Texas, is written
to inform—not to advise. No
person should ever apply or in-
terpret any law without the aid
Congressman Thomas N.
Downing of Virginia, the same
state that gives Congress that
very practical Senator, Harry
Byrd, is espousing a plan to pay
oft the national debt.
♦ * *
Now, of course, everybody
talks about the national debt
and the need
do something
about it.
Usually, about
all that is done
is to raise the
debt limit.
* * *
So it is quite
r efreshing
when Con-
gress m a
Downing
comes up with a plan.
* * *
Give or take a few billion, the
national debt now stands some-
where around $285 billion. It
keeps growing all the time.
* * *
It is costing something like $8
billion a year right now to pay
the interest on this debt. In fact,
Congressman Downing claims 11
cents out of every dollar paid in
income taxes goes for interest on
the debt, making this item sec-
ond only to national defense in
the national budget.
* * *
The interest charges are also
bound to go up, as witnessed by
the government’s difficulty in
making any more low cost loans.
Uncle Sam now owes so much
money that he is no longer con-
sidered a preferred borrower at
low interest rates.
♦ * *
Rep Downing also points out if
the government postpones pay-
ing anything on the principal of
the debt for the next hundred
years, at the end of that time
almost 1000 billion dollars will
have been paid out in interest
and the national debt will not
be decreased by one dollar.
© National Federation of Independent Business
Thus, he feels it is high time
that government face the facts
like any individual does when he
finds himself deep in the hole.
He budgets out of current income
something to pay on the princi-
pal amount of his debt, curtail-
ing other expenditures.
♦ ♦ ♦
Both Rep. Downing and Rep.
James Wright of Texas believe
there are sufficient frills that
can be cut out to permit the gov-
ernment to budget a stated
amount every year to apply on
the debt.
* * *
His plan calls for a payment
of at least 1% per year, which on
the present basis would amount
to a principal payment of less
than $3 billion per year. In 100
years the debt would be paid up.
♦ * *
Now it is interesting to note
that this annual payment on the
national debt is substantially
less than what is thrown away
every year in foreign give aways.
♦ ♦ *
In fact, if this plan had been
started a few years ago, instead
of the world wide giveaway
plans, the national government
today would be well on the way
to getting out of debt.
♦ ♦ *
Undoubtedly this plan will gain
attention in Congress. Whether
it is put over depends on how
much support is given it.
* * *
Obviously it is right and logical
from a moral, economic, and
financial standpoint, but such
viewpoints don’t always prevail
in the Potomac madhouse. There
are undoubtedly many who
dream that they will wake up
some morning and find through
some magic worked in the night,
the national debt has just dis-
appeared. But as any business-
man knows, unpaid notes or in-
voices can be lost in the office
files but duplicate copies are
bound to crop up.
Michigan State-Notre Dame Telecast
Hunter's Aid
To Biologist
Is Rewarding
Austin. — “Wildlife biolo-
gists always work for the bene-
fit of wildlife and hunters,” ac-
cording to the director of wild-
life restoration, Game and Fish
Commission. “They are not try-
ing to confuse anyone or make
hunting a hardship when they
ask hunters to cooperate by
making reports and providing
information voluntarily at data
stations and check points.”
The sack information and
data requested of hunters dur-
ing the whitewing season will
directly benefit the hunters
themselves as the next season
rolls around.
“This data is used as an in-
dex to the whitewing’s status
and its potential capability to
recover from the reduction in
their numbers caused by shoot-
ing,” said the director.
The dove leg samples which
hunters have been asked to
place in sacks help biologists
determine the ratio between
young and old (adult) white-
wings. From these samples the
breeding success for the 1959
season will be calculated. This
information is then compared
with data from previous years
to show an up or down trend
in the whitewing populations.
“Hunters also are helping
themselves when they turn in
bands. Band data, along with
sack data, aerial observations,
and nesting reports, give the
biologists a nearly accurate pic-
ture of the whitewing situation.
“Without the help of the
hunters,” said the director, “we
would be unable to make de-
pendable predictions. And it
could be disastrous for both the
hunted and the hunter.”
Tour To East Coast
PFC. Curtis Havel returned
to post at Ft. Monroe, Va. after
spending a 30-day furlough at
home. In early November he
will begin his overseas assign-
ment, stationed at Fulda, Ger-
many. He was accompanied by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
B. Havel, and his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kral.
Their trip took them through
the scenic route of Arkansas,
Tennessee and Virginia, return-
ing by way of the Carolinas,
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
and Louisiana. During their 3-
day stay in Washington, D. C.,
the Havels were in attendance
when Curtis played with the
U. S. Army band for the Presi-
dential Future Atomic Advis-
ory Committee. This proved to
be the highlight of their trip.
After the group toured the
Nation’s Capitol, Mr. and Mrs.
Here From California
Guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Frederick and
Mrs. Fred Givens last week
were Mrs. Robert Simpson of
Citrus Heights, California and
Mrs. Delmar Howser of San
Leandro, California. They made
the trip by car to get acquaint-
ed with their granddaughter
and grand-niece, Little Miss
Kari Babette Givens. They were
here from Monday to Thurs-
day, returning to California.
Big Auction, Grab Bag, Cake
Walk and various other enter-
tainment at Legion Park, Sun-
day, October 18 at Legion Park
beginning at 1:00 p.m. (41-2t)
Kral took an express bus to
New York City where they
visited points of interest, in-
cluding attendance at Sunday
Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral
and the Empire State Building.
1959 TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE
Please bring your Pink Tax Statement with you
I will be at the following places on dates
given below for the purpose of collecting State
and County Taxes for the year 1959.
Shiner: Wed., Thurs., & Fri., Oct. 14, 15 & 16
Novohrad: Wednesday Forenoon, Oct. 21
Moravia: Wednesday Afternoon, Oct. 21
Moulton (City Hall): Thurs. & Fri., Oct. 22 & 23
Frances J. Polasek
Tax Assessor-Collector, Lavaca County, Texas
Four Southwest Conference Broadcasts
A live telecast of the Notre
Dame-Michigan State game and
broadcasts of four Southwest
Conference games will high-
light The Humble Company’s
football coverage Saturday. The
following is a list of stations in
this area:
The Notre Dame-Michigan
State telecast will originate in
East Lansing, Michigan. Lind-
sey Nelson and Red Grange will
describe the action and color
Cub Pack 232
See Films At Meet
Cub Pack 232 held their reg-
ular Pack meeting Thursday,
October 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Catholic Parish Gym. A great
deal of Handicraft was display-
ed by the Cub Scouts. The
meeting was called to order by
Cubmaster Oscar Fisseler,
opened with prayer by O. A.
Kosler, I.R., followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag.
The Pack meeting was divid-
ed into two sections. The Cub
Scouts remained in the audi-
torium. They saw two educa-
tional films presented by Mrs.
M. M. Wagner.
The parents assembled in the
Green Room where Richard
Bentley, Scout Executive, of the
Live Oak District, presented in-
spiring films on the cub scout-
ing program. He urged all the
mothers to devote some of their
time to the young boys who are
fast growing up and to become
Den Mothers.
The Den Mothers are as fol-
lows: Den 1, Mrs. O. A. Kosler
and Mrs. August Maneth; Den
2, Mrs. Felix Hybner, Mrs. Den-
ver Muelker and Mrs. Robert
Stluka; Den 3, Mrs. Adolf Ve-
lek. and Mrs. Alvin Boehm; Den
4, Mrs. Paul Novosad, Mrs.
Daniel Veit and Mrs. Harry
Harper; Den 5, Mrs. Louis
Craft, Mrs. Ben Kocian and
Mrs. Frankie Kubecka; Co-or-
dinator: Mrs. Martin Wagner.
Joseph Chotenovsky and
Glenn Fisseler graduated to
Boy Scout, Troop 232. Gradua-
tion was under the direction of
O. A. Kosler.
Meeting was closed with song
and refreshments were served.
Accompanied by her nieces,
Mrs. W. P. Faulkner and Mrs.
John Kattmann, Mrs. Ella E.
Lane will motor from Lubbock
to Clovis, New Mexico, Satur-
day, where she will join Dr.
and Mrs. W. H. Plageman, who
are returning from a medical
convention in Chicago, via San-
ta Fe. Mrs. Lane will undergo
eye surgery during her visit in
Stockton, California, under the
care of Dr. Plageman.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Baker and
Bobby left Shiner Monday en-
route to Sacramento, Calif.,
where Mr. Baker has accepted
a new position. For the past
several years they had been
making their home in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Hess-
ler and son are now in Alabama
where Mr. Hessler is a salesman
for Tex Tan of Yoakum. They
write that they enjoy reading
the Gazette and like Alabama.
of an attorney who is fully ad-
vised concerning the facts in-
volved, because a slight var-
iance in facts may change the
application of the law.)
beginning at 12:15 p.m. (CST)
over KPRC-TV, Houston;
WOAI-TV, San Antonio;
KTBC-TV, Austin.
The TCU-Texas A&M game
will be broadcast from Fort
Worth by Kern Tips and Alec
Chesser. Radio time will be
1:45 p.m. (CST) over KVET,
Austin-1300; KEYS, Corpus
Christi-1440; KTHT, Houston-
790; KENS, San Antonio-680;
KNAL, Victoria-1410.
The Texas-Arkansas game
will be broadcast from Little
Rock by Bob Walker and Eddie
Hill. Radio time will be 7:45
p.m. (CST) over KTBC, Aus-
tin-590; KSIX, Corpus Christi-
1230; KILT, Houston-610;
KTSA, San Antonio-550.
The Baylor-Texas Tech game
will be broadcast from Waco by
Eddie Barker and Jim Wiggins.
Radio time will be 7:45 p.m.
(CST) over KVET, Austin-
1300; KXYZ, Houstpn-1320;
KITE, San Antonio-930.
The Rice-SMU game will be
broadcast from Houston by Ves
Box and John Smith. Radio
time will be 7:45 p.m. (CST)
over KNOW, Austin-1490;
KRYS, Corpus Christi-1360;
WOAI, San Antonio-1200; and
KVIC, Victoria-1340.
Farm Census
Field Work
Begins In Area
Field work in the 1959 Cen-
sus of Agriculture was due to
get underway locally on Octo-
ber 14 when a force of census
takers will start visiting every
farm in the area, it was an-
nounced today by Field Director
James W. Stroud of the Census
Bureau’s regional office at Dal-
las.
Farm census questionnaires
have been mailed to all farm
operators. The census takers
will visit all local farms to col-
lect the questionnaires and, if
necessary, assist the farmer in
filling out the report form.
The 1959 Census of Agricul-
ture is the 17th in a series of
nation-wide farm canvasses,
the first of which was conduct-
ed in 1840. The Census of Agri-
culture is taken at five-year
intervals to provide up-to-date
statistical information about the
nearly five million farms which
supply food and raw materials
for manufacture of goods used
by the people of the United
States, now numbering about
178 million. The current census
will yield information on the
number and size of farms, acre-
age and harvest of crops, live-
stock production and inventor-
ies, selected farm facilities and
equipment and selected farm
expenditures.
The field director emphasiz-
ed that all information about
individuals and their farm op-
erations furnished to the Cen-
sus Bureau is held in absolute
confidence under Federal law.
It is used only to provide sum-
mary figures such as totals,
averages, and percentages. The
information on an individual
report cannot be furnished to
any one other than sworn Cen-
sus employees and thus cannot
be used for investigation, taxa-
tion, or regulation.
Specials Friday & Saturday, October 16-17
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