Yoakum Herald-Times (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 95, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1963 Page: 3 of 8
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Mr. And Mrs. Oscar James Kuenstler
... Former Rebecca Ann Kaiser
Double-ring wedding vows wore i Miss Landra Blower was maid
exchanged between Miss Rebecca I of honor Bridesmaids were Miss
Ann Kaiser, daughter of Mr. and i Bonnie Kaiser, sister of the bride,
Mrs, Elmo Kaiser, and Oscar I Miss Katherine Kuenstler, sister
.lames Kuenstler, son of Mr. and 'of the bridegroom, and Miss Bar-
Mrs. Emil Kuenstler, on Satur bar.t lluebncr of Victoria,
day afternoon, November 23rd, in Little Miss Tin Thiele, of Cue-
Qucen of Peace Catholic Church
in Sweet Home, Texas.
Officiating at the four o’clock
marriage was Rev. G. Kuratko,
before a setting of white chrysan-
themums and greenery. White
satin bows marked the family
pews.
Don McManus was organist for
1Ihv processional and recessional,
and accompanist for Miss Sarah
Kaffka and Miss Sandra Garrett,
as they sang "The Lord’s Prayer"
and "On This Day”.
Entering the church with her
father, the young bride was ra-
diantly lovely in her semi-formal
bridal dress of while lace over
peau de soie. The fitted bodice
was fashioned with scalloped
shoulder-wide neckline, and long
sleeves that came to points over
the wrists. Her full skirt was of
floor-length.
Her finger-tip veil of imported
silk illusion was attached to a
dainty Princess crown of pearls
and rhinestones.
She carried a bridal bouquet of
white carnations, centered with
an exquisite white orchid, and
white satin ribbon falls.
Her only jewelry was a white
gold cross and chain, a gift of her
bridegroom, white satin pumps
completed her ensemble.
She wore the traditional "some-
thing old, something new, some-
thing borrowed and something
blue" and slipped a penny into
her slipper.
ro, a cousin of the bride, was in
the role of tlower girl. She wore
white lace dross, white accessor-
ies, and carried a basket with
bronze ehrysanthemums.
Best man duties were per-
formed by Norm an Kuenstler,
brother of the bridegroom of
Houston. Groomsmen were Don-
ald Kaiser, brother of the bride,
Wayne Johnston of Gorpus Chris-
li, and Leon Donnelly of Kings-
ville1, cousin of the bridegroom.
Master David Kuenstler, broth-
er of tin1 bridegroom, was ring
hearer.
Dshering was Clifton Huebner
of Victoria, cousin of the bride,
and Clyde Jones, brother-in-law
of tht1 bridegroom, of Houston.
For her daughter's marriage,
Mrs. Kaiser chosn to wear an off-
white suit vvitli which she wore
cranberry accessories and white
orchid corsage.
For her son's marriage, Mrs.
Kuenstler wore a light brown
dress, matching accessories and
white orchid corsage.
A wedding reception followed
Hit1 ceremony in Sweet Home
Firemen's Hall.
The receiving line was formed
by Mr, and Mis. Elmo Kaiser,
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kuenstler, Mr.
and Mrs, Oscar James Kuenst-
It r newlyweds, Misses Landra
Brower, Bonnie Kaiser, Katherine
Kuenstler and Barbara Huebner.'
The register table wus laid with
a white cloth, with white net
ding cake, Iced in all white, detail-
ed with white roses, pale green
leaves, lily-of-the-valley and wed-
ding bells, and topped with min-
iature bride and bridegroom
within a decorated arch, all rest-
ing on a large round mirror re-
flector, edged in white satin ruf-
fles. Miniature replicas of the
wedding attendants, the maids in
their gold dress, the flower girl
in her white dress, and the male
attendants, were placed around
the base of the cake, on the re-
flector.
Serving bride’s eaki* snrf nmir.
ing fruit punch were Misses Ear-
lent* Littlefield, Verlene Harbers,
Lois Thiele Mrs. Clyde Jones
and Mrs. Edwin Kaiser,
The groom’s table was laid with
a white net cloth and held the
white iced sheet cake decorated
with pale pink roses, and the sil-
ver coffee service. Misses Sandra
Turk, Sue Keith, Sandra Garrett
and Betty Goetz served cake and
poured coffee.
Mrs. Robert Kaiser, Misses A-
llce Kaiser, Roma Jo Kaiser, and
Linda Dornak were in charge of
the display of gifts, which were
displayed on white linen cloths.
Potted fern were placed about
the hall at vantage points.
Other members of the house-
party included: Mesdames C. J.
Zinke, Alfred Hoerlg, Bertha An-
thony, Douglas Cook, Leland
Tucker, Oscar Pari', Weldon An-
thony, Milton Hiller, Emmanuel
Kuippa, Alfred Seitz, Johnny
Dornak, John O'Neill, Karl
Wvatt, and Mrs. Travis Little-
field.
When leaving for the honey
moon trip to San Marcos, Texas,
the bride wore a blue cotton knit
sheath with which she wore
black accessories, and white or-
chid corsage. Miss Janie Dornak
passed out the gold tulle rice
bags, to shower the departing
newlyweds.
The bride is a graduate of Yoa-
kum High School, Class of '63.
Mr. Kuenstler graduated from
St. Joseph’s High School, class of
'61 and is employed with II.E.B.
Food Store. The couple is now at
home at 507 North Street, this
City.
Out-of-town guests attending
the wedding wen1: Miss Nancy
Reed, Mr. Ralph Jansen, Mr. and
Mrs. Cylde Jones, Leonard Kuen-
stler, and Mr. Norman Kuenstler
of Houston; Mr .and Mrs. Weldon
Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Thiele,
Lois and Tia, of Cuero, Texas;
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mudd of Pasa-
dena, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Huebner, Barbara, Clifton and
Elaine, of Victoria; Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Dornak, Linda, Janie,
Nancy, Johnnie, Jr., of Shiner;
Mrs. Daniel Stary of Edna; Mr.
Wayne Johnston of Corpus Chris-
ti. Leon Donnelly of Kingsville;
and Richmond O’Neill of Hunts-
ville, Texas.
Miscellaneous Shower Compliments Miss ’*" Thr— ~ TOAKUM h«salp-tim«s. YMkw*, t«*. Frid».v, November 2W1. i
Mary Ann Smith, Bride-Elect, On Sunday
Miss Mary Ann Smith, bride-
elect of Harvey Pekar, was feted
with a miscellaneous shower on
Sunday, November 17th at the
home of Miss Louise Janak.
Upon arrival, the guests regist-
ered in the bride's book, which
wus on a table with lace scarf ac-
cented with an arrangement of
white chrysanthemums, and pre-
sided over bv Mrs. Dorothy Jan-
sky of Houston, a cousin of the
bride-elegt.
The honoree, her mother, and
her fiance’s mother were present-
ed with bronze chrysanthemum
corsages by the hostess.
A fall theme was carried out In
MEMOS
by Etta
BOUQUET TOSS When new
bride, Mrs. Oscar Kuenstler tuss-
l'd her bridal bouquet Saturday
afternoon, it fell Into the bunds
of Miss Alice Ka>scr.
WEEK ENI) GUESTS in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Donnelly were their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Johnson and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Gar-
land Emerson and children of
Austin. Also visiting in their
home were Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
West of Ft. Worth.
Young Homemakers
Hold Meeting
The Young Homemakers held
their regular monthly meeting,
Thursday, November 21. at the
Homemaking Department. The
president called the meeting to
order and then turned the meet-
ing over to Mr. Andrews. Mr.
Andrews gave a very informa-
tive program on homo photo-
graphy for the amateur. He
discussed the various types of
cameras and how to take pic-
tures and develop them.
Refreshments were served
and a regular business meeting
followed. The meeting then ad-
journed.
decoration in the dining area
where orange punch was served
by Miss Barbura Otto, and a
white iced sheet cake topped with
blue bells and the affianced cou-
ple's names, ‘‘Mary Ann and Har-
vey" was served by Miss Char-
lene Plcha.
Approximately forty guests
were present, with the honoree
receiving mnnv usafid
ly gifts, among which was the
hostess’ gift to her, a Westing-
house steam dry Iron and an iron-
ing board.
Junior C. D. A.
Troop No. 1 Meets
On Tuesday, November 19,
ihe Junior Catholic Daughters
Troop No. 1 met at the home
ol Jane Grubert. The meeting
was called to order by the pre-
sident Georgia Kocian. There
was then roll call, reading of
the minutes of the previous
meeting, and the collection of
dues and counting of merits.
Mrs. Grubert gave a report
of the Juniorettes Initiation on
December 2. Then the girls
j started working on their Christ-
mas presents for their mothers.
The meeting was then closed
with prayer.
Those present were Jo Ann
Abernathy, Nancy Barthels,
Jerlene Boloch. Carolyn Brewer,
Darlene Fo.jtik, Jane Grubert,
Rosemary Jalufka, Doris Kas-
parek, Georgia Kocian, Jeanie
McCord. Patsy. Mucala. Elaine
Pish, Marv Treptow, Mrs. Bo-
lech and Mrs. Grubert.
Reporter, Rosemary Jalufka
African Missionary To Speak
At Local Church
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Joe
Wick and family of Bay City
visited over the week end in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Wick, Aileen and Elrose. Also
visiting Sunday in the Paul
Wicks’ home were Mir. and Mrs.
Louis Loos, mother and father
of Mrs. Wick, Mrs. Delores
Clark and children, and Mr.
Sticks Stahala.
Preceding the bride down the | overlay, upon which the maids
aisle were her feminine attend
ants gowned in Identically styled
.street-length dresses of gold laee,
lined with taffeta. The fitted bo
dices featured scoop necklines,
brief sleeves, and bell shaped
skirts. They wore matching gold
pumps, and pill boxes of gold
lace and laD’eta, with gold veil-
ing. They carried each, one large
bronze mom.
placed iheir bouquets for floral
decor. Presiding at (lie wedding
register was Miss Nancy Reed of
Houston, a cousin of the bride.
The bride's table was covered
with a white not tiered cloth,
with while undertone. White sal-
in bows with lily-of-t lie-valley a
dorneil each corner of the table.
Centering the table was the beau-
tiful I hrec-t ierec j colcnadc Wed
SUNDAY
MORNING
Is time lor
DEVOTION
on KCFH
7: IK Evangelist
Willie Mae Bales
— O —
H: 15 Yoakum
Ministerial Alliance
— O —
8:30 Bible Baptist
Church of Yoakum
— O —
8:45 DeWItt County
Ministerial Assoc.
— O —
11:00 Services of the
First Presbyterian Church
1000
KCFH Radio
YHS Rotary Honorees
At Yachtile's Drue Store
j , GIFTS. GIFTSp and more GIFTS for \
ttnawnii. ‘Wri#nu ........... —
$,
For "HIM"
Doik Novoltioi
Mon's Tollotrios
Lighters, Pipes,
Cigars
For "HER"
Cosmetic and Ovar-nita
BASS — Shoe "Tota” —
Brush Kits Showar Caps
Etc.
FINEST COLLECTIONS:
Prestige COSMETICS — Nationally famous PERFUMES and COLOGNES.
Guerlain — Channel — Faberge — Arpege — Coty — Christian Dior.
VacUoleH State
GRAND AVENUE
Wayne Kuester, David McEl-
roy and Emmet I Sauer, left to
right, were the three YHS
Seniors introduced as honor
guests at the Yoakum Rotary
Club session Wednesday by Stu-
dent Committeemen Bud Brown-
ing.
Their parents were listed Mrs.
Lucille Kuester, and Mr. W. H.
Kuester, Rev. and Mrs. Frank
MeElroy and Mrs. Grace Sauer.
Wayne is Vice President of
ihe Student Office Staff, David
is President of the National
Honor Society’s YI1S Chapter,
The C. M. Browns
Observe Anniv.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Brown
were complimented Thursday
evening with a barbecue dinner
in h0n0r r>f |hnu. WOudin
versary. The dinner was held
on the patio of 77 Drive Inn.
Hostesses for the occasion
were: Mrs. Ella Marburger, Mrs.
L. J. Rosenfelder, Mrs. Fred
Billings, and Mrs. Norman Hue-
isch.
Those attending were: Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Holster and
children, Billy, Gary and Dale,
Mrs. Ella Marburger, Mrs. Ruth
Brown, Mrs. Geneva Holster,
Mrs. Sophie ITafernik, Mr. and
Mrs. .Adolf Bart os and children,
Calvin Ray. Mary Ann, Rose
Marie and Anil a Mae, Mr. and
Mrs, Paul GUlla and children
Diane and Paulie, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Nall and children Dwayne,
Gay and Jackie, Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Flcssner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Fallings, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Ro-
senfelder, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Simek, Mr. Paul Loos. Mr. Carl
Garrett, Mrs, Bessie Fuller, Mrs.
Agnes Barns and the honoree,
Mr. and Mrs. C, M. Brown and
son Dennis Leo Payne.
LADIES
IN CONCRETE —
IIO< till ELM AREA
\
Do you need extra money
to help with living costs?
Representing Avon u few
hours per day In your com-
munity will prove of great
help. Write:
Box 3503
VICTORIA, TEXAS
(95-3ch)
Emmet! is a leading member of
tin1 Science Club. All three plan
to attend college after graduat-
ing at Yoakum High next May.
United Gas Has
4th Qtr. Dividend
Now York —- A fourth quar-
ter dividend of 40c i>or share
on the common stock was de-
clared by the Board of Direc-
tors of United Gas Coip,
Shreveport, La., it was announc-
ed by Ed Parkes, president, fol-
lowing the board meeting here
today.
The dividends is payable on
January 2. 1964 to shareholders
of record on December 10. The
fourth-quarter payment brings
Ihe total dividend paid by
United Gas inis year to $1.60
per share.
Special Program
Of Scouting
There will be a special pro-
gram of Scouting in Malletts-
vllle, at Stevens Mayo Scnool
Gym, on December 2, 1963 at
7:30 p.m. This program will be
of very much interest. It wall be
enjoyed hv all and will be some
thing new. I extend a special
invitation to all Scout Troop
Committeemen, Pack Commit-
teemen and all Scuuters to at-
tend this. Be sure and bring all
friends for a good time. Re-
member December 2, 7:30 p.m.
Stevens Mayo School Gym at
Mallet tsvillc, Texas. Thank you.
Milton G. Flessner,
Leadership Training Chairman
Bulldogs Lose
Tuesday Night
The Lockhart Lions handed
the Yoakum Bulldogs their sec-
ond defeat of the young basket-
ball season in a 33-28 game
here Tuesday night. Brewer was
high scorer for the winners
with nine points. Bobby Devige
and Roger Ullman scored eight
each for Yoakum.
Yoakum won thfr B game,
28-25.__
TxCFOR SALE: 1951 Jeep in
first cIubm condition, $550. See
FImanuel Knlppa, 240,8 W.
Grand Ave., Yoakum, Phone
AX 3-3215. (95-tf)
The government of Togo,
West Africa, has recently invit-
ed the Assemblies of God to
begin working in the southern
part of the country. Previously
t his Moslem-controlled portion
of Togo was closed to Protes-
tant missions.
The Reverend and Mrs. Wil-
liam Lovick, under appointment
of the Assemblies of God Fore-
ign Missions Board are super-
vising till1 Assemblies of God
mission in Lome, capital and
largest city of southern Togo.
The Rev. Lovick, now on fur-
lough, will speak on Sunday,
Monday, and Tuesday, Decem-
ber 1-3, at the Assembly of God
Church, 106 Lester. The Rev. A.
E. Hokett, pastor, extends a
cordial invitation to the public
to attend the services a 11:00
a.m. on Sunday morning and
7:15 p.m. each of the three
nights.
The Rev. and Mrs. Lovick are
currently making plans to build
an evangelistic center on pro-
perty already purchased in
downtown Lome. The Rev. Lo-
•vAck reports that the people of
the city are unusually recep-
tive to the message of Chris-
tianity, and that the Togo go-
vernment is encouraging the es-
tablishment of the Assemblies
of God mission. The Lovick*
also plan to construct a Bible
school in Nedja, 60 miles from
Lome.
The Lovicks first went to To-
go in 1955. Prior to opening
the mission in Lome they were
stationed at Bassari, a city of
northern Togo. Here he was an
instructor in a national workers
training center and in a techni-
cal trade school, where he in-
structed Christian young men
in masonry, carpentry, mecha-
nics, etc, Mrs. Lovick opened a
school for girls.
In preparation for missionary
service the Rev. Lovick attend
cd the University of North Ca-
rolina, Chanel Hill, North Ca-
rolina; South-Eastern Bible Col-
lege, LakoUand,, Florida; and
thi> University of Geneva, Swit-
zerland. Mrs. Lovick also at-
tended South-Eastern Bible
College, Lakeland, Florida. Be-
fore entering missionary ser-
vice, the Rev. and Mrs. Lovick
traveled extensively in the Uni-
ted States in evangelistic minis-
t ry.
Everyone is invited to attend
these special services and hear
these outstanding missionaries
to Africa. On Monday night
Rev. Lovick will bo the speaker
at tlic Sectional Fellowship
Meeting of the Yoakum Section
of Assemblies of God churches.
Pastors and laymen from the
22 churches in this area will at-
American Cancer
Society Meets
The American Cancer Sc
Yoakum City Unit, met in
gular session Thursday nl
Nov. 21 at the Stephen AuS|
Cafetorlum. 1 resident w. G.'1
Ptov'el presided with ten n«s^|
bios \ resent. Educational ChdH
i tan nuiiiHiul -Ji
( - »..V v» T» H
leaders in the schools of t!
city who are interested in the!
showing ol educational film*
in the youth oi ih, schools,]
J\u s. Krause reported (.hot lhe|
..orvicc committee has an i^npU
supply of dressings and
ages on hand. Plans are bef
formulated for the 1S64 cru=l
Made.
Great emphasis will be | laced
m research centered on leuke-
mia lor 1964, in a report given
oy Mrs W. C. E. Bressel who
at tended the Annual meeting
at Houston recent tv. Two 1‘tdis*
who had been successfully treat-
ed 1111 l;u\M"s,d caneer wore!
present at this meeting and!
gave lull details of Ihe treai-[
ment. They now servo as teach-
in ; la other- on tile use of the]
new voice box.
Field Representative Stanley
Poyscn presented a film whlcf
conveys facts about cigarette
smoking and the dangers of the
habit. This film will be showr
in the schools.
jnc next locular meetinj
will lx hold in January.
First Baptist To
Have Guest Speakers
First Baptist Church will be
privileged to have two guest
speakers this Sunday, Decern*
tier 1st.
Sunday morning the speaker
will he Rev. George it. Ramsey
and Sunday night Rev. John T.
Ramsey will be bringing the
message. Both young men are
sons of Rev. and Mi*s. R. B.
Ramsey of Progress Baptist
Church, and both are students
at Southwestern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary in Ft. Worth.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30
> m. there will be an ordina-
tion service at Progress Baptist
Church to ordain Rev. John T.
Ramsey to the ministry. The
ordinal ion council will be com-
posed of pastors of neighboring
churches.
tend on that night, at the local
Assembly of God Church, 106
Lester.
YOAKUM HERALD-TIMES
WE GIVE THANKS lor a Bountiful Harvest.... For
Guidance from above .... For our liberties in this
Land.... and, too, we are Thankful for your Patronage.
We sincerely wish you and yours health, happiness
and Prosperity....
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