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filter (BxrttlU VOLUME PER YEAR 8c PER COPY SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1961 NUMBER 2 "NOTES AND COMMENTS" Official Memorandum By PRICE DANIEL Governor of Texas Austin, Texas GREETINGS: For each of the past 11 years, Public Schools Week in Texas has been set aside as a special time to place increased emphasis on our educational system. During this period, parents are encouraged to visit the public schools, and all citizens are urged through special programs to recognize the tremendous importance of our system of education. Our goal is to make Texas public schools the finest in the Nation, and to achieve this our citizens are urged to take an active interest in the school systems and to cooperate with their school boards, superintendents, principals and teachers. Never before in our history has there been a greater need for educated leadership. As we rush to train young people in science and technology to keep pace with world events, it is also important to remember that our public schools will furnish our leaders of tomorrow with the basic human, moral and spiritual foundations necessary for more advanced training and knowledge.

THEREFORE, as Governor of Texas, do hereby designate the period March 10, 1961, as PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK in Texas. In official recognition whereof, I hereby at fix my signature this 6th day of January, 1961. PRICE DANIEL Governor of Texas Rainfall Report For 1960 A rainfall report kept by Willibald Kleihege who lives 6 miles north of Shiner in the Henkhaus community reveals the following: January 1.80 February 3.55 March 1.10 April 3.30 May 2.10 June 8.15 July 4.20 August 4.50 September 1.10 October 14.65 November 3.85 December 4.50 Total 52.80 In the past years: 1959 50.40 1953 37.30 Tex Tan Sales Conventions Held At Dallas And Yoakum For 1961 Land Bank Reduces Interest Rate The Board of Directors of The Federal Land Bank of Houston has approved a reduction of Vz of in the interest rate which the bank will charge on its new loans beginning January 1, 1961. In making the announcement Hal Weatherford, President of the bank, stated that the board also authorized a reduction of of beginning January 1 and until further notice on some $24,000,000 of loans which bear an interest rate of According to Weatherford, this is the third time the Houston bank has been able to voluntarily reduce the interest on loans already on the books. The Federal Land Bank makes its loans through 73 Federal Land Bank Associations located throughout Texas.

It has over 235 million dollars of loans in force and obtains funds to make loans through the sale of bonds to the investing public. This reduction in interest rates will mean substantial savings each year to many farm and ranch owners in Texas. 1he Old. dirnifJh The beautiful Ramada Inn, Dallas, Texas was the meeting place this year on December 26, 27 and 28 for Tex National Specialty Sales Convention. The sales representatives from all areas of the United States flew into Dallas for this three-day program of sales training, presentation of nothing wrong with the younger generation that the older generation didn't Congratulations Mr.

and Mrs. Alton Tieken of Austin are the happy parents of a baby girl, born Friday, January 6 in an Austin hospital. Little Brenda Sue tipped the scale at 8 pounds and 6 ounces and is receiving a hearty welcome from her sister and two brothers. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

W. Tieken of Shiner and Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Wright of Yoakum. Mr.

and Mrs. M. G. Winkenwerder of Damon are happy to announce the arrival of a baby son, born Friday, December 30 at the Caney Valley Hospital in Wharton. He weighed six pounds, three ounces and was named Gary James.

Sponsors at baptism were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Muenster of Houston. Mr. and Mrs.

Douglas J. Walshak of Gonzales are the proud parents of a baby boy, born at the Dr. Wagner Memorial Hospital Wednesday, January 4. The little fellow weighed 8 pounds and 2 Meetings Notices THE regular Stated Communication of Shiner Lodge No. 1065, A.F.

and A.M., will be held Monday, Jan. 16. Fred Pietsch, D.D.G.M. will officially visit Shiner Lodge at this meeting. All brethren are invited to be present.

E. H. Schlenker, W.M. SHINER Home Demonstration Club will meet Thursday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.

Edgar Bohmann. KNIGHTS of Columbus will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 19 at the Parish Gym. Members are kindly requested to be present. NOTICE Pack 231 will meet Saturday night, January 28 at 7:30 p.m.

at the Lutheran Social Hall. It is important that parents encourage their Cubs to attend Pack meetings and it is equally important that parents themselves attend. start the New Year with a attendance at Pack Meetings. Your children deserve this consideration as well as those that work with them all year. VFW and Auxiliary will meet Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.

in the VFW Home. Ladies please bring lunch. K.J.Z.T. will meet Thursday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Green Room of the Parish gym.

ALL R.V.O.S. Fire and Storm Insurance members are asked to attend a very important meeting at the Farmers Coop, Shiner, at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 15. Members are asked to come by and pick up their checks. CUB Scout Pack 232 Leaders will meet Monday, Jan.

16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parish Gym. Public School P-TA Meet January 12 The Shiner Public School Parent-Teacher Association will meet in regular session on Thursday night, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Presenting the fJrogram promptly at 7 will be the National Honor Society sponsored by Robert Bubolz.

Installation of new members will be conducted by Max Seidenberger, Principal of the High School. In recognition of their outstanding achievements, the six seniors to be installed will receive their pins from Mr. Seidenberger. Eight Juniors being received into the society will be presented membership cards. The P-TA has purchased the pins to be awarded to these students.

Following the program, an important business session will be held with regular and new business to be discussed. All members are urged to be present. A count of parents will be made and the attendance prize of $2.00 awarded to the room having the most parents present. new merchandise for the specialty lines, and to become better acquainted with officials from the Tex Tan home office and factories. Elmer Wheeler, Internationally famous sales consultant and after dinner speaker, addressed the group of salesmen on December 27.

C. C. Welhausen, Tex Tan President, also spoke to the general assembly on the 27th, selling Tex Tan and its new program for 1961. Lewis Shows and John Cosby, sales manager and field sales manager respectively of the Tex Tan Specialty Division, were in charge of the three-day program. Others from the Tex Tan home office on the program with the training highlights or new merchandise for the line were A.

A. Tolbert, C. W. Denman, Clarence Franks, Cliff Long, Tex Thompson, Blake Flint and Herb Keil. A special feature of the sales convention was the presentation and addition of a new line of casual footwear under the name of This merchandise is designed and priced for sale in middle to better class department stores, and wear stores over the country.

The Saddlery and Footwear National Sales Convention was held this year at Tex home plant in Yoakum, December 29-31. Sales representatives from all over the country attended this convention which also had to do with training highlights and presentation of new merchandise and sales quotas for the year 1961. Douglas Manning and Cliff Long, Sales Manager and Field Sales Manager, respectively, were in charge of the program. C. C.

Welhausen spoke to the general assembly of the sales group. Other Tex Tan officials assisting with the program were Blake Flint, Philip Welhausen, C. W. Denman, Howard Wilkerson, Bill Friedel and Rachael Barber. A special feature of the dlery and Footwear Division Sales Convention was the presentation and addition back to the line of merchandise, a complete line of Western Billfolds, Western belts and an improved and enlarged line of moccasins and sandals, all being manufactured at Yoakum.

Cemetery Association Meets; Officers Elected The Cemetery Association met with Mrs. Peck Welhausen Friday, January 6 with a goodly number present. Yearly reports were given by the treasurer and secretary. The K. of P.

Lodge has turned the new City Cemetery over to the City Cemetery Association, who will leave complete charge of the up-keep of this plot of ground. Those who own lots in this cemetery are expected to fully cooperate with the Cemetery Association hereafter. A rising vote of thanks were given to Erwin Stratman for legal work, Joe Kouba for hauling dirt, Alois Kasper for important work he so willingly does, Miss Jo Ann Henkhaus for typing work and to the Friendship Club for their liberal cash donation. After fifty years of untiring service, Mrs. Peck Welhausen tendered her resignation as treasurer, it was accepted with regrets.

Mrs. Welhausen will be greatly missed and her dedication to this work will always be remembered by her co-workei's and the entire community. Mrs. Victor Stindt was elected to fill the vacancy. The following were elected to complete the roster: President, Mrs.

Alois Kasper; 1st vice president, Mrs. Sophie Wolters; 2nd vice president, Mrs. Adolph Valek; secretary, Mrs. Julia Wolters; assistant secretary, Mrs. Alvina Wolters; correspondent secretary, Mrs.

Rudy Valenta. Reporter. Assess Your Taxes Tax Assessor-Collector, Mrs. Frances J. Polasek, will be at the First National Bank in Shiner Wednesday and Thursday, January 11 and 12 for the purpose of assessing state and county taxes for 1961.

Last Rites For E. J. Konecny In Shiner Monday Funeral services were held Monday, January 9, 1961 at 8:30 a.m. from the Buffington Funeral Home, Shiner, and continued at the Shiner Catholic Church with Requiem Mass at 9:00 a.m. for Emil Jeff Konecny of Victoria, who died at the Veterans Hospital in Houston Saturday, January 7 after one confinement.

Death occurred only one day before his 68th birthday. Burial took place in the Shiner Catholic Cemetery. The Rev. Father John J. Hanacek officiated at the last rites.

Rosary was recited at the Buffington Chapel Sunday at 7:30 p.m. A former resident of Shiner and veteran of World War Mr. Konecny for many years was a foreman on a ranch at Victoria. He was born at Shiner January 8, 1893, son of the late Frank and Tracy (Janak) Konecny. Legionnaires of Kolar-Stanek Post 201, Shiner, participating at the last rites were Adolph Pesek, Wm.

Granz, Hugo Helweg, James and Eddie Jaks and Wm. F. Wagner, who served as pallbearers, and Chaplain Curt Messer, who presented the flag to his sister-in- law, Mrs. Wm. F.

Konecny of Schulenburg. He was assisted by Eddie Jaks in the folding of the flag. He is survived by three brothers, Frank Konecny of Shiner; Joe Konecny, Rt. 2, Yoakum; Wm. J.

(Bill) Konecny of Schulenburg; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Macha and Mrs. Joe Mikulik of Shiner, Mrs. Joe Becka of New Braunfels. Dance Club Dues Now Payable Members of the Shiner Dance Club are reminded to pay their 1961 Club dues at the First National Bank.

Dues are $6.00. Deadline for dues is February 28. Lutheran Church Annual Meeting The annual meeting of United Dr. Martin Luther Church is scheduled to take place Sunday, January 15 at 2:00 p.m. In order to render attendance at the annual meeting as convenient as possible, the regular morning service will, as in previous years, be omitted next Sunday (Sunday School will be held at the usual time).

Members of United Dr. Martin Luther Church are invited and kindly urged to be present to share in the decisions regarding the 1961 program needs, aims and objectives. All confirmed members, regardless of age, have the privilege of voice and vote. Among the business matters to be considered and decided in the usual manner, will be the election (or re-election) of four councilmen. A proposed budget for 1961 will also receive careful consideration and such action as will appear advisable.

Several recommendations, involving matters pertaining to the affairs of the congregation, will be presented, considered and appropriately acted upon by the congregation. Members are also encouraged to ask questions and make such constructive comments as may prove helpful in the interest of the individual member and the congregation as a whole. The time to express opinion regarding matters pertaining to the work and program of the at the annual meeting. A record attendance at this annual meeting is hoped for and anticipated. All confirmed members are respectfully urged to join their fellow members in attending the annual meeting of the Church next Sunday afternoon.

P. S. Members, please note: Copies of the Annual Meeting Program Bulletin will not be mailed to the membership of the Congregation. However, a sufficient number of Program Bulletins will be provided, allowing a copy for each member attending the Annual Meeting on next Sunday. Funeral Rites Held For August Filip Funeral rites were held for August R.

Filip of Cuero Tuesday, January 3, 1961 at 8:30 a.m. from the Buffington Funeral Home, Shiner, and continued at the Gonzales Catholic Church at 9:00 a.m. with the Rev. Father Peter J. Roebrocks officiating.

Interment was in the Gonzales Catholic Cemetery. Rosary was recited at the funeral chapel Monday, January 2 at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Filip was born in Lavaca County July 24, 1916 and followed the occupation of a textile worker. He died in the Bohmann Hospital, Cuero, January 2 at the age of 44 years, five months and eight days.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. August R. (nee Alouise Zmeskal) Filip; two sons, Arnold Gene and August Filip both of Cuero; two daughters, Mrs. Ethlen Rose Parma and Brenda Kay Filip, both of Cuero; his mother, Mrs. Willie (Mary Pilsner) Filip; three brothers, Emil and Bill Filip, both of Gonzales, and Oscar Filip of Shiner; three sisters, Mrs.

Ella Jahn of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Olga Peterek of Cuero and Mrs. Gladys Sonsel of Gonzales. His father, Willie Filip, passed away in 1957. Serving as pallbearers were Paul Klesel, Otto Muelker, Allen Jahn, Alvin Peterek, Billy Martin and Lawrence Filip.

Mr. Thompson Funeral Services At Old Moulton Funeral services were held Saturday, January 7, 1961 at 3 p.m. from the Old Moulton Baptist Church for John Thompson, resident of the Nickel Community, who died at his home at 2:30 a.m. Friday, January 6. The Rev.

Oscar Thompson his nephew, pastor of the Memorial Heights Baptist Church, conducted the services with burial taking place in the Stonewall Cemetery near his home. Smith Funeral Home of Moulton was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Thompson was born about 2 miles from his home in Nickel and was 80 years of age last July. His parents were Sarah Hughes and John Thompson Sr.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Thomas; two daughters, Mrs. Fairy Wells of Kenedy, and Mrs. Mary Ann Cook of Seguin. Also surviving are three brothers, Oscar Thompson of Gonzales, Harry of Moulton and Jim Thompson of Kerrville; a sister, Mrs. George Houston, San Antonio; and four grandsons.

Dance Recital Public School Gym Saturday, Jan. 14 ZAI)A McMANUS SCHOOL OF DANCE presents THE BIG The circus theme has clowns, wild west aerial acts, animal and side show events. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be presented at the Public School Gym Saturday, January 14. Admission will be 35c for adults and 20c for children.

In the dance recital are pupils from Shiner and include Brigid Miculka, Debbie Bozka, Sabrina Watzlavick, Vicki and Phyllis Roeder, Lisa Wagner, Jacque Cloutier, Rhonda Dreyer, Debbie Yates, Judy Mraz, Cynthia Welhausen, Peggy Herder and Ginny Williford. Several dancers are coming from Cuero who were featured in the recent Turkey Trot. Mrs. McManus who presented a feature number will also dance in the Shiner recital. The public is invited.

10,753 Deer Killed Austin. There were 10,753 deer checked through the Game and Fish Commission check station in Llano for the 1960 season, according to biologist reports. Last season there were 9,220. First Traffic Death Recorded For Lavaca Wednesday Morning Lavaca first traffic death for 1961 was recorded Wednesday with the death of Floyd Howard White, 27, native of Moulton, who died in the Shiner Hospital January 4 at 4:20 a.m. He was injured in a Moulton Boy Hurt While Jumping Fence David Janecek, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Julius Janecek, of Moulton, was seriously hurt after jumping a barbed wire fence at 3:30 Saturday evening, January 7. The accident happened at his home when David decided to jump the fence which he had done many times before, but this time he accidentally hit the top wire of the barbed-wire fence, throwing him to the ground, and while falling, his elbow had gotten between his stomach and the ground, causing him to puncture his spleen, and causing serious bleeding inside his body. He was taken to the Shiner Hospital by the Smith ambulance of Moulton at 5:00 p.m. Saturday.

A specialist from Victoria was summoned to do an emergency operation at 10 p.m. that night. Seven pints of blood were required to carry out the operation. Men came to volunteer that night, and David underwent the operation, which proved successful. David is in a good condition at this writing, but he will have to remain in the hospital for 10 days.

David is a sophomore in the Moulton High School. Rites Heid Friday, Dec, 23 For Mrs. Henry Hefenbrock Mrs. Henry Hefenbrock of Flatonia passed away Thursday, December 22, 1960 following a sudden attack. She had reached the age of 76 years, 5 months and 7 days.

Funeral services were held Friday, December 23 at 2:30 p.m. from the Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Flatonia, with Rev. Albert S. Johnson, pastor of the Flatonia Baptist Church, officiating. The body was tenderly placed at rest in Flatonia City Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Arnold Wiedeman, Arnold Tauch, Max Steinhauser, Hugo Wehmeyer, all of Flatonia, Frank Starry of Schulenburg and William Roth of Victoria. Frieda Kloss Hefenbrock, daughter of the late Adam and Emma Kloss, was born July 15, 1884 in Flatonia and made her home there during her entire lifetime. She was married to Henry Hefenbrock December 11, 1912. Surviving are her husband, Henry Hefenbrock of Flatonia; two daughters, Mrs. Weyland (Margaret) Billingsley of Schulenburg, Mrs.

Roland A. (Jimmie) Smith of Kingsville; two sons, Wesley Hefenbrock of Schulenburg, Maj. Harry Hefenbrock of Pittsburgh, one brother, Ed Lee Kloss of Oklahoma City, four grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Attending the last rites from Shiner for her aunt was Miss Beatrice Kasper and Mrs.

Edward Kasper. Income Tax Service Offered William Gerum will be at the Farm Bureau Office again this year offering Income Tax Service to members of Farm Bureau the same as last year. This service of Farm Bureau will begin Thursday, January 12, with Mr. Gerum being in the office every Tuesday through Saturday thereafter until his services will no longer be needed for this year. Frank Sinatra and his pals are all to entertain you in Las Vegas where 11 was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision.

Palace Theatre, Saturday and Sunday. one-car accident last Sunday. White, an employee of the Moulton Oil Mill, died in a hospital in Shiner with a punctured lung, several broken ribs and other lesser injuries suffered when he apparently lost control of his 1949 model sedan and drove into an eight-foot deep ditch one and one-half miles south of Moulton on a rural road at 7:00 a.m. Sunday. According to Highway Patrolman Wilbur Horstman, White was driving toward Yoakum when the accident occured.

Funeral services were being scheduled from Waelder and at the Moulton Negro Methodist Church. Interment in the Old Moulton Negro Cemetery. White is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son and grandparents. All reside in Moulton. Funeral Services Held January 2 For Anion Lesak Funeral services were held Monday, January 2, 1961 at 9 a.m.

from the St. James Catholic Church, Gonzales, for Anton Lesak, who died at his home on Wallace Street Saturday night, December 31, 1960. The Rev. Father P. J.

brocks, pastor of St. James, officiated at the final rites with burial taking place in the City Cemetery. Mr. Lesak was born in Czechoslovakia May 4, 1892. He had lived in Gonzales and Shiner since he was about 20 years of age.

In 1913 he and Miss Angelina Simersky were married. He attained the age of 68 years, 7 months and 27 days. A member of the SPJST and RVOS Lodges, he is survived by his wife; two sons, Albin and Anton F. Lesak; one daughter, Julia, all of Gonzales; and one sister, Mrs. Mary Caletka of Houston.

Pallbearers included Alouise Huhs, Leo Pavlica, Joe Gajdos, Charles Evans, Morgan Mills, Louis Malatek, Fred Havel and Fred Havel Sr. Hospital Patients Listed as patients in the hospital this week are: Mrs. Ernest W. Sonntag, Mrs. Jacob Patek, Laddie Vrazel, Charles Kostak, Mrs.

James Roznovsky, Mrs. Minnie Glatzert, Mrs. Walter Paul, John F. Kasper, Mrs. Edwin M.

Wagner, Miss Annie Goetz, Shiner; Fritz Brasser, Mrs. Peter Krejci, Albert Pilat, David Janacek, Moulton; Miss Florence Hranitzky, Frank J. Pulkrabek, Yoakum; Mrs. Douglas J. Walshak and baby boy, Gonzales.

Colored Unit: Lucy Mae Flowers, Shiner. 9 Dismissed patients are: Walter Glatzert, Mrs. Johanna Roznovsky, Mrs. Frank Konvicka, Marsha Lynn Cook, Wilbur Minear, Edward Wagner, Mrs. Joe Baros, Mrs.

Bertha Firasek, Victor Garcia, Pete Vrazel, Anton Spann. Colored Unit: Mary Hemphill, Estella Koontz and baby girl, Mildred Brooks, wife of Melvin Brooks and baby, born January 6, weight 5 pounds, 2 ounces, Shiner. Texas Diphtheria Worst Since 1955 Austin. The State Health Department said Wednesday 23 cases of diphtheria were reported to it by local physicians in 1960, making it the worst year for the disease since 1955, when 260 cases were reported. The total was swelled by the 64 cases reported in December from Hale County, in which Plainview suffered a siege of the disease in epidemic proportions.

No other county reported a greater than usual number of cases last month, a department spokesman said. The December state total was 104 cases. Some 60 cases were reported during the last week in December. The five-year median is 163 cases per year. Gonzales: The second fatality in two weeks from diphtheria in this South Texas town was reported Wednesday.

The victim was a 6-year-old girl. Six cases have been reported since Dec. 23. Last Rites Announced For Otto Turek Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 12, 1961 at 3:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Shiner for Otto Turek, age 58 years, 9 months and 16 days, who passed away at the Nix Hospital in San Antonio, Wednesday, January 11 at 1:00 a.m.

The body will rest in state at the Buffington Funeral Home, Shiner, until noon Thursday, when it will be conveyed to the church to await the hour of services. Burial in SPJST Cemetery, Shiner. Rites Tuesday For John F. Baros Funeral services were held in Yoakum Tuesday, January 10, 1961 at 9:15 a.m. for John F.

Baros, 78, retired farmer of 107 Dallas Street, Yoakum, the Rev. Father Edward J. Jansky officiating at Buffington Chapel, St. Catholic Church and St. Catholic Cemetery.

Rosary was recited Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Buffington Chapel. A long-time resident of the Yoakum area, Mr. Baros was born in Fayette County November 12, 1882. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Sophie Baros of Yoakum; one son, C. R. Baros of Yoakum; one grandson and three great-grandchildren; five brothers, Frank and Emil Baros of Shiner, Adolph Baros of San Antonio, Ed. Baros of Placedo and Rudy Baros of Yoakum; five sisters, Mrs. Frances Jurek of Shiner, Mrs.

Joe Vrazel of Shiner, Mrs. Adolph Jaks of El Campo, Mrs. John Vrazel of Corpus Christi and Mrs. Louis Barkmeyer of San Antonio; nieces and nephews. "Report On The Missions a For the first time on television, EXPEDITION! SAN ANTONIO takes you inside and completely through these four landmarks to courage and faith: Mission Conception The oldest church in Texas that has remained intact and is still used as a church.

It was moved here from east Texas in 1731. The nave of the church is famous for its acoustics which are compared to the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake Mission San Jose A National Historic Site and the noblest of the Missions. It was founded here in 1720. San Jose was an oasis of civilization in the midst of a land inhabited by the blood-thirsty Apache, who ate human flesh, and by a number of other tribes. Mission San Francisco De La Espada The bastion on the southeast corner is the only fortified tower left intact in all the Missions.

Espada was moved here from East Texas in 1731. The Espada Aqueduct is the only Spanish aqueduct in the United States. Mission San Juan Capistrano Sister Mission to Espada, San Juan Capistrano was also moved here from east Texas in 1731. The chapel houses two extremely ancient statues made of cornstalk pith, a process perfected by the Indians of Central Mexico before the Conquest. See these exclusive, original films on EXPEDITION! SAN On The p.m.

Tuesday, January 17, KONO-TV, Channel 12. Mrs. Torbett, 90, Rites In Marlin Marlin. Mrs. J.

W. Torbett widow of the founder of the Torbett Hospital and Clinic, died Wednesday, January 4, 1961 at the age of 90. The hospital, established in 1898, has been a key landmark in Marlin. Before settling in Marlin, Mrs. Torbett lived in Sherman, Waco, Flatonia and La Grange, where she taught piano and voice.

Funeral services were held in Marlin at 4:00 p.m. Thursday..