The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1962 Page: 1 of 19
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TWO SECTIONS
NUMBER 51
SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1962
$3.00 PER YEAR (Plus Tax)
VOLUME 70
CHRISTMAS CENTERPIECE
Funeral Services
Town-Schools To
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NOTES AND
CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Announced For
COMMENTS
John J. Novak
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Sedlmeyer
Mrs. Ella E. Lane, Editor Emeritus
John L. Haverda Mrs. Bennie Eicher
The Shiner Gazette
Yearl-
Weight
Bryan resi-
twenty-five
October 13,
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Weight 14-17;
12-14; Canner
NOTICE—Garbage pick-up on
south side will be on Monday,
December 24 and Monday, De-
cember 31 instead of bn Tues-
days, Christmas Day and New
Year’s Day. (50-2tc)
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
20-down; Stocker
27-33; Stocker
Stocker
Heavy
Light Weight
IT’S A GIRL-BOY-GIRL—Early Christmas joy for Mr. and Mrs. John J. Degenhardt of 10529
Barada are triplets, left to right, Joan Lee, John J., Ill, and Jan Marie, born December 1 in Her-
mann Hospital. They weighed four pounds, four and a half ounces; four pounds, eight and a half
ounces; and four pounds, twelve and a half ounces, respectively and are the first children
for the couple. And think of the income tax refund on triplets born in December. — Mat
courtesy Houston Chronicle.
The FHA proudly announced
the winners of the Christmas
Centerpiece Contest held in the
High School Cafetorium on De-
cember 8.
Children’s Division:
Religious: Mrs. Yates’ First
Grade, first; Jacquelyn Clou-
tier, second;
Centerpieces: Diana
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Debbie Yates, first; Madison
Cloutier, second; Kay Little,
third.
The winner of the grand
prize in the Children’s Division
was Mrs. Yates’ First Grade.
Junior Division:
Religious: Leah Seale, first;
Bonnie Buesing, second.
Dry or Nature Mantlepiece:
Elaine Berkovsky, first; Deloris
Wuensch, second.
Artificial Mantlepiece: Peg-
gy Herder, first and second;
Annie Fikac, third; Susy Riske,
honorable mention.
Centerpieces: Iris Bender,
first; Gloria Janca, second; Es-
ther Garcia, third.
Nature Centerpieces: Linda
Kruse, first; Kathryn Person,
second.
Iris Bender was the grand
prize winner in the Junior Di-
vision.
Senior Division:
Artificial Mantlepiece: Mrs.
Ernest Hajek, first; Mrs. Ar-
thur Ward, second; Mrs. How-
ard Person, third; Mrs. Gordon
Yates, honorable mention.
Dry Mantlepieces:
James Buske, first.
Religious: Mrs. Don Kaspar,
first; Mrs. Arthur Ward, sec-
ond; Mrs. Edgar Bohmann,
honorable mention.
Centerpieces: Mrs. Gordon
Yates, first; Mrs. Arthur Ward,
second; Mrs. Edgar Bohmann,
third and honorable mention.
Mrs. Ernest Hajek was the
grand prize winner in the Sen-
ior Division.
Judges for this event were
Mrs. Lynn Smith Jr. of Gonza-
les, Mrs. C. E. McCullough of
Gonzales and Mrs. Z. W. Scott
of Yoakum.
The FHA wishes to thank all
, of those who helped make our
, Contest a success. We also hope
; to see more of the members of
the community enter next year.
Hospital Patients
Listed as patients in the hos-
pital this week are: Mrs. Ella
McComas, Mrs. Anton Schae-
fer, Mrs. Anna Vincik, Mrs.
Frieda Fischnar, Henry Marek,
Mrs. Frank Surovec, Isidor
Simper Sr., Shiner; Marthlyn
Kocian, Mrs. Steve Kostelnik,
Hallettsville; Mrs. Joe Maly,
Moulton; John Kubos, Mrs. Joe
Heidaker, Yoakum.
• Colored Unit: Millie T. Mur-
phy, Shiner.
• Dismissed patients are: Ben-
no Holchak, Mrs. Carlos Dean
Wenske, Mrs. Henry Weber and
baby girl, Godfrey Prokop, Mrs.
L. J. Judd and baby girl, Mrs.
Julia Sanders, Andrew Janak.
Firemen's Dance
New Year's Eve
The annual New Year’s Eve
dance of the Shiner Volunteer
Fire Department is announced
for Monday, December 31 at
Legion Park. Music will be fur-
nished by Joe Patek and His
Orchestra.
Dance will be held regardless
of weather. Everybody is cor-
dially invited. Support your
local volunteer firemen. The
firemen do so much for every-
body in Shiner and community
—why not support them in this
annual dance. You appreciate
their services—so show them
your appreciation by buying a
dance ticket to their dance.
No fireworks allowed on
Park premises.
Tickets for this dance are on
sale now. Be sure to get yours.
The admission price is $1.00 per
person. y
Anyone wishing to make a
donation or buy a ticket may
do so by calling one of the of-
ficials, and they will arrange
to have someone call at your
home or business place.
Your generous support of this
volunteer group is deeply ap-
preciated. Remember you can-
not do without your firemen.
The Hallettsville Livestock
Commission had 1,470 cattle,
365 hogs and 65 sheep at their
auction Tuesday. The following
prices were paid.
® Calves—
Good and Choice 24-26.60;
Commercial 22-24; Utility 20-
22; Culls
Steer Calves
Heifers 24-27;
ings 23-26;
Bulls 18-20;
Bulls 16-18.
• Cows—
Good Heavy
Cutter Cows
Cows 12-down.
® Cow and Calf Pairs
Good 160.00-238.00; Medium
130.00-160.00.
© Hogs—
Good and Choice 16.90-17.80;
Sows 14-18; Heavy Weight 16-
16.90; Light Weight 16-16.50;
Feeders 13-17; Pigs 3.00-10.00.
• Sheep—
Ewes 4-8; Lambs 10-16;
Bucks 4-8; Pairs 8.00-12.50.
• NOTICE! The Hallettsville
Livestock Commission will not
be open Tuesday, December 25.
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Above is a picture of the Fire Truck recently purchased by the Shiner Voluntary Fire Department through the help of the City of Shiner and through
the support given to the Shiner Voluntary Fire Department at its Annual New Year’s Eve Dance by the Citizens of this trade area. This new truck is designed
to be used to fight fires in the City Limits and rural areas. The department extends a cordial invitation to everyone to attend their annual New Year’s Eve
Dance Monday, December 31 at Legion Park. Admission is only $1.00 per person and music will be furnished by Joe Patek and His Orchestra. Free
. ,. —Staff Photo
tables are available.
Don’t spend your time won-
dering why a black hen lays
a white egg—get the egg.
Carol Thursday
The high school cafetorium
will again mark the place for
the annual FFA-FHA Christmas
Party to be held Thursday, De-
cember 20. Special guests for
the occasion will be the mem-
bers of the FFA Chapter of
Shiner High School.
To start the evening off in
the Christmas spirit the group
will carol in the west end of the
town beginning at 7:00 p.m., if
the weather permits. Those
families and individuals wish-
ing to hear the carolers are
asked to keep their porch lights
burning.
Let them spread a little
Christmas cheer!
Frank Fojtek Larry Sedlmeyer
Anne Sedlmeyer
4rs. Riske's Mother
)ies In Bryan
Funeral services for Mrs. W.
D. Dooley of 2007 Stevens Dr.,
Bryan, Texas, were held on
Tuesday, December 11, 1962 at
4:00 p.m. in the First Baptist
Church at Iola under the direc-
tion of the Hillier Funeral
Home of Bryan. Bro. J. C. Col-
lins officiated.
Mrs. Dooley, a
dent for the past
years, was born
1883 at Bedias,
reached the age
nine years. She died at 12:30
p.m. Monday, December 10 in
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan.
Mrs. Dooley was a member of
the Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Miss Hazel Dooley of Bry-
an and Mrs. Ruth Dooley Riske
of Shiner; three sons, Pat Doo-
ley and J. C. Dooley, both of
Bryan, and W. D. Dooley of
Iola; three sisters, Mrs. E. L.
Peavy and Mrs. L. E. Stone of
Bedias and Mrs. Carter Steed
of Bay town; one brother, A. B.
Bracewell of Bedias; and nine
grandchildren.
Burial was in the Concord
Cemetery near Iola with H. W.
Cook, Sam Crenshaw, C. R.
McDougald, W. A. Isbell Jr.,
J. E. Hurt and W. M. Winters
serving as pallbearers.
John J. Novak, age 80 years,
two months and 16 days passed
away Monday, December 17,
1962 at 11:55 p.m. at the Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held
from the Buffington Funeral
Home, Shiner, Thursday, De-
cember 20 at 9:15 a.m. ,thence
to the Shiner Catholic Church
for Requiem Mass at 9:30 a.m.
Interment will be in the Shiner
Catholic Cemetery.
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Ben Y. Zissa
Seriously Hurt
In Car Crash
Benjamin Victor Zissa, 41, of
Placedo, brother of Mrs. Frank-
lin Billimek of Hallettsville,
was listed in serious condition
following a car crash near Vic-
toria Saturday afternoon.
The 1963 model sedan Zissa
was driving plunged into mud-
dy Marcado Creek after failing
to make a sharp curve on FM
Road 1686 three miles south of
Telferner, near Victoria.
The highway patrol said Zis-
sa’s car went unnoticed for over
an hour before a passing motor-
ist spotted it. A McCabe-Car-
ruth ambulance took Zissa to
Citizens Memorial Hospital in
Victoria where doctors found
that he had a brain concussion,
multiple lacerations and was
also suffering from shock.
Highway Patrolman H. D.
Welch said Zissa was traveling
south at about 4:00 p.m. when
the accident occured. The car
traveled some 175 feet between
the time it left the road and
bogged down in the muddy
creek bed.—The Tribune.
Narcotics Trial
Victoria. — A former Cuero
dentist, James F. Miller, was
returned to Victoria Friday
from the Federal Narcotics Hos-
pital in Fort Worth to await
trial on three felony theft and
unlawful possession of narco-
tics charges.
Sheriff M. W. Marshall re-
turned Miller on his release
from the federal hospital. Mil-
ler was indicted on April 27 by
the Victoria County Grand Jury
for felony theft, felony theft
and unlawful possession of
narcotics, and unlawful posses-
sion of narcotics.
Miller was arrested in Cuero
on March 5 for investigation in
connection with the theft of
four medical bags in Victoria,
two from Yoakum and one in
Shiner. The Victoria bags were
stolen from Drs. R. B. Gilliam,
Don Wendt, Richard Allen and
Thomas Sterne. At that time
authorities said all the bags
contained narcotics except the
one belonging to Dr. Sterne.
Marshall said Friday that
charges have not been filed in
Lavaca County in connection
with the disappearance of med
ical bags there.
Miller, who had a dentist of
fice in Cuero from 1947 until
1951, was admitted to the Fort
Worth hospital shortly after his
arrest.
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Arthur Schodde
Breaks Leg
Arthur H. Schodde of Cuero,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Schodde of Yoakum, and well
known soap representative
. here, was hospitalized in New
Orleans with a broken leg sus-
■ tained in a fall at the airport
, there Thursday morning.
According to Mrs. Schodde,
her husband was enroute to
■ Florida by plane to attend a
■ company meeting and as he
, alighted from the plane, he
. slipped on the ice and broke his
> leg.
Mrs. Schodde said she has
been in contact with her hus-
band every day since and he is
doing nicely and is expected to
return home very shortly.
Rites Tuesday For
Mrs. Chas. Riske
In Hallettsville
Funeral services for Mrs.
Charles O. Riske who passed
away at 2:30 a.m. Monday, De-
cember 17, 1962 in Victoria
were held in Hallettsville
Tuesday, December 18. The
body remained at the Kubena
Funeral Home until 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday and then was moved
to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
for final rites at 2:00 p.m. with
her pastor, the Rev. D. Lee
Muehlbrad officiating. Grave-
side rites and burial was in the
Moulton City Cemetery.
Mrs. Riske, the daughter of
the late Pastor and Mrs. R.
Jaeggli, was born May 11, 1874
at Ross Prairie in Colorado
County and had attained the
age of 88 years, seven months
and six days. On May 19, 1907
she was married in Moulton to
Charles O. Riske who preceded
her in death March 2, 1935. Mr.
and Mrs. Riske made their
home in Moulton. In 1940, she
moved to Hallettsville and had
made her home here since
time.
She is survived by
daughters, Mrs. Owen
Brown of Hallettsville and Mrs.
Frank Bittner of Flatonia; one
son, Carl Riske of Fredericks-
burg; one grandchild and two
great-grandchildren.
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Meetings I Notices
© KNIGHTS of Columbus will
hold their regular meeting at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, December
20 at the Catholic Parish Gym.
Members requested to be pres-
ent.
© WSCS members are remind-
ed of the Appreciation Tea giv-
en by the MYF on Saturday,
December 22 from 2 to 4 p.m.
in the Methodist Fellowship
Hall.
Today’s Christmas carol is a
domesticated descendant of a
lively folk dance.
The carol started out in the
Middle Ages as a circular coun-
try dance, called a “carole” in
French, according to World
Book Encyclopedia. Some of the
early Christians looked askance
at dancing, however, and the
carol soon lost its steps.
The lyrics of the songs that
had accompanied the dance be-
gan to change, too, and event-
ually the “macaronic” style ap-
peared. This consisted of tack-
ing a Latin phrase on to the
popular lines, so that the peo-
ple sang:
Make we joy now in this
feast
In qua Christus natus est
They didn’t necessarily under-
stand Latin, although it carried
on the sense of the song, but
the stately Latin words gave
them a religious image.
In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi
started the custom of placing
a creche, or miniature Nativity
scene, in the church at Christ-
mas time. People began to act
out the events of the Nativity
—one of the steps in the devel-
opment of mystery plays—and
then to compose carols to sing
with the plays. These led to the
French noels, strictly Christmas
songs, which, in turn, inspired
the English carol.
Carols, both secular and reli-
gious, flourished in England
until the Puritans substituted
t their more spiritual hymns.
These carried along their less
earthy messages for more than
a century, until a demand for
better Christmas music brought
back the carol.
* * *
Martin Luther was one of the
first persons to make congre-
gational singing popular, reports
World Book Encyclopedia. He
is believed to have composed
more than 30 hymns.
< * * *
k No one really knows at what
time of the year Christ was
■ born, but Christians have cele-
^brated December 25 as His
birthday since the 300’s, ac-
cording to World Book Ency-
clopedia.
Close For Holidays
The business houses in the
city of Shiner will be closed
Tuesday, December 25, 1962
and Tuesday, January 1, 1963
in observance of Christmas Day
and New Year’s Day.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
• Shiner Public Schools will
close at 2:37 Friday afternoon,
December 21 for the Christmas
holidays. Studies will be re-
sumed Wednesday, January 2,
1963.
• St. Ludmila’s Academy
will close for the Christmas
holidays at 2:00 p.m. Friday,
December 21. Students will re-
port for classes Wednesday,
January 2, 1963.
POST OFFICE
The Post Office will be clos-
ed on Tuesdays, December 25
and January 1, 1963. No Rural
Carrier Service on either day.
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Ex-Dentist Awaits
Bake Sale
Saturday, Dec. 22
The S.Y.S. of Shiner High
School will sponsor a bake sale
beginning at 9:30 a.m. Satur-
day, December 22 at Shiner
Motor Sales. There will be
fresh bread, noodles, cakes,
pies, etc., for your weekend
needs.
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No Auction At
Flatonia, Dec. 24
The regular Monday sale
the Flatonia Livestock Com-
mission is canceled for Decem-
ber 24, Christmas Eve. — NO
SALE MONDAY.—
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Sedlmeyer, Lee J. & Sedlmeyer, Mrs. Lee J. The Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1962, newspaper, December 20, 1962; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1171417/m1/1/?q=Birth+of+a+Nation: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shiner Public Library.