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VOLUME 69 $2.50 PER YEAR 10c PER COPY SHINER, LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1961 SINGLE COPY 10c NUMBER 42
Meetings 1 Notices
• BOY SCOUT Troop 232 fam-
ily night will be observed Mon-
day night, October 30 at the
Parish Gym. All parents of Boy
Scouts urged to be present. Re-
freshments will be served.
© REMINDER — Shiner Public
School P-TA members please
bring home-made bread, kola-
ches, pies, coffee-cake, noodles,
chicken, eggs, aprons, bonnets,
pot holders or any other item
to the Halloween Fall Festival
Country Store Saturday, Octo-
ber 28. Non perishable items
may be left with Mrs. Gus Pfeil
at the School Cafeteria Friday,
or bring to the gymnasium Sat-
urday, October 28. Any busi-
ness firm who wishes to contri-
bute may send the items to the
above places, or call Mrs. Sydo-
nia Henkhaus for pick-up.
© CATHOLIC Daughters, Court
St. Paul, No. 1604, will meet
Monday, October 22 at 7:30
p.m. in the Parish Gym. Please
be present if possible as im-
portant business matters are to
be discussed. Door prize will
be given.
• SHINER Council of Catholic
Nurses will go to Holy Com-
munion in a body Sunday, Oct.
22 at the 6:30 Mass.
® WSCS will meet Wednesday,
October 25 at 3:00 p.m. at the
Methodist Church.
© AMERICAN Legion Auxil-
iary will meet Tuesday, Octo-
ber 24 at 7:30 p.m.
• FIREMEN’S Wives Auxiliary
will meet Tuesday, October 24
at 7:30 p.m. in the Fireman
Recreation Hall.
© AMERICAN Legion Post No.
201 will meet Tuesday, October
24 at 7:30 p.m.
© KJZT will meet Thursday,
October 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Parish Gym. Dividends will be
distributed to 192 members.
© SHINER H.D. Club meeting
will be held Thursday, Octobei'
19 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Anita Pustejovsky. Visitors
are welcome.
© KNIGHTS of Columbus will
hold their regular meeting at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 19
at the Parish Gym. Members
urged to attend. Important mat-
ters to be discussed.
© CYO RALLY—The Hostyn
CYO cordially invites you to
attend the Weimar Deanery
rally at Hostyn on Sunday, Oct.
22. The rally schedule is as fol-
lows: Registration, 5:00-6:00
p.m.; Benediction, 6:00-6:30 p.
m.; Meeting, beginning at 6:30
followed by lunch and dance
with Lee Use furnishing the
music. Registration which in-
cludes dance and lunch ticket
is $1.00. Admission to the dance
only, is 75c. Please have your
Prefect notify Sue Synnott, Sec-
retary, Route 3, Box 67, La-
Grange, Texas by October 13,
how many members of your
parish plan to attend the rally.
CONGRATULATIONS
© S./Sgt. and Mrs. Donald
Russell, U.S.A.F. Security Ser-
vice, announce the arrival of a
son October 9 at Lackland
A.F.B. Hospital, San Antonio.
Their first born, weighing nine
pounds and six ounces, will be
named Blaine Andrew. The mo-
ther is the former Marcia Ef-
fenberger. Maternal grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.
Effenberger of Shiner. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Russell of Guide Rock,
Nebraska. Great-grandparents
are Frank J. Effenberger of
Moulton and T. A. Bradley of
Beatrice, Nebraska.
• Mr. and Mrs. Denis Berger
of Houston announce the birth
of a baby girl, born October 7,
tipping the scale at six pounds,
eight and a half ounces. She
will answer to the name of Lin-
da Marie and is warmly wel-
comed by a brother, Denis Jr.
This makes Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kremling of Rt. 2, Hallettsville,
grandparents for the second
time and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Berger of Shiner grandparents
for the third time, and Mrs.
Emilie Kremling great-grand-
mother for the sixth time.
© Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Velek,
Jr., of Houston are proud par-
ents of a baby girl, Donna Ma-
rie, born October 1 at the Polly
R y o n Hospital, Rosenberg,
weighing seven pounds and
eight ounces. She was welcom-
ed by a sister. The grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Velek, Sr., of Shiner and Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Sodolak.
© Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Machi-
cek of Shiner are the proud
parents of a baby girl, born Sat-
urday, October 14 at Dr. Frank
Wagner Memorial Hospital,
weighing seven pounds and two
ounces.
© Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Mi-
Warm Springs
"Autumn Magic"
Area Flower Shop
All flower lovers will appre-
ciate the privilege of attending
the nearby flower show at the
Texas Rehabilitation Center of
Gonzales Warm Springs Foun-
dation Saturday, November 4
from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m., also
Sunday, November 5 from 10
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
This is an area flower show,
presented by the Garden Clubs
from Gonzales, Luling, Yoakum
and Hallettsville.
Section A—There will be an
Horticultural division of seven
classes, featuring annuals and
plants.
Section B—Biennials of two
sections.
Class 10 — Chrysanthemums
of 14 varieties, while Class 11
will display Hemerocallis of six
varieties.
Class 12 — Gerber Daisies,
both single and double.
Section C — Will show roses
of many varieties.
Section D — Bulbous plants,
while section E will bring a dis-
play of flowering or berried
shrubs, trees and vines.
Section F — Includes potted,
foliage and flowering plants.
Section G — Fruits and
vegetable display.
Artistic Division — “After
Glow,” including dried mater-
ials. “Naught but Leaves,”
green and colored foliage, fol-
lowed by “fruits of the season”;
“a bit of the Orient.”
Sparkling Yuletide — Christ-
mas arrangements featuring re-
ligious figurines. “In a Nut-
shell,” brings Thanksgiving,
etc.
Nine nationally accrediated
flower show judges from San
Antonio will judge all exhibits
and place awards.
Admission — Free Will Of-
fering.
All proceeds to Texas Re-
habilitation Center of Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation.
For further information con-
tact Mrs. Emmett Busch, Pres-
ident Hallettsville Garden Club,
hostess.
Thomas Billimek
Re-Enters Seminary
Thomas E. Billimek, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald P. Billimek
of San Antonio and grandson
of Mrs. Mary Haverda of Shi-
ner and Mrs. Annie Billimek of
High Hill, has re-entered St.
Anthony’s Junior Seminary.
This is his second year in the
seminary and he will receive
his cross on December 8 which
he will wear around his neck
on a black silk cord.
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KAFFE KLATCH
Saturday, Oct 21
From 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
In The Old Post Office Bldg.
Home-made Cake, Koiaches,
And Pigs-in-the-Blanket with
Coffee and Cold Drinks
Sponsored by
Shiner Elementary
Student Council
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New Bus Schedule—
The following is a new sched-
ule for buses leaving Shiner:
Continental Bus Lines:
To San Antonio: 1:21 p. m.,
8:25 p. m.
To Houston: 12:57 p.m., 6:44
p. m.
Kerrville Bus Lines:
To Victoria: 9:25 a. m., 2:25
p. m., 8:25 p. m.
To Austin: 9:35 a. m., 12:35
p. m., 7:40 p. m.
The Kerrville 9:35 a.m. and
12:35 p.m. buses leaving Shiner
for Austin make connections in
Gonzales on Greyhound buses
for San Antonio.
kes of Shiner are rejoicing over
the safe arrival of a baby boy,
born at the Dr. Frank Wagner
Memorial Hospital Saturday,
October 14. The little fellow
tipped the scale at eight pounds
and four ounces.
© Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kram
of Shiner are happy over the
birth of a baby girl, born Sat-
urday, October 14 at the Dr.
Frank Wagner Memorial Hos-
pital. Weight was seven pounds
and three ounces.
© Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tou-
sek of Shiner are announcing
the birth of a baby boy, born
Friday, October 13 at the Dr.
Frank Wagner Memorial Hos-
pital, weighing seven pounds
and two ounces.
Rites In Moulton
For John Baros
Burial In Shiner
John Alfons Baros, age 68
years and two days, died at his
home near Moulton Saturday,
October 14, about 8:00 a.m.
Funeral services were held
at the Smith Funeral Home,
Moulton, Monday, October 16,
1961 at 2:00 p.m., with the Rev.
C. E. Bottroff of San Antonio
officiating. Deceased was a
member of the Baptist Church
and veteran of World War I.
Burial took place with full mil-
itary honors in the Shiner Cem-
etery with Moulton members
of both the V.F.W. and Legion
serving as pallbearers. They
were Emjl J. Jalufka, Frank J.
Wagner, Emil Gold, Edgar Keil,
Lee Schoenfeld and Frank V.
Roznovsky.
He was also a member of
both organizations.
Mr. Baros was born October
12, 1893 near Shiner, Gonzales
County. He was married to
Grace Turk on November 4,
1919 at Gonzales and the cou-
ple made their home in the
Dreyer community. They moved
to Moulton in 1929 and lived
there until the present time ex-
cept for a few years that they
lived in Gonzales. He was a
retired rancher.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. John (Grace Turk) Baros
of Moulton; four sons, Clyde
Baros of Yoakum, Dr. James
A. Baros of San Antonio, Gor-
don Baros of Victoria, Bobby
Baros of Gonzales; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. J. (Ethel) Logan
of San Antonio; four brothers,
Charley Baros of Point Comfort,
Albert and Martin Baros of
Shiner, Rudy Baros of San An-
tonio; three sisters, Mrs. Chris-
tina Champion of Houston, Mrs.
Cecil (Justine) Harvey of Port
Isabel, Mrs. Jack (Sally) Brun-
ner of Corpus Christi. Eight
grandchildren also survive.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Frank and Chris-
tina (Martinek) Baros; three
brothers, Frank Baros of Shiner,
who died September 12, 1951,
W. J. Baros of Yoakum, who
died three years ago and Jimmy
who died at the age of 14 years.
Cemetery Ass'n.
Social Oct. 22
A social to benefit the Shiner
Cemetery Association will be
held Sunday, October 22, begin-
ning at 2:30 p.m. at Legion
Park. Come out and help a
needy cause.
Entertainment is being plan-
ned and cake, sandwiches and
coffee will be served.
All those asked to bring a
cake will be notified. Others are
asked to make a donation such
as sugar, coffee, flour, etc.
Leave donations at C. B. Wel-
hausen Store.
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Rites Thursday
In San Antonio For
Mrs. Alice Hale
Funeral services for Mrs.
Alice Lucile Hale were held at
10:00 a.m. Thursday, October
12, 1961 at Southside Funeral
Home in San Antonio, with in-
terment in National Cemetery,
Fort Sam Houston.
Mrs. Hale of 206 Mt. Vernon,
San Antonio, died Sunday night,
October 8 of critical injuries re-
ceived in a car accident. She
had attained the age of 39
years, 11 months and seven
days.
She was born November 1,
1921 in Woodsboro, daughter of
John and Lillie Pavlicek. She
was married to Odie W. Hale
in 1940 at Karnes City. For the
past 20 years they made their
home in San Antonio. She was
employed at the Gunter Hotel.
Survivors are her husband,
Odie W. Hale of San Antonio;
an adopted daughter, Mrs. Ray
(Betty Ann) Williams of San
Antonio; mother, Mrs. Lillie
Pavlicek of Shiner; four bro-
thers, Emil E. Pavlicek of Ed-
roy, John E. Pavlicek of Bay-
town, Laddie J. Pavlicek of
Sinton, Frank E. Pavlicek of
Corpus Christi.
She was preceded in death
by her father, John Pavlicek of
Shiner; two sisters, Mrs. Viola
Winchester of Edroy and Mrs.
Frank (Hattie) Slovak of Shi-
ner.
Mrs. F. Ondrusek
Buried In Shiner
Rites Wednesday
Funeral services were held
at 9:15 a.m. from the Buffing-
ton Chapel in Yoakum for Mrs.
Frank Ondrusek of 105 Schrim-
scher St., Yoakum, and con-
tinued at St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church with Requiem High
Mass at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday,
October 18, 1961 with the Rev.
Father E. J. Jansky officiating.
Rosary was recited at the fu-
neral home at 7:30 Tuesday
night. Burial took place in the
Catholic Cemetery in Shiner.
Mrs. Ondrusek, nee Mary
Veit, was born in Lavaca
County December 8, 1887. She
resided in Yoakum for the past
25 years. She passed away at
her home Monday, October 16
at 11:30 a.m. at the age of 73
years, 10 months and 8 days.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Frank Ondrusek of Yoa-
kum; three sons, John and
Charles Ondrusek of Yoakum,
Ben Ondrusek of Sweetwater;
one daughter, Mrs. Ed. (Agnes)
Koliba of Hochheim; eight
grandchildren; four brothers,
Fred Veit of Corpus Christi,
Charles and John Veit of Shi-
ner and August Veit of Rosh-
aron; two sisters, Mrs. Charles
(Betty) Patek and Mrs. Albert
(Josephine) Haverda, both of
Shiner.
Preceding her in death were
her parents, Raymond and Ag-
nes (Recek) Veit; one son, Au-
gust Ondrusek, and two bro-
thers, Henry and Frank Veit.
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Hospital Patients
Listed as patients in the hos-
pital this week are: Herman
Hollmann, Mrs. Mary Becka,
Mrs. Caroline Valenta, Mrs. Joe
F. Machicek and baby girl, John
F. Kasper, Sandra Ann DeLeon,
Shiner; Mrs. Ben Zeisbefg,
Moulton; Mrs. John Bartos,
Flatonia; A. G. Faykus, Gar-
wood; Ben Herman, Tom Do-
lezal, Sweet Home.
© Colored Unit: Leslie Carroll,
Shiner.
© Dismissed patients are: Mrs.
Frankie A. Migl, Earl Hein-
sohn, Mrs. Herman Krause,
William Riebschlaeger, Mrs.
Leslie Hanzel and baby boy,
Mrs. Eugene Huber, Mrs. Fran-
kie Mikes and baby boy, Mrs.
Dennis Kram and baby girl,
Mrs. Charley Tousek and baby
boy, Mrs. Albert Fritz, August
Blanar.
• Colored Unit: Mary Hemphill
and baby boy.
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Cotton Farmers
Warned By Dean
Of Agriculture
“Strike a death-blow at pink
bollworm and boll weevil now,”
says Dr. R. E. Patterson, Dean
of Agriculture, Texas A&M, in
a personal message to cotton
farmers in the Blacklands.
He warns, “Now is the time
to deal most effectively with
the costly scourge of pink boll-
worm and boll weevil. Research
confirms that community-wide
stalk shredding followed by
plowing the debris six inches
under can kill up to 99 percent
of these bollworms.”
Dr. Patterson goes on to say
... “It’s a simple procedure.
(1) Cut the stalks into small
pieces with a stalk-shredder of
the flail-chopper type . . . and
(2) plow the debris six inches
under with a regular mold-
board plow within five days
after harvesting. It involves
very little extra cost . . . It
means fewer insecticide appli-
cations will be needed for next
year’s crop ... It improves soil
structure ... It improves crop
yield . . . and it saves farmers
many times its cost.”
Why is this practice so vital
and so urgent? The Dean says,
“Most pink bollworm larvae
spend the winter in free cocoons
in the crop residue and ground
trash. Many are killed by the
shredder and many more die
when plowed under.”
The Dean urgently advises
Blackland farmers, “Talk to
your County Agent right away
for further information.”
Dean Patterson is giving
leadership to an all-out pro-
gram being conducted by a
team of A&M research scientists
and extension personnel de-
signed to help farmers in the
Blacklands solve their techni-
cal problems and boost their
incomes.
Shiner Gazette
Subscription Rates
To Go Up Nov. 1
To meet higher costs of op-
erations, The Shiner Gazette
finds it necessary to increase
its subscription prices.
The increased prices are
necessary to defray mounting
costs of operations that have
resulted in increased news-
paper prices throughout the
country, freight rates and pos-
tal increases.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Effective November 1, 1961
1 year ................................ $3.00
(plus 6c Tax)
6 months ............................ $2.00
(plus 4c Tax)
3 months ............................ $1.50
(plus 3c Tax)
Be sure to include the proper
Tax in your remittance.
All Gazette Subscribers may
still take advantage of the
present rate of $2.50 per year
plus 5c tax during the month
of October.
Tri-Community
Fair At Wied Hall
Saturday, Oct 21
This coming Saturday, Octo-
ber 21, is the day of the Tri-
Community Fair, to be held at
Wied Hall. The fair is open to
competitive exhibits by boys
and girls living within the area
of Wied, Witting and Moravia.
Four-H Clubs, FHA, FFA, and
Home Economics classes have
been invited and will partici-
pate with their individual ex-
hibits.
There will also be booths for
farm families to show their
home products and handiworks.
In addition, several equipment
and hardware dealers will have
something to show the public.
Beginning at 11:00, chili, hot
dogs, cakes and koiaches, with
coffee and soft drinks for re-
freshments will be served.
The fair is being sponsored
by Farm Bureau of the three
participating communities.
There will be no auction sale,
and no admission to fair
grounds will be charged. The
primary purpose of this project
is to have people from town and
country to get together, to visit,
to see what there is to see, and,
to enjoy their stay while there.
“We may not quite come up to
expectations this first time, but
we are trying to do something
worth while without a great
deal of expense to anyone,” says
L. B. Mladenka, chairman of
the committee.
“If the fair meets with some
degree of success, one of the
other two participating com-
munities will take up the pro-
ject next year. As chairman of
the Fair committee, I cordially
invite all of you to come out and
spend an hour with us. I think
you will find it interesting, that
you will enjoy yourselves, and
leave with a feeling of time well
spent. So come on out; we’ll
see you at Wied, Saturday.”
Dr. Herman A. Liebhafsky,
manager of the physical chem-
istry section of the General
Electric research laboratory, re-
cently was named winner of
the Fisher award in analytical
chemistry at the 140th national
meeting of the American Chem-
ical Society in Chicago.
This major award will be
presented to Dr. Liebhafsky
next spring at the national
meeting of the society in Wash-
ington. The Fisher award con-
sists of $1,000 and an etching.
It was established in 1947 to
recognize and encourage out-
standing contributions to the
science of analytical chemistry,
pure or applied, carried out in
the United States and Canada,
with special consideration giv-
en to the independence of
thought and originality shown
and to the importance of the
work when applied to public
welfare, economics, or the needs
and desires of humanity.
Dr. Liebhafsky joined the re-
Rites To Be Held
For Paul Maeker
Thursday At 3 P.M.
Funeral services for Paul
Maeker will be held at the Buf-
fington Funeral Home, Shiner,
Thursday, October 19, 1961 at
3:00 p.m. with the Rev. Edwin
J. Oehlke officiating. Burial
will be in the Shiner City Cem-
etery.
Paul Maeker was born De-
cember 27, 1906 at Dreyer, in
Gonzales County, Texas, as the
son of Chas, and Auguste Spiek-
ermann Maeker.
Except for a brief period of
residence at El Campo, and a
few years of his early childhood
in Gonzales County, the de-
ceased had been a resident of
Lavaca County throughout his
life. Most of his adult years
were spent at farming in the
Shiner community. During the
last twelve years he lived in
Hallettsville, where he had
been employed by the county
and held other temporary jobs
as long as the condition of his
health permitted him to work.
November 4, 1924, he was
married to Miss Hulda Schmidt,
who survives. Other survivors
are six brothers and one sister;
namely, Chas., Otto, Robert and
Louis Maeker of Shiner, John
Maeker of El Campo, Adolph
Maeker of Victoria and Mrs.
Willie (Agnes) Wegener of
Shiner.
Those preceding him in death
were his parents, one sister and
two brothers; namely, Mrs. Ar-
thur (Sophie) Hoerig, who died
June 14, 1957; Willie Maeker,
who passed away April 18,
1955; and a brother, Henry,
who died in early childhood.
His parents died a number of
years ago, the father in March
of 1944 and the mother Janu-
ary 17, 1944.
The deceased had been ailing
for several years. During the
past three years he had been
largely confined to his home,
being also unable to work.
Shortly after noon on Tuesday
he was found dead by his wife
when she came home from work
to check how he might be do-
ing. Death is believed to have
occurred at about 11:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, the cause having evi-
dently been that of a heart at-
tack. At the time of his sudden
passing October 17, 1961, he
had attained the age of 54 years,
nine months and 20 days.
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Prominent Journalist
Visits Shiner
Mrs. Annie Lee Williams,
Journalism Instructor of Whar-
ton County Junior College, was
a recent visitor in Shiner.
Mrs. Williams has been re-
tained to write a history of
Wharton County, a bequest
having been left by the late
Raymond Dickson to cover the
cost of same.
Mrs. Williams interviewed
Mrs. Joe Hughes personalities
of the Raymond Dickson fam-
ily and talked with Mrs. Ella
E. Lane on the Quinan settle-
ment (now Hungerford). Mrs.
Lane was born at this outpost
in 1875, where her father, the
late J. C. Habermacher, op-
erated a country store and was
commissioned the first Post-
master of the community.
search lab staff in 1934. A na-
tive of Zwittau, in the former
Austria-Hungary, he received
his BS from the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Tex-
as in 1926, his MS from the
University of Nebraska in 1927
and his Ph.D. in 1929 from the
University of California where
he was an instructor from 1929
to 1934. During World War II
he was a technical observer for
the armed forces in the Europ-
ean theater of operations.
Dr. Liebhafsky is a member
of the American Chemical So-
ciety, National Association of
Corrosion Engineers, Electro-
chemical Society Sigma Xi and
Phi Lambda Upsilon. He has
published 116 papers in the
fields of analytical and physical
chemistry and is co-author of
a book on “X-ray Absorption
and Emission in Analytical
Chemistry.”
Dr. and Mrs. Liebhafsky and
their two children live at 1191
Hedgewood Lane, Schenectady,
N. Y.
Rites Wednesday
For Max Holchak
Max Holchak, age 75 years,
seven months and 23 days, pass-
ed away at the Wagner Hos-
pital Tuesday, October 17, 1961
at 3:20 a.m.
Funeral services were held
at the Buffington Funeral
Home, Shiner, Wednesday, Oct.
18 at 3:00 p.m. Interment was
in the Shiner City Cemetery.
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Church Dedication
7th Anniversary
Sunday, October 22, United
Dr. Martin Luther congregation
will fittingly observe the sev-
enth anniversary of the formal
dedication of its new church
edifice, thus recalling and com-
memorating the significant oc-
casion of October 24, 1954,
which is generally regarded as
the outstanding event in the
history of the congregation.
The dedication anniversary
will be appropriately remem-
bered in connection with the
10:15 a.m. worship service next
Sunday and the anniversary
fellowship dinner immediately
following.
According to plans, a pleas-
ing variety of food for the an-
niversary dinner will be sup-
plied by the membership of the
congregation, each family and
couple bringing a basket lunch
of such food items as they may
choose to include and wish to
contribute.
Following the fellowship din-
ner, there will be such informal
features of entertainment as
playing of favorite games or
simply meeting and enjoying
the company of visiting friends
and fellow members—all of
which, it is felt, will contribute
toward making the festive oc-
casion a pleasing and delightful
experience; one to be remem-
bered by all!
It has been the general feel-
ing that each anniversary of
October 24, 1954, calls for and
deserves to be celebrated, not
only because it commemorates
the formal dedication of the new
church, but also because the
notable occasion of seven years
ago is remembered as marking
the successful conclusion of a
building program involving
years of planning, arduous
labor and the giving of the
major portion of the funds re-
quired to launch and to com-
plete the project. Gratitude for
divine blessings experienced in
the congregation’s endeavor to
provide for the needed new
church and its facilities, along
with a similar sense of appre-
ciation for the enjoyment, use-
fulness and inspiration derived
from the church plant during
the past seven years—these are
all felt to be reasons for the
scheduled 7th dedication anni-
versary celebration next Sun-
day. It is hoped and sincerely
anticipated that a capacity
crowd will join in next Sun-
day’s anniversary worship ser-
vice and the program imme-
diately following.
Friends of the congregation
are cordially invited and will
be warmly welcomed to share
in every phase of the anniver-
sary celebration. Every mem-
ber of United Dr. Martin Luth-
er Church is herewith heartily
invited and kindly urged to join
with fellow members and
friends in making this occasion
an enjoyable and really suc-
cessful one.
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
The Hallettsville Livestock
Commission had 1,870 cattle,
290 hogs, 60 sheep and 6 horses
at their auction Tuesday. The
following prices were paid:
• Calves
Good and Choice 23-25.50;
Commercial 21-23; Utility 19-
21; Culls 19-down; Stocker
Steer Calves 24-32; Stocker
Heifers 22-26; Stocker Year-
lings 21-25; Heavy Weight
Bulls 18-20.10; Light Weight
Bulls 15-18.
• Cows
Good Heavy Weight 13-16.10;
Cutter Cows 11-13; Canner
Cows 11-down.
• Cow and Calf Pairs
Good 160.00-210.00; Medium
130.00-160.00.
• Hogs
Good and Choice 17-17.90;
Sows 15-17; Heavy Weight 16-
17; Light Weight 15-16; Feeders
12-15; Pigs 4.00-10.00.
© Sheep
Ewes 4-9; Lambs 10-16;
Bucks 4-8; Pairs 8.00-15.00.
Bank Figures
Show Sharp
Increase
Deposits in the First National
Bank increased $320,958.35
since June 30. Total deposits, on
the September 27 call date, to-
taled $4,570,342.54, an increase
of $109,653.48 over last year’s
October 3 call. Total assets in-
creased $123,774.37 during this
period and $331,031.19 since
June 30. Deposits continued to
climb after the call date and
exceeded $4,700,000.00 on Mon-
day, October 16.
“Prospects after the heavy
June rains were discouraging,”
reports President Glade Wel-
hausen, “however, our cotton
crop turned out better than ex-
pected, although it was spotty.
Prices held up well and seed
brought more than in recent
years. Area and local gins re-
port a total of approximately
1,500 bales ginned since the
storm.”
Readers are reminded to
check the latest call report of
the bank statement in this issue
of the Gazette.
Social Security
Man In Shiner
Monday, Oct. 23
A representative of the So-
cial Security Office, Victoria,
Texas, will be in Shiner at 9
o’clock in the morning at the
City Hall on Monday, October
23, 1961.
Anyone wishing to file a
claim for retirement, survivor’s
or disability benefits should
meet him. He will be glad to
assist anyone having questions
concerning the social security
program.
* * * *
• CHANGES IN S.S.
One of the recent changes in
the Social Security Act is im-
portant to all persons who work
between the ages of 62 and 72,
according to Maurice E. Owen,
Manager of the Victoria Social
Security Office.
“This change concerns the
‘earnings test’—the amount one
may earn and still receive some
payments,” he said. “Earned,
income of $1200 or less in a
year has no effect on the bene-
fits. Now, however, only $1 in
benefits is withheld for each $2
earned between $1200 and $1700
in a year.
“When earnings are more
than $1700, one dollar of fam-
ily benefits is withheld for each
dollar earned in excess of that
amount,” he continued.
“This means that in some
cases where a man and wife are
both of retirement age, he can
earn as much as $3,000 a year
and still receive some old age
insurance. Where there are
three or more beneficiaries in
one worker’s family, it is pos-
sible for him to earn as much
as $4,000 and receive some fam-
ily payments for the same
year.”
After age 72, there is no re-
tirement test. Owen believes
that there are many workers in
this District between age 62
and 72 who should apply for
the benefits to avoid any pos-
sible loss. Claims may be filed
with the Social Security Ad-
ministration office at the Fed-
eral Building, Victoria, Texas.
Even when annual earnings
are too high to permit any pay-
ments, benefits are payable for
any month in which a benefi-
ciary does not work in his own
business or earn wages of more
than $100.
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CROP DRIVE
YOU CAN HELP through
your donations. CROP is your
community program to collect
for overseas relief and rehabi-
litation. With our contributions
to CROP we join with our fel-
low Christians in other coun-
tries in a concerted attack on
acute human need.
Luther Leaguers will be com-
ing to Lutheran members’
homes on October 29 from 6 till
8 p.m. The young people will
meet at the church at six o’-
clock.
1961 Football Schedule
Oct. 20: *Schulenburg........Away
Oct. 27: *Bastrop ..............Away
Nov. 3: *Smithville............Home
Nov. 10: *Del Valle ..........Away
* District 24-A Games
** Home-coming.
GE Research Lab Section
Manager Receives Award
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