New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1950 Page: 2 of 4
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Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Strauss and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strauss
and children. Sen. Gus Strauss
and children, Mrs. Chas. Strauss
Sr. and Miss Annie Strauss of
here were in Yoakum Saturday
to help Mrs. John Kvlnta cele-
brate her birthday. Other guests
were: Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Kopec-
ky of Boerne, John Kvinta Jr.
of Houston, Charles Kvinta of
Austin Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hamff
and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Fe-
lix Najvar of Shiner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Everett Buss
children of Highlands, T<
spent the week end here
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council report being given by
NN. Edgar Appelt,
The date of our club meetings
will be every 2nd Friday of the
month. We filled our year books
at this meeting. The Secretary
’read the duties of all officersand
committees and the President ap-.
pointed committees as follow?:
Exhibit: Chairman, Mrs. E. L.
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ial High Mass
John Schneider.
Finance: Chairman, Mrs. Frank
Polaaek, Mae. Edgar Appelt, Mrs.
August Hermes.
Program: Chairman, Miss Ber-
tha Janak, Mrs. Leo Christen,
Mrs. Louis Rothbauer.
Marketing: Chairman, Mrs.
John Vollentine, Mrs. Julius But
cek- Mrs Victor Grahmann.
Education Expansion: Chair-
man. Mrs. Edgar Appelt, Mrs.
Hilton Elsner, Mrs. Herbert Pohl.
After the meeting a delicious
lunch was served and a picture
show was enjoyed by all. Snow
scenes. Fiesta scenes and many
other pictures were shown by
the hostess'
Visitors present were: Mrs. Hil-
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UNDERGOES OPERATION
Prof. Alois Mbrko'vsky of our
city returned home Thursday af-
ter spending a week at Wagner
Hospital, Shiner, where he under-,.
went an operation.
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TO UNDERGO OPERATION
Joe Netardus, of the Netardus
Photo Studio, will temporarily
close his place of business here
Monday, January 23rd, and will
leave for Santa Rosa Hospital
where he is Scheduled to undergo
another leg operation about Feb-
ruary 15th. Y’
corKbction —
In the recent real estate deal
in which Louis Tesch was the
purchaser of a lot, an Incomplete
listing of the sellers was given.
They were Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Holubec.
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Arnold Hrncir and Leslie Hi
of here spent the weekend
Robstown visiting with Mr, 1
Mrs. R. E. Hrncir and at*
and also went to Corpus Chr
and different points.
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■pay Ttayn entertained
rtes Wednesday at her
i two tables of players
i afternoon of bridge,
ore was awarded to
ert Rother and low
: to Mrs. Dan Snyder,
arrangements of Win-
were used throughout
and dining rooms. ,
eshments, Mrs. Timm
, guests open faced ton Elstner, Mrs. Herbert Pohl,
‘sandwiches, pick- Mrs.JoeP. Novak, Mrs. Louis
ft cake topped with Pustka, Mrs. Ed Janak. Mrs. Ro-
" bert Hanak, Mrs. M. Qultt and
Miss Matilda Janak.
The members present were:
Mrs Edgar Appelt, Mrs. F. K.
Bl 'Bucek, Mrs. Julius Bucek, Mrs.
’’ ' y Leo Christen, Mrs. Henry Ehler,
"tjELK£ Wvr Mrs- Vlctor Grahmann, Mrs. Au-
Bamm-iMNraraB* '8ust Hermes, Mrs. Winfred
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Martin. The news was m a d e I
known at a Christmas tea given I
in the Gibb® bom£. No wedding
d^te has been set.
Miss Strauss is the daughter
of the late Dr. and Mrs. Victor
Strauss and is a sister of Victor
Strauss of St. Louis, Mo. She is
a graduate of Villa Duchesne in
Clayton, Mo., and was graduated
from Michigan State College and
Davenport Institute. She now
Shannon? Mrs.'TTjalufka,*Mr7. Mds the position of medical
‘secretary ip a neuro-surgeon and
psychiatric clinic.
Mr. Martin will receive his de-
gree from the University of Mi-
chigan next month.
Miss Strauss is the granddau-
ghter of Mrs. Chas. Strauss, Sr.
of Hallettsville and has made her
home with Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs
since the death of her mother in
1946. Her father, Dr. V. Strauss
practiced medicine in East Ber-
nard until his death in 1930.
Mrs. Leonard Bomorden.
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O Donnel-Muras
At an Impressive wedding ce-
remony in Shiner January 6th,
Miss Anna Marie Muras and Tho- of t h e university
mas Joseph O’Donnell of Lowell, where she was a fnei
Massachusetts, y*' *-
marriage at a Ni
“Mrt. Dawson called /
Tuesday to give me her
recipe for blackberry felly
1 made 18 glasses!"
“Then early Wednesday
morning we knew the stork
was on his way. Mother I
________of pearls giv-
by the groom. J
brides sister, Miss Doro- 1
thy Muras, served as maid pf ■
honor, wearing a gown of satin
In seafoam green with bouffant
skirt and fitted waist. Her head-
dress was a heart-shaped bonnet
of satin trimmed with ostrich
feathers while her ornament was
also a strand of pearls. Along
with her bouquet of orchids, she
carried rosary beads. _■
Bridesmaid Miss Rosalie Mu-
ras, sister of the bride, wore a
costume identical to of the
maid of honor ' - Vv »,
James F. O’Donrtell, .'brother
of the groom, of Lioweik Mass.,
was best man arid the grooms-
man was Daniel Cronin'j>f Hous-
ton. All men of the bridal party,
including ushers JoKnny
Ed Schlesinger and
er of Houston, wor<bft£d
carnation bouJohmKre8.»'
The bride’s mother wore teal
blue crepe with pink accessories
and lavender orchid coreage
while the mother of the groom
wore aqua crepe with .black ac-
cessories, also with lavender or-
chid corsage.
' The bride, a graduate of St.
Ludmila’s Academy of Shiner,
attended Incarnate Word College,
San Antonio, and is a graduate
of the University uf Houston
mber of. t he
Kappa Sigma Nu sorority. *
The groom is a graduate of
Suffolk University law school at
Boston, Massachusetts. They will
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Don’t forget the PTA Gam<
Party Thursday night at th<
High School Gym.
Those who spent the Nev
Years Day with Mr. and MH
John O. Prasek were: Mr. am
Mrs. Joe Prasek and sons, Sylvh
and Larry of Agua Dulce, Mr
and Mrs. Jerry Prasek of Alice
Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Prasek 1
son Bobbie of Cuero, Mr. Vai
tine J. Janak and children, Mi
Annie, Valentine. Jr. and J<
Janak. \
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pr'hsek and
sons Sylvan and Larry of Agua
Dulce visited the New Yea
Eye, with Mr. and Mrs. Joe .
Kristek, Mrs. Willie J. Pesekt
visited some time with Mr. j
Mrs. Joe A. Kristek “who »•'
ed back to Agua Dulce with
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a local calll”
Telephone service has grown
steadily in the part it plays in ot
daily lives—and in the value it
delivers. Most folks agree if s the
best buy in their budget! .
Southwestern Bell Telephone Q
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appoint*
of the officers and committees'. The bride’s
At the close of the meeting a
delicious lunch consisting of
chicken and pimento cheese sand
wiches, cake,.cookies, deviled
eggs, potato chips, pickles, olives,
candy,'punch and coffee was
served by the hostesses.
The'next meeting will be held
on Feb. 9th1 at ;3:9O p.m. at the
home of Mrs. G. H. Gerdes.
HoJD^^tion
Council Holds
Election Meeting
The Home Demonstration coun-
cil met January 10th at the court-
house with eighteen members
present. New officers elected
were: President, Mrs. W. A. Ei-
lers and Secretary-Treasurer Mrs.
Edgar Appelt.
The Cornell will meet January
25 for a demonstration on grow-
ing shrubs from seeds and mak-
rose cutting beds at the home of
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It was a busy week for Mr. and Mrs.
John Bowman of Independence,
Missouri-tbe weel? tfjat youngs 4^^
Linda Marie joined tihenr. > 1^*
Busy week, too, for the Bowman
- “We use die telephone a lot from
day to day, but we never stopped
to think how helpful it really is,
t until we kept a record of calls. We
averaged our bill—and were really
surprised at the low cost—about 2#.
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Ybarra and 1
Tasler, a 11 of Shiner; Mrs. Ed
Schlesinger, Miss Murline Knight |
Miss Betty Hart, Mrs. Johnny I
Ston£ and Miss NecH Cotton, all j
of Houston. All wore formal at-1
tire with white chrysanthemum
headdress
The .newlyweds left for a hon-
eymoon trip to the Shamrock
Hotel, Houston, and Biloxi, Miss-
issippi.
Congratulations and bestwish-
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Strauss, Mrs. Leo. New Era-Herald (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1950, newspaper, January 17, 1950; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284040/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.