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ELGIN COURIER  January 23rd, 1969

 

NEWS FROM MCDADE BY LOUISE GOERLITZ

            Graveside funeral services are being held here today (Monday) at the McDade Cemetery for Mrs. Watson Wolf, age 60.  She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kelton.  Funeral services are held in the funeral home in Elgin at 3 p.m. Rev. Ray Head is officiating.  She died January 18, 1969.

            Survivors are her mother Mrs. Eva Kelton of Granberry, five daughters, Maxine Wagner and Dorothy White of Taft, Laura Gruber of Houston, Lena McDonald of Livingston, Lucille Miller of Portland, 7 sisters, 1 brother, 13 grandchildren and a host of other relatives.

            Alice Lane of Pleasanton spent the weekend with Mrs. Bessie Lane.

            Oscar Dungan of McDade Constable Precinct 4, wants to express his appreciation to the Elgin fire department and all the people from Elgin and surrounding places who were so faithful when the Kelton and Kunkel warehouse was destroyed by fire.  Without their help we would have lost more by the fire.

            Mrs. C.J. McCormick spent the weekend recently in Houston.

            To all Voters, Don’t forget to register in order to be eligible to vote in 1969.             You may register at the Dungan Drug Store in McDade.  Emma Dungan will register you any day free until January 31st.

            Mrs. Bessie Lane and Alice Lane visited Mary Clark and Clara Scrugg in Elgin Monday and also other friends.

            Mrs. T.R. Gathright received the sad news of the death of her sister Mrs. Anna Martin age 70 years of Commerce, Oklahoma.  She died January 15, 1969.  Funeral was held in Oklahoma.

            Mrs. Fed Stewart is in Elgin Hospital for treatments.

            Mrs. Pete Smith is in Elgin Hospital for treatments.

            Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Stagner of Houston spent last week with Mary Staggner and Alice Page and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Page of Austin visited during the weekend.

            Mrs. Homer Hudler of McDade and Mrs. Mildred McCandless of Austin visited at the bedside of their daughter and sister Mrs. Edith Vasquhl at Stillwater Oklahoma.  She is very ill and has been for over 2 months.

            Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Dungan of Giddings visited Mrs. Ethel Sowell Friday.  They also visited other relatives here.

 

December 14, 1989

            Happy birthday to the birthday people!  Monday, December 18, Torie Neidig; Tuesday, December 19, Stewart Wusterhausen; Wednesday, December 20, Wally Mundine and Bradley Magnuson; Thursday, December 21, Dempes Williams, and Lori Moore Pohorelsky; Saturday, December 23, Sue Steinbring, Jack Carter. Barbara Wusterhausen Shelley, and Lenora Hassel Shope.

            Ernestine Schulz, Adeline Eschberger, Vernell Kastner, Frances Nesslbeck, Melba Skubiata, Sue Steinbring, Marji Gros, Louise Goerlitz, Helen Blaschke, Lawrey Wolf, Amy Skubiata and Kayla Skubiata, all from Faith Lutheran Church, met Sunday afternoon, December 3, to stuff cloth animals that had been sewed at home.  Stuffing and final tucks were added, along with ribbons, on the animals to be given to Bastrop County’s needy children.  They all enjoyed refreshments afterwards.

            Alvin and Adeline Eschberger were in Giddings on Sunday afternoon for an arts and crafts show.

            Freda Wilson visited at the Golden Years Nursing Home in Elgin on Wednesday.

The Wallace Wilsons talked on the telephone with their daughter, Deborah Grimmer, in Vincentown, New Jersey, on Saturday.  Deborah said they had received snow on Thanksgiving Day.

            Mary Stagner had her sister-in-law, Mildred Stagner, of Houston, visiting Thursday though Saturday.  Then, on Sunday afternoon, Mary Sue Page and Lawrence, Mary Ellen and Gilbert Page all visited her from Elgin.

            Leo Harrison had some old-time friends, Otti Mae  Woods of Houston and Odell McClain of Cleveland, visiting on Tuesday.

            Cleo Grimes had a friend, Sylvia wittmer, of Alaska, visiting this week.

            Evelyn Wolf attended a DRT Christmas party in Austin on Sunday afternoon at the French Legation.

            Dan and Evelyn Wolf, Adeline and Alvin Eschberger and Gladys Koeppe attended the annual sons of Hermann Christmas party in Giddings on Saturday night.

            Mr. and Mrs. Quintis Hoerman were in Lockhart last Friday night for the Thorndale-Runge footballl game.  Thorndale, ranking third in state in Class A, competed with Bartlett in quarter-finals on Friday night, December 8, in Leander.

            The Quintis Hoermans had their Grandson, Karl Theile, of Thorndale, as a dinner guest on Monday.

            Visiting Louise Goerlitz on Friday night, December 1, was her grandson, Randy Kastner, of A&M University in College Station.  Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Goerlitz’ were Jeff Ruthven and Janice and Tonya Terry, of Austin.  Mrs. Goerlitz had a phone call from her sister, Rosie Spaw, in Portland, Oregon.  Mrs. Spaw reported she had been real sick during Thanksgiving.  She also reported that between four and five inches of rain had fallen on Sunday, December 3.  If I could have had that rain in McDade, my stock water worries would be over.

            Florine Stroud reports her son, James Hassell, and  family have left Austin and now live in Virginia.

            Esther Grosse has been on the sick list this past week.

            Cat Duggen wishes to tell all ladies, who have donated yarn for lap robes in the Elgin Golden Years Nursing Home and Bastrop Autumn Hills Nursing Home, that donations have been greatly appreciated by her and the receivers.  If anyone has yarn they will not be using, she will gladly donate her time to make the lap robes for the residents in the nursing homes.  The phone number is 273-2304.

            Tammi Barchenger was honored with a baby shower on Sunday, December 3, at her mother’s Shirley Merka, home in Pflugerville.  Hostesses were Faye Betak, Pat and Shannon Stubbs and Julie Zachary. The ones from this area attending were Glennie Pohler, Leona Davis, Stella Grant and Ruth and Destany Carter. Approximately 25 guests attended, and Tammi received many beautiful and useful gifts.

 

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