| Business Patients move to new Hospital The new 64 bed
Guadalupe Valley Hospital was in full operation late Monday following
impressive dedication ceremonies Sunday and "Operation Transfer"
earlier in the day.
An estimated 5,000 attendants weathered a blazing sun and subsequently a torrential downpour to hear the dedication address and tour the spectacular medical facility. Traffic on Highway 90-A adjacent to the hospital was snarled for most of the "open house" program that had to be stretched to five hours. Starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, a continuous stream of viewers jam packed the lobbies, corridors, operating room and patients' wards until after 9 p.m. A number of the hospital's board of managers were on hand to greet the public but were over welmed by the size of the attendance. One person on hand throughout the entire touring program said that so many did not register because of the continuous press of people, space and time that the estimation of 5,000 attendants could be only 50 percent of the actual attendance. Latecomers to the 3 p.m. ceremonies found it difficult to park within walking distance. Presiding at the dedication ceremonies was Dr. Ed Sagebiel, member of the hospital board of managers and chairman of the board's building committee. The Rev. Monsignor Bruno Hubertus gave the invocation. Mayor Joe Burges and County Judge Henry Glenewinkel, who greeted attendants, Also cut the ribbon officially opening the hospital. The ribbon, made of stiffened gauze, was cut with surgical scissors, one of the most often used pieces of hospital equipment. Walter Fey, chairman of the hospital board of managers, said he was "highly enthused" over the public reception. "Operation Transfer" went off without a hitch this week as 13 patients were transferred from the old hospital to the new Guadalupe Valley Hospital. Four funeral homes- Akin-Meyers, Goetz, Morales and Eunice -- donated ambulance service to move the patients. Transfer was completed smoothly within about an hour Monday afternoon. Another donor to "Operation Transfer" was Behring & Behring, which supplied trucks to move heavy duty equipment from the old hospital to the new one. The patients who got their first look at the new hospital when they were transferred were enthusiastic about their new rooms. "They don't seem to mind being hospitalized now," one nurse smiled. Seguin Gazette, September 1 1965 New staffer at Starcke's
The addition of
W. T. (Bill) Hardy, a veteran of many years experience in the furniture
business, to the sales staff at Starcke Furniture Co., was announced
this week by Nolte Starcke, manager.
Hardy comes to the Starcke store from Hondo where he owned a furniture business for 18 years. For the past four years he has been engaged in the real estate business. A native of Oklahoma, Hardy moved from Houston to Hondo after he was discharged from the Army in 1946." "I know I will enjoy living and working in Seguin," Hardy related. "Seguin is one of the cleanest communities I have ever seen." He and the late Mrs. Hardy have three sons, John, 22 and Bob, 20 both students at the University of Houston, and Charles, 19 who is an honor student at Schreiner Institute. Hardy was very active in community affairs in Hondo where he served on the City Council and is past president of the Hondo Lions Club. He was also active in the Hermann Sons, Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. Seguin Enterprise, February 20, 1969 New
press installed
The Gazette
this week commenced being printed on one of the finest printing presses
made in the world.
A new 12 page Goss press has been installed by Trans-Texas Publishing Co. at 1100 N. Camp St., and the installation brings Texas' tops in quality newspaper printing to Seguin. Possibilities are that an increasing number of other area and state newspapers will be printed on the press. John Taylor, president of Trans-Texas and owner of the Gazette, stated: "We have complete confidence in the future of Seguin, Guadalupe County and this entire region. This is why we are taking this sizable step in bringing to this area the finest newspaper printing equipment available. Goss pressmen, installing the press, report it is capable of printing up to 18,000 issues per hour. Current page capacity is 12 standard Cullum pages or 24 tabloid pages. Additional units will be added in the future until the press is capable of producing 24 standard or 48 tabloid pages at one time. This is the second Goss offset press to be installed this side of Missouri or Georgia. The first was installed by four newspapers in West Texas. The press is located at Hereford. It was installed six weeks ago. Seguin Enterprise, July, 1961 Keller's Bakery ends era
Sunday is the
day that Bert Keller, well known Seguin businessman, will turn over the
ownership of Keller's Bakery to Mrs. and Mrs. C. P. Vogelaar and their
son Leonard.
Natives of Holland, where the senior Vogelaar learned the baking business from his father, the Vogelaars will continue to operate the business as "Keller's Bakery" and continue the fine line of Keller's Bakery products that have been so well received by the public for decades. However, the Vogelaars will also introduce their own special line of Dutch German baked breads, strudel, fancy pastries, tea cookies and a real specialty will be the famous "New York" cheese cakes. In an interview Wednesday morning, Keller noted that he came to Seguin on March 28, 1928, and entered the bakery business with Hugo Brannies. In 1933 he took over ownership of the bakery and introduced the "Keller" brand that has become traditional in the Seguin area. He recalled that the bakery was first located in the building that now houses Schmidt's Department Store. It was later moved to the area now occupied by the Furniture Mart and for the past 25 years it has been located in the present bakery building across from city hall. Keller listed age and health as his reasons for retiring and noted he is looking forward toward having more time to spend with his other interests, including his cattle. However, he promised too "be around" the bakery awhile for "once a baker, always a baker." "The people of Seguin and this area have been very loyal and I want them to know we have appreciated it." Vogelaar is coming to Seguin from Rochester, N. Y., where he has operated a bakery since 1957. Prior to that he owned a bakery in Tonthill, Ontario, Canada for some five years. The family came to Canada from Holland in 1950. Leonard Vogelaar has been living at McQueeney Lake for the past two years and it was he who was instrumental in bringing his parents to Seguin. The senior Vogelaar noted he and his wife came her last year to attend their son's wedding. "In two days we came to love this part of Texas and when the opportunity arose to purchase the bakery in Seguin we knew this was what we wanted," he related. The elder Vogelaar also related Wednesday morning that the bakery business was a way of life with his father back in Holland and that it was only "natural" he and his son should follow in that profession. He noted that his father set up his bakery in a building in Holland in 1913. A historian in the town discovered that the building had housed a bakery since 1631. Seguin Enterprise, March 13, 1969. |