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For the last several years, Shiner’s Annual Half Moon Holidays celebration has been located in Green-Dickson Park during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Craft and food booths, barbecue cook-off, live music, parade, and washer tournament are all part of the festivities, followed by the Spoetzl Brewery Fireworks Spectacular. The park is located at 65 Co Rd 350. The Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum is an outstanding legacy of Shiner’s history. Its displays include an antique gun collection, old-time country store, dinosaur bones, embroidery and hand stitchery collections, a delightful doll display, musical instruments, an implement shed, and many other interesting antiques. The Wolters Museum is located at 306 South Avenue I and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every second and fourth Sunday, from 2 to 5 p.m. and online at www.woltersmuseum.org.
LOCAL TREASURES
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reen-Dickson Municipal Park is a 148-acre facility located at the northwest edge of town. The park features children’s playgrounds, covered picnic areas with barbecue pits, lighted tennis and volleyball courts, fishing, a first class baseball/softball complex and an enclosed pavilion with an air-conditioned dining and kitchen facility. There are also several spaces for overnight camping (RV’s only) with hookups.
First opened in 1895, the Louis Ehlers Cigar Factory produced three favorite cigars, the “Becky Brown,” “Katy Lee,” and “Good Company.” These historic buildings, including the offices of the Shiner Chamber of Commerce, are located at 817 N. Avenue E/Hwy 90-A, directly across the street from the old City Hall. One of Shiner’s real jewels is the Catholic Church. Blessed under the names of Saints Cyril and Methodius, two missionaries who first brought Christianity to Bohemia and Moravia, the church is truly an awe-inspiring sight. Dedicated in 1921, the red brick Romanesque Revival style architecture features a majestic altar, painted murals, beautiful statues, and astonishing stained glass windows imported from Bavaria. In 1994, a total renovoation of the church began with the bell tower being repaired and a stained glass window of the Good Shepherd installed above the main entrance at the front of the church. In 1995, the interior walls were repainted and sealed, carpet was A young girl dislaid throughout the church floors, pews Above: covers the joys of fishing were repaired and stained, and statues at Green-Dickson Municwere touched up. Almost 100 years after ipal Park. its dedication, the church is still known
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