Gillespie County Fair Opens in Fredericksburg This Weekend
The 51st Gillespie County Fair kicks off Friday in Fredericksburg, running Aug 19 to 21. The event showcases livestock, agriculture, women’s divisions, a trades show, farm machinery, and various exhibits with a three ring program, horse races, baseball, concerts, a carnival midway, and star attractions. Opening day features a street parade and free admission for school children.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Giants
Fair Park
E. L. Walter
Brady visitors and local notes from Hereford to West Point
Mr and Mrs Billy Graham of Hereford plan to move to Brady in September. The Grahams are Methodists. Mr and Mrs Sherman Huie of Eden and Mrs Minnie Tierce of Brady visited Mr and Mrs Billy Barber and Gary of Biloxi Mississippi, stopping in New Orleans and Natchez before returning via Gatesville to view storm damage. Homer Miller, formerly of Rochelle, now superintendent of Coahoma schools, visited Brady on business. Their son Gaylord Miller graduated Phi Omega Phi at the University of Texas and will teach math in Odessa after summer work at Prichard Abbott in Austin. Howard Salter’s son Ronnie at West Point reports well and asks Brady friends to write. his company won first in a parade. Ronald Salter, 59, is with 1st Company NCB USMA West Point.
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Billy Graham
Hereford
Brady
Grahams
Sherman Huie
Eden
Minnie Tierce
Billy Barber
Gary
Biloxi
Miss
New Orleans
Natchez
Gatesville
Homer Miller
Millers
Rochelle
Miller
Coahoma
Gaylord
University of Texas
Phi Omega Phi
Prichard & Abbott
Austin
Odessa
Howard Salter
Ronnie
West Point
Ronald Salter
Ncb-Usma
New York
R. E. Luhn
Woodmen Lodge
W. K. Baze
Luhn
Katemcey
Texas
Pecan Grove
Hicks Martin
Katemey
Adolph Keller
August Keller
A. B. Carruthers
Fayetteville
Ark
W. J. Hudspeth
Hopkinsville
D. R. Hardison
P. A. Campbell
Corpus Christi
Fred Tetens
Julia
Lohn
Fort Worth
Brantley Draughon Business College
Messrs
Joe
Billie White
Roy Crothers
J. E. White
C. H. Bradley
Green Lake
Joe Proctor
Yoakum
Port Lavaca
Marion Rice
S. M. Flemming
Camp San Saba
Flemming
Have you had guests in your home
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Resignation at Woodmen Lodge and local notices
R. E. Luhn resigned as clerk of the Woodmen lodge effective at month start. W. K. Baze elected and installed in his stead. Several short notices report visits, travel, sales offers in Katemcey Texas, farm and household advertisements, social events and community happenings in Rochelle and surrounding towns. The column lists local movers, visitors, and upcoming trips across Texas.
Dallas youth speeds across Africa on motorcycle to complete education
Ross Dealey of Dallas, 21, travels from Tangiers to Algiers on a German Zundapp motorcycle after leaving SMU. He aims to ride thousands of miles to Cape Town to finish practical studies, plans to fly home from Cape Town due to travel routes, and recounts police blocking a Sahara visit.
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Dallas
Tripoli
Libya
Ross Dealey
Libby
Dealey
Southern Methodist University
Cape Town
South Africa
Tangiers
Morocco
Algiers
Sahara
Quargia Oasis
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Jack Andrews
Tex May
Otha Peeples
Carl Moran
Tiao
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McCulloch County Star
Heart O’ Texas News
McCulloch
L. B. Smith
C. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
Ada
Garda
Bruce Byars
Dan
Bruce
M-Sgt
Barham Byars
Waco
By H. L. Lackey
C. A. Trigg
Ben
Brownwood
Mmes
Joe A. Adkins
J. E. Bell
F. A. Knox
J. W. Griffin
R. M. Elliot
W. E. Simpson
J. P. Jones
Albert Baze
Leonard Wood
Campbell Gavit
Otto Fahrenthold
Bernice Bell
Fannie Jones
Lillie Gainer
Gillie Macy
W. L. Hughes
Hayde Willoughby
Joe Scharff
G. C. Kirk
J. E. Cook
C. T. White
Miseces Trula Harbart
Columbus
Rose Stallings
Elizabeth Souther
Chase Crothers
Miss Macy
Vera King
Miss King
Bailey Jones
Virgil Lee Sessions
Misses Mozelle Glenn
Ruth Campbell
Esther Gugenheim
Houston
Mary Schaeg
Mary Johanson
Esther Anderson
Minnie Elliot
J. S. Anderson
R. K. Hallam
J. S. Moffatt
J. R. Stone
Rockdale
Nellie Anderson
Mary Anderson
Lois Bradley
Laura Lee Whte
Louise Hardion
Short
Husky Ross
Southern Methodist
Barton Motors
Fidelity Union Life
Don F. Johnson
Francks Bldg
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co
Dallas, Texas
Thetco
Rato
Olds
Oldsmobile
Demonstrati
Campbell’s
Oldsmobile-Cadillac CO
West Lockhart
Ecoayy
Brady, Texas
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