Gillespie County Fair Opens Friday in Fredericksburg
The 68th Gillespie County Fair begins Friday in Fredericksburg and runs through Sunday August 17 to 19. Top acts, horse racing featuring Texas Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, baseball each afternoon, brass bands and nightly shows headline three days of entertainment with a grandstand advance sale offered by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Texas
Texans
Boerne White Sox
Pat's Cubs
McGehee
Portis
Mary Sims Liberty Horses
Johnny Lane
TV Fame
St. Mary’s Band
Brady County News Briefs on Meeting for Cotton Labor and Local News
County farmers and businessmen plan a 2 PM Saturday meeting at the court house to discuss cotton picker labor and crop marketing amid unsettled markets. The Commercial Club solicits workers from Texas towns and notes three Japanese buyers may keep markets open. local baseball and social updates follow, plus marriages and community notes.
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Court House
Commercial Club
T. P. Grant
del Rio
Houston
Brownsville
San Antonio
Taylor
Navasota
Japan
Europe
Charles Morris
Chapman
Oliver
Brady
Morris
Woods
Winfrey
Adams
Itch-Med Relief Promoted at Central Drug Store
Stop that itch in 15 minutes or your 40c back. Instant-drying Itch-Me-Not targets eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itch. Easy to use day or night available now at Central Drug Store.
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Central Drug Store
Katemcy Homecoming Celebrated In September 1956
Katemey Homecoming will be held Sept 2 1956 inviting all residents and former residents. Meals include meat bread pickles plates coffee. Attendees asked to bring tea cakes and salads.
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Katemey
Spiller Family Visits and Nearby Guests in VOCA
Aug 14 note records visits by Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Spiller to relatives in VOCA Texas. Patty and Charlotte Fleeson of Arlington visited with Behrens and Spiller families. Other entries mention Carmichael, Deats, Hillyard, George Spiller, Bill Jordan, and Everett Wood gatherings across several evenings with various relatives.
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Mayo
Brady
Carl Lohn
Springer, N. Mex
Lohn
R. A. King
Voca
Texas
E. KB. Spiller
Patty
Charlotte Fleeson
Arlington
Gene Chew
Behrens
Robert Carmichael
Charley Deats
Erma Hillyard
C. B. Hillyard
Susann Smith
George Spiller
Betsill Named Distinguished Student at Texas A&M for Spring 1956
Jerry Mack Betsill of Dooley has been named a distinguished student for the spring semester of 1956 at Texas A&M College. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Betsill.
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Jerry Mack Betsill
Dooley
Texas A&m College
Oscar Betsill
Melvin Spent Friday in Behen's Home
Melvin spent Friday in Behen's home, a brief note on his visit without additional context or details about purpose or duration.
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Melvin
Beherens
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Heart O’ Texas News
Brady Enterprise
McCulloch County Star
McCulloch
Congress
L. B. Smith
C. D. Reed
Bob Wilson
FFA
Victor Krauskopf
Great Livestock
Sud
Boerne Fats Clas
Giants
Guaire
Paul
Gehee
Keportis
Mary Sims
TY & Stage Fame
Sk Dress
ST. Mary's Banco
Reasonalle Achisiins
AxvisiTs
Oren
Ferec
Jorte
Helen Marie
B. L. Malone
Mother
Babe
Pat
S. J. Striegler
Popular Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
Hattie Pence
Sarah Johanson
Flora Schaeg
Live Oak
Hattie
Jack Crew
Rochelle
J. A. Westbrook
East Sweden
Silas H. Mayo
Ioie Pearl Graham
Fort Worth
Brady Public Schools
McCulloch County
Mary Schaeg
Edith Brook
Maggie White
Mary Morris
Nan Vaughan
Alice Samuel
Inez Day
Fay Franklin
Jim Gay
Tula Gay
Georgia King
Agnes Cooke
Pockdale
Vernon Jordan
Kyle Biews
Bill Miller
Leonard Stallings
Jim Espy
John Simpson
Frances Keller
Jack Deaton
Allen Thompson
Gartman's
Brady, Texas
Katemcy Homecoming
ROY O. Wilkerson & Son
Funeral Directors Burial Insurance
Iims
Betty Crocker
Dan Campbell
Tate
Gandy
Crisco
Pearl Wrigleys Gum
Libby’s
Maxwell House
Lipton Tea
STE
Bright & Early
Maryland Club
Sysoe
Cas
R. A. McShan Grocery & Mkt
North Bridge & Crothers Ave
Dial 3000
Voca Views
Baseball ON TV
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Richard Davis
Chas. J. Brown
S. Bridge
Radio & Television
Mccculloch County
Walter L. Bryson
Sam
Infantry
Africa
Italy
England
Curtis Field
Pol
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