Berlin Trip Memories Mix Travel Woes and Wonder
A traveler recounts a chaotic Berlin tour with a local guide, crossing East and West sectors, enduring visa headaches, and visiting Celle and Hamburg. He details ruins in East Berlin, rebuilding in the West, the Autobahn journey, and a memorable balalaika find amid purchases for homeward shipment. The narrative blends humor, peril, and gratitude for hospitality.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
East
Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Celle
Hamburg
Hanover
Russia
Witten
Comanche County Eyes Irrigation Boom Amid Drought
Local almanac foresees cold wet February as Comanche explores an irrigation district to irrigate up to 18000 acres. Mayor Gyale Pirkle notes Lake Eanes nearly dried up, underscoring water needs for farming and ranching in the area.
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Gyale Pirkle
Lake Eanes
Barge to Preach At Local Church
Hubert A. Barge Jr a second year student at the Austin Seminary will be guest pastor at Comanche Presbyterian Church on Sunday February 5. He is a Florida State University graduate with a history degree and a library science master's, previously attended Mercer University and was involved in campus groups and track. He formerly worked as a librarian in Baltimore and Miami and attended Miami Senior High School. He studies under care of the Presbytery of the South under Florida Weedrow Hiezer and Richard. Fort Worth visitors and Hattie Hiezer mother were in Western Hills over the weekend and visited the Happy Hathcock family in Comanche and Lake Proctor.
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CHS
Houston Jolley
Jolley
Comanche
Bangs
Hubert A. Barge, Jr
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
Comanche Presbyterian Church
Barge
Florida State University
Mercer University
Fresheman
Baltimore
Miami
Weedrow Hiezer and
Richard
Fort Worth
Hattie Hiezer
Western Hills
Happy Hathcock
Lake Proctor
Wert Worth Visitors Attend Fort Worth Fat Stock Show
Mr and Mrs Harald Easley and Niki and Roxann joined Mr and Mrs Luke Easley Sr and Mr and Mrs Joe Tom Gore visiting the Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth on Sunday.
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Ing
Lufthansa
New York
Delta
Houston
Inez McDonald
S. J. Isham
Tommy Knotts
Porter Franks
Ers
Blackwell Hospital
Gorman
Earl McDonald
Ain
Dee
Comanche County
Texas
Gustine
Sidney
Theier
Sidney Girls
Agit
Joe Waring
Bill Jones
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
San Angelo
Dawson Masters
Elmer Webb
Don Cox
Bandera
Bill Taber
Maxine Taber
Rei
aCe & Stilt
Joan
Banich
Ben Fran Kun
USDA
Mrs. Baird
Rokey Dog
del Monte
Jonatha
de Monte
Betty Crocker
FK Flour
Ajax
Limas
Food King
Shurfine
Blackeye
Gladiola
Vienna
Nabisco Cho
Hershey
Reynolds
Morton
Maxwell House
Silever Spur EA
Shurtine
Flouz
McConnell
Virginia Phifer
Wilson Bacon
E. M. Schiwetz
Gonzales
Santa Anna
Alamo
William Barret Travis
James Bowie
Davy Crockett
James B. Bonham
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
U. S
Alamos
San Jacintos
Pork Chop Hill
Iwo Jima
Meuse-Argonne Forest
United States
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Px T. Canitol Station
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