Gillespie Rancher crafts mechanical nanny for goat kids
Gillespie County story notes Guy Owens, a rancher east of the Pedernales river, built a tin mechanical nanny to feed thirty motherless goat kids. The three foot trough with side nipples doubles as a movable, sterilized feeding system used twice daily, keeping kids thriving as Owens saves labor and prepares for future kids.
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Gillespie
Guy Owens
Lee Walker Place
Albert Church
Pedernales River
Owens
Guy Owen
Albert
Texas
Gillespie County
Doss Improvement Club Plans Early Community Fair
The Doss Improvement Club met Friday night April 18 with 34 members present. The program included songs, readings, poems, jokes and a dialogue. Members voted to hold a community fair a week before Gillespie County fair and adjourned after ice cream.
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Doss Improvement Club
Marie Faught
Harry Wahrmund
Mathilde Rode
Johnny
Anna Marie Dittmar
Gladys Evers
Hermine Mund
Norman Bergner
George Baethge
Gillespie County
Six Harper High School Students Earn Poetry Honors
Six Harper High School students had their poems accepted for the 1941 Texas High School Poetry anthology to be published by the National High School Poetry Association in Los Angeles. Recipients include Madelyn Phillips Down by the Riverside Lora Sageser Night and Day Billy Brown Texas Round-up Audrey Brown The Brook Madge Whitewood Baby Goats and Viola Marshall At Night. The WOW members held an oyster supper and fellowship meeting, while the Harper Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Johnie Bierschwale to discuss kitchen improvements and a cemetery project led by Mrs. A. C. Wendel.
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Harper High School
National High School Poetry Association
Los Angeles
California
Dennis Hartman
Madelyn Phillips
Down
The
Riverside
Lora Sageser
Billy Brown
Texas
Audrey Brown
the Brook
Madge Whitewood
Baby Goats
Viola Marshall
WOW
Sisterdale School Sets 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Sisterdale School marks its 50th founding anniversary with an all day program on May 4. W H Whitworth leads as general chairman with committees to reach ex students and former teachers. Relics display planned by Mesdames Behr and Habenicht. program coordinated by Behr, Heimann and Schnelle. The event recalls the 1891 upper and 1887 lower schools and notes a 1939 Texas ice cream production figure.
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Sisterdale
Maya
W. H. Whitworth
Sisterdale School
J. Marquardt
O. E Behr
Mesdames O E. Behr
Louis Habenicht
Oscar Behr
Raymond Heimann
Carleton Schnelle
Emma Toepperwein
City School Events Well Attended Last Week
City Band Boosters Fun Night at Fredericksburg High School Auditorium and St. Marys School program at Peters Hall drew large crowds Friday night. Civic groups joined with skits while St. Marys students delivered well presented performances.
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Fredericksburg High School
St. Mary’s
Peter’s Hall
Rudolph Fischer Dies After Civil War of Indian Capture
Rudolph Fischer, believed 91, died Easter Sunday at his home south of Apache after a three week illness. Captured by Comanche Indians at age nine in Gillespie County, he chose to live with the tribes and was survived by a former wife and seven children across Apache and nearby towns. Funeral services were held in Apache Catholic church with burial on the Fischer family farm allotment.
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Jacob Mohr
Germany
Texas
Fredericksburg
Messrs
Alfred, Karl and
Henry Mohr
Friedrich Rahe
Emil Dietrich
Max Kuhlmann
Albert Beyer
Bracher
Gillespie County
Washington
R. G. Striegler
Sam
Albert Reichenau
Emilie Arbelger
Harry
Walter
Chester
Hubert
Esther
Tosea Reichlar
Rudolph Fischer
Apache
Henry Fischer
Margaret Leader
Anadarko
Lena Myres
Lotie Kerchee
Birdie Parker
Willow Couple Celebrates 66th Wedding Anniversary
Relatives and friends gathered to honor Mr. and Mrs. Andy Moore on their 66th anniversary. The couple wed April 4, 1875, with a turkey dinner served to numerous guests from Round Mountain, Liano, Johnson City, Fredericksburg, and local families. The celebration continued at Klaerner's Park with additional attendees.
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Andy Moore
Clifford Haynes
George
Round Mountain
George Gray
Glen
Vernelle Overstreet
Liano
Mercy Wolf
Buna
Johnson City
Leroy Pfeil
Ray
Pegwie Smith
Fredericksburg
Wm. Lee
Allie
M. Lee
Jeff Moore
Pattie
Homer Young
Winnie Holland
Howard Barkier
Glen Young
Gloria Jean
Klaerner’s Park
Fred Stern
Stonewall Youth Wins Medical Society Essay Contest
Alvin Behrends, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Behrends, won first prize in the rural districts of the Medical Aid Auxiliary for an essay titled Increasing the Span of Life. The tenth grader will compete with entries from across the state. A Stonewall softball group formed and joined a league with Live Oak Pedernales Rocky Hill Fredericksburg Luckenbach and Stonewall. A riverbank barbecue and picnic gathered Ernest Hodges Ad Nebgen Alvin Weinheimer Louis Klein Paul Danz Benno Eckert Alfred Gellermann Hiram Hodges and Chas Weinheimer.
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Alvin Behrends
Oswald Behrends
Ladies Medical Aid Auxiliary
Alvin
Live Oak
Pedernales
Rocky Hill
Fredericksburg
Luckenbach
Stonewall
Ernest Hodges
Ad. Nebgen
Alvin Weinheimer
Louis Klein
Paul Danz
Benno Eckert
Alfred Gellermann
Hiram Hodges
Chas Weinheimer
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Mason Road
State Highway Commission
Krauskopf
Alfred Riley
A. Herbert
Walter Ochs
Willie Schuch
August Cameron
Max Schoenewolf
Robert 8. Klett
Alexander W. Seipp
Erna Lehne
Konzack
Meta Reehm
K. Konzack
Cecelia Stehling
Max Kunz
Father Gerlach
Gillespie Rancher
FFA
Viva Ruth Gipson
Blanco County
Edgar Jung
Collins-Gourley
Boyd Collins
Helen Ruth Gourley
Walter Collins
Louis Gourley
R. Youngblood
Cypress Mills
Alfred Weirich
Rocky
Buford Steven
Doss
Harry Wahrmund Doss
Pecan Creek
Ernst Ellebracht
San Antonio
Arnold
Christ Wahr
Gilbert Pape Harper
Harper Home
Johnie Bierschwale
Tommie Harlon
A. C. Wendel
Treas
Yarborough
Yarborone
Coffey
Mie
Nueces
Yarborough Bros
MacDeonald Studio
Helen Parker
Mary Bosin
Stecker
Sis
Mrs. Chas
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Medical
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Basse Express
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Llano
Cherokee
San Saba
Lometa
Lampasas
East Main Street
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
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