Naturalist Bedicheck Visits Fredericksburg for Bird Study
Roy Bedicheck the Texas Interscholastic League head and author known as the Bird man of Texas visits Fredericksburg for a week to study birds camping outdoors at Lange's Mill. He traveled with James Reece Pratt and Eugene George Dallas architects to photograph old houses and admire local architecture.
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Roy Bedicheck
Fredericksburg
Bedicheck
Texas
Lange’s Mill
Gillespie County
Guadalupe River
Pedernales
James Reece Pratt
Eugene George
Dallas
Pratt
Origin of Catskills Name Tied to Wildcats
The Catskill Mountains were named for the numerous wildcats once found in the region, a historical attribution reflecting early wildlife presence and local lore.
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Catskill Mountains
Classified Quizzers Identify Nation With Chief Tain Title
The riddle asks which country uses the title shiek for a chief tain. The phrasing implies a quiz context rather than a factual report.
Plans Complete For Annual Doss Community Fair Saturday
Doss hosts its annual Community Fair on Saturday August 11 with displays from 4-H Club Scoutcraft and antique exhibits. A 4-H and FFA Crop Judging contest opens to Gillespie County youths. Entertainment includes a band game two ball games and a cake walk with a Curtain Club three act play It Looks Like Rain at night. The Duchess race winner to Fredericksburg Fair Parade August 17 will be announced by public vote via pennies in jars.
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Doss
FFA Boys
Gillespie County
Curtain Club
Fredericksburg
Marjorie Ann Sauer
Sylvia Spaeth
Elouise Welge
Kathleen Geistweidt
Doss Cyclones
Cyclones
Hilda
Gillespie County Lumber Company
Pleasant Hill Receives Showers Though More Are Needed
Pleasant Hill records two showers in the past week with rainfall reported from ten to sixty points. Many residents and families are listed visiting relatives in San Antonio, Llano, Fredericksburg, and Austin, with several trips noted for the Deike and Uecker families amid community events and local reunions.
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Pleasant Hill
Elsa Marie Hartmann
San Antonio
Clarence Deike
Elsa Marie
Emil Uecker
Pete
Llano
Douglas Arnold
G. C. Walker
Austin
Alice Rose
Johnson City
Jerry Howard
S. S. Mauldin
Vella Mae
Sidney Wayne
Mauldin
San Saba
Victor Weirich
Viola Weirich
Chester Hartmann
Richard Klappenbach
New Braunfels
R. R. Rech
Shirley
Fredericksburg
Vella Mae Mauldin
Levi Deike
Levi Jr
Fritz Deike
Hilmar Jung
Deike
Willow City social rounds include visits and church school
Willow City residents travel to Lubbock to visit relatives and attend Bible School. Local families host guests from Llano and Johnson City while several couples share meals and attend the fair. Lorenzo Escamilla celebrated ninth birthday with a large cake and friends at home.
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V. A. Sagebiel
Lubbock
Frank Owen
Liano
H. C. Kirk
Elgin Ellebracht
Levi
Bernice
Johnson City
Espranza
County School Board To Meet On Saturday
The County School Board meets Saturday at 9 a.m. in the courthouse to review transfer applications filed with the County Judge during July and to approve bus routes for the coming school year.
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County School Board
Death of Jim Peril Harper Beloved Citizen
Hundreds in Har r perish paid tribute to Jim Peril 76 a prominent Harper citizen who died Tuesday evening July 31 after a heart attack at his home July 26 he received care and was admitted to Fredericksburg Hospital July 29 funeral services were held at Harper Presbyterian Church burial followed on the Harper Kerrville road Peril born December 21 1874 in Gillespie County on the old Peril homestead ranch between Harper and Kerrville to Rufus D Peril and Susan Eller Fernand continued on page 6.
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Hill Country
Harper
Jim Peril
Fredericksburg
Peril
Harper Presbyterian Church
P. B. Hill
Hunt
Arthur Spellman
Harper - Kerrville
Mr. Peril
Gillespie County
Old Peril
Harper and
Kerrville
Rufus D. Peril
Susan Eller Fernand
Bianco County Fair winds down with queen coronation and rodeo
The 21st Bianco Fair and Rodeo concluded Saturday after a Friday opening with a parade led by Fred Rodway Lonnie Hardin and the Marble Falls Band. Gillespie County Fair won professional float, Johnson City amateur float, and Miss Geneva Brown was crowned queen. Reverend E F Egge preached farewell at Johnson City First Baptist before moving to Schertz Texas.
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Fred Rodway
Lonnie Hardin
Marble Falls
Gillespie County Fair
H. Klappenbach
Johnson City
Austin
Charlotte Kroll
Geneva Brown
Kneupper
Crider
Post Oak
A. Robinson
E. F. Egge
First Baptist Church
Frantzen Takes Charge of Hein Chevrolet Paint and Body
Paul R. Frantzen, a Gillespie County native with 25 years in major San Antonio auto paint and body shops, assumes leadership of Hein Chevrolet’s paint and body department on August 7. He resigns from Jordan Motor Co to join Carl and Weimar Hein, with a new rear‑garage facility.
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Paul R. Frantzen
Gillespie County
San Antonio
Hein Chevrolet
Frantzen
Robert Frantzen
Lower South
Milam Chevrolet
Smith Chevrolet
Ormsby Chevrolet Company
Jordan Motor Company
Carl
Weimar Hein
Stonewall prepares for annual community fair Sunday
The Stonewall Community Fair returns next Sunday August 12 with events at 1 PM a band concert by the Stonewall School Band directed by Alfred Pehl. Exhibits accepted Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning until 10 o'clock. A 3 PM baseball game and an evening dance round out the day.
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Stonewall
Alfred Pehl
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Ppround
Brady Standard
L. B. Smith
Addison Buckners
San Marcos
Smith
Shah
Czars
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Harry Wahrmund Doss
Paw Sauer
Stanley Paul
Albert F. Ellebracht
Mrs. S
Gilbert Uecker
Gilbert R. Uecker
Otto Uecker
Theodor Prochnow
Jimmie Fairchild
August Uecker
Miss Cullen Uecker
Lace D. Butler
Uecker
Buddy
Willow City
Mrs
Henry Kirk
Willow City Correspondent
Elmo Baethge
Felix Moritz
Fred Ogi
Patsy Jordan
Mary Friedrich
Alton Stehling
Augusta Weirich
Woodrow Durst
H. S. Rech
Sylvester Crenwelge
James Evers
Hubert Reichenau
Jo Joyce Wahl
Bob Schneider
Alfred Baethge
Schnelle
J. F. Cook
Bianco County
Opal Ray Gipson
Western State College
el Paso
Paul R. Fantzen
James Eckert
Mother's Club
Pirates
Squeegee
KRAFT
General Tire
Rander
Ances
America
Crenwelge Motor Sales
West Main Street
Fredericksburg, Texas
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