California Visit Returns Home for Walter Schaefer
Walter Sis Schaefer, home from California on a week’s leave, reunited with mother Mrs. W. H. Schaefer and reconnected with old acquaintances including Willie Molter and Steve Gellermann. He avoided Bakersfield earthquakes but stayed near the area before returning to the Coast.
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Walter
Sis” Schaefer
California
W. H. Schaefer
Sis
Willie Molter
Arcadia
Steve Gellermann
Palo Alto
Richard Molter
Redwood City
Victor Brown
Christian Brown
Gilmore Steel
Burlingame
Calif
Chester
Herb Gellermann
Pacific Steel
Niles
Schaefer
Pacific Coast
Bakersfield
Johnson City High Students Hold Reunion
The Third Annual Homecoming of Johnson City School alumni and teachers was held at Fairy Park last Sunday August 17 with large attendance. Dinner was shared. a short business meeting presided by Mrs. Ernest Bauerle elected all officers again and set next year’s date for August 16.
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Johnson City
Fairy Park
Ernest Bauerle
George Sharp
America
Clyde
Mystery Farm No 3 Identified as Garrett Place on Route 2
The Garrett Ranch on Route 2 operated by Mr and Mrs Francis J Fritz is Mystery Farm No 3 as named in the Fredericksburg Standard August 13 issue. The Fritz family own the ranch with four children and stock beef cattle and sheep. Readers may identify Mystery Farm No 4 for a free photograph and a one year Standard subscription.
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Standard
Fredericksburg Standard
The
Garrett Ranch
Francis J. Fritz
Bruno Arlitt
Rt. 2
Victor Pahl
Otto Kott
Garrett
W. G. Garrett Jr
Chas. Schreiner Co
Kerrville
Emil Stehling
Fritz
Helen Maurer
Joyce Ann
Dennis
Barbara
Jeanette
Joyce
Morris Ranch School
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Harper
Mystery Farm No. 4
No August Meeting For Community Club in Stonewall
Stonewall community notes record no meeting on Friday August 29 1952 as the fair month. A regular September session will include officer elections. School opens September 2 1952 per J O Tanner. Mrs Ophelia Weinheimer earned a San Marcos degree Friday night. Nearby relatives visited. Nebgen family noted.
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Stonewall
J. O. Tanner
Ophelia Weinheimer
San Marcos
Weinheimer
Alvin Jenschke
Bruno Jenschke
San Antonio
Alois Jenschke
Fredericksburg
Jos
F. Jenschke
Albert Nebgen
Alice
Herbie
Andrew Nebgen
Jenschke
Evelyn Nebgen
Doss School to Open on Tuesday September 2nd
The Doss School plans to open for the 1952-43 term on September 2 with teachers R C Becker and Mrs Theo Neffendorf. Local summer heat remains extreme with temperatures near 100 degrees for weeks, described as the hottest and driest in years. The Doss 4 H Club won first place at Gillespie County Fair. The Doss Cyclones beat Stonewall 11 to 2 and host Enderlin of Fredericksburg in the season finale to decide a Farmer Boys league playoff berth.
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Braunfels Zeitung
Fred Cheim
Cheim
The
Zeitung
Texas
South
Oheims
G. F. Oheim
Fredericksburg
Bolger
Betsy
Gillespie
A. W. Klein
Sallisaw
Okla
Nebraska
South Dakota
Black Hills
Rapid City
Fred Ibsch
Houston
Gillespie County
Standard Office
Trisch
Fair
Doss
R. C. Becker
Theo Neffendorf
Wm. Fritz Sr
New Braunfelts
San Antonio
Doss Improvement Club
Erwin Baethge
Harry Wahrmund
Kerrville
Leroy T. Willis
William “Buddy” York
Dallas Texans
Brooke Army Medical Comets
Antler Stadium
Army
William Fritz Jr
Albert Friedrich
Karl Friedrich
Doss Cyclones
Stonewall
Cyclones
Enderlin
Farmer Boys League
Gillespie Delegates Attend Texas Home Demonstration Meet
Three Gillespie County home demonstration club members travel to the Texas Home Demonstration Association annual meeting August 26 to 28 at Texas A&I College Kingsville. Delegates are Mrs. Walter Doebbler Mrs. Roy Weinheimer and Mrs. Roland Hohmann.
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THDA
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Clubs
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Kingsville
Roland Hohmann
Willow City
Roy Weinheimer
Stonewall
Walter Doebbler
Grapetown
Gillespie
Texas
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Club
Texsa Agricultural and Industrial College
King Ranch
Former Harper Resident Dee Whetstone Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Dee H. Whetstone 81 retired Harper rancher were held in Noxville with Rev. Louis Pearl of London officiating. He leaves two daughters Mrs Harry Downey and Mrs W C Ogle a son Albert in Midland four sisters and three brothers. The Presbyterian Women met Aug 21 at 2 30 p m in the home of Mrs J J Rogers with lessons on He Has Showed Thee music by Bernice Duderstadt and an offering for medical missions.
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Dee H. Whetstone
Harper
Brady
Noxville
Louis Pearl
London
Harry Downey
Port Arthur
W. C. Ogle
Junction
Albert Whetstone
Midland
Mary Beeman
Winters
L. A. Warren
Carrizo Springs
B. H. Whaley
Buck Blount
Hunt
Seth Whetstone
Mullin
Jim Whetstone
San Antonio
Fred Whetstone
Presbyterian Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
J. J. Rogers
A. J. Arnold
Chas. Gammenthaler
A. C. Wendel
Warren McDougall
Bernice Duderstadt
Gammenthaler
Gillespie-Blanco Scouts to Hold Oct 20 Event
The Gillespie-Blaneco Boy Scout District schedules its annual Pot Luck supper and Court of Honor for Monday October 20 at the Fair Park Exhibition Hall. Cub Scouts Boy Scouts Explorers and parents are invited. The meeting was led by Milton Durst with Jack Barnes present.
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Gillespie-Blaneco
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
Gillespie Boy Scout District
Milton Durst Gillespie
Jack Barnes
Capitol Area Council
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Pround Jaiepee
M. Bailey
Johnson City High
Opal Ray Gipson
Lhd
Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Norway St
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Iity
Mystery Farm
Garrett Place
James Eckert
Harry Wahrmund Doss
R. M. Almanode
Ernest Poteet
J. F. Cook
Presbyterian Women Assn
Rogers Home
Paul Hettng
Boy Scouts
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Kallenberg
American Gas Association Laboratories
Lone Star Gas Company
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