Deer story and Bible sales dominate area column
Willard recalls a deer hunting misadventure told by Paul Danz as he finds a buck entangled in a fence and narrowly escapes. Meanwhile San Antonio Express features Paul Marquardt from Gillespie County in Schreiner Institute’s new ranching course and reports brisk Bible sales reaching 970000 copies in two months with 1.5 million projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Rees Willard
Paul Danz
Danz
Willard
Paul
Bos
Paul Marquardt
Erwin Marquardt
Black Creek
Gillespie County
San Antonio Express
Lchreiner Institute
Dean Hopf
Harper High School Vocational Ag
Schreiner
Marquardt
Stonewall Cage Teams Open Play On Friday Night
Stonewall cage teams start their season Friday at 7 p m against Comfort. Both boys and girls games mark the opener as area players and families gather for the early high school basketball action.
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Stonewall
Christmas Program At Public School December 9
Students of the primary grades will perform in a Christmas program at 7 30 p m Tuesday December 9 in the Elementary Building Auditorium Opal Pitz arranged Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite for the show First three grades participate with a parting chorus from Junior High Clever costumes will add color The program is open to the public and admission is free
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Element YY
S. Opal Pitz
Schaikowski
Willow City Thanksgiving Guests Reach From San Antonio To Wichita Falls
Willow City residents hosted and visited relatives during the Thanksgiving weekend. Effie Mae Evans returned from San Antonio with her family including Larry Cheryl and Larry Jr to Jourdanton. Mrs Evans notes her mother is improving and may return home soon. Jacob Adams from Teague and Emil Bishop from Katemey joined gatherings with local families.
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Effie Mae Evans
F. M. Brown
Jourdanton
Baptist
H. K. Adams
Teague
Texas
Roland Gold
Adams
Emil Bishop
Katemey
Bnidie Eckert Sr
Edna Bishop
Eddie Jr
Mason Area
Afc
Chas. Beckendorf
Kathy
Corpus Christi
R.T. Laurence
Wichita Falls
Jack Sidden
San Antonio
C. B. Renick
M. M
F. H. Lee
Alamo City
Elizabeth Moore
Seventh Annual Blanco County Hereford Sale at Fair Park
The Seventh Annual Hereford Sale will be held at Johnson City Fair Park on Saturday December 6 at 1 p m Col Walter Britten of College Station will auction the cattle Breeders consigning include Al Buchanan Blanco Roy Elbel Spring Branch Fair Oaks Ranch Boerne Lazy E Ranch Round Mt Loma Ranch Blanco Otto Schumann and H J Weinheimer and son Lunch will be served on the grounds by the Ladies of the Methodist Church The wedding of Miss Joyce Winters to W C Coleman was held Tuesday evening at the home of Rev J H Clark in Austin with several attendees and a reception following.
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Walter Britten
College Station
al Buchanan
Blanco
Roy Elbel
Spring Branch
Fair Oaks Ranch
Boerne
Lazy E Ranch
Round Mt
Loma Ranch
Otto Schumann
Albert
H. J. Weinheimer
Stonewall
Methodist Church
Joyce Winters
Melvin
Winters
W. C. Coleman
Johnson City
San Marcos
Coleman
Pleasant Hill Area Sees 3.40 Inch Rainfall
The Pleasant Hill area received about 3.40 inches of rain over the past week aiding grains and fall plowing after the September flood. Visitors in the S. S. Mauldin home included Harold Lehnick Austin R R Rech Shirley G C Walker Alice Rosa Frederick Deike family and Fredericksburg guests Alois Schaetter Chester Ottmers and families Chester Ottmers parents Victor Deike was able to
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S. S. Mauldin
Harold Lehnick
Austin
R. R. Rech
Shirley
G. C. Walker
Alice Rosa
Frederick Deike
Fredericksburg
Alois Schaetter
Chester Ottmers
Chester
Ottmers
Victor Deike
Harper Area Benefits From Soaking Rain
The Harper area received about one and a half inches of rain over the past week benefiting local farming and gardens. Community groups met November 18 with plans for Christmas activities and charity gifts, while church leaders announced a new pastor and local social events.
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Harper
Post Oak Weekend Rain Favors Hunters and Visitors
Thanksgiving rain brought relief to Post Oak residents while hunting continued with a number of good deer taken. Visitors from San Antonio Austin Johnson City Fredericksburg and other nearby towns stayed with local families including Edwin Scharnhorst Joe Novian Erna and Lydia Recall.
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Edwin Scharnhorst
Post Oak
Joe Novian
Erna
Pete Zaliski
Alvin Leonard
Ike Delard
Thomas Staudt
Comfort Citizens Reach 190th Pint Blood Drive
Citizens of Comfort Texas have donated their 190th pint toward Korean War servicemen. Eleven volunteers gave blood at Fort Sam Houston Blood Donor Center led by Housewife Mrs. Rudy Kirchhoff. The drive, started by former resident L. C. Popham, runs monthly with an Army bus transporting residents to the center and back home.
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Comfort
Armed Forces Center
Fort Sam Houston
R. T. Keade
Augustina Lopez
Ada Kende
Tex
Texas
Korea
Armed Forces Blood Donor Center
Rudy Kirchhoff
Fort Sam
Kirchhoff
Kathleen
Dorothy
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