Harper Gridders Finish 1951 Season Strong with Sweep
Harper football closed the year by defeating Gustine Tigers in a dramatic season finale. The St. Marys Indians handed Harper its only loss in an otherwise undefeated campaign. Fredericksburg hosted both bi district and regional games featuring Harper, with the neutral site games at FHS drawing praise from the Standard staff.
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Harper's
Gustine Tigers
St. Mary’s Indians
Fredericksburg
Harper
FHS
Standard
Elton Jordan
Werner Moehr
Harper High School Finishes Regional Six Man Title Run
Harper High School defeated their regional six man opponent on FHS Field Thursday night to claim the regional championship. Hal Ray Bierschwabe scored a second touchdown in the third period as Harper led 22-6, and Dayton Friedrich added a 20 yard end sweep for the final score as Gaylon Jones failed to stop him.
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Harper High School
Longhorns
FHS
Hal Ray Bierschwabe
Harper
Dayton Friedrich
Gustine
Gaylon Jones
Friedrich
The
Tigers
Longhorn
Milton Hensen
Bobby Allen
Dwain Adcock
Paul T. Couch
Fredericksburg
Harper’s
Harper Longhorns Defeat Gustine in regional six man final
The Harper Longhorns edged Gustine 28-6 to claim Region 3 B title on their home field. Friedrich accounted for 14 points, Strackbein 6, Bierschwale 6 and Carter 9 as Harper surged from an 8-6 halftime lead with two third quarter TDs and one in the fourth. Gustine struck first, but Harper's defense and late scores sealed the victory before a large partisan crowd.
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Harper Longhorns
Gustine Tigers
FHS
Howard Schultz
Warriors
Sterling
Tigers
Gustine
Harper
Longhorns
Dayton Friedrich
Hal Ray Bierschwale
Eugene Strackbein
Friedrich
Strackbein
Bierschwale
Doug Carter
Bierschwab
Tiger
Longhorn
Largest buck killed in Mason County on Thaxton ranch
The Mason News reports a 10 pointer weighing 140 pounds was shot on the Lamar Thaxton ranch in Mason County by Marshall Jenkins of Lott. The deer is believed to be an offspring of South Texas stock introduced years ago.
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Mason Ice and Storage Company
Mason News
Mason County
Marshall Jenkins
Lott
Lamar Thaxton Ranch
South Texas
Game Department
Thaxton Ranch
Mason
Red Williams
Central Texas Rural Telephone Co-op Receives Large Loan
The Rural Electrification Administration in Washington granted a loan of 1.54 billion dollars to the Central Texas Telephone Cooperative. Willis A. Hill of Goldthwaite, the coop president, announced the loan which will fund 1,789 miles of lines serving 3,394 subscribers across Mills, San Saba, McCulloch, Llano, Concho, Brown counties with headquarters in Goldthwaite.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative
Willis A. Hill
Goldthwaite
San Saba
Central Texas Telephone Co-operative
Mills
McCulloch
Llano
Concho
Brown
Lockhart Lions Open Hillbillies 24-AA Cage Race Friday
The Lockhart Lions host the Hillbillies in the District 24-AA cage race opener at the FHS gym Friday January 18. Gonzales meets San Marcos with Seguin open. Schedule spans two rounds with home and home series and a possible best of three tiebreaker. Notes include officials rules and ticket prices. Emma Harris visits Texas relatives then returns to Redding California.
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Lockhart Lions
Hillbillies
FHS
Southwest Basketball Officials Association
Gonzales
Lockhart
Fredericksburg
San Marcos
Seguin
Emma Harris
Redding
Calif
Texas
Mesdames
Arthur Klingelhoefer
Edward Stein
Desert Fox Rommel Story at Palace This Thursday and Friday
The Palace Theatre presents The Desert Fox starring James Mason based on Brigadier Desmond Young biography. Film covers Rommel from North Africa to his end in Germany with Cedric Hardwicke in the supporting cast. Also shown this week are Colorado Ambush and Elephant Stampede on Saturday, Thunder on the Hill Sunday and Monday, The Strip Tuesday, and Where Danger Lives Wednesday.
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Rommel
Palace Theatre
James Mason
Desmond Young
Germany
Cedric Hardwiche
North Africa
Johnny MacPrown
Colorado
Johnny Sheffield
Bamba
Jungle Boy
Claudette Colbert
Ann Blyth
the Palace
Mickey Rooney
Sally Forrest
Danger
Robert Mitchum
Faith Demergue
Claude Rains
San Antonio Livestock Exposition to Feature Horse Show
The 1952 San Antonio Livestock Exposition at Bexar County Coliseum Feb 15 24 will feature a quarter horse show and cutting horse contest with 17 halter classes and 5 performance classes. Fred W. Shield and Gay Copeland chair the event with A B Johnson as superintendent. AQHA and NCHA approval secures titling and trophies for grand champion stallion mare and gelding.
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San Antonio
Fred W. Shield
Gay Copeland
Bexar County Coliseum
Shield
A. B. Johnson
George Lyles
American Quarter Horse Association
National Cutting Horse Association
Halter
W. L. Jones
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
P. O. Box
Lampasas Hamilton and Coman che counties exchange
A fragment notes seventeen dial exchange across Lampasas Hamilton and Coman che counties. The text lacks dates or organizations, but indicates a regional telecommunication detail within rural Texas.
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Lampasas
Hamilton
Comanche Counties
Brackets Announced for Second Annual FHS Basketball Tournament
The Second Annual FHS Basketball tournament schedules both boys and girls teams for December 14 and 15 in the new and junior high gyms. Boys teams include Mason Brady Center Point Rocksprings Medina Harper Boerne Blanco Comfort Fredericksburg. Girls include Mason Center Point Harper Sonora Medina Lampasas Johnson City Boerne Comfort.
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FHS
Mason
Brady
Center Point
Rocksprings
Medina
Harper
Boerne
Blanco
Comfort
Fredericksburg
Sonora
Lampasas
Johnson City
Magazine Salesman Charged with Aggravated Assault
Clifton J Bullock a magazine salesman was charged with aggravated assault for stealing a kiss from a high school girl in Austin while selling a subscription. Judge John Snell sentenced him to 30 days in Sheriff Kern's business college to work through college.
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Clifton J Bullock
Austin
Bullock
John Snell
Kern
Hoerster Family Thanksgiving Visit in Fredericksburg
Mr and Mrs Dan Hoerster J of Galveston spent their Thanksgiving holidays in Fredericksburg visiting their parents Mr and Mrs D J Hoerster and Mr and Mrs Almon Kirchhoff.
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Dan Hoerster J
Galveston
Fredericksburg
D. J. Hoerster
Almon Kirchhoff
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