Gillespie County Tax Levy Compared With Texas Counties
Gillespie County taxes 66c per $100 valuation including roads, similar to Blanco 51c and Kendall 42c but higher than Mason 63c. among 254 Texas counties 192 range 50c to $1, with Val Verde at 28c and San Jacinto at $2.30. The figures cover general, road and bridge, courthouse and jail, and jury funds.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Taxpayers Digest
Gillespie
Blanco
Kendall
Mason
Kerr
Kimble
Llano
Val Verde County
San Jacinto
Geeral Fund
International Truck Agency Accepts Gillespie County Deal
The Hill Country Implement Company announced they accepted the dealership for Gillespie County for the new 1940 International Trucks. Models are on display at the showroom on East Main Street and a full sales and service department will be maintained.
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Hill Country Implement Company
Gillespie County
East Main Street
English Only on School Grounds Rules in Gillespie County
A historic view recalls the Luckenbach school rule mandating English use on campus to aid German-speaking children. Trustees feared lack of English would hinder future opportunities amid competition, noting past hard lessons from the boll weevil era and urging renewed emphasis on English fluency for students.
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Luckenbach
Gillespie County
Lions Host Ladies Night at Nimitz Hotel
The Fredericksburg Lions Club will sponsor a Ladies Night banquet and Christmas entertainment next Wednesday December 13 at the Nimitz Hotel. Lions District 2 A Governor Orville I Cox spoke at a Friday luncheon and discussed club activities in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Nimitz Hotel
Orville I. Cox
District 2-A
Texas
Ostrow Hotel
Lion Cox
Lions Clubs
Rio Grande Valley
Mr. Cox
McAllen
Former Telephone Manager Visits Fredericksburg
Former Southwestern Bell official George Tait, once manager of the local company in 1923, toured Fredericksburg with his wife and son. He now serves as district manager of Southwestern Bell in the Corpus Christi district.
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George Tait
Local Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Fredericksburg
Tait
Mr. Tait
Southwestern Bell
Corpus Christi
Mrs Clemens Staudt Undergoes Appendectomy
Mrs Clemens Staudt underwent an appendectomy Monday at a local hospital. She is reported in satisfactory condition and recovering in the hospital ward.
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Clemens Staudt
Local Family Weekend Visits and Hunting Trip
Lucille Ottens of San Antonio spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ottens. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hoffmann and daughter Doris of Giddings spent the weekend hunting at the Alvin Hohenberger ranch near Fredericksburg.
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Lucille Ottens
San Antonio
Mrs
E. C. Ottens
Eddie Hoffmann
Doris
Giddings
Alvin Hohenberger
Fredericksburg
Red Cross Tops Roll Call Drive in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Red Cross surpassed its goal in the 1939 Roll Call Drive with $336.20 raised by Wednesday. Up to then 363 memberships were recorded, with late subscriptions still being accepted through Miss Elsbeth Hanisch, Fred Mathisen, or County Chairman August Stahl.
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Red Cross
Gillespie County
The
American Red Cross
Fred Mathisen
Social notes from Rock Springs and area
Miss Ella Fritz visits sister at Rock Springs while Miss Estella Smith attends funeral in Brownwood. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Felix Stehling. Mr and Mrs August Kaltwasser of Giddings TX visit the Rubin Bernhard family during the weekend.
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Ella Fritz
Rock Springs
Estella Smith of
Brownwood
L. K. Tainter
Felix Stehling
August Kaltwasser
Giddings
Texas
Rubin Bernhard
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International Truck Agency
Local Implement Co
Boots
A. M. Shoe Store
Lions
B. E. Breihan
Kerrville
the Harvey Ransleben
E. H. Haciig
Ad. Meckel
Adela
Kellogg's
City Fruit Store
France
Hersheys
Lic Lle
Lange‘’&' Nebgen
Santa
Saenger & Ochs Rhe
Hast
Robt
Blum
Ibs
Kansas
Santos P. Coffer
Stehling’s
Stehling's
Stehling Bros
Woerner
Liptuce
Gillespie CO
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