Easter Fires and Local Happenings Fill 1948 Chronicle
Easter Fires at Fair Park mark the weekend events under the junior and senior chambers of commerce. March records note the Gillespie Fair Association success and spring civic activities, with elections, school plans, parades, and weather impacts shaping the community chronicle through April 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
Billikins
Hillsboro
Lions Club
Henry Schlueter
Gillespie
George Stehling
Albert Friedrich
Joe Petsch
Here
Gottlieb Willms
San Antonio
Alfred Petsch
Clarence Ratliff
VFW Post
Chambers of Commerce
Gillespie Fair Association
Harper
Dechert
Julia Estill
la Feria School
Giants
Fair Association
Curtis Griffin
John Griffin
Belam
Morris Ranch
New York
Farr Park
San Marcos
Emil Toepfer
Comfort
PTA
Austin
Alonzo Evers
Tyrus Cox
Jaycees
Fred Hahn
Doss
FHS Billies
Alamo Hils
Edwin Burrer
Chester W. Nimitz
Mary Elizabeth Byrd
Tony Knopp
St. Mary’s High
Wim. Petermann
Deo
Johnson City
Elgin Kuhlmann
Texas A and M College
Arthur Wittkohl
Rubin Nixon
FHS
National Guard
Camp Hood
W. C. Westerfeldt
Otto Cowan
Babe Ruth
Old Teamsters
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Joe Molberg
Otto Schneider
Ed. Apelt
Nolan Brown
Werner Klier
Walter Humes
Dr. L. Keyser
Walter Ottmers
Alfred Neffendorf
State Highway Commission
City
Schreiner Wool
Kerrville
Bethany Lutheran Church
Admiral Nimitz
Saenderfest
Ben Fiedler
FFA
Texas A and M. College
Biddy
San Saba
Ernst Knoll
Albert Lutheran Cemetery
Nimitz
Hy Kuenemann
Lions
William Ersch
Christian Staudt
Wm. Sauer
H. H. Moeller
New City Hall
Cliff Baler
Victor Nixon
Bill Hodges
W. L. Roots
Norman Rech
Andrew Kaiser
J. F. Holm
Cherry Spring
Cherry Spring Lutheran Churches. Mrs. W. Geistweidt
Vernon Kneese
Hillbillies
Goldthwaite
Legion
Max Molberg
Gainesville Club
Schulze
Kluck
Ernst
Dorothy MaeKneese
Standard
Paul
Harry Langerhans
Robert A. Voigt
Seipp
Lead Hill Country League
Ter Klaerner
Chester E. Evans
Willow City
U. S. Navy Department
Gillespie Farmer
W. P. Smith
Richard Hahn
Ernst Kott
Price Daniel
Melvin Bonn
Emily Neffendorf
Dorris’ Mittendorf
Brady and
Seguin
Calvin Bierschwabe
Ada Stieler, Jr
Philadelphia
Willie Mae Habericht
Louis Jung
Waldemar Klier
Joe Fiedler
Gillespie County
C. F. Damron
C of C
Clemens Kneese
Hilmar Weinheimer
Edgar Stroeher
Kurt Eckhardt
Richard Bruns
Paul Kraus
B. B. Bohls
Harry Hartmann
J. H. Perry
Herman Hahn
Truman
Otto F. Rech
James Gordon
Pfc
Andrew FP
Frantzen
A. E. Schmidt von Stieler
Alex Frantzen
Christian Lehne
Zion Church
Gillespie Peaches
Stan Hollmig
Felix
Sidney Stover
Albert Road
Congressman Fisher
Harry Tubbs
Christian Lindig
Stonewall
Percy Kuhlmann
Erwin Simon
Robert Morris
Harper Tejas Club
Hill Country Club
Harper Lions
Cers
A. L. Bierschwab
Omer Cottle
Roy Roberts
Rex Fox
Worth Howe
W. A. Brown
Aubrey Harper
Hollan Walker
Rollie Peril
L. H. Billings
J. Turrentine
George Stucke
Gillespie Exes of
Lions Install
Henry Kuenemann
Otto Schneider Jr
W. B. Spiva
Harry O. Davis
Henry Lochte
Lion Tanner
Clifford Balser
Alvin Davidson
Henry Joseph
Benno Weiss
Victor Sagebiel
H. A. Adams
A. K. Krause
John J. Pershing
Clarence Pfeil
Waco Dons
Waco
Grapetown
Milton Durst
Boy Scout District
Marcus Burg
Stonewil Fire Insurance Association
Ruth Anderegg
Texas
Angora Goat Raisers Association
Uvalde
Mary Lange
Anton Lange
Hubert Mrosek
Jos. Mrosek
Benno Tatsch
Schuetzenkoenig
C. D. Jordan
Hill Country
St. Mary’s
Collins Construction Co
Llano Street Bridge
Bernhard Fiedler
Margaret Mary Land
Richard Saenger
Herman Kott
Comfort City
Alfred Schmidt
Fred Gold
Hill County Glass Co
Damron
Fair Boosters
Sidney Edge
Kendall County
Fair Assn
City Plumbing Co
Emil Schandua Jr
Harper School
Fair and Ro
Wesley Grobe
Annabel Loth
St. Mary’s Indians
City Radio
Robert Nabers
John Staudt
J. Lang
Mathilda Leifeste
Castell
Wrecker Service
A. H. B. Food Store
del Monte Fruit
del Monte
Hunt
Checker Popcorn
Hershey's
Rath
Faniava Igh
LaMesa Seciar Shop
Vicki
Vicks VapoRub
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Gonzales
Saenger & Ochs
Fredericksburg
Edeicks
Ers . Publishers
Peters
McCall
Carl Pool
Hawk
Juenke & Schoenewolf
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