Heaviest Rain For January In Gold Community
January rainfall in Gillespie County favored the Gold community with 3.28 inches, per Oswald Eckhardt. Tom Carr Morris Ranch 2.74 inches. F. B. Riley Crabapple 2.67. Otto Rahe Harper 2.43. Karl W. Durst Doss 2.22. Elroy Schnelle Bankersmith 2.35. Alfred Neffendorf in the city 2.87. Previous Januaries recorded 0.44 in 1945 and 2.26 in 1944.
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Gillespie County
Oswald Eckhardt
Tom Carr
Morris Ranch
F. B. Riley
Otto Rahe
Harper
Karl W. Durst Doss
Elroy Schnelle
Bankersmith
Alfred Neffendorf
Fleece Judging Contest At Comfort FFA Livestock Show
The first fleece judging contest for Angora goat raisers drew seventy five ranchers and forty FFA boys at the Comfort FFA Livestock Show on January 26. Robt. Weidenfeld won adult division with 385 of 400 points while Harper led the student division with 1670 of 2000 points.
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Angora
FFA
Robt. Weidenfeld
W. R. Nesbit
Clarence Flach
Dean Hopf
Theo C. Matter
Adolf Kott
E. K. Flach
Raymond Pape
Roy O. Perkins
Harper
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Boerne
Comfort
R. R. Tippit
W. R. Nesbitt
Bob Sieker
Adolf Stieler
Comfort Wool and
Mohair Pool
Five Earth Climate Zones Defined
The article outlines five global climate zones: the torrid zone near the equator, the north temperate zone, the south temperate zone, the north frigid zone, and the south frigid zone. It discusses their general latitudinal boundaries and characteristic weather patterns.
Miss Wittkohl Shower Held at Lorenz Home
Estella Wittkohl guest of honor at a Johnson City shower hosted by Mrs. Lorenz and her daughter Esther. Guests enjoyed games lunch of chicken and cheese sandwiches cookies cake ice cream coffee and panda. Several Blanco County residents and visitors stopped by for the event.
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Wittkohl
Estella Wittkohl
Clarence Lorenz
W. F Lorenz
Lorenz
Esther
Bill Hirsch
San Antonio
Hilmar Weisenhausen
Seymour
Rocky Community
Johnson City
Jeff Kent
Sandy
Chester Sultemeier
Baby
Jay Wolf
M. A. Wolf
Cecil Smith
Addie Smith
Max Barth
Walter Barsch
H. A. Lange
Fredericksburg
Blanco County
U. S. Army
Harry G. Novian
Joe Novian
Post Oak
Austin
Jim Felps
Emil Sultemeier
Carlos McKinney
Llano
Arthur Feuge
Empire State Building Settled Six Inches After Erection
After the Empire State Building was erected its own weight caused it to settle and shrink six inches in height. The landmark sagged slightly as it settled into its foundations, reflecting the mass and stability concerns of early skyscraper design.
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New York
Empire State Building
Hartmann Ottmers Rites Held At St Marys Church
Miss Anna Marie Hartmann and Vernon William Ottmers wed at St Marys Church on a February Tuesday. Guests from San Antonio and McAllen attended. reception and four course dinner followed at the La Mesa Hotel. The couple will reside in Fredericksburg where the groom works for Krauskopf Bros.
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Miss Hartmann
Vernon Ottmers
ST. Mary’s Church
Anna Marie Hartmann
Henry Hartmann
Vernon William Ottmers
Ida Ottmers
John Gentemann
St. Mary’s Choir
Louise Fritz
Robert Kunz
Jacqueline Hartmann
Raymond Stehling
Joyce Reile
Kasper Fritz
F. X. Wolf
la Mesa
August FE. Hartmann
Aurelia Hartmann
W. E. Huckle
Ottmers
Fredericksburg
Krauskopf Bros
A. B. Hartmann
Ferdinand Kunz
W. E. Huckel
Ann Huckel
Joyce Friel
San Antonio
McAllen
Fredericksburg Jaycees Attend Region 1 Meeting
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce delegates attended the Region 1 meeting in Del Rio over the weekend. The local group featured Mr and Mrs Werner Klier Mr and Mrs Werner Feller Mr and Mrs Sidney Henke Roy and Werner Henke. The agenda covered regional club activities state committee reports and officer updates with an exchange of ideas among attendees. Del Rio hosts praised for an entertaining visit including a trip to Villa Acunia Mexico.
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Fredericksburg
Villa Acunia
Mexico
Mrs A Gastinger Dies at 62 Funeral Friday Rites Held
Mrs Armand Gastinger nee Lina Heimann died at her residence Thursday January 1 at 2 p m Final rites were held Friday February 1 at 2 30 p m at Schaetter Funeral Home with Rev Otto Lindenberg officiating The Herman Sons Mixed Choir sang at the funeral Home Interment was in City Cemetery She was born February 26 1883 in Bear Creek daughter of Louis and Augusta Heimann She was 62 years 11 months 5 days at death Surviving are her husband four sons Edmund San Antonio Anno Houston Alfred Fredericksburg and Sgt Lee Gastinger in Japan Brothers and sisters include Felix Walter Heimann Alma Mrs Richard Schmidt and Augusta Mrs Albert Land and Louis Heimann all Gillespie County Also six grandchildren She was preceded in death by two daughters Helene and Mamie Gastinger.
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Schaetter
Armand Gastinger
Lina Heimann
Otto Lindenberg
Hermen Sons Mixed Choir
Gastinger
Bear Creek
Felix
Walter Heimann
Alma
Richard Schmidt
Augusta
Albert Land
Louis Heimann
Gillespie County
Helene
Edgar Schneider
Mamie Gastinger
Chicago Merchandize Mart World's Largest Commercial Building
Chicago's Merchandise Mart stands at 25 stories with over four million square feet of floor space making it the world's largest commercial building.
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Chicago
Merchandise Mart
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