Hill Country Day Invites Gillespians to LA Exposition
Gillespians invited to Hill Country Day at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition and Rodeo on February 21. Bill Petmecky chairs 12 county effort to bring citizens to the show with a Parade of Champions and Farm and Ranch Machinery Day. Over 4300 entries expected, modern cattle arena, Madison Square Garden stock performers, Tito Guitar, Hendricks Family, and sheep dogs. Registration desks and insignia for Hill Country visitors to be provided.
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Petmecky
San Antonio
Everett Colburn
Madison Square Garden
New York
Tito Guitar
Hendricks
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Balloons Found in West Texas Last Week
Two West Texas communities reported discovering large weather balloons last week. One was found near Brady on January 23 and another at Whitepoint near San Angelo on the past Saturday. The 85 foot diameter balloons from General Mills Aeronautical Research Laboratories weighed 400 to 500 pounds and used light clear plastic. An instrument box about 3 feet square weighing 100 pounds was found near Whitepoint along with a contact tag for General Mills. No details were released about the tests.
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Texas
Fredericksburg
Brady
Whitepoint
San Angelo
General Mills Aeronautical Research Laboratories
Minneapolis
General Mills Laboratory
General Mills
Safe Living Is The Business Of Everyone
College Station reports that safe living should be everyone's objective as Texas faces a high toll from farm and highway accidents. The Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Committee met in Waco to plan statewide education, award safety contributions, and urge greater participation by individuals and groups to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in 1952.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Committee
J. Walter Hammond
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
E. C Martin
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Waco
Martin
United States
FFA
FHA
Equal Distribution Urged of Critical Material Returned
H R Northrup executive vice president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association urged fair and equitable reallocation of critical materials returned by defense agencies. He said housing and construction deserve a share from any additional civilian supplies and warned against special preferences for any industry.
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H. R. Northrup
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Mr. Northrup
Rain tree bears name from cicada juice rain effect
A South American tree known as the rain tree earns its name from cicadas ejecting juice that makes droplets fall beneath its branches, creating the illusion of continual rain under the canopy.
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South America
Rural safety push urged by State Farm committee
State Farm and Ranch Safety Committee members call for citizen participation in meetings and demonstrations to address safety as mechanization grows. They argue greater attention to safety will improve rural life and prosperity.
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State Farm and Ranch Safety Committee
Pleasant Hill Agriculture Group Meeting Recalls Local News
Pleasant Hill Agriculture Association members and guests including Mr and Mrs Max Reinbach of Fredericksburg gathered Friday night Feb 1. Walter Lindig welcomed attendees as Sylvia Brodbeck provided music and James and Oliver Deike led a fishing party. Reinbach spoke on the Farm Loan Association and H H McDonald explained the 1952 PMA program. Minutes were read by Mrs Alfred Brodbeck and members were urged to complete progress reports by Feb 15 with help from Mrs Levi Deike il Hartmann or Mrs S S Mauldin.
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Pleasant Hill Agriculture Association
Max Reinbach
Fredericksburg
Walter Lindig
Agriculture Association
Sylvia Brodbeck
James
Oliver Deike
Reinbach
Lindig
Farm Loan Association
PMA
H. H. McDonald
Alfred Brodbeck
Levi Deike Il Hartmann
S. S. Mauldin
Mauldin
Alice Rosa Walker
Red Cross
Pleasant Hill
Lucille Hartman
Lucille Hartmann
Fred Chatmann
Miss Hartmann
Chatmann
Oswald Weirich
Elsa Marie Hartmann
John Martin
Tom Andrews
San Antonio
Marvin Johnson
Vivian Deike
Buddy Lange
Austin
G. C. Walker
Mauldins
V. E. Striegler
Johnson
Rocky Creek
Kerrville
Striegler
Aaron Brodbeck
Dwight Alan
Johnson City
Raymond Deike
Victor Deike
Snyder
Deikes
Hye
Emil Hartmann
Felix Sultemeier
Alvin Sultemeier
Levi Deike
Sidney Wayne
A. A. Mauldin
Lt Robert Schlaudt Writes From Korea
Lt Robert Schlaudt son of Mrs Otto Schlaudt and the late Mr Schlaudt has served since 1948 and has been stationed in Korea since October 1951 In a January 12 letter to his mother he says he is well and that Korea held by U S and allies is recovering from invasion warfare
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schlaudt
Otto Schlaudt
Mr. Schlaudt
Korea
U. S
Willow City 4-H Club Organized in February Meeting
The Willow City 4-H Club was organized February 1 with Miss Lucille Conrads, Gillespie Home Agent, attending. Mrs. Troy Foster chosen sponsor. Officers named: Kitty Smith president, Shirley Hohmann vice president, Tannella Chaney secretary treasurer, Rosita Castello reporter. Conrads distributed meal planning pamphlets.
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Willow City
Lucille Conrads
Gillespie
Willow City School
Troy Foster
Kitty Smith
Shirley Hohmann
Tannella Chaney
Rosita Castello
Conrads
House backs Hoover Commission plan to reorganize IRS
The House approved a plan to abolish 64 tax collectors and replace them with up to 25 District Commissioners under Civil Service. The Senate must act before March 14. The Armed Services Committee also pushed a detailed UMT training proposal toward a civilian reserve force to ease military burden. A Dean Alfange quote about individualism and opportunity closes the excerpt.
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House
Hoover Commission
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Civil Service
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
World Day of Prayer Planned at Edison Street Methodist
The World Day of Prayer will be observed at Edison Street Methodist Church on Friday February 29 at 9 15 a m The children s Day of Prayer will be observed on Saturday March 1 at 10 a m Plans are being made to obtain a film for showing the following Sunday night.
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Edison Street Methodist Church
Boerne Chamber Banquet Set For Thursday Evening
The Boerne Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Guest speaker will be Texas Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd. Also noted, Miss Goldine Herber and Staff Sgt. James Herber with family visited the Wilson Herbers over the weekend.
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Boerne Chamber of Commerce
John Ben Shepperd
Texas’ Secretary of State
Goldine Herber
James Herber
Baby
San Antonio
Wilson Herbers
Mrs C A Lehne to Join Husband in Japan
Mrs. C A Lehne and daughter Jo Ann left Seguin on Wednesday for San Francisco to sail for Japan and join Major A C Lehne, Army Chaplain, who has been stationed there for a year. Their other daughter Peggy Jean recently married Ad Basse of here.
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C. A. Lehne
Jo Ann
Seguin
San Francisco
California
Japan
A. C. Lehne
Peggy Jean
Ad. Basse
Here
Fredericksburg Machine Shop Wins Warehouse Permit
The Fredericksburg Machine Shop secured a building permit to erect a warehouse at 105 East San Antonio Street. The project is valued at an estimated $2,000.
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Fredericksburg
San Antonio St
Prize animals at Houston Fat Stock Show fetch record prices
Perrier Jo Bode of Fredericksburg won Reserve Champion Lamb with a 110 pound lamb sold for 800 dollars to Archer Romero of Houston who donated it to Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital. Steer prices topped records with a 1130 pound Hereford selling for 18600 dollars to Bill Williams. Total sales across steer lamb swine and poultry auctions approach 290000 dollars.
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Houston
Perrier Jo Bode
Fredericksburg
Texas
Archer Romero
Romero
Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital
Patsy Cox
Corriedale
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Martin Mohr
Ralph A. Johnston
Bobby Beckmann
Neill Masterson
Joyce Pape
Wood Alexander
Douglas Jung
K. W. Tideman
Freddie Miller
Kenneth Rawlings
Calvin Kuhlmann
Victor Meier
Meyer Bros
Thomas Pape
Elgin Tatsch
Archie Pfeiffer
Hampshire
Calvin Otte
Kenneth Otte
Maurice Leifeste
Mason
Bill Williams
Dana Saylor
Goldthwaite
Keller sberger Visit Draws Wide Interest in City
Sponsors report strong local interest in the March 7 Kellerberger family visit. A Weslaco businesswoman sent a letter seeking time and place, recalling her trip to hear Mrs Kellerberger in Waco and expressing eagerness to travel Friday for the event. The program supports American Leprosy Missions, run by Protestant churches locally, with work in countries where leprosy is prevalent. The American Leprosarium is at Carrville Louisiana.
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Kellersberger
Weslaco
Kellersbergers
Waco
Kellerberger
Carrville
Louisiana
Hoover: First West of Mississippi State Governor to win presidency
Herbert Hoover becomes the first U S president elected from a state west of the Mississippi River. The milestone marks a political shift as Hoover’s victory signals rise of western states in national leadership.
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Herbert Hoover
United States
Mississippi River
Local Youths Implicated in Austin Thefts
Two Fredericksburg youths, whose names were not released, were implicated in battery thefts in Austin on Saturday, January 26. Sheriff Hugo Klaerner said they stole batteries from a truck behind a garage, sold them, and were taken to Austin for examination last week. Charges were not known. both youths are minors.
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Fredericksburg
Austin
Hugo Klaerner
Klaerner
UT Medical Student Wilbur Crenwelge Spends Weekend Home
Wilbur Crenwelge son of Mr and Mrs Elgin Crenwelge and a student at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston spent the weekend with his parents. He left Galveston Thursday the day before the city was deluged with an 8 inch rain.
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Wilbur Crenwelge
Elgin Crenwelge
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
Wilbur
Chester Ottmers Promoted to Corporal in Korea
Marine Chester E. Ottmers, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Henry G Ottmers of Fredericksburg Texas, promoted to corporal with Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161. He arrived in Korea in September, participated in unit feats, and earned praise from his CO Keith B McCutcheon. Ottmers attended Fredericksburg High School and worked at Behrend Garage before enlisting in 1951.
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Marine Air Wing
Korea
Chester E. Ottmers
Henry G. Ottmers
E. Creek St
Fredericksburg
Texas
Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161
Cpl
Ottmers
Keith B. McCutcheon
Marine Corps
Fredericksburg High School
Behrend
W. Main St
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Pleasant Hill Ag
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Ryet
Ae My. A
Dean Alfange
Boerne Chamber
Kellersberger Party
Helena Rubinstein
Kallenberg S Pharmacy
Chester Ottmers
Harry Land
Wesson
Maxwell House
American Beauty
del Monte
MRS
Crenwelge Food Market
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