Perry Cosper In Air Evacuation After Harper Motorcycle Crash
Pfe. Perry Cosper 28, son of Mr and Mrs J J Cosper, is pictured being loaded onto a U S Army Hospital Plane for air evacuation to Brooks General Hospital after a Harper motorcycle accident on Sunday December 29. The plane, en route from Oklahoma to San Antonio, picked up patients in Arkansas and Texas. Maj Robert Fogg piloted the mission. Cosper sustained scalp lacerations brain concussion a compound fracture and dislocation of the right ankle and multiple abrasions. His wife Miss Willie Ann Bush, and several others are shown nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe. Perry Cosper
J. J. Cosper
Harper
U. S. Army Hospital
Brooks General Hospital
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Arkansas
Texas
Robert Fogg
Felix Lehne
Casper
Willie Ann Bush
Acciden
Joe Duderstadt
Oliver Schaetter
George Sims
Eugene Hannemann
Lester Keyser
Fredericksburg Post Office Receipts Rise Again
Fredericksburg post office receipts continued to increase over the past year with post master R. W. Klingelhoefer announcing the ongoing rise in revenue.
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Fredericksburg
R. W. Klingelhoefer
Walter McKay Seeks Texas Agriculture Commissioner Post
Walter McKay announces candidacy for Commissioner of Agriculture in Texas praising his two decades of service across department activities. The notice contrasts McKay’s qualifications with the current commissioner and hints at reforms. Also reported are 1951 postal receipts totaling 41 751 84, quarterly breakdowns, and December mail cancellations totaling 176 723, plus Esther Juenke visiting Dallas for New Year events.
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Klingelhoefer
Esther Juenke
Hilmar Juenke
Dallas
Bentley Young
Miss Juenke
Baylor University
Sharon Joseph Visits San Angelo With Stein Grandparents
Sharon Gail Joseph accompanied her grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Stein to San Angelo for a weekend visit in the Paul Mann home. They returned home via the Stein ranch on Tuesday.
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Sharon Gail Joseph
Mrs
Ed. Stein
San Angelo
Paul Mann
Stein Ranch
Birk murder trial moved to Gillespie County hearings
The Birk murder case is returned from Llano to Gillespie County for trial due to courthouse damage and concerns over fair proceedings. Indicted for murder with malice aforethought on the Gillespie Courthouse Lawn, Birk also faces two perjury indictments with no trial date set yet for those charges.
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Senard. Birk
Llano County
Gillespie County
Thomas Ferguson
Llano
Ferguson
Fredericksburg
Birk
Gillespie Grand Jury
Seth A. Good
Gillespie
Jaycees To Name Outstanding Young Man Tuesday Night
The Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce will present the 1951 Distinguished Service Award to a local man at a Tuesday January 15 banquet at Sunnyside Tavern. District Judge Thomas Ferguson will give the presentation. Reservations for the dinner and dance priced at 1.25 are through the Chamber of Commerce office. A play skit from Charlie's Aunt will be performed by Jaycee members.
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Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce Office
Nimitz
Jaycees
Johnsons of San Antonio Guests of Local Ministers
Dr and Mrs Max Johnson of San Antonio were guests of Rev J C Campbell and his wife on Sunday.
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Max Johnson
San Antonio
J. C. Campbell
Walter McKay Seeks Texas Agriculture Commissioner Post
Fredericksburg resident Walter McKay, co owner of KNAF radio, announces his bid for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture in the July 1952 primaries. He cites 22 years in the department including chief of the division of horticulture and plant quarantine and past success in lifting embargoes benefiting Texas growers. McKay served as Southern Plant Board chairman in 1950 and emphasizes his experience amid growing support from agricultural groups.
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Texas
Walter McKay
McKay
Texas Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Walter McKay Sunday
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Commissioner of Agriculture of
John C. White
KNAF
Augusta Moritz
Walter Jr
University of Texas
Elaine
Carolyn Ann
Waildeen
Department
California
Arizona
Southern Plant Board
Game Protective Assn Awards Hunting Prizes
The Game Protective Association of Gillespie County awarded prize guns at its Tuesday night meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office. James Jung of Harper won for heaviest buck, Fritz Braeutigam earned the most points, and Werner Kordzik the longest bearded turkey, with others to receive their prizes later. A restocking plan proposing domestic turkeys to bolster wild flocks was discussed along with reports on violator reporting and a membership drive.
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Gillespie County
Willie Rothe
Chamber of Commerce
Adolph Heep
James Jung
Harper
Fritz Braeutigam
Werner Kordzik
Jung
Braeutigam
Kordzik
Probst Hardware, Inc
Final Month for Poll Tax Payments in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Assessor Milton Durst urges residents aged 21 to 60 to secure poll tax receipts or exemptions by January 31. He notes 75 percent of county and state taxes were paid in late 1951 and 1,690 poll tax receipts issued with a voting potential near 3,500. 60 and older voters are exempt from poll tax receipts. Durst also says tax assessments for the current year begin and can be made at the office during tax payments.
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Milton Durst
Gillespie
Durst
Gillespie County
Gillespie County FFA Stock Show Auction Sees Record Entries
A record 665 entries compete in the 20th Annual Gillespie County FFA and 4-H Stock Show at Fair Park. Judging Friday morning and afternoon covers lambs poultry swine angora goats and jersey heifers in the morning and beef cattle breeding sheep in the afternoon. The Friday sale at 1 p m features fat pigs steers lambs fryers turkeys and capons with limits on items sold per exhibitor. Flour prices set by buyers. sealed floor bids due by 11 a m Saturday to Walter Fuhrmann.
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Fair Park
Gillespie County
Jay Poynor
Jack Groff
Walter Fuhrmann
FFA
Ferrer Smith
Ad. Kott
Chester Bonn
Calvin Bierschwale
C of C
Gerald Herbst
Worth Howe
Senator Johnson Champions Soil Conservation Efforts in Fredericksburg
United States Senator Lyndon B. Johnson urged officials and residents at a Fredericksburg dinner to boost soil conservation, calling the work second only to efforts by Korean soldiers. He noted progress, outlined erosion-control measures on his Gillespie County farm, and announced planned plantings and brush removal for river bottomland.
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U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Gillespie Soil Conservation District
Stonewall
Melvin Winters
Johnson City
Arthur Blaschke
Waring
Richard Laurence
Eckert
H. B. Thaxton
Cherokee
Richard Klappenbach
Arnold Rode
Doss
United States
Korea
Fredericksburg
Johnson
Gillespie County
Gillespie
China
Soil Conservation Service
Pedernales River
Kentucky
Senator Johnson
A. W. Mourland
Ecker
Herman Maner
Herman Raesner
Llano
Ad. Kneese
John Royal
Menard
Hugo Schulze
Mason
Austin Family Visits Henry Josephs This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Buddy Jungmichol and daughter Susan of Austin spent Sunday with the Henry Joseph family.
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Buddy Jungmichel
Susan
Austin
Henry Joseph
Fredericksburg Bank Deposits Decline By Year End 1951
Fredericksburg two banks show lower deposits on December 31, 1951 than year earlier. Combined deposits stood at 8,237,485.92, down from 8,357,562.24 in 1950 and below the October 10 call total of 8,753,837.30. Fredericksburg National held 4,993,583.52 and Security State 3,243,902.40.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg National
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AIR Force
Cosper
Werner Rech
Bernice Delana
Palace Theatre
Molberg
Game Protective Ass'n
The
Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective
Frank E. Jordan
J. A. Gray
W. M. Oliver
Kerrville
A. B. Childers
Mart
W. M
Bill” Moore
College Station
J. A. Marshall
Georgetown
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