Gillespie County Mutual Members to Meet July 6
Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Association will hold its annual membership meeting next Saturday July 6 at 2 p m in Peters Hall. Secretary Joe Heep says routine business and a proposed constitutional amendment to meet state rules and change membership eligibility ages will be considered along with other matters.
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Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Association
Peters Hall
Joe Heep
State Commission of Insurance
First Tex Oil Used By DeSoto Survivors In 1543
Survivors of the DeSoto expedition reportedly used heavy coastal asphalt, called Tex, to repair ships in 1543 marking an early documented use of the material as an oil substitute.
Advanced First Aid Certificates Awarded to Highway Staff
Sixteen advanced First Aid Certificates were awarded this week by the Gillespie County Red Cross Chapter to members of the Texas Highway Department for completing their advanced training. Included were State Highway Police Pittmann and Hoffman. Ad Kammiah, highway foreman, supervised the instruction. Certification is required for every job holder in the State Highway Department.
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Gillespie County
Red Cross
Texas Highway Department
Pittmann and Hoffman
Ad Kammiah
State Highway Department
Priess To Open New Fredericksburg Grocery Saturday
Harry Priess, former operator of a local store and former Nelson-Davis Company salesman, prepares to open a Fredericksburg grocery in the Blanchard Building on East Main Street. Remodeling is complete and specials are offered for the grand opening to greet old friends.
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Harry Priess
Fredericksburg
Nelson- Davis Company
Brady
Blanchard
East Main Street
Priess
Collins Company
Quality Cash Grocery
Nelson Davis
Hospital Notes Week Confined Patients and Local Accidents
The Hospital News lists Ruby Sultemeier David Nehr and Charles Bierschwale and Frank Boyd as recent surgery patients undergoing procedures June 28 to July 1. Accidents include Emil Kasper with a cut leg and Edwin Tatsch who sprained a ankle after a truck incident. Guano tested by Texas Game Department as fertilizer for hatchery ponds.
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Ruby Sultemeier
Herman Sultemeir
David Nehr
Herman Nehr
Charles Bierschwale
John Bierschwale
Harper
Frank Boyd
Emil Kasper
Willie Kasper
Edwin Tatsch
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Texas Game Department
George H. Sheppard State Comptroller Visits Here
Hon George H Sheppard State Comptroller of Public Accounts visited in Fredericksburg last Friday He is popular here and says he is glad of opportunities to visit the community He is noted for efficient handling of the Comptrollers office and its many daily tasks with no reflection on his administration
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George H. Sheppard
Fredericksburg
Sheppard
Comptrollers Office
Wanted: 200 to 300 young sheep for mutton
Classified note seeks a consignor offering 200 to 300 young sheep for mutton. Contact Kk. H. Riley at 43.25 for details.
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Kk. H. Riley
Gillespie County Ranches Highlight Local Land Listings
An ad lists multiple ranch properties in Gillespie County including 800 acres with an 80 acre field, a six room house, barns, sheep shelter, horse barn, grainery, wells, tanks, springs, pastures with water, hog proof fencing, wildlife, mesquite grass and live oak cover. Other listings cover 900 acres with river access and pecan trees, OSO acreage with farm land and a Highway location. Rates show 200 acres at 16 dollars per acre improved.
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OSO
Gillespie County
LAO aha Ike or 608
The readable fragment hints at a local item labeled 608 with unclear context. No clear persons or organizations emerge to identify a definite event or outcome.
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Houston
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