Rain Brings Hope as Post Oak Community Plans Homecoming
The Post Oak community calls for rain amid dry range grasses and low stock water. Progress Club members finished painting the clubhouse and planned the first home-coming for former residents and teachers. The group handed out oak name boards for display at homes and urged cemetery cleanup on July 17. Local families and visitors shared notes from San Antonio and Fredericksburg.
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Progress Club
Post Oak School
Max Hahne
Rubin Ahrens
Karl Petermann
Jerry Wayne
Joe
Pleasant Hill Social News Highlights
Residents attend family and neighbor gatherings as birthdays are celebrated. A home demonstration club meeting is announced for July 18 at Pleasant Hill School. Visitors from Manor Kerrville and Houston travel through the area and a car fire injures Roy Maddox, who is recovering with treatment.
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Henry Stone
Geneva
Houston
G. C. Walker
R. R. Rech
Shirley
Schmidt
Fredericksburg
John Martin
Jesse Wood
Eliza Tucker
Kerrville
Sandy
Roy Maddox
Mr. Maddox
Moehle Returns From Korea on Thirty Day Furlough
Sergeant Hubert Moehle of the 8th Cavalry division arrives in Willow on a thirty day furlough from Korea. He recounts close calls but no injuries and plans to visit relatives, including his sister in Dallas, before returning to active duty. A church and community picnic followed at Grobe's Park with a July 4th gospel program and a large crowd.
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Hubert Moehle
8Th Cavalry Division
Korea
Hubert
Far East
Moehle
Damon Moehle
W. Thompson
Dallas
Kathryn Smith
Grant Pfeil
Schertz
Emil Horlen
I. M. Harper
H. C. Terry
Kenneth
Felix Durst
Evelyn Stovall
Paul Stovall
San Angelo
Mollie
Edwards
Clarence Johnson
Blaney
Zeke Felps
Johnson City
Fannie Beauchamp
Henley
Minnie Morrison
Austin
Tom Roberts
Llano
M. M. Lee
Homer Young
Moore and Edwards
Emmanuel Gospel
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Willow City
Grobe’s Park
Heaven
Walter Sattler
Alvin Durst
the Holy Bright City
America
Donald Pepper
Ernest Kunz
Lee Wendel
Julia Hester
USA
Elgin Ellebracht
Eugene Sattler
Durst
Texas farm safety push aims to cut rural accidents
A Texas safety campaign urges rural residents to adopt farm and home safety practices. Officials note daily funerals could occur without vigilance and plan National Farm Safety Week July 22 to 26. The Texas Rangers will help police tackle a wave of bombings targeting Black property in South Dallas.
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Texas
Texas Committee
America
Texas Rangers
Dallas
Cooperatives in Coastal Bend Grow Since Formed
Seventy three former cooperatives operated in the Coastal Bend area of Texas in 1949 with an average membership six times larger than at formation. Fifty three engaged in marketing and purchasing handling products valued at 32 million dollars.
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Coastal Bend
Texas
Mrs. Gustav Baumann laid to rest in Saturday rites
Final rites were held at Beckmann Funeral Home and Zion Lutheran Church on Saturday July 7 1951 for Mrs. Gustav Baumann nee Tony Crenwelge age 72. She died July 5 in a local hospital. Survivors include her husband son Harry daughter Hilda and several siblings. Interment was in City Cemetery.
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Beckmann
Zion Lutheran Church
Gustav Baumann
Tony Crenwelge
F. A. Bracher
Zions Church
Fredericksburg
Peter
Elenora Stahl Crenwelge
Harry Baumann
Hilda
Albert Mazinke
Harry
Arthur
Aaron Crenwelge
Louise
Alfred Ahrens
Ella
Willie Dotson
Albert Manske
Otto
Alfred
Walter
Max Crenwelge
Harper 4-H Club To Meet At School Tuesday July 17
The Harper 4-H Club will meet at the school house on Tuesday July 17, starting at 1 36 p m. The event is noted among local community notices with additional references to residents visiting, moving, and events around Harper and nearby towns.
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Harper 4-H Club
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Willie Red
Pleasant Hill
Hotpoint Electric Range
Jorpoint
Goodyear Service Store
E. Ma
Sgt
Willow
Mrs
Henry Kirk
Willow City Correspondent
J. F. Cook
Harper
Samuel L. Lerry
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Presbyterian Church
Willie Mier
Hughes Springs
Dale Cook
Cindy
Lynn Taylor
Temple
Jay Poyner
Monroe Lang
Cecil Bode
E. J. Fiedler
Leo Lang
Trecy Tobin
Ira Scarborough
Roy Roberts
Junction
Tobin
Harold Birt
Jennie Wienecke
R. B. Goff
Clyde Floyd
Baytown
Frank Floyd
John S. Morris
Jack Lee
Floyd Boatright
Chas Rogers
Miles
Derry] Beach
Corpus Christi
Chas. Barrett
Simon Casper
C. T. Mahler
Rowland Eivand
Clyde Cook
Monahan
Abbie Cook
Stonewall
Fredericksburg, Texas
Moo
Frigidaire
Earliew
Eatra
Exclesve Frignowe
Trent
Buick
Dynaflow
Rem and Modele O
Ophionm
Dreamune
Burt Buick
Wil Burd
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Networks
Wade
Hill Country Implement Company
East Main
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