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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
7
Plans for a bigger Gillespie fair with expanded livestock space were announced by Fair Association president Tyrus Cox. Breeders are urged to enter cattle sheep goats and hogs in a main barn dedicated to those classes. Horses get separate stalls to ease space and cooling.
The Stonewall Pirates, who were defeated by Seipps 8-1, will cross bats with Ingram next Sunday, June 13, in Stonewall.
The Blanco County Conservation and Farm and Ranch Improvement Council was elected Saturday, with M. G. Ross named chairman J. J. Stewart as vice chairman and Dale Meeks as secretary and treasurer. The council includes executive members Felix Sultemeier Erich Artz and others from Cypress Mills Twin Sisters and surrounding communities.
Riders and ropers from six counties attended the Doss Rodeo at Mund and Itz arena on May 30 attracting a large audience. Represented beyond Gillespie were Llano Mason Kerr McCulloch Kimble and most Gillespie communities. Roy Lange joke announce he was from Roydale California delighted fans as announcer Lemuel Jones teased the crowd. Walter and Bodo Langehn nig of Cherry Mountain supplied stock. A bronc rider broke his wrist. Emil Sauer and his brother John of San Antonio fished the Oestreich place near Castell bringing a 43 1 2 pound catfish crown from Emil Lange and partner Benno Itz weighed 23 pounds the same night. The Doss Cyclones beat the Mason Reds 11 to 6 in Mason.
Albert Kott, 85, longtime Gillespie County resident, recalls frontier life in a Wolf Creek ranching era. He describes Indian raids that stripped several ranches of horses, leaving only those behind high fences, and notes Tivydale built its first school through a turkey fund drive.
County Agent Henry Grote reports Gillespie County’s 1948 peach crop will be short with few early peaches. Large growers have none now, with Golden Jubilee peaches due by late June and Albertas by mid July, weather permitting.
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