Willow City News Highlights Local Visits and Graduations
Willow City is full of family visits and community events. Mrs Hy Horlen Jr and Arlene Altus visited Cisco and attended the High School graduation last Thursday night. Albert Immel is critically ill and at Clemens Immel's home. A party honored Ray Phillips with friends at Nolin Althaus and Emily’s home Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy, Horlen, Jr
Arlene Altsus
D. Westfall
Cisco
Georgana Westfall
Db Westfall
Dorothy Junetfall
Hy. Hor Jr
No Althau
Albert Immel
Clemens Immel
Ray Philps
Nolin Althaus
Emily
Youngs
Rmstrong
Fredericksburg
Otto Grienke
Teckla Eckwdt
Howard Merrier
Gou Emma Brubecker
An Marcos
N H. Greathouse
Glen Young
Gloria Jean
Sron Lee
Eckrt
Marionne
Howard Barrers
Walter
Barrier
Taving ‘ Ter
Paul Haley Pfe
Dick Laurens
Pendleton Field
Collins, Golorado
Doss Receives 3.81 Inches Rain Last Week
Our community saw heavy rainfall from Friday night through Saturday morning totaling 3.81 inches. Farmers report oats and wheat spared any damage with oats yielding 50 to 60 bushels per acre on some fields.
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Hans Bergner
Southwestern University of Georgetown
J. M. Bergner
Wallace Lively
Lampasas
W. T. Knauth
Houston
Bergner
Christ Wahrmund
Evelyn Solbrig
San Antonio
Norman Bergner
Norman
Doss School House
Palace Theatre
George Faught
Letter from Corporal Moldenhauer Reaches Stonewall Friends
Erno Moldenhauer writes May 5 in North Africa saying he is well and sends greetings. Dora Nielson, attending San Marcos school, spent the weekend at home with Mrs. Joe Smith of San Marcos. Eddie Ellebracht, son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Ellebracht, was home on furlough from Camp Bliss El Paso. Pvt Robert Withers from Camp Barkeley visited the Charlie Ricketts family. Pvt James Eckert from San Antonio spent Sunday in Stonewall.
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Erno Moldenhauer
Walter
North Africa
Erno
O.K
Dora Nielson
San Marcos
Joe Smith
Eddie Ellebracht
Wesley Ellebracht
Marvin Heimann
Joe Fiedler
Rockport
Pete Baethge
Quemada Valley
Ray Jones
Colorado City
Texas
Gordon Harper
Aubrey
Chelas Gamel
San Antonio
Adele Scarborough
Chester Feller
T. B. Lowe
Rocksprings
R. J
Carl Oehler
Abilene
Carl Durst
Fred Gammenthaler
Guy McKee
Kerrville
Adolf Juenke
Ervy
Claud Sageser
A. E. Sageser
Junction
Lora Sageser
Chester Oehler
R. J. Gamel
Fred Harlow
San
Waco
George Smith
V. Archer
Max Lange
J. M. Weldon
Will Lennon
Ann Davis
Stuart
J. O Stevens
Dean Hopf
A. & M. College
Melvin Anderegg
Gilbert Anderegg
Pearl Boatright
Austin
Floyd Boatright
Maurine Bell
Donna
C. J. Whitewood
Monterey Parker
Gene
Youth Bitten by Copperhead While Helping With Harvest
Henry Fischer Jr. was bitten by a copperhead on June 3 while helping to combine on his father's farm. He received several days of medical care at a local hospital before returning home. Joe Klein broke his hip when horses threw him from a field implement and wheels passed over him. he was treated locally. Herman Staudt fractured his right leg after falling from a horse on his farm east of the city and remained under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fischer
Joe Klein
Herman Staudt
Staudt
Community visits and local gatherings across Rockport area
A flurry of visits and house gatherings fills the Rockport region as relatives from San Antonio Kerrville and Junction travel to see families. Notable items include extensive kin visits to Gordon Harper in the Gordon Harper home and a large Chas Schreiner Bank employer barbecue for about 100 guests. A farm accident leaves Edmund Fiedler losing his thumb while working with a combine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Jones
Adolf Barker
Junction
Arthur Bierschwale
Walter Parker
Chas. Schreiner Bank
Edmund Fiedler
Miss Ruby Lang Returns From Trip With Kin
Miss Ruby Lang daughter of Mr and Mrs Hilmar Lang employed at Kelly Field returned last week after visiting her brother Seaman 2 C J D Lang on shore duty in Boston Massachusetts She also visited her cousin Mrs Robert Strait former Miss Elsie Schneider of San Antonio in New York Miss Lang saw high water and many places of interest during the trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Lang
Hilmar Lang
Kelly Field
Seaman
J. D. Lang
Boston
Mass
Robert Strait
Elsie Schneider
San Antonio
New York
Lang
Want to Buy Anything Find a Seller in Standard Ads
A brief want ad note directs readers to Standard want ads for buying items with contact phone 40. It signals available listings and the typical inquiry path for buyers.
Merz Family Vacation Visits Albert Area
Albert News reports Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Merz and their son, along with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merz Jr., spending last week at Dr. Merz Ranch in Albert. Sgt. Eddie Ellebracht, stationed at El Paso after 16 months in the Army, enjoys a seven day furlough with family. Local residents Gertrude, Clifteen Klen, Lillian and Helen Pehl, Werner Maenius, Alice Schumann, Edna Raulz, Ruth Mayer, and Willie Schumann Sr. are noted in various visits and gatherings around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Merz
Alvin
Robert Merz, Jr
Albert
Werner Maenius
Francis Merz
Alice Schumann
Henry Willie
Edna Raulz
Ruth Mayer
Willie Schumann, Sr
Albert Helmers
Arion Surprises Director on Birthday
The Arion Singing society celebrated Ad Hopf's 72nd birthday with a party at the choir hall on Monday. Hopf has led the Arion for 32 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARION
Arion Singing Society
Ad. Hopf
Mr. Hopf
The
Army Plane Lands in Weinheimer Field
An Army training plane with two flyers on a routine training flight from Oklahoma made a forced landing in a wheat field near Hilmar Weinheimer, six miles east of the city, last Friday after running out of gasoline. The craft settled in the stubble without incident and waited days for the ground to harden before a possible takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Hilmar Weinheimer
Classified Ad Deadlines for Regular and Late Insertions
Bring mail or phone your want ad before 5 P M Wednesday for regular classification and before 10 A M Thursday for Too Late to Classify. Rates listed on the classified page. Phone 40 for standard classified ads to ensure greater circulation and quicker results.
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