Gillespie County Girl Scouts Day Camp Winds Down
Gillespie County Girl Scouts capped a five day day camp at Oak Crest Park with a campfire program on Thursday evening June 5. Despite afternoon showers and damp grounds, 108 campers earned merit badges across seven units while 127 registered including seniors Brownies and intermediates. Scouts presented songs skits and demonstrations as leaders awarded badges and ribbons. Miss Genevieve Petsch served as nurse.
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Oakcrest Park
A. P. Woerner
Elgin Kuhlmann
Genevieve Petsch
Miss Petach
Leo Swan
Elgin Keller
Alex Arbelger Jr
Mary Frances Stehling
Judy Holland
Harry Itz
Frank Schmidt
Jarvis Wieser
Orval Harvey
Eddie Hohmann
Max Schneider
Art Kowert
Brownies
Cactus County
Alonzo Evers
Betty Meurer
Patsy Jordan
Andrew Kates
B. P. Hartmann
Willie Filter
Ernst Bohnert
Elmer Ottmers
Werner Tatsch
Wm. Connally
Tarer duo claim 60-pound Texas catfish prize
Mr and Mrs J R Tarer report a difficult 60 pound yellow catfish catch from the Colorado River near Mansfield Dam in 1952 Texas. The couple says the fight was memorable and the fish stands as the largest reported so far that year.
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Taylor
Texas
J. R. Tarer
Colorado River
Mansfield Dam
Local Families Visit and Travel Log Highlights
Alvin Weinheimer and Alvin Jr. returned home with Mia after visiting San Antonio. The Eckert and Weiss families spent a weekend in Stonewall while Douglas Dickey and others visited Adolf Nebgen and sons.宾
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Mia
Alvin Weinheimer
Alvin Jr
Sah Antonio
Ewald Eckert
Bill
Charles Eckert
Kathy
Stonewall
Douglas Dickey
G. R. Ross
Adolf Nebgen
Dutch Purchase of New Amsterdam From Manhattan Indians
The site of New York City was bought from the Manhattan Indians by the Dutch for 24 dollars. The deal established what became New Amsterdam and later New York City, marking an early colonial exchange between Europeans and Native Americans.
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New York City
Gillespie Red Cross Annual Membership Meeting Notice
Notice to all Gillespie County Red Cross members including life and patron members to attend and vote at the annual meeting on June 19, 1952, at 6 00 p m in the Commissioners Court Room of the New Courthouse in Fredericksburg. M J Schwarz Chairwoman Edith Sagebiel Secretary 41 2
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Gillespie County
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Commissioners Court
Fredericksburg
Hill Country outing highlights grasses and streams north of Blumenthal
San Antonio Express and Dallas Morning News reporters among others enjoyed an Hill Country excursion noting Gil lespie's grasses and streams near Blumenthal. The Texas Press Association holds its annual convention in Houston this week with Editor and Mrs. Rowert of the Standard attending. The Statute of Liberty is dubbed The Old Lady of New York Harbor.
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San Antonio Express
Dick Morehead
Jimmy Banks
Dallas Morning News
Gillespie
Blumenthal
Texas Press Association
Houston
Rowert
The
Standard
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Marion Kuhlmann
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Victor Schoenewolf
Marcus Wehmeyer
Harvey Stein
Emil Brock
Eric Birck
W. E West
Ben Mogford
Henry Meurer
M. B. St. Clair
Boone’s Valley
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A. G
Dames
Udo Henke
Eddie Kott
Lewis Dolezal
Laff-a-Lott
E. O Wille
Kay Hahne
Ad, Boening
Hubert Ulbricht
Eagle's Nest
Edgar Klett
Johnny Weidenfeller
Pete Weber
Hilmar Jung
Milton Petermann
Unit 1
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Homer Lee Stevens
Harper
Llano
Beckmann
Schaetter
Laurel Bading
Helen Marie Kraus
Magnet Cox
Deliah Davidson
Boone's Valley
the Girls OF Cedar Outpost
Happy Robin
Eagle’s Nest
the Girls OF
Coca-Cola Company
Coca - Cola Bottling CO. (Inc
Coke
Cgn
Dooley’s
M. J. Schwarz
Edith Sagebiel
New York Harbor
Heep
Nimitz Hotel
Felix Heep
Iua
Kallenberg's Pharmacy
Ronson, Zippo
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Eversharp
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