Texas 4-H encampment eyes July in Hondo schedule
The 11th District Extension Service plans a four day 4-H encampment in Hondo on July 17 18 and 19 with activities including ball games swimming rifle shooting crafts and pic tures for a $6 charge per boy or girl. Only the first 25 registrants with Mr Stone I will attend. The rest of the article surveys Texas farm income in 1949 noting cotton led income at $1 915 million, livestock and dairy sources followed, wheat at $198 million, and overall improvements due to better farming practices and soil and water conservation.
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11Th District of Texas Extension Service
Hondo
4-H
Stone I
Texas
Southwest
Pleasant Hill Ladies Plan Visit To Gingham Mills
The Pleasant Hill Club Ladies met at the Pleasant Hill school house on June 21 for a planning session. They scheduled a group trip to the New Braunfels gingham factory on July 13, with some members familiar with the site and others new visitors.
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Pleasant Hill
Gingham Mills
Pleasant Hill Club
Pleasant Hill School House
Fredericksburg FFA Wins Honors at Sonora Wool Mohair Show
Fredericksburg FFAjudging team Elroy Behrends James Welgehausen Ronald Immel and Eric Eckhardt placed second overall with 4414 points in the Sonora Wool and Mohair show contest. Sutton County won with 4426 points. McMard third 4389. Kerrville fourth 4379. Kimble fifth 4342. Crockett County sixth 4013. The event drew 26 teams across Sheep Angora Goat Wool Mohair grading and Grass judging fields. The Fredericksburg team also placed 2nd in Grass and Plants, 2nd in Mohair judging, and 3rd in Wood judging.
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Fredericksburg
Sonora
Eric Eckhardt
Ronald Immel
Elroy Behrends
James Welgehausen
Joe Tatum
FFA
Sutton County
McMard
Kerrville Ffa
Kimble
Crockett County
Runnels County
Kimble County
Ballinger Ffa
Fredericksburg Ffa
Menard
Kerrvile Ffa
Bandera
Carl Rothmann
Sutton
Oscar Carpenter
Benney Ragsdale
Two Pioneers Of Blanco County Laid To Rest
Funeral services were held at Crofts Funeral Home for John Walton Smith of Blanco County who died after illness. He was born August 18 1879 in Walnut and was age 70 years 8 months. Survived by wife Clara Maddox and five sons one daughter and 13 grandchildren. Also survived by three sisters and three brothers. Interment in Masonic Cemetery with graveside rites. Also a Friday service for Jim Walker pioneer Blanco resident who died at Fredericksburg hospital. Continued on Page 5 Sec 2.
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James Walker
Hye
Florence Gibson
Sarah Hansen
Fort Worth
Texas
Denis Oatman
Walker
Christadelphian Church
Crofts
John Walton Smith
Fredericksburg
E. F. Ege
D. G. Hardt
Dock Smith
Clara Maddox
Vernon Smith
Abernathy
Lincoln Smith
M. B. Smith
Round
Clinton Smith
Cypress Mills
J. W. Smith Jr
Johnson City
Ella Dowdy
San Antonio
Myrta Odiorne
S. A. Maddox
Vergie Yett
Henry Smith
Marvin Smith
Stonewall
Leonard Smith
Blanco
Rocky Cemetery
Jim Walker
Blanco County
Dennis Oatman
Oldest Gillespie County Resident Miss Shelley Dies At 100
Funeral services were held Monday for Miss Sarah Jane Shelley aged 100 the county's oldest resident. She died Sunday morning at home of Mrs. Felix Weirich. Born in Cumberland Kentucky on April 6 1850 she came to Texas in 1854 and helped found Blowout east of Willow City. Survivors include thirteen nieces nine nephews and a sister-in-law Mrs W O Davis Sr.
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Sarah Jane Shelley
Gillespie County
Felix Weirich
Beckmann
Davis Family Cemetery
Willow City
J. P. Manly
Marble Falls
Walnut Methodist Church
Kentucky
Miss Shelley
Cumberland
Anderson C. Shelley
Mary Russel Shugart Shelley
Texas
Blowout
W. O. Davis
Eli
Thomas
Peter Shelley
Mary Bell
John Ferrer
William O. Davis
G. G. Hardin
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Gillespie Farm and Ranch News
T. J. Chapman
PMA
Wesley Gold
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
S. S. Mauldin
Emil Hartmann
Long
Kaiser's City Furniture Co
Blume
DuPont Plastics
Kaiser
City Furniture Co
Opal Ray Gipson
Lochte Storage & Commission Co
of the
Ford “Ffel
Ford
America
Eoening Motor Sales
Fredericksburg, Texas
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