K R Bluestem Grass Planting Methods and Livestock Hints
County agent notes several methods for planting K R Bluestem including plow and hand scattering. Otto Schumann's wind dispersed seed method yields good results. A farmer tests soil with seven samples from seven fields, sending them to College Station for analysis. Hints cover controls for horse flies blue bugs chicken mites fleas and ear grubs in cattle and other livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schumann
Otto
Arno Behrends
Luckenbach
Externin Service
Mr. Behrends
College Station
Willow City School Hosts Student Party Weekend Festivities
Prof. Snider and Mrs. Foster invited pupils and parents to a Friday school party. Grades performed skits games and activities. Thirty guests and fifty pupils enjoyed pinning the tail for Halloween apples races and musical chairs. Mothers baked cookies and candy. teachers provided soft drinks cooled by Mr. Howard Barker. Honor roll Kay Foster Jim Foster Joey Sagebiel and Ron Sagebiel plus Kathryn Smith and Anette Gold were recognized with Palace Theater tickets from Mr. Walter Knoche.
Bernice Weinheimer Joins Elgin High School Staff
Bernice Weinheimer daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Weinheimer of Stonewall joins Elgin High School faculty to teach English in the freshman and sophomore classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Weinheimer
Elgin High
Alvin Weinheimer
Stonewall
Elgin High School
Miss Weinheimer
Harper Resident Scalded by Hot Water Accident
Mrs. C. T. Mahler, mother of Mrs. M. R. Duderstadt, was seriously burned Wednesday afternoon after she slipped and opened a hot water faucet while bathing. She is hospitalized in Fredericksburg. A separate note mentions Harper’s football game loss to Rocksprings 30 to 12 and a revival upcoming at the Pentecostal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Mahler
M. R. Duderstadt
Mahler
Fredericksburg
Saturda
Harper
Rocksprings
Harsper
P. E. Lowenberg
Pentecostal Church
Harold Adcock
Blanco
San Marcos
Marshall Brown
Tommy Whetstone
Brownwood
Johnson City News and Remodeling Updates
Improvements are underway at the Klap penbach Warehouse in Johnson City with new offices and a stucco front addition. Mrs. Mary Shockley nee Mary Elizabeth Bushnell died October 13 in San Antonio at her daughter's home. Funeral services were held there with interment at Roselawn Memorial Park. She was 75, born in Blanco County, survived by two daughters Ola Kercher and Nora Arlitt, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Her husband Glenn Shockley had died previously. The Johnson City Eagles defeated the Leander football team 13 to 0 Friday night. Mrs G A Cammack left for San Antonio to visit her children. Mr and Mrs Edgar Miller welcomed twin boys born October 24. Mr and Mrs James Bauerle and Mrs Ernst Bauerle left for the National Dental Association Convention in New Jersey and to visit the East. Continued on page 6 Sec 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klappenbach
Johnson City
Mary Shockley
Mary Eliabeth Bushnell
San Antonio
Porter Loring
Roselawn Memorial Park
Shockley
Blanco County
Ola Kercher
Nora Arlitt
Glenn Shockley
Edgar Miller
James Bauerle
Ernst Bauerle
New Jersey
National Dental Association
East
Duderstadt Golden Wedding Celebrated In Harper
Mr and Mrs George W Duderstadt observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary on October 25 with a dinner at Wolfe's Inn near San Antonio attended by about twenty guests. They were married October 25 1900 in Yorktown and now run a ranch near Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Duderstadt
Harper Community
Duderstadt
Maggie Caroline Billings
Kilman
George W. Duderstadt
Harper
Wolfe’s Inn
San Antonio
Yorktown
Douglas Duderstadt
Fred Bode
Kerrville
Mitch Thomas
Jourdanton
Kathy
Dolores
Worth Duderstadt
Jimmy Thomas
el Roy
Winston Bode
Enoch Billings
Gonzales County
Doss Section Seeks Rain for Winter Small Grains
Farmers in the Doss section hope for rain to aid oats and other small grains after dry winds used up remaining moisture. Rain before planting helped crops start, but dryness threatens subsequent growth. Also reports of local residents Otto Hahn Sr and family visiting Albuquerque and Dittmar kin, Nixon family traveling to San Antonio, Going family weekend in Brownwood, and Vernell Geistweidt visiting relatives in Austin. Continued on page 6 See 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Otto Hahn Sr
J. M. Durden Jr
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Arthur Dittmar
Hahn
Dittmar‘s
Ruben Nixon
Delano
San Antonio
A. J. Going
Brownwood
Going
Damon Wendel
Arkansas
Vernell Geistweidt
Austin
Oscar Geistweidt
Bernhard Crenwelge
Erwin Segner
Fredericksburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willow City School
Mrs
Henry Kirk
Willow City Correspondent
Dess Boy Scouts
Lorin Baethge
Marion Baethge
Nelson Deistweidt
Dennis Lange
Reubin Nixon
William J. Murray
Capitol Area Council
Texas Railroad Commission
Jim Williston
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Europe
Paris
J. F. Cook
Frigidaire
Raymond Loewy
Opal Ray Gipson
G. W. Duderstadts
John Duderstadt
Gillespie County
Warry Wahrmund Doss
Gahta
Wes
Dooley’s
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