Local Girl Wins Area Wool Contest Grand Prize
Judy Holland a 14 year old sophomore at St Marys High School won one of the area Make It Yourself With Wool grand prizes. She earned 50 dollars and a free trip to Ft Worth for the TS&GRA convention where she could advance to state and national contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Holland
Fredericksburg
Dot Snyder
San Marcos
Lucille Dollahue
Blanco
Jim Holland
St Mary's High School
Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser's Association
Miss Holland
Ft. Worth
Ts&gra
Casper
Wyoming
Judy
Nimitz
Mary Patricia Jank
Bandera
Arlene Culver
Lampasas
Louise King
Jo Ann Tatum
Rocksprings
Elda Marie Jordan
Kerrville
Betty Kline
Mr. Hume
Merdie Mae Barth
Nila Mae Maner
Harper
Ruth Grippon
Marksmen Bag Turkeys At Jaycee Shoot
Over a hundred marksmen competed at the first annual Jaycee Turkey Shoot with Robin Ehlers of Comfort hitting six live turkeys. Lee Swan of Fredericksburg won best score with 26 of 30 in target shooting. Jaycee President Dr Der Brown praised the event, noting strong support and plans for similar fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Sagebiel
Jaycees
Robin Ehlers
Comfort
Emil Mund
Doss
Lee Swan
Fredericksburg
Farm Security Administration
Dr der Brown
Jaycee
Dr. Brown
Sagebiel
Non-Stop Bus Service To S A Kerrville Bus Co Announces
The Kerrville Bus Company 4S announces non stop service from Fredericksburg to San Antonio starting Wednesday November 15. The trip will take one hour and 35 minutes. An express service from San Antonio to Oklahoma City Oklahoma will also be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville Bus Company 4S
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gillespie County Faces Severe Drouth as October Rainfall Dips
Gillespie County endures its worst drought in years with October rainfall at a 12 year low. County Agent C A Stone warns oats wheat and spelts suffer, clover damaged, and pastures scorched. Water tanks are at lows. farmers dry planting hope rains arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Stone
Carle
Gillespie
William Route
Cave Creek
Associated Press
Central Texas
New Braunfels
Edwards Plateau
Comal
Nueces
Frio
San Antonio
Medina
Nimrods Eligible for Prizes in Deer Turkey Season Opener
The upcoming deer and turkey season opening Nov 16 offers prizes from Gillespie Game and Fish Protective Association and Fredericksburg Standard. Heaviest turkey wins over and under 410 shotgun and 22 rifle. heaviest buck gets a .22 rifle and deer with most points gets a .22 Hornet. Entries run through Dec 31, with winners announced year end. All entrants must be Gillespie members and file at the Chamber. Standard rewards first and second buck on opening day with Parker Pen and Parker Pencil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie Game and Fish Protective Association
Fredericksburg Standard
The
Game Association
Probst Hardware Co
Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
Poppy Day Proclaimed in Fredericksburg Saturday
Mayor Joe Molberg proclaims November 11 as Poppy Day in Fredericksburg urging citizens to wear memorial poppies to honor those who died in the two world wars. Legion Auxiliary leads sale efforts with poppies supplied by veterans hospitals and made by disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Joe Molberg
Orever
City of
Alfred Neffendorf
Legion Auxiliary
H. Welge Lewis
France
Belgium
Mason Man Gets Life for Murder
San Saba reports H. C. Harris was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of Ray Burnet at Dooley's Store in Mason. He waived further proceedings after an insanity defense. Harris is to be moved from Travis County Jail to the state penitentiary.
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San Saba
H. C. Harris
Harris
Ray Burnet
Dooley
Mason
Thomas Ferguson
Texas
Otis R. Allen
Travis County
Austin
Biersch Family Attends Zion Lutheran Services in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Henry Biersch attend Sunday morning services at Zion Lutheran Church in San Antonio and dine with Mrs H Will and daughter. They visit their daughter Ruth Bierschwale and Mr and Mrs Norman Krueger and their new baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bierschwale
Zion Lutheran Church
San Antonio
H. Will
Ruth Bierschwale
Norman Krueger
Community Chest Drive Nears Completion in Gillespie County
Gillespie County's Community Chest Drive aims to fund local charities and groups including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts March of Dimes Cancer Society Salvation Army and American Heart Society Final plans set quotas totaling 6800 with Boy Scouts 1800 Girl Scouts 1500 March of Dimes 2500 Cancer Society 800 Salvation Army 550 Local Charity 2000 and American Heart Society 600 Directors elected by precincts 1 2 3 and 4 contributed amounts listed from Fredericksburg Hospital to Lochte Storage and other local firms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
March of Dimes, Cancer Society
Salvation Army
American Heart Society
Chest
March of Dimes
Cancer Society
Durst Named New Tax Assessor-Collector in Gillespie County
In Gillespie County the general election brought sweeping changes with about 3,200 votes cast. Victor H. Sagebiel won the County Judge post, Hugo Klaerner took Sheriff, Milton Durst became Tax Assessor-Collector, and Emil Dietrich won Commissioner Precinct 1, defeating Eugene Kramer and Herman Duecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Victor H. Sagebiel
Hugo Klaerner
Milton Durst
Emil Dietrich
Joe O. Weinheimer
Durst
Weinheimer
Luckenbach
Eugene Kramer
Kramer
Herman Duecker
Dietrich
Duecker
Nebgen
Arnold Markwordt
Reubin Nixon
Emil Fritz
Lady Injured in Mason Road Crash Near Fredericksburg
Mrs John Bethel wife of an Ozona contractor suffered serious foot injuries when the car struck a culvert after a blowout on Mason Highway 10 miles west of Fredericksburg. The Bethels were en route from San Antonio to Ozona. she was taken to a local Fredericksburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bethel
Ozona
Fredericksburg
Mason Highway
Bethels
San Antonio
Ivan O. Lawrence
Bethel
Five Gillespians Report for Duty in U S Army
Twenty inductees reported for duty with the U S Army in San Antonio on Friday November 3 including five from Gillespie County. Fredericksburg group includes Ernest E Lane Rudolph A Olfers Clarence P Schaetter Walter H Bernhard Berthold Pfiester Jr. Other draftees listed are Levi O Peese Centerpoint Billy Maddox Mountain Home Roland V Zoeller Waring Frank R Franklin Charles L Ratliff Randall B Butler Llano Arno R Kleinstein Comfort Roy H Gipson Johnson City Marvin W Flugrath Raymond F Gabler Dwight E McLeod Jr Arthur W Reynolds Jack Black Kerrville Glen M Johanson Lone Grove William C Sherman Ingram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
U. S. Army
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Ernest E. Lane
Rudolph A. Olfers
Clarence P. Schaetter
Walter H. Bernhard
Berthold Pfiester Jr
Levi O. Peese
Centerpoint
Billy Maddox
Mountain Home
Roland V. Zoeller
Waring
Frank R. Franklin
Charles L. Ratliff
Randall Bh. Butler
Llano
Arno R. Kleinstein
Comfort
Roy H. Gipson
Johnson City
Marvin W. Flugrath
Blanco
Raymond F. Gabler
Dwight E. McLeod Jr
Arthur W. Reynolds
Jack Black
Kerrville
Glen M. Johanson
Lone Grove
William C. Sherman
Ingram
Homecoming Anniversary Sunday at Edison Church
Edison Street Methodist Church marks its first homecoming and 60th anniversary on Sunday November 12 with events starting at 9 a.m. A sermon by Rev. O F Kattner, dinner on the church lawn, historical meeting, organ dedication, and an 7:30 p.m. jubilee service feature the day. The church was founded May 5 1871 with charter members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Street Methodist Church
John ©. Campbell
Edison Street
John C. Campbell
O. F. Kattner
Lometa Methodist Church
L. A. Spellman
Kerrville
Carl Schmidt
Brenham
Fritz Kneese
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Ester Lea Caperton
Ada Mae Montel
Emily Crenwelge
KNAF
S. A
A. K. Krause “Idson
Robert Gail
Hardin Perry
Henry Schmidt
Victor Keidel
Art Kowert
Cliff Balser
Alvin Davidson
Lorence Feller
Lester Keyser
V. &. Spiva
Henry Joseph
Drouth
Neffendorf
Nimrods
Mason Man
Mathew Pyka Jr
Leroy Woerner
Hugo Kallenberg
Arnold Klinksick
Wesley Franz
Oliver Kowert
Albert Sieckmann
August Baethge
Warren Petsch
Armin Engel
Marlin Althaus
Petsch and
Petsch
Stein Lumber Company
Henry Hirsch
Hirsch
Honey Creek
Robert Loth
Klaerner
Loth
Schmidt's Hall
Crabappe
Knopp School
Felix Pfiester
Hugo Weinheimer
Felix Herber
Willie Kothe
W.M. Kasper
Bill Craig
Scherer High
Felix Scherer
Wim, Schneider Jr
Joe Petsch
Schneider
Mason Road
Edison Church
Henry Bratherich
Dorothea
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