Trinity Lutheran to Mark 50th Anniversary Sunday
Trinity Lutheran Church near Stonewall will observe the 50th anniversary with services on Sunday Oct 5. Activities include a 10 a m Sunday school, 11 a m English service by Rev Otto Lindenberg, noon barbecue, and a 3 p m German service by Rev Paul Leonhard. Both speakers are former pastors.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Stonewall
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Otto Lindenberg
Paul Leonhard
G. C. Senff
Trinity
G. C. Senft
Community Chest drive supports many local charities
Citizens in Gillespie County endorse a single Community Chest drive to fund multiple local causes each year. The piece argues that one unified appeal reduces donor fatigue and keeps the community’s good name intact, urging continued support for next year’s campaign.
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United States
Red Cross
Gillespie County
Gillespie County 4-H to Show Steers and Lambs at State Fair
Gillespie County 4 H youths depart Oct 9 for the State Fair of Texas in Dallas with 125 lambs 65 calves and 400 chickens on feed for stock shows Twenty exhibitors will take 23 lambs and 7 calves under the guidance of County Agent C A Stone and other leaders The group features multiple named youths and a mix of Southdown Suffolk Cheviot and cross lambs plus Hereford and Angus calves The remodeled 4 H Club Chuck Wagon will accompany the party and serve as a mobile headquarters for the Gillespie County contingent and can be rented for hunting season portable kitchens contact Stone.
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Gillespie County
Dallas
C. A. Stone
Clifford Spaeth
Leon Spaeth
Herbart Itz
Charles Schumann
Calvin Kuhlmann
Charles Burg
Perrie Jo Bode
Charles Meyer
Daniel Crenwelge
Neal Pahl
Freddie Miller
Jimmy Miller
Henry J. Burg
4-H Club
Calvin Schumann
Archie Pfeiffer
Joey Sagebiel
Frederick Burg
Alvin Leitz
Kathryn Smith
James Cox
Stone
Angus cattle auction nets near fifty thousand in Fair Park sale
A sale of commercial and registered Angus cattle at Fair Park drew 493 animals from 20 consignors, grossing 49 984 dollars. Black Prince III topped 24 registered bulls at 1 050 dollars, while buyer Cauthorn led on total purchases at 3 615 dollars.
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Fair Park
Black Prince III
Essar
San Antonio
Mack Cauthorn
Sonora
Cauthorn
Hays
M. W. Kelley
Bastrop
Leonard Lott
Harper
Adolph Stieler
Comfort
Cawthorn
Kurt Eckhardt
Membership Drive Plans for Louis Jordan Post American Legion
The Louis Jordan Post American Legion outlines its 1953 membership drive to begin in October. Elgin Friedrich leads the drive with captains Erwin Kammlah and Rueben Duecker, while Jenschke proposes a Red Cross Blood Mobile visit in Fredericksburg. A Halloween party is planned. meetings will now occur on the last Tuesday each month.
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Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Alois Jenschke
Elgin Friedrich
Erwin Kammlah
Rueben Duecker
Jenschke
Legion
Red Cross
Fredericksburg
Jarvis Wieser
Raymond Kneese
Election Returns Party Planned For November 4
Fredericksburg Lions Club and FHS Band Boosters plan an election returns party at Gillespie County Fair Park Exhibition Hall on election night November 4. Lions will collect returns with proceeds to the hall. Band Boosters will run concession stands and keep their proceeds.
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Fredericksburg Lions Club
FHS
Gillespie County Fair Park Exhibition Hall
Lions
PMA Farm to Farm Contacts Start in Gillespie County
On October 1 the PMA county committee began farm by farm contacts to sign up farmers for the 1953 Agricultural Conservation Program. Chairman Thomas Jung says all farmers have a chance to join and work on erosion control and productivity. Eight agricultural communities are covered with committeemen visiting about forty farms each. The closing date to sign up is November 15, 1952. Farmers not signed by then will be ineligible for 1953 program assistance.
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PMA
Thomas Jung
PMA Committee
Gillespie Breeders Sponsor First Hereford Sale at Fair Park
The Range Hereford Sale drew 43 bulls and 14 cows, totaling about $20,000. Bulls averaged $400, top bull $700. cows averaged $209.65, top cow $300. Edward Stein led consignors with Mill Rion J selling for $700 to Lynn Hardin. Publican Grandee 15th sold for $700 to Martin Dittmar. West Ranch of Round M1 purchased four bulls for $1,910. top cow Lady Zento 16th brought $300 to Simon Burg.
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Gillespie County
Lady Zento
F. W. Lee
Willow City
Simon Burg
Stonewall
West Ranch
Round M1
Herman Weinheimer
George Stanton
Johnson City
Messiah Singers Prepare for October Meeting
Lions Community Christmas Program outlines the plan for Handel's Messiah. Singers are invited to register Monday night October 6 at 7 30 p m in the Public School band hall. Committee members Alex Frantzen Robert Klingelhoefer Edgar Stroeher and Dr Lester Keyser oversee the event. Last year a portion of Messiah was praised for the performance by the singers.
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Lions Community
Alex Frantzen
Robert Klingelhoefer
Edgar Stroeher
Lester Keyser
Park Committee Proposes Dam Repair at Oakcrest Park
A special committee appointed to consult with the County Park Board met at Oakcrest Park to inspect flood damage from Liveoak Creek. They estimate dam repair at about 1200 to 1500 dollars, with plans to extend the dam northward and build at actual cost, seeking county approval and public donations.
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Oakcrest Park
County Park Board
Liveoak Creek
Allen Keller
Commissioners’ Court
Chamber of Commerce
Game and Fish Association set annual meeting date
The Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association plans its annual meeting for October 22 at the Fredericksburg Turner Hall. Members, families, and visitors are invited to hear a year in review elect four directors and hear about next year’s plans. A Texas Game and Fish Department speaker and outdoor films are on the program. The directors also ordered two rewards for reporting game violations that led to arrests and convictions, with payments to Arthur Lynn Hahn of Doss and An.
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Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association
Fredericksburg Turner Hall
Willie Rothe
Texas Game and Fish Department
Arthur Lynn Hahn
Doss
Twenty one Central Texas Choirs in Fredericksburg Festival
Twenty one choirs from Austin to Fredericksburg with six hundred fifty singers gather for the 61st Annual Texas Gebirgs Saengerfest in Fredericksburg October 4 and 5. The Arion Male Choir hosts. massed rehearsals and two concerts follow, with the Fredericksburg High School Band and a host of regional choruses performing.
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Central Texas
Fredericksburg
Arion
Austin
Boerne
Comfort
Converse
Clear Springs
Geronimo
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Spring Branch
Twin Sisters
Wetmore
Peter's Hall
Walter Ottmers
Union
William Schroeder
Victor Sagebiel
Robert C. Herbst
Texanischen Gebirgs Saenger Bund of
Joe Molberg
Felix Pehl
Wm. Dietel
Hermann Sons
Fair Park
Wm. Petmecky
Fredericksburg Hi
Kermit Gammenthaler
Austin Saengerrunde
Beethoven Damenchor
Beethoven Maennerchor
Boerne Gesang Verein
Boerne Choral Club
Comfort Liedertafel
Comfort Gemischter Chor
Concordia
Fortschritt Gesang Verein
Gesangverein
Echo
Gemischter Chor
Frohsinn
Gemischter Chor Harmonie
Geronimo Maennerchor
Hermannssoehne
Gemischter
Gillespie County farm-by-farm committee members listed
Gillespie County hosts three rows of committee members for the PMA program. First row includes C A Stone Adolf Nebgen Willie J Berg Thomas Jung Fitzhugh Lee Lonnie Itz Rudolph Ristau J E Burleson M A Daniel Wesley Gold. Second row presents Edward Durst Reinhold Oehler Charles Weber Alex Segner Chester Ottmers Chester Otte Henry Stuart Kurt Hansen Rubin Nixon Harvey Moellering Anton Schmidtzinsky C B Renick Charles Ernst Victor G Sagebiel Edgar Fielder. Third row lists Otto Welgehausen Felix Hahn Erwin Rusche Erwin Behrends Ernst Meier Luther Meier Victor Doebbler Otto A Eckhardt George von Netzer Albert Sieckmann Leo Hartmann Albert Maner Arthur L Hahn Alvin Behrends Franz Pressley Harold Kusenberger.
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PMA
Gillespie
Gillespie County
C. A. Stone
Adolf Nebgen
Willie J. Berg
Thomas Jung
Fitzhugh
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Trinity Lutheran
Senff
M. Haag
North Grape Creek
Cave Creek
Junction
M. Haag Im. Glatzle
J. Boehm
Pedernales River
Christian Lindig
House of God
K. Ermisch
Im. Glatzle
North Grape
Alfred Petsch
Saengerfest
Hereford and Angus
Angus
Hill Country Angus Association
Election Returns Party
Gillespie Breeders
Messiah
Sidney Henke
Felix T. Pehl
Emil Walter
Carl Vorauer
Reinhold Eckhardt
Oakcrest
Game Association
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