Televised Gillespie Fair thrills distant viewers
Letters from Seattle to Fredericksburg recount a Gillespie County Fair telecast showing races and baseball, a Navy family noting the broadcast’s nationwide reach. Crockett Riley recalls a Rotary meeting in Hotel Nimitz where a former classmate from Texas School of Mines appeared. Ensign Roger E. Ruch reports a second bail out before a crash near Willow City, and Felix Maier brings 12 pears from his Marshall Springs ranch to the Standard office.
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Gillespie County Fair
Fredericksburg
Seattle
Washington
W. L. Bruns
ADC
United States Navy
Wm. Bruns
Gillespie County
Young Bruns
Crockett Riley
Gillespie
Nimitz
Vicente Cisneros Jr
Parral
Chihuahua
Mexico
Crockett
Texas School of Mines
el Paso
Roger E. Ruch
Edwin Crenwelge Field
Willow City
Ruch
Jack Lawrence
Felix Maier
Standard Office
Marshall Springs
Alaska Highway Opened to Tourist Travel in 1948 Summer
The Alaska Highway was opened to tourist travel in the summer of 1948. This historic milestone marked the highway's first major expansion to civilian leisure traffic, inviting visitors to explore remote regions along the route.
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Alaska
Harper Public School Opens Amid 4 H Rodeo Celebrations
Harper opened Tuesday with the faculty filled including Albert Black as principal. The issue also highlights a Harper 4-H rodeo held last Saturday night drawing crowds from Gillespie and surrounding counties, featuring Bucking broncos and calf tie down events with winners including Bobby Baker and Elva Mae Dittmar. The article also notes Mangold golden wedding anniversary and PTA plans for Sept 4 at the school house.
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Rodeo Committee
Bobby Baker
Bucking Broncos
Elva Mae Dittmar
Edwin Dittmars
Harper Public School
Albert Black
Floresville
Ed. Bailey
Phil Rogers
Roy Garrett
Cameron
Janice Rowel
Nixon
Ruth Carpenter
Lewis Stevens
Paul Suffel
Harold Adcock
Mangolds
First Annual 4-H Youth Rodeo Draws Harper Crowd
The Harper community park hosted the first annual 4-H Club Youth Rodeo drawing about 1,000 spectators. Harper youths swept eight events with 58 entrants and merchandise prizes. Winners include Billy Roeder and Johnny Bier schwale among Harper competitors in multiple divisions. County Agent C A Stone thanked sponsors and supporters for strong turnout.
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Harper Community Park
Harper 4-H Club
Willow City Students Enroll At Public School
Nine Willow City freshmen registered Thursday in Fredericksburg Public School for the 1952 53 term. Names include Shirley Hohmann Rosita Castillo Tan cie Chaney Benito Castillo Paulie Althaus R Moehle and Stanley Crenwelge.
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Willow City
Fredericksburg
Shirley Hohmann
Rosita Castillo
Tancie Chaney
Benito Castillo
Paulie Althaus
R. Moehle
Stanley Crenwelge
Luz Castillo
Rosita
Jack Sidden
Nancy
San Antonio
C. B. Renick
Chas. Beckendorf
Kathy
Wichita Falls
R. T. Laurence
Bertha Laurence
Roland Hohmann
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Club
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Kingsville
G. H. Reed
Betty Jean
Junior
Monroe
The Pentagon is the World’s Largest Office Building
The Pentagon stands as the world’s largest office building, covering vast floors and housing immense administrative operations. Its massive scale reflects the breadth of U.S. defense planning, with departments and agencies spread across its five-sided structure.
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Pentagon
Air conditioning added to the White House in 1932
A 1932 installation brought air conditioning to the White House, marking a milestone in presidential comfort and bureaucratic modernization. The project reflected ongoing improvements to executive office facilities and climate control in federal buildings.
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White House
Johnson City Couple Wed On Ranch Lawn Ceremony
Miss Gerald Dean Bryan became the bride of Kenneth Lynn Chilson in a Sunday ceremony on the lawn at the bride’s parents’ ranch near Johnson City. Rev. D. G. Hardt officiated. Chilson is an airman second class stationed at San Marcos AFB.
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Gerald Dean Bryan
Kenneth Lynn Chilson
Johnson City
D. G. Hardt
Miss Bryan
G. J. Bryan
Mr. Chilson
Lynn Chilson Sr
Tigard
Oregon
San Marcos Air Force Base
First Bale of Cotton for 1952 Ginned in Stonewall
August marks opening of cotton ginning in Stonewall Eugene Reed of Crabapple brought in the first bale weighing 548 pounds Eckert Cotton Gin run by the Eckert family for over 40 years adds incinerator to burn burrs new equipment in past year Nine bales ginned last week Updates on local polio cases and school opening Stonewall Pirates and Farmer Boys played a non league game 7 5 Pirates loss Harvey Eckert cleared to play football this year Birth of Diana Lynn Nebgen welcomed by Elgin Nebgen of Rollo Missouri Details to continue on page 6 Sec 2
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J. C. Mangold
Harper
Watkins Tarr
Homer Lee Stevens
A. Gitter
Elton Spencer
Clifford Bode
Roy Roberts
Phil Rogers
J. T. Hudgins
Ruby Ruth
Odessa
Ruth Spenter
Carpenter
Dale Cook
Elmer Lee Russell
San Marcos
Chas. Barrett
Eugene Reed
Crabapple
Eckert
QOC
Eckerts
O. C. Eckert
Marvin Klein
Louis Klein
Dayton Pehl
Paul Pehl
Stonewall Pirates
Stonewall Farmer Boys
Pirates
Harvey Eckert
Elgin Nebgen
Rollo
Missouri
Diana Lynn
Nebgen
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Victor Wendel
Clint Brown
J. F. Cook
Billy Roeder
Johnny Cottle
Sonny Ray Davis
Johnny Bierschwab
James Cox
Billy Hogan
Barre
Dorothy Gold
Francis Dittmar
Betty Hohmann
Kelly Parker
Janice Parker
Carlton Wendel
Bernice Duderstadt
Bibby Baker
Johnny Bierachwale
Ken Whitewood
Charles Schumann
Albert
Johnny Bhierschwale
Ken Whitworth
Dayton Frederick
Thomas Pape
Tivydale
Bob Baker
Lydia Bierschwale
Bobby Gipson
Johnny Bierschwale
Mrs
Henry Kirk
Willow City Correspondent
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Standard
Opal Ray Gipson
James Eckert
Stonewall
Sl Tradem
Temple
Temple Lumber Subyticng
Lorenz F. Bading
Zagr Fredericksburg, Texas
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Lone Star Gas Company
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