RCA President urges broad Red Cross support for veterans and disasters
Robert W. Sarnoff of RCA called for widespread voluntary financial aid to the Red Cross to meet disaster commitments and expanded services for servicemen in South Vietnam. He noted the Red Cross spends over 100 million annually and plans a 4 million Vietnam increase amid Betsy relief costs and disaster work nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Robert W. Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of American and National Fund
Cocairman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
South Vietnam
Sarnoff
NBC
the Red Cross
Vietnam
RCA
ARC
United Fund
Mooney Aircraft’s Economic Impact on Kerrville Area
Mooney Aircraft contributes to Kerrville merchants and firms with a $5.6 buying power per payroll dollar, totaling about $22.4 million annually. The plant pays $23,000 yearly in taxes, $50,000 for phone, $6,000 for water, $40,000 for electricity, $20,000 for gas, and $7,200 for Western Union. Mooney dominates retractable gear planes with top sales in the category and leads in twin-engine models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooney Aircraft
Kerrville
E. E. Carman
Mooney
Kerrville Kiwanis Club
Carman
Kerrville Telephone Company
Western Union
Miss Central Texas Electric Cooperative Beauty Contest Details
The Central Texas area hosts a beauty pageant for Miss CTEC with contestants aged 16 to 22. Winner advances to Miss Texas Electric Cooperative and then Miss Rural Electrification, with events in Fredericksburg and San Francisco. Finalist prizes include scholarships and regional appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Brown
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Fredericksburg
Central Texas
W. C. McWilliams
Rural Electric Cooperative
Texas Electric Cooperative
San Francisco
California
Texas
Austin
Miss Brown
Harper
Texas Electric
Muss Rural Electrification
National Electrification Association
General Electric
NRECA
Fredericksburgburg
CTEC
Miss Ctec
P.O
4-H Adult Leader Workshop Held in Kerrville
Eleven 4-H adult leaders from Gillespie, Bandera, Blanco, Kendall, Real, and Kerr counties attended a Kerrville workshop on March 24 to train leaders in all phases of club work. Four Extension Service specialists led sessions on 4-H club work responsibilities project exploration records and awards and farm and ranch management demonstrations. County groups met to discuss applying training to their programs and future improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Kerrville
Bandera
Blanco
Kendall
Real
Kerr Counties
Ed Schlutt
Sherilyn Baiey
Tom Davidson
Robert Kensing
Connie Dittmar
Stonewall
Simon Burg
Burg
Keyser Bierschwab
Carl Mazinke
Charles Schmidt
Werner Henke
Darlene Mrosek
Richard Kasper
Henry Welge
John Dittmar
Doss School Trustees to be elected by write ins
Voters at Doss School on Saturday April 2 will elect three new trustees to replace outgoing Erwin Eckert Emil Anderegg and Nelson Geistweidt. Eckert says no candidate can succeed themselves and write in candidates are expected. Write ins require all qualified voters to participate.
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Doss
Erwin Eckert
Emil Anderegg
Nelson Geistweidt
Eckert
Guenther Klein
Linda (Itz) Klein
Fred Itz
Fredericksburg
Goventher
Fredricksburg
Six To Be Confirmed At St James Harper Parish
Six candidates will join St James Lutheran Church Harper on Palm Sunday April 3. Rev WE Doell says the senior confirmation class includes Stephen Doerr Venus Harper Donna Honig David Moellendorf Walter Molder and Gary Rahe who will be received by the Rite of Confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Luetheran Church
Harper
Palay
Accordi Ag
WE Doell
Stephen Doerr
Venus Harper
Donna Honig
David Moellendorf
Walter Molder
Gary Rahe
PTA Meeting Set for April 7 at Harper School
The Slarper PPA schedules a PTA meeting on Thursday April 7 at 40 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Mac Hebert Dittmar offers devotion and poetry by the Paterschalastie League. a walk-in program titled til walk features a show. All are welcome. Also noted is the Band Concert on April 1 at 7 p.m. in the Harper School cafetorium. Old mattresses advertised for sale by Mayfields Mattress Co. in Keriville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slarper Ppa
Mac
Hebert Dittmar
Paterschalastie League
Lesstatus
Harper School
Park Road 49 work starts at LBJ Ranch site
District Engineer Tom Wood announces Park Road 9 in Gillespie County will be built as a 1.5 mile Park Loop off Ranch Road 1. The project to serve visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson birthplace and Johnson Family Cemetery on the Pedernales River will cost about 30000 dollars and take six weeks to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wood
Texas Highway Department
Gillespie County
Texas Highway Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pedernales River
Johnoon
Ranch Road
Commisssioners’ Court of
Auto Inspection Deadline April 15 in Texas
The Texas Department of Public Safety says vehicle owners with multiple vehicles must have them inspected before the April 19 deadline. Col. Homer Garrison Jr. notes 5,350 stations must average 12 cars daily to reach about 1,378,000 inspections. Through the period, about 2,815,000 vehicles were checked, 308,000 more than 1965.
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Austin
Ten
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison, Jr
Texas
Garrison
Gillespie County School Board Members Named Saturday
Precinct 2 candidate Floy Rode and Precinct 4 candidate Enos Rode face voters while Precincts 1 and 3 have no election. Current board members Walter Ottmers Ernest Hlodges and at large president Alex Frantzen return. Elections set at Fredericksburg Junior High Gym for Precinct 4 and Harper and Doss for Precinct 2. Rocky Hill district votes on a maintenance tax up to 1.50 per hundred. Communities Stonewall Doss Hiper Fredericksburg and Rocky Hill conduct trustee elections.
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Schowal
Gillespie County School Board
Floy Rode
Enos H
Walter Ottmers
Ernest Hlodges
Alex Frantzen
Enos Rode
Fredericksburg
Juniior High School
Flos Bode
Harper and Doss
Rocky Hill Consolidated Common
Stonewall
Doss
Hiper Brodericksburg
Rocky Hill
Free Social Security hospital protection offer announced
Social Security provides free protection against hospital costs for all persons over age 65 with a supplementary plan for doctor bills and home health services at 33.00 per month. The government matches this amount. To avoid losing benefits, anyone aged at least 6 in 1965 or still working after 65 should file now. A representative is in Fredericksburg District Courtroom every Tuesday from 9 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mrs. W. J. Lennon and daughter Mary Lou visited Herbert Jones and Mr Vilas John Reddick of Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Garden planning and charcoal rot risk in sorghum areas
County Agent C A Stone highlights thrifty garden ideas for homeowners with limited land and advises planning crops by maturity to maximize space. The piece also warnings on charcoal rot in sorghum, caused by Macrophomina phaseolina, flourishing in heat, drought, and stressed soils, and suggests timely management and irrigation to reduce damage.
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Texas
Lions Club Lettermen Banquet Set for April Fifth
The Harper Lions Club plans its annual high school lettermen banquet for Tuesday April 5. A committee led by Dean Hopf Leon Dunn E H Cochran Harry Sultemeier and Ed Bailey will handle arrangements. Other members Dallas Rieger Herbie Oehler and Douglas Tatsch will pick a Duchess for the Miss Mohair event at the Texas Goat Raisers Association meeting in Brownwood on April 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions Club
Roy Ressman
Albert Maner
Bob Brown
Lion
Wne Harper
Dean Hopf
Leon Dunn
E. HH
Cochran Harry Sultemeier
Ed Bailey
Dallas Rieger
Herbie Oehler
Douglas Tatsch
Gene Harper
Texas Goat Raisers Association
Brownwood
Wok
Three New State Champion Big Trees Located in Texas
Texas Forest Service records three new State Champion Big Trees. A Black Tupelo near Eight Mile Creek in Harrison County, a Shagbark Hickory on Sam Houston National Forest near New Waverly, and a Live Oak south of Manuel in Brazoria County. Measurements list circumferences, heights, and crown spreads, with ownership by the E. Key Estate and a note on national competition.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Forest Service
U. S. 59
Eight Mile Creek
Harrison County
Sam Houston National Forest
New Waverly
Montgomery County
Manuel
Brazona
E. Key Estate
Marshall
Uvalde
American Forestry Association of
Washington, D. C
Texas A & M University System
Forest Trees of
American Forestry Association
Draft Boards to Call 978 Men in April for Draft
State draft boards will furnish 978 men for the armed forces in April. Col. Morris S. Schwartz, state Selective Service director, announced 3,005 men would be sent for mental and physical examinations in April, up from 5,513 in March. A quota of 15 physicians to enter the Army Navy and Air Force was also received for July August and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Morris S. Schwartz
State Selective Service
Army
Navy
Air Force
Farm Welding Short Course Slated For Harper Farmers
Adult farmers are invited to a four day farm welding short course at Harper High School April 4 through 7. Joel R. Barton of the Texas Education Agency and Texas A & M University will conduct sessions covering safety bead and arc welding, electrodes, joints, distorsion, cutting, hard surfacing and pipe welding. Certificates will be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aéive
Harper High School
Harper Hi Vocational Ag Department
Clayton A. Massey
E. Dean Hopf
Vocational Ag
Joel R. Barton
Barton
Vocational Division of Texas Education Agency
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Texas A & M University
Hopf, Massey
Eldane Brown
Young Farmers
Levy Rosenbusch Seeks Fourth Term as County Commissioner
Levy Rosenbusch announces candidacy for reelection to Gillespie County Commissioner Precinct 2. He has served three terms and seeks a four year fourth term, asking district residents for support at the November General Election. The Doss community resident says he will continue serving the area with its best interests in mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy Rosenbusch
Gillespie County
Rosenbusch
Doss
Simon Cosper and Family Visit Odessa College Course
Mr and Mrs Simon Cosper spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Krame r. Simon attended a six week drilling technology course at Odessa College with 33 men from around the world. Certificates were awarded by Phillip Blackburn of the University of Texas. Mrs Casper joined her husband for the last three weeks. The couple headed to their new home in New Iberia Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Odessa College
Reading and Bates Drilling Co
Louisiana
Phillip Blackburn
University of Texas
Casper
D. D. Flippo
New Iberia
Legion and Army Hold Regular Inveslig Friday Night
The American Legion and Army group will hold their regular investiture Friday night at the Legion Hut. The event details include a community gathering with local veterans and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Aumitary
Legion
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Pilot Knobbll Club
Mieh
Whoelhouse
Charles Bletschwale
Cathleen Cornell
Werner Moethr
LaWanda Osbourn
Rex Maner
Elaine Maanke
Cathleen Corneli
Porte
Quish
Doss School
Harry Wahrmun
Lange
Seguin
Dass
Guether Klein
Edwin Petsch
Meta Kensing
Gerald Wayne Fritz
Allen Kelter
Center Point
Dennis Lange
Harry Wahrmund
Scout Round Table
Mason
Bill Needham
Liano
B. Kinsey
Llano
A.B. Usener
Texas Tech
St. James Ghureh
PTA
Mayfields Mattress Conying
Keriville Uf
Park Road
Lbj Ranch
County School Board
W. J. Lennon
Mary Lou
Bill Edo
David
Midland
Herbert Jones
and Vilas John Reddick
Werrville
C. A. Stone
Lions Club
Floy Bode
Lion E. B. Roach
Europe
Germany
France
Carlos Parker
Oklahoma
Cecil Bode
Parker
Daniel Durst
R. B. Goff
San Antonio
Lee Goff
J. F. Cook
Mr. Goff
R. G. Bierschwale
Jack Mericle
Lakeview Calif
Mericle
Luella Barker
Olin Walker
A. Barker Sr
Cecil Tatsch
Rey Corpus Christi
McAllen Edinburg
W. W. Massey of
W. R. Massey
Carroll Bierschwabe
Children of
V. A. Hospital
Fred Bierschwale Sr
Fred Whitewood
Brown and Family
del Rio
L. H. Harper
J. R. Hart
John Hughes
Dorothy Ann of
Edwin Lange
Duval Fisher
Edna Dietz
Edmund Tatseh
Mrs Parker
Hazel Gillet
Houston
Ollie Parker
Simon Cospers
Simon Cosper
Mrs
Alfred Krameer
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