Governor Stevenson to attend Fredericksburg centennial celebration
Governor Cuke Stevenson accepts invitation to appear at the Fredericksburg centennial on May 8. He will take part in the historic parade the centennial program the banquet and the pageant. Also invited are Emil Sauer and spouse from Washington D C and the Fredericksburg and New Braunfels high school bands and pep squad with New Braunfels sending a 76 piece band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuke Stevenson
Joe Molberg
Fredericksburg
Frederickburg
Stevenson
Emil Sauer
Washington, D. C
Sauer
U .S
Germany
Chinese sincerity evident in daily life and hospitality
A correspondent contrasts Western and Chinese norms, noting Beijing and rural life show no concern for flashy dress or social rank. In China, hosts, workers, and women dress for comfort, homes are open and usable, hospitality is honest, and social behavior emphasizes simplicity and shared use over display. The piece highlights plain homes, sturdy furniture, and straightforward commerce.
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China
Harper Lions Club Adds Three New Members At Meeting
At the Harper Lions Club luncheon on Wednesday night three new members were admitted Aubrey Harper Marshal Brown and Roy Roberts A prior week two more new members joined boosting membership A guest speaker Callan Graham discussed the U S Constitution and the Bill of Rights noting natural laws and the Supreme Court as referee Additional guests included Morris Bode Marshall Brown and Lion Mason of Junction Plans for air markers near Harper and a bus service hearing in Junction were noted with community turnout urged A committee was named to study better road paving from Kerrville through Harper to Mason A forthcoming barbecue rodeo co sponsored by the F F A and Lions was discussed with proceeds aiding the fleece show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions Club
Aubrey Harper
Marshal Brown
Roy Roberts
Lions Club
Callan Graham
U. S
Graham
United States
Mr. Graham
Supreme Court
Morris Bode
Marshall Brown
Lion Mason
Junction
Floy Bode
Kervylle
Civil Air Patrol
Lions
Harpes
Lionrs Club
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harper
Fredericksburg
Lion
Fox
Lion Dean Hopf
Carl Oehler
W. A. Brown
Kerrville
Mason
Lutheran Pastor To Be Installed Sunday Morning
Rev. H. C. Hoermann of St. James Lutheran Church Harper will be installed as resident pastor by Rev. M. J. Schwarz Mason on Sunday at 10 30 a m. He came from Westhoff near Cuero and will live on the former Anna Tatsch place four miles west of Harper with his wife and three children who attend Harper public school. The community extends a cordial welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hoermann
St. James Lutheran Church
Harper
M. J. Schwarz
Mason
Hoermann
Westhoff
Cuero
Lutheran Church
Anna Tatsch Place
Giants Open 1946 Season With Santone 7-Up Bottlers
The Fredericksburg Giants host the Strong San Antonio 7-Up Bottlers in the season opener Sunday April 7 at 3 30 p m. Ladies free with regular tax, Centennial Band provides music, and the lineup features Wuest or Molberg on the mound with Jung Schneider Langerhans Luckenbach Ransleben Ahrens Mugford Schneider Knopp Moldenhauer Pyka Luckenbach Bonn Enderlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Giants
San Antonio
Centennial Band
Alfred Pehl
Giants
Oliver Wuest
Max Molberg
Wuest
Molberg
Eugene Jung
O. Schneider
Johnny Langerhans
G. Luckenbach
Vincent Ransleben
Max Ahrens
Ben Mugford
Louis Schneider
Anthony Knopp
Lee Moldenhauer
Robbie Pyka
Bennie Luckenbach
Roland Bonn
Alfred Enderlin
Fair Park
Porters Host Birthday Anniversary Party
Misses Haroldene Porter and Joe Ann Kinsey entertained about 20 guests at the Porter home Friday night for Tommie Phillips and Aubrey Carter's birthday anniversaries with Wieners cake and cold drinks. Pauline and Bonnie Mae Blerschwale visited Bonnie Dadie to spend several days at the ranch enjoying simple living away from pomp and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haroldene Porter
Joe Ann Kinsey
Porter Home
Tommie Phillips
Aubrey Carter
Pauline
Bonnie Mae Blerschwale
Bonnie Dadie
Local visitors and family guests in Kerrville area
Mr and Mrs Fred Nabers of Kerrville visited the J S Whitewood home Sunday. Dr and Mrs Theo Holm and son from San Antonio spent the weekend with Ida Kneese and her husband Otto. Forest Green of Kerrville stayed a few days with Ida Kneese. Tommie Kneese and son from near Kerrville visited Ida Kneese Sunday. Floyd Casper and son Ed L of Fort Clark visited relatives over the weekend. Henry Markworth visited his sister J Kerrville Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nabers
Kerrville
Whitewood
Theo Holm and Son
San Antonio
Otto Rahe
Forest Green
Ida Kneese
Tommie Kneese
Floyd Casper
Ed. L
Fort Clark
Henry Markworth
J. Kerrville
Laurence Moritz
Harper
Lizzy Shirley
Harold Schmidt Receives Honorary Medal for Science
Harold B Schmidt of Harpers, Texas, a Peacock Military Academy senior, is chosen for the Bausch & Lamb Honorary Science Award Medal for top high school science scholastic record. The award, established 1932, grants eligibility for five annual $1500 Bausch & Lamb Science Scholarships at the University of Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Schmidt
David Schmidt
Harper
Texas
Peacock Military Academy
Bausch & Lamb
University of Rochester
Funeral Rites Held For Willie Klaehn In Fredericksburg
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Fredericksburg for Willie Arthur Klaehn 41 who died Friday at home from gunshot wounds. Sheriff and justice officials investigated. death ruled a self-inflicted gunshot. Survived by widow Amanda Behrends and two sons Wilma and Kermit. siblings listed with parents named John and Maria Klaehn. Interment followed at Fredericksburg City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Willie Arthur Klaehn
Bob Loth
Bruns
Klaehn
Justice of the
Gillespie County
John Klaehn
Maria Filter Klaehn
Amanda Behrends
Wilma
Kermit Klaehn
Karl
Adolph
Louise
Alfons Lang
Elrna
Walter Itz
Bertha
Herman Kirchner
Meta Klaehn
Martha
Henry Bernhard
M. C. Hoermann
Beckmann
Harlen Telegram Reveals Jerome Watkins Dies in California
A telegram from Mrs Emma Harlen states her brother Jerome Watkins of California died of heart failure Tuesday at 9 am. He is also the brother of Mrs Walter Tarr of Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Harlen
Jerome Watkins
California
Walter Tarr
Harper
Local visits and travels across San Antonio region
Notes list visits by Mr and Mrs Holland Walker and son to San Antonio, Paul Reed visiting his sister Mrs John S Whitewood, Rev and Mrs M C Hoermann and children guests of Lorenz Wendel Jr, Joe Morris Bein visiting friends, Royce Buster and family staying with Mrs A J Kinsey, and Rev and Mrs Lewis Cunningham guests of Mrs S S Stewart. Mention of a machine gun topic and demonstrations by Special Agent Carlson on law enforcement equipment and communications techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Reed
San Antonio
John S. Whitewood
M. C. Hoermann
Lorenz Wendel Jr
Joe Morris Bein
Royce Buster
Junction
Harper
Ove
William Randolph Peril Dies of Heart Attack at 73
William Randolph Peril 73 prominent Kerrville ranchman died suddenly Friday after a heart attack at his ranch home. Funeral services were held Sunday at Smith Funeral Home Kerrville with Rev. W H Price and Dr P B Hill officiating. Burial followed in the Veril family cemetery on the Kerrville Harper road. Surviving are his wife Ollie Peril and two children C M Peril and Mrs Hazel Rogers of Kerrville.
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William Randolph Peril
Chapel of Smith
Tlome
Kerryville
W. H. Price
Medina
P. B. Hill
Hunt
Veril
Kerrville
Kerrville-Harper Road
J. R. Peril
L. &. Hiern
Billy Corby
San Antonio
John Earl MicCaleb
Fritz Nichols
Leslie Harper
Oliver Moore
Vernon D. Wilson
Harold Stewert
Charles Jeddins
Mac Henderson
Tom Carr
Hubert Frederick
John Duderstadt
J. O. Stevens
Tom Rogers
Herman Harper
Piez Miner
A. C. Bugg
J. H. Whaley
J. J. Rogers
Oscar Nowlin
Gus Sproul
L. A. Schreiner
L. ID. Garrett
A. L. Starkey
John Nichols
Will Roeder
August Henke
Ben Rice
Thomas Morris
J. R. Harwood
Ernest Morris
Mr. Peril
Stuart Burton
Willis Barton
Peril Ranch
Gillespie County
Kerr County
William A. Peril
Olive Locke Peril
Peril
Hill Country
Ollie Peril
C. M. Peril
Hazel Rogers
Inventor Establishes New Metal Awning Plant Near Fredericksburg
Edmund Kraus, inventor of an adjustable metal awning, moves his Kraus Mfg Co from San Antonio to a site near Fredericksburg on the Austin highway. The product is praised for durability and ease of operation from inside the building. The firm ships to 50 agents nationwide. Gasoline stocks in the U.S. total over 3.65 billion gallons, up 250 million from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Kraus
Id. Kraus Mfg. Co
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Austin Highway
Kraus
United States
Gillespie County Honorable Discharges and Record Auto Licenses
Gillespie County reports fifteen veterans receiving honorable discharges from the Army and Navy. The county set a record in motor vehicle license sales during the registration period ending April 1, with February and March totals of 346,367.30. Over 2,500 cars 480 trucks 194 farm trucks and 97 trailers registered, and dealer plates rose as war demand shifts continue.
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Gillespie County
Wm. M. Petmecky
Road and Bridge Fund
Notorious impersonator Charla sought after by five criminals
FBI San Antonio reports five fugitives at Spring Sessions. Vernice Charla, released conditionally January 21, 1945, allegedly issued fictitious checks totaling 15557.43. She bought a Packard at Austin then swapped for a 1940 Chevrolet and moved to Oklahoma City.
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United States
Abere
FBI
M. W. Acers
San Antonio
Vernice Charla
U. S. Board of Parole
Washington, D. C
Federal Correctional Institution For Women
Alderson
West Virginia
U. S. District Court For
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Charla
Veterans Affairs opens San Antonio regional office
The Veterans Administration moves services for Southwest Texas to the new San Antonio Regional Office effective April 1. Records from the Waco office will be transferred for veterans in Comal Crockett De Witt Dimmit Duval Edwards Frio Goliad Gonzales Guadalupe Hays Hidalgo and more. The regional office will serve numerous Texas counties including Victoria Webb Willacy Zapata and Zavalla. Veterans are urged to direct future contracts and claims to the San Antonio office for faster service.
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Texas
San Antonio
Dimmit
Duval
Edwards
Frio
Gill
Espie
Goliad
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Hays
Hidalgo
Jackson
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Karnes
Kendall
Kenedy
Kerr
Kamole
Kinney
Kleberg
la Salle
Lavaca
Live Oak
Llano
McMullen
Medina
Menard
Nueces
Pec
Alansas
Atasersa
Pandera Bastrop
Bee
Berar
Blanco
Brewster
Brooks
Burne, Caldwell
Calhoun
Cameron
Real
Refugio
San Patriio
Schleicher
Starr
Sutterberrell
Uvalde
Val Verde
Victoria
Webb
Willacy
Wilson
Zapata
Zavalla
Lanphier
Waco
Aorth
Six youths register with draft board in March
Six boys turning 18 in March registered with Gillespie County Selective Service Board. Names listed include Victor W. Ersch, Richard Hoerster, Travis A. Weed, Leroy B. Stehling, Charles L. Arhelger, and Levi A. Kunz.
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Gillesme County
Rogers Family Attends Dolf Peril Funeral
Mr and Mrs J J Rogers and Mrs Ellen Patten and Ted Rogers and Mr and Mrs Bob Rogers and children attended the funeral of Dolf Peril Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rogers
Ellen Patten
Ted Rogers
Bob Rogers
Dolf Peril
Whetstones Visit Port Arthur and Nearby Relatives
Mr and Mrs Albert Whetstone and their son and father Dee Whetstone visited relatives at Port Arthur and other nearby points several days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Whetstone
Dee Whetstone
Port Arthur
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schwarz
Santone
Haroldene Porter and
Gov. Stevenson
Harold Schmidt
Willie A. Klaehn
Mrs. Holland Walker and Son
A. J. Kinsey
Joe Ann
J. S. Whitewood
Lewis Cunningham
S. S. Stewart
Mill Country
Carlos Parker
Olive Parker
Lemuel Jones
Army
Navy
Radio Post
Leo Nebgen
Alberto Nagel
Edwin Lindig Jr
Dayton C. Rahe
Leroy A. Usener
Monroe Holly
Edward E. Arhelger Jr
Arthur C. Dittmar
Werner E. Novian
Thomas KF. Baumann
Harvey E. Meyer
Desmond A. Sagebiel
Travis C. Barkier
Albert Reichenau
Charles R. Lee
Fred Bierschwale
Bland
Mr. Bierschwale
Lee
Oan
Morris
Fort Sam Houston
Reuben Bode
Veterans Administration
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