Pecan Creek Conservation Group Tour Highlights Local Practices
Members toured Walter Fuhrmann's Honey Creek land to review range deferment, native grasses, seedings, and brush control. Field day at Kerrville Highway district farm covered hubam clover and vetch seeding, irrigation systems, and two to three cows per acre. Notables included Emil and Fred Crenwelge, Henry Friedrich, and Soil Conservation Service technicians with district supervisors observing. Trial plantings of Costal bermuda grass and Klein grass underway as Soil Convention District Week runs May 9-15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecan Creek
Walter Fuhrmann
Honey Creek
Kerrville
Emil Crenwelge
Fred Crenwelge
Edmund Friedrich
Henry Friedrich
Herbert Ahrens
Alvin Heiner
Herman Kramer
Gillespie County
Soil Conservation District
Kerr County
Kneese, Fuhrmann
Rusenberger
Good Fishing In Farm Ponds
Practical guidance on improving farm pond yields through fertilization, stocking, and management. Recommends 8-8-2 fertilizer about 100 pounds per surface acre monthly from April to November to boost bloom, insect life, and fish growth while reducing overstocking and moss.
Conservation Field Trips Highlight Local Efforts
SCS technicians joined the Highland Study Club on a field trip to study wild flowers along Cedar Creek and at the G W Vierling ranch a raindrop demonstration followed a lunch on the creek bank. April visits by SCS engineers to the Upper Llanos district showcased irrigation systems and watershed concerns. Dr J E Wiedeman planted about 3 acres in Indian grass. The district assists Junction High School seventh graders with basic soil conservation and upcoming field trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Highland Study Club
Cedar Creek
G. W. Vierling
Martin Vavara
Calvin Fuchs
Upper Liano Soil Conservation District
SCS
Llanos
Hill Country Telephone Coop set to go into operation soon
Local officials and executives from Hill Country Telephone Co op of Doss Ingram Station KNAF Fredericksburg and The Radio Post gathered for cut over ceremonies broadcast by KNAF. Construction remains on track with a hoped 60 day readiness and a summer Ingram ceremony planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J M. Durden
Hill Country Telephone Co-op
Doss
Earl Austin
Ingram
Mike Bennett
Hill Country Telephone Coop
Norbert Fritz
KNAF
Alan Keller
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Norman J. Dietel
Radio Post
Randy
Allen Keller Co Gets Two Road Contracts
The Allen Keller Co. was the low bidder on two Texas highway contracts totaling 24,427 miles and 304,224.54 dollars. One bid covers Ranch-to-Market Road 2241 in Limestone County for 12,061 miles at 117,359.93 dollars. The other covers Farm-to-Market Road 502 in San Saba and McCulloch Counties for 12,366 miles at 192,846.61 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Keller Co
State of Texas
Liano County
Tow Valley
San Saba
McCulloch
Mercury
Walter Loudon
Visitors gather at Clar ence McDougall home Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie McDougall and son Michael and Henry Thiele visited the Clarence McDougall home Sunday. Others were Mr. and Mrs Rubin Thiele and children of Abilene and Mrs. Bessie McDougall who had spent the past week with the Thieles in Abilene. Mrs. McDougall returned to Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie McDougall
Michael
Henry Thiele
Clarence McDougall
Rubin Thiele
Abilene
Bessie McDougall
Thieles
McDougall
Harper
Clarence M. Halm Dies at Mason Heart Attack
Clarence M. Halm 45 International Harvester dealer died of a heart attack Thursday noon while driving in Mason. Funeral services were held at Mason Methodist Church and Goetz Funeral Home Seguin with burial in Seguin Cemetery. Survived by wife and son Allan Joseph Halim, plus parents, a brother and sister. He moved to Mason 14 years ago to open the dealership. He was a member of the Methodist Church and local civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Clarence M. Halm
International Harvester
Mason Methodist Church
Seaborn Kiker
Goetz
Seguin
Mr. Halm
Kingsbury
Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Allan Joseph Halim
O. J. Halm
O. H. Halm
Henry Upper
Halm
Horne Implement Co
4-H Club Meeting Dates and Times
Community 4-H events list upcoming meetings at diverse locations. Entries include Wrede Doss Albert Crabapple Harper clubs with scheduled times from April 28 to May 5, detailing 2 p m and 7 30 p m slots at district courtrooms homes and a youth center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrede
Doss
Albert
Crabapple
Discipline Learns in Six Weeks Army and Marriage
The quote asserts discipline is learned by every man in the first six weeks in the army and the first six months of marriage, implying early life training shapes behavior in both service and domestic partnership.
Grass and roots in farming laws and finance
The piece notes Texas farms use more electricity today than in 1947 and marks REA’s 20th anniversary on May 11. It discusses grass growth, roots, and their need for reserves, drawing a parallel between nature’s laws and civil law with a warning of eventual penalties for broken rules.
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Texas
REA
Visitors accompany families across Seguin and nearby towns
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Seguin were joined by his mother Ida Smith for a three month visit, traveling home Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Morris of Natalia visited Mrs. John S. Morris Saturday afternoon with her mother Mrs. Fowler of Ingram.
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Jack Smith of
Seguin
Ida Smith
Harper
Charlie Morris
Natalia
Mrs. Fowler
Ingram
John S. Morris
Mrs W F Dees Visit Joins Kerrville Guests
Mrs W F Dees and daughter Carol along with Mrs Avis Walker and her sons from Kerrville were visitors at the Victor Harper home Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Dees
Carol
Avis Walker
Kerrville
Victor Harper
Whitewood Family Visits In Junction
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitewood and daughter Mrs. W F Dees visited in Junction on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whitewood
W. F. Dees
Junction
Plane Flying Youths Put On Probation
John Davis of Lamesa and John Gossett of Stanton, both 16, pleaded guilty to stealing a plane from Patterson and Wheeler, Eldorado, two weeks earlier. A Schleicher County judge declared them delinquent and placed them on two years probation at Eldorado on Monday. They must pay $1,200 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Lamesa
John Gossett
Stanton
Patterson
Wheeler
Eldorado
Duecker
Doss
Schleicher County
W. R. Bearce
Peril Family Weekend Visit in San Angelo
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Peril and their two children spent the weekend visiting Mrs. Bessie Carruthers, grandmother to the family, in San Angelo. The note mentions payments to be made over a two year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Peril
Bessie Carruthers
San Angelo
Red Jackson Uses Sweet Grass Trick on Cattle
Red Jackson found a fix for cattle feeding by spraying corn syrup on the short grass the cows refused to eat. The cows quickly munched the sugary turf, and Red notes each cow has a sweet tooth, making the solution a lucky success for both him and his herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Jackson
Red
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Armand Vogel
Hubert Klein
Henry Frantzen
Soil Convention District
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Crosley and
Bendix Appliances
Magnolia Auto
FLOW
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J. E. Wiedeman
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Stehling Electric CO
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S&il
Harry Yui
Gaines Dog Research Center
Newfoundland
Napoleon
Emperor
Elba
Warhoop
Jake
Pr.h
Games Don Research Center
Jamaica
Felix T. Tybor
Palace Theatre
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THE
Harper Herald
Chas. W. Barrett
Harper, Texas
Harper Community
Alex Mittendorf
Prop
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Weldon Bright
KGNC
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
the Vogue
Friendly Store
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