Angora Goat Show And Sale Opens At Fredericksburg Fair
The Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association hosts its 39th annual show at Gillespie County Fair Grounds Fredericksburg beginning yesterday and running through today and Saturday. 178 bucks and 84 does entered, judges set for yearling does and bucks, and Miss Mohair Gail Nichols crowned at the Exhibition Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Fair
Fredericksburg
Pete Gulley
Gulley
Bob Davis
Rio Frio
C. A. Pepper
Leslie Pepper
Marvin Skaggs
Melvin Camp
Mohair
Gail Nichols
Leakey
Fair Grounds
LaVerne Johnston
Junction
Exhibition Hall
Brooks Sweeten
Rocksprings
Claude Haley
C. H. Godbold
Uvalde
Sweet
Harper
Doris Fredrich
Lonnie Friedrich
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Mrs Rufus Jenkins Honored With Shower Sunday
Mrs Rufus Jenkins formerly Ida Mae Meier received a miscellaneous shower at Lutheran Parish Hall Sunday July 27 at 3 30 pm. Hostesses included Mesd Ruben Roeder Milton Ahrens Orville Behrns Harvey Stevens Edwin Meier Roger Prear Ed win Klein Theo Moellendorf and Miss LaVern Klein Alice Molder Polly Moellendorf Frieda Meier. Summer flowers lace cloths and gifts described. honoree wore blue dress and white corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Jenkins
Ida Mae Meier
Lutheran
Mesd
Ruben Roeder
Milton Ahrens
Orville Behrns
Harvey Stevens
Edmund Meier
Roger Prear
Edwin Klein
Theo Moellendorf
LaVern Klein
Alice Molder
Polly Moellendorf
Frieda Meier
Willie Meier
Anna Moellendorf
Jenkins
Bier Schwale Family Visit to San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Carrol Bier schwale and their children from San Antonio visited his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Bierschwale. Jeanie and Irene Bierschwale daughters of S/Sgt and Mrs Fred Bierschwale of Big Spring joined their aunt and uncle for the trip to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrol Bierschwale
San Antonio
Fred Bierschwale
Jeanie
Irene Bierschwale
Big Spring
Business meeting attendees listed with Gul in charge
A group of named individuals including Nichols Leslie Pepper Melvin Camp F E Ebeling H R Sites Marvin Skaggs C A Pepper C F Briggs Arthur Davis Fred Earwood W S Hall C H Chaney Bob Davis Jack Moore Armer Earwood Bob Reid Albert Jenkins Howard Hay and S F Lackey attend a business meeting with Gul presiding.
Combined Vacation Bible School Opens
The Combined Vacation Bible School opened Monday evening with 50 children present. Rev O O Moore led scripture and prayer after pledges to the flag. John Arthur Tarr played piano and Mrs Lewis Stevens directed singing with crafts under Charlie Rogers and Jack Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
O. O. Moore
Watkins Tarr
John Arthur Tarr
Lewis Stevens
Charlie Rogers
Jack Jones
R. E. Peril
Sharon Gibson
Kathy Dunerstadt
Brown Whitewood
Cowboy Camp Meeting at Mountain Home August 3–10
The annual Cowboy Camp Meeting will be held at Mountain Home from August 3 through 10 with two services daily except Sundays when three are held. Services earlier with Rev. Frank B. Walker Rev. Jess Moody and Rev. Douglas Moore leading. Jimmy Ray of Alice to lead singing. Free barbecue on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Home
Frank B. Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Brownsville
Jess Moody
Owensboro
Kentucky
Douglas Moore
San Antonio
Jimmy Ray
Alice
Hill Country Fair Association
Billy Sale
Junction
Billy
Jack Hughes
Hughes
BH. C. Reece
Brownwood
Middleton-Builta Vows Exchanged in Melvin Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roy Builta exchanged vows at First Baptist Church of Melvin Texas with Rev. R J Herring officiating. The bride Bettye Lou Middleton wore Chantilly lace and tulle, twin sister Mrs George Hardin Jr. served as matron of honor, and attendants included Mrs Arch Jacobson and Miss Frances Jacobson. The couple honeymooned in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Roy Builta
Mexico City
Melvin
Texas
Bettye Lou Middleton
V. Y. Middleton
Roy A. Builta
del Rio
Kerrville
R. J. Herring
Llano
A. L. Burkett
Clark Moore
Uvalde
George”"Hardin, Jr
Pueblo
Colo
Arch Jacobson
Houston
Mary Lee Kolinek
Frances Jacobson
James Builta
W. Y. Middleton
Ken Builta
Arch Kenneth Jacobson
Leroy Robbins
Dick Harrington
Austin
Pat Hern
Mary Hardin-Baylor
University of Houston
Builta
Tivy High School
Schreiner Institute
University of Texas
del Rio Electric Co
Band Booster Club Meets Monday at Harper High
The Harper High School Band Booster Club will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in the high school building to discuss important matters for band activities in the upcoming school year. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper High School
Mail Rates Increase Today August 1
Postal rates rise across classes beginning August 1 per Postmaster Frank Staudt. First class letters move to four cents per ounce, air mail to seven cents, postcards to three cents, and double or reply post cards to six cents. Stamped envelopes become five cents and air mail envelopes seven cents. Existing stock may be used with an extra one cent per ounce. The move follows 1932 changes and features Lincoln four cent stamps with new commemoratives planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Mail
Frank Staudt
Staudt
Abraham Lincoln
Harper 4-H Club Holds Meeting
The Harper 4-H Club met Friday July 21 at the Youth Center with 17 members and five visitors. Lloyd Wendel led the meeting urging members to ask parents for fruits vegetables farm and livestock products for the 4-H fair booth to be brought August 13. Members decided to continue educational film screenings and viewed Moving Mountains about farm labor improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper 4-H Club
Lloyd Wendel
Local visitors and family gatherings noted in Kerrville
Mrs Charles Rogers and Mrs Jack Jones shopped in Kerrville Friday morning. Mrs Clark Bierschwale and two Harlingen children arrived last Thursday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Pete Whitworth and relatives. Clark will join later for vacation. Mr and Mrs Carol Walker and children from Fort Worth were guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Ohi Walker Wednesday and Thursday last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogers
Jack Jones
Kerrville
Clark Bierschwale
Harlingen
Pete Whitworth
Clark
Carol Walker
Fort Worth
Ohi Walker
E. B. Cochran
Midland
Houston
Clark Bierachwale
Galveston
G. F. Alsbrook
Alsbrook
John Sealy Hospital
Swanner Crump Lead In State Senator Runoff in Gillespie
In Gillespie County 955 voters cast Democratic ballots with Joe B. Swanner of Brownwood leading Louis M. Crump by 2,700 in district 16. They meet in the August runoff as Townsend won in 74th district area races and Gov Daniel led statewide contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanner
Crump
Gillespie
Gillespie County
Price Daniel
Ben Ram
Sey
U. S
Terry Townsend
Brady
Joe B. Swanner
Brown
Wood
Louis M. Crump
Yarborough
William Blakley
Ramsey
George Nokes
Waco
John White
Tom Griffin
Bastrop
Glenn Rothmann
San Antonio
Bill Alcorn
L. J. Dimmitt
Robert W. Hamilton
J. Edwin Smith
Supreme Court
Wilmer B. Hunt
Joe Greenhill
Sarah T. Hughes
Sylvester Lewis
Lampasas
Harold Kennedy
Culloch
Concho
Uvalde
Kerr
Zavala
Kimble
Mills
San Saba
Mason
Menard
Real
Kennedy
Liano
Burnet
Townsend
Glen Randolph
Edward V. Verlander
Wilbur Allen
Bertram
Daniel
Irwin
Gonzales
O'Daniel
Nokes
Wilson
Blakley
Truat
Hamilton
Smith
Calvert
Walkary
Greenhill
Hughes
Court of Criminal Appeals
Woodley
Culberson
James
General Land Office
Dimmit
Alcorn
Griffin
White
Rothmann
Court of Civil Appeals
Barrow
Fisher
Lewis
Randolph
Allen
Verlander
Becker and Ahrens Married in St Anthony's Harper
Vernell Becker and Arthur B Ahrens wed in a double ring ceremony at St Anthony's Catholic Church Harper at 3 pm Saturday July 26, the first wedding in the new church. The couple will live on a Kerrville area ranch after a reception at Klein's Hall with guests from San Antonio San Angelo Kerrville Minier Doss and Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernell Becker
Arthur B. Ahrens
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Harper
A. A. Gitter
Adolf Becker
Doss School
St. Mary's High School
Kilman Schreiner
Swtstc
San Marcos
Evelyn Rischner Harper
Walton Becker
Elgin Usener
Janet Ahrens
Ruth Woerner
Chester Ahrens
James
Bride
Edgar Ahrens
Dennis Woerner
Johnny
Ruth Becker
Klein's Hall
Harmony Boys
Texas Rhythmiers
Felix Ahrens
Bruno Jenschke
Louis Kraus
Darleen Itz
Kerrville
San Antonio
San Angelo
Miniper
Doss
Fredericksburg
Harper Range Field Day Attracts About A Hundred Attendees
Approximately one hundred ranchers and their wives attended the Harper Range Field Day hosted by the Gillespie County Upper Llano Kerr Soil Conservation Districts. Speakers covered range management, wildlife benefits, rotational deferment, erosion control, and forage testing, with a noon barbecue and panel discussion concluding the event.
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Gillespie, Kerr, and
Upper Llanos
Harper
Tom Booker
Fish and Game Commission
Booker
Harper Ffa
Leo Merrill
Sonora Experiment Station
Sonora
Merrill
Tom Shiftler
Charles Stone
Gilespie
Dur Wody Ball
Mrs Milton Dyer Visit Noted In Local Visit
Mrs Milton Dyer and daughter of View are visiting relatives here, described as a local social mention in the column.
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Milton Dyer
View
Alfred Kneese Family Reunion Held At New Braunfels
The sixth annual Kneese family reunion for Mrs. Ida and the late Alfred Kneese gathered in New Braunfels on Sunday July 20. Attendees shared a basket lunch and included Christians Birch family Round Mountain Alton Kneese and family Cypress Mills Forest Green Tommy Kneese and sons Kerrville Ida Kneese and Clayton Kneese with children Harper Clifton Kneese and children New Braunfels Wilton Wilson and family Austin. Absent were Olivia Ellebracht Edgar Ellebracht family Harper Ellis Ellebracht serving in U S Army Wilmar Klaehn and wife Sherman Cypress Mills Chester Goehmann family Cypress Mills and Mrs Arthur Neumann Cypress Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Alfred Kneese
New Braunfels
Christian Birch
Round Mountain
Alton Kneese
Cypress Mills
Forrest Green
Tommy Kneese
Kerrville
Ida Kneese
Clayton Kneese
Harper
Clifton Kneese
Wilton Wilson
Austin
Olivia
Edgar Ellebracht
Ellis Ellebracht
U. S. Army
Wilmar Klaehn
Sherman
Chester Goehmann
Arthur Neumann
Death of Mrs J W Goerner Prominent Lutheran Pastors Family
Word reaches of Mrs J W Goerner widow of Dr J W Goerner former pastor of St James Lutheran Church now living in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Friends regret to learn Mrs Belton Tatsch is in Fredericksburg hospital with virus pneumonia. Mrs Aubrey Harper also in Fredericksburg hospital, had a lump removed from her breast Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Goerner
St. James Lutheran Church
Lves
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
Belton Tatsch
Fredericksburg
Aubrey Harper
Bawny
Mrs. Stradsbein Visits Daughter’s Family Over Weekend
Mrs. Bill Stradsbein visits her daughter Mrs. Aubrey Mercer and family, staying several days starting Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stradsbein
Aubrey Mercer
Visitors at Gordon Gerper home Saturday
Mee O. Ruskey, S. Stewart, and Mat tie Arnold visited the Gordon Gerper residence Saturday prompting a brief social call noted in local society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Gerper
Mee O. Ruskey
S. & Stewart
Mattie Arnold
Fredericksburg Guests Visit Local Families
Mrs. Watkins Tarr and children and Mrs. A C Wendel were Fredericksburg visitors Saturday. Mesd Herbert Otto and Al Mueller of Liano visited their parents Mr and Mrs W F Massey one day last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins Tarr
A. C. Wendel
Fredericksburg
Mesd
Herbert Otto
al Mueller
Liano
W. Ft Massey
Weaving Demonstrated at Meeting of Woman's Auxiliary
The Hill Country Chapter of the Women s Auxiliary to the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association met July 28 at the Divide Club House. Members and guests viewed weaving demonstrations by Mrs. E M Schiwetz, Mrs. William F Heichman, and Mrs. Helen Bourgeoise of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Divide Club
E. M. Schiwetz
William F. Heichman
Helen Bourgeoise
Houston
Bourgeoise
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fredericksburg Fair Park
Ley
Angola
Lemuel Jones
Copperas Cove
Jack Richardson
Combined Vacation Bible School
Cowboy Camp Meeting
Marschall
Victor Marschall
Harper 4-H
Gov. Daniel
Henry B. Gonzalez
W. Lee O’daniel
Joe Irwin
Schmidt
Tom Schmidt
Charles Dolezal
Paul de Lorey
Adolph Kneese
Hilmar Weinheimer
Robert Klingerhoefer
Ewald Schaefer
Peters Hall
Luckenbach
Cave Creek
Meusebach
Crabapple
Willow City
Stonewall
Tivydale
Cherry Springs
Nebgen
Cherry Mountain
Pedernales
Albert
Pilot Knob
Longhorn Theatre
Rocky Hill
Courthouse
Schumann-Houston Motor Co
FHS
MR. and
Mrs
Harper Range
Woman’s Auxiliary
Ts&gra
West Texas
Divide
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