Appreciation Dinner Slated Friday For Congressman Fisher
Fredericksburg hosts a quadrennial appreciation dinner for Congressman O C Fisher on Friday August 9 from 6 to 8 PM at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Organizers expect a large crowd with sausage sauerkraut and bread plates at 50 cents each amid conservative backing and community support across nine counties.
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O. C. Fisher
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Sage
C. C. Fisher
Fredericksburg Fair Grounds
Nixon Clinches Republican Nomination For President
Richard M Nixon was declared the Republican nominee at the Miami convention, with delegates nearly unopposed. He prepares to name a running mate while Kennedy leads the Democratic convention in Chicago set for August.
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Richard Milhouse Nixon
Dwight Eisenhauer
United States
Miami
Florida
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Ampitheatre
Chicago
Vice President to Attend Braunig Lake Park Dedication
Vice President Hubert Humphrey will attend the San Antonio River Authority Braunig Lake Park dedication on Saturday August 10 at 9 30 AM. Congressman Abraham Kazen will dedicate the park with free admission until noon. The park offers fishing picnicking and boat launching with over 8000 pounds of black bass caught by anglers in eight months.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
San Antonio
Braunig Lake Park
Abraham Kazen
Fred N. Pfeiffer
Sara
Braunig Lake
Anderson to resign executive post at Community Savings
R. C. Ron Anderson will resign as Executive Vice President of the Community Savings and Loan Association of Fredericksburg Boerne and Marble Falls effective August 9. He will take the same title at First Savings and Loan Association of San Angelo Ballinger and Winters, with no further details announced at this time.
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Community Savings and Loan Association of
Fredericksburg, Boerne and
Marble Falls
R. C
Ron’) Anderson
Anderson
First Savings and Loan Association of
San Angelo
Ballenger and
Winters
Sue
Odessa
C. M. Anderson
Mechancsburg
Carolyn Duncan
Carrie
Texas Tech
Lubbock Savings and Loan Association
Fredericksburg
Andersons
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
First Savings and Loan Association
Oak Forest
Harper area grasses fire toll rises as drought grips region
The report notes a fourth grass fire in the Harper area over the past two weeks despite a fire response. Nearby Hays Ranch lies more than 15 miles from Harper, indicating spread beyond nearby properties during a dry period.
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Hays Ranch
Harper
Kerrville Visitors and Local Church Guests
Mrs Fred Nabers visited Kerrville on Friday. Rev Willard Moser from San Antonio spoke at the Presbyterian Church Sunday, accompanied by his wife and children. they stayed at the Presbyterian Manse. Mr and Mrs C H Bierschwale and their sons traveled to San Antonio Friday with his mother Lydia Bierschwale, who spent two weeks with the Tommy Skipper family and then joined Harper. Miss Gertrude Mauer with Mrs William Moses of Kerrville spent Sunday in San Antonio visiting relatives.
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N. C. Sivells
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Buchanan
Martha Stevens
Harper
Mexico City
Ibera College
H. L. Stevens
Kathryn Stevens
Bill Glass
Austin
Martha
San Antonio
J. W. Sheppard
J. Frank Rogers
Dallas
HemisFair
Ola Peril
Pete Whitworth
Ann Mabry
Jimmy Biersachwale
Jim Mabry
Mary Sue
la Grange
Ann
Jimmy
Houston
Fred Nabers
Kerrville
Willard Moser
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Manse
C. H. Bierschwale
Lydia Bierschwale
Tommy Skipper
Gertrude Mauer
William Moses of
Kurrvile
Harper Longhorns 1968 Football Schedule Scrimmage dates listed
Harper High School announces 1968 football schedule with scrimmages against St. Marys Indians in Fredericksburg on August 30 and Johnson City LBJ at Harper on September 6. Superintendent E Dean Hopf notes 13 returnees including 9 seniors with starting experience.
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Harper High School Longhorns
St. Mary's High School Indians
Fredericksburg
Johnson City
LBJ
Harper
Supt. E. Dean Hopf
Harper Herald capturing Golden Wedding anniversary picture
A reader from Harper thanks editor Mr. Dietel for improved photos in The Harper Herald, praising the Edwin Lange family Golden Wedding picture and noting pride in home news from Harper Virginia ties. The letter mentions future family portrait potential and neighborly updates from Poquoson Virginia.
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Norman Dietel
Harper Herald
Fredericksburg
Texas
Mr. Dietel
Edwin Lange
Virginia
Harper
Seth
Mooney Corp Restores Five Day Week Early
Kerrville Texas Mooney Corporation resumed a full five day work week two weeks ahead of schedule after a period of shortened hours caused by an Avco Lycoming strike in Williamsport Pennsylvania The company expects sufficient engines in August to meet output and will begin 1969 Mooneys in early September with production of 1968 models winding down.
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Kerrville
Texas
Mooney Corporation
Ralph M. Harmon
Lycoming
Mooney Management
Avco Lycoming
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Mooney
Harmon
Longhorn Band Holds First Meeting
Members of the Longhorn Band and interested persons are invited to meet in the cafetorium on Monday August 19 at 7 o clock. New band master Rupert H. Hornbeck will attend. Members will plan the coming school year.
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Longhorn
Rupert H. Hornbeck
Texas September Draft Call Smallest Since 1967
The September 1968 Texas draft quota is 683, the smallest since June 1967, per Selective Service director Colonel Morris S Schwartz. July 1968 call was slightly higher at 095. August and September pre-induction exams are canceled for budget reasons. 5267 was later authorized for September.
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Austin
Texas
Morris S Schwartz
Nom
Rainbow Trout Record Set In Guadalupe River Catch
Alvin M. Benke of San Antonio caught a three pound rainbow trout measuring 17 inches on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Dam. The fish, weighed at Butch's Tavern and measured by TPWL, is described as the largest rainbow taken from the river to date. Lone Star Brewing Company sponsored the put and take program, with growth from earlier 12 inch fish noted. Public is urged to report catches to Inland Fisheries Division and a Hall of Fins display will honor the catch.
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Guadalupe River
Canyon Dam
Alvin Benke
San An
Texas
Alvin M. Benke
San Antonio
Benke
Lone Star Brewing Company
Butch
J. C. Gordon
Gordon
White
Inland Fisheries Division
Tp&wl
San Marcos
Lone Star
Department
Governor Connally Approves Blanco RC&D Work Plan
Blanco businessmen hosted a July RC&D meeting at Arthur Walz’s office with city and county officials, guests from Austin and Wimberly. The group reviewed minutes, finances, and leaflets, noted governor approval of the work plan, and planned August committee activities.
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Connally
Blanco Business Men
Rc&d
Bar By
Arthur Walz
RC&D Meeting Highlights Williams Creek Watershed Progress
Windrow reported two of four floodwater retarding dams completed with good grass cover. With weather favorable the other two are expected to finish in about two months. Arthur Walz praised RC&D for coordination and progress in Gillespie and Blanco Counties. Next Executive Committee meeting tentatively set for August 26 in Fredericksburg at Arthur Stehling’s lake residence.
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Arthur Walz
Rc&d
C. B. Smith
Gillespie
Blanco
Fredericksburg
Arthur Stehling
Bear M
Service With A Smile Marketing Slogan
An advertisement touts friendly service and courteous staff emphasizing a smile as a hallmark of customer care. It promotes shopping with the store to experience competent attentive help and a positive sales encounter.
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