Local Residents Visit Kerrville and San Antonio
Oleane Walker and Frances Walker host and visit relatives while Kerrville and San Antonio trips bring talk of family visits. The Midway Home Demonstration Club met at Reuben Bode’s home with seven members and five visitors, demonstrating tomato and peach canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oleane Walker
Lee Goff
Ford
Tatsch
Kerrville
Morris Bode
R. E. Bode
Frances Walker
San Antonio
Freddie Duderstadt
Rodney
O. B. Walker
Oleane
Josephine
Howard Wayne
Weldon Walker
Dan Freeman
Menard
Dan Arnold
Levi Maddox
Jane
Andra George
Roy Stevens
Camille
Theome
Reuben Bode
Midway Home Demonstration Club
White Bluff Locals Visit Fredericksburg and Junction
Local residents and visitors from White Bluff and nearby towns were spotted in Fredericksburg and Harper, with trips to Junction for the Second Annual Delaine Ram Sale. Families including the Honigs, Kirchhoffs, Simmonses and others shared social calls and business visits throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Hogan
Fredericksburg
August Kirchhoff
Ughter
Helen
Harper
Wv. C. Whitworth
Felix Kensing
Archie Simmons
Austin
Spore
M Honig
Ida Celeta
Evelyn Honig
John S. Whitewood
E. R. Brown
Audrey Mae
David Schmidt
Charles
Harold Boyd
Junction
Dan Honig
Douglas Duderstadt
Worth
Fred Bode
Herbie Oehler
Kenneth Lee
Delbert
Tomato as a nutrient rich staple in diet
A home demonstration agent from Gillespie County promotes the tomato as a valuable food. Tomatoes provide vitamins A B C and niacin and can help prevent pellagra. A medium ripe red tomato supplies about half a day's vitamin C. eat often, raw, with skin on if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elberta Martin
Gillespie County
A and M. Extension Service
Martin
Dove Season Opens September First In Gillespie County
Jeff Lee Eckert, 20, of the Gillespie area, returns from Morristown New Jersey with a German Shepherd Seeing Dog. The dog helps him navigate traffic and rough terrain, at a total cost around 250 dollars funded by a Morristown foundation. Jeff completed studies at the State Institute for the Blind in Austin and plans to work on a government defense project for the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jef Lee Eckert
New Jersey
Gillespie County
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Austin
Kerr, Real
Edwards
Gillespie
Kendall
Kimble
Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas
Maverick County
Zavala
Frio
Atascosa
Wilson
Guadalupe
Caldwell
Bastrop
Lee, Milam
Robertson
Limestone
Freestone
Jeff Lee
Marion Lee
Kekert
Morristown
Jeff
State Institute For the Blind
N. J
Sheppard
Lee
United States
Gillespie Mutual Mortuary Fund Increases
Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Association met in regular session Monday with Pres Otto Henke presiding. Treasurer Joe Heep reported mortuary fund balance 18826.77 and expense fund 590.06. no deaths occurred that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Mutual Aid Insurance Association
Otto Henke
Joe Heep
Pion Picnic Attendees From Harper Noted Visitors
Mr and Mrs A H Wendel and son and Mr and Mrs Herman Jun and son were among Harper residents at the Pion Picnic in Live Oak. Mrs Ed Walker and son and Miss Johnnie Walker visited Harper on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Bierschwale and son Clark shopped in Harper Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Wendel and Son
Herman Jun and Son
Harper
Pion
Live Oak Sunday
Ed. Walker and Son
Johnnie Walker
Arthur Bierschwale
Clark
J. F. Wedekind
Floyd Casper
J. O. Stevens
Ten July Registrants Join Gillespie County Service Board
Ten boys aged 18 registered with Gillespie County Selective Service during July. Listing includes names Harold W. Pahl Dale Cook Hugo H. Maenius Robert W. Halfman Marvin J. Wiemers Robert W. Pape Vernon Sweatman Raymond Kunz Walter O. Frantzen Stanley Stehling with birth dates 4-25 to 10-3-16. Also promoted to sergeant Robert Jung at March Field California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Selective Service Board
Harold W. Pahl
Dale Cook
Hugo H. Maenius
Robert W. Halfman
Marvin J. Wiemers
Robert W. Pape
Vernon Sweatman
Raymond Kunz
Walter O. Frantzen
Stanley Stehling
Community visits and church rounds across the region
Mrs E C Eddins and Miss Doris Jackson of Robstown vacationing at Tom Carr Ranch visited the Spences and the Stevens family in Robstown and attended Harper church. Nearby, the Stevens hosted guests including the Rothmanns at Loyal Valley and others from Kerrville San Antonio Ingram Fredericksburg and Ingram area attended Baptist services and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Eddins
Doris Jackson
Robstown
Tom Carr Ranch
W. A
C. A. Spence
J. M. Stevens
Harper
W. H. Stevens
L. A. Stevens
Mary Virginia
Gideon Rothmann
Loyal Valley
L. T. Davis
Sam McCaleb
Kerrville
Oren Cottle
Sondra Gayle
Creighton Stevens
Arch Delevan
San Antonio
Belmore Roberts
Harold Coggeshall
Werner McDougall
Charles Coggeshall
T. H. Alcorn
Ingram
George Duderstadt
Harper Baptist Church
Homer Lee Stevens
Highway 29 paving planned from Menard to Junction
Preparations are under way to hot top a new section of Highway 29 from the Menard road through Streeter to the western Mason County line. Base work uses caliche from Long Mountain with completion expected in about two weeks. After base, a one course asphalt treatment follows, bridge at Bluff Creek still under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard Road
Streeter
Mason County
D. W. Hooper
Long Mountain
Hooper
Big Bluff
Kimble
Menard
Mason
Mason News
Ration Calendar and Local Visit Snippets From Page
Ration calendar entries show sugar coffee and canned food stamps with valid dates. Local social notes mention Mrs. Sarah Cosper hosting guests including the Cosper and Lumpkin families and Archie Lennon. Allen Fouler returns to Shreveport after visiting Fouler family. Archie Delevan of San Antonio visits J. M. Stevens home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Cosper
Raymond Cottle
Milton Cosper
Elmo Lumpkins
V. C. Russel
Archie Lennon
Fanny
Archie Delevan
San Antonio
J. M. Stevens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walker
White Bluff
Honig
Will Whitworth
John Rogers
Rogers
Merle Applegrain
Opressa Light Company
South America
Brownsville
Mrs
J. A. Parker of
Roosevelt
Waller Parker
DALAC
Wild Bill Elliot
Bordertown
Jinx Falkenburg
Humphrey Bogart
North Atlantic
Mister Big
Gillespie Mutual Mortuary Fund
Fred Wedekind
Robert Jung
Edwin Jung
March Field
California
Robert
Klemm
E. J. Spencer
Alfred Kirchoff
Selma
Meghway
Spring Creek Hall
Harper-Fbg
Hearts Delight
Playboys
Arthur Reeb
Water Street
CETT
America
Tojo
Uncle Sam
The
Vogue
Churchampsel
Essex
Allen Fouler
National Bureau of Standards
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
Kerr County Motor Co., Inc
Kerrville, Texas
Mason & Harper
Sinclair Products
Best Hamburgers
H. E. Stork
First State Bank
Harper, Texas
Louis’ Place
San Antonio Highway
Broadway
T.bones
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