Social Visitors and Weekend Guests in Fredericksburg Area
Miss Frances Floyd of Fredericksburg visited the Gilbert Anderegg home on Saturday and called on Mrs. A. C. Wendel. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Klein visited the Ahrens family Friday night. Mesdames Edwin Lang and Oren Cottle shopped in Fredericksburg last Thursday. Major and Mrs. Norman Sullivan and children Randy, Carolyn, and David of San Antonio spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Floyd
Fredericksburg
Gilbert Anderegg
A. C. Wendel
Edwin Klein
Milton Ahrens
Edwin Lang
Oren Cottle
Major
Norman Sullivan
Randy
Carolyn
David
San Antonio
Wayne Barrett
Olin Walker
Triple-Deck Cattle Truck Overturns on U S 290
A westbound triple deck cattle truck hauling about 145 calves from Louisiana overturned about 11 miles from Fredericksburg on U S 290 early Tuesday. About half the calves died or suffocated. Driver Van Fasley were treated for injuries. he was found conscious. The truck demolished, towed from the scene. dead calves sent to San Angelo By-Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
U.S. 290
Fredericksburg
Harper Road
West Texas
Arrown
Radio Post
George Fletcher
Louisiana
Lyn Lueders
van Fasley
Beckmann
San Angelo
U.S 989
Gillespie County Approves 1971 Budget in Court
Commissioners led by County Judge Victor Sagebiel approve Gillespie County budget for 1971. Assessed valuation set at about 19.1 million with tax levy of 125 dollars per 16 thousand of assessed value, up 12 cents. Debt projections show 48 thousand in bond and time warrants, with 2 thousand principal and 2,702.50 interest to be paid. No outstanding registered scrip warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Victor Sagebiel
Commissioners Court
Young Homemakers Plan Fence Painting at Harper Park
The Harper Community Park arena fence will be painted Tuesday August 25 at 7 pm by the Harper Young Homemakers. The project aims to finish before the Labor Day Rodeo on September 4. Members met August 11 and decided no meetings in June or July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Young Homemakers
Harper Community Park
Nancy Bode
Sharlene Sultemeier
Grass Fire Burns Acres In Willow City Area
Grass and brush fire in the Willow City community burned about 250 acres on the R. T. Laurence ranch and 300 on the Sagebiel ranch with about 50 on the Kirk place. Volunteers from Fredericksburg Willow City and Stonewall fought the blaze starting around 9 30 a m and gaining control by 4 30 p m. A year old Hereford bull suffered heat prostration and varmints were killed but no buildings were burned. No cause was determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Willow City
Stonewall Fire Department
R. T. Laurence
Henry Kirck
Victor G. Sagebiel
Laurence Place
Sagebiel
Kirk
Laurence
Gillespie County
Gillespie County Fair Opens With Parade and Races
Gillespie County's 82nd annual fair runs three days from Friday to Sunday August 21 to 23 with horse racing each afternoon. The event features hundreds of exhibits, free night shows, bands, a Gene Ledel midway, and a grand parade led by Fort Sam Houston and Lackland bands along Nimitz Boulevard. Colonel William F. Kernan serves as honorary grand marshal. seven purse races are held daily culminating in the Gillespie County Fair Derby on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Texas
Gene Ledel
Fourth Army Band
Fort Sam Houston
Lackland Air Force Band of the
West
Fredericksburg
Nimitz Boulevard
Nimitz Museum
Kraus Bottling Works
William F. Kernan
Harper Volunteer Firemen Respond to Grass Fire
Harper Volunteer Fire Department answered a Saturday afternoon call around 2 p.m. to extinguish a grass fire in the northwest part of Harper near residences of Earl Walker Ed Bailey George Parker and Mrs Otto Itz. About four acres burned with some fence and shade-tree damage and no reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Harper
Earl Walker
Ed Bailey
George Parker
Otto Itz
Barbecue Honors SMS And Mrs Charles Diamond
A barbecue dinner honored Senior Master Sergeant and Mrs Charles Diamond and family on August 16 at the Klein home. The Diamonds recently returned to Texas after three and a half years in Okinawa. Sgt Diamond serves with the Air Force at Kelly AFB San Antonio. Guests included families from Harper San Antonio Kerrville Doss Morris Ranch and others. Grass fires near L H Harper Ranch and Harper High School incinerator were reported August 18 and 19 with 12 to 15 acres burned before containment and no listed losses besides grassland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Diamond
Felix Klein
Diamonds
Texas
Okinawa
Sgt. Diamond
Air Force
Kelly Afb
San Antonio
Diamond
Bonnie Jo Metzger
Harper
Lawrence Metzgers
Clayton Fellers
Cecil Tatsches
Douglas Tatsches
Darrel Holmes
Harper locals share visits and moves across towns
Mrs Rom Deaton returned to Dryden with her mother Mrs J J Rogers as Rogers plans a Sanderson and Alpine visit. Sheila Witing and Doris Stanard left Harper for Bexar Heath Kent England. Several locals, including V C Russell Jr J M Scarborough Louis McDonald and G D Lennon, visited Brady after a heart attack. Linda Harper joined Lone Star Gas Kerrville as secretary. John Baethge and family arrive at M R Duderstadt place near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Deaton
J. J. Rogers
Phil
Dryden
Mrs. Rogers
Sanderson
Alpine
Sheila Witing
Doris Stanard
Levi Kensing
Bexer Heath
Kent
England
Mesdames V. C. Russel Jr
J. M. Scarborouth
Louis McDonald
G. D. Lennon
Brady
B. J. Mayhugh
Lyndon B Johnson State Park Dedication Packed With Entertainment
The Lyndon B. Johnson State Park dedication on August 29 features Lt. Governor Ben Barnes as principal speaker with Former President and Mrs. Johnson in attendance. The day runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with bands from Fredericksburg and Blanco, a dance troupe from the Alabama Causchatta Indian Reservation led by Chief Fulton Battise, German and Mexican cultural features, documentary films, an open air amphitheater, a wild game exhibit, and a fireworks finale, plus bus tours to LBJ birthplace and Johnson Family Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Barnes Johnson
Alabama Caushatta Indian Reservation
Livingston
Fulton Battise
ILBJ
Johnson Family
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harper Logals
Ottmar Schnerr
Allen Keller Construction Co
Firetag Auto and Wrecking Service
Harper Park
Eileen Dunn
Gillespie Fair
Sms
Mrs
L. H. Harper Ranch
Harper High School
Harper Locals
Lydia Bierschwale
A. B. Barker
Mr. Barker
Mary Kay Blume
Friends of
Kerrville
Harper Presbyterian Church
Linda Harper
Lone Star Gas Company
Victor Harper
Gene Carter
Corpus Christi
Sam Heniy
Cartera
Celia
Jack Baethge
M. R. Duderstadt Place
Town
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Fort Hood
Felix Pehl
Arion
New Braunfels
Roberta
Magda
Fritztown Squares
Square Dance Club
Phyllis George
Denton
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