Drouth Relief Committee Allocates 103 Gillespie Grants
Gillespie County FHA Drouth Relief Committee passed on 75 grain and 28 hay applications this week totaling 898,300 pounds of grain and 267 tons of hay for farmers and ranchers. The program reimburses half freight costs up to $10 per ton for hay and reduces grain price by 60 cents per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth Relief Committee
Gillespie County
FHA
Ed. Kensing
Roy Weinheimer
Richard T. Laurence
Jim Burleson
Farmers' Home Administration
Itx
Four New U S Stamp Designs Announced for 1954
The 1c Washington portrait in green, the 2c Jefferson in red, and the 4c Lincoln in lavender are slated for Aug 26, Sept 15, and Nov 19 releases respectively. An additional 4c Air Mail stamp features an eagle silhouette with “Air Mail 4c” and “U. S. Postage.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield
Arthur FE. Summerfield
Air Mail
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
American Air Mail Society
U. S
Celebrate Joint Anniversaries at Fredericksburg BBQ
On Sunday August 15 three couples celebrated anniversaries: Alvin Feller and spouse July 8, Pete Kramer and spouse August 13, and Robert Lehne and spouse July 5. The gathering at the Chicken Shack in Fredericksburg included out of town guests from Houston Fort Hood Bandera Del Rio Schulenburg and Del Rio with a barbecue dinner for about one hundred attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Feller
Pete Kramer
Robert Lehne
Chicken Shack
Fredericksburg
Adolph Basse
Houston
C. A. Lehne
Fort Hood
Egon Tatsch
Bandera
Henry Petrash
Schulenburg
Paul Rusenberger
del Rio
Charles Underwood
66th Gillespie County Fair draws record crowds
The Gillespie County Fair Grounds hosted the 66th annual fair on its final day as grandstands filled and grounds overflowed. Winners across beef cattle, Angus, dairy, swine, sheep, goats, chickens, and rabbits were named with Stanton Hereford Ranch and other locals taking multiple trophies. A 24-race, Fiesta Revue shows, parades, and the Fredericksburg Giants baseball games highlighted three days of events with community exhibits and a large parade judged by many spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Fair
Stanton Hereford Ranch
Johnson City
W. R. Cammack
Allen Hagel
Here
Wilbert Ransleben
Aime Frank Real
Kerrville
David Waters
Goldthwaite
W.S. Hall
Dripping Springs
H. R. Sites
Wimberly
Rosie Lee Lindig
Kenneth Lindig
Eugene Lindig
Albert
White Rock
Robert Walter
Aberdeen
Dudley Althaus
A. C. Lindemann
Bianco
Buck
Brooks Sweeten
Bobby Sites
Southdown
Correidale
Willard Dearing
Suffolk
Fredericksburg Fha
Kendal County Fair
Listerdale Chamber of Commerce
Randolph Jung
Comfort
Herman Sons Lodge
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Club
Eoening Motor Sales
Sylvia Spaeth
Doss
Flying Dutchman
Henry Bosamann
Junction
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Giants
Avcrne White Sox
Bill Hames
Fredericksburg High School
Hilmar Wagner
Gillespie County Fas
Alfred Pehl
PTA Bi County Council Meets in Johnson City
The PTA Bi-County Council of Blanco Harper Fredericksburg and Johnson City met in Johnson City at the Home Ec building Aug 19 at 2 30 pm with Mrs Walter Knoche Fredericksburg president presiding A round table discussion followed to 5 pm Tea and cookies were served to twelve council members and one visitor Mrs Stevens of Harper was leading Mrs Charles Rodgers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco
Harper
Fredericksburg
Johnson City
Walter Knoche
Stevens
Charles Rodgers
Barretts and Parker Trip Through Smoky Mountains Tour
Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett and daughter Polly Ann with Mrs Ollie Parker travel to the Smoky Mountains Tennessee and North and South Carolina and other places of interest on a pleasure tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Barrett
Polly Ann
Ollie Parker
Smokey Mountains
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Two Gillespie Men Killed in Auto Accidents This Week
Two young Gillespie County men died in separate auto accidents in Texas and New Mexico within the past week. Earl Henry Alberthal, 24, died after his Kneese Truck Line vehicle left the road and struck a bridge near Artesia New Mexico while en route for a feed load. Lorin Baethge, 20, died from head on injuries after a collision on the Temple highway near Waco while returning home from Fort Worth. Alberthal’s funeral was at Beckmann Funeral Home with local guardsmen assisting. Baethge’s services will be held Friday at Beckmann with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He is survived by his parents and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Texas
New Mexico
Earl Henry Albershal
Artesia
Lorin Baethge
Providence Hospital
Waco
Alberthal
Harvey Ellebracht
Doss
Ellebracht
Young Baethge
Fort Worth
Temple Highway
Baethge
Alfred Baethge
Beckmann
O. F. Kattner
George Ricker
Kattner
Greenwood Cemetery
Jack Baethge
San Antonio
Wool Style Show At Blue Bonnet Hotel Sunday Night
Public invited to Wool Style Show by Hill Country Auxiliary at Blue Bonnet Hotel Kerrville on Sunday August 29 at 8 p m. Models include Elaine McKay Gillespie County Fair Queen 1954 and Dor Brown with ushers from Kerrville Junction Bandera Eden Uvalde Sonora and San Antonio. Virginia Ward Monette Shaw Donave Davis Nancy Bryan Hunt plus music and a social hour afterward. no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Auxiliary
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Kerrville
Kendall-Hodges
Fredericksburg
Elaine McKay
Gillespie County
Vogue
Mesd
Monroe Kensing
George Ross
William Pitstick
J. R. Peril
Virginia Moore
Carolyn Dichert
Elma Real
Margie Vann
Beth Hardy
Sandra Hardin
Mary Ann Stovall
Jane Dyer
Kitty Vann
Becky
Nancy Bryan Hunt
Sonora
Mohair
Colley
Virginia Ward
Monette Shaw
San Antonio
Blue Bonnet Terrace
Harper Schools Open Doors for 1954 55 Year
Harper public schools begin the 1954 55 term with 8 45 a m opening Monday. Registration book issue and assignments on day one with dismissal at 11 a m. Regular classes start Tuesday with 25 cent meals for grades 1 8 and 20 cents for others. Supt Ed Batley notes a 50 dollar tuition with registration for an “weader.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Ed Batley
Wader
Phil Rogers
R. K. Williams
Pat Hicks
Firemen's Family Night Barbecue Welcomed New Member
The Fire Department hosted a family night barbecue last Tuesday with 38 attendees. Delicious barbecue and sides were served. Elbert Feller was admitted as a new member of the Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Feller
Fire Department
Gillespie County Game & Fish Meeting September 9
The Gillespie County Game & Fish Protective Association will hold its meeting at the courthouse September 9 to discuss the Regulatory Power Bill. Adolph Heep, game warden, notes mourning dove hunters may shoot only 12 from noon to sundown daily with a three shot limit per gun and no rifles for doves. Mrs. Max Lange won 14 ribbons at the Gillespie Co Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Game & Fish Protective Association
Adolph Heep
Heep
Riley Peters Named District Defense Fund Head
Riley Peters, president of First State Bank in Kerrville, was named chair of District No. 31 of the Texas United Defense Fund. The district covers Gillespie, Kerr, Real, and Randall counties as the fund aims to raise 775000 in Texas this year with proceeds supporting USO campaigns and community services. Peters was appointed by J H Ashby, president of First State Bank Uvalde and regional chair of the appeal committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Peters
District Defense Fund
Dallas
Texas
First State Bank
Kerrville
Texas United Defense Fund
USO
Gillespie
Mery
Real
Randall
Peters
J. H. Ashby
Uvalde
Bo Cary
Community Park Receives $366.79 Boost from Rodeo Event
The Community Park Fund grows by 366.79 after an amateur rodeo and dance earlier this month. Gross receipts total 924.02, with costs for meat drinks ice and items at 586.79. Some repairs on pens and lights were not counted in the costs.
Conservation Tour Highlights Soil Practices Near Fredericksburg
Otto Schwiening led a group from Gillespie County Soil Conservation District on tours of four ranches near Fredericksburg. They tested soil infiltration on Otto Schumann’s ranch and measured vegetation per acre, observed rangeland improvements and irrigation, and noted a spring development at Lillie J. Smith’s Pecan ranch. The County ASCS 1954 cost share program supports such practices. Lewis Ferguson plans to boost yields with soil building and fall cash crops, seeking better field use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schwiening
Roosevelt
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Fredericksburg
Otto Schumann
Lillie J. Smith
Your County Agricultural Stabilization Committe
Lewis Ferguson Ranching
Blue Mountain
Harper PTA Sets First 54 55 Meeting Theme We The People
Harper PTA will meet Thursday evening Sept 2 at 8 in the school gym for the first regular meeting of the 54 55 term. The program opens with group singing and a devotion by Mrs J R Peril. Supt Bailey leads discussion on Who Are The People.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Suffel
W. M. Harris
Betty Lou Middleton
George Salcher
Pete Crenwelge
Mary L. Stevens
R. K. Williams
Harper Longhorns
Alvin Lange
Cyrus Schmidt
Corus Schmidt
Lonnie Mayhugh
Kenneth Oehler
Boyd Thurman
Bobby Benner
Eugene Parker
Jerome Lange
Speedy Edwards
G., Tatsch
D. Tatsch
Gene Bode
Donnie Phillips
Harper Pta
J. R. Peril
Supt. Bailey
Anadarko Indian Dances Attract Visitors From Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Victor Marshall and Malcolm and Cody attended the Indian dances in Anadarko Oklahoma last week. The report notes dry conditions across much of the region with Blanco and McCulloch counties showing the worst drought signs. Grass remains plentiful in North Texas and nearby regions though fire risk is high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Marshall
Malcolm and Cody
Anadarko
Okla
Blanco
McCulloch
Texas
Ahoma
Calentine Family Visits and San Antonio Trip
The text notes May Calentine is spending time with Mr and Mrs Chester Deiter in San Antonio while Joie Calentine visits Es Wilber Duckey and family at Center Potent. Mr and Mrs WN O Jones and their children from Waco spent the weekend with May Calentine's parents, Mr and Mrs Edwin Lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calentine
Mr. and
Chester Deiter
San Antonio
Joie Calentine
visHing
Wilber Duckey
Mene
WN. O. Jones
Waco
Wiss. Edwin Lapse
Court Hears Multiple Convictions and Probations
District Court convened with Judge Ferguson as juries deliberated on cases. Victor Usener was convicted of drunk driving and fined 100 dollars with 20 days in jail, later released on bond. Several burglary and theft cases resulted in prison terms or probation, plus two delinquent youths committed to the Texas Youth Development Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ferguson
Victor Usener
Wesley Crenweige
Werner E. W. Eckert
Fred Welgehausen
Hubert Rahe
Alton Klier
Otto Kott
Benno H. Jung
Felix Beckmann
Gilbert Gold
Albert Ste
Royce Jost
Delton Kozielski
Frank Jedlicka
Gilbert Gomez
Kenneth Klein
Ralph Icke
Guadalupe Giatan
Will Gold
Texas Youth Development Council
Joe Westerhoff
Baniee
Local residents reported at Carrie Calentine home
The report notes Mas a L Daiseriape Ed ward and Mrs E B Bokerie were in the Carrie Calentine home Wednesday morning according to the fragmentary OCR.
Marriage of Mrs. James Kellay to Jim Butts in Amarillo
Mrs. James Kellay formerly Carrie Jo Thurman wed Jim Butts in Amarillo on Sunday August 22. The ceremony united in a home near Amarillo where Butts works with a gas company. The couple’s daughter was noted, and they traveled from Flare to Amarillo for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kellay
Carrie Jo Thurman
P.m. Austin
Jim Butts Necrock
Amarilla
Anita Thurman
Amartlo
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Burleson
George Washington
Vaughan
Gilbert Stuart
Melton
National Gallery of Art
Washington
D.C
Chica
Illinois
The
Society of Philatelic
Thomas Jefferson
Bow‘tein College Museum of Fine Arts
Brunswick
Maine
Jefferson
San Francisco
California
American Philatelic Society
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas Volk
Mellon
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
New York
N. Y
American Stamp Dealers Association
Time Jones
PTA Bi-County Council
the Herald
Leona Wahl
Paul Lang
George Frank Wahl
Lang
Edwin Lang
Game & Fish Ass
Patronino Herald Advertisera
Max Lange
Gillespie Co
Lange
Lange's
Sehener Zonite
Mess
Ewan
Mes
Neachhals
Enprisen
Wwe
Conservation News
Schumann
Roy Jacoby
Joe Burkett
G. E. Lehmann
Cadomine of
Harlingen Vis
Mec
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