Four New U S Stamp Designs Unveiled for 1954
The article details four new U S postage stamps: 1c Washington featuring a Gilbert Stuart portrait in green. 2c Jefferson in red. 4c Lincoln in lavender. and a 4c Air Mail stamp showing an American Eagle in flight. First sales dates and host conventions are noted for Chicago, San Francisco, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Vaughan
Gilbert Stuart
Melton
National Gallery of Art
Washington
D.C
U. S
Chicago
Illinois
The
Society of Philatelic
Thomas Jefferson
Bowdoin College Museum of Fine Arts
Brunswick
Maine
Jefferson
San Francisco
California
American Philatelic Society
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas Volk
Metlon
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
New York
N. Y
American Stamp Dealers Association
Summerfield
Arthur E. Summerfield
Air Mail
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
American Air Mail Society
Celebrate Joint Anniversaries at Fredericksburg Feast
On Sunday August 15 three couples celebrated wedding anniversaries Alvin Feller Pete Kramer and Robert Lehne with a barbecue dinner at the Chicken Shack Fredericksburg. Attendees included out of town friends and relatives from Houston Fort Hood Bendera Schulenburg Del Rio and other places. About a hundred people were served.
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
Time zones and standard time history
Global time zones were established seventy years ago to unify standard time and reduce confusion in commerce science and travel. The system divided the world into four main regions enabling consistent schedules across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wost
Gillespie County Fair draws huge crowds on final day
The 66th Gillespie County Fair at the Gillespie Fair Grounds filled grandstands and grounds for its final day Sunday after strong Friday and Saturday attendance. Prizes awarded included beef cattle top honors to Stanton Hereford Ranch and outstanding Angus to W R Cammack, plus numerous other division cups and parade trophies.
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Gillespie County Fair
Gillespie County
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
Robert Walter
Dudley Althaus
A. C. Lindemann
Blanco
Buck
Brooks Sweeten
Bobby Sites
Southdown
Correidale
Willard Dearing
Suffolk
Fredericksburg Fha
Kendall 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
Fredericksburg
Hilmar Wagner
Alfred Pehl
PTA Bi County Council Meeting in Johnson City
The PTA Bi County Council bringing together Blanco Harper Fredericksburg and Johnson City met at the Johnson City Home Economics building on August 19 at 2 30 p m with Mrs Walter Knoche president of Fredericksburg presiding A round table discussion followed the program lasting to 5 00 Tea and cookies were served to twelve council members and one visitor Mrs Stevens of Harper was seated after Mrs Charles Rodgers
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Blanco
Harper
Fredericksburg
Johnson City
Walter Knoche
Stevens
Charles Rodgers
Barrett Family Trip Through Smoky Mountains and Carolinas
Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett and daughter Polly Ann and Mrs Ollie Parker travel through the Smoky Mountains Tennessee and North and South Carolina visiting noted sights and places of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Barrett
Polly Ann
Ollie Parker
Smokey Mountains
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Drouth Relief Committee Grants 103 Applications in Gillespie
The Gillespie County FHA Drouth Relief Committee passed on 75 grain and 28 hay applications this week for farmers and ranchers under the Federal Grouth relief program. Total grain requests reached 898 300 pounds and hay requests 267 tons. The program provides freight reimbursement up to 10 per ton for hay and a 60 cent reduction per 100 pounds on grains.
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Gillespie County
FHA
Drouth Relief Committee
Ed. Kensing
Roy Weinheimer
Richard T. Laurence
Jim Burleson
Farmers' Home Administration
Atx
Two Gillespie County Men Die In Separate Auto Crashes
Two young Gillespie County men died in auto accidents this past week. Earl Henry Alberthal, 24, died after his Kneese Truck Line vehicle struck a bridge east of Artesia New Mexico. Lo rin Baethge, 20, died from injuries after a head on collision near Waco Texas on the Temple highway. Funeral services are set for Alberthal Friday and Baethge Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Texas
New Mexico
Earl Henry Alberthal
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 Set At Blue Bonnet Hotel Sunday Night
Public invited to Wool Style Show in Kerrville at the Blue Bonnet Hotel Sunday evening August 29 at 8 p m. Models include Elaine McKay Miss Kerr County Fair Queen 1954 and Dor Brown with ushers from several towns. Music by Mrs Colley and Virginia Ward, social hour to follow. 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 Dietert
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 schools begin the 1954 55 term with 8 45 a m opening Monday for registration books and assignments. Lunch will cost 25 cents for grades 1 8 and 30 cents for others. Students under six may enroll if turning six by January 1 1955. Tuition of 50 dollars applies to a new wader. Longhorns football practice starts under coach Paul Suffel with 16 players reporting. The season opens September 10 at Pflugerville with home game September 17 vs Lohn. Improvements include automatic bell system a girls rest room new cooking range physics course extra teacher sod on field.
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Harper
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
A. C. Ernst
James Tarr
Longhorns
Pfligerville
Lohn
Firemen's Family Night Barbecue Welcomes New Member
The Fire Department hosted a family night barbecue last Tuesday with 38 attendees. Delicious barbecue and trim mings were served. Elbert Feller was admitted as a new member of the Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Feller
Fire Department
Game and Fish Assn To Meet September 9
Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association will hold its meeting at the courthouse on September 9 to discuss the Regulatory Power Bill, per Adolph Heep game warden. Heep also notes mourning dove hunters may shoot only 12 from noon to sundown daily with no morning shooting. shotguns must be plugged to three shots and rifles not allowed for dove hunting.
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Gillespie County Game & Fish Protective Association
Adolph Heep
Heep
Patronisco Herald
Riley Peters Named District Defense Fund Head
Riley Peters of Kerrville, president of First State Bank, named chairman of District No. 31 of the Texas United Defense Fund. The district covers Gillespie, Kerr, Real, and Randall counties, with Peters appointed by J H Ashby of Uvalde as regional chair for USO campaigns to raise 775000 in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Peters
District Defense Fund
Dallas
Texas
First State Bank
Kerrville
Texas United Defense Fund
USO
Gillespie
Kery
Real
Randall
Peters
J. H. Ashby
Uvalde
Bo Cary
Unclear Visit Ties Family to Central City Event
Fragmentary text suggests a visit to a sister and family in Central City. Mentions Mes achals and Colnkert Centenneal with unclear context and dates. Further readable details are required to form a complete, accurate item.
Community Park Net Gain From Rodeo Event
The Community Park Fund is $366.79 richer from an amateur rodeo and dance held earlier this month. Gross receipts reached $924.02 while expenses for meat drinks ice and other items totaled $588.79. A few repairs on pens and lights were not included in the cost.
Conservation tour surveys four Fredericksburg area ranches
Otto Schwiening who ranches near Roosevelt led a Gil lespie County Soil Conservation District group on visits to four nearby ranches. Infiltration tests on Otto Schumann's land showed moisture penetration differences with and without grass cover, while vegetation per acre was measured. The tour included Roy Jacoby, Joe Burkett, and G E Lehmann ranches to observe rangeland improvement and irrigation systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schwiening
Roosevelt
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Fredericksburg
Otto Schumann
Schumann
Roy Jacoby
Joe Burkett
G. E. Lehmann
Harper PTA Sets First Meeting Of 54 55 Term
Harper PTA will meet Thursday evening September 2 at 8 p.m. in the school gym for the first regular meeting of the 54 55 term. The theme is We The People with group singing, devotional by Mrs. J R Peril, topic by Supt Bailey Who Are The People Lets Get Acquainted, teachers introduced, business meeting to follow, refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Pta
J. R. Peril
Bailey
Supt. Bailey
Anadarko Indian Dances Visit Noted by Local Families
Mr and Mrs Victor Marshall and Malcolm and Cody spent a few days last week at the Indian dances in Anadarko Oklahoma. The report remarks on dry conditions across Blanco and McCulloch counties with ample grass in North Texas and Oklahoma though much of it would burn if drought continues.
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Victor Marshall
Malcolm and
Cody
Anadarko
Okla
Blanco
McCulloch
Texas
Ahoma
Valentine Visits and Family Travel Highlight Harlingen Scene
Ad Ondorwine of Harlingen visits with Mee children and others as Calemtine week unfolds. Dr. and Mrs. Chester Deiter host in San Antonio while Joie Calentine visits Wilber Dickey and Cheer Center Pott. Mr and Mrs NH O Jones and children from Waco spend the weekend with her parents Sawin Lange.
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Mrs
Chester Deiter
San Antonio
Joie Calentine
Visking i Ek
Wilber Dickey
Cheer Center
Pott
Mrs. Nh.o. Jones
Waco
Psy
Sawin Lange
District Court Met Busy Session
District Court convened with Judge Thomas Ferguson for a busy two day session. Victor Usener was found guilty of intoxicated driving and fined $100 with 20 days in jail, later appealed and released on bond. The jury was discharged but may be recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ferguson
Victor Usener
Wesley Crenwelge
Werner E. W. Eckert
Fred Welgehausen
Hubert Rahe
Alton Klier
Otto Kott
Benno H. Jung
Felix Beckmann
Gilbert Gold
Albert Si
Royce Jost
Delton Kozielski
Frank Jedlicka
Otto Meyer
Gilbert Gomez
Kenneth Klein
Ralph Icke
Guadalupe Gratan
Wil Gold
Texas Youth Development Council
Joe Westerhoff
Batler
Carrie Calentine home visit reported Wednesday
A fragment notes C. L. Detkegmnden, Ed ward, and Mre Bokerie were observed in the Carrie Calentine home on a Wednesday morning, with details unclear due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes
C. L. Detkegmnden
Edward
Mre Bokerie
Carrie Calentine
Mrs Thurman and Mr Shamrock Marry in Austin Ceremony
Mrs James Kellay and Jo Thurman wed Sunday in Austin. Jim Shamrock and Anita Thurman’s daughter reside in Amarillo where he works with a gas company. The couple traveled from Amarillo to Austin for the nuptials and returned home after a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kellay
Jo Thurman
Austin
Jim ‘ Butts Shamrock
Eave J
Amarillo
Lutte
Anita Thurman
Og Llarper
Hare
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PTA Bi-County Council
the Herald
Harrorm Yrem On
Ed Bailey
Wader
Phil Rogers
Pat Hicks
Leona Wahl
Paul Lang
George Frank Wahl
Lang
Edwin Lang
Game & Fish Ass
Max Lange
Gillespie Co
Ape Eer Senne
Mass Kwan Bestols
Achals
Cribe
Herald
Conservation News
Llanos
Lillie J. Smith
Your County Agricultural Stabilization
Lewis Ferguson Ranching
Blue Mountain
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