Gillespie County to swear in new officials next Tuesday
Gillespie County will swear in a new County Judge Sheriff Assessor and Collector of Taxes County Attorney one new Commissioner and two Constables on Tuesday January 2 The ceremony follows a large turnover with three new officials defeating incumbents and three filling vacancies The lineup includes Victor H Sagebiel as County Judge Hugo Klaerner as Sheriff Milton C Durst as Tax official William Schneider as County Attorney and others in the slate.
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Gillespie County
Victor H. Sagebiel
Henry Hirsch
Hirsch
Precinct
Milton C. Durst
Wm. M. Petmec
Durst
Petmecky
Klaener
Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Fair Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wm. Schneider
Joe S. Petsch
Petsch
United States Army Air Corps
Emil Dietrich
Local Officials to Take Oaths as New Terms Begin
Commissioner of Precinct 1 Dietrich defeats Eugene Kramer and succeeds him after a long tenure. Kasper to become Constable. District Clerk Schmidt reaches 20 years in office. Treas Reinhold Tatsch sworn for fourth term. Clerk Felix Scnerer for third term. Pfiester Markwordt and Herber sworn for new terms. Justice Bruns in office since 1941. Christmas visits noted for the Sagesers and Riley family.
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Precinct 1
Eugene Kramer
Kramer
Dietrich
William Kasper
E. L. Schmidt
Petmecky
Schmidt
Reinhold Tatsch
Felix Scnerer
Felix Pfiester
Arnold Markwordt
Felix Herber
Pfiester
Justice of the Peace
William Bruns
Christmas Guests Visit Families Across Town
Multiple families and relatives spend the Christmas holidays with loved ones across towns. Names include Stevens Lange Birt Cook Roberts Bausch Tobin Dieter Ledbetter Parier Shew Floyd and Rogers with visits to San Angelo San Antonio Fort Worth Johnson City and Harper during the Christmas period.
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Adolph Bausch
Lott
Floyd Boatright
Tracy Tobin
Sis E
Minnie Honeycut
Johnson City
Holiday Traffic Toll Drags On Across Nation
The Christmas period produced 245 traffic fatalities with about 75 deaths daily. Only South Dakota escaped unscathed. Texas led with 47 fatalities, followed by California Illinois and New York. Los Angeles blamed office parties for 11 deaths as families celebrated the season with relatives.
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South Dakota
Texas
California
Illinois
New
York
Los Angeles
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Harper Theatre
Harper, Texas
James Stewart
Shelley Winters
Winchester
Ronald Reagan
Patricia Neal
Klaerner
Alfred Kloerner
John Kiloerner
Loth
Fredericksburg
E. A. Roberts
Carrizo Springs
Wesley Sageser
San Antonio
Bertram Sageser
Bert Riley
Alzada Riley
Harper
Mary Virginia Stevens
L. A. Stevens
Mildred Boatright
Margarete Rischner
Monroe Lange
San Angelo
Bobbie and
Clark Lange
Harold B. Birt
B. L. Cook
Logan
Kansas
Dumnis
Volney Roberts
Midland
Chester Dieter
Magie Ledbetter
St. Louis
Carlos Parier
Mrs
C. W. Shew
Jerry
Fort Worth
F. M. Floyd
Miss Frances
Pat Rogers
Mrs. and
Dayton Rave
Spring Creek Hall
Hill Country Boys
Arthur Reed
Arnid
Idayu
Reed Bros. Garage
Spring Creek
Harper-Fredericksburg
Clemens Reed
Yi Ae
BREE
Reeh
Alonzo Reed
Rad
U.S. Army
Recruiting Office
Old Court House
Huntin
H. D. Sivells
Georgetown
W. E. Fletcher
Alfred Spaeth
Reymond Spaeth
Jacob Spach
Doss
Masnolia Gas & Oils
Itawin Lange
Bill Kaiser
Ishes To
Borcher
Lem
Jack Jones
Junction
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