4 H Club Banquet Honors Gillespie Members for Awards
Outstanding Gillespie County 4 H Club members received achievement medals and honors at the first annual banquet held Friday December 22. Recipients included Rosie Lee Lindig for Frozen Foods, Raymond Gold for Soil Conservation, Dayton Herber for outstanding 4 H work, Bernice Duderstadt for food preparation and garden, Kermit and Clifford Ernst for dairy work, Jack Baethge for Crop Medal, Stanley Ernst for Meat Animal award, Cecil Loudon Jr for poetry, Carlton Wendel for wool and yarn, George Richard Tanner for dairy, Luther Paul Baethge for Leaders' Achievement, and F C Lochte who won district Electrical Contest medal and cash plus club president honors.
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Gillespie County
4-H Club
Rosie Lee Lindig
International Harvester Company
Benno Weiss
Raymond Gold
Adolph Kneese
Raymond
Hy. F. Grote
Dayton Herber
Bernice Duderstadt
Kermit
Clifford Ernst
Jack Baethge
Stanley Ernst
Cecil Loudon, Jr
Carlton Wendel
George Richard Tanner
Luther Paul Baethge
F. C. Lochte
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Cemetery Fund Contributions Listed by Local Committee
The Harper Cemetery Fund reports additional contributions received this year beyond a summer list. The grounds are kept clean with weeds mowed, Floyd Boatright tending the work. Paid out during the year amounts to $147.75, on hand $1,?51. Respectfully submitted by Mrs. Chas. Ruges and Mrs. Tommy Harlan, Cemetery Committee.
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Harper Cemetery Fund
Floyd Boatright
Chas. Ruges
Tommy Harlan
Cemetery Committee
Presbyterian Women Meet at Parker Home for Christmas Topic
The Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. Walter Parker’s home with Mrs. Arthur Spellmann as co-hostess. Leader Mrs. Worth Howe chose Christmas as the topic. Gifts were exchanged after the business meeting led by Mrs. Charles Gamman, and 15 members plus 1 visitor attended with carols and refreshments. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Warren McDougall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Association of the Pesbyterian Church
Walter Parker
Arthur Spellmann
Worth Howe
Chales Gamuiacn
Thaler
Arren McDougall
Baylor student dies in hunting accident near Harper
Harold Kenneth Cannon a 23 year old Baylor University student from Waco died after a .22 rifle in a car he was riding leaned over by him discharged striking his right chest. The shooting occurred on the J R Peril ranch seven and a half miles west of Harper Kimble County. The incident is ruled accidental with a faulty firing pin and safety device not in place. Cannon is survived by his wife a daughter and other relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Harper
Baylor University
J. R. Peril Ranch
Kimble County
Cannon
Johnny Adolph Braun
Austin
Braun
Cook Funeral Home
Jackie Newman Cannon
Waco
L. W Cannon
Aransas Pass
John Smith
Richmond
Leon Cannon
Alton Cannon
Corpus Christi
Tubby Cannon
San Benito
Jack Cannon
Winchester
Wyo
Gillespie
Herman Wiedenfeld
Houston
Robert Wiedenfeld
Comfort
Kendall County
Clarence Wiedenfeld
Harper Volunteer Fire Department Commons Under Construction
A new modern fire station is rising between Gulf Service Station and Rahe General Store in Harper. Fire Chief Rich Roeder oversees the concrete and tile structure as donations exceed $3,000 toward a $5,000 goal to finish the project funded by local residents and trade area supporters. Tommie Harlan leads the crew building the station, expected to finish in the coming month if weather permits.
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Harper's Volunteer Fire Department
Gulf Service Station
Rahe'’s
Rich Roeder
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Harper
Tommie Harlan
Reserve Resources and Faith in Troubled Times
A devotional message by Richard Evans urges resilience after shock and loss. It emphasizes inner reserves, faith in God, and purposeful action, warning against despair and inaction. The piece cites The Spoken Word on KSL and CBS, broadcast December 17, 1950 from Salt Lake City.
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Richard Evans
KSL
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tabernacle
Temper Square
Salt Lake City
Wolf caught in Enchanted Rock area linked to rancher trap
William Stein, once a government trapper, stands with the wolf he captured weeks ago in a trap on the Chas Reese estate now owned by Herman Miller. Ranchers report heavy livestock losses in the Enchanted Rock area. Stein, a former Harper resident, now works for Killian Keller road construction.
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William Stein
Chas. Reese
Herman Miller
Enchanted Rock
Stein
Killian Keller Road Construction Company
Mr. Stein
Harper
Family Get Together at Legion Hall in Harper
Members of the W. O. Brown family and relatives from Harper Mason and nearby area gathered at the Legion Hall in Harper Tuesday night Dec Forty two for games music and dancing. Sandwiches cake and beverages were served to numerous relatives and friends including Wallace Brown E R Brown Fred Whitewood J Miller Billy Brown Chester Brown Marshall Brown Paul Barr R E Peri Pete Whitworth A C Wendel Rev A L Spellman Burton Brown Joe Evans John Fleming Jim Peri Fred Whestone and Al Brown and family for Mason.
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W. O. Browney
Harper, Mason
Points
The
Legion Hall
Harper
Wallace Brown
E. R
John Fleming
Jim Peri
Fred Whestone
al Brown
Mason
Traffic Toll Terrific Christmas Warns Ignored
Traffic officials report 545 highway deaths in Texas during a four day Christmas period nationwide total 725 fatalities. Gov. Shivers urged careful driving as the National Safety Council calls the toll a black Christmas. 84 Texans died on highways with 41 states reporting traffic deaths nationwide.
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Texas
California
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Associated Press
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Kermit Ernst
Curtis Eckhardt
Carlton Wen
Del
Luther Baethge
Freddie Petmecky
Cecil Loudon Jr
McDonald Wards
Lewis A. Stevens
Fred Nabors -Seience
Levi Kensing
David Schmidt
M. S. Hicus
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Hy. Markwordt
Gilbert Pape
Chas. Bar.ec LaVerne
Klein Beanch
Ares
Louis Clouds
Presbytarian Women's Associ
Mra
John S. Morris
Mre
Jack Lee
Ifamily
San Antonio
Harper Fire Station
Prince of
Theo
Oehler
C. A. Oehler
Dallas
R. W. Kothmann
Mr. Home
Lester Land
Junction
Carl Oehler
Herman Oehler
Herbie Oehler
Herbie Oehler and Sons
T. J. and
Lorene Oehler
Theo, Oehler
Marble Falls
H. J. Gamel Sr
Dayton Rahe
Otto Rahe
Allan Shivers
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