Plant Site Chosen for Secret Atomic Facility
The investigated site near Augusta Georgia, south of Aiken on Savannah River, was selected for a massive atomic plant. The project displaced 1,500 families, evacuated 125 cemeteries with 5,300 graves, and involved 38,500 workers at peak with 126000 carloads of materials and vast blueprints stretching across the nation.
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Augusta
Georgia
Aiken
Savannah
Chicago
District of Columbia
Ellenton
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Corps of Engineers
Centennials Ring Through Texas Hill Country Cities
Fredericksburg marks a century since its founding with nearby Kerrville Uvalde San Saba Llano and McCulloch County planning centennial celebrations in spring and summer. Parades rodeos and pageants highlight the lineup while Gillespie County Fair float eyes prize wins in the Fiesta Flambeau parade.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Uvalde
San Saba
Llano
McCulloch County
Brady
Gillespi County Fair
San Antonio
Bill Petmecky
Fair Association
Stamps Quartet program draws local families and visitors
Kenneth Whitewood Eddie Dain Brown and Buzzy Parker spent the weekend with their parents. Mr and Mrs Jack Jones and children of Rockspringse were here on business Saturday afternoon. Rolie Rothmann Divide and Willie Collins families attended the Stamps Quartet program. Mrs Fred Gammenthaler recovered well after cataract surgery in a San Antonio hospital. Bandages removed. Patronixe HERALD Advertisers.
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Kenneth Whitewood
Dain Brown
Buzzy Parker
Carlsbad
Jack Jones
Rockspringse
Rolie Rothmann
Divide
Willie Collins
Stamps Quartet
Fred Gammenthaler
San Antonio Hospital
4-H Club To Sponsor Anti Rabies Vaccinations
The Harper 4-H Club sponsors a dog and cat anti rabies vaccination event on Tuesday February 21 at 1 00 p m in Harper area vaccination efforts due to rabies cases cited in local and neighboring counties. The group also sells reflector tape for auto safety and holds a sweet sale to support the project.
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Harper 4-H Club
Harper
Harper Graa
Harper High School 55 Grads Son Lands San Antonio Bank Post
Lee Roy Kramer son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Kramer accepts a position in a San Antonio branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas effective Monday. He leaves Harper where he worked at First State Bank for five months and is accompanied by Chase Barrett who helped secure the post.
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Lee Roy Kramer
Marvin Kramer
San Antonio
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Lee Roy
First State Bank
Harper
Chase Barrett
Harper High School
Rainfall Report From Harper And Hill Country
Rain fell in Harper and the Hill Country overnight with about one inch measured at multiple sites. Harper reported roughly an inch while Devil's River and Gilbert Anderegg noted similar totals.
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Harper
Devil’s River
Gilbert Anderegg
Habitat Survey Talks Texas Wildlife Cooperation
Habitat scanned Austin Texas as game wardens and biologists work with US Fish and Wildlife personnel to survey wildlife habitat. The federal study examines resources needs and problems tied to fish and wildlife in line with water conservation efforts. Local officials are being contacted county by county to gather data. The Executive Secretary said the data could prove highly beneficial to future recreational facilities.
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Austin
Texas
United States Fish and Wildlife
Game and Fish Commission
Bureau of Reclamation
USF & WS
Local families visit kin across Texas and a naval milestone
The item notes multiple Texas visits from Dallas and Austin families to relatives in San Antonio London and near Rock Springs with a ranch trip. It also records the keel laying of the aircraft carrier Forrestal at Newport News on July 14 1952 and its commissioning on October 1 1950 after a hospital sequence in Fredericksburg.
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Forrestal
Newport News
Fire Boys Respond at R. E. Peril Ranch Blaze
Volunteers answered a Sunday call to the R. E. Peril ranch and could not save a small barn. The barn and its contents burned though hay and fertilizer remained mostly intact. Mr. Peril was thawing pipes nearby when a pear burner ignited edge hay. firefighters prevented spread to adjacent barns.
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Fire Boys
R. E. Peril Ranch
Little Damage From Stove Pipe Fire At Whetstone Home
Firefighters from the Volunteer Fire Boys extinguished a fire at the Whetstone residence Tuesday afternoon. Very little damage was reported, with the blaze traced to a stove pipe near the wall.
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Whetstone
Harper PTA To Meet March
The Harper PTA did not meet last Thursday due to snow and ice. An executive meeting is set for 2 30 p m on Thursday March 1 followed by the regular meeting at 3 p m.
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Harper Pta
Commission Program Is Stepped Up In Texas Wildlife Plan
Austin announced new duties for Commission members as part of a rapid wildlife management effort. Chairman Frensley named a budget committee with W. T. Scarborough and others to address a budget crisis and align with sportsmen’s groups. A Sportsmen’s Cooperative Committee was formed to interface with Sportsmen's Clubs of Texas and organize priority development projects.
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Austin
Herbert J. Frensley
Houston
Game and Fish Commission
Commission
Wildlife Management
San Antonio
Frensley
Herman Heep
Buda
W. T. Scarborough
Kenedy
J. W. Elliott
Mexia
Henry A. Coffield
Marfa
Texas Sportsmen's Groups
Sportsmen's Clubs of
Texas
Sportsmen's Cooperative Committee
Howard Carney
Atlanta
Hal Peterson
Kerrville
Frank M. Wood
Wichita Falls
Henry LeBlanc
Port Arthur
Bubba Whitewood Visits Grandparents in San Angelo
Bubba Whitewood, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood Jr of San Angelo, is visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood Sr for several days.
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Bubba Whitewood
Fred Whitewood Jr
San Angelo
Mrs
Fred Whitewood Sr
Hill Country Wool Mohair Featured At San Antonio Livestock Show
A Hill Country wool and mohair display will highlight the San Antonio Livestock Exposition in the new sheep and goat barn. Led by Victor Wendel and the Hill Country Chapter of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers, the exhibit runs with Hill Country Day on Feb 13, including judging of fat steers and other livestock events. Visitors can obtain a Hill Country badge at the Coliseum lobby.
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Texas Hill Country
San Antonio
Petmecky
Coliseum
Cadet Ochler Joins First Air Force Academy Fencing Team
Cadet Kenneth Ochler of Har per Texas joins the Academy fencing team as it forms its first squad at Lowry AFB Denver. He is a Harper High School alumnus. The team under Captain Richard Bowman, ex West Point captain and former NCAA champion, meets diverse clubs this season.
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Kenneth Oehler
U. S
Air Force Academy
Kenneth Ochler
Harper, Texas
U. S. Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colorado
Harper High School
Richard Bowman
West Point
N.C.A.A
Texas Farm Income Falls 4 Percent in 1955
Texas farmers saw cash income drop 4 percent in 1955 from 1954, from 1.89 billion to 1.82 billion, as prices sagged amid large surpluses. The Texas Business Review notes mixed results across commodities with declines in milk, vegetables, cotton, oats, wool, and flaxseed, while gains occurred in corn, cattle, mohair, and peanuts.
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Austin
Clarence Harper of Dallas Visits Relatives
Clarence Harper of Dallas spent several days visiting relatives and returning home.
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Clarence Harper
Dallas
Poll taxes paid by nearly 3000 Gillespie residents
Gillespie County voters showed strong turnout with 2 976 poll tax receipts issued by the tax assessor collector and staff ahead of the January 31 deadline. Exemptions reached 54 for those turning 21, and an estimated 500 over 60 are not required to pay. License plates and farm-use affidavits were announced with April 1 vehicle compliance dates.
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Milton Durst
Gillespie County
BER
Durst
Abgsou
Aldyne
Aclo
Santone Livestock Exposition Entries and Schedule
Gillespie County 4-H Club members travel to the San Antonio Livestock Exposition on February 7 at 8 30 am from the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Fifty fat steers fourteen lambs and nine fat duroc barrows are listed. Judging for boys steers on February 11 at 8 00 am. open class steers February 13 at 8 00 am. fat lambs boys show February 11 8 30 am. open class lambs February 11 2 00 pm. fat barrows boys show February 11 8 00 am.
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Gillespie County
4-H
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fat Barrows
Parker Family Weekend Stay with Parents in Boerne and San Antonio
Weekending at home with their parents the Oren Parkers were Mr and Mrs LaVon iath er, Boerne, and Cherry Parker, San Antonio.
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Oren Parkers
LaVon I’ather
Boerne
Cherry Parker
San Antonio
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