Kaisers Buy Emil Hopf Residence in Harper
Mr and Mrs Bill Kaiser purchased the Emil Hopf home in Harper and will move soon. Mr and Mrs Lamar Parker and their young daughter from San Antonio visited over the weekend with family including Mrs Creighton Stevens and Aunt Mrs Lula Roberts. A joint birthday gathering at the Ray Bierschwale residence honored Mrs Victor Harper Ray Bierschwale and Mrs Tracy Tobin with cake ice cream coffee and snacks as friends played table games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kaiser
Emil Hopf
Harper
Lamar Parker
San Antonio
Creighton Stevens
Lula Roberts
Ray Bierschwale
Victor Harper
Tracy Tobin
Family visits mark Rev Farm ers birthday anniversary
Ms Anita Thurman and her young son visited her daughter Mrs James Kelly and her child in Austin on Saturday and Sunday. Rev and Mrs J D Farmer traveled to Cherokee to see their daughter and family with other relatives present for the birthday anniversary. They spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Elmer Lee Russell at Drippings Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Thurman
James Kelly
Small Son
Austin
J. D. Farmer
Cherokee
Rev. Farmer
Mrs
Elmer Lee Russell
Drippings Springs
Doss Boy Scout Chili Supper and Court of Honor a Huge Success
The Doss Troop celebrated Boy Scout Week with a large Chili Supper and Court of Honor Saturday night. Wheel of Chance and Cake Walk provided entertainment as awards were presented to scouts including Life Pins for Fritz Jr Dittmar and Fllebracht and five year service stars for several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Area Council
Scouts of the Court of Honor
William Fritz, Jr
Melvin Dittmar
Sidney Fllebracht
Gordon Sauer
Tenderfoot
Stanley Taul Sauer
Kermit Friedrich
Marion Badhge
Clinton Ellebracht
Harvey Ellebracht
Dayton Solbrig
Joe Moellendorf
Nolan Crenwelge
Leon Paul Spaeth
Arthur Moellendorf
Walter Louis Crenwelge
Felix Hahn, Jr
Henry Louis Welge
Becker
Ed Straube
Wheel of Chance
Dittmar and Spaeth Win Prizes at Doss 4-H Event
Melvin Dittmar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Dittmar, won the 23rd prize with a medium wool lamb. Clif ford Spaeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spaeth, took first and third in the open class with a Corridale lamb. Both boys belong to the Doss 4-H Club attended by Mountain Home visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Dittmar
Elgin Dittmar
Clifford Spaeth
Otto Spaeth
Ruben Roeder
Mountain Home
Doss
Karl Friedrich
Planting Legumes and Spring Grasses in Gillespie County
The article outlines spring legume planting to improve soil and yields, advising selection by soil type, inoculation, and firm seedbeds with phosphate fertilizer. It details sowing windows for hubam clover and Madrid clover, summer peas, seeding rates, and cover depths, plus notes on spring greening of grasses and planned livestock tanks built to 195? ACP specs with local names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
August Sagebid
Enchanted Rock
Laurie Wells
Fredericksburg
Austin Highway
Harry Schmidt
Rheingold
Keyser Bierschwale
Spring Creek
Adolf Becker
Doss
Ernst Bober
Werner Kordzik
Suret Road
Alfons Lang
Harper Highway
Charles Walter
Kalispell Visitors Welcome Local Hosts
Mr and Mrs Henry Fiken and son Henry Lamar of Kalispell Montana visit relatives in town, staying with Mr and Mrs Otto Rahe and Mr and Mrs V A Hopf and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fiken
Henry Lamar
Kalispell, Montana
Otto Rahe
V. A. Hopf
Ladies Attend Exhibition and Fat Stock Show in San Antonio
Mrs. Peter Bernhard and Mrs. S. S. Kidd and Mrs. Ray Walker were in San Antonio attending the Exhibition and Fat Stock Show in San Antonio, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cottle spent Sunday with the Roy Cottle family at Rocksprings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Burge Deikemann
Houston
E. B. Eckerle
Edward
Peter Bernhard
S. S. Kidd
Ray Walker
San Antonio
Mrs
Raymond Cottle
Roy Cottle
Rocksprings
Wardens Seize Right Hunters Report Shows Prosecutions
The Director of Law Enforcement for the Game and Fish Commission cites fifty four prosecutions for night hunting with forty eight illegal shooting after dark. fourteen prosecutions involve hunting from an automobile. thirty six cases involve outsiders hunting without non resident licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
The
Game and Fish Commission
Herman F. Kirchner Rites Held Thursday
Last rites were conducted at 2 p m Thursday at Beckmann Funeral Home for Herman Franz Kirchner with Rev. Julius Holm officiating. Interment was in the Kirchner Family Cemetery. Born November 13 1907 in the county he died at 46 years, married Lina Jost in 1936 and Bertha Klaehn in 1945. Survived by father Willie, brother Bernie and sister Elise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckmann
Herman Franz Kirchner
Julius Holm
Doss Lutheran Church
Kirchner
Willie
Elise Rosenbusch Kirchner
Lina Jost
Bertha Klaehn
Willie Kirchner
Bennie Kirchner
Elise
Elgin Mund
Growth of Texas Baptists Surges in Ten Years
A Southern Baptist study shows Texas Baptist church property rising from 40.6 million in 1943 to 200.3 million in 1953, a 393 percent gain, with missions giving up 335.6 percent and total contributions up 371 percent. Baptisms climbed to 62,593 and membership reached 1,308,942. Kilburns visit Lange residence noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Convention
Department of Survey
Nashville
Tenn
Texas Baptist Church
World Mission
Texas Baptist Churches
Texas Baptists
Local social visits span several Texas towns
Mr and Mrs Gene Prestige of Shreveport visited her parents Mr and Mrs Max Lange and family. Mr and Mrs Archie Lennon and daughter Mrs Charles Frederick shopped in Kerrville Tuesday. Miss Barbara and Mrs Charles Frederick traveled with Mr and Mrs Jack Smith of Seguin as they visited Mrs Ida Smith in Seguin for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Kilburn
Fredericksburg
Max Lange
Gene Prestige
Shreveport, la
Archie Lennon
Charles Frederick
Kerrville
Barbara
Jack Smith
Seguin
Ida Smith
Harper Sunday
Second Annual Club Calf Sale Set For Feb 27
The Gillespie County Registered Breeders Association hosts the Second Annual Club Calf Sale at Gillespie County Fair Grounds auction arena starting 1 p.m. February 27 with about 100 calves from Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn breeders across multiple counties. County Agent C A Stone and a committee led by A L Smith of the Extension Service supervise calf inspection from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 H and FFA members may participate. Walter Britton of College Station acts as auctioneer with Clarence Crenwelge Otto Schumann Roy Weinhaimer and Werner Henke on the sales committee. For more information, contact Stone, Box 423, Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Hereford
Bastrop
Bexar
Blanco, Burnet
Coleman
Concho
Gillespie
Hays
Kendall
Kerr
Llano
Mason, Me
Cullouch
Medina
Menard
San Saba
Tum
Green
Travis
Walter Britton
College Station
Clarence Crenwelge
Otto Schumann
Roy Weinheimer
Werner Henke
C. A. Stone
Fredericksburg
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Fredericksburg, Texas
E. Schubert St
Levi's
Stetson
Sterling Bros
First Pentecostal Church
Harper, Texas
Paul Lowenberg
Canada
Japan
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Palestine
Big 4
U.N
Moscow
If Gaye
Doss Boy Scout
Harry Wahrmun
Harry Wahrmund
Sidney Ellebracht
Bill Fritz Jr
Olin Walker
Dayton Rahe
Madrid
Atr Ek
Anel
Veterans Administration Office
Earl O. Shreve
U.S. Savings Bonds Division
Young Earl
San Francisco
Nevada
U.S
Bai
CexAy
David ‘Thoreau
Vermont
Wardens
Herman F. Kirchner
Southern Baptists
Seipp’s
Klein
Old Timers
J. J. Patranella
Washington
First State Bank
Chas. Barrett - Cashiers
Texas
Bill
Edmund Fiedler
ATLAS
Lange’s
Elmer Lange Mumble Products
Marper
Gene Harper
Dan River
Rake
Texaco
M. LA. Massey, Maer
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