Kaiser purchasing Emil Hopf residence in Harper
Mr and Mrs Bill Kaiser have bought the Emil Hopf residence in Harper and will move there soon. Lamar Parker and daughter from San Antonio visited his sister Creighton Stevens and aunt Lula Roberts over the weekend. A joint birthday party celebrated for Mrs Victor Harper Ray Bierschwale and Mrs Tracy Tobin at the Bierschwale home with cake pie ice cream and drinks. Anita Thurman and her young son visited Mrs James Kelly in Austin. Rev J D Farmer and family traveled to Cherokee for his birthday anniversary. Elmer Lee Russell hosted Sunday visitors at Drippings Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kaiser
Emil Hopf
Harper
Lamar Parker
Little
San Antonio
Creighton Stevens
Lula Roberts
Ray Bierschwale
Victor Harper
Tracy Tobin
Anita Thurman
James Kelly
Small Son
Austin
Doss Boy Scout Chili Supper Court Of Honor Huge Success
The Doss Troop hosted a large chili supper and Court of Honor Saturday night in observance of Boy Scout Week. Awards included Life Pins for Fritz Jr Dittmar and Flebracht, five year service stars, and merit badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss Boy Scout
Capitol Area Council
William Fritz, Jr
Melvin Dittmar
Sidney Flebracht
Gordon Sauer
Tenderfoot
Stanley Taul Sauer
Kermit Friedrich
Marion Baethoe
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
Doss
Legume Planting Guidelines for Soil Improvement and Spring Grazing
The article outlines when and how to plant spring legumes to improve soil with poor structure or low fertility. It covers legume choices by soil type, inoculation, seedbed preparation, and recommended seed rates, depths, and fertilizers. It also notes timing for hubam and Madrid clovers, summer peas, and spring grass growth, plus details on Soil Conservation Service livestock tanks and diversion terraces built to 1954 ACP specs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
August Sagebiel
Enchanted Rock
Laurie Wells
Fredericksburg
Austin Highway
Harry Schmidt
Rheingold
Keyser Bierschwale
Spring Creek
Adolf Becker
Doss
Ernst Bober
Werner Kordzik
Sur Net Road
Local ladies attend San Antonio Exhibition week event
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
Peter Bernhard
S. S. Kidd
Ray Walker
San Antonio
Mrs
Raymond Cottle
Roy Cottle
Rocksprings
Kalispell Family Visits Relatives in City
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiken and their son Henry Lamar of Kalispell Montana are visiting relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rahe and Mr. and Mrs. V A Hopf and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fiken
Henry Lamar
Kalispell, Montana
Otto Rahe
V. A. Hopf
Wardens Seize Right Hunters Austin
The Director of Law Enforcement for the Game and Fish Commission reports fifty four prosecutions for night hunting with forty eight cases of illegal shooting after dark. He cites improved two way radio enforcement and fourteen prosecutions for hunting from an automobile. A year back thirty six cases of outsiders hunting without non resident licenses were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
The
Game and Fish Commission
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. on February 27. About 100 calves from Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn breeders in multiple counties will be on offer. calves are inspected by a committee led by A. L. Smith. 4-H and FFA members may participate. Walter Britton of College Station serves as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Registered Breeders Association
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
C. A. Stone
A. L. Smith
Extension Service
College Station
Fair Grounds
Stone
Bastrop
Bexar
Blanco, Burnet
Coleman
Concho
Gillespie
Hays
Kendall
Kerr
Llano
Mason
McCullouch
Medina
Menard
San Saba
Tom Green
Travis
FFA
Walter Britton
Clarence Crenwelge
Otto Schumann
Roy Weinheimer
Werner Henke
Fredericksburg
Herman F Kirchner Rites Held Thursday
Funeral services for Herman Franz Kirchner were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Beckmann Funeral Home with Rev. Julius Holm officiating. Burial followed in Kirchner Family Cemetery. Born November 13, 1907, he was the son of Willie and Elise Rosenbusch Kirchner. He died at age 46. He married Lina Jost in 1936, who died in 1936, then married Bertha Klaehn in 1945. Survived by his father Willie, brother Benny, and sister Elise Mund.
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
Southern Baptists Growth Revealed in Texas History
A Southern Baptist Convention survey shows Texas Baptist activity and church property values rising sharply over the decade. Texas church property grew from 40.6 million in 1943 to 200.3 million in 1953, baptisms rose to 62,593, and total Texas Baptist membership reached 1,308,942. World mission giving and overall contributions also surged, with Texas now matching or surpassing prior national totals. A local social note mentions Mr and Mrs J A Kilburn of Fredericksburg visiting Mr and Mrs Max Lange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Convention
Department of Survey
Nashville
Tenn
Texas Baptist Church
World Mission
Texas Baptist Churches
Texas Baptists
Social Visit Spreads Across Kerrville and Seguin
Mr and Mrs Gene Prestige of Shreveport Louisiana visited her parents Mr and Mrs Max Lange and family in Kerrville along with Archie Lennon and family and Mrs Charles Frederick. They were joined by Miss Barbara and Mrs Charles Frederick as well as Mr and Mrs Jack Smith of Seguin who accompanied Ida Smith visiting Seguin for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Prestige
Shreveport, la
Max Lange
Archie Lennon
Charles Frederick
Kerrville
Barbara
Jack Smith
Seguin
Ida Smith
Harper Sunday
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J. D. Farmer
Cherokee
Rev. Farmer
Elmer Lee Russell
Drippings Springs
Texas
Schubert St
Men & Boys
First Pentecostal Church
Harper, Texas
San
Paul Lowenberg
Canada
Japan
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Palestine
Big 4
U.N
Moscow
Jaca
Ugs
Harry Wahrmun
Harry Wahrmund
Sidney Ellebracht
Bill Fritz Jr
Elgin Dittmar
Clifford Spaeth
Otto Spaeth
Ruben Roeder
Mountain Home
Karl Friedrich
Faye Burge Deikemann
Houston
E. B. Eckerle
Edward
Olin Walker
Dayton Rahe
Gillespie County
District News
Madrid
Earl O. Shreve
U.S. Savings Bonds Division
Took Earl
San Francisco
Nevada
Earl
U.S
Bart
Ceay
David ‘Thoreau
Nermont
ATP
Veterans Administration Office
Wardens
Herman F. Kirchner
the Herald
Southern Baptists
J. A. Kilburn
Pats Hall
Seipp’s
Klein
Old Timers
J. J. Patranella
GATES
ATLAS
Lange's Auto Service
Elmer Lange
Marper
Washington
First State Bank
Chas. Barreil - Cashiers
E. B. Eckerle Harper
Rocky
Bill
Edmund Fiedler
Gene Harper
Dan River
PPP
Ceeney
Rahke’s _isemeral
Texaco
MM. LA. Massey, May
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