Stock Show Stop at Stehling’s Menswear
Visit Stehling's before the Stock Show Saturday for a wide stock of khakis Stetsons and cowboy boots. Choose from a broad range of men's styles all priced right.
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
6
Visit Stehling's before the Stock Show Saturday for a wide stock of khakis Stetsons and cowboy boots. Choose from a broad range of men's styles all priced right.
The note urges strong turnout to support the live stock event and to visit Stehling's before and after the show, promoting goodwill and community participation.
Ira McDonald and Sam McDonald with A Donneheim of El Dorado visited relatives in Harper Sunday. McDonald had long ties to Harper and Dose Valley, ran a cotton gin, and has ranched in El Dorado country for two decades amid favorable conditions. Mr and Mrs Clifford Bode were in town trading Wednesday.
Elm Creek Conservation Association leads Texans in asking Senators Morris Sheppard and Tom Connally to maintain current federal soil and water conservation funding. Officials warn a 15 percent cut in the program and a 20 percent cut in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics could leave only one or two technical advisors per district, delaying surveys for 25 years.
Texas farmers and ranchmen stored 3,446,591 tons of feed in 28 831 trench silos in 1939, an increase of 1,629,968 tons and 11 783 trenches from 1938. E R Eudaly of the Texas A and M Extension Service notes the figures are large and gives a vivid comparison to grasp the scale.
More than 200 head of premier show Herefords are entered for the ninth annual San Angelo Fat Stock Show on March 14 with new records expected in both numbers and herd representation. Attending breeders include West Texas outfits and prominent herds from San Antonio Fort Worth and Dallas area operations plus Jos W Radotinsky of Kansas City planning to display cattle.
Dairy producers in Texas store feed underground for 125 days, boosting trench silos and silage volume despite a severe drought. Farmers used drought stunted crops and threshed grain in trenches to avoid losses, marking 1939 as a notable trench silo year.
Warren William and Jean Perry are listed in the cast of The Lone Wolf Strikes alongside Gene Autry and Smiley Burrnette, indicating a Western mystery collaboration and the featured performers.
Miss Cornelia Faye Stewart was complimented with a tea at Sunnyside Tavern on Saturday from three to six before her wedding to Henry Hirsch Jr. The event drew Home Demonstration Club members and school faculty. Guests included Mrs. Henry Hirsch Sr. and associate hostesses Thelma Atcheson Faye Vierschwale Loree Rothmann and Farnces Jones. 58 registered for the occasion as floral arrangements featured white carnations and candytuft with white tulle and Irish lace table coverings.
Mr and Mrs John S Whitewood and their children were seen shopping in Harper on Saturday indicating a family shopping outing in the town.
The Harper Kerrville road has worn down amid weeks of bad weather. Officials aim to finalize plans to upgrade it to all weather use this year. J B Rieger has been ill with flu and stayed at Donop hospital, now recovering at home. Snow in Harper Friday night brought heavy moisture. Dean Hopf, a San Marcos State Teachers College student, spent the weekend with family. Mrs H L Stevens visited her mother and Esther Wendel last Wednesday and Thursday. Martin Feuge returned home Sunday after weeks with the Kirchhoff family.
Mrs Tommie Harlan and Mrs J T Glass attended a Fredericksburg tea Saturday to announce the approaching marriage of Miss Cornelia Fafe Stewart county home demonstration agent to Henry Hirsch Jr The wedding is set for March 1 FFA boys with J T Glass returned from Mason fat stock show reporting it a big success Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Oliver Hopf and son Eratu and Mrs L H Harper and daughter Dawn from San Antonio and Mr and Mrs R Grass of Pearsall Sunday visits in town.
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