San Antonio Death Statistics Warn of Age Related Risks
A 1948 San Antonio health note warns a birth cohort faces varied risks by age. Infants under one year account for 529 of 3,054 deaths, chiefly diarrhea, pneumonia and prematurity. From ages 20 to 24 injury and tuberculosis rise, while between 40 and 45 heart disease and nephritis climb, with 45 plus showing increasing mortality from several causes. S. A. Light signs off.
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San Antonio
City Health Department
S. A
Tejas Club Expresses Appreciation For Good Cooperation
The Tejas Study Club met Saturday February 19 at the Harvey Theatre with Mrs. Mattie Arnold and Mrs. Vester Parker as hostesses. Mrs. M. Spencer spoke for the American Cancer Society district and Mr. Fox screened a cancer film. Officers elected include President Mrs. Vester Parker, Vice President Mrs. Charles Jain, Recording Secretary Mrs. Coplen, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Duderstadt, Treasurer Mrs. Gilbert Andege, with delegates Marg, Clint Brown, and Mrs. Arthur Bierchweiler and Parliamentarian Mrs. Arnold.
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Tejas Study Club
Harper Theatre
Mesdameg Mattie Arnold
Vester B. Parker
M. Spencer
American Cancer Society
Fox
Tejas Club
Harvey Theatre
Vester B. Par OY
Charles Jains
C. ‘Opien
D. ‘Uderstadt
Gilbert Andrege
Marg
Clint Brown
Arthw Bierchwele
Will Tockard
Arnold
Four Gillespie County 4-H boys honored on KNAF broadcast
Three Gillespie County 4-H Club members were honored by County Agent Henry Grote on a Farm and Ranch Program broadcast on KNAF. Elroy Ransleben received the Gold Star Award for cattle and lamb projects, Elmer Tatsch earned the Wilson Award for meat animal production, and Harvey Ellebracht received the County Award for corn production with multiple fair prizes.
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Gillespie County
Henry Grote
KNAF
Elroy Ransleben
Elmer Tatsch
Mr. Grote
Harvey Ellebracht
Elroy
Alvin Ransleben
Texas Extension Service
Wilson
R. S. Connor
Dallas
Fort Worth
Richard Fredrich
Kerrville
International Harvester Co
Harvey
Albert Ellebracht
Friendly Sewing Circle Plans April Bingo Party
The Friendly Sewing Circle will sponsor a late April Bingo Party at the school building with a cake booth and fancy work. Proceeds from bingo and booths will fund cemetery needs in Harper after expenses, with members bringing cakes or pies and prizes. A quilt project with Helping Hand Club and donations from a March 2 3 event at the Sunday House will be added to the fundraiser.
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Friendly Sewing Circle
Edmund Fiedler
Alfred Kramer
Harper
A. A. Gitter
Harper Lions Hold Off Kerr Lions In Close 34 29 Victory
Harper Lions Club basketball team edged Kerrville Lions 34 to 29 on Thursday night in a tight contest at the new gym. The Harper lineup featured Worth Howe Rex Fox Aubrey Harper Omer Cottle Neal Fox Fred Whitewood Carl Oehler Paul DeLorey Clint Brown Watkins Tarr and president A L Bierschwale. A large Harper crowd witnessed the game while Harper high school girls teams faced St Marys Fredericksburg, with both visiting teams winning. Center Point teams defeated Harper boys and girls Tuesday, and the week’s Tuesday and Thursday games mark the final schedule of the season per Coach Rex Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions
Kerrville Lions Club
Worth Howe
Rex Fox
Aubrey Harper
Omer Cottle
Neal Fox
Fred Whitewood
Carl Oehler
Paul DeLorey
Clint Brown
Watkins Tarr
A. L. Bierschwale
Harper
Harper High School
St. Mary’s
Fredericksburg
Center Point High School
Center Point
Elgin Klein Drowns In Spring Creek
Elgin Klein a 31 year old Tivy dale ranch employee died Monday night in Spring Creek, believed to have fallen from a fishing boat and drowned. His body was found Tuesday morning by a searching party about 7:30 a.m. after his wife reported his disappearance. Deputy Fiedler ruled accidental drowning with Drs Perry and Feller present. The incident occurred after Klein and his wife and two sons had been fishing on the E. H. Riley ranch. The rescue effort used grappling hooks and an ambulance, but Klein died in roughly eight feet of water about 12 feet from shore.
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Elgin Klein
Tivydale Ranch
Spring Creek
Justice of the Peace
Wm. Brung
Bob Loth
Liana
Ben Fiedler
Henry Hirsch
Fiedler
J. Hardin Perry
L. W. Feller
Klein
E. H. Riley
Osbourne
Schmidt
Fire Dept
Fourteen indictments returned by Gillespie grand jury
Heavy rains in February push total rainfall above four inches in the Harper area with 1.45 inches Tuesday night and 2.15 inches Friday morning. Officials say the downpour could bring the biggest rain in years, filling dams and lakes and swelling rivers including Devil's River and Pedernales. Also announced is the marriage of Opal Lennon to Jessie Tijerino in San Antonio on January 8, 1949, with small wedding party and future nursing plans for the bride.
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Otto Rahe
LCRA
Harper
Rahe
Devil's River
Llano
Guadalupe
Pedernales
G. D. Lennon
Opal
Jessie Tijerino
San Antonio
St. Gerard's Rectory
Father Kennedy
Donnie Lennon
Adrian Zukle
Rev Geo Brown Buried in Harper
Reverend George Henry Brown longtime Baptist minister died in Fredericksburg February 18 1849 at age 86 years 8 months 4 days born June 14 1862 in McLennan County wife died October 31 at Kerrville. survived by three children Willie Allen Fredericksburg Mary Robertson and George Brown Copperas Cove 13 grandchildren 12 great great grandchildren one brother Tom Brown San Angelo and one half sister Mary McBeth Sabinas funeral conducted by Rev L H Billings and Rev Ike Hargrave at Harper Baptist Church burial in Harper Cemetery with Smith Funeral Home Kerrville.
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George Henry Brown
Fredericksburg
McClennan County
Kerrville
Old Central Hotel
Willie Allen
Mary Robertson
George Brown
Copperas Cove
Tom Brown
San Angelo
Mary McBeth
Sabinas
L. H. Billings
Ike Hargrave
Harper Baptist Church
Smith Funeral Home
Harper Cemetery
Harper Boys Tie For Third In Johnson City District 72B Tourney
Harper High School A team tied for third at the District 72B Tournament in Johnson City after two Friday wins over Blanco 26 25 and Comfort 46 42 and two losses to Bertram 69 28 and Johnson City 43 25. Carter led Blanco game with 13 points, Jung top-scored vs Comfort with 16, and Harper planned one final boys game against Center Point. A Harper Lions Club men s game vs Kerrville followed by a girls game was slated tonight at the Harper gym.
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Harper High
Johnson City
Harper
Blanco
Comfort
Bertram
Johnson
Rex Fox
Harper School
Hill Country Baseball League elects officers at Comfort meeting
Elton Jordan was elected president of the Hill Country Baseball League at a Comfort meeting on Tuesday night. Martin Marquardt of Listerdale is vice-president, Bull Kaiser of Harper secretary, and Morris Goforth of Comfort treasurer. Directors include Dr. L. W. Feller Fredericksburg J. C. Welch Stonewall John Kutzer Boerne and G Patton Camp Stanley. The league schedule begins Sunday April 10 with a full schedule to be issued later.
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Elton Jordan
Hill Country Baseball League
Comfort
Martin Marquardt
Listerdale
Bull Kaiser
Harper
Morris Goforth
Treas
L. W. Feller
Fredericksburg
J. C. Welch
Stonewall
John Kutzer
Boerne
G. Patton
Camp Stanley
Harper Child Suffers Eye Incident With Lye Solution
Carolyn Ruth Minter, year old daughter of Rev and Mrs Jack Minter of Harper, accidentally got lye solution in her left eye while playing with a can containing lye. She was rushed to Fredericksburg hospital. the eye was treated and she is recovering without permanent damage. Local visitors and town residents are listed visiting relatives over the weekend.
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Carolyn Ruth Minter
Rev
Jack Minter
Harper
Fredericksburg
Carolyn Ruth
Lady of the Lake Choral to Perform Here Sunday Night
Our Lady of the Lake College Choral Club under Gerald Ingraham will present a concert February 27 at 7 30 pm in the Fredericksburg High School auditorium. The 48 member choir from San Antonio College will sing selections from vocal majors and non majors with Ingraham also performing solos.
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Our Lady of the Lake College Choral Club
Gerald Ingraham
Music Study Club
Fredericksburg
San Antonio College
Nonege
NBC
CBS
Second Week Petit Jury List at District Court
The petit jury list for the second week of District Court is published for March 7 at 9 a.m. It includes jurors Elgin Staats Arthur Gold Fred H Saenger Gottlieb Friedrich Marvin Schuch Otto Kott Walter Kuhlmann Martin Kneese Calvin Bierschwabe Gilbert Garner Elmo Baethge Emil Hahn Milton Petermann Otto Dietz Isidore Stehling Harry Moeller ing Erwin Rusenberger Helmuth Klein Archie Gelstweidt Benno Barth Milton Gerhard Leo Hartmann Erwin Boening Walter Hollmng Elias Kraerner Lawrence Weidenfeller R L Franke Alfred Weinheimer Bruno Fritz Monroe Herbert Richard Stehling Bruno Eckhardt Milton Hansen Harry J W Eckert George Heimann Edwin Cren welge Kermit Hahne Alex E Segner Albert Kammlah Key ser Bierschwale
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Elgin Staats
Arthur Gold
Fred H. Saenger
Gottlieb Friedrich
Marvin Schuch
Otto Kott
Walter Kuhlmann
Martin Kneese
Calvin Bierschwabe
Gilbert Gardner
Elmo Baethge
Emil Hahn
Milton Petermann
Otto Dietz
Isidore Stehling
Harry Moellering
Erwin Rusenberger
Helmuth Klein
Weekend Visitors and Social Visits Across San Angelo and Doss
Mr and Mrs J A Green of San Angelo visited in the M R Duderstadt and Glen Hopf homes over the week end. Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood and song visited in the home of Mr and Mrs A J Kinsey Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Hubert Rahe and children with Mrs August Kirchhoff and Miss Helen visited Mr and Mrs Martin Anderegg and Mr and Mrs A A Wendel at Doss Sunday. Mrs Rode attended a shower for Miss Mathilda Rode in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Lon Whetstone returned from a week’s visit with her daughter and family in Houston. Mr and Mrs Oliver Hope spent the week end in Austin with their son Erato and family.
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R. E. Peril
Colorado
Fred Whestone
Tommie
Marshall Brown
G. B. Beemann
C. A. Edinborough
Ball Inger
Willie Wartenbach
Arthur Wartenbach
John Warren
Mason
J. A. Green
San Angelo
M. R. Duderstadt
Glen Hopf
Fred Whitewood
Song
A. J. Kinsey
Hubert Rahe
August Kirchhoff
Helen
Martin Anderegg
A. A. Wendel
Doss
Rode
Mathilda
Lon Whetstone
Houston
Mrs. Oliver Hope
Austin
Erato
Local Visitors Share Weekend in Fredericksburg and Kerrville
Temple Duderstadt of Fredericksburg visited as a Harper guest. Mr and Mrs HW Baker and son from Kerrville spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J M Scarborough and relatives. Mrs Jim Custer of Mason and Mr and Mrs Charlie Rogers with their daughter visited the Rogers family and Miss Mattie Sunday with the McDougalls and two children in attendance.
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Temple Duderstadt
Fredericksburg
Harper
HW. C. Baker
Kerrville
J. M. Scarborough
Jim Custer
Mason
Charlie Rogers
Clarence McDougall
John Rogers
Mattie
Gillespie County Grand Jury Returns 14 Indictments
The Gillespie County Grand Jury selected for the spring term of District Court returned 14 indictments including 13 felonies and 1 misdemeanor. Leo Ramos, 23, charged with murder in the death of Ernesto Marquecho, 78, at a Fredericksburg dance tavern. Accomplices Candalerio Borjas and John Sanchez named. Vicente Lozano, 42, indicted for rape of his 7 year old daughter and bigamy. Lozano reportedly married three times since 1927, the third wife a 13 year old. Jurors also charged with burglary, forgery, hot checks, theft, assault, and driving while intoxicated among others. The panel sat from Monday to Wednesday. Lozano held in Gillespie jail. Grand Jury work completed Wednesday evening.
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Gillespie County
Grand Jury
Leo Ramos
Ernesto Marquecho
Fredericksburg
Candalerio Borjas
John Sanchez
Vicente Lozano
Gillespie
Comal
Lozano
McCulloch County
Maria Rubio
Willow City
Bob Loth
Lozano Sis
Gillespie Co
Loth
Comal County
Juan Ramos
Henry Hobson Hopf
Vicente
George Wilkerson
Gerald Hayward Schneider
Lee Fall
Edward Lee Hill
W. E. Creech
Cantelario Borjas
John Sanches
Elgin W. Schaper
Glen Cosper
Kenneth Cosper
Joseph Lang
Charles Neal Jr
Grand Jury Reports 14 Indictments in Gillespie County
The Gillespie County grand jury, empaneled Monday, reported to District Judge Ferguson at 6 30 p m Wednesday evening. It returned 14 indictments the largest tally in years and Judge Ferguson commended the jurors before dismissing 12 of them.
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Ferguson
Gillespie County
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Kerr Lions
Edgar Elebracht
Ida Kneese
Theo Molm
Opal Lennon
Rev. Geo. Brown
Harper Child
Harold B. Birt
Daughters of
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Ranger
C. O. Whitworth
W. C. Whitworth
Martha Russe
John S. Morris
Maxie Baumann
Arthur Baumann
W. W. Massey
Pete Whitworth
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Watkins Tarr and Sons
Elmo Lumpkins
Elmer Lee Russell
Dallas Rieger
J. L. Faris
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