South West Texas Boys Fat Stock Show Heads to San Antonio
About 300 boys from 40 Texas counties bring calves hogs sheep and goats to San Antonio February 19 22 for the South West Texas Boys Fat Stock Show in Brackenridge Park. Entries include extensive judging entertainment prizes total around 1500 and a theme and record contest with 130 in prizes.
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Texas
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Alamo Stadium
W.l
Cal
Earl Martin
Greensburg
Indiana
Fritz Lehmberg
Mason
Egon Artz
Twin Sisters
Royce Brauner
Schulenberg
Marvin Hartmann
Johnson City
Union Stockyards of
W. Lackey
G. C. Hagelstein
W. H. Krueger
Roy M. Rothmann
C. D. Cannon
E. W. Bickett
H. A. Fitzhugh
R. Beal Pumphrey
Sec.ond Asst
W. R. Harris
Southwest Texas
F.F.A
Willys-Overland Unveils Five New Low-Cost Models
Willys-Overland Motors announces five new models to boost affordable transport. Speedway sedan station wagon cab pickup taxicab and a cab-over-engine panel truck join the lineup with prices from 620 to 849 dollars. Frazer emphasizes design refinements and economy supporting wartime production.
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Toledo
Willys - Overland Motors, Inc
Speedway
Joseph W. Frazer
Willys-Overland
Frazer
Willys
Parker Family Trip to Round Mountain Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Carlos Parker and children and Mrs Olive Parker and Miss Fay made a trip to Round Mountain Tuesday.
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Carlos Parker
Olive Parker
Miss Fay
Round Mountain
H. L. Stevens
Kerrville
Michael Gerhard 1849 1941 Dies in Fredericksburg
Michael Gerhard born in Hunerick near Koblenz January 3 1849 died February 8 1941 at age 92 in Fredericksburg He married Marie Rahe then Borchers and is survived by children Adolf Emil Ernst Luis Elsie and Anna plus seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral officiated by Rev O Lindenberg at Schaetter’s with Columbia Choir. burial in city cemetery.
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Michael Gerhard
Hunerick
Koblenz
Germany
Nickolaus Gerhard
Fredericksburg
Marie Rahe
Elsie Gerhard
Anna
Albert Lindig
Johnoon City
O. Lindenberg
Schaetter
Columbia
Snowbound housing row at Eliot for defense workers
Snow clad trailers near Portsmouth Navy Yard in Eliot Maine house defense workers for winter. They receive electricity water phone and sewer service for ten dollars a month. The scene was taken at five above zero.
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Defense
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Eliot
Mrs. Clara Jacoby Grobe born 1855 dies 1941
Mrs. Clara Jacoby Grobe born January 28 1855 in Gillespie county died February 6 1941 aged 86 with 9 days. She married F W Grobe October 15 1874. Survived by husband four daughters and one son with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral by Rev Theo M Haag at Beckmanns with Bethany choir and burial at Cave Creek cemetery.
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Wm. Grobe
Clara Jacoby
Gillespie County
Nickolaus Jacoby
F. W. Grobe
Auguste
Waldemar Klier
Hulda
Albert Immel
Carolina
Levy Hitzfeld
San Antonio
Mathilde
George Klein
Lenora
Reinhold Eckhardt
Anna
Herman Weinhemer
Edwin Grobe
Henry Schlueter
Cave Creek
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Theo. M. Haag
Beckmann
Bethany Church
Cave Creek Cemetery
Wood’s vital role in war efforts and wood products
The U S Forest Products Laboratory reports wood will shape defense needs from cantonments and ships to plywood aircraft and shipping containers. Innovations include borax flame retardant paint, Aspen based bomb containers, synthetic wood resins, faster drying walnut gunstock blanks, and broader uses powered by research.
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U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Germany
Hermann Goehring
Forest Laboratory
Forest Producta Laboratory
Dainty Cherry Crispies Delight Hearts at Tea Time
A party favorite, heart shaped cookies with maraschino cherries enliven batter. Crisp wafer thin texture, flavored by pure vegetable shortening to let the cherry almond blend shine.
Old Fashioned Spry Cherry Heart Cookies
A vintage recipe uses Spry and cherries to form heart shaped cookies. Mix Spry salt vanilla almond extract and sugar then add egg and heat. Fold in flour and baking powder, stir in cherries, roll, cut hearts, brush with egg white glaze and bake at 375 F for eight minutes. Makes about five dozen.
Care Of Lawns Types Of Grass At Doss Club Meet
Mrs Otto Spaeth notes lawn care basics at the Doss Home Demonstration Club in Gillespie County. She outlines soil bed prep fertilizing and watering for a quick turf, plus vegetative planting and native grasses Bermuda Buffalo carpet grass and shade tolerance. Members vote to assist a five year home demonstration program and endorse county public health services. The next meeting is Feb 20 1941 at Mrs Otto Spaeth home.
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Otto Spaeth
Doss Home
Badhge
Bermuda
Gillespie County
Otto Dittmar
Grapetown 4-H Club Meeting News and Local Visits
Grapetown 4 H Club met at sponsor Mrs Wal ter Doebbler s home. Miss Martin demonstrated a frame garden and members planned to try it. Doughnuts and chocolate were served. Reporters note next meeting on Monday February 24. Visitors included Mrs Bode and others. Local trips occur with Fredericksburg Kerrville and Harper residents planning a lumber yard.
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Grapetown
Walter Doebbler
Miss Martin
Kerrville visit by Mrs. Burton Brown and two sons
Mrs. Burton Brown and her two sons Pinky and Speaier of Kerrville were visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. J Whitewood on Wednesday.
Friends of Henry Markworth Wish Him Quick Recovery
Friends of Henry Markworth express concern over his illness and wish him a speedy recovery.
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Henry Markworth
Kerrville Couple Visited Marper Sunday Evening
Mr and Mrs Warren McDou gall of Kerrville visited Marper on Sunday evening. Mrs Roy Cottle was also present in the gathering at Chwrdlik tone dest.
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Warren McDougall
Kerrville
Marper
Mrs
Roy Cottle
Dairy Exhibit Plans Loom for Texas Meet in Fort Worth
Fort Worth officials outline a major Texas Dairy Products Association exhibit for April 8 to 10 at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. About 3800 cattle from top Texas herds will display record and conformation progress with Holstein Guernsey and Brown Swiss breeds represented. A Jer sey bull B. Foremost and 150 Wharton County daughters accompany a county dairy delegation. Wesley Crenwelge wins Junior Calf at Houston Fat Stock Show and plans Gillespie County Show and Auction.
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Fort Worth
Texas Dairy Products Association
Will Rogers Memorial
Texas
Coliseum
Jersey
B. X. Foremost
Wharton County
Wesley Crenwelge
Erwin Crenwelge
Houston
Crenwelge
Gillespie County
Fairgrounds
Harper High to Present Fendin in the Hills Play
Harper senior class prepares to stage Fendin in the Hills with posters expected soon. Madge Romell Whitewood visits grandmother Brown in Harper for several days this week.
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Harper High School
Madge Romell Whitewood
Brown
Harper
Harper center completes thirty six mattresses to date
Mrs. Floyd Boatwright supervised the mattress project at the Harper center, reporting thirty six finished so far. George Duderstadt and his son Douglas were noted as business visitors in Harper on Monday evening.
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Harper Center
Floyd Boatwright
George Duderstadt
Douglas
Harper
Texas Dairy Products Association names special convention committee
A. J. Riddle of Denison announces a convention committee for the Texas Dairy Products Association. The committee includes Fort Worth residents John Collier Jr Gaylord Stone P W Williams E H Leiendecker and Harvey Smith Prof C N Shepardson of Texas A and M College and J W Ridgway of San Antonio. The last annual meeting occurred in March 1940 at Texas A and M College College Station.
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John Collier Jr
Gaylord Stone
P. W. Williams
E. H. Leiendecker
Harvey Smith
Fort Worth
C. N. Shepardson
Texas A
M. College
J. W. Ridgway
San Antonio
A. J. Riddle
Denison
Texas Dairy Products Association
Texas A. and
College Station
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Willys Presents
Felix Kensing
Kensing
the Missionary Society
Gillie Pape
J. J. Rogers
Royce Buster
Junction
Pat Rogers
Waynne
Rod Se
Fredericksburg, Texas
Jacqueline Jean Benson
Chicago
American Business Organization
Do. V. Whitney
Left
American Arbitration Association
Eugene F. Sitterley
Importers’ Guide
William Grobe
Valentine
Ater
Valentine Cherry Crispies
New Works
Eddie
Bow
Gus Edwards
Cantor
Georgie Xessel
Georgie Price
Eddie Cantor
James
Oronee Weies
Melcomes
Rose Amarts
Lillian Killough
Helen Brown
Brown Ranch
Blue Mountains
Doris Coggeshall
Alice Kott
Dawn Whitworth
William Schroeder
Arthur Stehling
Harper Wednesday
John Morris
C. J. Whitewood
J. S. Whitewood
Erato Hopf
John Rogers
Patronize Herald Advertisers
Palac Theatre
Jackie Cooper
Gallant Sons
Charles Starrett
Melvyn Douglas
Rosalind Russell
Easoretnes
Duck
Ferdinand the Dull
Ft. Worth
John A. Besier
Douglas Duderstadt Place
Klein Branch
Johnnie
Leona
A. M. Shoe Store
Max O. Schmidt
E. E Saenger Lumber Company Verything
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
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