Notable Ortonville man tours Texas with 1908 Buick
Alex Semrau 62 of Ortonville Minnesota travels in his 1908 Buick four passenger touring car on a Texas tour. He lost his left arm in a hunting accident and uses a hook on his right arm to manage the car. He sells postcards of himself and the Buick to fund his travels and has logged over 80 000 miles in the antique vehicle.
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Alex Semrau
Ortonville
Minnesota
Fredericksburg
Mr. Semrau
Benno Weiss
Hill Country Implement Company
Gillespie County
Buick Automobiles
Ben
Semrau
Minn
Wisconsin
Canada
South Dakota
Grim Reaper
Florida
Texas
Fred Sanburn
Buick
Europe
America
Minnesota Man Tours South in 1908 Buick
A Minnesota man continues a tour of Southern states in a 1908 Model Buick despite numerous handicaps. The report notes his perseverance and describes the car’s performance across varied terrain and weather as he visits multiple cities.
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Minnesota
Southern States
St James Lutheran Parish Hall Dedicated After Community Effort
St James Lutheran celebrates completion of a new parish hall with contributions from Lee Schmidt Chester Bernhard Emil Tatsch and others for carpentry heating plumbing painting and supervision. Community members missionaries and Sunday School workers aided cleanup and funds for the debt free project.
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Lee Schmidt
Chester Bernhard
Emil Tatsch
Alfred Spaeth
Clilford Bode
Glen Hopf
Victor Wendel
Mr. Gamel
Belton Tatsch
Gordon Harper
Wm. Strackbein
Dayton Fahe
Alfred Lehne
Lehne Hardware Company
Sunday School
Missionary Society
St. James Lutheran
Massey Family Vo Birthday Celebration
A Sunday birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Massey honored Mr. Massey and his grandson Dean Massey with a barbecued meal for 44 guests. Attendees included extended families from Willow City Eckert Kerrville Boerne Llano and Harper.
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W. R. Massey
Massey
Dean Massey
Lee Holland
John Holland
Joe Oestreich
Willow City
Albert Holland
A. J
Eckert
Clifton Holland
Iredericksburg
F. Peeper
Richard Smith
Jasper Massey
Dean
Bi'' Smith
Kerrville
Steve Forest
Boerne
Herbert Otto
Llano
Lawrence Metzger
Clayton Massey
Faye Massey
Will Holland
Harper
Harper Herald Page Four News Briefs
Harper, Texas, February 29, 1952. Page four of the Harper Herald presents schoolwritten local items. Content reflects reporting by Harper School students under Mrs Ruth Carpenter's supervision.
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Harper, Texas
Harper School
Ruth Carpenter
Grades Three and Four Lamar Itz Wins With Goats at San Antonio Show
Three and four graders from Harper High travel with goats to the Live cur Snow Livestock Show in San Antonio where six weeks tests end and report cards arrive Wednesday. Guests Karen Ann Dittmar and Wayne and Carolyn Lennon visit. Patsy Benner Kathy Duderstadt Hollis Walker absent. meals listed for March 3-7 week.
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Lamar Itz
San Antonio
Karen Ann Dittmar
June
John Spencer
Junction
George Wallace
Lucke Mains
Menard
Wayne
Carolyn Lennon
Delbert Oehler
Austin
Patsy Benner
Kathy Duderstadt
Hollis Walker
Patsy
Harper High
FFA
Ola Maertz
Delaine
Harper
Lydia Faye Bierschwale
First State Bank of
Sixth Grade Valentine Party Recalls Mother Helpers
The sixth grade held a February 4 party with mothers Mesc Oehler Tatsch Wienecke May hugh and Fiedler helping serve cake punch and small candy baskets. Edith Ellebracht and Corine Strack bein earned a prize for twenty three words formed from the sentence Will You Be My Valentine in seven minutes.
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Mesc
Oehler
Tatsch
Wienecke
Mayhugh
Fiedler
Valentine
Edith Ellebracht
Corine Strackbein
Evelyn Rischner
Harper High
First Grade News and School Happenings This Week
Mrs. Warren McDougall leads the first grade due to Mrs. Adcock’s illness as she undergoes a toasii ectomy in Kerrville. Several students are absent with illness, Kay Cottle returns after four days, while siblings Mary Ann McDougall and Martha Jean Stevens miss time. News recounts snow delays, classroom activities, and newly elected room officers.
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Warren McDougall
Adcock
Kerrville
Kermit Klaehn
Emily Ann Esquell
Ronald Keith Bode
Prade
Kay Cottle
Kay
Mary Ann McDougall
Martha Jean Stevens
David Rishard Maurer
John Warren McDougall
Anthony Lange
Cody Marshall
David Dean Hopf
San Antonio
Our Country
David
Erwin Jung
John Wayne Reddick
Wille Dittmar
Harper High
Waverley Daniels
Eden
John Daniels
Kerrville Opens Three New Stores In Short Span
Kerrville on Feb 26 marked the opening of its third new business venture in a short period. An auto equipment store opened by Bob Coe, previously of Harlingen and Evansville. A drug store was lauded by Geo. Kearney and Dan Van Pelt, with Van Pelt a Schreiner Institute alumnus. A supermarket type grocery started by Buddy Chiles and associates. Mrs. Mattie Arnold and her music pupils held a recital at the Dittmars home for Chopin’s birthday.
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Kerrville
Bob Coe
Harlingen
Evansville
Ind
Geo. Kearney
Dan van Pelt
Mercedes
van Pelt
Schreiner Institute
Buddy Chiles
Mattie Arnold
Edwin Dittmar
Chopin
Stonewall Couple Visits Tatsch Relatives Last Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Tatsch of Stonewall visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Tatsch and other relatives Friday and Friday night last week. Miss Gloria Jean Roeder of Kerrville spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roeder.
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Elgin Tatsch
Stonewall
Edmund Tatsch
Gloria Jean Roeder
Kerrville
Mrs
Richard Roeder
Mrs Olive Parker Returns From Houston Visit
Mrs. Olive Parker returns home after visiting her daughter Mrs Phil Gillette and husband in Houston. Mr. and Mrs Charles Gammen thaler and children attended the Stock Show in San Antonio during the weekend.
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Olive Parker
Phil Gillette
Houston
Charles Gammenthaler
San Antonio
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First State Bank
ST. James Lutheran Parish Hall
Distributors of
Robin Hood
Frederickaburg, Texas
Harper HerAlo
Harper School Lunch Room
Klein's Hall
Spring Creek
Harper Road
Hill Country Playboys
Raymond Klein
Eubiscot
Massachusetts
Rt We Coll Automobiles
Hill Country Implement
mo __ Inc
Edericksburg, Texas
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