Gillespie County 4-H FFA Livestock Show Delivers Best Yet
The 21st annual Gillespie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Show and Auction drew 530 livestock and poultry projects. Grand Champion Steer was Wilbert Ransleben with a C H Bonn bred steer, Reserve Steer to Kermit Crenwelge, Grand Champion Hereford Bull owned by Sylvia Ann Crenwelge, Reserve Hereford Bull to Kenneth Maner, and Grand Champion Hereford Heifer to Virginia Peterson.
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Gillespie County
FFA
Gillespie
Wilbert Ransleben
C. H. Bonn & Sons
Wilbert
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Kermit Crenwelge
Bonn
Sylvia Ann Crenwelge
Sylvester Crenwelge
Sylvia
Dorthea Griffin
Kenneth Maner
Harper Ffa
Virginias
The American Cabinet as Administrator Measure
Henry J. Taylor argues the U S Cabinet is not a policy body but a group of Administrativ e Vice Presidents. Each member runs a department and maintains integrity and efficiency, with focus on administration rather than overall coalition policy. The President serves by appointing capable administrators, not guiding cabinet-wide decisions.
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Henry J. Taylor
America
Our
Republic
Eisenhower
Europe
France
Italy
Hil
United States
General Motors
Wendel Brothers Win Grand Champion Rosette at Show
The Wendel brothers, sons of Mr and Mrs Victor Wendel, teamed their entries to claim the Grand Champion Billy Rosette with the C Type Billy.
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Wendel
Victor Wendel
Wisconsin Clergymen Reunite in Harper Visit
Reverend Wm J Daniels of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin spent several days with his former classmate Reverend A A Gitter pastor of St Anthony s Church in Harper. The two men were classmates at Mt Calvary Wisconsin and St John s University Collegeville Minnesota both ordained in 1928. Daniels has served multiple Wisconsin towns while Gitter has led the Harper congregation. Daniels left Tuesday to return home.
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Wm. J. Daniels
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
A. A. Gitter
St. Anthony's Church
Harper
St. John’s University
Colleyville
Minnesota
Daniels
Gutter
Clippewa Falls
Couple Families Take San Antonio Trip Saturday
Mr and Mrs Olin Walker and Mrs Otto Rahe and Mrs Lula Roberts made a trip to San Antonio Saturday.
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Olin Walker
Otto Rahe
Lula Roberts
San Antonio
Honest Indiana driver helps repair damaged Harper mailbox
Postmaster Frank Staudt recounts A J Haltom of Indianapolis sent a card after icy roads in Texas caused a mailbox near Harper to be damaged. The Texas Highway Department replaced the post and discovered owner R E Peril, who stated no damages were requested. Haltom’s honesty impressed the postmaster.
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Frank Staudt
Indiana
A. J. Haltom
Indianapolis
Harper
Junction
Staudt
Fredericksburg
Haltom
North
Lasalle St
R. E. Peril
Highway Department
Mr. Haltom
N. LaSalle Stu
Ind
Highway 290
Texas
Texas Highway Department
United States
Frank E. Staudf
Presbyterian Women's Society Met Thursday
The Presbyterian Women's Society met Thursday January 29 at 2 30 pm with Mrs R E K Peril as leader and Mrs Charles Gammenthaler and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens as hostesses Eleven members and one visitor attended After business Mrs Watkins Tarr program chair turned to Mrs Peril who led a lesson on We Seek to be One The Bible study was in Galatians The group sang There is no East or West and the meeting closed with a prayer by Mrs Bier schwale.
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Presbyterian Women's Society
R. EK. Peril
Charles Gammenthaler
Homer Lee Stevens
Arthur Bierschwale
Watkins Tarr
Golden Girls Zone Tournament Opens in San Antonio
Harper and Northside lead the two day Golden Girls basketball tournament at Flog with 1:45 p m Friday opening and a packed schedule of three games each session across Friday and Saturday featuring Harper Bandera Comfort Northside Llano Boerne Mullins Fredericksburg Junction and others.
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Harper
Bandera
Comfort
Northside
San Antonio
Llano
Boerne
Jungation
Mullins
Fredericksburg Billikens
O’brien
Georgetown
Colleens
Supt. A
Supt. A. K. Krause
Ban
Fredericksburg
Junction
Harper-Bandera
Comfort-Northside
Chester Detter's Car Stolen in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Detter report their car was stolen in San Antonio last Thursday night while they shopped at a grocery store. Mrs Detter is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Parker of Harper. They had visited here the prior week. No further information has been received.
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Chester Detter
San Antonio
Grand Jury List for February Term Named
Judge Thomas C Ferguson will be in Fredericksburg February 6 to set trials for the February 16 1953 district court term and to open Petit Jury lists if needed. The Grand Jury list includes Ewald Sagebiel M L Bogisch Otto Schumann Ewald Koennecke Udo Henke Alfons Klaerner Troy Foster Herman Kramer Werner Henke Udo Brautigam Monroe Herbert Arthur L Hahn Marcus Burg Fitzhugh Lee Pete Crenwelge and E L Walter. Several older cases remain pending on civil and criminal dockets.
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Thos. C. Ferguson
Fredericksburg
Ewald Sagebiel
M. L. Bogisch
Otto Schumann
Ewald Koennecke
Udo Henke
Alfons Klaerner
Troy Foster
Herman Kramer
Werner Henke
Udo Braeutigam
Monroe Herbert
Arthur L. Hahn
Marcus Burg
Fitzhugh Lee
Pete Crenwelge
E. L. Walter
Harper Club Members Triumph at Junction Livestock Show
Kimble County 4 H members dominated the Hill Country Fair Grounds event with top awards across Rambouillet and Delaine breeds. Champions included Lamar Itz and Donnie Bode, with Lamar labeled grand champion for crossbred stock and Bill Edwards’s son Alfred winning best-fitted animal spur cup.
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Kimble County
Hill Country Fair Grounds
Joe Tatum
Lamar Ltz
Lamar
Donnie Bode
Millard Leon Bennett
Ola Maertz
Jimmy Peril
Bill Edwards
Alfred Edwards
George Parker
Ola Mae Itz
Lamar Itz
Angora Buck Kids
Edward Kothmann
Lamaretz
Angora Doe
Edward Rothmann
Commercial Ewes
Lemuel Fleming
Gene Simon
Frank Randolph
B. Shenault
Tommy Heffernan
Corriedale Ram
Delaine Ram Lambs
Mike Leon Bennett
Ola Maetz
Winners of 1952 Gillespie County deer turkey contest
A photo shows contest winners from the Gillespie County Game Protective Assn annual deer and turkey contest. L to R: Joe Duderstadt, K T R Penick, Ed Braun Braeutigam, Jimmy Klein, Clarence Probst, Hayden Osbourn president. Awards were handed at a Monday barbec ue at Monroe Herbert lodge Bear Creek community with directors and guests present.
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Gillespie County Game- Protective Assn
M. BE
Joe
Duderstadt
K. T. R. Penick
Win Braeutigam
Doss
Jimmy Klein
San Antonio
Clarence Probst
Hayden Osbourn
Monroe Herbert Hunting
Bear Creek
The
Game Association
Harper Community Park Board Meeting Set for Feb 3
The Park Board of Directors will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night February 3 at 7 30 p m. The session will take place at the fire station and cover standard agenda items.
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Harper Community Park Board of Directors
Harper P.T.A. Meeting Set for February 5
The Harper Parent Teachers Association schedules its regular meeting for Thursday February 5 at 3 pm The Founders Day program will be led by Mrs D Duderstadt with a Founders Day Silver Tea hosted by hospitality chair Mrs Elton Spencer A business meeting will follow All members and interested persons are invited to attend.
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Harper Parent-Teachers Association
D. Duderstadt
Elton Spencer
Hunters win trophies at Monroe ranch barbecue
Winners of the Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association contest were honored Monday night at a Bear Creek barbecue on the Monroe Herbert ranch. Ties in two events were settled by payments and a coin toss. awards included a .257 Roberts rifle and a .22 Hornet, with other guns presented to Marvin Hartmann and for the TurkeyGobber. Association leaders announced 500 copies of the Regulatory Powers Bill for distribution and a $25 reward to Roy Lange for aiding the capture of a deer-killing group.
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Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association
Monroe Herbert
Bear Creek
Edwin Bracatigam
Jimmie Klein
Juve Duderstadt
K. T. R. Penick
Duderstadt
Penick
Marvin Hartmann
Alstin
Probst Hardware, Inc
Association
Islayden Osburn
Roy Lange
Mason
Doss
Justice Court
Tractor Accident Claims Cave Creek Farmer Felix Ottmers
Felix G Ottmers a 62 year old Gillespie County resident died in a farm accident near Cave Creek on January 28 1953. A plow struck a rock causing the tractor to rear up pinning him beneath it. His body was found by neighbor Roland Behrends and Justice of the Peace Wald Wieser ruled accidental death. Funeral services were held at Beckmann Funeral Home with burial in Cave Creek Lutheran Cemetery. He was survived by a widow two sons and two daughters among others.
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Cave Creek
Gillespie County
Felix G. Ottmers
Fredericksburg
Roland Behrends
Ottmers
Frederick Ottmers
Augusta Beck Ottmers
Selma Gold
Jacob Gold
I Cave Creek
Emil Birck
Werner F
San Antonio
Chester F
Clara
Arthur Klier
Meta- Fuller
Helmuth
Emil Ottmers
Beckmann
Cave Creek Lutheran Cemetery
Junction Men Elect Officers In Hill Country League
Junction leaders Allbright and McKinney were elected vice president and secretary as the Hill Country Baseball League formed in Comfort. Plans include incorporating the league, selling stock at ten dollars a share, with twenty shares needed to start. Directors Buster and Chadwell, plus other signees, expect eight teams including Junction, Boerne, Seipp’s, and Fredericksburg entrants. First games slated for early April with meetings set in Comfort on February 10.
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Walter Chadwell
Comfort
Allbright
McKinney
Buster
Chadwell
Junction
Guldthwaite
Seipp's
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Giants
Buerne
Camp Stanley
Stonewall Pirates
Stonewall
Camp Bullig
Hitl Country League
Krause
Boerne
Tom Beatey
Comlatt
Hopf and Howe Families Visit Winters Tuesday
Mr and Mrs V A Hopf and Mr and Mrs Glen Hopf visited Mr and Mrs Worth Howe in Winters on Tuesday.
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V. A. Hopf
Glen Hopf
Mrs
Worth Howe
Mrs Howard Schultz and family visit in Rocksprings
Mrs Howard Schultz and her children from Rocksprings and her mother from Grand Saline visited Mr and Mrs Hopf on Tuesday.
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Howard Schultz
Rocksprings
Grand Saline
Vah. Hopf
Fuesda
Oehler Brothers Win Grand Prize at Angora Fair
Delbert and Kenneth Oehler of Harper win top awards at the Angora County 4 H Fair. The brothers bred by S W Dismissines claim multiple honors for their Angora goats. The Oehler family is listed as Mae and Mrs Herbert Oehler of Harper.
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Delbert Oehler
S. W. Dismiines
Dever
Kenneth
Mae
Herbert Oehler
Hare Per
Carlton Wendell Wins Grand Champion Pen of Fryers
Carlton Wendell displayed the pen of five fryers that dominated the show and won the Grand Champion Pen of Fryers award. He is part of the Harper 4-H Club and sold the fryers to Temple Lumber Company in the Saturday Sale.
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Carlton Wendell
Carlton
Temple Lumber Company
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Defense
Korea
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Harper 4-H Club
Waldemar Wendel
Ram Rosette
George
Ram
Mr. Staudt
Mail
United States Post Office
Presbyterian Women’s Society
Harper Club
Junction Show
Delaine
C. B. Chenault
Delaine Ewe
Bennett
Rambouillet Ram Lambs
Geo. Parker
Jerry Dutton
Rambouiillet
Parker
Bude
Rambouillet Rams
Rambouyillet Ram
Jimmy Carpenter
Rambouillet Ewes
T Hetleman
Donnie Bude
Frank Randulph
Raamboujlet Ewe
Lamar Lta
Harper P.T.A
Felix Ottmers
Olle Parker
Ina Raymaster
Heringer
Bealy
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