Farm Bureau Queen Contest And Talent Find Slated August 11
Gillespie County hosts the Farm Bureau Queen’s Contest and Talent Find on Wednesday August 11 at 8 p m in Community Hall. Eligibility includes daughters or sisters of Farm Bureau members aged 16 to 22 as of September 1 1971 and an Amateur Talent Fund for ages 17 to 30 as of December 1 1971. Interested contestants please attend a Coke party July 30 at 8 p m or contact Ruby Burgess or Mrs Curtis Eckhardt.
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Farm Bureau
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Texas
Ruby Burgess
Curtis Eckhardt
Point Theatre Prepares For Once Upon A Mattress Ingram
The Point Theatre Company rehearses costumes and sets for Once Upon A Mattress a New York musical comedy opening July 28 in Ingram. The tale shows Princess Winifred vying for a royal marriage through tests set by a domineering queen and hapless king as cast includes Sally Harper as Winifred and Yvonne Goodpaster as the queen. Performances run Wednesday through Sunday for three weeks with reservations via Hill Country Arts Foundation.
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The
Point Theatre Company
New York
Coming To the Point Theatre
Ingram
Hans Christian Anderson
Price Dauntless
Winifred
Doughty
Sally Harper
Robert Tindall
Prince Dauntless
Crab
Yvonne Goodpaster
Harrison Ewing
Hill Country Arts Foundation
Cosper-Costle Reunion Weekend Notes and Illness
Seventy five members and three guests attended the Cosper-Cottle reunion last Sunday with a noon barbecue. Plans for next year were set for July at Harper Community Park. News from Fredericksburg Hospital reported Mr Paul Delorey has taken ill. The page also contains incomplete reminiscences and stray commentary about noses and radio studio pranks.
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Cosper-Cottle
Harper Community Park
Paul Delorey
Fredericksburg Hospital
Board clarifies draft status for age group in Texas
Selective Service official Mrs Heimann explains induction authority expiry does not halt classifications. Local board No 50 in Fredericksburg continues to register, classify, and process preinduction physicals while awaiting final congressional action and potential calls for July August.
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Service System
Ruby Bremnam
Texas Lanal Board No 90
Fredericksburg
Texas
Heimann
Selective Service
Curtis Tate
Iit
Defense Department
Bemp
Carling
Hemann
Fredericksbuug
Local Board
Harper locals honor 88th birthday and Klein reunion notes
The community gathers for Mrs. M. Keen's 88th birthday at Monticello Retirement Center with family including daughters, Walter Parker Sr and Jr and children Winn and Jan. Several families from Denton, Breham, Fredericksburg, San Antonio, Austin, Pogusen, and Converse attend Klein Reunion events and birthday suppers at Lady Bird Johnson park. Local visits include Edwin Lang and Lang family, Shells Mattell’s San Antonio visit, and Kelton Lange bringing Lisa for a week with Brenda Lange. Stephen travels with family.
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Junction
M. Keen
Walter Parker Sr
Walter Parker Jr
Winn
Jan
Norman Sullivan
Carolyn David
San Antonio
Edwin Lanz Jr
Austin
Robert I. Spruill
Pogusen
Virginia
Oren Cottle
Here
Klein
Spring Creek
Harold B Birt
J. B Birt Sunnday
Birt
Shells Mattell
Cottle Casper families hold reunion at Community Park
The Cottle Casper families held a reunion Sunday at the Community Park with a large crowd attending. Marylyn McDougall visited from Ruckers Store and noted the Llano River rising and the bridge overrun.
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Cottle Casper
Marylyn McDougall
Ruckers Store
Ronnie Lumpkins
Llano
Rainy Week Brings Relief Across Texas Hill Country
Showers brought relief to the parched Texas Hill Country with varied rainfall totals from under half an inch to over five inches. Reports from stations near Llano Fredericksburg and San Saba noted river swelling and flooded creeks, while Fredericksburg saw minor showers and other locales recorded higher amounts. Official Weather observer noted totals around 0.8 inches at measurements, with broader regional reports compiled by RNAP and the Radio Post Gun.
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Texas
Krnal Bois
Llanoon State
Predericksburg
Sunda
Hrady
Llane
Sat Saba
Wilteen
San Saba
Cantla
Certral Fexas
Meederuksturg
Caintact
Series of single car crashes keeps patrolman busy
Last weekend a string of one car wrecks stretched across Harper and Fredericksburg areas. A 1971 Buick plunged into Barons Creek killing two children near Barons Creek Bridge. Driver Freddie Ash of Houston survived, others injured including wife Gladys and four kids. Additional crashes near Harper and on US 290 left two teens seriously injured and a Mason man minor injuries after deer avoidance and night rain showers. Investigations cited possible driver fatigue, loss of control, and a bee in the eye as causes in separate incidents.
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Charles Stephenson
S O
Stephenson
Barons Creek
Texas State Highway Department
Buick
Freddie Lee Ash
Houston
Ash
Dupont Company
Gladys
Brandon
Frederick
Searle Adrian
Ramona Alyce
Alyce
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Dinor
Searle
Baytown
Beckmann Funeral Home
Havin
Harper
U. S. 290
Sarah Renee Roberts
Mary Ann Roberts
Johnny G. Roberts
Austin
Morris Aubrey Harper
Aubrey Harper
Fredericksburg
Parties Honor Bride To Be Eleen Hopf Ahead Of Aug. 6
Miss Eleen Hopf, to wed Thomas Mareth of Galveston August 6, is feted with a tea at the Lutheran Parish Hall on June 2. In the receiving line were her mother Mrs Dean Hopf, groom’s mother Mrs W J Mareth, grandmothers Mrs Hugo Hopf and Mrs Jim Pert, and Dana Bateman presiding at the guest register. Hostesses and helpers assisted as corsages and gift tables brightened the event.
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Eleen Hopf
Thomas Mareth
Galveston
Dean Hopf
W J Mareth
San Marcus
Hugo Hopf
Jim Pert Dana Bateman
Michael Young
Fredericksburg
Jan Bob Stevens Hlustesses
Hubert Rahe
Victor Harper
Fine Lumpkin
Gibert Andereee
Douglas Duderstadt
CL. Brown
Wo Bierschwale
John Henmy
David Schmidt
Gene Harper Clayton Massey
Harold Sechoudt
Levi Kensing
Leon Dunn
Jun Bob Stevens
Robert Latmar
Dayton Rahe
Werner Schumpelt
Gary Enderlin
Hans Wachals
Goo. Stevens
Dennis Parker
Ed Mains
Cathy Patch
Malcolm Marschall
Charles Rogers
Rogers
Marcie Marschall
VA to Expand Drug Treatment Centers to Thirty-Two by October
Administrator Donald FE Johnson announced a sixfold expansion of VA operated drug addiction treatment centers. The plan increases the number in operation to 32 by October from the current level. He cited growing need and federal support for mental health and rehabilitation services for veterans.
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Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Donald FE Johnson
Durst, Gillespie County Tax Official, Dies at 68
Milton C. Durst longtime Gillespie County tax assessor collector died Monday in a San Antonio hospital at age 68 after surgery. Born in Fredericksburg in 1903 he led local civic groups including the Lions Club and was survived by wife Sylvia and three children. Funeral services were held at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Milton C. Durst
Gillespire
San Antonio
Durst
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Lions Club
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
San Antony
Brackenridge
Main Avenue
Alamo City
Fredericksburg
Milton
St. An
Allen J. Durst
Lloyd M. Durst
Fort Worth
Tother
Louis W. Durst
Federicksburg
Schaetter
Holy Ghet Lutheran
Leroy Deans
Rain Returns to Hill Country Weekend Outlook
Rain showers cooled the Hill Country with heavy Saturday evening precipitation and additional showers on Sunday morning, bringing relief to parched areas and affecting weekend outdoor plans.
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Finland
America
Edmond Hostand
Point Theatre
Once Upon
Mnute King
David Ainsworth
John Thomason
John Garrison
Carolyn Brinkman
Lady Larken
Andy Ritch
Sir Harry the Knight
Ford Ainsworth
Bette Herring
James Thomason-Bergner
Cosper-Costle
von Comeplan
Treland
Harper Herald
Ibs
Cathy Esquell
Forrest Lux
Cypress Creek
Waco
Baylor University
Kerr County Farm Bureau Association
Texas Farm Bureau
Esquell
Harper High School
Elgin Esquell
Forrest
Comfort High School
Harper Locals
Carlton Wendell
Denton
Victor Wendell
Waldmar Wendell
Breham, Texas
Victor Wendell's
Jan Esquell
Yvonne Granville
Barbara Maurer
Marcus Maurer
Paul Lang
Edwin Lang
Converse
Texan
Clayton Kneese
Lonnie Fredrich
Douglas Tatsch
Gay Friedrich
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Kernut Klaehn
Albert Black
Katy
Ray Roberts
Kelton Lange of
Levain
Lisa
Brenda Lange
Hus
Stephen
Oliver Hopf
Kerrville
Frei Nabers
John Reddick
Seoula
Tarr House
Simon Cosper
Little G
New Iberia A
Mesdames
Chester Moses
Stovd Boatwright
J. H. Harper
J. R Hart
Bill Hart
Dallas
San Angelo
Jim Hart
Llano River
Perth
Cecil Tatseh
Felix Klein
Phoereiebracht
Alex Knopp
Pilot Knob
Ben Foers
Kuss
Richard Hohmann
Willow City
Daniel Allen
Beckmann
Hlighway Building
Gilbert Vinson Cruwcott
Detroit
Michigan
Constance Clubb
Mason
Royal Mountain
Abbott
Morris Ranch
Wolf Creek
Charles Bendele Worris Ranch
Gillespie County
Brad
Torld
Canada
Park Road
Christadelphian Church
Pedernales River
Stonewall
Fredericksburg Memorial Hospital
Sylvia Evers
Mr and Mistry Evers
Koer
Perry Woerner
J. J. Moritz
Herbert Durst
Michael Evers
Edwin Lea
Harold Jung
James Allred
Udo Henke
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