New Arrivals Spotlight Loring Armstrong and Webb
The library adds Emilie Loring Love with Mener Charlotte Armstrong Love to the Meeoa Roger Charles Webb and a funny tale of a man seeking stability. New encyclopedias include Dictionary of American Biography and Dictionary of American History plus reference volumes from Current Spyph set and economics and health titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mener
Emilie Loring
Miss Loring
Charlotte Armstrong
Love
Roger
Charles Webb
Boston
Thomas E
David L. Babson
Louis Engle
Richard Lucas
Albert C
Beaumont Visit Highlights Local Stranger News
Mrs Otto Wienecke and guests traveled to Beaumont to see James Ellis recovering from a motorcycle crash in a Beaumont hospital. Chester Deiter and children of San Antonio visited Rev Carlos Parker and family. Rev Jerry McFartley of Zapata preached at St James Lutheran Church as Vacation Bible School opened with good attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Wienecke
Jerome Gold
Orval Harvey
Beaumont
James Ellis
Jim Ellis
Chester Deiter
San Antonio
Carlos Parker
Jerry McFartley
Zapata
Carlos Parkers
St. James Lutheran Church
Reed Deliberates Brush Clearing On Harper Ranch
Temery Reed reports he cleared about 100 acres of shin oak on his ranch north of Harper to open pastures for more grass. He uses goats in a deferred grazing rotation to control regrowth and notes conservation benefits for both farm and city. The article also mentions oat yields and local crops amid a broader agricultural update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temery Reed
Harper
Reed
Rattlesnake Bite Snares Local Youth While Fishing
Vaughan Roe Usener a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Usener was bitten on the right foot by a rattlesnake at Llano River on the Wilburn Meier place while fishing Saturday night. He was rushed to Keidel Hospital Fredericksburg where Monday morning his condition was reported satisfactory. Van Mund used Boy Scout knowledge to lance the wound and pack the foot in ice possibly preventing serious outcome. His brother Gerald and friends from Doss community accompanied him and returned Sunday to haul in catfish. Usener will be a junior at Fredericksburg High School next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughan Roe Usener
Raymond Usener
Llano
Wilburn Meier
Usener
Keidel
Fredericksburg
Gerald
van Mund
Larry Mund
Doss
Young Usener
FHS
Small grain and legume mixtures improve soil and income
David Whitwerth farms in Stonewall area using deep rooted legumes with wheat barley and oats. Legumes break plow pans store more water add organic matter and nitrogen while grazing and hay production provide supplemental income. Keulher notes soil health benefits and a better life for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Whitwerth
Stonewall
David
Local Harper notices and travel updates from Uvalde area
Roy Deaton received an Agriculture Diploma at Uvalde Jr College on May 23. Multiple visits and family gatherings occur across San Antonio Dallas Seguin Corpus Christi Katy Bryan and Fredericksburg as relatives welcome guests and attend Christian baptism. An unrelated warning prose warns of dangers of overdriving headlights at crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Deaton
Uvalde Jr. College
Uvalde
Karen Lange crowned Miss Central Texas Electric Cooperative 1969
Karen Lange 17 of Mason High School was named Miss Central Texas Electric Cooperative at Fredericksburg in the Municipal Building on May 31. She will compete for Miss Texas Rural Electrification in San Antonio in August. First alternate is Gwen Grona. second runner up Cherry LaMae Behrends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Lange
Mason, Center
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Gwen Grona
Mason
Fredericksburg
Carol Jean Schmidt
CTEC
Texas Rural Electrification
San Antonio
Miss Lange
Raymond Lange
Mason High School
Llano
Future Homemakers of America
Future Teachers
Mason Puncher
Electric Coop
Cicso Junior College
Sweet
Heart of Schreiner Jr. College
Kerrville
Clinton Grona
Miss Grona
Fredericksburg High School
Cherry La’Mae Behrends
Alvin R. Behrends
Fredericksburg High
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Brenda Priess
Peggy Nixon
Terry Townsend
Austin
Robert Kensing
San Angelo
Harold Henke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maises Dor
Canter
Alfred
Cantor
Paul Dudley White Rat
Think and the Stender
Leonid Kotkin
Nerale
Gitleenic County
Soil & Water Con
D. A. Williams
Emil Heiner
Jung Lane
Heiner
Gillespie Soil and Water Conservation District
Fort Worth
Otto Schumann
Harold Kneese
Roy Itz
A. C. East
Bud Smathers
Bob Gordon
Hill Country Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Diamond X
G. R. Rothmann
Hill Country Association
I. C. Caswell
Pedernales
Seguin
New Braunfels
Dayton Crenwelge
Lochte
Range & Field
L .A
Norman
Schlueter
Goehmann Lane
Stonewall Coop
N. J.D
Karen Oehler
Kenneth Oehler
Mrs
Herbie Oehler
Anna Moellendorf
Albert Moellendorf
Ida Warner
Billy Martin
Little Daughter
London
Tammy
Fairchild
Angus
Union Stock Yards
Harper Herald
Eneeeses
Harper, Texas
Norman J. Dietel
Perous
Walter P. Keulher
Johnny Bush
Bandoleras
J. J
G. Franz Stebling
Amandus Stebling
Lady Bird Johnson
Gerald Siebald
C.S.S.R
Klein’s Hall
Spring Creek
Hill Country Volunteers
Gillespie County
D.A.V
Harper Locals
Gina Reiger
Wayne Barrett
Roger Parker of
Spicewood
Jeff Elam
Ray Bierschwale
Cecil Slater
Faye Walker
J. M. Stevens
Ray Edwards
Oren Cottle
V. A. Cottle
Johnnie Cottle
Mike Cottle
San Francisco
California
Paul Goranson
Dallas
Victor Harper
Lisa
Max Lange
Kelton
Robert Schaerer
Corpus Christi
S.F.C
Joseph Lang
Edwin Lang
M-Set
Paul Lang
Dayton Itz
Katy
David Hopf
Bryan
Ed Bailey
Fred Whitewood
Fredericksburg Presbyterian Church
Tammy Lyn Whitewood
Fred Whitewood Jr
Western Shop
Maier Saddle Shop
Cen-Tex News
Cheryl LaMae Behrends
F.D.1. C
Miss Central Texas Electric Coop
Sinclair
Washateria
Herbert Feller
Lehne Lumber and Hardware
Wsarper, Texas
Alfred Edwards
Moorman’s Quality
Philco Appliances
Zenith TV
Floy Bode Company
Phone UN
Harper, Texa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!