Study Game Laws and Conservation Taught to Rural Students
Dellas County rural students in intermediate grades will study state game and fish laws and wildlife conservation under 250 teachers, per Game Department notice via Miss Leland Watkins. The executive secretary praised conservation education as more colleges adopt the subject. Joe Harris, county superintendent, helped inaugurate the course. Palmetto Bog near Ottine in Gonzales County hosts subtropical plants like the wild orchid far from their native regions.
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Dellas County
Game Department
Mies Leland Watkins
Miss Watkins
Joe
Palmetto Bog
Ottine
Gonzales County
Record-breaking bass caught in Montgomery Lake Georgia
A rod and reel angler hauled in the biggest large-mouth bass on the lake, weighing 22 and a quarter pounds. The catch from Montgomery Lake, Georgia, set a new local record for size.
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Montgomery Lake
Georgia
Borchers Fries Wedding In St Marys Church
A wide circle of friends attended the marriage of Kathleen Fries and Werner Borchers at St. Marys Church with Father F X Wolff officiating. The ceremony featured daisies and lilies, a cream lace gown, a colonial bouquet, and a reception at Hotel Nimitz followed by a wedding trip to East Texas.
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St. Mary's Church
F. X. Wolff
Kathleen Fries
Werner Borchers
Adolph Fries
Margaret Fries
Beaumont
Rita Gary
New Orleans
Monica Friesenhahn
San Antonio
Harold Dietel
Oscar Staudt
Alex Baumann
St. Mary’s Choir
John Gentemann
Lohengrin
Ad. Fries
Louis Borchers
Hotel Nimitz
Ada Fries
Katherine Derden
Irene Stehling
Elizabeth Friesenhahn
Adela Borchers
Edwin Woerner
Mary Helen Fries
Blanco
Petermann Schmidt Wedding at Holy Ghost Church
Rev O Lindenberg unites Eugenia Schmidt and Jack Petermann at Holy Ghost Church in a ceremony with Katherine Langerhans and Mrs Wm Petmecky as attendants. The couple, after a reception, will live in Houston where Jack works for a construction company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Ghost Church
O. Lindenberg
Eugenia Schmidt
Eugene C. Schmidt
Jack Petermann
F. H. Petermann
Katherine Langerhans
Wm. M. Petmecky
Robert Petermann
Paul Lange
Bemburg
Houston
Jack
Mrs Elise Marie Morgan Dies In San Antonio
Elise Marie Morgan 84 of 728 St James Street San Antonio died Wednesday native of Fredericksburg and resident here 22 years She was a Grace Lutheran Church member Society of Woman's Relief Corps No 5 and G A auxiliary Survived by two daughters Mrs Hoffester and Mrs L F Ahr both of San Antonio Funeral held Thursday afternoon with Rev John A Scherzer officiating Rev Kattner notes upcoming mission service at his church this Sunday.
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Elise Marie Morgan
St. James Street
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Grace Lutheran Church
Woman's Relief Corps No. 5
G. A. Auxiliary
C .Hoffester
L. Ft. Ahr
John A. Scherzer
Kattner
State Highway Dept Employs Engineering Graduates
Austin May 27. The State Highway Department continues its policy of hiring Civil Engineering graduates from six Texas colleges. Forty-one graduates will join the engineering division to gain practical field experience as they work. The department states it offers positions to all graduates seeking work and notes 70 percent of civil engineers surveyed wish to join the department.
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Austin
State Highway Department
Texas
Highway Department
feloTe
Texas Wheat Allotments Raise State Share for 1941
Texas gains 4,263,335 acres of the national 62 million acre wheat allotment for 1941, up 73,202 from 1940, with no wheat marketing quota. U.S. 1940-41 supply estimates about 949 million bushels. 1941 carryover projected at 244 million. allocations based on 10-year average wheat acreage. Wheat farmers adhering to 1941 allotments eligible for AAA program benefits, including conservation and potential crop insurance parity payments.
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College Station
Texas
Henry A. Wallace
AAA
Charles L. Thomas Pampa
Thomas
U. S
Deer Toll Costs Rise Amid Heavy Texas Road Traffic
Readable fragments indicate concerns over deer tolls and traffic on Texas roads, with references to rising rates and ongoing impact on travel. The garbled text suggests monthly patterns and continued strain on routes, though details are unclear.
Texas hatcheries stock Possum Kingdom with 71000 bass
Texas Game Department announced 71000 bass were planted in Possum Kingdom as the new lake begins stocking. Biologists study fish food production and species suitability for each lake while hatcheries aim to reach 10 million fish this season despite losses from late freezes. USDA home economists advise lean meats like liver or kidney for children once daily.
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Austin
Texas
State Game Department
Game Department
Texas Game Department
USDA
New Name for Farm Home Income Emerges in Texas
Rural Texas women are earning income from home produced farm goods and markets, prompting discussion of a new term for these funds. Myrrle Murray of Texas A and M Extension notes cash from home products funds education and helps rural youths. Potter County Market marks eight years, with profits buying a refrigerator, store, bathroom, and a family vacation, while common products include dressed poultry, vegetables, jams, butter, eggs, canned goods, and handicrafts.
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College Station
Texas
Myrrle Murray
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Cimemakers
Murray
Potter County
1100 Pound Turtle Brought In By Four Men
The Texas Gulf Coast yielded a massive 1100 pound turtle caught after being grazed by a tanker in the Sabine channel. Four men lassoed and hauled the creature ashore though the animal broke the first rope, likely escaping if not for the tanker’s impact.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Game Department
Sabine Channel
Motor Accidents Involve Single Vehicle Majority
State police report that in the first three months of the year over half of fatal crashes involved single vehicles. Of 343 deaths 431 persons died with 189 crashes involving one vehicle. Passenger cars caused 144 deaths, trucks 34, and 64 killed in 24 vehicle train collisions. Sixteen rail deaths were at city county crossings. Mexico death toll 28 in a truck train crash at Alamo in March. Police cite speeding and jaywalking as primary factors.
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Austin
Alamo
Hill Country Fishermen Must Wait Until June to Fish
Fishermen in ten Hill Country counties must wait until June 1 to wet hooks due to a 1939 local law establishing a March through May closed season. May 1 opens freshwater fishing under general state law, but county rules prevail where applicable. Kerr and Bandera counties face a March–May closure except Medina Lake waters.
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Hill Country
State Game Department
Game Department
Bandera
Medina Lake
Bandera County
Kerr
Edwards
Real
Sutton
Mason
Menard
Blanco
Kendall
Gillespie
Kerr and Bandera
Honoring Oscar Staudt Returns Home From Okmulgee
A Sunday dinner at the Lange ranch honored Oscar Staudt who returned from Okmulgee Oklahoma where he worked as an expert watch repairman. Relatives and friends attended including the Staudt, Lange, Reed, Fries, Dietrich, and Strack families. The gathering featured coffee and ice cream with horseback riding and ball games noted among the evening activities.
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Louis Lange
Oscar Staudt
Okmulgee
Okal
Joseph Staudt
Mar Staudt
Ernst Reed
Anton Lange
Margaret Fries
Elise Dietrich
Estella Strackbein
Oscar
Benno
Isidor Staudt
Yon Leave Your Order for Job Work With the Herald
A classified notice invites readers to place job work orders with the Herald. The item emphasizes timely submission and directs readers to the newspaper for details and deadlines.
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The
Herald
Early Virginia brewers sought by colonists in 1609 ad
In 1609 London posted appeals for two professional brewmasters to join the Virginia settlement and “men of good character,” with two brewers later responding in 1620 as “marrying men” named Jacques de Lechilles and Pierre Quesnec.
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Virginia
New World
América
London
Jacques de Lechilles
Pierre Quesnec
Opening Dates Vary Across Texas Counties
The new law took effect September 20 1939 as verified by the secretary of state's office. A May 1 opening date in certain counties began February 21 1939. June 1 openings in 10 hill country counties are seen as an initial innovation with broader practice in other counties. The Panhandle region had 24 counties with a June 1 opening date last year, according to the executive secretary.
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Secretary of State
Hill Country
Panhandle
Austin American
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E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
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Borchers - Fries
Petermann - Schmidt
Mrs
Frank Morgan
Schnerr Beauty Shop
Bertha Schnerr
Main St
Rialto
Kerrville, Texas
William Boyd
Russell Hayden
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Laraine
DR. Killdares
Virginia Ee Morgan
Wayne Morris
Ralph Bellamy
Jane Wyman
Wallace Beery
Lee Carville
Marjorie Romiseu
State Highway Dept
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Geyer
Utah
Lee E. Geyer
California
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Walter N. Polakov
Polakov
Florence Fletcher
Women's Trade Union League
Fletcher
Henry N. Collins, Jr
Congress
Gyer
YWCA
Fred E. Maxey
Leeds
Alabama
Workers Alliance
Jefferson County
National
Alton Lawrence
Labor
League
Spartanburg
South Carolina
J. G. Luhrsen
Railway Labor Executives’ Asociation
J. Finley Wilson
Ilb.p.d. Elks of the World
Texas Ways
Buta Hy
Anda
Walter Wanger
George Raft
Joan Bennett i
James Stewart
Jean Arthur
Washington
Oberon Brent
Thura
Tom Aull
Fenton Reyrolos Colowre
Mayee Wrepugs
F. J. Maier
Harper's Annual
Lone Star Ramblers
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Wanda & Pentroleum Oil
del Monte & Libbys
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