Gillespie County Texas Aims at Preservation and Tourism
Gillespie County sits in the Edwards Plateau with 1,055 square miles and a 26 to 28 inch rainfall range. Fredericksburg, founded by German immigrants led by John O. Meusebach in 1846, hosts Enchanted Rock and Bear Mountain as tourist draws. Modern Fredericksburg serves as a regional trade center while historic sites like the Vereins Kirche and Sunday Houses reflect pioneer life. Population is 10,494. Subscribe to the HERALD.
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Gillespie County
Edwards Plateau
Texas
Pedernales
John O. Meusebach
Fredericksburg
Prince Frederick of
Prussia
Adelsverein
Zodiac
Lyman Wright
Pedernales River
Frdericksburg
Meusebach
Comanche
United States
Fort Martin Scott
Travis
Bexar
Gillespie
R. A. Gillespie
el Paso
San Antonio
Frontier Forest
Enchanted Rock
Bear Mountain
Harper PTA Plans Amateur Program and Sweet Sale in April
Harper PTA members met to discuss an Amateur Program with local talent and a Sweet Sale in April. A sixth grade dance Put Your Little Foot and songs Mocking Bird Hill Blue Bird on Your Window Sill were performed. Officers for the coming year were listed and playground equipment arrival announced.
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Harper Pta
George Allan Gibson
PTA
Edith Ellebracht
Tommy Harlan
Victor Marshall
Watkins Tarr
Warren McDougall
Douglas Duderstadt
Homer Lee Stevens
Carl Oehler
Victor Wendel
Edwin Dittmar
A. B. Barker
Birthday celebration marks Karl Keller's 89th milestone
Karl Keller celebrated his 89th birthday on Saturday March 2 at the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Roeder with family in attendance. A chicken barbecue and a birthday cake with 89 candles were served. Fine rains fell Sunday night across Harper and nearby areas with varied totals from a quarter to over an inch.
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Karl Keller
Richard Roeder
Oscar Fiedler
Louis Kunz
Leo Kuentz
Amos Horn
Fred Hartmann
San Antonio
Hilmar Mosel
Harper
Otto Rahe
J. O. Stevens
Clint Brown
Blue Hills
Doss
Crabapple
Palo Alto
Fredericksburg
Heel Fly Causes Livestock Death At Morris Ranch
A milk cow owned by Raymond Kleins of Morris Ranch died after being trapped in muddy pond edges during Heel Fly agitation. The article explains heel flies lay eggs on cattle feet, larvae enter the body, cause pain and loss of meat, and are best controlled by grub-stage destruction and community wide insecticide use amid drought and reduced river flow in the Pedernales river bed above the waterfalls.
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Pedernales
Raymond Kleins
Morris Ranch
Hill Country Chapter to Meet in Harper March 22
Officials and members of the Hill Country Chapter of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association will meet in Harper on Saturday March 22 at 2 30 p m in the school building for the regular quarterly business session. All Harper area ladies interested in the sheep and goat industry are invited. Mrs Clint Brown of Harper is vice president. Six Harper hostesses will assist. Refreshments will follow the program.
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Hill Country
Women's Auxiliary
The
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Association
Harper
Clint Brown
Mesd
Harvey Stevens
Lewis Stevens
Dean Hopf
Emil Wahrmund
Carl Oehler
Brown
Town & Country Home Demonstration Club
J. A. Gee
G's Grill
Kerrville Road
Jury Recommends Four Year Sentence for Lenar Birk Murder
A jury in The State of Texas vs Lenar O Birk found him guilty of murder with malice and recommended four years in the state penitentiary after 17 hours of deliberation. District Judge Thomas A Ferguson imposed the sentence. Defense plans an appeal were not pursued. Witnesses included Tom Dean Ray Pietsch and Carroll Slemmaker who testified they saw no gun near Good's body. The case timeline spanned Monday to Saturday with jury selection completing Tuesday.
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State of Texas
Lenar O. Birk
Seth Good
Defense Council
Thomas A. Ferguson
Levi Ketron
Bruno Fritz
Glenn Hopf
Jiryn Faught
Armand Koennecke
Felix Boos
Thomas J. Jung
Hilmar Klaehn
Edgar Usener
Rudi Franke
Calvin Herbert
Milton Herbert
Tom Dean
US Treasury Department
San Antonio
Ray Pietsch
University of Texas
Carroll Slemaker
University of
Texas
Dean
Sam Connally
Pletsch
Slemaker
West Texas
Good
Birk
Farmer Boys League Opens 1952 Season April 6
The Farmer Boys League plans six teams for 1952 including Harper Center Point Enderlin's Listerdale Boerne and Doss with first league game set for Sunday April 6 at Fredericksburg Fair Park. Officials elected were Huff Boerne Braves president Cottle Harper vice president and Marquart Listerdale secretary treasurer. Local efforts aim to organize a Hill Country Softball League for night games at Seipp's with invited teams and a meeting upcoming.
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Farmer Boys League
Enderlin’s
Fredericksburg
Harper
Center Point
Enderlin's
Listerdale
Boerne
Doss
Albert
Stonewall
Mr. Huff
Boerne Braves
W. A. Cottle
Martin Marquart
Fair Park
Jimmy Pyka
Seipp
Gud DeMenil
Gillespie County Lumber Company
Roland Schmidt
DeMenil
Schmidt
Mason
Comfort
Llano
Legion
Kerrville
Mrs J C Casper Surprised On 80th Birthday
Mrs J C Casper was pleasantly surprised on her 80th birthday March 6. Family and friends attended including Archie Lennon Barbara Cottle Vene Cottle grandchildren Sandra Michael Donna Sue Cottle Pete Cosper Kenneth Lennon J L Bierschwab Perry Cosper and mother Novian and children from Fredericksburg Rev Curtis. A chicken dressing meal was served at Mrs Cosper s home in Harper.
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J. C. Casper
Archie Lennon
Barbara
Raymond Cottle
Vene Cottle
Sandra
Michael
Donna Sue Cottle
Pete Cosper
Kenneth
G. D. Lennon
J. L. Bierschwab
Perry Cosper
Novian
Fredericksburg
Rev. Curtis
Edwards Cave May Be Texas' Greatest Cave Discovery
Rocksprings March 6. The Poppy Cave near Edwards County drew UT Speleological Society interest after a report naming it possibly the largest cave in Texas if fully explored. Members John Riggs and 24 explorers visited the cave and nearby Devil's Sink Hole, comparing it with Longhorn Cavern. They plan mapping and further exploration, noting a 68 cave safety record and hopes of connecting the Poppy Cave with Devil's Hole.
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University of Texas Speleological Society of Austin
Edwards County
Texas
John Riggs
Corpus Christi
Riggs
J. D. McClung
Devil's Sink Hole
Longhorn
State Parks Board
Burnet
United States
G. E. Pape
Pape
Harper
Aubrey Clark
Ned Bradford
Rocksprings
Hal Bradford
Alan
Pope
Raymond
Buddy
Howard Cottle
Austin
Seventh Veil
Riggh
Popey Cave
Devil's Hole
Reedents
Initiation and Party Set For Men by Legion Auxiliary
A party honoring Sageser-Haags Post members in celebration of the American Legion's 33rd birthday will be held Monday night March 17. The Legion Auxiliary will host an Initiation Ceremony at 8 p.m. offering all members who have not been initiated a chance to join.
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Sageser-Haags
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Carroll Hardin and Carolyn Jung Set to Wed Saturday
The forthcoming marriage of Miss Carolyn Jung daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Jung and Carroll Hardin son of Mr and Mrs P H Hardin of Mason will be held Saturday morning March 15 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Rev A A Gitter officiating.
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Carroll Hardin
Carolyn Jung
Mar
Edwin Jung
P. H. Hardin
Mason
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
A. A. Gitter
German Refugees Arrive for Hill Country Homes on Katy Line
Three German families arrived at San Antonio Katy station bound for Hill Country homes. They are among 2,000 ethnic German refugees guided by the Lutheran Resettlement Service under a 1950 Congress program. Welcomed by Elrich Riesel and Mcose, the families spoke of displacement from Russia and Poland, with Oma and Erika among the children. The Lutheran Resettlement Committee reports about 150 displaced persons have been resettled in Bexar County area through Lutheran Welfare Society programs.
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San Antonio
Katy Station
United States
Lutheran Resettlement Service
Congress
Marguerite Strube
West Germany
Erich Riesel
Kerrville
Myrs
Erich Poppe
Hans
Joachim
Walter
Miesel
Riesel
Poppe
Pomerania
East Germany
Ernst Willborn
Center Point
Heinrich Towns
Erika
Gertrude
Rudi
England
Lutheran Resettlement Committee
Lutheran Welfare Society
West Craig Place
Bexar County
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Herald
Mrs
Ralph Stanley
Humble, Texas
Mrs. Watkins Tarr
Floyd Casper
Bracketville
J. J. Casper
J. F. Cook and Son
J. C
S San Antonio
Erato Hopf
Oliver Hopf
Affternoon
Livvy
Harper and
Ikea
Hill Country Chapter
Woman’s Auxiliary Sheep & Goat Raisers’ Assn
Lenar Birk
Clinton Harbers
Fayette County
J. R. Jackson
Harbers
University of Texas Speleological Society
Edwards
Town and Country Home Demonstration Club
Jack Whitworth Jr
San Angelo
Standard-Times
Vasa
South
Henry Borchers
Mia
Erich Burtos
Christa
Reinhard
Rita
Germany
San Antonio Express
Reinhard Bartos
Bartos
Atlantic Ocean
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