Hilltop Village Cottage Begin Kerrville 4-H Events
Kerrville area 4-H activities outline a schedule including the March 16 Favorite Foods Show at Fredericksburg American Legion Hall with senior and junior divisions, class prizes, and possible district advancement. Demonstrations on vegetables, safety, electric, and nutrition advance to district on April 20, plus Share the Fun and public speaking. District camp at Lake Brownwood and Dress Revue set for July 12. Records due August 1 for county judging and district judging in Fredericksburg, with a final 1963 Awards Banquet in November. Works mention Hilltop Village Cottage construction in Kerrville and a $72,600 project, aiming to build 44 cottages as part of a $700,000 program.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
American Legion Hall
San Angelo
Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat
Brownwood Texas
Kerrville
Pat
Eggs Crown March as Plentiful Food in Texas list
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service lists eggs as a plentiful food for March along with potatoes and other items. It notes March prices for eggs should drop from January levels and highlights national Egg Month and Good Breakfast Month. Also mentioned are pork, cottage cheese, canned goods, and fresh produce with seasonal abundance. Gene Carter family visit Corpus Christi to see relatives.
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College Station
Texas Agricutural Extension Service
USDA
Fashion shifts and farm survival tips in county bulletin
The county home demonstration agents highlight spring summer fashion trends with wider shoulders longer sleeves and two way coat dresses. They urge preparedness for fallout with five USDA booklets and describe an underground shelter concept. Census notes show rural population percentages and farm figures. Local agents partner to teach 4-H leaders while a Canyon family relocates to Harper for a new farm home.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Office of Nformation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D.C
Rough Fish Can Provide Family Fun
Waco Texas reports spring fishing season brings carp into focus as a source of family fun and table fare. Carp, introduced from Europe in 1879, populate many rivers and lakes. they bite readily and lack size or bag limits. The Texas Game and Fish Commission offers a free booklet, What The Experts Saw About Carp Fishing, with bait recipes and is available by mail from 3726 Franklin, Waco.
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Waco
Tex
America
Europe
Texas Gare & Fish Commission
Franklin
Dr Webb to Speak at Kerrville Library Dinner
Historian Dr Walter Prescott Webb of the University of Texas will speak at the Kerrville Friends of Library dinner on March 7 at the Blue Bonnet Hotel. Mr and Mrs Ruben Bode visited their son Donnie Bode and wife in Lampasas over the weekend.
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Walter Prescott Webb
University of Texas
Kerrville Friends of Library
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Ruben Bode
Donnie Bode
Lampasses
Home Demonstration Agents Train at Court House
Gilespie County Extension hosts six home demonstration agents for a two day training in home management at the Court House. Miss Shelma Casey organized the session with speakers from College Station. Attendees include Idalia Wood Coleman Co, Sue Bodkin Kendall Co, Nancy Holcomb Menard Co, Louise Decker Innes Co, Verndian Dobkins Taylor Co, Linda Leach Hoping Green Co, Rosa Lee Gilliland Gillespie Co. Work simplification rules and dresser organization shown to aid 4-H girls upcoming March meetings themed Good Managers.
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Thelma Casey
District VII
Verdean Dobkins
Taylor Co
Louise Decker
Runnels Co
Idala Wood
Coleman Co
Rosa Lee Gilliland
Gillespie Co
Nancy Holcomb
Menard Co
Sue Bodkin
Kendall Co
Elsie Short
Extension Service
Court House
Gilespie
Shelma Casey
District 7
Alys. Kasie Saort
Lexan Se
Home Management
College Station
Idalia Wood
FIDA
Iida
Gillespie County
Duke Ranch Herefords Sold at Auction in Johnson City
The J. T. Duke and Son Horseshoe D Ranch disperses its registered Hereford herd in a Monday sale. Seventy six lots of bulls and females sold for 988,505 total with an average of 500. Adolph Stieler bought Golden Onward Princess 2 for 1035 and 11 other females for 5790. Cyrus Heard paid 1500 for Husker Diamond 326. Major buyers included Dr. R. C. Borchers of Kerrville.
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J. T. Duke and Son
Horseshoe D Ranch
Johnson City
Adolph Stieler
Stieler
Cyrus Heard
Doss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gene Carter
Corpus Christi
Sam Honig
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Agent
Linda Leach
Tom Green
Kenneth Ring
Canyon
Texas
Harper
Eddie McDougall
John Marrell
Fashion News
Radio Post
Dr. Webb
Kerrville Library Group
GMC
L.W.B
FORD
S.wb
S.W.B
Phee
the Herald
Duke Ranch
Dr. R. C. Borchers
Tion
First Seate Bank
Bank
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
United States
Predericksburg
West Main St
Fredercksbury
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