Eisenhower and Zhukov Friendship Reveals Stalin’s Caution
In interviews General Eisenhower details his close, ongoing partnership with Marshal Zhukov from Berlin to Moscow. He notes their joint planning, shared travels, and private talks, including a farewell in Berlin November 7 1945. He cites Stalin’s dislike of Zhukov as a rival and explains Zhukov’s later Soviet career.
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Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Leningrad
Frankfurt
Russia
Eisenhower
Marshal Zhukov
Stalin
John
Zhukov
Montgomery
Kremlin
Red
Crimea
Eusen
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Soviet Union
General Motors
Weather Mixes Heat Rain Wind Dust Across Gillespie County
Harper reports 1.64 inches over three days with hail at a ranch near Dittmar while Stonewall growers smudge to protect peaches. Fredericksburg and surrounding areas record up to 1.90 inches with widespread winds and dust as temps drop to near 30. Prospects for peaches remain cautiously good as rain lifts pastures and grain.
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Gillespie County
Harper
Otto Rahe
Rahe
Robert Dittmar
W. E. Fritz
Simon Burg
Stonewall
Burg
Fredericksburg
N. J. Dietel
E. A. Feuge
Mason Highway
Cherry Springs
Douglas Dittmar
Walter Eckert
Salt Branch
Doss
W. G. Sagebiel
J. W. Holland
C. B. Renick
Emil Horlen
Carlos Grote
H. C. Kirk
Oswald Eckhardt
Rheingold
Lcra Gaage
Alvin Weinheimer
Albert
Milton Wendel
Loyal Valley
A. A. Fritz
Tarpley
Bandera
Easter Seal Campaign Opens statewide in Texas 1955
The 1955 Texas Easter Seal Campaign for crippled children begins this week with 1,100,000 mailings by the Texas Society for Crippled Children and local societies from March 10 to April 10. Governor Shivers proclaims Easter Seal month. State Campaign Chairman Olin Culberson signed the Appeal letter in Austin. Crews of volunteers mobilize statewide.
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Texas
Texas Society For Crippled Children
Allan Shivers
Olin Culberson
Austin
Easter Pageant Slated At Junction
The Men's Nonsectarian Bible Class presents the Easter story at 10 p m on Saturday April 9 in a cliffside amphitheater by the Llano River. A large city cast enacts the Last Supper trial crucifixion burial and resurrection with five lighted stages and drive in parking. More than a thousand attended in 1954 and larger crowds are expected.
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Christ
Jerusalem
Harper FFA To Visit Union Stock Yards
On March 29 the Harper Future Farmers of America chapter with 29 members their instructor W M Harris and sponsors Lee Schmidt Victor Wendel and Belton Tatsch will tour Union Stock Yards in a Boys Educational and Livestock Marketing trip. R Beal Pumphrey says they will visit the yards Central Terminal Market and nearby packing plants with discussions on US supervis ions led by San Antonio agency heads.
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Harper Future Farmers of America
W. M. Harris
Lee Schmidt
Victor Wendel
Belton Tatsch
Union
R. Beal Pumphrey
Central Terminal
San Antonio
Presbyterian Women Meet Discuss Church Work and Ganado Mission
The Presbyterian Women met at Mrs. Watkins Tarr's home with 12 members. They planned church cleanup for April 5 and assigned members to arrange Easter flowers. A Ganado Mission overview noted 200 acres, 60 buildings, two community houses, and education from 4th through 12th grade with high demand for enrollment.
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Watkins Tarr
Gilbert Anderegg
Clayton Kneese
Warren McDougall
Arthur Bierschwale
San Antonio
Ganado
Presbyterian National Mission
Sage Memorial Hospital
St James Lutheran Society Meets in Parish Hall
The St James Lutheran Society held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday March 16 at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Dr J W Goerner led the Bible study. The group sang Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross and closed with the Lord's Prayer and Doxology.
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St. James Lutheran Society
J. W. Goerner
Jesus
Court Starts Condemnation for US 87 Right of Way
Gillespie County Commissioners Court ordered condemnation to obtain the right of way for the rebuilding of US 87 from Cherry Springs to nine miles north of Fredericksburg. Property owner Kenneth K Kothe and the court failed to agree on compensation. figures submitted by Kothe and Ravenslye were deemed unsatisfactory.
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Cherry Springs
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
Kenneth K. Kothe
Ine
Kothe
Kothe Wcrye Ravenslye
Engagement and Plans for June Wedding of Wright and Lang
Photo caption notes Miss Mildred Wright and Joseph Lang announce their engagement and approaching marriage. Mildred is Harper High School senior, daughter of Hobson Hopf and James D. Wright of Port Aransas. Lang is son of Edwin Lang of Harper, recently returned from overseas duty, now employed in San Antonio. Wedding plans set for June.
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Mildred Wright
Joseph Lang
Oak Hill Study Club Met In Home Of Mrs Marshall Brown
The Oak Hills Study Club gathered Saturday afternoon March 19 at Mrs. Marshall Brown's Junction home. The meeting themed Texas Advancement featured guest remarks on Texas industries and an Easter themed salad served by Mrs. Gus Mahler and Linda Ann Mahler.
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Oak Hill Study Club
Marshall Brown
Oak Hills
Junction
Texas
Douglas Duderstadt
E. T. Wahrmund
Edgar Stieler
Gus Mahler
Linda Ann Mahler
Visit Notes From Kerrville To Junction On Weekend
Mrs Mattle Arnold visited a friend Mrs Willis Barton in Kerrville Saturday and rode a bus to Junction for the Oak Hill Study Club meeting at Mrs Marshall Brown's home. Mr and Mrs Ray Bierschwale spent the weekend in Big Springs visiting his brother Fred Bierschwab in the hospital there. Henry! My coke will fell!
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Mattle Arnold
Willis Barton
Kerrville
Junction
Oak Hill
Study Club
Marshall Brown
Ray Bierschwale
Big Springs
Fred Bierschwab
Large Mountain-Lion Like Cat Shot Near Harper
A large wild cat weighing about 35 pounds and four feet long was shot by Ander son Kinsey on his property nine miles from Harper along the old Junction road near the end of December. Miss Betty Kramer holds the animal aloft in the accompanying image, noting it as one of the largest killed in the area.
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Anderson Kinsey
Harper
Junction Road
Betty Kramer
Ranchers Invited to List 1955 Hunting Leases in Harper
Ranchers and land owners in the Harper area are invited to list their 1955 hunting season leases with Frank Staudt or Elmer Lee Lange. A compiled list of available deer and turkey hunting privileges for the upcoming fall season will be shared with interested parties. No charge for listing. Subscribe to Tine Herald.
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Harper
Frank Staudt
Elmer Lee Lange
Alfalfa's role in soil and water conservation
Alfalfa plays a key part in the Gillespie Soil Conservation District as a soil builder and versatile forage. It thrives in warm, dry Texas soils, fixes nitrogen, and requires careful rotation to avoid root rot and soil depletion. Proper seeding in fall with inoculated seed yields best results.
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Gillespie
Asia
South America
California
United States
Texas
Ernest Hodges
Stonewall
Hiram Hodges
Fredericksburg
Willie Wehmeyer
Luckenbach
Arthur Grobe
Chester Ottmers
Old Burnet Road
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Eisenhower and
Taylor
General Eisenhower
Hower
Harper-Fredericksburg
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Judas
Golgatha
Harper Ffa
Commissioners Court
MacDonald
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