Annexation Bill Dominates Texas House Session
Texas House debated House Bill 13 the Annexation measure during the first three days of the 58th Legislature. The author notes the lack of statutory annexation procedures, highlights rural impact, and states support for compromise amendments backed by the Texas League of Municipalities and the Texas Farm Bureau. The bill’s fate, including potential conference committee action, remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
House of Representatives
Texas
65Th
Texas League of Municipalities
Texas Farm Bureau
House
Senate
Towns Outlined in Redistricting Plan by Terry Townsend
State Representative Terry Townsend discusses the 65th district redistricting proposal. He notes preserving county links within the district, keeping Burnet in Thornberry's 10th and others in Fisher's 21st, and the 21st would become the US's largest district by area. The plan spans Presidio to Frio and Llano to Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee ST
Pattman
Roberts
Dallas
South Texas
Burnet County
Thornberry
Clark Fisher
United States
Presidio County
Llano County
Local residents visit relatives in weekend gatherings
Fredericksburg visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Leo Klein and daughter, Rev A A Gitter, and others. Kerrville and Segovia families join in visits to kin, with a mother and daughter banquet at the school cafetorium and a birthday celebration for Mrs Kunz. Attendees include Mr and Mrs. Marvin Tobin, Mr and Mrs. Gene Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Bierschwale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bierschwale
Segovia
Bride elect Bracutigam honored with gift tea
June Bracutigam, bride elect of Delbert Oehler, was honored at a gift tea in Harper's Lutheran Parish Hall. About 65 guests attended the reception with hostesses and family members assisting. the couple plans to marry April 27 at St Peter Lutheran Church in Doss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise June Bracutigam
Delbert Oehler
Harper
Mesd
Clifford Bode
Douglas Bode
Alfred Edwards
Ray Edwards
John Honig
Dean Hopf
Herman Oehier
Jack Jones
Charles Mains
John R. Peril
Martin Rode
David Schmidt
Gene Carter
Elaine Rode
Karen Dittmar
Kathy Duderstadt
Sandra
Kenneth Oehler
Austin
Henry Lewis Welge
Doss
Pete Crenwelge
Ireland
Elaine Bode
Sandra Spaeth
Miss Braeutigam
Mr. Oehler
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Landa Park Opens as Comal Springs Draw Attention
Readers describe heavy flows at Comal Springs near New Braunfels and recounts from the Landa Park opening last weekend. The piece notes historic mills along the Comal River, flood impacts, and local figures like B. W. Nuhn and Oscar Haas while urging rain and water conservation efforts in the Hill Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comal
New Braunfels
Landa Park
Comal River
Dittlinger Mills
John F. Torrey
Texas
B. W. Nuhn
New
Comal County
Oscar Haas
Range & Field
Comal Springs
Edwards Plateau
Paul W. John
Washington crime rate soars as January sharpens national concern
Washington District crime climbs 17.4 percent from last year with rapes and robberies up sharply and housebreakings rising 42.2 percent. Officials cite police expansion yet observers blame civil rights activity and demographic shifts for the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Washington
Congress
D. C
CORE
Committee On Racial Equality
NAACP
Local Social Notes Tell of Kerrville Visit and Kin Gatherings
Mrs Henry Maurer, Mrs Robert Fritz and Mrs Robert Maurer spent Thursday in Kerrville with the Clemens Maurer family. Mr and Mrs Hilmar Klaehn and daughter Cindy of Wichita Falls visited his parents here the past week. Mr and Mrs Otto Wienecke visited their daughter Mrs Fluge Klein in Fredericksburg Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Kneese
Wayne
Kerrville
Ida Kneese
Clarence McDougall
James River Ranch
Bessie McDougall
Charles Ray Jones
Floyd Boatright
Charlie Rogers
Henry Maurer
Robert Fritz
Robert Maurer
Clemens Maurer
Hilmar Klaehn
Cindy
Wichita Falls
Clayton Kneese
Otto Wienecke
Fluge Klein
Fredericksburg
Local families share visits and events in Harper area
Mr and Mrs Hilmar Klaehn of Seguin visited Harper on Monday as business partners. Mrs Marjorie Walker of Murland spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Herbert Gamel and attended a mother and daughter banquet with her daughter Miss Gay Walker. Mrs Nath Walker, wintering in Beth land with her son Henry and family, has returned to Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Moses
Felix Kunz
Kunz
Hilmar Klaehn
Seguin
Harper
Marjorie Walker
Murland
Herbert Gamel
Rew
Gay Walker
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Tion
Leo Klein
Rev
A. A. Gitter
Arthur Bierschwabe
Herbert Jones
Gene Jones
Junction
Marvin Tobin
San Antonio
Roy Roberts
Gertrude Maurer
Mrs
Joe B. Rieger
Lubbock
Dallas Rieger
J. B. Rieger
the Herald
Bracutigam
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
West Main
Colorado River
Angel
A. B. Barker
Mrs. Alton Barker
Eden Sunday
SIX Flags
Dallas-Ft. Worth Turnpike
Six Flags Amphitheatre
Buchanan Lake
Medina Lake
OF Fisher
the Haarper Herald
Jack Wiemers
Southern Farm Bureau
Main
Frederickeburg
Zenith TV Sales & Service
MOBIL
Floy Bode Company
Phone UN
Harper, Temas
Hill Crest Station
Edwin Lange
Harper, Texas
Moellendorf
Harper Hiway
U.S
Texaco
Alfred Moellendorf
Lawrence Hartmann
Gillespie County Registered Breeders Association
Gillespie County Cowss House
Distributors of
Robin Hood
Frederichsburg
Rocky Inn
Doyle Parker
FT TV
UPO
TC TV TV OU
Five Points
Junction Highway
Kerrville, Texas
Wie
W. J
Bill Wright
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