Rural hunting shifts as deer numbers rise and ranchers adapt
The article discusses how increasing deer populations threaten ranch operations and force changes in hunting practices. It notes that as urban areas grow, outdoor pursuits attract more city dwellers, while ranchers face supply and price pressures for deer, sheep, and cattle. Social security details appear tangentially, and the piece references broader economic impacts on land use and wildlife management.
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Hyde
Rae
Mloto
Gillespie County Blood Drive Urges Residents to Donate
Gillespie County residents are urged to participate in a special holiday blood drive on Friday November 3 at the First Methodist Church. The American Legion and the Senenean National Red Cross call for donations amid winter holidays when blood needs rise due to accidents and illness.
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Gillespie County
First Methodist Church
American Legion
Senenean National Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
County Home Demonstration Clubs Hold Special Annual Meet
The Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council met on Monday October 30 at the county courthouse. Five clubs submitted reports showing community service including hospital donations nursing visits and cancer drive support. Officers for 1968 were elected and the group toured the Fredericksburg Standard and the Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Museum.
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County Home Demonstration
Gillespie County Home Demontration Council
Espe County Court House
Pill Country Memorial Hospital
Rand
Beon
Chester Nienitz
Reuben Wahrmund
Rheingold Home Demonstration Club
John A. Dittmar
Stonewall H. D. Club
THDA
Gus Wahrmund
Fredericksburg Standard
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz Museum
Armand Crenwelge
Theo Hartmann
Freddie Gold
Night driving urged as darkness lengthens on Texas roads
Texas Safety Association and Texans For Traffic Safety urge motorists to sharpen night driving skills as days shorten. Tips include cautious lane entry, ensuring headlights work and proper beam aim, and not over driving headlights. Night accidents last year claimed 1,805 Texans.
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Austin
Texas Safety Association
The
Texans For Traffic Safety Today
Kimble County Rain Boosts Grass and Small Grain Growth
Kimble County reports a Sunday night rainfall from half an inch to two inches, averaging about an inch. The rain aids grass and recently planted small grain growth, with hopes for continued moisture through fall and winter. The column urges ranchers to dust the navels of baby calves and mow pastures, and promotes county publications on hunting ethics, game care, field dressing, hunting leases, and venison preparation.
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Kimble
Kimble County
Pilgrimage to Jacob Brodbeck Grave Route San Antonio 1967
November 11 1967 the Historical Group of the A AU W San Antonio organizes a program to visit Jacob Brodbeck s grave at the cottage area near Luckenback. Emma Lowell chairs a 8 a m bus from Greyhound Station with a scenic drive along Sisterdale Road. By 10 a m wreath is laid by Dr D Harrison author of 1865 Wings Over Texas.
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A.A.U.W
San Antonio
Emma Lowell
Greyhound Station
Sisterdale Road
Luckenback
Brodbeck
Grape Hill
D. Harrison
Texas
Pilgrimage to Brodbeck Grave Honors U S Airplane Pioneer
A pilgrimage to Gillespie County pioneer Jacob Brodbeck, builder of the first American airplane flown over his Luckenbach farm in 1865, is set for November 11 at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the A A U W Historical Group led by Emma Sowell and Dr. Dorothy Harrison, the event draws about 40 participants from San Antonio Fredericksburg and nearby communities. The program includes a cottage visit life at the old home Nimitz Museum Library Old Courthouse German lunch at Sunday House and a Johnson Ranch tour with a Johnson City stop before returning to San Antonio. A San Antonio weekend stay and local social notes follow.
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Gillespie County
Jacob Brodbeck
Luckenbach
A.A.U.W
American Association of Univ. Women
Emma Sowell
Dorothy Harrison
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
Alamo City
Fredericksburg
Harrison
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