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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1970
Page
3
The National Rifle Association shows 18 000 new members since 1969 and nearly 3 000 added in August 1970. affiliated shooting clubs rise by 376 since year end. Approximately 383 000 took shooting instruction in 1964, with 330 000 trained in early 1970.
In Blanco and Gillespie Counties, Arthur Stehling Otto Schumann Dorsey L. Smith and Butch Crofts successfully raised channel catfish in cages this past summer. Cage design water supply and feeding determine success with 4x4x4 to 4x4x8 foot cages using half inch mesh, styrofoam floats and anchored placement. Fish stocked at 3 to 6 inches grow to over one pound in seven weeks with daily feeding and careful management.
Otto Schumann at Albert on Williams Creek conducts cage farming, selling the first channel catfish to Austin couples. The venture marks the area’s early cage culture, with Schumann and Arthur Stehling noted as pioneer Gillespie County catfish farmers.
The Federal Land Bank Association of Kerrville held its annual meeting October 26 at Stovall’s Restaurant with 100 plus members and guests. Max O. Reinbach reported a loan volume rise despite fewer new loans while two directors, Bruno M N Grote and George W. Cunningham, were re elected for three years. Archie R. Gallant was named president and Aime F. Real vice president.
Colonel Morris S. Schwartz 72 longtime state selective service director died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio after a three month illness. A 49 year Army veteran he served as CO 845th Signal Service Battalion in the China Burma India theatre and earned the Legion of Merit. He resided in Austin for 40 years and previously worked with Western Union as Austin manager.
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