How to Choose a Thanksgiving Turkey
A Texas A&M Extension Service poultry specialist advises homemakers to pick a turkey by size quality and grade. Size depends on number to serve and leftovers. plan about three fourths pound per person. Choose Grade A birds with even fat coverage and no blemishes, and check USDA inspection or Grade A labels for wholesomeness and quality assurance.
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San Antonio
Texas A&m College Extension Service
F. Z. Beanblossom
USDA
U. S. Agriculture Department
Beaublossom
Gillespie County 4 H Awards Banquet Honors Harper Club
The Gillespie County 4 H Awards Banquet at Nimitz Hotel Wednesday night drew about 200 attendees. Miss Darlene Mrosek of Harper received the Outstanding Women Adult Leader award as the event recognized 4 H leaders and clubs with citations and a Boyer trophy presentation by Art Kowert.
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Gillespie County
Hotel Nimitz
Alonzo Duecker
Stonewall
Wesley
Photonessman
Shirley Kasper
Mrosek
The
Radio Post
Harper 4-H
Darlene Mrosek
Nimitz Hotel
Alvin Mauldin
Edison Street Methodist Church
Jan Brown
Harper
Miss Brown
Miss Kasper
Kenneth Lindig
Larry Pahl
Annabel Kasper
Iris Ann Fiedler
Eugene Lindig
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Kenneth
Art Kowert
Harry Ahrens
Wesley Crenwelge
County
Glen Reddell
Mason Baptist Church of Mason
Fredericksburg Flist Baptist Church
Doss
Cherry Springs
Luckenbach
Fredericksburg
Albert
Gillespie Co
Kenneth Laindig
Richard Kasper
Old Mattresses Made New Innerspring Work
Inkered ad notes felting and reconditioning mattresses at Mayfield’s Kerrville plant. Leaves orders at Harper Locker Plant. All work guaranteed.
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Harper Locker
Mayfield'’s
Kerrville
Friendly Sewing Circle Plans Xmas Party
The Friendly Sewing Circle Club met at Mrs. Louis Lange's home with ten members. A $5 donation went to the Community Chest Drive. A Christmas party for members' families is set for Sunday December 3 at 7 00 p.m. at St. Anthony's Parish Hall with gifts exchange and cookies and sandwiches to share.
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Friendly Sewing Circle Club
Louis Lange
St. Anthony's
First deer brought to Harper Locker Plant on opening day
Alfred Lehne of Harper brought the first deer to the Harper Locker Plant on opening day of hunting season, November 16. Roland Davie followed with the second buck. The locker’s policy offers free processing for the first deer and free storage for the second. By 2 pm, 68 bucks had been reported, many kept in camp due to cold. Gregg Kaiser, 12, killed a six pointer at 6:45 am and a ten pointer at 7:35 am on a lease near Tivydale. Reports from the Hill Country indicate a strong deer crop this season.
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Alfred Lehne
Harper
Harper Locker
Roland Davie
Harper Lockers
Locker
Gregg Kaiser
Andrew Kaiser
Fredericksburg
Tivydale
Dozens of Gillespie County Doe Permits Issued for Hunting Season
More than 15 000 doe permits were issued to Gillespie County landowners for the new hunting season beginning November 16. Game official Adolph Heep noted the count is an estimate and urged harvesting does to prevent winter die offs while bucks are growing larger in overpopulated areas. Exempt license rules apply to seniors and ranch homeowners, with separate licenses needed for multiple properties. Hunters may obtain doe permits from landowners who issue the permits, allowing up to two buck does and a potential third bonus deer if properly tagged.
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Gillespie County
Game Department
Adolph Heep
Heep
Torres Restaurant Opening in Kerrville With Moorish Design
A unique restaurant named the Torres Restaurant will open in Kerrville on Junction Highway at Harper Road. The 3,500 square foot venue seats 60 in the main dining room and offers private dining rooms and an enclosed rear patio for spring parties. The Moorish style features include lava trim from Mexico City and imported materials, with owner Louis Romero, grandson of founder Mrs. Pete Torres, guiding the project and heritage of Mexican catering in Kerrville since the 1940s.
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Torres
Kerrville
Junction Highway
Harper Road
Spain
Mexico City
Mexico
Louis Romero
Ile
Pete Torres
Death notices for Minnie Webb and military move to Clovis NM
Richard Bierschwabe learned of his sister Minnie Webb's death in Eldorado on Friday. Mrs. Paul Lang and children left Sunday for Clovis New Mexico where he will be stationed. Paul recently returned from 18 months of duty in Oklahoma.
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Richard Bierschwabe
Minnie Webb
Eldorado
Paul Lang
Clovis
New Mexico
Paul
Okinawa
Mrs Parker and Keen Family Spotted Shopping in Fredericksburg
Mrs Walter Parker, Mrs Joe Parker, their young son, and Mrs W M Keen were seen shopping in Fredericksburg on Monday in a brief eyewitness note from the local scene.
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Walter Parker
Joe Parker
Little Son
W. M. Keen
Fredericksburg
Presbyterian pastor to preach at Sunday service in Austin
Harry Paschall, Student Minister at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, will fill the pulpit at the Presbyterian Church this Sunday November 19 at 10 30 a.m.
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Harry Paschall
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
Presbyterian Church
Houstons Mouser Colburns Arrive for Tarr Ranch Hunt
Mr and Mrs F M Mouser and Mr and Mrs Felix Colburn all of Houston arrived at the Tarr ranch Monday for their usual hunt.
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F. M. Mouser
Felix Colburn
Houston
Tarr Ranch
Luther League Event At Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Youth Fellowship hosted the Luther League Sunday evening service at the church. Call to worship by David Hopf and the script read by John Warren McDougall. Miss Peggy Feller sang the songs. A film titled Ruth the Faithful One was shown with questions afterward. Benediction by Rev. C. H. Rose. Refreshments were served by church ladies.
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Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Luther League
Presbyterian Church
David Hopf
John Warren McDougall
Peggy Feller
Ruth the
C. H. Rose
Torres Foods Expands with Dining Room and Murals
Torres Foods at 248 Jelleraon Street offered takeout and large orders expanding across the HL Country including Harper School. A dining room was added in the late forties and murals in the dining room were painted by the current owner Loula Romero when he was a student.
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Torres Foods
Jelleraon Street
Harper School
Loula Romero
Emma Harlan Rites Held In Cabazon California
Funeral services were held October 23 for 91 year old Emma Harlan who died suddenly October 20 at her home. Born December 17, 1869 in Carnes County she moved to Harper at age 14 then lived in California where her three daughters reside. Survivors include three daughters, a son, three sisters, 11 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Rev Albert S Reitz officiated at Chapel of the Chimes Inglewood Cemetery carrying out the rites.
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Emma Harlan
Harlan
Carnes County
Harper
Lawson Watkins
Tom Harlan
California
Tommy Harlan
Albert S. Reitz
Chapel of the Chimes
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Rachael H. Ashbura HH. Dunbar
Oma HI. Ernst
Thomas P. Harlan
Fred Giles
San Antonio
Tierbert Jones
C. V. Lee
Mrs Frank Webb Buried In Schleicher County
Services for Mrs Frank Webb 82 were held at the First Baptist Church in Eldorado with burial in Eldorado Cemetery. She died in Crockett County Memorial Hospital Ozona after living in Eldorado since 1924. Born January 23 1897 near Menard she married in Kerrville to the late Mr Webb November 13 1898. Survivors include a son Oran C Webb of Ozona two sisters Mrs E F Gibson San Marcos and Mrs H L McDonald Menard and three brothers R G Bierschwale Harper Garrett Bierschwale Center Point and Mose Bierschwale Mountain Home.
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Frank Webb
First Baptist Church
Eldorado
Webb
Crockett County Memorial Hospital
Ozona
Menard
Kerrville
Oran C. Webb
E. F. Gibson
San Marcos
H. L. McDonald
R. G. Bierschwale
Harper
Garrett Bierschwale
Center Port
Mose Bierschwale
Mountain Home
Lutheran Women Officers Attend San Antonio Workshop
On Wednesday November 8, St James Lutheran Church Women’s Society officers traveled to San Antonio to join the West Central Conference Women of the Church Workshop at Grace Lutheran Church. Attending were President Mrs Raymond Spaeth Secretary Mrs Henry Moellendorf Jr Education Secretary Mrs Milton Casper Stewardship Chairman Mrs C H Rose and West Central Conference Secretary Mrs Victor Marschall.
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St. James Lutheran Church Women's Society
San Antonio
Grace Lutheran Church
Raymond Spaeth
Mra
Henry Moellendorf Jr
Milton Casper
C. H. Rose
Victor Marschall
Sportsman's Cafe Under New Management
Mr and Mrs Phillip Maddox formerly of Mason and Harper residents have opened the Sportsmans Cafe here with a formal opening slated for Saturday November 18 offering free doughnuts coffee and ice cream for children. The cafe will serve dinners kinches short orders steaks and Mexican food with beer soft drinks malts and shakes.
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Phillip Maddox
Mason
Harper
Sportsman's Cafe
Rendeavour
Ex Edwards County Judge H W Bierschwale Rites Held
Henry W. Bierschwale ranchman and former Edwards County judge died of a heart attack on November 7 at Edwards County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held November 8 at Plummer Funeral Nom Rocksprings with burial at Masonic graveside in Rocksprings. Born April 5 1883 in Kimble County he was raised in Gillespie County and retired from ranching in 1940. Survivors include his wife a daughter four sons two sisters nine grandchildren and nine siblings.
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Henry W. Bierschwale
Edwards County
Edwards County Memorial Hospital
Plummer
Kimble County
Gillespie County
Wiliam B. Bierschwale
Bierschwale
Harper
Mountain Home
Sunset
Noxville
Bessie Bierschwale
Willard Kurtz
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Charlies Bierschwale
Racke Springs
Clarence Bierschwale
Killeen
Pat Bierschwale
Leakey
Roy Bierschwale
Houston
Will Swekach
Oakland
California
Mrz
Ethel Hewes
San Antonio
Ray
Fred Bierschwale
Albert Bierschwale
Alpine
Wille Bierschwale
Junction
Floyd Bierschwale
Sugoving
Local visits include Brackettville resident and hospital patient
Floyd Cosper of Brackettville visited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cote last Thursday and called on Fred Wedekind who was in Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic for something unknown.
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Floyd Cosper
Brackettville
Raymond Cote
Fred Wedekind
Fredericksburg Hospital
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Wesley * Crenwelge
Randy Sacebiel
Texas Turkey Federation
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Dan Wade Crenwelge
Michael Lange
James Esquell
Wayne Meier
Herschell Esquell
John Wendel Jr
Roy Heinemann
Leo Heinemann
Lyle Dean Spaeth
Lloyd Kneese
Monroe Behrends
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Herschell
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Tg Td
James E. Eckert
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Linda Schuch
Betty Jean Calcote
Cathy Tatsch
Karen Geistweidt
Joyce Ann Meier
Linda Jenschke
Helen Bierschwabe
Shirlene Rahe
Jerleen Nielsen
Corrine Mund
Ami Nutrition
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Sylvia Rusche
Loretta Klein
Paulette Klein
Farm Bureau Leadershp Award
Farm Bureau
Martin Rode
Bill Petmecky
William
Bill) Petmecky
Gillespie Fair Association
Erna Heinen
Harper Club
Erwin Rusche
Hugo Maenius
Hazel Calcote
Marvin Pahl
Edgar Gelstweidt
Arno Behrends
Warren Petsch
Edwin Crenwelge
Otto Spaeth
Darlene Maosek
Fred
Friendy Sewing Circle
Herald
Heralds
Owens
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Erna Dietel Heinen
Shirley
West Texas Utilieties
San Angelo
Cabazon, Cailf
Schleicher
Lutheran Women's Society
LIN
Sportsman’s Cafe
H. W. Bierschwale
Edwards
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