Harper Longhorns Edged by St Mary's in Annual Six Man Clash
In November the Harper Longhorns and St. Mary's Indians renewed their yearly six man contest. St. Mary's defeated Harper 26-8 after a tight first half 8-6. Clifford Wienecke and Eugene Parker starred for Harper while Joe Kaiser excelled for St. Mary's. St. Mary's retains the rotating trophy after its 7th win in 10 meetings.
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Harper Longhorns
St. Mary’s Indians
Harper
Fredericksburg
St. Mary's
Farper
St. Mary’s
Clifford Wienecke
Eugene Parker
Clifford Wieneche
Joe Kaiser
Winnming
A Boy: The lively creature between babyhood and manhood
A long affectionate portrait of boys as noisy, adventurous, and resilient beings. It celebrates their boundless energy, curiosity, and mischief while noting the deep bond with fathers. The piece ends with a father’s hopeful note and a boy’s simple love.
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Paul Bunyan
Tullis B
Austin
Tex
Livingstons Visit Kerrville Kin and Hunt Nearby
Mr and Mrs C A Livingston of Corsicana spent a few days visiting sisters Mrs Bessie McDougall and Mrs B B Ramsey in Kerrville. Mr Livingston enjoyed hunting during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Livingston
Corsicana
Bessie McDougall
B. B. Ramsey
Kerrville
Livingston
Junior High Football Party crowns queen and pin-up boy
Last Tuesday the Junior High held its annual football party with Doris Friedrich crowned queen and Johnnie Spencer as pin-up boy. Coach Green and Miss Floyd received gifts for their extracurricular help while Chas Mains and Elmo Lumpkins were thanked as referees in the Harper-Hunt games. Refreshments followed after party games as everyone enjoyed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Friedrich
Johnnie Spencer
Coach Green
Miss Floyd
Chas
Mains
Elmo Lumpkins
Harper High pep rally and farewell to senior football team
Readers learn of Harper High School's November pep rally featuring songs, yell chants, and a play. Gene Bode delivers remarks thanking the senior football squad and coach Salcher for the season while urging one last victory over St Mary's and a dedication to the school song.
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Yell
James Wallendorf
America
Harper High Band
Stevens
Steven
Corus Schmidt
Laka Ching
Agnes Rischner
Gene Bode
Mr. Rogers
Salcher
St. Mary’s
Round-Up: Harper Football Season Ends With Loss to St Mary's
The last game of the season saw St Mary's defeat Harper 26 to 8 after a strong first half. Senior players wrap up their final game as Coach Sal cher is thanked for his efforts and wishes for next year are voiced.
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Harper Longhorns
St. Harper
Harper
Kaiser
St. Mary’s
Salcher
Seniors Awarded Sweaters For Pep Squad Honors
At a Friday pep rally Mr Rogers gave senior girls in the pep squad sweaters for their four year service Ola Maertz Jennila Wienecke and Darlene Mrosek were noted for long involvement and awards The article recalls Tuesday basketball games against Stonewall with girls 54 to 27 and boys 61 to 15 in Harper favor marking season openers and prior defeats by Rockstrings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall
Harper
Rockstrings
Lang Family Thanksgiving Hunt Yields 7-Point Buck
Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang Jr with children Austin spent Thanksgiving with Edwin Lang Sr and Mrs Lang at Hawkins Ranch. Raymond Jones, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Jones, bagged a seven point buck Friday afternoon after school on the Hawkins Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lang Jr
Austin
Edwin Lang
Raymond Jones
Jack Jones
Hawkins Ranch
Thanksgiving thanks from seventh and eighth graders
In their English papers seventh and eighth graders wrote postscripts listing what they were thankful for. Most cited Mother and Father, home, food, shelter, school, friends, health, and peace. A few noted gratitude for recent rains and the grass it brought.
Miss Agnes Weinheimer under treatment at Gonzales Warm Springs
November 18 report notes Miss Agnes Clara Weinheimer of Fredericksburg is undergoing therapy at the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children to combat polio suffered on September 12, 1955. The Texas facility, funded by citizens, serves 140 to 150 patients with physical medicine and rehabilitation.
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Gillespie County
Agnes Clara Weinheimer
Hilmar Weinheimer
Fredericksburg
Texas
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Citizens of
Goodyear award winners tour Arizona for soil conservation
Adolph Kneese and Raymond Spaeth, area supervisors, returned from a trip to Litchfield Park and Tempe Arizona after winning the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company eighth annual National Soil Conservation Awards. They joined 100 named winners traveling with districts from all states, touring Wigwam resort and observing irrigation farming. The program honors outstanding soil conservation efforts and has drawn participation from more than half of the nation’s districts as 6,000 farmers and ranchers compete.
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Adolph Kneese
Raymond Spaeth
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Spaeth
Kneese
Temple
Santa Fe
Arizona
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Wigwam
Goodyear Farms
Phoenix
Valley of the Sun
Russia
Goodyear
Keller Named Emergency Loan Supervisor in Fredericksburg
Melton A Keller of Fredericksburg Texas has been appointed Emergency Loan Supervisor USDA Farmers Home Administration effective November 2 1955. He succeeds A Douglas Dittmar who resigned to farm in Gillespie and Llano Counties. Keller served in the Navy 1943 46 and has farmed locally since 1940 serving Blanco Gillespie Kimble Mason and Menard Counties. The Fredericksburg FHA office serves multiple counties with staff including James E Burleson Wes ley H Grote Agnes O Itz and Leroy Koepp.
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Melton A. Keller
Fredericksburg
Texas
USDA
Farmers Home Administration
Wesley H. Grote
Keller
Navy
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Chase Air Field
Beeville
Blanco
Gillespie
Kimble
Mason
Menard
A. Douglas Dittmar
Dittmar
Llano County
FHA
James E. Burleson
Areca
Agnes O. Itz
Leroy Koepp
Farmers Home
Secretary of Agriculture
Schroeder
Johnoon City
Llano
Junction
Dietel Admitted to Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Gillespie County resident Fred Eby Diettel has been admitted to Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children and is receiving treatment for polio suffered September 9 1955. He is the son of Fredericksburg Radio Post editor William Dietel and his wife Lucille Bierschwale. They have two daughters Debra and Denise.
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Fred Eby Diettel
Gillespie County
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Dietel
William Dietel
Fredericksburg Radio Post
Lucille Bierschwale
Walter Bierschwale
Debra
Denise
Citizens of
Texas
Noxville News Highlights Local Social and Travel Notes
Mrs. J A Milam spends Friday with son Jess Parker's family. Visitors include Bill English of Houston and Lee Pape from San Antonio. Deer hunting is good around Noxville. Parker family attendance at auctions and visits to Kerrville Fredericksburg and Doss noted. Navy volunteer Weston Fisher from San Angelo.
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J. A. Milam
Jess F. Parker
Bill English
Houston
Doyle Parker
Cecil Parker
Lee Pape
Harry Newman
San Antonio
Noxville
Raymond Parker
Kerrville
Weston Fisher
San Angelo
W. W. Whitworth
Navy
Harper
Ray Bierschwale
Earl Baker
E. J
Jess Parker
Doss
Judy Sikes
Mike
Fred Whetstone
A. S. Parker
Gilbert Anderegge
Janice Parker
J. W. Bierschwabe
Fredericksburg
Allen Keller Wins 6.1 Mile Farm to Market Road Bid in Texas
The Allen Keller Company of Fredericksburg was named low bidder for 6.1 miles of Farm to Market Road 2084 in Tom Green and Schleicher Counties. The contract totals 98 079 dollars and covers grading structures and paving from 8.6 miles southeast of Christoval to near the Schleicher County line. A Kerr State Highway 16 job bid at 499 649 dollars, seven and a half miles from Kerrville to the Gillespie County line, was also awarded to Keller. No start date has been announced.
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Allen Keller Company
Fredericksburg
Tom Green
Schreicher
Christoval
Schleicher County
Keller
Kerrville
Gillespie County
Local sports and social notes from Kerrville and Dundee
Theo Oehler shot a six point buck Tuesday at Reservation place. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Campbell of Denison and Mrs Alfred Kott of Kerrville visited with Mr and Mrs Glen Hopf. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Eggert in Dundee on November 11, with Doris Hopf the former Mrs Eggert. Miss Sue Jones of Kerrville visited Wallace Brown's home Sunday.
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Theo Oehler
Elmer Campbell
Denison
Alfred Kott
Kerrville
Glen Hopf
Walter Eggert
Dundee
Illinois
Eggert
Doris Hopf
Hopf
Sue Jones
Wallace Brown
Family visit from Hopt and Naber relatives
Mr and Mrs Erato Hopt and daughter Olivia of Austin and Mrs Cora Naber of Fredericksburg visit parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Hopt in town to spend time together.
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Erato Hopt
Olivia
Austin
Cora Naber
Fredericksburg
Oliver Hopt
Nichols Family Visit at J O Stevens Home
Mr and Mrs Frederick Nichols and daughter of Eden were visitors in the J O Stevens home Sunday afternoon.
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Frederick Nichols
of Eden
J. O. Stevens
Football Scoreboard Report Of Local Games
A series of football scores shows Alice routing Kingsville 34 to 0 while St Marys defeats Harper 26 to 8 and Killeen shuts out Lampasas 26 to 0. Other results include Lockhart 32 Gonzales 20 Burnet 39 Bangs 6 Mason 39 Santa Anna 0 Luling 27 Giddings 6 Dilley 41 Bandera 0 Edison 34 Kerrville 0 Brady 27 Comanche 13 Ray 12 Brownsville 7 Central Catholic 26 Laredo 12 Harlandale 44 Alamo Heights 6 Victoria 40 Burbanks 7.
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Alice
Kingsville
St. Mary’s
Harper
Killeen
Lampasas
Lockhart
Gonzales
Burnet
Bangs
Mason
Santa Anna
Luling
Giddings
Dilley
Bandera
Edison
Kerrville
Brady
Comanche
Ray
Brownsville
Central Catholic
Laredo
Harlandale
Alamo Heights
Victoria
Burbanks
Visitors and relatives gather in town
Mrs. L. H. Harper spent several days last week in San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Galbraith of Ferndale Washington are here for a week's visit with her niece Mrs. Tracy Tobin.
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L. H. Harper
San Antonio
Albert Galbraith
Ferndale, Washington
Tracy Tobin
Sageser Family Weekend Visit Noted in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Wesley Sageser and daughters of San Antonio spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Richard Roe and his aunts the Misses Rileys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Sageser
San Antonio
Richard Roered
Misses Rileys
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Gels
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Beverly
Albert Black
Katy
Black
Title
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San Marcos
Patronize Herald
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Emma Harlan
Tommy Harlan
Harlan
Herbert Jones
California
Crosley and
Bendix Applian Livestock & Poultry
Magnolia
Floy
Bode CO
Chester Tatsch
Prop
Kerrville Mattress & Furniture Co
Broadway, Kerrville
Brewster Boot Shop
Hubert Brewster
Trxas
Welome
Tye
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