Freezing Temperatures Hit Hill Country With Frosts Reported
Sunday morning readings fell to 11 degrees at Harper and 21 to Fredericksburg with early frosts noted. Officials report first frosts this season on Sept. 25 at Harper and Nov. 13 at Fredericksburg, while hunting entries rise to eleven bucks, and Arthur Jung harvests a 138 pound eight point white tail at his Lower Crabapple Road farm north of Fredericksburg.
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Texas
Harper
Frank Staudt
Staudt
Fredericksburg
Dietel
Cedar Springs Ranch
London Road
Arthur Jung
Lawrence Jung
Crabapple Road
Benno Kramer
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Gillespie County
Jungs
P&wl
Arthur
FERS
FFA
Thanksgiving rooted in adversity fuels true gratitude
A reflection on Thanksgiving as a harvest tradition born from hardship. The piece argues gratitude emerges not from prosperity but from facing adversity with faith, using the fable of the fox and rabbit to illustrate resilience born in a brier patch. It urges turning anxiety into peace through divine aid.
Song of Harvest Home echoes through ages
Henry Alford wrote the harvest hymn during a 1844 Wymeswold parish festival after a bountiful season. The verses, sung by a small English congregation, grew to global fame as Come Ye Thankful People Come. The passage pairs the hymn with a post holiday reflection on usefulness, ending with a Chuang Tzu quote about usefulness.
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Henry Alford
Wymeswold
Hunter Discovers Body Near Harper in Pedernales River
A hunter from Orange, Texas found the nude body of Ramon Barron, 61, in shallow Pedernales River water two miles south of Harper. Authorities determined death by malnutrition and exposure after an autopsy by Dr. Rubin Santos. Barron, identified by Dallas relatives, had worked for Mr. Pickett at Tierra Linda Estates. burial planned in Dallas.
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Hunter
Pedernales
Harper
Orange
Texas
Tivydale Road
Grady L. Johnson
Victor Harper
Garland Taylor
David Nehr
Fredericksburg
Jim Wendel
James All
Red
Troy Porterfield
Llano
Beckmann
Dallas
Ramon Barron
Pickett
Tierra Linda Estates
Harper-Kerrville Road
Barron
Peace Justice
Taylor
Fredericksburg Theatre Plans Farcical The Girl in the Freudian Slip
Fredericksburg Community Theatre invites the public to see The Girl in the Freudian Slip a light comedy running Friday November 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday November 30 at 2 30 p.m. in St Josephs Hall with additional shows December 5 and 6. Tickets are 150 for adults 100 for students.
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Fredericksburg Community Theatre
Shakespeare
Will Rogers
Guidh Koock
Fredericksburg
St. Joseph’s Hall
Charley Odgers
Dewey Maugham
Fay Brown
Maugham
Alec Rice
Pat Schumann
Barbara Leonard
Gillespie County OKs 1167779 Livestock Expo Bid
Gillespie County Commissioners approve a 116779.00 bid from H C Laughlin Company Fredericksburg for an all metal 150 by 300 foot Livestock Exposition Building on ten acres near the new fair grounds. Work to start soon with 100 days for completion and related site work plans and alternate bids noted.
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Gillespie County Commissioners Court
H. C. Laughlin Company
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair & Festivals Association
Victor Sugebiel
Gillespie County Commissioners
Tivydale FM
Monster Aoudad Ram Killed Near Cherry Springs School House
A 243 pound monster aoudad ram was killed by Ogden Smith of Galveston on the Wesley Crenwelge ranch near the Cherry Springs School House on Tuesday morning November 18 around 9 am. The exotic big horn ram had 12 inch base horns, 27 inch length, and 27 inch spread. four men loaded it onto a pickup for transport to John Wendel Locker Plant in Cherry Springs where the photo was taken.
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Ogden Smith
Galveston
Wesley Crenwelge
Cherry Springs
Smith
John Wendel
Bill Sebera Jr
Mason Highway
Radio Post
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P.S
Chuang Tzu
Margaret Odgers
Paula Maugham
Psychiatrist Maugham
Paula Schuman
Leslie Maugham
Joey Loth
Joe Wellman
Dr. Maugham
FHS Vocational Education Department
Congress
Fed. Govt
Vital Statistics Conference
Austin
U.S. 87
Hein Chevrolet
Cave Creek Road
Victor Nixon
Lawrence Rade
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