Two Mason Men Die in Sunday Night Highway Crash
Two Mason men, August W. Starks and Henry Grady Saunders Jr., died when their 1948 Chevrolet crossed the Mason highway and struck a United Van Lines truck from Corpus Christi. The crash, near Fredericksburg, occurred about 7:30 p.m. The driver of the truck, Lowell Didear, was unharmed. a passenger Baumgardner was burned and treated. Both bodies were taken to Hoffmann Funeral Home in Mason for burial in Gooch Cemetery.
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Mason
Corpus Christi
Fredericksburg
Mason Highway
August W. Starks
Henry Grady Saunders, Jr
Lowell Didear
Baumgardner
Mason Hospital
John Hale
State Highway Patrol
Hugo Klaerner
United van Lines
Hoffmann Funeral Home
Gooch
Walter Durst
San Antonio
Educational boards warned against teaching communism in schools
A proposal from the American citizenship committee urges teaching the theory and practice of communism in all U S educational institutions alongside government under the constitution. The piece argues this could force compulsory indoctrination and invite left wing bias through educators and school materials.
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Barassa
Hares Association
America
Communist Party
Election set for Upper Llanos Soil District Precinct 1
Voters 21 or older who own land in Precinct 1 Kimble or Edwards Counties may cast ballots at 2:00 p m on Tuesday October 5 at the Kimble County Courthouse Junction to choose a supervisor. A Servis Brush Cutter demonstration follows around 3:00 p m at the J W Robbins Ranch 12 miles northeast, across from the Teacup school.
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Llanos
Kimble County
Junction
J. W. Robbins
London Highway
Teacup
ASC
Huge rattler killed by Harper man on Tivydale road
Photo by Edm. Fledler shows Buddy Krieditch of Harper with a giant rattlesnake he killed on the Tivydale road just outside Harper. The snake reportedly had 11 ruffles. Hill Kainer appears at the right in the image while observers estimate the snake’s length from the photo.
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Buddy Krieditch
Harper
Tivydale Road
Buddy
Kainer
Fragmented OCR Note on Revolutionary Event
Readable text mentions revolutionaries and a coded command. details are incomplete and unclear about names dates or places. The fragment lacks verifiable entities and a coherent narrative to summarize into a full news item.
Directors Named At Central Texas Electric Cooperative Meeting
Robert O. Dittmar of the Central Texas Electric Cooperative reads the directors list and nominees at the annual meeting held last Friday at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Dittmar was re-elected to the board for another term. Seated left to right on the speakers stand are Ralph Swanson manager Troy Foster Roy Willmann Ryland Kothmann Col. Alfred Petsch and Dick Hoerster local attorneys.
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Robert O. Dittmar
The
Central Texas Eelectric Cooperative
Coop
Gillespie County
Dittmar
Ralph Swanson
Troy Foster
Roy Willmann
Ryland Kothmann
Col
Alfred Petsch
Dick Hoerster
Directors Re-elected At CTEC Membership Meeting
Nine directors of the Central Texas Electric Cooperative were re elected by about a five to one margin at the annual general membership meeting held Friday afternoon at Gillespie County Fair Park. President A Lee Whitt led the session with reports on finances, lines expansions, and plans for a new headquarters, noting strong profits and substantial debt payments.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Gillespie County Fair Park
Robert Dittmar
Troy Foster
Fitzhugh Lee
Gillespie Co
Carl Schmidt
Ryland Rothmann
Mason County
A Lee Whitt
George Elliott
Llano County
W. A. Burnam
San Saba County
Roy Willmann
Kendall-Kerr Counties
A. Lee Whitt
Alex Frantzen
America
Dale Hasson
First Methodist Church
Rubin Meier
Gillespie County
Bilding
CTEC
Bobbitt, Lee & Bobbitt
Coop
St Marys Annual Benefit Turkey Dinner Planned
St Marys School basement in Fredericksburg hosts a Turkey Dinner this Sunday October 3 starting 11 30 a m with coffee dessert and meals priced at one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children Proceeds benefit the St Marys Auathry and a tribute will honor members over 55 who have supported the school after dinner music by the St Marys Suhvel Band.
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St. Mary’s
Fredericksburg
St. Mary’s Auathry
St. Mary's
Rainfall Totals From Wednesday to Thursday Across Areas
Light rain fell across the region with varying totals. Pecan Creek saw 1.60 inches, Loyal Valley 2.60 inches, Honey Creek 1 inch, and Fredericksburg 0.20 inches recorded by local observers. Harper nearby measured 1.10 inches and 1 inch elsewhere. A long Texas trip through several states was noted.
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Otto Rahe
Harper
Pecan Creek
Guido Weinheimer
Loyal Valley
Esther Lehmann
Honey Creek
Felix Fuhrmann
Fredericksburg
N. J. Dietel
Emil Schandun, Jr
City
Lmits
Harper Highway
C. A. Stone
New Bridges on FM2093 across Tivydale Road
Construction underway on FM2093 Tivydale Road replacing sharp curves with new bridges over Live Oak Creek and Spring Creek. Austin Bridge Company holds the main contract with subcontracts awarded for bridge work. Entrance to Oak Crest Park remains nearby as site work progresses.
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Live Oak Creek
Spring Creek
Tivydale Road
Oak Crest Park
Austin Bridge Company
Harper P-TA To Have Two Speakers
The Harper P-TA will meet at the school house Thursday afternoon Oct. 7 at 3 p m for its regular session. The program opens with music by the High School girls and a devotional by Mrs. Douglas Duderstadt. The topic We The People In Order to Form a More Perfect Union is presented in two parts Contribution of The Home by Mrs. Carl Ochler and Contribution of The School by R K Williams, followed by the business meeting.
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Harper P-Ta
Douglas Duderstadt
Carl Ochler
R. K. Williams
Hill Country Auxiliary Meeting at Harper School Saturday
The Hill Country Auxiliary of the Sheep and Goat Raisers' will meet at Harper school Saturday at 2 30 p.m. Harper members host. Community Park members and directors urged to attend quarterly meeting at the Fire Station on October 4. Please come.
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Hill Country
Sheep & Goat Raisers
Harper
Harper Pioneer Honored at 95th Birthday in Coleman
Bird Billings, longtime Harper community figure, celebrated his 95th birthday with a Sunday gathering at the Coleman Community Center. Family from Monahans, Coleman, Cuero, Harlingen, and other Texas towns attended, including sons Oran Dallas Emmet and Carol Billings. Noah Billings could not attend from California. Survived by wife, one son, two daughters, 20 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Attendees included Lloyd Ralford and Rev Link Billings from Fredericksburg.
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Bird Billings
Harper
Coleman
Community Center
Oran Billings
Dallas
Emmet Billings
Monahans
Carol Billings
Noah Billings
Harlong
Calif
Joe Bilings
Cuero
San Angelo
Midland
Odessa
Nixon
Smiley
Billings
Lloyd Ralford
Link Billings
Fredericksburg
Dr Schwab Reports On World Council Coverage
Dr Paul J Schwab reported on the World Council of Churches meeting in Evanston Alabama in August for the San Antonio Express daily column. Since October he has served as stated supply of the Harper Texas church drawing rural parishioners from forty miles. He and Mrs Schwab live in the manse on weekends while serving the church and community. Seventeen members have joined the Harper church roll in recent months.
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Paul J. Schwab
World Council of Churches
Evanston
San Antonio Express
Schwab
Harper
Texas
Judging Work of 4H Club Members Across District
District 4H judging event gathered numerous county agents and club leaders from Llano Blanco Bandera Mason Kerr and other counties. Attendees included Miss Thelma Casey Miss Maltalyce rythastry HN and Miss Mary Jo Garland with district agent San Angelo Mina Mildred Harti from College Station.
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Club
Bein
Leange Agm
Ses Vico Vicicy
Bae Ngee
Pauleo Stefano
Iva, Baudesa
T. L
Lamne
Blanco
Jack Groff
Bandera
Mie
Ewes Vogt
Mason
Guy Powell
Kerr
Veghow Jones
Kiesbie
Mary Jo Garland
Hda
Keer
Wises
Mayme Colana
Mwa
Lian
Cee
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iPatronize Herald
National Education Assn
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Internationalliem
Economics
Rugg
Teachers College
Tarehish
Stanford
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Arcan Ree
OUI cc Usb Tandem Tiusiad Mende
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Oscar McDonald
Sammie McDonald
Granville House
Mr. McDonald
Edm
Fledler
Ery Aureus al
Thely Command
A. Ha
Henry Wendel
Ales Priess
Wesley Priess
Golden
Colorado
New Mexico
Harper Pioneer
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Dr. Schwab
World Council
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