Victor Marshhalls Visit Loveland and Rocky Mountain Snow Report
The Victor Marshhalls visited Loveland Colorado with friends and toured the Rocky Mountains reporting about 16 inches of snow on Denver level ground. Coreen Gay Friedrich and Kermit Klaehn pledged marriage vows in Kerrville. Arthur Moellendorf of Ingram and well known around Harper were seen at a roadside park during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Marshhalls
Loveland
Colo
Colorado Rockies
Arthur Moellendorf
Ingram
Harper
Marschalls
Denver
Walter Johnson's no hitter after shoulder pain in 1920
A historic Washington pitcher known as the Big Train battled a sore arm to dominate the first nine innings of a game against the Boston Red Sox in 1920. Clark Griffith urged him to stay in, Johnson endured pain, and threw a no hitter in a career tally over 400 wins.
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Walter Johnson
Washington
Boston Red Sox
Johnson
Clark Griffith
Walter
Ehis
Griffith
Clark
Red Sox
Palmetto Fort Resists British Fleet at Charleston
During the early Revolutionary War Sir Peter Parker led an English fleet toward Charleston Harbor. Fort Moultrie under Captain William Moultrie fired on the approaching ships while palmetto logs absorbed grape shot. The British fleet withdrew, averting Charleston’s capture, and funds a palmetto tree emblem grew on the state seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Parker
Fort Moultrie
William Moultrie
Charleston
South Carolina
In Vain We Build by Edwin Markham
Poem fragment by Edwin Markham questioning the value of progress. The speaker argues that human growth outweighs grand structures and cities. Without personal development, even glorious cities fail to matter. The piece emphasizes inner growth over external achievements.
Hospital Auxiliary Gives Big Helping Hand
A Hill Country Memorial Hospital Auxiliary meeting on September 21 in Milam Hall reviewed progress on fundraisers and membership growth. Jerry Durr noted the Auxiliary’s vital hospital link, discussed blood processing costs, and planned holiday decor and tray favors with a bake sale set for November 11 at local markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Milam
McDermott
Emmuie Schroeder
Jerry Durr
Auxilary
Durr
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Gillespie County Red Cross
B's Food Market
Piggly Wiggly
Kinopp and Metzgers
Area VII Young Homemakers install officers at Sunday House
Officers of Area VII Association Young Homemakers of Texas are pictured at the Area VII convention held at Sunday House Convention Center on Saturday September 25. From left to right: Mrs Jimmy Peril Harper president Mrs Don Spraggins Leander vice president Mrs Michael Young secretary Mrs Don Norman Belton treasurer Mrs Ernest Erhig Gonzales reporter historian and Mrs C L Sharron Taylor parliamentarian. Radio Post photo.
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Area VII Association
Young Homemakers OF
Texas
Area VII
Sunday House Convention Center
Jimmy
Johnnie Kay
Peril
Harper
Don
Doris) Spraggins
Leander
Michael (Jaydean) Young
Janis) Norman
Belton
Ernest
Martha) Erhig
Gonzales
C. L
Sharron
Taylor
Radio Post
Mrs Milton J Wendel Licensed LVN at Fredericksburg Hospital
Mrs Milton J Wendel received her LVN license and certificate on September 16 after state exams on July 23. A Hill Country Memorial Hospital LVN program graduate, she is the former Magdalena Wendel, daughter of Mrs Lorenz Wendel of Harper and the late Mr Wendel, and now employed at Knopp Nursing Home.
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LVN
Hill Country Memorial Hospital Lvn
Magdalena Wendel
Lorenz Wendel
Harper
Wendel
Knopp Nursing Home
Fredericksburg Young Homemakers Host Area VII Conventioneers
Mrs. Michael Young led Fredericksburg chapter members hosting 78 Area VII guests for a Saturday tour on September 25. Visitors from Bastrop to Taylor Thrall toured Pioneer Memorial Library Milam Hall the Tatsch home and the American Heritage Museum with guides Esther and Emmie Mueller Roberta Smith and her husband hosting a kitchen demo. Local merchants donated about 25 attendance prizes.
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Fredericksburg
Michael Young
Area VII
Bastrop
Belton
Blanco
Brady, Comfort
Florence
Georgetown
Giddings
Gonzales
Harper
Holland
Hondo
Leander
Lexington
Marion
Round Rock
Salado
San Saba County
Smithville
Somerset
Stockdale
Taylor-Thrall
Dwight Oestreich
McDermott
Pioneer Memorial Library
Milam Hall
Our Town
Tatsch
Esther
Emmie Mueller
Rudolf
Roberta) Smith
American Heritage Museum
Collins Bays
Nation observes 4-H Week from October 3 to 9
National 4-H Week highlights youth skill demonstrations across the country with a goal to expand 4-H, recruit volunteers, thank supporters, and foster responsible citizenship. The program welcomes youths aged nine to 19 under leaders guiding animal husbandry home economics and other fields.
Hill Country Memorial Hospital’s 1000th Patient Admitted
The Hill Country Memorial Hospital admitted its 1000th patient, Mrs Stella Crenwelge Wahl, at 2 30 a m on Sept 2 shortly after its February dedication and opening dates. Nursing staff signaled the arrival at the Emergency entrance and transferred Mrs Wahl to the Obstetrical Department where a healthy 7 pound 9 ounce baby followed within three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Jerry Durr
Marvin Klein
Edmund Tatsch
Stella Crenwelge Wahl
Terry Wahl
Lone Star Gas Company of
Fredericksburg
Central Nursing Station
Hos
Harper area families visit over weekend in Texas
Local residents travelled to Albany Kerrville San Antonio and Austin to visit relatives. News notes include births at Memorial Hospital with Tisha Marie Wahl born September 25 at 5 06 am and attended by nurse Mrs Holland and Dr I W Feller with updates on local families and hospital staff.
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Roy Cottle
Forest Strentz
Kerrville
Albany
Texas
Lyndon Parker
J. J. Mortiner
San Antonio
Presbyterian Church
Oince
New Memorial Hospital
Tisha Marie Wahl
Shane Terry Wahl
Wahls
WO West Burbank Street
Holland
Taha Marie
W Feller
Mr and Mrs Kermit Klaehn wedding in Kerrville
Miss Doreen Gay Friedrich daughter of Lonnie Friedrich and Kermit Klaehn son of Mrs. Clayton Kneese and the late Willie Klaehn pledged marriage vows Saturday September 18 at 7 30 p m in the Country Community Church Kerrville Rev E O Bishop officiated The bride wore a candlelight satin gown with lace details and carried a white Bible bouquet The twin sister Shay was matron of honor and several sisters and cousins served as bridesmaids. About 275 guests attended and the couple planned a home in Ingram with the bride employed by Hill Country Telephone Coop and the groom a Kerrville Telephone Co. switchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Gay Friedrich
Lonnie Friedrich
Kermit Klaehn
Clayton Kneese
Willie Klaehn
Country Community Church
Kerrville
E. O. Bishop
C. M. Bickley
Corpus Christi
Teddy Tooley
Albert Friedrich
Shay
Douglas Tatsch
Harper
Bonnie
Terry Sembritzky
Fredericksburg
Doris
Alfred Edwards
August Lutz
Laurie Lutz
Sheila Tatsch
Wayne Sembritzky
Leslie Esquell
Dayton Friedrich
Houston
Charles Friedrich
Port Neches
Robert Riddle
Mesd
Bob Thomas
Glen Green
Gene Mulliner
Doralene Engel
Mary Louise Weber
Luckenbach
Marsha Mooney
Harper High School
Kerrville Business College
Ingram
Hill Country Telephone Coop
Kerrville Telephone Co
Gonzales
Ingram, Hunt
Seguin
Doss Streeter
San Antonio
Center Point
Comfort
Legion and Auxiliary Meeting Notice
Legion and Auxiliary members are summoned to a meeting on Thursday October 7 at 7:30 p.m. The gathering will be held at the Legion Hall.
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Legion & Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coreen
Gay Friedrich
Edwin Markham
Samuel Johnson
Hospital Auxiliary
Milton J. Wendel
Fredericksburg Hospital
Young Homemakers
W. J Sebera
Schroeder
Harper Locals
Malcolm Marshall
Jack Jones
Mrs
Charlie Bierschwale
Stephensville
C. H. Bierschwale
Lydia Bierschwale
Phil Maddox
Melvin
E. J. Green
Brady
Johnnie Bierschwale
Mason
Tommy Skipper
Joe Mack Scarborough
Austin
Herbert Gamel
Bill Gamel
Alfred Moellendorf
Alfred Kramer
Albert Kaiser
Junction
Paul Staudt
J. L. Bierschwale
Herbert Feller
Dallas
Michelle
Michael Segner
Edwin Klein
Robert Feller
New Iberia
Alvin Feller
Allen Bridges
A. J. Kinsey
W. C. Whitworth
Doole
MR. and
Hospital
L. A. Sembritzky
Paul Delorey
Knupp Rest Home
Morris
Nellie
Hom
Louis Lange
Frank Lange
Sabrina
Katherine
Gregory Kyle
Lous Lange
Lange
Amd
Pape
Mountain Home
Harper Puesday
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