Grass and water efforts mark Gillespie County farming notes
Edward Schlaudt near Fredericksburg reports a 34 acre field thrives after a single May rain and drought later. Memens Timmel completes a 12 acre water pond with a 22 foot depth and 60 acre drainage diversion. Norman Wilke joins as a new cooperator planning coastal bermuda conversion to sustain pasture. R F Innes plans 15 acres of coastal bermuda sprigging to boost forage and defer range land use.
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Edward Schlaudt
Fredericksburg
Samme
Schlaudt
Memens Timmel
Stonewall
Immel
R. F. Innes
Harper
Gillesme County Fair Grounds Catalog Request
Readers are invited to write C A Stone at P O Box 431 Fredericksburg Texas 78624 for a fair catalog with details as of October 26.
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Gillesme County Fair Grounds
P.O
Fredericksburg
Texas
Harold Kneese Elected SWCD Supervisor
Harold Kneese won a five year term as supervisor of subdivision four in Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation District on Wednesday October 11. He succeeds Walter Fuhrmann, who served 16 years, and Kneese farms near Fredericksburg and Marshall Springs with ongoing range conservation work since 1950. Rod Marburger of the Parks and Wildlife Service spoke on deer management noting deer populations adjust with harvest and reproduction, and that heavy buck and doe harvesting can raise buck numbers and landowner income while deer consume about eight pounds of green vegetation daily.
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Harold Kneese
Gillespie County
Rod Marburger
Parks and Wildlife Service
Marburger
Local visits spread among Harper area families
Mrs Anita Bowers and her son Robbie of Fredericksburg visited her brother Edwin Lang and Mrs Lang Friday night. Miss Cottle of Kerrville and Carnell Walker of Georgetown visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs V A Cottle Saturday evening.
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Anita Bowers
Robbie of
Fredericksburg
Edwin Lang
Lang
Miss Cottle
Kerrville
Carnell Walker
Georgetown
Mrs
V. A. Cottle
Hubert Rahe
Barbara Peril
Hardin Rahe
Stephenville
Mrs. Howard Walden
Corpus Christi
H. L. Stevens
Travel Information Centers Host 750000 Travelers in 1966
Texas Highway Dept operated TICs at seven gateways and the Capitol rotunda in Austin served as hosts to three-quarters of a million travelers during 1966.
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Texas Highway Dept
First Texas hard surfaced highway marked as Jubilee
The Texas Highway Dept. built a 25 mile section across Hays County in 1918 1919, the first hard surfaced highway in the state now celebrated in Inns Golden Jubilee year.
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Texas Highway Dept
Inns
Hays County
Alamo Hereford Club Sale Set During Livestock Exposition
The Alamo Hereford Club will hold its 1968 Hereford Sale on Monday February 12 during the San Antonio Livestock Exposition. Bert and Ruben Reyes will manage and auction the sale.
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Alamo Hereford Club
Bert
Ruben Reyes
Annual Alamo Hereford Club Sale Details
Walden Smith Jr. secretary urges all persons interested in selling or buying at the Annual Alamo Hereford Club Sale contact him. The sale will be restricted to bulls under 36 months of age of excellent quality and in good range condition. The females will include only replacement caliber bred heifers or fancy open heifers.
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Walden Smith Jr
Alamo
Local Social Visits and Bank Liabilities Pocketed
Mrs Wm Keen returns to Harper after a visit in Junction. Mr and Mrs Daniel Durst of San Antonio visit her mother Mrs R B Goff. Mr and Mrs Jack Smith of Seguin visit Kansas City Mo. Mrs Bettie Nichols visits Ingram and attends Pentecostal services with sister Mrs Ima Faye Gann of Lamesa. Walter Markward and family visit Fredericksburg. Pete Whitworth visits Paul Jones home. Deposits show Total Time and Savings 676443.94. total liabilities 695443.94. common stock 25000. undivided profits 103987.64.
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Daniel Durst
San Antonio
R. B. Goff
Jack Smith
Seguin
Ida Smith
Richard Hartenstine
Kansas City
Bettie Nichols
Ingram
Nichols
Ima Faye Gann
Lamesa
Pentecostal
Dinosaur Tracks Reported Near Fredericksburg Texas
Dinosaurs tracks imprinted in Dittmar Creek on the Jim McMahon ranch lie 14 miles west of Fredericksburg off U S 290 near Spring Creek. The tracks, over a foot long, may indicate a parent and baby dinosaur. experts from institutions like the University of Texas may take interest. Reports also mention tracks between Johnson City and Blanco and in Arizona, with a possible tourist draw.
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Dittmar Creek
Jim McMahon
Fredericksburg
Harper Highway
U. S. 290
Spring Creek
Webster
Trias
University of Texas Paleontology, Anthropology
Johnson City
Blanco
Arizona
Barons Creek
Red Bluff
Willow City
Deer Bow Hunting Drives Weekend Scores Across Counties
Zeo Weinheimer at the Sports Center notes many bucks felled by bow and arrow last weekend and Monday. Billy Henke's 105 pound dressed buck with 10 points tops counts, larger than his rifle kills. Several hunters across Doss Kirch, Fort Worth, and Monahans report does and bucks, with acorns and Spanish Oaks shaping the season.
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Zeo Weinheimer
Billy Henke
Henke
Herbert Reed
Crex
Luke Kent
Kent
Poiner
Butch” Duoeher
Cave Creek
Irving Bow Hunting Assn
Dallas
Irving
Ida Massey
Ruby Geistweidt
Doss
Harold Strackhein
Henry Welge
Welge
Carl Yoho
Monahans
Wayne Cunningham
Fort Worth
Houston
Zee
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Gillespie County Soil & Water Conservation District News
Norman Wilke
Llano Road
Gillespie So and Water Conservation District
Bermuda
Hill Country Angus Association
SWCD
Christopher Shaughnessy
Madison
Wisc
First Baptists Church
Doris Kay
Harper Locals
Alamo Hereford
Sale
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Max O. Reinbach
Robert C. Brown
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First State Bank
United States
Dank -Diemis
Wandare
Walter Markwardat
Roy Steitle
Pete Whitworth
Paul Jones
Herefords
Hereford Ass'n
Mason
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Walter Britton
D. Jordan
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Alta Tanta Haw
Sacec Linet
Range & Field
Fred Bierschwab, Jr
Fred Bierschwale, JR
Fred Whitewood Watkins
C H Rogers
State of Texas
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Gillespie
Douglas Tatsch
Albert Manier
Palat Knob
Ronnie Lumpkins
San Marcos
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Clifford Wienecke
Judy
Ruben Nixon
Clinton of
Hugo Klein
Edwin Strackhein
Brent
Otto Wienecke
James
Milton Kramer
Fritz and Welty
Robert Mauer
Louie Harthcock
Jim New Comer
Buchannan Lake
Johnnie McDougall
Mike
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Abilene
Ruben Lehilie
Calvin Fiedler
Little Daughter
Edwin Klein
Edmund Tatsch
Elgin Tatsch
Janice Spaeth
Alfred Spaeth
Lew Moellendorf
Ida Warner
Anna Moellendorf
Ted Kiser
Blue Mountain Section
E. R. Brown
Bill Wilkins
Felix Hahne
Butch Ernst
Elbert Feller
Tareer
Permarent Press
Sterling Bacs
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