Congressman C C Fisher Honored in Uvalde Appreciation Day
An appreciation day barbecue will be held in Uvalde on Tuesday September 22 at 7 p m honoring Congressman C C Fisher for more than 20 years of service to the 21st Texas District. Chartered buses will transport Fredericksburg fishermen from Gillespie County to Uvalde after noon, leaving at about 4 p m from Nimitz Parkway behind the Gillespie County Courthouse. Reservations can be made through Harold Stehling at Security State Bank and Trust or Walter Loudon at Allen Keller Company. The event invites Fisher’s friends to attend and celebrate his leadership and service to farmers ranchers and citizens statewide.
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Uvalde
Fredericksburg
Nimitz Parkway
Gillespie County
Harold Stehling
Security State Bank and Trust
Walter Loudon
Allen Keller Company
Congressman Fisher
Fisher
Texas
Raymond Neffendorf Receives Military Honors at Funeral
Funeral services for Raymond Otto Neffendorf 51 included military honors. The service at Beckmann Funeral Home Chapel featured Rev Leroy Deans and a choral duet, with interment in Greenwood cemetery. He died September 9 at Peterson Hospital Kerrville after extended illness.
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Beckmann Funeral Home
Leroy Deans
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Perry Woerner
Martha Burdick
Victor Stahl
Heinrich Friedrich
Erwin Friedrich
Elgin Friedrich
Milton Klein
Edgar Usener Jr
Carlos Weiland
Greenwood Cemetery
Neffendorf
Peterson Hospital
Kerrville
Gillespie County
Texas
Richard and
Frieda Friedrich Neffendorfer
San Antonio
Vivian Knopp
Poe Motor Co
Veterans Administration Hospital
Vivian Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Gary Ray Neffendorf
University of Texas
Keith Neffendorf
FHS
Richard Neffendorf
Alex A Knopp
Laura
Alvin Gerloff
Edna
Milton Gerloff
Felix Neffendorf
Vera
Elmer Hertel
William Neffendorf
New Braunfels
Richard Neffendorf Jr
Doss
James Neffendorf
Bernice
W. A. Dryden
Lee Neffendorf
Beaumont
Raymond Otto Neffendorf
Hog Raisers Short Course At Harper School
Hog raisers from the Harper area attended a five day short course at Harper School led by Bob Jacobs. Topics covered included selection building and equipment disease and parasites feeding marketing and management. Both men and women participated with refreshments served each night and a large group of farmers and ranchers from the region attended.
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Harper
Harper School
Bob Jacobs
Harper Trade
Real Circus to Perform at Gillespie County Fair Grounds
The Gus Bell 3-Ring Circus brings the George Hanneford family to Fredericksburg for matinee at 2:30 p m and 7:30 p m night show on Sunday Sept 28. Acts include Tommy and Kay Frances, Mushi Amato, Polack Bros elephants with Opal, and the Congress of Clowns. Tickets are 75 cents, claimed as family entertainment.
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Gus Bell
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
George Hanneford
Tommy
Kay Frances
Tajana
Lord Sanger
Flying Rock-Smith
Circus- Circus
Las Vegas
Peggy
Mack Mcdonald
Polack Bros
Opal
Mushi Amato
Suarez
Miss
Hanneford
America
Fredericksburg
Schreiner Family Reunion Celebrates 100th Birthday Year
Kerrville hosts the Schreiner family gathering at Mrs. E Clyde Parker Jr. home honoring Uncle Louie. Louis Schreiner turns 100 this year after an 80 year bank career. 75 relatives attend a buffet in the Parker yard. Great grandchildren M Lou and Ed Slaton traveled from Corpus Christi. a booklet The House of Schreiner is distributed.
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Kerrville
Schreiner
Kerr County
E. Clyde Parker Jr
L. A. Schreiner
Schreiners
M’lou
Ed Slaton
Corpus Christi
Rainy Harvest Prospects Boost Harpe Area
Rainfall in Harpe area reached up to three inches with afternoon and night showers. A. J. Kinsey Fred Whitewood Weldon Walker and others reported the good rains improving pasture for livestock and hunting season. Texans logged significant vehicle miles, ranking second to Californians in total miles driven last year.
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Harpe
A. J. Kinsey
Fred Whitewood
Weldon Walker
Grass fire near Dinosaur Creek Ranch prompts cooperative response
Harper Volunteer Fire Department joined by Fredericksburg unit to quell a grass fire at Dinosaur Creek Ranch on U S 290 east about 11 miles from Harper. Cause undetermined. only about half an acre burned. ranch recently sold to Gene Lehmann and Ted Campbell who subdivided it.
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Harper
Dinosaur Creek Ranch
Jim MacMahon Ranch
U. S. 290
Fredericksburg
Gene Lehmann
Kerrville
Ted Campbell
Hunt-Ingram
Edwards
Lightning and its deadly reach across landscapes
The article explains lightning’s extreme speed and power, noting a bolt travels about 20,000 miles per second and can strike tall structures or isolated trees, with a foot wide path. It describes how storm-generated static charges form, why high points are vulnerable, and regional storm frequencies from Florida to Maine and Missouri to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Gulf Region
Maine
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
The Alphabet of Success
A compact moral guide listing virtues and cautions. It urges integrity, prudent conduct, self control, respect for others, and steady effort across an alphabet of principles from avoiding evil to extending kindness. It emphasizes honesty, debt payment, parental counsel, and zealous right action.
Community Savings Installs Computerized NCR System
Community Savings and Loan Association installed an NCR 315-100 Computer on August 29 30 under Vice President Kenneth Sultemeier and Tom Stateczny. The system handles 30 000 digits in core plus 48 million characters in auxiliary files with near instantaneous transaction speeds. It prints reports at 800 lines per minute and currently programs 10 100 savings accounts with plans to add loans. Stateczny a 20 year USAF veteran leads programming. The Stareczny family recently moved to Fredericksburg Florida address 516 St Marys Street with five children Jim Charles Michael Sue Ann and Mary Ellen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Savings and Loan Association
Reuben Eckhardt
Kenneth Sultemeier
Tom Stareczny
Sultemeier
Community Savings & Loan Association
Fredericksburg
Archie
Linda) Klein
Teller
Savings & Loan Association
Tume Statecony
Fred
Local residents honored at Keidel Memorial Hospital cap ceremony
Mrs. Milton J. Wendel, one of 12 ladies, received a nurse training cap at Keidel Memorial Hospital Friday. The Friendly Sewing Circle plans a Sept. 23 meeting at 2 pm hosted by Mrs. Alfred Kramer with a guest and a gift. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Borchers spent Labor Day weekend with her parents, while he works in Houston and attends night law school. she teaches English in Katy, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton J. Wendel
Keidel Memorial Hospital
Alfred Kramer
Paul Staudt
Carl Borchers
Douglas Duderstadt
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CES
C. C. Fisher
Washington
Raymond C. Neffendert
Harper School Board
Hopf
Roy Ressmann
Texas Small Schools Project
Oma Bierschwale
Joe Esquell
Hubert Kahe
Bathrall
Marthe Equeltwist
the Rolten
Congress of Clowns
Chester
Joe Sherman
Rc&d
Bob Gordon
Blanco
Harper Fire Department Answers
Community Savings
T. E
Tom” Stateczny
USAF
NCR
San Antonio Savings Association
Citizens National Data Corporation of Austin
St. Mary's Street
Jim
San Antonio College
Charles
Texas A&m University
Michael
Fredericksburg High School
Sue Ann
Mary Ellen
Fredericksburg Junior High School
Mathisen
Austin
Boerne
Marble Falla
Statecany
Radio Post
Harper Locals
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