Rain Tally in Harper Area Shows Wide Spread
Tuesday morning showers drenched Harper area with varying totals from .25 to 5.60 inches. Knopp School Rheingold and nearby farms logged the heaviest rainfall with several farmers reporting multi inch totals while Junction noted a light shower and roads faced brief flash flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Edmund Fiedler
Clarence Ernst
Mortimer Ranch
Emil Fiedler
Otto Rahe
Ed Marschall
Junction
Alois Jung
Petersburg
Richard Ressmann
Spring Creek
Knopp
Anniversary of first permanent civilian air mail
Aviation pioneers of 1918 hailed the aero mail as the first commercial use of the aeroplane and a forerunner of today’s air industry. The Post Office Department expanded routes from New York to Chicago and beyond, with transcontinental mail flights starting in 1920. Contracts moved to private carriers in 1927, and by 1953 air mail sped regular service on a space available basis.
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Post Office Department
Summerfield
New York
Chicago
Omaha
St. Louis
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Congress
Eisenhower
Summmerfield
Washington
Florida
Air Mall
Jones Family Visited Relatives Near Rock Springs
Mr and Mrs P F Jones and Vitle granddaughter Dianna Sa geser spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs Jack Jones and children near Rock Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Jones
Vitle
Dianna Sageser
Jack Jones
Rock Springs
Flood Control Project Gets Start With Appropriation
A $1,000allocation from the lateral roads fund by Gillespie County Commissioners Court kicks off a flood control program tied to the Chamber of Commerce. The plan would dam tributaries of Palo Alto Creek and the Pedernales River with later major dams, overseen by Department of Agriculture engineers and signed by 45 landowners. Recreation, hunting, fishing, and irrigation rights would remain with landowners who maintain the dams and reduce flood risk. The program also targets Live Oak Creek and Baron's Creek.
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Lateral Roads Fund
Commissioner’s Court
Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Palo Alto Creek
Pedernales
Kurt Hanson
Chamber
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
The
Commission
Ers Court
Department of Agriculture Engineers
Live Oak Creek
Baron's Creek
Comal County Fair Highlights Top Runners At New Braunfels
Mrs. W B Acrey, racing committee chair, says Comal County Fair will attract top state horses. Derby winners Flying Dutchman and Ragman join Amis Trail and Amberee among many entries. Other races include a champion quarter mile with Red Chick Band Master and Sammy C. Demonstrations span antiques to 4 H displays. Fair runs October 1–3 with parade, exhibits, rodeo, beer garden, and band concerts by the State Contest Prize Winning Camal Post 179 American Legion Band.
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W. B. Acrey
Comal County
California
New Orleans
Amberee
Red Chick
Band Master
Sammy C
Adeline N
Bosco
Monroe S
New Braunfels
Texas
Camal Post
American Legion
Pecan Creek Club Plans Special Meeting on Soil Conservation
The Pecan Creek Community Club met September 12 with 30 members. A special meeting on September 2 at 8 p.m. will feature Soil Conservation Supervisors who will discuss soil conservation and show films. Members urged to attend the September 24 meeting at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecan Creek Community Club
Presbyterian Women's Association Met at the Manse
The Presbyterian Women’s Association met at the manse on Thursday September 16 with hostesses Mrs Clayton Kneese and Mrs Tommie Kneese. New president outlined the coming year’s chairmen and program The Church theme from Acts was presented by Mrs Warren McDougall Devotional by Mrs Watkins Tarr and hymns Give of the Best to Your Master and The Church’s One Foundation were sung after closing prayers Refreshments of cookies and punch were served to 14 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Women’s Association
Clayton Kneese
Tommie Kneese
Arthur Bierschwale
Christian Education
Walter Parker
Charles Gammenthaler
Foreign Mission
Clark Bierschwale
National Mission
Watkins Tarr
Clara Wendel
Willie Pape
Warren McDougall
Killeen Family Visits Parents in Local Reunion
Mr and Mrs V C Russell Jr and daughter of Killeen visited their grandparents Mr and Mrs V C Russell Sr and Mr and Mrs Archie Lennon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. C. Russel, Jr
of Killeen
V. C. Russell, Sr
Archie Lennon
KGBS To Carry Texas Notre Dame Game Saturday
KGBS Radio 680 will broadcast the Texas vs Notre Dame football game this Saturday at 12 50 p m Wes Box handles play by play and Jerry Doggett provides color Jim Wiggins previews the teams with school music Also KGBS will air the Texas A M Oklahoma A M Cotton Bowl game at 8 p m with Dave Russell and Eddie Hill on color.
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KGBS
Wes Box
Jerry Doggett
Jim Wiggins
Texas
Notre Dame
Oak Hill Study Club Opens Fall Meeting at Home
The Oak Hill Study Club met at Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stevens home for its first Fall session. President Mrs. Peggy Wahrmund led the creed read by Clint Brown and a program including a roll call and Long Tall Tales of Texas. Guest Ace Reid of Kerrville, cartoonist, spoke and shared images of the Old Cowboy, drawing for magazines like True and Western Stockman. Seven members attended with four guests and two children, and refreshments followed.
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Oak Hill
Harvey Stevens
Peggy Wahrmund
Clint Brown
Watkins Tarr
Austin
R. E. Peril
Marshall Brown
Texas
Ace Reid
Kerrville
United States
The
Western Stockman
Horse Lover
True Magazine
Edwin Fiedler
P. Stevens
George Holekamp
Eddie Maier
Brown family visits relatives and travelers noted
Mr and Mrs Billy Brown and two daughters of Alpine visit his parents Mr and Mrs Wallace Brown and other relatives. Jett Parker and P F Jones traveled to San Antonio Monday night with Parker taking cattle there. Mr and Mrs Nolan Cloud of Houston en route to Mexico visit uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Gordon Harper Tuesday. 600 subscribe to The Herald at $1 50 per year.
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Billy Brown
Alpine
Mrs
Wallace Brown
Jett
Parker
P. F. Jones
San Antonio
Nolan Cloud
Houston
Mexico
Gordon Harper
Johnson Ranch Tour Shows Hereford Herds at Stonewall
Sen Lyndon Johnson, his wife and daughter Lynda Bird inspect 65 Hereford cattle on the Johnson ranch near Stonewall. He shows two Hereford bulls from Oklahoma and Amarillo, plus 85 Delaine sheep, with 250 acres of forage including King Ranch Blue Stem and Alfalfa. He plans to seed 40 acres to Kentucky Bluegrass and Bermuda this fall.
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Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Lynda Bird
Stonewall
Senator Johnson
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
J. Taylor
Amarillo
Ator Johnson
Delaine
King Ranch
Kentucky Vesure
Bermuda
Central Texas Electric Cooperative Holds Key Meeting
The C T E C general membership meet resumes at Gillespie County Fair Grounds in Fredericksburg at 2 pm Friday. Directors’ elections loom with two slates, bylaw changes, and a possible move of headquarters under debate. A bitter split between factions led by Petsch and Stehling fuels high interest and potential lawsuits.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg
Liano
Mason
Willmann
Alfred Petsch
Arthur Stehling
Stehling
Ralph Swanson
W. C. M. Williams
Gold Board
Itbel
Harper Loses to Lohn 41 0 in Home Opener
The Harper Longhorns opened their home season with a 41 0 defeat as the Lohn Eagles dominated at Community Park on Friday night.
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Harper
Lohn
Harper Longhorns
Lohn Eagles
Longhorns
Eagles
Eagle
Claude Russell
Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District activity update
L. R. Hodges planted 3 acres in oats and Austrian Winter Peas with 100 pounds of superphosphate and added more acreage in vetch. The district tour featured Alfalfa on B. L. Smith Jr. ranch, Blue Panic Grass, Guar, native range projects, and a 40 acre border system. The new turf at Community Park was dedicated amid a football game.
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L. R. Hodges
Vetch
Hodges
J. H. McLean
The
San Antonio
B. L. Smith, Jr
L. E. York
M. C
Pete
Two San Antonio Women Head for Hawaii Trip
Miss Opal Eckhardt formerly of Harper and Miss Frances Jane Helaser from San Antonio left Friday for California to board the Turline steamer to Hawaii on Monday. They plan a week's vacation and return via United Air Lines to California. Mrs N A Mitchell and Mrs Theo Helsser from San Antonio accompany them to Reno, Nevada.
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Hawaii Islands
Opal Eckhardt
Harper
Frances Jane Helaser
San Antonio
California
SSS Turline
Hawaii
United Air Lines
Reno
Nevada
Mra
Specker Family Visits Manske Home in Ballinger Area
Mr and Mrs W F Specker and family of Ballinger visited with Mr and Mrs R F Manske over the weekend at their Ballinger home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W,f, Specker
Ballinger
R, F, Manske
St James Missionary Society Meets in Parish Hall
The St James Missionary Society met on Wednesday September 15 at 2 p.m. in the parish hall for their monthly gathering. Seventeen members attended and the meeting opened with the song Jesus Calls Us Over the Tumult and closed with the Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Missionary Society
Jesus
Cutter Bar Elevation at Walker Garage End
Details describe a cutter bar raising from 1 to 14 inches at the C. W. Walker Garage end. Public access appears to be restricted or repurposed as a re pented area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Walker
Kerrville Couple Visit Mother's Home After Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Guy McGee of Kerrville visited her mother Mrs. Adolph Juenke Sunday afternoon to spend time together and catch up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy McGee
Kerrville
Adolph Juenke
Mrs Minnie Webb Visits Eldorado Brother
Mrs Minnie Webb of Eldorado spends several days with her brother Louis Bierschwale, who resides nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Webb
Eldoraday
Louis Bierschwale
Stevens Couple Visit San Ano on George Delevan Ranch
Mr and Mrs Mart Stevens spend several days in San Antonio on the George Delevan Ranch, enjoying a rural retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Mart Stevens
San Aneonio
George Delevan
Lehne Family Faces Illness Amid Hospitalization
Friends report Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lehne are both ill with Mrs. Lehne hospitalized for several days of medical care and Six Lehne dealing with a car related infection. Well wishes for a swift recovery.
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Alfred Lehne
Hal Ray Bierschwale Visits Local Family
Hal Ray Bierschwale arrived Saturday morning for a 9 day visit to Harper with Mr and Mrs Bierschwale at their home. He was a stay catcher for the Fredericksburg Giants that year and is now in the US Air Force stationed at Lowry AFB near Denver. During the summer he played first base on the baseball team and this fall he intends to join the football squad.
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Hal Ray Bierschwale
Mr. and Schwale
Harper
Tial Hey
Fretericksburg Giants
US Airforce
Lowery Pistol
Denver
Colorado
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