KNAF to Broadcast Speeches of San Antonio Jaycees Seminar
KNAF plans tape broadcasts of speeches from the San Antonio Jaycees two day seminar “Let’s Look at America” held at the Municipal Auditorium. The tapes, funded by Mason AMERICAN LEGION Post 28 and recorded by David Rothmann and Ray Lehmberg, will air daily at 1 15 p m through October 5. Notable speakers included Gen Albert Wedemeyer and W Cleon Skousen with San Antonio Mayor Walter McAllister delivering the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KNAF
Norbert Fritz
San Antonio Municipal Auditorium
Jaycees
Alamo City
America
David Rothmann
Ray Lehmberg
Mason
Mason County
Fredericksburg
American Legion Post No. 28
Leroy Kasper
Frantzen - Ahrens
V.F.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
San Antonio
Albert Wedemeyer
China Theatre
Sixth Army
W. Cleon Skousen
Salt Lake City
Utah
FBI
Skousen
Walter W. McAllister
Albert Eckhardt
L. A. Jaycees
Gillespie County Gains Farm to Market Road Expansion
The Texas Highway Commission approves 137000 for 6.3 miles of new Farm to Market road in Gillespie County as part of the 1961 program. The route starts east of Fredericksburg on RM 1631, runs toward Ranch Road 1320 near Blanco County, north of the Pedernales River, with 23.6 miles in the district totaling 490000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Gillespie Co
Texas Highway Commission
Gillespie County
Ed Bluestein
Austin
Fredericksburg
Burnet Road
Blanco County Ranch Road
Pedernales River
E. Pittmen Jr
Victor H. Sagebiel
Bluestein
Blanco County
The
Price Daniel
Highway Department
Daniel
Texas Congress Of Parents-Teachers To Hold 52nd Convention
The 52nd annual Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers convention will run November 29 to December 1 at City Coliseum in Houston. State president Mrs. T. W. Whaley will preside. national president Mrs. Clifford N. Jenkins will address and install officers. four scholarships of 250 dollars each will be awarded to Texas high school graduates entering state colleges as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Congress of Parents
Houston
Andrew D. Holt
University of Tennessee
Houston Public Schools
Mesdames Jenkins and Whaley
Leon S. Price
Dallas
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
City Coliseum
T. W. Whaley
Rosse
Clifford N. Jenkins
Long Island
N. Y
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
S. L. Canterbury Jr
Kilgore
Marvin Armstrong
Lubbock
Bill Leadbetter
Donna
J. W. Miller
San Antonio
Teacher Training Workshop In Civil Defense To Be Held
Texas Education Agency will conduct a free teacher training workshop in civil defense at the Fredericksburg Public School starting October 3. The 12 hour course in Education for Survival will be held at night on October 3 4 10 and 11. The program aims to prepare teachers for educating large student groups and later this fall will be offered to the adult public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Education Agency
Fredericksburg
Local Social Visits and Family News
Mason man Jim Lumpkins spent days with son Elmo and kin. Cornelius Lange and wife visited uncle Max Lange in Hye. W E Fletcher and wife from Fredericksburg were visitors last Thursday. Edmund Tatsch and wife visited son Elgin near Fredericksburg on Sunday. Belton Tatsch and wife visited Ferdinand Tatsch at Nix Hospital San Antonio. David Miller and wife from Bonham visited R E Peril over the weekend. A J Kinsey and wife spent Sunday with daughter Mrs V C Whitworth and family at Doole. Paul Suffel and wife from Center Point attended the football game here Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Tatsch
Elgin
Fredericksburg
Belton Tatsch
Ferdinand Tatsch
Nix
San Antonio
Mrs
A. J. Kinsey
Mrs. V. C. Whitworth
Doole
Paul Suffel
Center Point
Soil Conservation District Supervisors To Be Named Oct 3
The Gillespie County Soil Conservation District votes for subdivision 3 supervisor on Tuesday Oct 3 at Doss school. Eligible voters are landowners in Doss Squaw Creek Cherry Springs Cherry Mountain and Pecan Creek. The elected supervisor serves five years. brush control tour follows the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation District
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Doss School
Gillespie Co Scd
Doss
Squaw Creek
Cherry Springs
Cherry Mountain
Pecan Creek
SCD
Board of Supervisors
Benno Meyer
Two Day Seminar Broadcasts from Texas Hill Country
The seminar featured Robert B Thieme Jr a Houston pastor introduced by Rev G A Merkens and other speakers including James M Gaines Dr Gerhart Niemeyer Elton Cade and Donald L Jackson. The program airs daily on KNAF from 1 15 p m through October 8 with a cordial invite to all Texas Hill Country citizens including Fredericksburg attendees Milton Oehler and another attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Thieme Jr
Houston
G. A. Merkens
Concordia Lutheran Church
San Antonio
James M. Gaines
S. A. Chamber of Commerce
Gerhart Niemeyer
University of Notre Dame
Elton Cade
American Legion Dept. of Texas
Donald L. Jackson
House Committee On Un-American Activities
California
Texas Hill Country
Voice of
Texas Hills
KNAF
Fredericksburg
Milton Oehler
We Ots
Family visits and church event noted in Kerrville area
A series of social visits across Kerrville and nearby towns is recorded. Mrs. Johnnie Sellers and Mrs. Lois Lott visited their grandmother Mrs. J. C. Casper, while Mrs. Elbert Kramer and Mrs. L. Kramer visited Fredericksburg. The Hill Crest Singers are set to perform at Harper Methodist Church on Sunday at 2 30 pm. Other entries mention Lt. and Mrs. Norman Sullivan visiting Lang family in Kerrville, and travel by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cosper to attend a funeral in New Iberia Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Sellers
Lois Lott
Kerrville
J. C. Casper
Hill Crest
Harper Methodist Church
Simon Cosper
New Iberia
William Cosper
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San Antonio Jaycees
Kerr County Agriculture Bldg
Kerrville, Texas
Llano
Brucellos
Llano Livestock Auction Co
Wayne May
Phillip Smith
Jim Lumpkins
Elmo Lumpkins
Cornelius Lange
Hye
Max Lange
W. E. Fletcher
David Miller
Bonham
R. E. Perils
the Herald
Pat’s
Hank Weiershausen
the Concho Drifters
J. J. Patranella
Alfred Kramer
Elbert Kramer
L. Kramer
Norman Sullivan
Edwin Lang
Richard Bateman
Little Daughter
of Ballinger
Dean Hopf
Gertrude Maurer
Henry Maurer
Ken Whitewood
Todd
Medina
Fred Whitewood
Fred Gammenthaler
Charles
Municipal Auditorium
Russ tRayman Gotcher
Garner State Park
Billy Deaton
Russ Rayman
Mercury Records
Pere
DODGE
Standard Service Company
East Main Street
Fredericksburg, Texas
Rererer Ays
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