Old Rip the Horned Toad and historic Texas sites tour
Noted for travel as a dignitary to the White House and a 31 year hibernation in a tin box, Old Rip the horned frog is exhibited in Eastland Texas. The piece also highlights Boothill Cemetery at Tascosa, Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, a Gould railroad car museum in Jefferson, and the Pease River Battlefield near Crowell. It mentions Cynthia Ann Parker’s recapture, Holland Coffee’s Trading Post near Denison, and regional Texas frontier lore along the Red River border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip
USA
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Old Rip
Horned Frog
Eastland
Texas
Boothill
Tascosa
Amarillo
Cal Farley
Jay Gould
Jefferson
Gould
Carore Ae Et Aggee
Crowell
Cradle of the Panhandle
Pease River Battlefield
Texas Rangers
Cynthia Ann Parker
Holland Coffee
Denison
Red River
Oklahoma
Lavaca County Extension News on Cotton Pests and Household Insects
Lavaca County agent urges proper thrip and boll weevil control with correct poison types and application rates. Readers are advised to follow recommended spraying intervals and consult L-311 Texas Guide For Controlling Household Insects. Household pest advice emphasizes thorough cleaning and regular vacuuming to prevent moth and beetle infestations.
Baby News From Local Families And Military Duty
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Albert Hohmann on a baby boy born Friday June 10 weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mr and Mrs Jimmie Mauricio of Yoakum celebrate a baby boy born June 15 weighing five pounds two ounces. Mr and Mrs Stanley Kouba of Portland Oregon announce a baby boy born June 14 welcomed by a sister and two brothers with paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe Kouba of Shiner. J R Stueber Jr left Tuesday for San Antonio to report for U S Army volunteer duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hohmann
Jimmie Mauric
Yoakum
Stanley Kouba
Portland
Oregon
Joe Kouba
Shiner
Applications For Cotton Classing Service Due Aug. 1
Farmers without current applications for free cotton classing and market information must file by August 1. Send to Jimmie B. Russ at 5205 Airport Blvd, Austin, Texas, as he heads the Agricultural Marketing Service area office. The program helps growers learn bale grade and staple and follow market values to strengthen bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie B. Russ
Airport Blvd
Austin
Texas
Russ
Agricultural Marketing Service
East
Coastal Bend
South Central
Smith-Doxey
Soil Conservation Districts unify local land care efforts
The piece explains conservation as a nationwide yet locally managed effort through Soil Conservation Districts. It traces Gonzales and DeWitt counties history, noting the Middle Guadalupe Basin District formed in 1941 and dissolved in 1955 to create the Gonzales and DeWitt County districts. It lists the Gonzales County board and notes monthly meetings in Gonzales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation District
Gonzales
Middle Guadalupe Basin
DeWitt Counties
Gonzales County
DeWitt County
Gulf Shrimp Season Closed Six Weeks In Texas Waters
Offshore shrimping in the Texas Gulf will be closed for 45 days starting June 1 to protect young shrimp. Commercial boats may not operate inside the 10 1/2 mile limit. bait fishermen may take up to 250 pounds daily, and sport fishermen two pints daily. The measure, HB 12 from the 56th Legislature, aims to conserve shrimp amid weak markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Gulf
Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Wolters Ranchers Edge Shiner 8-4 in Sunday Tilt
Schulenburg based Wolters Ranchers rode Kenneth Schramek strong pitching and clutch hitting to top St Ludmila’s Cardinals 8-4 at Bishop Forest Field. Smajstrla and Jaluska led with three hits each for Shiner. Schramek fanned seven over seven innings for the Ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinals
Shiner
Victor Smajstrla
Schulenburg
Jaluska
G. Janak
H. Pavliska
Bujnoch
F Jaluska
B. Janak
Cimrhanzel
Hubner
P. Janak
H E. Berger
J. Hajovsky
L. Wick
D. Schroeder
K. Schramek
Jess A. Berger
Vic. Smajstrla
G. Brossmann
Lb . i Jet
Bas E. Meyer
Hinze-Dettmann And Winkenwerder Reunion At Moulton
The sixth annual Hinze-Dettmann-Winkenwerder reunion gathered 22 families at the American Legion Hall in Moulton on Sunday June 5 1960. Attendees from Atascosa Austin Copperas Cove Dallas Gonzales Houston Moulton Pasadena Robstown Shiner Stockdale Yoakum and other areas shared baskets for noon and a post lunch in the afternoon. Activities included domino games as relatives from Herm an Joppich Kurtz Riske Hinze and Winkenwerder families and others. A separate note mentions visitors from Houston East Bernard Donna Sue and David Lujka and Garbade Lumber Co staff members Bennie Eicher and Mrs Eicher vacationing in Colorado. The Horecka family of Lake Charles La is visiting while awaiting a Wurtsmith Air Force Base assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Moulton
Atascosa
Austin
Copperas Cove
Dallas
Gonzales
Houston
Pasadena
Robstown
Shiner
Stockdale
Yoakum
Herman Joppich
August Kurtz
Leana Kurtz
Allen Bigley
Lillie Haddock
Alton McClure
Fred Kurtz
Leanna Jones
Lloyd Kurtz
George Kurtz
Dennis Hinze
E. H. Hinze
Herbert Hinze
Calvin Hinze
Emma Werner
Oscar Hinze
Paul Hinze
A. W. Riske
Bennie Eicher
Garbade Lumber Co
Mrs. Eicher
Gazette
Colorado
Eugene Horecka
Lake Charles
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Michigan
Gonzales F B Barbecue Promises Farm Bureau Insights
The second annual Gonzales County Farm Bureau membership barbecue will be held June 21 at 7 00 p m in Independence Park Gonzales. Speaker Millard Shivers of Waco director of organization for the Texas Farm Bureau will discuss countywide Farm Bureau efforts. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children with a June 17 deadline. Also notes departures and visits of local residents to San Antonio Guadalajara Fort Hood and Gonzales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales County Farm Bureau
Independence Park
Gonzales
Millard Shivers
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
Shivers
Texas Organization
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Gibson County
Tennessee
Farm Bureau
Give You Texas by Boyce House Thrills
A nostalgic reminiscence traces seven years of Sunday radio chatter and encounters with famous figures from Patrick Henry to Bob Hope. The piece notes travel across cities, interviews with celebrities, and reflections on writing and era past from a Memphis businessman and columnist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrills
Patrick Henry
Sam Houston
Eugene Field
Dred Scott
Ted Lewis
Bob Hope
Jerry Lewis
Mary Martin
Memphis
O. K. Houck
Williamson
Coastal Bermuda hay and new plantings in Gonzales County
Gonzales County soil district notes August Winkenwerder baled 172 coastal Bermuda hay from four to four and a half acres weighing about 60 pounds per bale. Byron Chandler planted coastal Bermuda sprigs in a waterway for terrace outlets. Willard Fullilove planted seven acres of weeping lovegrass hoping for an adequate stand by fall. Technical assistance came from the Soil Conservation Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Winkenwerder
Bermuda
Winkenwerder
Glaze City
Byron Chandler
Schoolland
Soil Conservation Service
Gonzales County Soil Conservation District
Willard Fullilove
Harwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Shiner Gasette
Telephone LY
Shiner, Texas
Lee J. Sedlmeyer
Congress
Press Association
Gulf Coast
Galveston Bay
Lavaca County Extension News
Lavaca
John V. Lindsey
Mary Francis
Burmeister
J. R. Stueber Jr
San Antonio
U. S. Army
the Soil Conservation Dist
Ben H. Bailey
Work Unit
Conservationist
Gonzales County Soil Conservation District Board of Directors
R. L. Allert
A. B. Culpepper
Smiley
David R. Howell
W. H. Howard
Belmont
Earl Weber
Nixon
Gulf
Allen Esse
Corpus Christi
Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
University of Corpus Christi
Esse
Anne Sedlmeyer
Brent Esse
Flatonia
D. Garbade
Rudy Garbade
Percy Garbade
Victor Garbade
Lillie Rogge
Fred Eilert
E. A. Mueller
E. J. Kempe
Lee Sedlmeyer
Henry Fietsam
Elizabeth Frers
Joe Sedlmeyer Jr
Wolters Ranchers
Hinze-Dettmann
Eugene Hruska
Lad Hruska
A. W. Dujka
Donna Sue
David
East Bernard
Frank L. Schovajsa
Rosie Schovajsa
L. E. Denmark
Shiner Compress and Warehouse Co
Joe Warren
Guadalajara
Mexico
Michael
Billy Turek
Bill DeBerry
Louis DeMarco
Gregory
Jeffrey
Debbie
Louis Erdelt
Mr. DeMarco
Fort Hood
Boyce House
San Francisco
Natchez
Vicksburg
New York
Hollywood
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Dan Patch
Villian
Gonzales County Soil Conservation District News
Irene Claire Burke
Shelly Canon
Herman Liebhafsky
Schenectady
N. Y
E. G. Buske
Lawrence Dietze
Albert Ley
Cuero
Adelia Gehrels
Elizabeth Nowlin
W. H. Draeger
Peck Welhausen
Hill Country
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Wimberly
Nabisco — Premium
Bart Ranch
Karo
Libby
Hunt
Adolphus
Camry
Gladiola
COMET
AJAX
C. A. Bananas
Princess
Pohler
Clorox
van Camp
Oleo
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