The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1955 Page: 7 of 10
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THE BOERNE STAR
PROGRESSIVE FARMER
HAS STORY ON BOERNE
GRANGE
A tribute to the Boerne
Grange of Kendall County is
given in the October issue of
The Progressive Farmer maga-
zine. The article “Tops in Com-
munity Service” lists some of
the projects which won the
Boerne Grange a $2,000 first-
place award in a national com-
munity service contest.
An example of the efficiency
of the Grange was the rabies
campaign of 1954. By the end of
the campaign 1,000 foxes had
been killed and only trwo cows
had to be destroyed and seven
persons take treatment.
Kendall County citizens are
also proud of the fire-fighting
project of the Grange. In 1953
the Grande adopted the firelog
book as its major project. The
book is a detailed road log of
every farm in the area.
The Grange was also success-
ful in getting a library estab-
lished. In a short three years
7,340 books were in the library
by donation.
Secret of the success of the
Boerne Grange is good leader-
ship with good cooperation.
Ninety per cent of the members
take active part in the projects.
Are you in nede of fireplace
fixtures? If so, come to
3tc Ebensberger’s Gift Shop
Sunday guests of Mrs. Vada
Martin were Mrs. Annie King,
Willard King, Mr. and Mrs. Dav-
id Ullrich and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Andy Bergquist, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl King, all of San An-
tonio, Mrs. Ommie Hill of Bir-
mingham, Ala. Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Quigley of Sinton and Miss
Jill Quigley of Austin.
KENDALL COUNTY MAN
SHOT IN ARM
John Howard Pfeuffer was
shot in the arm while visiting
at the Pete Leavell home in Wel-
fare. The shot was allegedly
fired by Almond R. Leavell.
The incident occured on Wed-
nesday night at 7 o’clock.
Leavell was arrested by High-
way Patrolman Kelly of Boerne.
Pfeuffer was taken to Peterson
Memorial Hospital in Kerrville.
Bond was set at $2500.
Boys between the ages of 11
and 18 interested in joining the
Boy Scouts should contact
Scoutmaster, John E. Vogt, or
Assistant Scoutmaster, Levy
Zoeller. All boys are urged to
join in order to build Boerne’s
Scout organization.
Friends of Douglas Marvin, 5
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Koepke of San Antonio
are happy to know he is improv-
ing nicely from spinal mening-
gitis at the Santa Rosa Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Salvey of
Antonio are parents of twins, a
boy and a girl born in San An-
tonio. The Salveys have anoth-
er boy, John Jr. Mrs. Salvey is
the former Maisie Gombert,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
thur Gombert.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. j. K.
Saunders of Houston will be glad
to learn they have a grand-
daughter Melissa, born on Sep-
tember 30 in Dallas. Mr. and
Mrs. James Leech are the par-
ents. Mrs. Leech is the former
Mary Frances Saunders.
All sizes of bolts, screws, pipe
fittings and valves.
McQuinn Building Materials
BAZAAR COMMITTEES
NAMED
An incomplete list of the com-
'tfiittees for the Bazaar for the
Hospital Day has been announ-
ced as follows:
Auctioneeer, Judge C. G.
Newton.
Chairman, Mrs. Fred Grem-
mel, assistant, Mrs. Vernon Ad-
ler; gift parcents, Mrs. Eugene
Haas; Art and China, Mrs. H.
C. Crumpton; Plants, Mrs. L. J.
Gregory; Used clothing, Mrs.
Max Poss; Fancy Work, Mrs.
Alfred Gray; Antiques, Mrs.
Gammon Davis; Children’s De-
partment, Mrs. H. C. Day and
Mrs. Howard Duckworth; Furn-
iture, Mr. L. E. McQuinn; Ice
Cream, Mrs. B. F. Laubach; Hot
Dogs, Mrs. Edgar Schwarz, Jr.;
Cakes, Pies, and Coffee to sell,
Mrs. Leslie Bowman, to call peo-
ple for Cakes and Pies, Mrs.
A. E. Coveney.
Mrs. Ellis Adams, Tamales
and Chili.
Chairmen for outlining com-
munities are Mrs. Benno Kla-
bunde, Leon Springs; Mrs. Ar-
thus Esser, Kendalia; Mrs. Al-
fred Engle, Bergheim and Mrs.
Kurt Biermann, Comfort.
The country store will be in
charge of the Balcones, Comfort
and Boerne Granges.
Hear about Easy Roberts last
Friday? I helped him count his
money—both before and after —
so believe me, the story’s true.
Easy was on the way to the
bank to deposit his “cookie jar”
savings—exactly $24.95 in nick-
els, dimes and quarters. He had
them in a paper bag and as we
crossed Main Street the bottom
fell out.
Money went flying. Passers-by
pitched in to help recover the
coins. Later on when Easy count-
ed up, he had $25.05. The “search
party” had turned up all of
If it’s brass fireplace acces-
sories, se our line.
3tc Ebensberger’s Gift Shop
An item in the New Braunfels
Zeitung Chronicle states that
Louis C. Vollbrecht has been
elected an officer and director
of Richter’s Pharmacy, a New
Braunfels firm with which he
has been associated for the past
seven years. Prior-to that he was
sales representative of E. R.
Squibbs & Sons. Louis, his wife
and children Charlene and Rust
sell live at 338 South Santa
Clara Ave., New Braunfels.
Louis a former Boerne boy is
the son of Mrs. Louis Voll-
brecht, Sr. of Boerne.
ATTENTION LADIES!
You will be contacted later for
an “Antique” donation for the
Country Store, antique division
for Hospital Day, Nov. 5. Please
look over your old things and
try to find something for us, ar-
ticles fifty years old or over,
qualify.
Chairman, Billie Davis
Do you want to rent a good
Vacuum Cleaner? Ours is a
Lewyt and can be rented by the
hour or day.
McQuinn Building Materials
someone else had lost!
From where I sit, I wouldn’t
want to try this “Easy” way to
make money. Usually, it takes
time for a bank roll to grow ...
just as it takes time for a friend-
ship to grow. But by respecting a
neighbor’s rights—including his
right to drink coffee, tea, beer or
buttermilk, whichever and when-
ever he chooses—it’s wonderful
the solid friendship you can build.
You can “bank” on that.
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Thursday, October 6, 1955
WATCH THIS SPACE
for an
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Miss Joan Hugman of San
Antonio visiter her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hugman during
the weekend.
Guests in the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Ford Gauntt and daugh
ter Mary, the past week were
Mr_ and Mrs. J. Frank McKin-
ney of Sedalia, Mo.
Mrs. W. W. Nipper of Brack-
etville arrived last week for a
short visit with the Vernon
Adler family. She plans to pay
her next visit on November 5th
in order to be a participant in
the gala events planned for
Boerne Hospital Day. She is
particularly interested in the
antique show of the Ladies Ba-
zaar and the night show to be
produced by Fritz and Emilie
Toepperwein.
BLOOD DONORS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sowards,
605 Rees, are the first recipients
of a gallon pin under the Kerr
County American Red Cross
Blood Program. A gold and red
engraved pin was presented
each by Mrs. Preeston Chamb-
liss after the two has completed
the dnoation of a gallon of blood
each.
And the couple are not stop-
ping there in this fine program
of helping others, for each is
planning to be present for the
next visit of the Bloodmobile
unit which will be in Kerrville
at the Trinity Baptist Church
from 12 to 6 p. m., Friday after-
noon October 21.
Mr. Sowards reports that the
couple went square dancing fol-
lowing one of the donations, and
felt no ill effects what so ever.
In an interview with Mr.
Sowards at his place of business
the Ben Franklin Store, he told
of having begun donating blood
in Kerrville when the Jaycees
were sponsoring a walking type
blood bang for the old hospital.
As well as donating in Fort
Worth both to the Red Cross
bloodmobile unit, and to private
individuals needing blood trans-
fusions. “And you know, the
doctors tell my wife and me,
that we manufacture far more
blood than we need.”
There are a number of other
donors through the Kerrville
program who are aiming at the
gallon club. Gerald Nichols,
“Nick” as he is affectionately
known to the patients and work-
ers at Sid Peterson Memorial
Hospital, proudly announced
that he is heading to the Trinity
Baptist Church for a donation
on October 21st for his first do-
nation over the half way mark
of his goal. Usually, Nick re-
turns to his duties as orderly
at the hospital after each do-
nation, completing a busy day.
If you are between the,ages
of 20 and 59, weigh over 110,
and are in good health, please
when you are approach, come
forward with the answer, “Yes,
I’ll be glad to pledge a pint a
year.” Mrs. Rosaline Wright,
Red Cross Blood program re-
cruitment chairman is making
plans to start her program roll-
ing for the October 21st visit
this week.
Donor cards may be secured
from Dr. H. C. Day,
FAMILY REUNION
On Sunday, September 25th,
about 150 descendants of the
late Henry and Johanna (Deli-
mer) Meier, Sr. gathered at the
Boerne Fair Grounds for their
3rd annual reunion.
Registration and getting ac-
quainted with all the aunts,
uncles and cousins took care of
the greater part of the morning.
Before taking part in the
basket lunch everybody brought,
Ruben Meier, spokesman of the
gathering, asked God’s bless-
ing.
Relaxing a bit after the big
lunch, a few inquiries were made
such as to which couple was
married the longest. Lonnie and
Olga Meieer Paul of Luckenbach
took these honors, their wedding
date being January 1910. Mrs.
Paul also qualified as the oldest
woman present. Mr. August
Meier was the oldest man pres-
ent.
Most recently married was
Mrs. James (Shirley Poehnert)
Townsend, whose wedding date
was March 1954. Mr. Townsend
was on maneuvers so he could
not be present. As for the most
recently married couple present
we had Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Meier in 1948.
Debra Ann Pfeiffer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer
was the youngest child present.
Mr. and Mrs. David Meier and
their 5 children represented the
largest family present.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Paul
again took honors having 7
children (all living) but not all
present and 16 grandchildreen,
but also not all present.
May we say that these counts
were taken right after lunch.
Many more came in the after-
noon who probably would have
qualified.
Mr. Herbert Voges of Boerne
made a motion that ahistory of
the Henry Meier, Sr. family be
prepared. A committee of six
were appointed by the chairman,
Mr. Ruben Meier, one from each
of the six descendants of the
Meier family,, namely, Henry
Meier, Jr., Johanna, (Meier)
Heiligmann,' Sophie (Meier)
Beckmann, Minna (Meier) Bau-
sch, Ferdinand Meier, and Em-
ma (Meier) Ruebsahm.
The committee consits of:
Ruben Ruebsahm, Ernst Meier,
Adolph Bausch, Mrs. Alex Beck-
mann, Herbert Voges, and Hen-
ry Meier, III. They are also in
charge of the planning of a pro-
gram for the reunion next yeart
which everyone unanimously
voted to have.
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Davis, Jack R. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1955, newspaper, October 6, 1955; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth863635/m1/7/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.