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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
16
Fredericksburg prepares for the Easter Fires Pageant to be staged on April 12 with rehearsals underway Tuesday through Wednesday. Local organizers plan a community scale event featuring participants and local volunteers.
Alfred Petsch urged Fredericksburg Rotarians to educate children in government and American life. Local officials and educators attended, with remarks on teaching government in public and religious schools and the role of 4 H Farm experiments.
Gillespie County reports a record 4647 vehicle license plates issued for 1952, up from 4535 last year. Durst notes 3315 passenger, 675 commercial, 475 farm and 50 trailer tractor plates plus 175 trailer and seven house trailer plates. Over 400 licenses issued in final days as long lines formed at the courthouse before today’s deadline.
More than 3600 envelopes with 1952 Easter Seals are being mailed in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as the second annual local drive begins. The Gillespie County Society for Crippled Children sponsors the effort with volunteers staffing, addressing, and mailing. Coin containers are in local businesses to aid those missed in the mailing and others wishing to donate. The 19th statewide campaign runs March 13 to April 13, with 75 percent of funds staying locally to support education and training for handicapped children. Reverend J C Campbell, campaign treasurer, stresses ongoing services and expanded help for self sustaining futures.
Mrs. Gutzon Borglum and her son Lincoln Borglum visited the George Kotts ceramics shop in Fredericksburg Saturday. They praised the bunny planters and candy dishes, purchasing several for their collections. The elder Borglum, famed for Mount Rushmore, died before completion, with Lincoln finishing the monument. The Borglums are Beeville residents and friends of the Kotts, visiting to renew ties and buy ceramic supplies. Open house for Kott's Pets planned Saturday April 12 during the Easter Fires Pageant at Memorial Park.
Gillespie County plans major improvements to Oakcrest Park to ready the area for spring and summer use. The Park Board, County Commissioners Court, and Chamber of Commerce Park Committee met last Wednesday to discuss the project. A gala public opening is aimed for early June with barbecue and entertainment and an invitation to all residents to visit. The committee notes the public may use facilities once installed by local citizens and organizations, per Park Board Chairman Henry C. Meurer.
County Agent C A Stone oversees the rabies vaccination drive and calls owners to bring unvaccinated dogs to the courthouse lawn Friday at 1 30 p m for the next session. About 100 dogs in the city and county have already been vaccinated since last Friday. The start was delayed from Thursday due to late serum delivery.
The Easter Cartoon coloring contest sponsored by ten merchants of Fredericksburg and the Standard draws many entries. Reprints of the cartoons are issued for schools. Participating merchants include Kiddie Korner Dooley s 5 10 and 25c Store Piggly Wiggly Kendall Hodges Kallenberg s Pharmacy Juenke and Schoene wolf Stehling Bros Quality Cash Grocery City Radio and Electrical. The entry deadline is Saturday April 5 with winners announced in the Standard April 9. Restrictions exclude children of store staff from all contests while allowing them to enter others. other staff children are barred from any contest.
Schroeder Kaderli and Schneider win city posts in Tuesday election. Hartmann and Cox seek Fredericksburg ISD trustee seats to replace Sultemeier and Brown. Voting will be at the high school from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Presiding judge Chester Klaerner and judges Elizabeth Walter and Ella Gold. Holdovers include Klier Humes Evers Schmidt Kowert. Countywide races align with commissioners precincts 2 and 4 with Spaeth and Rode up for reelection.
Kurt Pressler, 69, a leading ranchman of the Big Flat community in Gillespie County, died of a heart attack at 9 30 a m Wednesday. Funeral services pending with Beckmann Funeral Home. son Captain Ralph Pressler serves in Korea with the armed forces.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Durst were in Dallas from Sunday through Wednesday where Mr. Durst arranged film bookings for exhibition at the 87 Drive-In.
Fredericksburg FFA Livestock and Poultry judging teams won first place in district contests in Llano and Fredericksburg. A. C. East led as champion livestock judge with 550 of 600 points, earning a western hat. Top nine teams, all FFA except one 4-H, totaled 1571 points for Fredericksburg, Austin, Georgetown and others.
A jury in 33rd District Court retired at 12 25 p m Wednesday to decide the W P Buck Smith perjury case after more than two days of witness testimony and attorney arguments.
The jury returned a guilty verdict in the W. P. Buck Smith case at 4 p.m. today and assessed two years confinement in the State Penitentiary.
The current session of District Court began Monday morning with Judge Thomas Ferguson presiding. A second criminal case, State of Texas vs J W King and Harold Faver of San Antonio, on cattle theft, is set for trial Thursday April 3. The February Grand Jury has been summoned for a special session Friday. In the Smith case, he faces perjury charges from a county court trial on November 26, 1951, involving a serious threat.
Schroeder, an automotive dealer, wins the Fredericksburg mayoralty defeating incumbent Joe Molberg by 222 votes as 1081 ballots set a new city record. Gilbert Kaderli tops the commission candidates with 608 votes, Otto Schneider Sr. re elected with 595, Ed Apelt 527, Hayden Osbourn 16 write in.
Mayor Joe Molberg announced the lifting of voluntary credit restraints on municipal bonds clears the way to proceed with the city swimming pool project. The Sept 11 1951 bond issue for 50000 dollars was halted when government rules labeled it non essential, now the city is ready to move ahead.
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