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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
21
Seguin Eleventh TLC students elected to Phi Theta Kappa national honor society for excellence in scholarship and devotion to college ideals. Allan Sager of Fredericksburg, TLC freshman, named among eleven members. he is son of Rev. and Mrs. Gus Sager.
Pfc. Perry Cosper, son of Mr and Mrs J J Cosper and husband of Willie Ann Busch, is critically injured from a December 29 motorcycle crash in Harper and remains at Brooke General Hospital San Antonio. He was flown there after initial treatment and now can walk with crutches though leg condition is still serious.
Sheriff Klaerner said Kenneth Bernhard 19 J W Goodwin 18 and siblings Wayne 14 Estell 17 were taken into custody in connection with the unsolved burglary of Leyendecker's Service Station on Kerrville Highway. Goodwin elder charged with burglary and theft bond 500. Bernhard未 statements pending. Officers recovered shells coffee and other items from the station.
J M Ebert of Central Motor Company attends a two and five day Pontiac Hydra Matic transmission school in Brady for dealers and service staff. Lewis Haack from Houston leads the sessions with 33 Pontiac specialists guiding nearly 6 000 craftsmen in 700 schools nationwide.
The article details how Easter rabbit sculptures are made from clay sourced from multiple states. It explains mixing, screening, aging, molding, firing, glazing, and final painting to produce durable, collectible souvenirs that have become popular across Texas and beyond.
Fredericksburg Publishing Company presents gold stamped fountain pens brief cases and bill folds among leather items. The listing highlights quality finishing and durable materials offered by the local supplier.
The Music Study Club sponsors the second annual Junior Music Achievement Audition on Sunday April 20 at 2 p m in the Public School Band Hall. Nearly twenty pupils are expected to participate with piano entries leading. horn violin and voice may join later. Certificates will be awarded and top performers receive special recognition. the event is open to the public with no admission charge.
The Gillespie Home Demonstration Council elected officers with Mrs. Tommie Horlen as chairwoman and Mrs. Desmond Sagebiel as vice chair. Miss Lucille Conrads presided, and committees on by laws exhibits finance year book expansion consumer education and recreation were named. The meeting included a county club report.
Mrs Walter McKay hosted a Saturday afternoon birthday party for her daughter Waldeen who turned one on March 27. The setup featured an Easter basket table decoration with a rabbit, pink balloons, flowers, and visitors took home Easter egg favors. Guests received octagonal ceramic jewelry boxes engraved with Waldeen’s name and date, and a coconut Easter nest cake with a single candle. Assisting were Waldeen’s great aunt Mrs Rosa Heimann and Mrs Albert Maier.
Louis Stehling and daughter Annette of Gulfport Mississippi visit his mother Mrs Francisca Stehling who on Tuesday turned eighty. Felix Stehling hosts family dinner with extended relatives. Felix Stehling Jr and Elizabeth Stehling join from San Antonio returning by plane to Gulfport.
Mr and Mrs Charles Weinheimer hosted a dinner at their home on Sunday March 23 after services at Bethany Lutheran Church where infant Judy Elaine Weinheimer was baptized by Rev G A Poehlmann. Sponsors were Mrs Kurt Weinheimer and Werner Olfers of San Antonio. Attending were the baby’s grandparents Mr and Mrs Hugo Weinheimer and Mr and Mrs Paul Danz their families and Rev and Mrs G A Poehlmann and family.
Four children were born in local hospitals over the past week. A boy arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Behrends of Luckenbach on March 27. A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Felix Neffendorf of Fredericksburg on March 28. A boy to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mogford of Streeter on March 30. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kunz of Fredericksburg on April 2.
The future British leader Winston Churchill selects military service at the beginning of his career, marking the start of his long public path and early commitments to defense.
The Home making Cottage on the Public School Campus hosted a reception honoring Mesdames A. K. Krause Dixie Stafford and H. H. Fricke for teaching adult education courses under the Home and Family Life Committee of the Fredericksburg PTA. Certificates were awarded to several participants who completed twelve hours in speech sewing and cooking courses.
Mr and Mrs Harold Brelsford of Houston announce the birth of a daughter Georgann on Thursday March 27. She is welcomed by one brother and two sisters. Mrs Brelsford is the former Peggy Petsch and the maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alfred Petsch of this city. Mrs Petsch is visiting in Houston with the Brelsford family.
Albert Lay Allen Jr aged 18 died in a Fredericksburg hospital March 26 two months after a January 41 auto crash on the Comfort highway near here. He and Richard Klein were en route from Corpus Christi when their car slid on a slick road and hit a tree. Klein survived with minor injuries. Born January 20, 1934 in Gillespie County he was the son of Albert and Willie Brown Allen Sr. Survivors include his parents two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held March 29 at Schaetter Funeral Home with burial in City Cemetery.
Writings of the Chinese Greeks and Romans reveal early fertilizer use. Initial materials included animal manure wood ash bones fish guano wool waste chalk and marl, illustrating diverse nutrient sources in ancient soil enrichment.
The Labor Party first took office in Britain in 1924 marking a historic shift in national governance. This note records the event as a milestone in the country’s political history.
About 40 percent of the nation's rock phosphate supply lies in Florida and Tennessee while 60 percent is concentrated in the Rocky Mountain States.
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