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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1952
Page
27
The passage urges student harmony via majority consent and cooperation in class decisions. It warns that dissatisfaction and controversy delay matters, declares voted decisions final, and condemns violent dissent while urging active participation for collective class projects.
Local students from Fredericksburg praise their tennis players after a Brady tournament. Mary Lou Trice reached the girls singles final and Jeannie Knoche and Marilyn Schuch were runners up in girls doubles. Kermit Heimann reached the boys semi finals while Nathan Sultemeier and Flint Immel also showed strong form. District Meet hopefuls are forecast to shine.
At a Monday assembly FHS honored 21 football lettermen with award jackets. Sixteen of the players plan to return next year as Coach Roy Langerhans praised their sportsmanship and presented a trophy topped with a gold football. Coach Jones received the trophy before his service.
A column of cheeky diary gossip from March recounting mischief in Miss Jung and Miss Gold rooms. Observations of students, rooms, and campus chatter hint at pranks and curiosity across the school corridors.
Pep Squad leaders Doni Beckmann Margaret Ann Gold Gladys Jenke Esther Knopp and Margie Mitchell received tiny megaphones labeled Fredericksburg for their outstanding work. Student Council on March 25 planned an Every Day Party on March 29 honoring the class favorites with seniors Gladys Jenke and Dale McHalek juniors Eileen Sager Hayden Grona sophomores Isabel Grona Thomas Warden and freshmen Mabel Leyendecker Roy Crenwelge named honorees.
A list of students with paired descriptive nicknames follows each surname, presenting a quirky roster of names such as Knopp Waring James, Reissig Jenke Sulemeier, and Probst Durst, among others, each paired with adjectives like bashful, energetic, friendly, and joyous. The compilation reads like a playful yearbook or class record of students and their colorful epithets.
In a quiet math classroom Mr Haas inspects a chalkboard as J W erases the door and closes the board amid hallway static and murmurs.
The Fredericksburg FFA team won the poultry judging contest held March 27 with four first year vocational students Curtis Eckhardt James Eckhardt Floyd Immel and Royce Jost. Dripping Springs placed second with Mason and Kerrville following in a tight field. Victor Rode of Mason was the runner up high individual.
Vernell U has a new flame Allan H is the dazzling tennis player Cubby D misplaced jewelry Norman M lost his pin Nan M wears a pretty necklace Arnold H may have a football Gary S has a new heartthrob Merle T is the dresser Kitty to Gary.
Daily offerings include meat loaf with sides on Monday, chili and beans on Tuesday, vegetable stew on Wednesday, and chicken and egg noodles on Thursday. Daily staples such as peanut butter, honey, oleo, bread, and milk are served every day.
A sequence of residents described by striking physical traits and items: Joann Wision with bright red hair, Alvin Leitz with a noted follower, Corrine Cameron described by personality, Mary Jane Sultemeier with a waiting black car, Mr Shilling with two front teeth, Marilyn Lawrence with a ribbon, football players in red jackets, Janet Knopp and Harriet M with a hoky poky walk, Mr Kneese with a dome shaped head light, Shirley Bernhard a tall blonde accused of theft, Calvin Klaerner with new hair color.
A classroom poll gathers student views on single dating with responses from Iola J. to Hubert C. They range from approval to preference for double dating with notes on caution and social comfort. Several express conditional approval based on familiarity and context.
Doris Probst, a seven teen senior from Fredericksburg, is a popular student active as majorette of the band for three years. She serves as secretary treasurer of the student council and belongs to the band student council. Probst is vice president of both the FHA and the commercial club, enjoys swimming and tennis, and favors red and Mexican food. She is undecided about life after graduation but is poised for success if she maintains her winning personality.
The piece compares a daily 24 dollars to time and urges wise spending of hours. It emphasizes prioritizing sleep, meals, study, reading, music, and service while warning that unused time is lost forever. It stresses doing tasks now rather than postponing.
Director Kermit Gammenthaler led the Senior Band from Fredericksburg High School to Southwest Teacher College on March 27 to hear bands in the Texas Interscholastic League contest. A Friday error kept Fredericksburg from competing, but the trip proved educational and the group plans to train for next year’s contest.
In a biology class Isabel Grona asks to fetch a skeleton from study hall while Miss Jung jokes about the lost bone. A student asks if snakes lay eggs and the teacher corrects that a she lays eggs.
Fredericksburg Hillbillies edged Comfort Bobcats 4 to 3 at Fair Park in six innings due to rain. Warren Hahn pitched all six innings allowing three hits while the Hillbillies tallied eight hits in the rain shortened contest.
In a lighthearted note Mrs. Stafford claims she wants a man who can cook while Mr. Krause counters that she wants a man period, highlighting differing expectations in a casual exchange.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station tests show chemical compounds can control spider mites on cotton. Last year’s trial evaluated aramite ovotran sulphenone sulphur compound 922 TEPP parathion phosphorus compound 4049 EPN and sulphur dust for mite suppression.
A busy slate lists an April 1 FFA and FHA party, April 3 track meet with Ma son, April 4 Look out Initiation, and April 5 FFA Area Contest with Stephenville, outlining student activities and local group engagements.
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