Admiral Nimitz Assigned to UN Plebiscite Post
World War II naval hero Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is named by the United Nations as Administrator of a plebiscite to decide whether Jammu and Kashmir residents favor joining India or Pakistan. The 64 year old officer, famed for Coral Sea and Midway victories, is seen as a strong international figure to aid a swift settlement.
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Japan
United Nations
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
U. N
India
Pakistan
Jammu and
Kashmir
Coral Sea
Midway
Giants Open League Play With Boerne Here Sunday
The Fredericksburg Giants start the 1949 Hill Country League at home Sunday against the Boerne White Sox at 3 p m on Jimmy Pyka Field Fair Park with 2 55 p m ceremonies. Manager Carl Kott has not finalized the lineup though Maxie Ahrens centers Ferdinand Jenschke is at short Roy Langerhans second base Max Enderlin left field Britton Schneider first base Lee Moldenrauer right field Roland Bona third base Monroe Klinksick behind the plate and Johnny Hartmann or Hugo Klaerner on the mound for the Giants. The Boerne White Sox under veteran Tony Leidl visit and the day also features Listerdale at Comfort and Stonewall at Camp Stanley with Easter Sunday April 17 seeing a Giants trip to Stonewall for their first league game away from home.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Boerne White Sox
Jimmy Pyka
Fair Park
Giant
Carl Kott
Maxie Ahrens
Ferdinand Jenschke
Roy Langerhans
Max Enderlin
Britton Schneider
Lee Moldenrauer
Roland Bona
Monroe Klinksick
Johnny Hartmann
Hugo Klaerner
Giants
Boerne
White Sox
Tony Leidl
Listerdale
Comfort
Stonewall
Camp Stanley
Harper
Brown-Sultemeier Named To School Board In City
Nolan Brown and Paul Sultemeier win three year terms on the Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees in a well attended election. Unofficial returns show Felix Jenschke leading in the county trustee at large race awaiting the canvass Monday. Brown led with 109 votes, Sultemeier had 100, Kramer 18, Kneese 4, Klaerner 2, Wittig 2, with many one vote totals. Emil Dietrich and Willie Berg were reelected to the County Board without opposition.
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Nolan Brown
Paul Sultemeier
Fredericksburg Independent
Kurt Kramer
Ben Kneese
Hugo Klaerner
Guenther Wittig
Brown
Sultemeier
Emil Dietrich
Willie Berg
Fair Park Box Seats Go On Sale Wednesday
A limited number of box seats remain at Fair Park grandstand per director Max O Reinbach. Boxes offer choice seats for the season, including the Hill Country League game Fredericksburg Giants versus Bourne White Sox, the Easter pageant on April 16, and home games, race meet, and the 61st annual fair.
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Fair Park
Max O. Reinbach
Fredericksburg Giants
Bourne White Sox
Giants
Fredericksburg Firms Complete Cafe and Store Renovations
Juenke and Schoenewolf finish interior repainting flooring and new layout at their store with self service groceries and departmentalized sections. Tourist Cafe revamps interior with asphalt tile floor new tables and expanded kitchen. City Cafe renovation underway with interior repainting floor repairs and refinished furniture. reopening planned later in the week.
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Fredericksburg
Juenke and
Schoenewolf
Juenke
Fredericksburg Chamber Approves 20000 Stock Sale
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce board approved selling 20000 dollars in preferred stock to Fredericksburg Stonewall and Hill Country business leaders via the Hill Country Fruit Cooperative. Funds will develop the Co op in the Hill Country. A parking meter project remains under study after 92 signatures were gathered. The quarterly meeting is set for May 5 to review project reports. Electrical current fluctuations were deemed due to external conditions after local remedies.
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Fredericksburg
Fall From Ladder Proves Fatal for Kuno Reed
Kuno Reed 72, a Fredericksburg retiree and Gillespie County native, died 27 hours after a Wednesday fall from a ladder at his West Main Street home. He sustained injuries while inspecting an over ground tank and died Thursday night in a local hospital. He left a widow Olga Eckert and five children, 14 grandchildren, one great grandchild, and several siblings. Funeral services were held April 2 at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Kuno Reeh
Gillespie
Fredericksburg
West Main Street
Reed
Gillespie County
Reinhold and
Katherin Menges Reed
Olga Eckert
Ernst
Erwin
Edmund
Tillie
Otto Bernhardt
Kerrville
Selma
Lawrence Weinheimer
Gilbert
Berthold
Alfred
Edwin
Arthur Reed
Joe McDonald
Chas. Keller
Adolph
Emil Crenwelge
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Church
F. X. Wolf
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Frost Reported In Some Areas Of Gillespie County
A light frost Tuesday morning damaged some garden crops and small grain in parts of Gillespie County but no peaches were reported harmed. Arthur Reed at Spring Creek noted his thermometer fell below 32 degrees. Fredericksburg residents reported garden damage and weekly lows reached 34.7 degrees. Rainfall for March 1949 totaled 1.60 inches in Fredericksburg with varied local readings.
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Gillespie County
Arthur Reed
Spring Creek
Fredericksburg
Nelda Neal
Alfred Neffendorf
Oswald Eckhardt
Otto Rahe
Harper
F. B. Riley
Crabapple
Tom Carr
Morris Ranch
Local Lumber Offers House Plan Series
Mutual Lumber Company launches a weekly series of 52 small home plans for two and three bedrooms. Plans are tailored for the Hill Country, include blueprints and building specs, and are available free. They can be used as is or adapted to suit lots and without basements.
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Mutual Lumber Company
Standard
AAA to Start Recording Farm Acreage in Gillespie County
The Gillespie County AAA office begins filling out record sheets on April 11 to collect acreage data for cotton wheat peanuts grain sorghums and other crops for 1944 49. Farmers must return completed sheets by June 1 to support loan and price programs. If history is unknown farmers may estimate acres since 1944. Allotments tied to price support will require farmer voting after notifying each farm.
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Gillespie County Aaa
Gillespie County
Wesley Gold
AAA
Forty-One Lutheran Confirmands Set for Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday services will confirm forty-one Lutherans in Fredricksburg. At Holy Ghost Church 27 will be confirmed at 10 a.m. and at Bethany Church 14 at 11 a.m. Names listed include Harriet Moellering Shirley Birch Darlene Gold Julia Behrends Rosalie Moellering Virginia Mueller and many others.
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Holy Ghost Lutheran
Bethany Lutheran
Fredericksburg
Otto Lindenberg
Holy Ghost Church
G. A. Poehlmann
Bethany Church
Harriet Moellering
Shirley Mae Birch
Darlene Gold
Julia Mae Behrends
Rosalie Moellering
Virginia Mueller
Esther Juenke Vernell Alberthal
Janet Knopp
Virginia Petersen
Willa Mae Filter
Ida Ruth Haun
Ruth Hohmann
Verdie Mae Herbert
Darlene Klein
Edgar Klein
Elroy Gold
Curtis Freitag
Kermit Heimann
Roland Alberthal
Charles Feller
Harold Klinxsick
Allen Alberthal
Atlee Lochte
Hans Basse
Albert Ristau
Marvin Grosenbacher
Souvenir Easter Fires Plates Sell Fast in Fredericksburg
Plans for Fredericksburg Easter Fires observance near completion include eight hillside fires, a pageant at Fair Park, and a first time souvenir Easter Fires plate sale. Plates priced 2.50 to 3.00 with orders flowing from the southwest and available at local businesses.
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Fredericksburg
Henry Meurer
Almon Kirchhoff
C. of
Southwest
Chamber of Commerce
City Cafe
Fredericksburg FFA Team Places Second in Fort Worth Meat Contest
The Fredericksburg FFA meat judging team finished second in the Fort Worth area contest with 1969 points. Members Clin ton Ersch Nelson Geistweidt Rueben Moellering and alternate Bobby Petmecky led the squad as about 48 teams competed from areas 4 5 6 7 and 8. Clinton Ersch tied for third high individual with 686 points.
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Fredericksburg
FFA
Ft. Worth
Frederickburg
Clinton Ersch
Nelson Geistweidt
Rueben Moellering
Bobby Petmecky
Fort Worth
Armour and Company
Here
Jake Hall
Sherman
Albert Harrod
Dennison
Charles Bailey
Den
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Admiral Nimitz
Giants Open League
Brown-Sultemeier
Dietrich and
Berg
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Chamber of Commerce Board
Pioneer Memorial Library
Mary Louise Heinen
Patsy Ruth Cox
Billy Petmecky
Glenn MacConnell
Donna Kay Smith
Local Lumber Company
Bethany Confirmants
Rubin Robert Beckmann
Shirrley
Lilian Bernhard
John P. Burg
Ronald Eugene Doebbler
Melvin Albert Durst
Emil Henry Friedrich
Daniel Engel Franklin Harvey Grobe
Stanley E. Meier
Victor Lothar Meier
Robert Max Reissig
Genevieve Betty Schandun
Charleen Gretchen Tatsch
Elvira Johanna Woerner
Hans Hannemann
Lions Club
Cross Mountain
Lutheran
Kneese
Kordzik
St. Mary’s
Spindletop
Straube Boys
Richland Springs
Denison
Area 5
Ersch
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