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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1940
Page
5
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The music pupils of Mrs. John Moritz will be presented in a recital in Peters Hall on Tuesday night April 16. A complete program has been arranged for the event.
Mrs. Durst Mrs. Hugo Klier and Mrs. Richard Brauengam Jewett attended a Thursday afternoon gathering at R. G. Striegler's home. The table featured a bridle wreath centerpiece and a lace cloth with jellied cranberry fruit salad, pasta salad, hot rolls, cheese, layer cake and coffee.
Mrs. Herman Hoffman hosts the Our Day Out Club at home on Wednesday. Highest lotto scores claimed by Mesdames August Otto Prochnow and James. Mrs H McParland guest. Bonnet displays with paint brushes shaped ikequets. Leo Klein assists in serving chicken salad jello strawberry sponge cake tea.
M Lola Crenwelger honoree for Rubin Herbert received a welcome shower at Cherry Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon in Hubert Reichenau’s home. Guests included Miss Fran Wehmeyer Misses Oda Psicha Crenwelge and Mrs. Kid Fritz. Blue bonnets decorated tables. Prizes awarded to Ruby Cren. Lunch included chicken salad potato salad jello and cake for about thirty guests.
About 50 to 75 attendees gathered at a hunting lodge by a man-made lake built by Mr Carr. They enjoyed a barbecue dinner with toe salad and other refreshments, then horsed around with games like crochet, base bull and turtle shooting. Mr Carr serves on the PEC 10 board and praises bringing electricity to rural residents.
Mrs. W H Schaefer reports the P T A will sponsor a Summer Round-Up campaign and seeks volunteers to visit Pre-School homes. New county health staff outlines yearly plans. Girl Scout troops organized. Band Boosters plan Fun Night on April 11 with orchestra selections.
Friday features Mrs. Eddie Stein hosting Merry Wives due to Fun Night. Reading and Garden clubs meet, with Garden Club at 2 30 in the Courthouse. April 16 to 18 include Mrs. Harvey Stein hosting a bridge club, Mrs. Max Wahl hosting and Mrs. Erwin Jordan entertaining bridge groups, plus Bethany Lutheran Mary Martha Society and Octagon and High Five clubs hosted by Mrs. Felix Heep and Mrs. Emil Juenke.
Reports of multiple bridge sessions last week reveal high scores by Mrs. Striegler Mrs. Walter and others with hosts decorating with blue bonnets iris and indians paint brushes. Several luncheons featured strawberry pie chicken salad and coffee.
A local contributor writes a free verse poem dedicated to His Excellency the Rt Rev Bishop Metzger on April 14 1940 at St Mary's Church Fredericksburg Texas. The verse honors his selection by God to lead the diocese and prays for guidance strength and joy as he tends the flock and forms priests in Christ's name. The poem conjures angelic praise and a hopeful future of spiritual labor and communal happiness.
The Bethany Lutheran Missionary Society met at Mrs. Schroeder’s home with prayer readings from Proverbs and a report on New Guinea missions. A memorial hymn honored Mrs. Mary Laurence. Lunch featured bluebonnet decor and a buffet of chicken salad, cakes, fruit loaf, and coffee. Twenty six members and two guests attended.
The Seventh District PTA conference will be held April 16 and 17 in the new auditorium at Southwest Texas State Teachers College San Marcos with the theme Education in Our Democracy. About 300 delegates from 17 Texas counties including Bandera Bastrop Hays Guadalupe Travis Mason Blanco Gillespie Caldwell Comal Kendall Kerr Llano McCulloch Menard Real San Saba will attend. Local PTA members plan to depart Tuesday morning for the event and Mrs Fred Matashen district third vice president will leave Monday for preliminary committee work.
Mrs Charles Schuch hosted a Tuesday afternoon gathering for friends from two to six. Needle work occupied most of the time as blue bonnets adorned the living room and formed a centerpiece on the dining table set for fourteen. The menu included cheese bits radishes pear salad potato salad meat plate olives pickles potato chips cake and iced tea.
Mr and Mrs Addison Buckner and their children Tommy and Suzanne were seen visiting Fredericksburg on Saturday and Sunday, according to local social notes.
Knopp 4-H members met with Miss Martin at Mrs. R. A. Klett’s home on April 1. Miss Martin stressed cleanliness and neatness as essentials for good grooming. Cecilia Kunz was named to attend a meeting at the agricultural building on April 13. Present were Cecilia Kunz, Celeta Kunz, Louise Kramer, Dora, Lorene, Leela, Elsie Dietrich, Anita, Otillie and Linda Kuhlmann, Rosa Segner, Miss Martin, and Mrs. R. A. Klett.
Miss Laura Schmidtzensky of Fort Worth and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Robbins and Mrs. Fred Monk of Dallas spend the week end with Joe Schmidtzensky and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Priess and Miss Mae Priess of Brady visited relatives here Sunday.
Allegra Kuhlmann reports on the Meusebach girls group meeting held April 5 with attendees Dora Margaret Mildred Her mann Ellen Helen Lochte Lottie Mae Striegler Florence Allegra Kuhlmann and their agent Miss Martin. The program covered straight hems button holes and a talk on good looks for girls.
Miss Elberta Martin, county home demonstration agent, spoke at Mrs. Charlie Sagebiel’s home on April 3 about using the right fertilizer for flower gardens. Members reviewed garden photos, lunch followed, with next meeting set at Mrs. N. H. Greathouse’s on May 1. reporter noted.
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