Weekend Visitors At Spiva Home
Weekend visitors in the home of Dr. and Mrs. V B Spiva Jr included his parents Mr and Mrs V B Spiva Sr of Longview.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1950
Page
3
Weekend visitors in the home of Dr. and Mrs. V B Spiva Jr included his parents Mr and Mrs V B Spiva Sr of Longview.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Durst and daughter of Dallas visited in the home of Mr and Mrs H C Durst on Saturday and Sunday.
The Music Study Club announces its Music Week Program for Sunday night May 7 with the theme Music Around the Clock in Fredericksburg. Guest artists and local talent will perform as committee members Mesdames Erna Lee Heinen Hubert Kelch and Alma Pfeiffer oversee the event. Also noted are Mr and Mrs Andrew Kaiser attending a three day Furniture Dealers Convention in Dallas.
Milton Everett of Stonewall finished a thirty six week Resident Course in practical electricity and industrial electronics at the Industrial Training Institute in Chicago.
Louis Kordzik Jr and his wife celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday April eight with a barbecue and dance at Seipp Hall attended by about one hundred guests. The couple wed March fourteen 1925 officiated by Rev G H Holly. The event featured spring flowers and a pink iced anniversary cake with silver bells. Out of town guests included Elmo Threadgill and sons from Denison R L Nuckols and R N Nuckols and Robert Kissel from San Antonio Louis Roeder from Boerne and M V Stephens from Comfort.
Mr and Mrs Hugo Klaerner hosted a Palm Sunday dinner at their home after their children Travis and Evelyn were confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. About seventy guests attended with grandmothers Mesdames Edward Petermann and Alfred Klaerner among helpers and out of town visitors from San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Kowert and Mrs M A Kowert attended the Ice Show in San Antonio on Sunday detailing a family outing at the event.
Children from the First Methodist Sunday School held Easter gatherings at two hosts homes on Saturday afternoon. Ages up to four enjoyed an egg hunt and refreshments with co hosts. Older kids from six to eight played games and hunted eggs with festive doughnuts shaped like Easter nests and jelly bean eggs.
Mrs. Tyrus Cox honored her son Jay Stein Cox with a fifth birthday party at their home. Twenty five children and their mothers attended as Easter themed decorations and egg hunts filled the afternoon. Assistants included Mrs. Joe Stein and sisters Mrs. Laurie Wells and Mrs. Merlee Petermann.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weber honored their daughter Margaret Seelig with a turkey dinner on April 2, her confirmation day, at their home. Spring flowers graced the festive table with guests including J. G. Sifford and Sterling Sifford of Kerrville, C. D. Jung and Herman Jung of Harper, Hy. Weiss and K. C. Faulkner party of San Antonio, Otto Seelig, Clement Rae and family, Milton Taylor, Oliver Rabke and family, Henry Helmers family, Katie Seelig, Erna Dinter, and Cora Bode of Fredericksburg.
The Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Alfred Hennig’s home on Thursday April 6 with prayer led by Mrs Fred Schwiening. Members presented a playlet They Changed Their Minds and a Bible quiz was conducted by Mrs G A Poehlmann. Plans included a bazaar, a year book, opposing socialized medicine, attending a Group Meeting in Harper May 31 and a study course on Japan.
Six children, two girls and four boys, were born in local hospitals this past week. Girls arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Herbert on April 5 and to Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Weiss on April 9. Boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ersch on April 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Petsch on April 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Klein on April 7, and to Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Klinksiek on April 10.
Robert Rausch aged 81 died at his Meusebach Creek Community home this morning. Funeral services are planned for Thursday April 13 at 3 p.m. at Beckmann Funeral Home and 4 p.m. at Meusebach Creek Cemetery. Further obituary details will appear next week.
The Presbyterian Circle gathered Wednesday at Mrs. Herbert Springall’s home. Mrs. W. J. Tubbs led a Bible study on Genesis 18 and Mrs. Hayden Osbourn spoke on Christian Education, followed by a group discussion.
A local group approved a resolution opposing socialized medicine, signaling stance on health policy and public healthcare reform. The passage reflects organizational position and potential advocacy steps moving forward.
Dr and Mrs Lester Keyser Mrs Cordie Keyser Mrs Alta McBride and Mrs Cecil Jones of Galveston attended the Ice Show in San Antonio on Sunday. Mrs Jones was a week end visitor in the home of her sister Mrs Lestar Keyser and Dr Keyser. She returned home Monday with Mrs Alta McBride visiting Houston with her son J H McBride for several days.
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