Calendar Of School Closings
Calendar lists upcoming school closures with dates and districts. May events include Lower South Grape Creek Crabapple School Wrede School Cherry Spring school Rocky Hill School Stonewall School and Meusebach Creek School across Sundays and Saturdays.
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The
Standard
Lower South Grape Creek
Crabapple
Wrede
Cherry Spring
Rocky Hill
Stonewall
Meusebach Creek
Fiedler Family Visiting Fredericksburg Relatives
Mr and Mrs Walter Fiedler of San Diego spend several weeks in Fredericksburg visiting relatives and friends and are guests in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Lionel Fiedler.
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Walter Fiedler
San Diego
California
Fredericksburg
Mrs
Lionel Fiedler
Fredericksburg National Bank Observes San Jacinto Day
The Fredericksburg National Bank will be closed on Friday April 21 in observance of San Jacinto Day.
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Fredericksburg National Bank
Father Is A Bachelor at Palace Sunday
The Palace Theatre offers several films this week starting Sunday April 23 featuring the heart warming comedy Father Is A Bachelor with Coleen Gray. Also on screen Red Stallion in the Races with Eagle Lion Cinecolor showings Monday and Tuesday and Dear Wife a top comedy to follow Wednesday and Thursday with the familiar cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Coleen Gray
Eagle Lion
Palace
Wife
Ruth
Win
Holden
Joan Caulfield
Billy de Worlfe
Mona Freeman
Edward
Arnold
New Peanut Provisions Boost 1950 Acreage Allotments
The President signed farm legislation on March 31 raising the 1950 peanut acreage allotment for Texas about ten percent. Countywide recomputed allotments mailed to all growers. Excess peanuts delivered to designated agencies qualify for price supports and market value payments minus handling costs. Acreage above allotments not used to set future allotments.
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
Edgar Jung Named Singer Dealer in Gillespie County
Edgar Jung former filling station operator and Fredricksburg resident is appointed as Singer Sewing Machine Company representative for Gillespie Kendall and Mason counties. He will sell service and demonstrate machines and vacuum cleaners after completing a Singer repair course. Clarence Mogford elected president of the Uvalde Independent School District board. owner of Western Auto Store in Uvalde and son of Mr and Mrs Henry Mogford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Jung
Fredericksburg
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Gillespie
Kendall
Mason Counties
Jung
Singer
Clarence Mogford
Uvalde Independent
Mogford
Western Auto
Uvalde
Henry Mogford
Here
Ellie Walter
Alfons Walter
Little Olympics Set Friday Night In Kerrville
Junior athletes from St. Mary s and Fredericksburg Public School compete in the Kiwanis sponsored Little Olympics at Antler Stadium Kerrville Friday at 8 p m. Queen candidates Helen Meurer and Helen McIntyre represent their schools. St Mary s dresses 25 boys for eight events while Public School fields 32 competitors in two grade divisions. Events include 50 and 75 yard dash broad jump tug of war shuttle relay sack and wheelbarrow races.
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St. Mary's
Fredericksburg
Antler Stadium
Kerrville
Kiwanis Club
Helen Meurer
Henry Meurer
St. Mary’s
Helen McIntyre
Lee Grand McIntyre
Help Wanted Advertisers Seek Home Vacancies
Local residents seek housing listings from landlords and agencies. Advertisers are urged to publish vacancies to assist families and individuals seeking homes in the community.
FHS Finishes Fourth at Lampasas District Track Meet
Fredericksburg High School Hillbillies place fourth in District 22-A at Lampasas. Mason capped first in the 100 yard dash leading the senior team. Juniors and elementary divisions yield multiple top placements including Harold Klinksick in sprints and relay team second in the junior division.
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Fredericksburg
Delbert Grona
Elroy Behrends
Permenter
Harold Klinksick
Ernest Jordan
Wilburn Beyer
D. Walter
C. Eckhardt
N. Mertz
S. Ernst
J. Hennig
Yorktown Family Visiting Sister This Week
Mrs. J. L. Hurst and her children John Dale Tommy and Carlen of Yorktown are visiting with her sister Mrs. G. A. Poehlmann this week.
Giants Meet Boerne Here On Sunday
The Giants will meet the Boerne White Sox in the Hill Country League at Jimmy Pyka Field Fair Park Sunday afternoon. Boerne lost to Stonewall 13 11 in 12 innings in their league opener and the Giants beat Comfort 12 16 in openers on April 9. All league games were rained out last Sunday.
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Giants
Boerne White Sox
Jimmy Pyka
Fair Park
Boerne
Stonewall
Comfort
Easter Visit Spans Families to Muskogee Oklahoma
Mrs Ade Henke and daughter Ro Shell spent Easter in Muskogee Oklahoma with Dr and Mrs Albert Bonnell Dr and Mrs Robert Keidel and Dr and Mrs A A Pfeiffer They traveled with Mrs Leo Tomlinson and her three daughters who were in Fort Smith Arkansas for the holiday They returned by train with Miss Margaret Keidel who had stayed two months in Muskogee.
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Ade Henke
Ro Shell
Muskogee
Okla
Albert Bonnell
Robert Keidel
A. A. Pfeiffer
Leo Tomlinson
Fort Smith, Ark
Henke
RoShell
Margaret Keidel
Seven Children Born In Local Hospitals This Week
Seven children, three girls and four boys, were born in local hospitals this past week. Boys Were born to Benno Wunderlich, J S Martin, Woodrow Allen, and Simon Henig on April 17 and 18. Girls were born to Clifford Settemeyer on April 12, Bernard Stehling on April 16, and Gilbert Meyer on April 19.
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Benno Wunderlich
J. S. Martin
Woodrow Allen
Simon Henig
Clifford Settemeyer
Bernard Stehling
Gilber Meyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hermann Sons
Grand Lodge of the Order of the Sons of Hermann
Mathilde Reide
Sheila Ryan
Richard Fraser
Leslie Brooks
PLU
William Holden
Mary Jane Saunders
Charles Winninger
Fruser Twin
Cuimtow Sonoborg
Kleen Lexie God
Ellene Grant
Norman Foster
Berlin
Dylan Simon
Boy and the
Eagle
Elk
Slorious le Lion Films
Studebaker
W. Main St
Fredericksburg, Tex
Edgar Jung Singer
Commercial League
Gwwwu
Nimitz Hotel
Dr. Tybor’s
Wuest Motor Sales
Texaco
White House Cafe
Paul Pfiester
FHS
Lampasas
Pehl
Fredericksburg - Gillespie Reunion Assn. of
San Antonio, Texas
Grapetown Hall
the Starlighters
Everybody Welcom
Eintracht Shooting Club
Tatsch's Hall
Cain City
Hill Country Boys
Arthur Reed
Hill Country League
Fbg
Jimmie Pyka
Fair Grounds
Gillespie County
Peter’s Hall
Order OF the Day
Kammers
A. Fruehlingsklage B. Lob Des Gesanges
Maenner Massenchor
Waldgesang
K. Echtner
Joseph Kreipl
Ludwig Maurer
F. Schneberger
Albert Maennerchor
den Bergen
Wilhelm Koehler
Luckenbach Gemischter Chor
Lover's
Concordia
J. Wenzel
Romy Gosz
Texas Ramblers
Maedel Ruck
Ruck
Schwaebische Volksweise Gemischter Massenchor
Kehre
Wieder
Wengert
Arion
Hans Und Liese
Thueringer Volkslied
Hermannsohn Gemischter Chor
Echo
Ll. Evergreen
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Directed By
Louise Enderle Nixon
Chamber of Commerce
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