Boy Scout Spring Camporee At Stonewall Friday And Saturday
Gillespie County Scouts host the annual Spring Camporee along the Pedernales River in Stonewall. Troop 1 led by Scoutmaster James Eckert oversees planning with Jack Barnes of the local Scout Field Executive office. Registration begins Friday at 4 p.m. with a court of honor and campfire program that night. Saturday features contests in string burning knot tying relay first aid nature and cooking with awards at 2 30 p.m. and checkout by 3 p.m.
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Gillespie County
Pedernales
Stonewall
James Eckert
Jack Barnes
Guess the Towns Population in the 1950 Census
Census enumerators count residents for the 1950 decennial census. Figures will go to the district office in San Angelo and reach Mayor Molberg after compilation. Early estimates place Fredericksburg's population between 4,500 and 5,000, with 1930 at 2,416 and 1940 at 3,544.
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San Angelo
Molberg
Fredericksburg
Standard
Farewell Party For Visitors From California
Mrs. Kenneth Nielsen and her children from Long Beach California were honored at a farewell party and dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Eddie Klein in Tivydale on Sunday April 9 They had visited relatives in Tivydale Fredericksburg and San Antonio for three weeks Attending included Mr and Mrs Eugene C Brown Mr and Mrs Jimmie Shelton Mrs Clara Peter Mrs Johnny Klein Mr Albert Kruse and the Edmund Klein family Mrs Richard Flack and others Doris a friend of Mrs Nielsen remained in Tivydale while the Nielsens departed for Long Beach
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Kenneth Nielsen
Long Beach
California
Eddie Klein
Tivydale
Nielsens
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Eugene C. Brown
Jimmie Shelton
Clara Peter
Johnny Klein
Albert Kruse
Edmund Klein
Richard Flack
Louis P. Klein
Kerrville
Edward Klein
Nielsen
Doris
Band Boosters Plan May 6 Barbecue and Concert
The group named committees for coffee soda water tea and salad plus a bread and wood supply team. Elgin H Heimann leads advance ticket sales. Barbecue supper starts 5 p.m. at the Public School Lunch Room with $1 adults 50 cents children. Concert at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium charges 40 cents adults 9 cents children. attendees of barbecue get free band concert admission.
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Edwin Moellering
Hubert Reichenau
Edgar Stroeher
Kermitt Striegler
Kurt Eckhardt
Elgin Heimann
Eddie Land
Edgar Gold
Adolph Evers Jr
Robert C. Walter
Elgin H. Heimann
Hermann Sons Dedicate New Building Amid Open House
The Hermann Sons lodge celebrated the dedication of a new building with an open house that drew visitors from Dallas, Waco, Houston, Brenham, San Antonio, Austin and nearby towns. Choirs performed under W Dietel and Ad Hopf, with solos by Calvin Weber and others as the dedication program ran through bowling and dances over two days.
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Hermann Sons
Luckenbach
W. Dietel
Arion
Ad. Hopf
Calvin Weber
Almon Kirchhoff
Betty Stroeher
Virginia Evers
Henry Holy
Carl Biebers
Dallas
Waco
Houston
Brenham
San Antonio
Austin
Help Those Who Seek Homes Advertise Your Vacancies
A compact call to landlords and property managers to place rental listings for available vacancies. The note emphasizes reaching prospective tenants quickly and clearly through local newspaper ads. It notes competitive occupancy, pricing, and the need for accurate details.
Exceptional Child Education Planned For Fredericksburg
Dr. W C Wolfe of the University of Texas outlined a plan for a school serving exceptional children at a Fredericksburg meeting called by the Fredericksburg Parent Teacher Association. The program would use state funds to hire specialists, accept vision or hearing impaired, speech challenged, orthopedic, low vitality, nervous disorders, and mentally gifted students, with immediate survey and implementation urged.
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W. C. Wolfe
University of Texas
Fredericksburg
Parent Teacher Association
Wolfe
Rev G C Senff Continues at Trinity Lutheran Parsonage
Rev G C Senff and his wife reside at the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church. They have six children five daughters and one son with names including Robert and Paul Senff Angelina Andreas and Helen Ruth Senff Dewitt Rachel and Ruby Nell Senff. Our shop offers repair services for all car models with guaranteed work by experienced men at Central Motor Co.
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Ing
Trinity Lutheran Church
Robert Senff
Austin
Paul Senff
Brenham High School
Angelina Andreas
Galveston
Helen Ruth Senff Dewitt
New Sharon
Iowa
Rachel
Ruby Nell Senff
Stonewall School
Central Motor CO
Conservationists tour Doss area inspecting soil and water practices
W C Russell Homer Lee Stevens and Joseph Lange lead a field tour April 13 with T Wright Neal and Calvin H Fuchs to review soil and water conservation in Doss Bee Cave and Lange’s Mill areas. They examine Mr Rode’s 163 acre range deferment 14 cattle and 640 acre mill pasture with 30 head grazing since last fall.
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W. C. Russell
Homer Lee Stevens
Joseph Lange
Klein Branch
Doss
T. Wright Neal
Calvin H. Fuchs
Soil Conservation Service
Bee Cave
Arnold Rode
Mr. Rode
Texas
Rode
Onion Creek
Moon’s Apparent Position Skews by Atmospheric Refraction
The moon’s apparent location is displaced by Earth's atmosphere bending light, causing it to look slightly offset from its true position when observed from the ground. This optical effect varies with atmospheric conditions and viewing angle.
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Earth
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Torch
Kendall - Hodges
Iphone
Fredericksburg, Texas
Alfred Treibs
Arnold Klinksick
Ben Roos
Max Beyer
Otto Dietz
Harry Eckhardt
Adolph Evers, Jr
Reinhard Behrends
Kermit C. Striegler
Emil Walter
G. C. Senff
Portis
Xtremely
Saenger & Ochs
A. L. Woerner
Otto Spaeth
Emil Sauer
Southwest
Doss Conservatia
Rubin Nixon
Lange’s Mill
Nixon
Soil Conservation District
Ginners
Mutual Lumber Company
Building Center
Armour’s
American Beauty
Andy
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