Volunteers To Solicit Gillespie County Fair Catalog Ads
About thirty volunteers begin a Thursday drive to sell ads for the 61st Gillespie County Fair catalog. Henry Meurer chairs a five man committee organizing the effort at a breakfast in the Nimitz Hotel. Funds beyond printing costs will fund premiums and fair improvements.
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Gillespie County
Nimitz
Henry Meurer
Max O. Reinbach
Ewald Schaefer
Walter Schaefer
Arthur Kowert
Meurer
County Saengerfest Set for Stonewall Sunday
Gillespie County's annual Saengerfest will be held Sunday April 24 at Weinheimer's Hall Stonewall with seven choirs participating in the day's program. Activities will open with a
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Gillespie County
Weinheimer’s Hall
Stonewall
Texas Ramblers
Concordia
Arion
Herman Sons
Albert Gesangverein
Echo
Columbia
Luckenbach
Committees Named For Lions Club Minstrel Show
Lions Club announces committees for the 6th annual Minstrel show to be staged April 29 and 30 at 8 p m in the Public School Auditorium. Cliff Bledsoe directs with rehearsals under way. advance ticket sales start after tonight's meeting.
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Public School
Lions Club
C. O. Balser
Alfred Neffendorf
H. A. Adams
Harry Davis
A. K. Krause
Herbert Haas
L. F. Zwiener
Andrew Kaiser
Fifty One to Make Holy Communion at St Marys
Fifty one girls and boys will receive Holy Communion at St Marys Church Sunday at 9:00 am. St Josephs Society members and parish men will gather at 8:45 am to escort the celebrant Rt Rev F X Wolf, altar boys, and communicants to the church.
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St. Mary's
St. Mary’s Church
St. Joseph's Society
F. X. Wolf
Miss Anette Weaver Guests of Haskell Aunt and Uncle
Miss Anette Weaver of Haskell visited her aunt Mrs. Henry Hirsch Jr. and Mr. Hirsch recently as a guest.
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Anette Weaver of
Haskell
Henry Hirsch Jr
Mr. Hirsch
Five Inch Rain Dampens Crabapple Area With High Winds
Tornadic winds accompanied a five inch rainfall in the Crabapple Community on Tuesday. Other county districts reported up to three inches, with Willow City and Fredricksburg noting substantial totals. Hail the size of tea cups was observed in Del Rio and nearby cities, with estimated damages around $1,000,000 along the Rio Grande.
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Crabapple
Cherry Spring
Hugo Moellering
Erwin Rusche
Edgart Feuge
Willow City
Tom Carr
Otto Rahe
Harper
Nelta Neal
Fredericksburg
Miss Neal
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande River
San Angelo
Hill Country Bankers Meet Here Saturday
The Hill Country Bankers Association will gather at Fair Park Exhibition Hall on Saturday April 23 with representatives from twenty four banks across seventeen area cities expected to attend. The evening program begins at 5 p m with registration and a social hour to 7 30 p m Group singing precedes dinner. The Rev O Lindenberg of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church will deliver the invocation. Arthur Stehling president of Security State Bank and host along with Fredericksburg National Bank will give the welcome address. Ralph Gold heads the dinner and J Morris Goforth of Comfort will preside over the business session. Other officers include Geo C Stengel vice president and Ralph Gold secretary treasurer. Cities represented include Bandera Blanco Boerne Brady Comfort Eden Harper Hondo Johnson City Junction Kerrville Mason Melvin Menard Rocksprings Sonora and Fredericksburg.
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Hill Country Bankers Association
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
O. Lindenberg
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Arthur Stehling
Security State Bank
Fredericksburg National Bank
Ralph Gold
J. Morris Goforth
Comfort
Geo. C. Stengel
Menard
Fredericksburg
Bandera
Blanco
Boerne
Brady
Eden
Harper
Hondo
Johnson City
Junction
Kerrville
Mason
Melvin
Rocksprings
Sonora
Sheriff Loth Praises Crowd For Easter Fires
Sheriff Loth of Gillespie County along with Deputies and city and state police praised Fredericksburg residents for orderly conduct during Easter Fires observances. He noted no property damage and credited crowd behavior and patrol coordination by local and Austin officers.
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Sheriff Loth
Robert Loth
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Hill Country
Loth
Ben Fiedler
Massey
Mauldin
Carey
Lawrence
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Austin
PTA Members Hear Clinic Discuss School Problems
The April PTA meeting featured a clinic discussion with parents teachers students and the superintendent. A puppet show and songs by Brownie troops were performed under Mrs Udo Henxe with group singing led by Mr Robert Walter. The panel answered questions on school issues including board roles and leadership.
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Parent Teacher Association
Elizabeth Walter
Brownie
Udo Henxe
Robert Walter
Werner Klier
Roy Zesch
Mason
Parent-Teacher Association
Milton Durst
Aline Usener
Rubin Bernhard
Alonzo Evers
L. L. Keyser
A. K. Krause
Boy Scout Camporee Set For Week End In Tourist Park
Gillespie and Blanco County Scouts meet in Fredericksburg at Tourist Park on April 22 and 23 for the Spring Camporee. Attending troops from Blanco Johnson City Stonewall Fredericksburg and Harper will camp Friday at 4 PM with a campfire and Court of Honor at 8 PM. Saturday features competitive events and awards for spirit health and safety.
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Boy Scouts
Gillespie County
Blanco County
Fredericksburg
Blanco
Johnson City
Stonewall
Harper
Rural School Closings Begin in Gillespie County
Rural schools in Gillespie County start closing events on April 30 with fourteen districts listing dates. Pecan Creek and Wrede open the sequence on Saturday, then May 1 sees Stonewall Community dedicate a new gym, while Lions Club Minstrel shows run April 29 and 30 amid the calendar of closings and entertainment through May 29.
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Gillespie County
Pecan Creek
Wrede
Stonewall
Lions Club
Second annual Easter Fires pageant draws thousands to Fredericksburg
About 6000 people filled Fredericksburg Fair Park on Saturday for the Easter Fires pageant presented by the Fredericksburg Easter Fires Association. Local groups staged scenes from area history with a Meusebach treaty reenactment, Easter Bunny rituals, a large human cross, and a finale lighting the Easter Fires followed by the Stars Spangled Banner. Narration was provided by Gregg Winters of Station KNAF.
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Tiulman Cross
Fredericksburg
Verein
Fair Park
Colorado
Iowa
Meusebach
Cross Mt
St. Mary’s Glee Club
Papa Bunny
Girl Scouts
Gregg Winters
Station Knaf
Elaborate Float To Boost Fair Events In Night Parade
Gillespie County beauties will ride an elaborate float in the Spotlight On Texas night parade on Fiesta San Jacinto final night Saturday April 23 in San Antonio. The Fair Association sponsors to promote the July 2 3 4 race meet and the 61st Annual Fair August 19 20 21 with a queen and two duchesses, garland of roses, and jockeys in training.
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Max O. Reinbach
Reinbach
Santane
Gillespie County
San Antonio
the Fair Association
Julia Kordzik
Louis Kordzik, Jr
Mary Jane Molberg
Joe Molberg
Joan Strieger
Kermit Striegler
Alice Crenwelge
Herman L. Crenwelge
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Dor Brown
Otto Schneider Jr
Kuenemann
Henry Joseph
Alfred Cameron
Karl Hartmann
Harry Kusenberger
Victor Sagebiel
Fred Mathisen
Herman Sons Hall
Kammers
Hermann
Harry Hermann
Concordia Choir
Ernst Wertheim
Edwin Herbert
Johnny Meurer
Ernest Crenwelge
Concordia Society
Emil Lochte
Sons of Herman Hall
Kommers
Weinheimers Hall
Hill Country Bankers
Cross Mountain
Glee Club
St. Mary’s High School
Cress
Dorothy Stein
PTA
Durst In Charge
Hans Han
Nemann
Art Kowert
Edgar Stroeher
Benno Weiss
Kurt Eckhardt
Gus White
Capitol Area Council
City’s Fair Park
the Fair Group
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