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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1949

Page

4

Officials Meet in Llano for 33rd Judicial District Session

Judge Henry Hirsch and Commissioners Felix Ptester and Felix Herber attended the County Judges Association and county commissioners meeting in Llano with Llano and Burnet counties as co hosts. Judge Jack Miller of San Saba County led the program and business session with speakers Mrs Fay Grote Young and Mrs E P Clark and District Judge Thomas Ferguson.

Henry Hirsch Felix Ptester Felix Herber County Judges Association Llano Burnet Jack Miller San Saba County Fay Grote Young Austin Legislative Office The Texas Library Association E. P. Clark State Texas Federated Women’s Clubs Thomas C Ferguson Barnet Young Fay Grote Henry Grote

Doss Boy Scouts Attend Gillespie Camporee Event

Members of the Doss Boy Scout troop will attend the Gillespie District Camporee at Tourist Park Friday and Saturday. Marion Baethge reports the troop completed plans, will depart Doss at 4 p m, with Robin Nixon and August Baethge providing transport. Merit badge tests were also passed at the April meeting.

Doss Gillespie Boy Scout District Marion Baethge Robin Nixon August Baethge

Building Permits Fall Short of $1,000 in Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg issued three building permits last week all under $1,000. R. L. Kott received a $400 permit to rebuild a garage on N Adams Street. Hugo H. Brehmer got a $500 permit for a chicken house and feed storage on Columbus Street. Rudy Franke secured a $75 permit to add a cement floor in an old porch and extend the floor on West San Antonio Street.

Fredericksburg R. L. Kott N. Adams Street Hugo H. Brehmer Columbus St Rudy Franke W. San Antonio St

Standard Starts Publication Of The Texas Poll

The Texas Poll debuts weekly statewide opinion reports in this issue with questions on government rent control. It will later gauge views on gubernatorial candidates, women serving on juries, and other issues. The poll, started by Joe Belden in 1940, uses trained interviewers across Texas.

Standard Texas Joe Belden United States Austin

Knopp And Petsch Named Marian Congress Delegates

Kathryn Knopp and Genevieve Petsch of Seton Infirmary Austin have been selected as delegates to the Marian Congress in Emmitsburg Maryland after being voted among the six top Seton Sodality members. They will travel to Washington May 6 and May 9 for the two day trip before returning home.

Kathryn Knopp Lawrence Knopp Genevieve Petsch Leo Petsch Seton’s Infirmary Austin Seton Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate Emitsburg The Sodality Fredericksburg Washington St. Joseph’s College Emmitsburg D. C

Ophthalmology Society Elects Dr Dor Brown Jr as Member

The San Antonio Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology hosted a meeting on Tuesday with Dor W. Brown Jr. M.D. in attendance who was elected a member of the organization.

San Antonio

Local Texas News Highlights Fisher Photo Rise and Rodeo Spurs

Texas items show Herman Fischer of Texaco station credited for a Sports Afield photo taken on the Colorado River. The piece also notes Gillespie County rodeo star Calvin Sageser’s spurs donated to a museum and a surge of square dance events in San Antonio and across the state.

Herman Fischer Texaco Sports Fischer Colorado Fscher Texas J. P. Crowe Austin Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission Gillespie County Blanco River Beaver Creek Mason Spurs Calvin Sageser Pioneer Memorial Museum Fritz Sageser Harper New Brittain Cape Mercus Pecos San Antonio Alamo Heights Muniipal City Recreation Department Mid-Tex Square Dancers Association

Victor Gardner Named to National Honorary Society

Victor Gardner is among 60 University of Texas ROTC cadet and midshipmen officers who joined Scabbard and Blade the institution new company of the national honorary military society.

Victor Gardner National University of Texas Army, Air Force and Navy Institution New Company of Scabbard and Blade National Honorary Military Society

Gabriel Heatter Returns to 6 30 P M on KNAF

Gabriel Heatter, a popular radio news commentator, will air at 6 30 p m on KNAF after April 25. His program follows his well known war era style admired for its comforting tone that has inspired listeners.

Gabriel Heatter KNAF Heatter Mutual Network

Local Hospital Patients Undergoing Operations

List of patients operated on in local hospitals last week includes Mrs Erna Schneider Mrs R C Hohmann Mrs W EF Kelley Mrs Stuart Smith and Mrs Freg Hitzfeld.

Erna Schneider R C. Hohmann W, Ef, Kelley Stuart Smith Freg Hitzfeld

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