We Believe The Chamber of Commerce Needs Reform
An editorial criticizes Fredericksburg’s Chamber of Commerce for limited aims and sleepwalking leadership. It argues for broader vision beyond city issues, urging active support for regional prosperity including improved highways, agricultural markets, and business opportunities for all in the trade area. The piece calls for revived vitality and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Membershp
United States Post Office
Tus
Fredericsburg
Fredericksburg
Hess
Census counting urged to ensure nation’s numbers
Edyth Krauskopf urges residents to contact census enumerators if not counted at home. She notes Fredericksburg and Gillespie County rely on the count for future growth and that this is the last chance for ten years to obtain an official population figure.
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Edyth Krauskopf
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Mattress Aid Sought From Federal Plan for Low Income Families
Gil lespie County home agents urge eligible farm families and workers with annual cash income under 400 dollars to apply for mattresses under a federal program. The plan provides 50 pounds of cotton and 10 yards of ticking for mattress making, with assistance from a committee of home demonstration councilwomen to help file applications by May 5.
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Gillespie County
Alberta Martin
Henry F. Grote
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Home Demonstration Council
Harvey Stevens
J. T. Glass
Benno Eckert
Hugo Usener
H. J. Robinson
Henry Baethge
Ed. Moellering
R. A. Klett
Miss Martin
Mr. Grote
Fredericksburg High School Commencement Plans
Fredericksburg High School braces for a large class of seventy graduates. The baccalaureate begins May 19 at the high school auditorium with Rev. C. T. Whaton of Austin delivering the sermon. Graduation exercises follow May 21 at the Public School Auditorium with Dr. Gordon F. Singleton of Mary Hardin Baylor College delivering the keynote on Ambitions of Youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg High School
S. H. Smyre
C. T. Whaton
University Presbyterian Church of Austin
Gillespie County Saengerfest Set For Sunday
The 41st Gillespie County Saenger fest brings ten singing clubs to Engel's Hall Luckenbach hosted by Luckenbach Frohsinn director Adolf Hopf. Activities start at 10 a m with Benno Luckenbach presiding, then 1 30 p m welcome and get-together with participants from Albert Arion male and mixed choirs, Columbia Concordia Echo Eintracht Bear Creek Hermann Sons mixed choir and more.
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Gillespie County
Engel’s
Luckenbach
Arion
Columbia
Concordia
Echo
Eintracht
Bear Creek
Hermann Sons
Benno Luckenbach
Gillespie County Saengerbund
Max Kunz
O. H. Burgdorf
War fronts in Europe dominate this week’s fighting
The week brings fierce sea and air warfare in Europe with British and German tactics. Skagerrak sees major sea clashes while Oslo and Hamar areas see land battles as English and Norwegian troops combine against Germany. Germany reportedly uses Poland attack methods. large planes carry troops to Norway. Britain faces a ten billion dollar war bill with tax increases. Seven Norwegian fronts feared from Narvik to Oslo. Sweden may be invaded, maps at Sinclair stations aid tracking day by day events. The Ohio River floods its banks in annual high water, hitting Huntington W Va.
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Europe
Great Britain
Skagerrak
Denmark
Norway
Oslo
Hamar
Poland
England
Norwe
Narvik
Sweden
Sinclair
Rally Day Plans Laid At Monday Council Meeting
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Clubs map Rally Day activities for June each club to present a stunt or playset while county girls stage a style review. Luncheon served at noon by club ladies. Mrs Dora R Barnes discusses Person ality Through Clothes with models.
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Gillespie County
Dora R. Barnes
A. & M. College Extension Service
Gillespie County social life portrayed in Historical Society program
The Gillespie County Historical Society presents a program on Friday May 10 at the Public School Auditorium showcasing early social life through acts like A Sunday Afternoon At The Hermit Berg's Home German songs in pantomime and old-time dances. The event features a Rural Play party and Pehl's Band performing several selections with accordion accompaniment.
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Gillespie County
The
Historical Society
Public
Hermit Berg
Fredericksburg
Dallas
Mason
Pehl
Dry Hooks Rule Delays Fishing Season in Gillespie County
Anglers in Gillespie County face a June 1 season opener as ten counties endure a May closed season. The restriction covers Bandera Kerr Edwards Real Sutton Mason Menard Blanco and Kendall counties with Medina Lake partly in Bandera.
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Gillespie County
Gillespie
Bandera
Medina Lake
Kerr
Edwards
Real
Sutton
Mason, Menard
Blanco
Kendall
Conservation Payments Could Rise for Local Farmers
County Agent Henry Grote told Gillespie County farmers and ranchers at a Chamber of Commerce meeting that 1940 Federal Soil Conservation payments could increase. He said cooperation with the program would both raise nest eggs and improve farms.
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Gillespie County
Henry Grote
Grote
Chamber of Commerce
Forty One Register For Red Cross First Aid Training
Gillespie County residents registered for a Red Cross First Aid Course to be held at the Gillespie County Chapter. The course begins Monday evening April 29 at 7 30 p m in the Commissioners Courtroom. Instruction runs Mondays and Thursdays from 7 30 to 9 30 with twenty hours required for certification. Dr J Hardin Perry leads Monday sessions and Dr Laurence Feller Monday Thursday nights.
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Gillespie County
The
American Red Cross
Fred Mathisen
First Aid
Commissioners
J. Hardin Perry
Laurence Feller
Home Economics May Come to Fredericksburg High School
Fredericksburg High School may add a home economics department as early as next fall if state and federal subsidies cover the teacher’s salary. Superintendent S H Smyre said a visit by Mrs Oneita W Pierce confirmed feasibility, with space carved from a study hall and former auditorium. The school board would provide materials and equipment if aid is approved, though bi annual funding cycles may delay action for a year. The move is favored by faculty, the board, and the public as a long sought vocational guidance expansion.
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Fredericksburg High School
S. H. Smyre
Smyre
State Board of Vocational Education
Oneita W. Pierce
State Department
Board of Education
Summer Round-Up Planned For School Children
Gillespie County plans a summer health round-up for all children entering school next fall under the Par ent Teachers Association and Health Nurse Verna Louise Stanford. The program, founded by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, emphasizes home health and early examinations by family physicians and dentists to detect minor ailments before they become serious.
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Gillespie County
Parent Teachers Association
Verna Louise Stanford
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Tivydale Road Paved In Gillespie County Upgrade
County workmen completed three miles of Tivydale road paving starting at Kerrville road under the direction of Commissionern Eugene Kramer and Felix Pfiester. It is the third county road partially paved after Burnet road and Goehmann Lane. Traffic conditions show improvement and minimal damage from recent rains.
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Gillespie County
Tivydale
Kerrville Road
Eugene Kramer
Precinct
Felix Pfiester
Burnet Road
Goehmann
Bishop Metzger Donates Fountain to Seminary
A memorial fountain of red Texas granite bearing the Metzger coat of arms was erected on the St. John s Archdiocesan Seminary campus in San Antonio as a gift from the former rector Bishop Metzger. He officiated at the dedication and blessing and a farewell ceremony followed in the seminary chapel with faculty and students in attendance.
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Texas
S. M. Metzger
Santa Fe
St. John's Archdiocesan Seminary
San Antonio
Bishop Metzger
Metzger
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Fredeicksburg
Sam
FHS
County Wide
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council
Cora Durst
Richard Laurence
John Dittmar
Esther Barsch
Tommy Harlan
Hy. Baethge
Otto Dittmar
Elberta Martin
R.ablett
Herman Weinheimer
Mesdames
Mark Stevens
S. W. Byrd
Alfred Neffendorf
Red Cross
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