Sixth Annual Lions Club Minstrel At Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Lions Club presents its sixth annual Minstrel Show over Friday and Saturday April 29 and 30 at 8 p m in the Public School Auditorium. A 30 member local chorus joins a dozen end men and 15 specialty acts from San Antonio in two hours of entertainment with prizes and raffles. Tickets are on sale at Central Drug. Saturday night general admission on Friday. Saturday night prizes include Mrs Lionette and her twin daughters.
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Lions Club
Public School
Fredericksburg Lions Club
San Antonio
Lionette
Super
Cliff Bledsoe
W. H. Springall
Dor Brown
Lawrence Schaetter
Otto Schneider, Jr
Vern Spina
Edgar Strocher
Alvin Davidson
Harry Davis
FHS
Wini Sue McBride
Marjorie Welch
Julie Kordzik
Nelta Neal
al Jolson
Lion
Henry Kuenemann
Fifty One Receive Solemn Communion At St Marys
Fifty one St Marys students received solemn communion from Msgr. F X Wolf during the 9:00 High Mass at St Marys Church. St Marys Junior Choir performed the Mass for the occasion. list of communicants includes Jenschke Jenschke Jordan Juenke Jung Kaiser Lang Lott Loth Muller McDougall Metzger Nebgen Nebgen Novian Pehl Pyka Roeder Meurer Stehling Stehling Straube Weber Weinheimer Weinheimer Behrends Bruns Blanchard Crenwelg Patricia Duecker Jenschke Gladys Jenschke Elizabeth Jenschke Heimann Jung Kaderli Kramer Kunz Klein Langehennig Maurer Meurer Pehl Klien Langehennig Ann Maurer Meurer Pehl Klar?
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St. Mary’s
Msgr
F. X. Wolf
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's
Charles Jenschke
Elias Jenschke
Kenneth Jordan
Elroy Juenke
Vincent Jung
Krank Kaiser
Charles Lang
August Lott
Clinton Loth
Frederick Muller
Billy Jack McDougall
James Metzger
Alton Ne
Local Carpenter Arthur Welgehausen Admitted to Brooke General
Arthur Welgehausen a local carpenter has been admitted to Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio for treatment. He is described as a long time resident and community member with ties to the area.
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Arthur Welgehausen
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Langehennig Visit Ties Families in Iraan Texas
Mr and Mrs Albert Langehenig and Miss Myrtle Durst spent the weekend in Iraan Texas visiting Mr and Mrs Victor Langehennig and family.
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Albert Langehennig
Myrtle Durst
Iraan
Texas
Victor Langehennig
Frantzen-Ahrens VFW Posts Install Officers in Meeting
The Frantzen-Ahrens Post and Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, installed new officers Thursday night in the old courthouse. Garnet Wilson became post commander and Dorothy Eckert auxiliary president. Clarence Ratliff served as installing officer for both groups with Grace Clouse district 23 auxiliary president present. Poppy Day was set for May 29 and the next post meeting for May 4 at 8 p m. service medals were awarded to Warren Petsch O H Griffin and Clarence Ratliff.
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Frantzen-Ahrens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Garnet Wilson
Dorothy Eckert
Clarence Ratliff
Grace Clouse
District 23 Auxiliary
Wilson
Norman Rech
Kurt L. Itz
Alois Ersch
Alberto K. Nagel
James E. Eckert
Clarence £. Ratliff
Dor W. Brown, Jr
Geon
Wilbert Kneese
Hubert A. Kelch
Thekla Oehler
Poppy Committee
Warren Petsch
O. H. Griffin
Gillespie County to Get 60 000 For Fourth Farm Road
Gillespie County will receive 60 000 in state funds for 1950 51 to build about 72 miles of farm to market road connecting Highway 16 Llano Highway in Gillespie County with Highway 281 Johnson City Marble Falls Highway in Blanco County. County officials met with Highway Department personnel to review the plan and Blanco County officials were also briefed. Full completion depends on additional funds.
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Gillespie County
Henry Hirsch
Gillespie Commissioners Court
State Highway Department
W. D. Dockery
District 13
Highway Department
J. M. Owens
Music Study Club Program Sunday At Auditorium
The Music Study Club presents A Musical Trip Around The World as National Music Week opens Sunday night May 1 at 8 p m in the Public School Auditorium. The Fredericksburg High School Band under Dr. Lester Keyser opens with a march followed by a club welcome from Mrs. Alonzo Evers. A male quartet featuring Dr. Keyser and several members performs with Hawaiian duet numbers and Frances Ernst also part of the program.
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Music Study Club
Fredericksburg High School
Lester Keyser
Alonzo Evers
Alex Frantzen
Edgar Stroeher
Lucia
Juanita
Vernon Schwartz
Larking Robinson
Frances Ernst
Will
City Mail Delivery Survey In Fredericksburg Possible
W C Hoover U S postal inspector surveyed Fredericksburg on Tuesday to judge feasibility of city mail delivery. He counted about 907 residences and 170 business houses in the area to be served and noted cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce. Pending certification by the First Assistant Postmaster General, the plan may proceed with local postmaster Klingelhoefer.
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W. C. Hoover
U. S
Austin
Fredericksburg
Postal Department
Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
Hoever
Klingelhoefer
Prize Winning Float To Be In Thursday Night Parade
Fredericksburg residents will view the Gillespie County Fair float in a Thursday night parade at 8 p m. The float earned the outstanding out of town entry honor in Fiesta San Jacinto week and will join Fredericksburg Public and St Marys High School entries plus Miss Margaret Baldwins drum school in the procession. The display includes Mrs Lionette and twin daughters and Lions Club dolls to be given away Saturday night. The parade route runs from Nimitz Park Way to Main Street and back, with Main Street lights silenced during the event. The float received a silver loving cup first place blue ribbon and a gold ribbon for outstanding entry, trophies on display at the Publishing Company window.
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Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Gillespie County Fair
Lions Club
St. Mary's
Margaret Baldwin
Lionette
National Guard
Nimitz Parkway
Main Street
Nimitz
Kraus Corner
Gillespie County Fair Association
Alice Mae Crenwelge
Freda Hodges
Deanna Davis
Freddie Petmecky
Julia Mae Kordzik
Stonewall to Dedicate New Gymnasium May Day Program
Stonewall High School dedicates its new gymnasium in ceremonies at 2:30 p m on Sunday May 1 with Wm Petmecky Gillespie Tax Assessor as speaker and former superintendent Herbert Haas as guest. A 3 p m basketball game Stonewall vs Boerne follows, then supper and a play Now Adolph at 7 30 p m and a Hill Country Boys dance to close. Proceeds go to the Stonewall School treasury.
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Stonewall
Stonewall High School
Stonewall Community Club
Wm. Petmecky
Gillespie
Herbert Haas
Boerne
Adolph
Stonewall School
Community Chest Donations Pass 11 Thousand Mark
Gillespie County Community Chest raised 11431.36 early this year. Chairman William Schroeder announced the total, noting 6403.63 has been spent on local and national welfare causes while local welfare expenses remained low due to the secretary treasurer’s other duties.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Standard Earns Second in South Texas Contest
The Fredericksburg Standard placed second in the Best All Around Newspaper contest among papers in cities over 3,500, at the South Texas Press Association 22nd annual convention in San Antonio. The San Marcos Record won first. Robstown Record took third. the Fredericksburg Radio Post was second in best use of news photography.
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Fredericksburg Standard
South Texas Press Association
San Antonio
San Marcos Record
Robstown Record
Standard
Fredericksburg Radio Post
San Marcos
Arthur H. Rowert
the Standard
Arthur H. Kowert
Werner Moehr
Frederick Dietel
Erna Heinen
Radio Post
The
South Texas Community Service
National Editorial Association
State College For Women
Denton
University of Texas
Austin
Texas A& M. College
College Station
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Central Drug Company
Frantzen-Ahrens Vfw Post-Auxiliary
Illespie
Fourth Farm Highway
Washington
Camp Swift
South Texas Press Group
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