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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1949
Page
5
Weekend downpours forced multiple Gillespie County activities to cancel. The Boy Scout Comporee was first, followed by a Sunday baseball game at Fair Park. Hill Country League games and the Gillespie County Saenger fest were also called off with plans to reschedule later in the month.
Seventy eight primary and intermediate students are named on the Fredericksburg Public School honor roll. The list breaks down by grade and section, naming dozens of students including Milton Gerhard James Nettle Patricia Kuenemann Ellen Walter Beverly Castles Beverly Ann Castles and many others from 1A to 6th grade.
Severe rainfall caused rising waters with Stonewall recording about 3 inches on Sunday while nearby Fredericksburg measured 1.25 inches. Blanco reported a reported 7.5 inches of rain in two hours as the river climbed, forcing several families north of Stonewall to shelter in town for the night.
Several hundred pastors and delegates of the American Lutheran Church in Texas attend the annual Texas District ALC convention in Mason. Gillespie County participants include F. A. Bracher Otto Lindenberg G. A. Poehlmann J. F. Holm and Dr Paul Leo. County delegates include Alex Durst Zions Church G F Henke Holy Ghost Church Weimar Hein Erwin Itz Bethany Church Rubin Sag Gebiel Crabapple Cave Creek Churches Albert Ellebracht Doss Cherry Spring Churches. On Tuesday night council members from Fredericksburg churches attended a special evening convention session.
Members of the Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department and guests were honored at a barbecue at the fire station hosted by A. O. Boening on Thursday night.
The twenty sixth annual Seventh District PTA spring conference met in the San Saba Baptist Church auditorium. Highlights included remarks by Mrs. N H Keller of El Paso and Mrs. R H Wilkins of Freer. A life membership surprise for Mrs. Theo W Knopp featured a rose from a fern banked stand.
Final rites for Mrs. William Pfiester nee Anna Keller were held April 22 1949 at Beckmann Funeral Home and First Methodist Church. Officiants were Rev W O Schulze and Rev Richard Gammenthaler with the church mixed choir singing. Interment followed at City Cemetery. She died April 20 at her daughter’s home at age 84 years 11 months. Born May 20 1864 in Fredericksburg she was the daughter of Henry and Emma Keller. She married William Pfiester on July 16 1885. Survivors include daughter Minna Mrs Otto Stoffers sons Richard Chester and Jimmie Pfiester and four grandchildren. Her husband died in 1928 and she was predeceased by three sisters Augusta Olga Amalia.
Amarillo hosted a calm convention with about 2 000 delegates attending a tri state meeting. Hotel staff reported no trouble as Alcoholics Anonymous members gathered peacefully last week.
Pfe Robert C. Schlaudt of Great Lakes Illinois is spending several days with relatives here and will report to Pensacola Florida to enter aircraft operations training. Mrs Roy Moritz is spending two weeks vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs John Rosenbach.
A newly unveiled navy super transport aircraft named CONSTITUTION includes 59 windows. The disclosure highlights design detail for a vessel intended to boost strategic mobility and airlift capabilities in military operations.
Ninety percent of Pacific Fleet Training Command personnel had never been to sea before their initiation training, highlighting the emphasis on introductory seamanship and readiness.
Bethany Luther League met April 20 at the Sunday School Building with 25 members and guests. Vernell Dietrich led devotion and a song medley opened the session followed by a study topic presented by Mrs. Leo Itz. Louis Dietrich won first prize in a dance entertainment. refreshments followed for attendees.
All Girl Scout leaders and troop committee women are invited to a meeting at the Girl Scout cabin on Tuesday May 3 at 7 30 p m Plans will be made for attending the all day picnic at Camp Texlake on Monday May 9.
A baseball player farmed to the Valley League arrived in Donna and trained with the team for a week. Local moguls awaited him and began a search when he went missing. He tersely noted that he was with the wrong league and team.
Alice James Counts a Houston gem salesman was killed in a traffic accident last week, and his $500,000 stock of diamonds was missing. Officers searched the wrecked car and the hotel room without success before a black bag with the jewels was checked at the hotel desk.
Bright and Early Coffee by the Duncan Coffee Company will be heavily advertised in the Fredericksburg Standard for six weeks starting this week. The campaign promises extra fine flavor, extra low price, and extra good coffee, inviting consumers to try the blend at local grocers.
A new children’s book titled Why There Are No More Dinosaurs by Mrs. Joe A Sheppert tells the last dinosaur tale. Published with illustrations by Elizabeth Knox of Burnet, the book is bound in cloth and distributed by Fredericksburg Publishing Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Itz and daughter Iris Anne attended the Fiesta Band Pageant in San Antonio on the past Wednesday night.
Mrs Felix Real Jr and Mrs Jy EB Cowden host a Kerrville meeting to organize a regional area club allied with the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. Officers include J E Cowden Kerrville president and W H McNutt Mountain Home first vice president. The group promotes Mohair demand and the Make It Yourself With Wool contest.
Rt Rev F X Wolf pastor of St Marys Church left Monday on an extended trip to Europe. He will visit several European countries including Italy and spend most of his vacation with his brother and sister in Germany. He plans to return to Fredericksburg in late July.
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