Champion Brings Record Price In Corriedale Sale
The Grand Champion Corriedale yearling ram sold for a record $300 at the Texas Corriedale Association show and sale. Adolf Stieler and Kurt Eckhardt purchased the animal shown by Noelke and Owens after bidding started at $150.
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Corriedale
Texas Corriedale Association
Adolf Stieler
Kurt Eckhardt
Noelke
Owens
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Alfred Petsch
Ram
Ewe
Standford Brothers
Emil Sauer
Doss
Stieler
Noelke and
Shefffield
Eldorado
Ene
Dr V B Spiva Installed As Lions President
Dr V B Spiva a Fredericksburg dentist was installed as president of the Lions Club during a ladies night at the Nimitz Hotel. G S Mcreless of San Antonio district governor urged members to civic work and service. Other officers and directors were installed, with Rev C A Greenwaldt hosting and Miss Emily Falk performing.
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Vern Spiva
Fredericksburg
Lions Club
G. S. McCreless
Lions District 2A
Otto Schneider Jr
V. B. Spiva
Nimitz
G. 5 S. Mcoreless
San Antonio
Lions
McCreless
Spiva
Harry O. Davis
Joe Petsch
W. H. Springall
Almon Kirchhoff
W. C. Westerfeldt
Alvin Davidson
Kermit Striegler
C .A. Greenwaldt
Lester Keyser
Emily Falk
Henry Falk
Oliver Kowert
Miss Falk
Vienna Woods
Kowert
Citizens urged to aid in publicizing Gillespie County Fair
Fredericksburg residents and Gillespie County fans are asked to help publicize the 62nd Gillespie County Fair to be held August 18 19 and 20. Max O Reinbach secretary announces ready to distribute window cards pole cards outdoor signs and bumper signs. He urges businesses with trucks to display signs and asks residents to share materials in other communities.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Max O. Reinbach
Reinbach
NFLA
E. Main Street
Bids Open for 10.92 Mile Upper Crabapple Farm to Market Road
The Texas Highway Department calls bids to build 10.92 miles of Farm to Market Road 965 replacing Upper Crabapple Road from 11 miles north of Fredericksburg to Bear Mountain and Enchanted Rock. A new bridge over Town Creek on North Milam Street is included. work starts three to four weeks after contract letting.
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Crabapple
Bear Mountain
Enchanted Rock
Highway Department
Austin
State Highway Department
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
A. R. Kelley
Town Creek
Milam Street
Stanley Lehnert
Fredericksburg
Cherry Spring
Crabapple Roads
Humble Station Pump Building Under Way
Construction started on the Humble Station pump building near Eckert on the new 18 inch pipe line from West Texas to Houston. The Houston based Lockhart and Warren Construction Company holds the contract and targets about 90 working days to finish the 32 by 80 foot masonry and steel structure. H L Lockhart is in charge with Hiram Knox as foreman. Mutual Lumber Company of Fredericksburg supplies the materials.
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Humble Station
Eckert
Humble
West Texas
Houston
Lockhart and Warren Construction Company of
H. L. Lockhart
Hiram Knox
Lockhart
Mutual Lumber Company of
Fredericksburg
Arrest Aids in Clearing Burglaries
Montenado Castenedas, 15, was arrested by Gillespie County officers who also recovered cash, gold pieces, souvenir money, and stolen goods including cameras, tools, beer, a gun and a bicycle. He is jailed on a 1000 dollar bond pending grand jury action as police seek accomplices in a string of recent burglaries in Fredericksburg.
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Montenado Castenedas
Gillespie County
Castenedas
Fredericksburg
Robert Worn
Nace Felps
Henry Kammlah
W. Main Street
General Distributing Company
Grand Jury
Kammlah
German Exchange Students Find Touch of Home Here
Eleven German exchange students and their director Dr. Wilbert L. Hindman visited Fredericksburg and Gillespie County over the weekend. They toured the community and praised local industry, growth, and pioneer heritage under the American system. The group noted widespread German language use and German influences in buildings and customs and attended Church services before leaving. They were hosted Friday at Herman Sons Hall in a program conducted in German with Mayor Joe Molberg welcoming them. The Rotary, Chamber of Commerce event featured the Herman Sons Mixed Choir and Arion Male Choir.
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United States
Department of State
Hermann Sons Hall
Molberg
Wilbert L. Hindman
Gesine Jansen
Volmar Kahlert
Sibyl Fischer
Dieter Andritz
Edgar Kroeller
Mayor Molberg
Esther Mueller
Hindman
Jutta Grutzner
Helmut Mehnhardt
Louise Milaikowitsch
Harold Exenberger
Frank Detterbeck
Heinz Wolpert
University of Los Angeles
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Herman Sons
Joe Molberg
William Petmecky
Arion
August Stahl
William Dietel
Garden Club
Fair Parade Entries Sought for Gillespie County Fair
Fredericksburg invites business firms individuals clubs and organizations to enter floats for the 62nd Gillespie County Fair parade opening August 18. Parade chairman Dr Lorence Feller says entries are coming but cooperation is needed to greatly enhance the event. Ribbons will be awarded to winners for the first time. The Fredericksburg High School band will participate.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Lorence Feller
Hundred Marksmen Set for Gillespie County Shooting Festival
More than a hundred marksmen from six Gillespie County shooting clubs prepare to compete at Schmidt's range on the San Antonio Highway for the 55th annual Gillespie County Shooting Festival. Claude Nobles of San Antonio seeks to defend his title. past team champs were Bear Creek with 503 points. Competition begins Saturday at 1 p.m. and continues Sunday, with ten rounds per entrant at 200 yard targets.
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Schmidt
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Schuetzenkoenig
Claude Nobles
Wm. Frantzen
Fredericksburg
Bear Creek
Milton Herbert
Guenther Lochte
F. C. Lochte
Walter Heimann
Hubert Reichenau
Rubin Hertert
É €Ach
Eight From Here Report For Pre Induction Physicals
The draft board lists eight Gillespie County men and twelve from adjacent counties ordered to San Antonio for pre induction physicals on August 9. a second call for 30 from the five counties notified for August 16. Names include John K. Dooley, Hubert Foerster, Alex Ransleben, and others from Kerr Kendall Blanco and Llano counties.
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Gillespie County
San Antonio
Draft Board
Hubert Kelch
Blanco
Kendall
Kerr
Llano
Gillespie
John K. Dooley
Hubert H. Foerster
Alex M. Ransleben
Wesley A. Priess
Edgar E. Oestreich
Herbert A. Ochler
Alfons A. Maurer
Rufus P. Wilke
Kerr County
B. W. Kirsch
Joe S. Ayala
H. R. Wiggins
Martin A. Spenrath
Louis Soell
Blanco County
J. A. Esparza
C. H. Goehmann
J. H. Casparis
H. F. Wittkohl
Llano County
T. A. Foerhand
W. A. McGehee
M. Hamilton Jr
Texas District Luther League Plans State Convention in Fredericksburg
Three hundred Luther League delegates from the Texas District will gather in Fredericksburg August 11 to 13 for the Western Style District Convention. The event opens 1 30 p m at Holy Ghost Church with Zion, Holy Ghost and Bethany hosting and Holy Ghost as headquarters.
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Texas
Luther League
Luther Leagues
American Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Wilfred Sager
Bartlett
Zion
Holy Ghost
Bethany Lutheran
Helen Louise Rode
Cherry Springs
Advance Registra
Holy Ghost Church
Holy Ghost Lutheran
Texas Hill Country
God
W. A .Poovey
Christ Lutheran Church, San Antonio
O. Linden
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R. W. Klingerhoefer
Joe Tatum
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Rocksprings Ffa
T. C. Standford
W. O. Kinneson
Abbie
Sweetwater
T. C. Stanford
Stanford Brothers
Owe Lambs
W. M. Arnold
H. C. Noelke
Sheffield
Texas Corriedale Breeders
P. F. Fitzgerald
Sabinas
E. Bergmann
Round Mountain
Abbie Kinneson
W .M. Arnold
Crabapple Farm
55Th
Olivia Bernhard
Irene Ketron
Elizabeth Weber
Gillespian
Korea
G. I
Edwin E. Grienke
South Korea
Taejon
Elmer F. Wehnes
Omaha
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Birmingham
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