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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
9
Advertisement submission rules outline deadlines for ads labeled Too Late to Classify. Ads accepted until 5:00 P M Tuesday and classifieds due by 10:00 A M Wednesday for publication the following Wednesday afternoon. Contact information provided with a phone number ending in forty.
The Palace Theatre opens its weekly bill Thursday and Friday with the MGM Technicolor musical Duchess Of Idaho starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson. Lena Horne and Eleanor Powell guest star. Also showing Bells of Coronado with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, plus North Arctic Manhunt and My Friend Irma Goes West with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The Skipper Surprised His Wife features Robert Walker and Joan Leslie.
John Stehling marked his eighty fifth birthday with a Sunday July barbecue at the Arthur Stehling home. Family members included Sister St John Mistress of Novices atLady of the Lake College and sister Mrs John Weinheimer. Out of town guests Sister Fortunata San Antonio visitors Diane Cross and Thomas William Hill plus Mrs Max Kunz and family will move to San Antonio.
Sealed proposals for constructing 10.929 miles of gravel streets and cross streets from 11.1 miles north of Fredericksburg to Fredericksburg on Highway FM965, with a 1391(1) fund, Gillespie County, are due by 9:00 a.m. August 16, 1950, at the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Plans and specs available through A R Kelley, Resident Engineer, Fredericksburg, and the Texas Highway Department. Public works act compliance and local wage rates apply. Plans may be inspected in Fredericksburg and Austin offices. Usual rights reserved. Mrs Warren George of Palestine visits with her daughter and son-in-law.
Property offerings include 117 acres riverfront near Kerrville with 50 acres black land farm and mesa pasture, a large rock house and lake water features. Rural land plus town area homes from 3200 to 10500 dollars, several ranch tracts, and numerous building lots near churches and schools. Owner seeks quick cash sales and trades.
Fredericksburg High School announces daily band rehearsals starting Monday August 7 at 9 am. Rehearsals run weekday through August until school starts in September. Senior Band meets 9 to 10 30 am and Junior Band from 10 30 am to noon.
You profit by selecting school wear now. Come see Western blue jeans tan army twill and other school pants also shirts shoes socks underwear at Sterling Bros. Phone 290.
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