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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1948
Page
4
Mrs. August Stahl offers three crust ideas for fruit custard pies using vanilla wafers graham crackers or lady fingers. Banana custard recipe included with sugar vanilla eggs flour and milk. Also notes on Democratic primaries list voters and critical political opinions.
Alex Frantzen Fredericksburg underwriter will attend an advance sales school in Ft Worth August 9 13 as part of Southwestern Life Insurance Co training to keep agents informed on life underwriting methods. The program aims to improve service to the public. School directed by R R Davenport Don B Parkinson and J Carlton Smith all of Dallas.
S. E. Reed, principal of Fredericksburg High School, submitted his resignation on Tuesday to accept a similar post in Seymour Texas. He has led the school for four years and also coached tennis. Mrs. Reed taught in the elementary faculty. A. K. Krause said no replacements had been found for the Reed duties.
A reader named Sonia Herbert argues against removing a longstanding tree in Fredericksburg, suggesting a curb and white trunk base to keep it visual. The piece also lists upcoming local fairs and notes a travel clipping about Mrs. Otto Wetten visiting Germany and reuniting with relatives after 30 years.
KNAF will broadcast Gillespie County Fair baseball games on August 20 21 and 22 from Fair Park daily at 2 30 p m and a Hill Country Jamboree segment at 10 30 a m Saturday from in front of the grandstand. Winners include freckled boy oldest lady youngest married couple oldest married couple largest family and pie or watermelon contest. Texas Tune Wranglers perform with participants Cherrie Boyd Rolan Davis Margie Welch Arthur Koch Al Kirchoff Reuben Ottmers.
Sidney F. Edge longtime Kendall County sheriff died of a heart attack at 4 p.m. Saturday after scuffling with a prisoner he was escorting to jail in Boerne. Edge, 57, had earlier suffered a heart attack and collapsed at his home porch after returning there. Funeral services were held Monday in Boerne. He is survived by his wife, son William Edge a Texas Highway Patrol member, daughter Doris Waldek and three grandchildren.
Reverend and Mrs. G. W. Elmore and their three children from Fairfield spent the past weekend visiting Mrs. Dora Tietz and other relatives. Mrs. Elmond is remembered as the former Miss Erna Mae Henke.
Three new houses offered in North Adams and Orchard additions. A Lange corner lot 3 room bath with double garage priced at 3200 dollars, four blocks from school. A 5 room bath residence four blocks from school at 309 W Hackberry priced 4500 dollars with no city taxes. A 3 room bath with double garage at 311 W Hackberry four blocks from school priced 3200 dollars with no city taxes. Owner offers terms if wanted.
The Fredericksburg Publishing Company offers a package of personalized napkins with the bride and groom’s names imprinted. A practical keepsake for weddings, these custom napkins add a personal touch to receptions and gift-giving.
Arno Schwethelm advertises a six room house for rent two miles from town with bath and porches. Also seeking a girl or woman to do ironing for a family of four at home using a latest type mangler ironer for khakis shirts and household linen. Phone 484-W. Mrs Varnell Barthol mae. 5030 ee 4.
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