Water and Hazards In Modern Living And Earthquakes
Hazardous work on an air conditioning water cooling tower leads Hugo Kallenberg to crawl out from within spraying water. A California quake message describes a pool’s water sloshing without cracks. Edward Whites from Fredericksburg, now a Magnolia Petroleum research engineer in Dallas, has a family of four children.
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Hugo Kallenberg
Schroeder
Hugo
Kallenberg
California
W. C. White
Gifford
Edward
Fredericksburg
Edward Whites
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Mystery Farm Number 2 Leo Hartmann Place identified in Meusebach Creek
The Standard profiles Leo Hartmann on his 168 acre Meusebach Creek farm, noting 500 white Leghorn hens, 123 cattle, terraced contoured lands, and reliance on Moline and International Harvester gear. Hartmann, a PMA District Chairman and St Marys parish member, has grown oats corn and wheat, with wife Ella Klinksiek, 12 years married. By Friday 17 readers had named the farm as part of the Mystery Farm series.
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Hartmann
Wm. Klinksieks
Mr. Klinksiek
Ella Klinksiek
Mr. Hartmann
Edward Hartmanns
Mason Road
Leo
PMA
Hermann Sons Lodge
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Standard
Kammiah
Gilbert Eckhardt
Lina Strackbein
Bill Hahne
Alvin Gellermann
Max Lochte
Otto Eckhardt
Dorothy Lochte
Monroe Klinksick
Raymond Bracutigam
Erwin Doebbler
Alfred Duecker
Guenther Hohenberger
Marvin Eckhardt
Alex Behrends
Edward Hartmann
Johnny Rausch
Blanco Valley Fair Opens With Parade At Blanco State Park
The Eighth Annual Blanco Valley Fair began Saturday with an 11 a m parade at Blanco State Park and ended Sunday. Events included barbecue horse racing and dances with many floats and horseback riders competing for honors.
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Blanco Valley
Blanco State Park
Pleasant Hill Crops Struggle Under Prolonged Drought
The dry weather has badly affected area crops. Chester Hartmann reports maize damage making manual cutting and thrashing likely. Mr and Mrs Frederick Deike and family visited in San Antonio with Marvon Deike and daughters. Sun day visitors from Meson Gratton Taliaferro and families, Mr Jordan and daughter joined Mr M M Johnson's group for river fishing and swimming on the hunting lease.
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Chester Hartmann
Frederick Deike
San Antonio
Marvin Deike
M. M. Johnson
Meson
Marine Recruiter to Interview Fredericksburg Youth
Marine recruiter Tech. Sgt. Cecil R. McVay Jr. from the San Antonio office will interview interested young men at the Fredericksburg Post Office. He outlines GI Bill benefits including re employment schooling training mustering out pay and loan guarantees. His Fredericksburg visits occur every other Wednesday starting August 20 with next on September 3.
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McVay
Marine Corps
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
New Officers Installed in Harper American Legion Post
Leonard Lott was installed as Commander of the Sageser Haas Post in Harper with Belton Tatsch as 1st vice commander and Lorenz Wendell as 2nd vice commander. Other officers include Marshall Brown adjutant and Fred Whetstone chaplain. Auxiliary officers listed. Frances Dittmar reports at League meeting. clothing drive urged for Austin institution. School board allows 6-year-olds to enroll by January 1 with $50 tuition. lunchroom supervisor elected. polio case reported in Harper.
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Leonard Lott
Sageser- Haas Post American Legion
Harper
Belton Tatsch
Lorenz Wendel
Marshall Brown
Tommy Whetstone
Herbert Gamel
Clayton
Chester Brown
Fred Whetstone
Auxiliary
Foy Gamel
Sarah Lange
Etna Thurman
Merle Massey
Verdie Fletcher
Ida Honig
Mae Brown
Jettie Scarborough
Frances Dittmar
Texas
Luther League
TLC
Luther League of St. James Lutheran Church
Austin
Wallace Brown
Clifford Bode
Hans Wachals
San Antonio
Carlos Parker
Jane Clell
St. Louis
Aden Nixon
Junction
Stonewall Community Fair Ends With Dance and Exhibits
The Stonewall Community Fair closed with a dance after a day of exhibits. A gym program hosted by master of ceremonies J. O. Tanner featured a band, duets, songs by local groups, dance acts, and an Old Fiddler’s Contest won by J. Holden. A later ball game saw the Fredricksburg Giants lose 4 to 0 to the Stonewall Pirates.
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Stonewall
J. O. Tanner
Howard Cravens
Theresa Cravens
Carolyn Riba
W. C. Colemann
Borots Andrews
Tom Andrew
Hye
Stonewall Pirates
Pirates
Winners Named In Doss Fair Prize List
Winners from the Doss Community Fair were announced by the Doss Community Club. The report lists first and second place jelly and preserve prizes including Blackberry Jelly, Tame Grape Jelly, Plum Jelly, Dewberry Jelly, Peach Jelly, Wild Plum, Apple Jelly, Watermelon, Tomato, Molasses, and other entries with names like Emil Lange Mrs. Emil Strackbein and Mrs. Otto Strackbein among the awardees. Continued on page 4.
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Doss Community Club
Emil Lange
Emil Strackbein
Albert Wendel
Otto Strackbein
Paul Sauer
Albert Ellebracht
Otto Spaeth
Seth Rode
O. Dittmar
S. Rode
Ben Feuge
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Dart
Dallas Morning News
Stuart McGregor
Gillespie County
Leo Hartman
Meusebach Creek
Mystery Farm
Leo Hartmann
The
Ad. Kammlah
Mystery Farm Number 3
Opal Ray Gipson
Blanco County
Hill Country
Behrend Hese Helmere K Rg
Tex
S. S. Mauldin
Pleasant Hill
Lone Star
Sgt. R. McVay JR
Legion
J. F. Cook
FFA
Doss
Warren Percy
Flint Immel
Wilbert Ransleben
Alton Moellering
Arnold Rode
James Eckert
WM. Cameron & CO
Frank Jordan
Gillespie County Fair
Mr. Jordan
Wm. Cameron & CompAny
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