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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1946
Page
7
The Harper Girls Softball team beat Kerrville Vogue 11 to 4 on Wednesday evening in Kerrville. The column lists local visitors and residents attending events, a funeral held Sunday for George Olfers in Fredericksburg, and several trips to fairs, relatives, and hospitals across nearby towns.
A Dallas insurance adjuster calls the May 18 hail storm in San Antonio the most serious disaster in one community in the nation with insured losses around 7 million dollars.
Obituary reports 87 year old Milt Freeman formerly of Willow City died after a long illness in his San Antonio home. Funeral attended by Chas Young and Carlos in San Antonio. Community notes recount social events, visitors, and a runoff primary election set for August 24 at Weinheimer Hall with polling hours 8 am to 7 pm.
A courtroom quip frames a dental procedure as a vow to extract the tooth completely. The joke plays on courtroom oath language and dental imagery for humorous effect.
Judge Tom L. Beauchamp of the Court of Criminal Appeals holds a lead over his next challenger by more than 50,000 votes as he seeks support in the upcoming Second Primary.
Fredericksburg guests include Mr and Mrs Glenton Bauers of Rocky and Mr Rufus Smith of Neb gen who visited Johnson City Saturday. Alfred Davis Jr and family of Austin spent the weekend with relatives. Sidney Stevenson and family visited his parents. Wilburn Freer and baby from Sandy joined Saturday evening. Jeff Kent and daughter Billie from Sandy visited Friday. Charlie Bruckner and daughter Billie Jean returned home Sunday from Colorado trip.
Miller disclosed he commissioned an artist to sculpt a twice life size bust of Nimitz for the Hall of State, noting his admiration for the naval officer and his Texas connection. The figure will be the museum’s lone Texan likeness aside from pioneer statues, with other figures in full length statues.
The note expresses gratitude for sympathy and floral tributes after a death, naming Rev. Paul Lee Dr. Feller pallbearers neighbors and friends. It also thanks Rev. G A Poehlmann Dr Perry the duett Beckmann Funeral Home and others for floral tributes. Fredericksburg merchants are thanked for prizes at Grapetown Shooting Festival August 10 11 with specific donors named.
Fragmentary line interprets a modern twist on the fairy tale. The speaker contrasts a lone wolf with a pervasive urban threat, implying a pervasive danger landscape for a contemporary girl.
Allan Shivers states in Austin that he opposes a general sales tax and a state income tax, arguing burdens on taxpayers should be avoided. He says any future tax should spread widely across a broad base and emphasizes conservative expenditures and opposition to unneeded appropriations. The remark follows his lead over a runoff opponent in the lieutenant governor race.
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