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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1944
Page
13
Gillespie County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing on the county budget for 1944. The session will take place in the county commissioners court room at 9:00 AM on Thursday, August 24, 1944, to consider adopting the budget.
Sincere thanks to all who assisted after a devastating fire that destroyed the home. Special gratitude to viz and Mrs Marvin Weirich and sons for gifts and blessings. Also notices for farm items and local jobs from Willows City and Fredericksburg tradesmen.
The page lists teams such as Lockers Inc venwo, Evers Dairy, Mutual Lumber, Evening Motors, Turn Verein, Five Aces, Tip-Top Cleaners, Western Auto, and Hi game Dr Felle with players including Hubert Reichenau. Reichenau tops with 588 three games 292 and high average 196, and team high scores 84 and 2518.
Political notices list candidates for county and precinct offices in Gillespie County for the November 7, 1944 election. Names include Henry Hirsch for County Judge, Robert Loth for Sheriff, Alen Jung for County Attorney, and others for Tax Assessor Collector, County Clerk, District Clerk, County Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, and Constable Precinct No 1. Also listed are Re-Election and Commissioner Precinct No 1 entries.
The Giants defeated the Kelly Field Military Guard 8 to 4 at Seipp Park. Al Enderlin worked six innings and held the visitors to one unearned run while H Klaerner finished the seventh. every Giants player appeared. The win left the Giants and Guard tied at ten wins apiece for the season with Camp Swift coming to town next Sunday for a 3:30 p.m. game.
The Giants face Camp Swift this Sunday in a baseball game at Seipp's Park following a Camp Swift softball match. Both teams are on maneuvers near Llano this week. Also notes include extended waterfowl season limits and antelope hunting permits for October, plus a proposal by the Texas High School Coaches Association on Class A league play to crown a state champion similar to Class AA.
Klaerner allowed 3 innings with 5 hits and 3 runs while recording no strikeouts and 3 walks. Wiggins pitched 2 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 runs with 1 strikeout and no walks. Boyd also pitched 2 innings giving up 3 hits and 3 runs with 0 strikeouts and 2 walks. Weinman worked 4 innings allowing 4 hits and 2 runs with 2 strikeouts and 3 walks. Game time 2:20. Umpire C Klaer.
Eighteen members of the Catholic Boy Scout troop and Scout master Arthur Koch returned from a week at Wolf's Creek on the Kermit Striegler place. Leaders included John Metzger Alvin Stehling and Eagle Scout W H Hardwick. Reverend C Faust attended from Thursday to Saturday during a parents night barbecue.
Stehling Bros stocks Dickie's Best Army Twins shirts and trousers built for long wear with complete stock available today.
A note from Mes Wille Kaderle expressing gratitude to friends and customers for generous patronage during CARTER'S PLACE operations. The writer thanks patrons for their real appreciation and ongoing support.
Estimates from San Angelo place fall mohair contracts between 350000 and 400000 pounds while overall fall clip is forecast near six million pounds. Texas may reach about 12 million pounds for 1944, with 85 to 90 percent of national mohair output. Shearing to begin after September 1.
Miss Julia Estill attended the fifth annual institute of the professional relation of teachers at the University of Texas Thursday and Friday, greeting cousins and meeting superintendents, professors, and officials from Texas A&M, the State University, and the State Department of Education. Prof. Alfred L. Hall was the guest speaker.
Mrs Pryor Mogford and Miss Margaret Eckhardt both hold positions with the U S Government in San Antonio. They were with their parents Mr and Mrs Reinhold Eckhardt Saturday evening and Sunday.
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