Fredericksburg Boys Serve in United States Navy Posts
Werner Land and fellow Fredericksburg youths reach first class seaman status aboard the Maryland at Long Beach. Shipmates Rud Kiehne and Richard Braenthamm sail nearby as the Maryland visited San Francisco. Nor bert Knopp Elmer Kneese serve on Saratoga while Ensign Winfred Berg from Annapolis commands on Indianapolis. Louis Wahrmund serves on Sun nadin at Pearl Harbor. Martin Bruns sends greetings from San Francisco aboard the Arizona. Lawrence Sehandun and William Bier schwale continue training at San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Land
Werner
Maryland
Long Beach
Calif
Land's
Fredericksburg
Rud Kiehne
Richard Braentham
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Saratoga
Norbert Knopp
Elmer Kneese
Winfred Berg
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Indianapolis
Louis Wahrmund
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Martin Bruns
Arizona
Lawrence Sehandun
William Bierschwale
Naval Station
San Diego
Austin Man Visits Parents During Local Trip
Kermit Stahl of Austin visited his parents Mr and Mrs Alvin Stahl during a brief trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Stahl
Austin
Mrs
Alvin Stahl
Emil Palling Sells Farm Near Fredericksburg
Emil Palling repossesses the former Ernst Heinen place near Fredericksburg and sells it to Mrs Mary Espenhauer of Ohio at forty dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Palling
Ernst Heinen
Fredericksburg
Mary Espenhauer
Ohio
Piggly Wiggly Operators Meet At Galveston
H C Maier president of the Texas Piggly Wiggly Association will attend the national convention in Galveston August 21 to 23. The gathering aims to pool buying through the National Cooperative and discusses next convention sites with Galveston winning by a narrow margin over New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Maier
Texas Piggly Wiggly Association
Galveston
Maier
National Cooperative
Texas
Fielding Hammond Visits Fredericksburg Friends
Former Burnet District Attorney Fielding Hammond and his son spent Friday greeting friends in Fredericksburg, sharing conversations and hometown memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielding Hammond
Burnet
Fredericksburg
Major incidents and aviation news of the week
A roundup covers a bridge accident near a Nevada town, a 14 fatal plane crash near Rio de Janeiro, a Manila baby born with her heart exposed dying, the Squalus submarine recovered after 82 days, nine soldiers killed in Langley Field crash, two Transatlantic fliers missing from Nova Scotia to Ireland, an Army plan to order 11 bomber and interceptor aircraft, and a total program value around 85.98 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Rio de Janeiro
Mary Rafail
Manila
U. S
Langley Field
New York
Canada
Ireland
Alexander Loeb
Richard Decker
Nova Scotia
Army
U. S. Army
Zions Lutheran to be rededicated next Sunday
The Fredericksburg church, founded 1852 and rebuilt with new features, will be rededicated next Sunday. The work includes altar and pulpit adjustments, new lighting plans, plaster work, and expansion since 1908. Pastors Zizelmann to Bracher led the congregation through 87 years and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Weber
Zion’s Church
Gillespie County
Zizelmann
Bohnenberger
Schumacher
Holzinger
Gosaweiler
Merz
Weiss
Fiedler
Glatzle
F. A. Bracher
F. A Bracher
Bracher
Fredericksburg
Zion’s
First Lutheran Synod of Texas
Ft. Worth Cats Utility Man Visits Family
Carl Kott spent several days with his mother Mrs. Hubert Kott. Rev J M Bergner was in San Antonio Tuesday visiting Mrs Bergner who is recovering from surgery and may be released this weekend. Mr and Mrs Harry Turner and Mrs Fred Hitzfeld with daughter visited Fritz Hitzfeld recovering from an operation at Fort Sam Houston Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Kott
Ft. Worth
Hubert Kott
J. M. Bergner
San Antonio
Bergner
Harry ‘Turner
Fred Hitzfeld
Fritz Hitzfeld
Fort Sam Houston Hospital
Kaiser family back from Houston and Galveston visit
Mrs. J. G. Kaiser and daughter Beatrice Wehmeyer, along with Andrew Kaiser, returned from a pleasant sojourn at Houston and Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Kaiser
Andrew Kaiser
Beatricee Wehmeyer
Houston
Galveston
Kerrville Delegation Attends Gillespie County Court House Dedication
Kerrville was well represented at the dedication services for the Gillespie County court house. Attendees included Editor Rankin Starkey and Bob Bennett of the Kerrville Times, Emil Gold, Mr and Mrs A L Starkey, J J Starkey, Robert Wilson, Judge and Mrs W C Baker, Mr and Mrs Bruno Schwethelm, John R Leawell, Herman Mosel and Henry Eckstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Gillespie County
Rankin Starkey
Bob Bennett
The
Fredericksburg Public Schools Set to Open September 5
Fredericksburg announces opening of the 1939 40 term with staff including J H Anderson Alyne Seal Lucy Faye Bierschwab Louis E Brodie and others The main officials are S H Smyre superintendent Julia Estill high school principal and Richard R Hardin grammar grades principal A girl Mathilda Anne Metzger sprained arm from a tricycle fall Elizabeth Breihan departs Austin for a Young People Leadership Conference August 15 26 at Mount Sequoyah Arkansas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
J. H. Anderson
Alyne Seal
Lucy Faye Bierschwab
Louis E. Brodie
B. L. Enderle
Virginia Harrison
Francis Mae Jones
Stella Ann Jurg
Chester Klaerner
Ruth M. Martin
Esther Mueller
Orval K. Nix
Arthur E. Petersen
Ava Ratliff
Olga Reichenau
James C. Shaw
Helen M. Smith
Ruby G. Sutton
Mildred Biddy
Dorothy A. Wilkes
S. H. Smyre
Julia Estill
Richard R. Hardin
Elizabeth Breihan
Austin
Fayetteville
Ark
Mount Sequoyah
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Navy
Erwin Itz
Willie Dietz
Rev
F. X. Wolf
St. Mary’s Parish
Wisconsin
Messrs. Louis and
Herman Hirsch
L. F. Niebuhr
Brenham
Frederickshurg
Cultivision
Farmall-A
Gillespie County Fair
Farmalls
Jrow
McCormick Deering Farmall
Hill Country Implement Company
LCT Ou Raya de
Sati Lis
Sriz
Mathilda Anne Metzger
John Metzger
Bach
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