Willow City Donates To Brooks Medical Center For August
Willow City Womans Society of Christian Service sends 124 dozen cookies 13 prizes and 124 magazines to Brooks Medical Center San Antonio for August. About 36 magazines were donated by others. American Red Cross contributed 25 birthday cards and 16 enclosure cards. Sunset Motor Lines delivered donations free of charge. First Baptist Church and West End Gospel Tabernacle will supply September gifts.
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Brooks Medical
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Chester Nagel in Cambridge
Announcement of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nagel on August 19 in Cambridge Massachusetts. The newborn, named Ann Elizabeth, weighed seven pounds at birth.
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Chester Nagel
Cambridge
Mass
Ahn Elizabeth
Gilbert Woerner Takes Command Of Army Recruiting Office
Sergeant Gilbert H. Woerner now heads Army and Army Air Force recruiting for Gillespie County and five adjacent counties. He will interview youths in Fredericksburg on Monday and Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. Eligible ages 17 to 34 may enlist, with Kerrville as headquarters and enlistments in multiple services possible.
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Gilbert H. Woerner
Fredericksburg
Henry Woerner
Ingram
Gillespie
Woerner
Gillespie County
Army Air Force
Europe
Sgt
Vandergrift
Sgt. Woerner
Set. Woerner
Army
Kendall
Bandera
Kimble
Menard
Kerr Counties
Kerrville
Austin Dentist Injured In Saturday Car Mishap
An Austin dentist and his wife were injured when their 1947 Mercury overturned after a blowout on the Kerrville Highway ten miles southwest of Fredericksburg. They were treated and released from a local hospital on Monday. Their nephew and niece were not injured.
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T. R. McNelly
Austin
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Gertrude
Willie Phillips
McNelly
McNeely’s
South Adams
San Antonio
Robin Kidd
Levy Rusenberger
Fredericksburg Fair Parade Opens with Shrine Band Brightness
The Gillespie County Fair at Fair Park began with Friday’s parade featuring the Alzafar Shrine Band Drum and Bugle Corps and patrol. Local talents included the Centennial Band led by drum majors and Margaret Baldwin School of twirlers. A New York visitor notes trips on “Yankees” to Texas and praises the state as a best place to live.
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Gillespie County
Fair Park
Alzafar Shrine
Fredericksburg
Bruce Jordan
Margaret Baldwin School of Twirlers
Miss Baldwin
Elaine McKay
Shirlene Borchers
Ruby Lee Fiedler
Marlene Heep
Rose Marie Petermann
C. C. Scott
Junction and Pony
Mr. Scott
Little Pony
Don Franklin
Grayson Jordan
Northport
New York
Grayson
Metropolis
Radio City
Time Magazine
Statue of Liberty
Broadway
Empire State Building
Metropolitan Museum
Texas
San Antonio Youths Tied to Burglary Ring
Sheriff Loth said two of four boys held in the Hein Motor Co burglary case confessed to shoplifting from Western Auto. The group faced San Antonio officers and local police, with several arrests there, and deputies anticipate Grand Jury action after confirming ties to a juvenile gang that victimized drug stores and accessory firms over three months.
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Loth
Western Auto Store
San Antonio
Hein Motor Co
Local Chapter To Aid Gillespie Polio Victims
Gillespie County Chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis will cover polio case expenses from funds raised in recent drives. Arthur Schaetter offers a portion of ambulance fees for four months to support victims. Officers announce information is available from Dr. V. B. Spiva Jr president, Mrs. Otto Schneider vice president, Mrs. Lester Keyser secretary, Mrs. Laurie Wells treasurer.
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Gillespie County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Arthur Schaetter
V. B. Spiva Jr
Otto Schneider
Lester Keyser
Laurie Wells
Dorothy Ann Hahn Receives Southwestern Degree in Home Economics
Dorothy Ann Hahn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Hahn, earned a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics at Southwestern University Georgetown Texas on August 14. Chief Justice Marvin Jones gave the convocation address. Jones and Sam Rayburn received honorary Doctor of Law degrees. Hahn held multiple campus leadership roles and will return in September to teach and assist in the dormitory dietitian program.
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Dorothy Ann Hahn
Herman J. Hahn
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Texas
Marvin Jones
Jones
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Southwestern
Miss Hahn
Home Economics Club
Pi Gamma Mu
House
Alpha Hi
Cardinal Key
Birthday for Harvey Moellering Celebrated by Kin
Harvey Moellering of the Rocky Hill Community marked his thirty fifth birthday on August 19 with about seventy relatives and friends attending the celebration.
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Harvey Moellering
Rocky Hill
Walter Peter Family Visits Fair From San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Walter Peter and their son joined a large group of friends from San Antonio for a visit to the fair, enjoying the event and the shared afternoon.
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Walter Peter and Son
San Antonio
Seguin Buys Big Inch Pipe For Water Line
Seguin installs a 16 inch Big Inch water main bought from a Tennessee army camp. The line strengthens the system and supports a future capacity of ten million gallons daily within twenty years.
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Seguin
Tennessee
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Willow City
Ernst Piano Shop
Fredericksburg, Texas
Peter W. Schueler
Orchard Park
N. Y
Robert H. Halbach
Gilbert Woerner
Army Recruiting Office
Anna Jung
W. H. Peter
Ft. Worth
Carl Merz
Walter Grona
Alonzo Jung
Robert Besier
Frank Gregoire
Emma Mergenthaler
Felix Klaerner
A. H
Marydale
Manwell House
Per
West Main
John Ostrow
Ostrow Hotel
Ostrow
Standard
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Doss Boy Scout
Cub Scouts of
Big Inch
Gillespie County Fair Ass'n
San Saba
District Attorney
Sam Connally
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