Nominees Sought For Jaycee Service Award
Nominations are open for the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce 1951 Distinguished Service Award as announced by Jaycee president Bill Hodges. Community members may nominate candidates. required details include birth data, addresses, contacts, occupation, schooling, affiliations, activities, and age limits set to before December 31, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bill Hodges
Jaycee
Grand Jury Set to Reconvene Friday Morning
The August term Grand Jury will reconvene Friday morning December 7 per District Clerk BE L Schmidt. A jury commission will meet the same day to select panels for the February term of court, Schmidt stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. L. Schmidt
Schmidt
Nominations Sought for Community Service Award
The notice invites nominations for achievement leadership and service during the calendar year. The candidate need not be Jaycee members. Send nominations to D. S. A. Fredericksburg box 95 by December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee Movement
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg PTA Program Features Carols and Speaker
The Fredericksburg Parent-Teacher Association hosts a December program in the Band Room at 3 p.m. with first to third graders performing carols and nativity scenes. Mary and Joseph roles are cast, chorus robed performances, Santa toy presentations, and a guest talk on Preserving Our Spiritual Heritage by Marion Williamson. Honor guests include local ministers and church teachers. a short business meeting precedes room voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Parent-Teacher Association
Santa Claus
Carolyn Ruth Ottmers
Mary
Richard Gammenthaler
Joseph
Don Nagel
Clinton Hartmann
Paul Hartmann
Stephen Feller
Bruce Boening
Clarence Durst
Lu Ellen Na
PTA Cook Books Make Ideal Gifts
Fredericksburg PTA officers promote the Home Kitchen Cook Books as ideal gifts selling for $2.00 at Probst Hardware Central Drug Corner Gift Shop Knopp and Metzger Schroeder Bros Fredericksburg Publishing Company for cash mail orders add twenty five cents mailing and C O D charges extra Members of the Cook Book Committee also have books for sale at their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Parent - Teacher Association
PTA
Home Kitchen
Probst Hardware
Central Drug
Corner Gift Shop
Knopp and Metzger
Schroeder Bros
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
PMA Seeks 1951 Cotton Acreage Reports and 1951 Program Funds
The PMA requires each farm's 1951 cotton acreage data on forms mailed to 1950 cotton allotment holders and asks those who planted in 1951 without a card to report to the PMA office. Gillespie County producers may still access funds for soil building under the 1951 Agricultural Conservation Program, with completion due by December 31, 1951 to qualify for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMA
Gillespie County
Zeke Wins Hog Weight Guessing in New Hampshire Fair
A hired hand at a New Hampshire fair joined others in a hog weight guessing contest. Zeke guessed the weight exactly, shrugging off the praise with a modest line about sometimes doing better, highlighting rural humor of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zexes
New Hampshire
Aym
Zeke
Nashau
Special Air Force Recruiting Team At Post Office
A special Air Force Recruiting team will be at the Post Office all day Tuesday December 11 in the interest of obtaining new reserve members for the recently announced program.
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Special Air Force
Oscar J Fox To Give Final Marble Falls Concert
Oscar J Fox renowned songwriter will present his final Marble Falls appearance on Tuesday evening December 11 assisted by soprano Mary David and baritone Artells Dickson. Fox, a Texas native and longtime UT glee club director, is famed for The Hills of Home and has ties to San Antonio Dallas and Galveston. The piece outlines his career, and a separate Air Reserve program overview details Brooks Wing training, benefits, eligibility, and enlistment for reservists and non reservists with deadlines and age rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Fox
Marble Falls
Mary David
Artells Dickson
Mr. Fox
Alfred Schnelle
Fredericksburg
Texas
San Antonio
Municipal School of Music
Zurich
Switzerland
New York
Fox
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Composers - Authors Guild
Texas Music Teachers Association
Alpha Iota Chapter Sinfonia Fraternity of America
National Association For American Composers and Conductors
Texas Composers Guild
907Th Air Reserve Wing
Brooks Air Force Base
Air Reserve
Brooks Wing
Air Force
Brooks
Clyde G. Rogers
l-Set
Thomas E. Winters
Joe A. Hernandez
Werner Kordzik Leads Turkey Beard Contest
A correction notes Werner Kordzik led the Turkey Beard Contest and killed the turkey with an 11.5 inch beard on his Fredericksburg area farm three miles northeast. The earlier report misnamed Werner Henke as the leader in the Gil lespie Game and Fish Protective Ass'n event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Henke
Gillespie
Werner Kordzik
Fredericksburg
Ottmers Family Involved In Amana Iowa Car Crash
Mr and Mrs Marvin Ottmers and their daughter Kathleen were in an auto accident near Amana Iowa while en route from Dubuque to Ankeny where Ottmers would preach. They suffered only bruises and minor cuts as another car skidded on ice. Ottmers attends Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque. his wife is Louise Lehne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Ottmers
Kathleen
Amana
Iowa
Dubuque
Ankeny
Ottmers
Wartburg Seminary
Louise Lehne
Emil Lehne
Scouters Unite in Area Meeting at Buchanan Lake
Milton Durst, Hans Hannemann and Tyrus Cox attended the Capitol Area Council Boy Scouts of America meeting at Buchanan Lake. Representatives from Gillespie Mason Llano and Burnet Districts joined as District Judge Thomas A Ferguson presided. Judge Beauchamp led a round table on the movement. The business session voted to unify Gillespie Mason Llano Blanco and Burnet Counties into a single Boy Scout District as recommended by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Durst
Hans Hannemann
Tyrus Cox
Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Buchanan Lake
Gillespie
Mason
Llano
Burnet
Thomas A. Ferguson
Tom Beauchamp
Austin
Capitol Area
Gillespie, Mason
Blanco
Letters Praise Postal Service and Rural Carriers
A reader extols the U S Postal System praising faultless service over two years as secretary treasurer of a farm loan association. She commends rural carriers for their work and suggests right side steering for delivery vehicles and occasional tokens of appreciation from patrons.
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Mathisen
Post Office
U. S
Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association
Overparking Scale Details At City Hall Notice
A public notice explains an overparking policy. You may overpark on a meter but incur extra charges. If a ticket is paid at city hall within one hour, the city offers a payoff option. Waiting up to 12 hours raises the fee to 50 cents, and longer incurs a one dollar charge.
Nature controls erosion with ground covering vegetation
The article explains that erosion is largely managed by vegetation covering the soil. Plants stabilize soil with roots and reduce runoff, forming a protective layer that minimizes sediment loss and soil exposure.
Hardeman and Ashley Named to Texas Law Committee
Senators Dorsey B. Hardeman and Carlos Ashley joined a joint interim committee and state bar committee to review Texas corporation law. The group, chaired by Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd, approved a draft corporation code for statewide study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Carlos Ashley
Llano
John Ben Shepperd
Fifteen Arm Forces Physical Exams Planned for Hill Country
Fifteen men from Llano Kerr Gillespie Blanco and other Hill Country counties will undergo armed forces physical examinations Friday December 7 as part of a draft program. A joint group also approved a new section to simplify filing fees for corporations seeking charters and to address inequities favoring foreign firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepperd
Armed Forces
Llano County
James W. Marschall
Lynn M. Ellis
Mardeller West
Denneth W. Wells
Julius E. Hall
Kerr County
Robert J. Lang Jr
Antonio Garza
James W Cairnes
Alberto J. Morquech
Joe C. Mattox
Wendell S. Fullwood
William H. Goldman
Leon S. Mackey
Paul J. Hartmann
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Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
Tex-Sun
Wrigley's
TREND
Maxwell House Coffe
Sacramento
Crenwelge Food Market
PMA News
Turkey
Hardemann-Ashley
Law
Angus Association
Jilt Pride
ERIC
Perth
Jill Pride
Eric 2d
Cold Saturday Farms
Maryland
Hays
Prince Eric OF Kerr
Prince Eric of
Sumbeam
Kerr
Shadow Isle Farm
Red Barn
New Jersey
Hatty Eric OF Kerr
Hays Hatty Eric
Don Head Farms
Ontarioo
Canada
Prudent Erica 35Th
Fort Worth
Elsa Tarojan
Erica
Prince Sunbeam
Rosemere
Sunbeam
Anoka
Kerrville, Texas
Woody
Latlux
Gillespie County Lumber Company
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