Highway Appreciation Dinner Planned in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce Highway Appreciation event may run during Highway Week in January to February 3, marking the State Highway Department’s 35th anniversary. Plans involve the Highway Department and neighboring counties with clay tests by Chas Dooley and George Kott, inviting residents to submit clay samples after January 1. A quarterly meeting on January 17 includes a Mexican supper and program. filming of 4-H and FFA animal and poultry feeding projects by a Texas A&M photographer may be shown.
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Jands and Highways Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksbury
Amber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Chas. J. Dooley
George Kott
Kott
Vowkers
Calvin Bierschwabe
FFA
Texas A & M College
Lions Club Seeks Names for Destitute Children
The Lions Club and Santa plan to remember destitute families at Christmas. A toy matinee last Saturday, in partnership with a theatre and KNAF, drew many toys. Walter Knoche praised the event while Fredeskburg High School students repair toys under Earl Robaugh. Anyone knowing eligible families should notify Mr. Mierfeldt by December 15.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Palace Theatre
Jackie Dan Johnson
Norma Johnson
Charlie Schaefer
Calvin Schaefers
The
Lions Club
Lime
W. C. Wester- Roli
Mie
Theatre
Stam Knaf
Walter Knoche
Theatre Mana
Fredeksburg High School
Diiton
Earl “Obaugh
Miles
Mierfeldt
Temperatures Dip Below Freezing Twice Last Week
Temperatures fell under freezing twice last week with lows of 31 Sunday and 32 Tuesday per Alfred Neffendorf. The week’s high reached 0 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, and the city recorded 20 points of rain Monday.
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Alfred Neffendorf
Coach Jones Recalled to Active Duty
Fredericksburg High School coach Marvin Jones was called to active duty in the U S Air Force and will report January 8 1952 at Mountain Home Idaho. Principal W C Westerfeldt will lead the basketball and track programs for the year with assistants Roy Langerhans and Leonhard Shanklin. The board granted an indefinite leave to Jones effective January 1 1952 and thanked him for five years of service.
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Marvin Jones
Fredericksburg High School
U. S. Air Force
Mountain Home
Idaho
Fredericksburg
Board of Education
W. C. Westerfeldt
FHS
Jones
Roy Langerhans
Leonhard Shanklin
581St
Idaho Field
Supt. Krause
Louis Kott
Nominees Sought for Jaycee Distinguished Service Award
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce calls for nominations for the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award to be presented after year’s start. The committee has received few entries and urges residents to name deserving men aged 21 to 36 by December 20, sending nominations to D.S.A. Box 95, Fredericksburg, Texas.
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Jaycee
Fredericksburg
D.S.A
Texas
Garden Club Christmas Display Set for Nimitz Hotel
The Fredericksburg Garden Club schedules its annual Christmas display in the Nimitz Hotel this Friday afternoon December 14 from 1 to 8 p.m. Entries in wreaths centerpieces and other arrangements compete for a 250 prize judged by Mason Garden Club members. A pantomime Christmas program at 4 p.m. features local organizers. Admission is 25 cents with children free. proceeds benefit Oakcrest Park improvements.
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Garden Club
Nimitz
Fredericksburg Gardens
Nimitz Hotel
Yale
Mason Garden Club
Mesdames
Henry Lochie
Fredda Hammons
Rodolph Smith
Mesdames Erna Heinen
Henry Bierschwabe
Emil Wahrmund Sr
Amanda Miller
Clarence Probst
Oakcrest Park
Rotary Club Honors Ladies at Monday Banquet
The Rotary Club honored their ladies at a Hotel Nimit banquet with Dr. Will H. Jackson of San Antonio as guest speaker. Jackson, a former Rotary district governor, delivered an entertaining talk on Rotary aims as Rev. John Campbell introduced him.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Nimit
Will H. Jackson
San Antonio
Jackson
Rotary International
Rotary
John Campbell
Frank Schmidt
Frances Loth
St. Mary's School
Pat Dooley
Tom Carr
Morris McGhee
Kerrville
Tyrus Cox
Martin Bogisch
Handel Messiah to Open 21st Fredericksburg Christmas Program
The 21st Lions Club Community Christmas Program will feature Handel's Messiah Christmas section performed by a 150 voice Fredericksburg chorus drawn from area churches. The event, Sunday at 7 30 pm in the new high school gym, includes a Christmas address by Rev Charles A Sumners and narration by Rev C Greenwaldt with soloists Rudi Wendel Jay Hein and others.
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Gillespie County
Handel
Lions Club
Charles A. Sumners
St. David’s Episcopal Church
Austin
Fredericksburg
Kermit Gammenthaler
Frances Ernst
C. A. Greenwaldt
First Methodist Church
Rudi Wendel
Jay Hein
Lynette Keyser
Mildred Lochte
Esther Klier
Interest Runs High in Yule Decoration Contest
The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors an outdoor yard and business house Yule decoration contest with five prizes in each division. Yard prizes include two first place awards of $10 and three $5 prizes. commercial window displays receive five gold rosettes. Judging by Jaycees and Fredericksburg Garden Club members, entries must be in place from December 23 through January 1 and winners announced December 26 or 27.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Fredericksburg Garden Club
Santa Claus
Jaycee Committee
Bill Hodges
Bill Petmecky
Andrew Kaiser
Elgin Heimann
Gay Kilman
Norman J. Dietel
Fredericksburg
Lions Club Grid Banquet Honors Local Football Teams
Fredericksburg Lions Club will honor Fredericksburg High and St. Mary's High School grid squads at a ladies night banquet on Thursday December 20 at 7 pm in the Nimitz Hotel. The event moved up from January after coach Marvin Jones was called into military service, ensuring his inclusion. Plans continue with details to be announced at tonight's Lions Club meeting in the Nimitz.
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Fredericksburg Lions Club
Fredericksburg High
St. Mary’s High School
Nimitz
Marvin Jones
Hillbillies
Lions Club
Prials Pending on Hunting Violations
Trial of a Mason man charged with hunting while his license was forfeited and a Ft. Worth man charged with wounding a female deer are pending in Justice Court per Justice of the Peace William Bruns. An Abilene man paid a $50 fine plus costs for hunting from an automobile last week.
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Ft. Worth
William Bruns
Abilene
Ardy Jefferies Leaves Washington Visit
Miss Ardy Jefferies departs for Washington D C by plane Sunday night after visiting Dr. and Mrs. Leon F Zwiener in their home.
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Ardy Jefferies
Washington, D. C
Leon F. Zwiener
Nix Hospital Nurse Engaged and Visits New Niece
Miss Dorothy Luckenbach has served as a surgical nurse in San Antonio during the past two months. On Saturday she visited her new niece Martha Nell Luckenbach in Seguin.
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Dorothy Luckenbach
Nix
San Antonio
Martha Nell Luckenbach
Seguin
Oliver Rowert Visits Son at Lackland Base
Mr and Mrs Oliver Rowert visited their son Oliver on Sunday at Lackland Air Force Base.
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Oliver Rowert
Oliver
Lackland Air Force Base
Burress Alexander Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Burress Alexander age 59 was found shot to death at his brother Luther Alexander home in Fredericksburg at 7 30 p m Sunday. Justice of the Peace War Bruns ruled a sui de and that the wound from a .22 rifle lay at his side. He borrowed the gun earlier Sunday to go hunting and died by his own hand. He testified November 26 in County Court about a separate past seen in Kurt Kramer pasture.
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Burress Alexander
Luther Alexander
Fredericksburg
Schaeder
Bruns
Suide
Alexander
Kurt Kramer
W. P. Smith
St Marys Grammar School Program Friday Saturday
St Marys School will present an operetta Cinderella s Slipper and a musical program on December 13 and 14 at St Joseph s Hall. The show features performances by first through eighth graders with Barbara Weidenfeller and Geraldine Klein as accompanists. General admission is 50 cents.
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St. Mary's School
St. Joseph's Hall
Barbara Weidenfeller
Geraldine Klein
Cinderella
Jacqueline Ulbricht
Mary Ann Pohler
Agnes Weinheimer
Carol Beth Kraus
Theresa Stehling
Alfred Allen Duecker
Robert Loth
John Robert Metzger
Ruben Weinheimer
Daniel Durst
John Charles Fritz
Freddie Metzger
Stephen Koch
James Miler
Jackie Schandun
First Annual Hill Country Angus Sale Tops $50 955
Sixty eight Aberdeen Angus cattle plus several calf lots sold for 50 955 at Gillespie County Fair Arena. Bulls averaged 776 and females 602 with 600 spectators watching bidding. Top bull sold for 1700, top heifer 1400, and leading buyers included Daniel Angus Farm and Adolph Stieler.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Hill Country Angus Association
Gillespie County
Fan Park Exhibition Hall
Essar Bull
Essar Ranch
San Antonio
Homer Rudasill
Rock Springs
Essar
Matt Siler
Burkett
Clarence Sivakau
New Braunfels
Glen H. Kicks
Brady
Jess Alford
Paris
State Association
Cour
Daniel Angus
Fairfield
W. KR
Cammack
Johnson City
J. B. Daniel
Dallas
Adolph Stieler
Comfort
Felix Welgehausen
Jill Price
Eric 2Nd
Hays
Kerrville
Billy Teague
Nolan Althaus
Kurt Eckhardt
H. E. Wahrmund
Gillespie
Dudley Althaus
Otto H. Grona
Leonard Lott
Grand Jury Recesses After Two-Day Session
The Grand Jury of 33rd District Court adjourned Tuesday after meeting from Friday to Tuesday without returning any indictments. District Clerk E L Schmidt and District Attorney Sam Connally attended. Connally left early due to his father-in-law’s death in Fitzgerald Georgia. Members listed include Marcus Burg Roy Bierschwabe Leo Hartmann Daniel Hoheneverger Warren Petsch Edgar Gold Desmond Sagebiel Elgin Schneider Paul Sauer Henry Schmidt Clarence Lochte Roy Henke.
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33Rd District Court
E. L. Schmdt
Sam Connally
Fitzgerald
Georgia
Marcus Burg
Roy Bierschwabe
Leo Hartmann
Daniel Hohenberger
Warren Petsch
Edgar Gold
Desmond Sagebiel
Elgin Schneider
Paul Sauer
Henry Schmidt
Clarence Lochte
Roy Henke
Choir Prepares Messiah Presentation At Public School Gym
A local choir directed by Kermit Gammenthaler with Frances Ernst as accompanist has rehearsed since October for a Messiah performance next Sunday night in the Public School Gymnasium. The roster lists Soprano and various voice members including Clara Anderegg Hulda Baethge and Beatrice Crenwelge among many others.
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Kermit Gammenthaler
Frances Ernst
Clara Anderegg
Hulda Baethge
Henry Bierschwale
Beatrice Crenwelge
Harry Davis
Norman Dietel
Julia Ann Dietz
Alex Frantzen
Richard Gammenthaler
Kathleen Geistweidt
Ruth Gerloff
C. A. Greenwaldt
Herman Hahn
Eugene Ee
Paul Hartmann
Ernc Hei
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Highway Department
Lester Keyser
L. G. Petmecky
First Presbyterian Church of
St. Mary's Grammar School
Angus
Elizabeth Keffler
Cordie Keyser
Almon Kirchhoff
Werner Klier
Walter Keelmeier
Willie Kuenemann
Paul Leonhard
Otto Lindenberg
Dorothy Lindig
Edwin Meier
Wanda June Merz
Harry Moellering
Rosalie Moellering
Bernice Ruth Neffendorf
James C. Neffendorf
Marlene Rahe
Marion Rode
Erwin Ruseche
Malinda Staats
Betty Ann Stroeher
Merle Mae Teschner
Davene Virden
Jo Joyze Wahl
Bertha Weber
Elizabeth
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