Handel Messiah Singers At Public School Gym
A massed chorus of 150 voices performs Handel oratorio Megillah or Messiah in the Public School Gym next Sunday night. Handel wrote 40 operas and 23 oratorios, with Messiah first presented in Dublin on April 12 1742. The piece proved popular and Handel later sought a printer for a chorus part, joking about sight reading. / The Lions Community Christmas program began in 1931 in the old gym. the 21st annual show marks the first public performance in the new Public School Gymnasium.
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Handel
Meggiah
Ireland
Germany
Has
Ibov
England
Willam Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Dublin
Musicares
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Planning outdoor holiday lighting for Christmas
It urges early planning for outdoor Christmas lighting and decoration ideas. The article notes three photos in this issue of the Standard on Christmas Decorations and credits General Electric Company for the images. It encourages using current equipment to develop new ideas and best utilize resources.
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Chamber of Commerce
Standard
General Electric Company
Three Bears With Goldilocks to Palace Stage Monday
The Three Bears With Goldilocks musical comes to the Palace Theatre on Monday December 17 with two performances at 2 and 4 pm. The child friendly show features Goldilocks and friends in forest scenes and a chorus of bears including Mama Papa and Little Wee Bear Chubby.
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Johnson City
San Antonio
Three Bears
Goldilocks
Penthouse Productions
New York
Palace Theatre
Squeeky
Smudge
Mama Bear
Papa Bear
Little Wee Bear
Chubby
Harper Girl Wins District FFA Sweetheart Title
Miss Frances JoAnn Dittmar and Billye Louise Thompson won the District FFA Sweetheart titles at the Llano banquet on Tuesday December 4. They will advance to Area FFA Sweethearts competition.
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Frances JoAnn Dittmar
Edwin Dittmar
FFA
Billye Louise Thompson
Menard
Llano
Fred Gammenthaler
Dean Hopf
Edinburg
J. A. Milam
J. F. Cook
Kerrville
Jack Smith
Eda Lea
Seguin
Ida Smith
Smith
Oren Cottle
Edgar Strackbein
Cottle
Walter Sultemeier
Fredericksburg
Pentecostal
Hardin Tobin
Rocksprings
Tracy Tobin
Paul Jones
Pleasant Hill Ag Association Names Officers
The Pleasant Hill Agricultural Association held its Friday meeting at the Pleasant Hill School House. Elections named 1952 officers: Walter Lindig president Otto Uecker former president Louis Lindig vice president, Alfred Brodbeck secretary, S S Mauldin reporter. New program committee members elected.
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Pleasant Hill Agriculture Association
Pleasant Hill
Katherine Stolte
O. L. Patterson
University of Texas In Austin
Walter Lindig
Otto Uecker
Louis Lindig
Jerry Howard
Alfred Brodbeck
S. S. Mauldin
Felix Lindig
Joe Felsted
Felix Rech
Levi Deike
Junior Mission Band Tours Europe by Slides
Members of the Junior Mission Band at Bethany Lutheran Church viewed slides and heard narration by Miss Ella Gold during the December meeting in the Sunday School Building. Joanna Scherer read scripture and Carol Hansen led prayer. The group sang several songs and refreshments were served by Mesdames Emil Petsch and W. A. Luckenbach.
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Bethany Luth
Ella Gold
Joanna Scherer
Carol Hansen
Emil Petsch
W. A. Luckenbach
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