Woman Fatally Injured When Struck By Cycle
Mrs. John Gentemann aged 65 died after being struck by cyclist Clinton Stork 17 in fog on West Main Street at 6 am Saturday. She was en route to mass when she fell unconscious and later died after three days in hospital from skull and spinal injuries. The cyclist was cleared of blame. She was born Mary Meckel in Fredericksburg and survived by her husband five daughters and four grandchildren.
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John Gentemann
West Main Street
Clinton Stork
Harold Stork
Harper Highway
Gentemann
Mary Meckel
Fredericksburg
Bernhard Meckel
Lions Club Seeks Santa Visits for Gillespie County Tots
Fredericksburg Lions Club plans Santa visits to poor children in Gillespie County. Residents may send letters to Santa through the Lions Club or notify via telephone. Donations of toys clothes fruit or cash are accepted at the Chamber of Commerce for packing before Christmas.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
City Warns Fredericksburg Motorists On Traffic Violations
City Marshal Walter Foerster issued a stern warning to Fredericksburg drivers about flagrant traffic law violations. He announced cooperation with city officers and state patrols to enforce a 20 mph speed limit and fine offenders, plus strict action against defective lights and nighttime bicyclists. He urged parents to have children walk on sidewalks and drive carefully near schools to prevent accidents.
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Walter Foerstein
Fredericksburg
Foerster
Gillespie County Offers 50 Cent Fox Bounty
Gillespie County Commissioners Court votes a 50¢ bounty per fox pelt to curb fox predation on domestic and wild fowl. Bounty takes effect Saturday December 16 with proof required to County Clerk Albert Klett and affidavits reviewed at the next court session.
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Gillespie County
Albert Klett
Pilferers Steal Auto Accessories in Fredericksburg Week
Thieves struck Fredericksburg during the past eight days taking auto accessories from several residents. Items stolen include spare tires wheels and tires radios and bicycles from cars on East Creek Street South Bowie Street and the old Harper Highway. No injuries reported and police investigation ongoing.
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Fredericksburg
Hayden Osborn
East Creek Street
Eddie Grobe
Grobe
South
Bowie Street
Harper Highway
San Antonians Sentenced for Stoning Truck Drivers
Two San Antonio men H W Beare and Walter J Hansen received one year in Guadalupe County Jail and fined 150 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to assault to murder. The January charge relates to the August 12 stoning of two Sun Set Motor Lines truck drivers A G Dietert and Dorman Wright, injuring both men. Dietert had recently moved from Fredericksburg.
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San Antonians
H. W Beare
San Antonio
International Brotherhood of Tamsters
Walter J. Hansen
Guadalupe County
Sunset Motor Lines
A. G. Dietert
Fredericksburg
Dorman Wright
Finns Resist Russian Offense in Balkans Clash
This week Finnish forces delivered stout counter attacks and repelled a large Russian push, with a Finnish communique claiming three enemy battalions wiped out. The League of Nations in Geneva demanded Russia halt its aggression and consider mediation, while Britain and France backed a bold resolution to brand Soviet Russia an aggressor and aid Finland.
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Balkans
Germany
Poland
League of Nations
Geneva
Russia
Finland
League
Soviet Russia
Stieler Named Vice President of Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers
Adolf Stieler, renowned Texas rancher from Gillespie and Kendall counties, was named first vice president of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association at its Fort Worth annual convention. Edwin Meyer of San Angelo was elected president, with Alfred Petsch Fredericksburg and David Schmidt Harper among the new directors.
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Adolf Stieler
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
Fort Worth
Gillespie
Kendall
Texas
Edwin Meyer
San Angelo
C. S
Dutch) Wardlaw
del Rio
Gillespie County
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
David Schmidt
Harper
Eugene Stieler
Comfort
Coke Stevenson
Junction
L. A. Real
Oscar Neunhoefer
Kerrville
Julius Real
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas Sheep and
County Teachers To Meet Friday Night In Courthouse
Rural Gillespie County teachers gather December 15 at 7 30 p m in the district courtroom of the Gillespie County Courthouse. About 55 rural teachers attend with anticipated turnout near 90 including independent district teachers. Pat Norwood of Southeast Texas State Teachers College San Marcos will speak on an unannounced subject. County Judge Henry Hirsch will preside.
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Gillespie County
Pat Norwood
Southeast Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Henry Hirsch
City WPA Work Begins On Two Street Projects
Curb and street work started this week in the city with WPA laborers in two sections. One gang laid curbs on East Travis Street while another began curbing and laying foundations on the 400 and 500 blocks of North Adams Street. Under Street Commissioner William J. Pape and supervisor Lon Simon, the projects mark the start of citywide curb, street, and sidewalk construction.
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WPA
East Travis St
N. Adams St
Wm. J. Pape
Lon Simon
ACA Community Committeemen To Be Elected Monday
ACA Community Committee men of the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Association will be elected Monday at 2:00 p m in the District Court room of the new Gillespie County Courthouse Dormam C Sell ACA assistant says polling is for all three committees.
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Agricultural Conservation Association
Gillespie County
Dormam C. Sell
ACA
Santa Parade Draws Citywide Crowd in Fredericksburg Gala
One of Fredericksburgs largest parades filled Main Street as Santa arrived last Saturday. Traffic halted, parking filled, and spectators packed buildings and galleries for a two block procession led by State Highway Patrol and the Fredericksburg Junior Concert Band. The second division featured Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a clown band, youths with large masks, and a pair of monkeys in a cage drawn by small dogs. Continued on page 2, Col. G.
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Fredericksburg
Santa Claus
Main
Grand Marshall
Snow White
the Seven Dwarfs
Hollywood
Col
Von Spiegel Urges Americans To Be Good Americans
German Consul General Baron Freiherr Von Spiegel told Fred ericksburg Lions Club members that Americans should be Good Americans first and always amid the European conflict. He spoke as the Lions Club prepared to open the Christmas season.
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Baron Freiherr von Spiegel
United States
New Orleans
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Lions Club
Delegates Urge 290 Extension From Kimble County Line
Representatives from Kimble County met with the Texas Highway Department in Austin to press for completion of Highway 290 from the Kimble Gillespie County line eastward. The current improved segment runs only a few miles past Harper to the Gillespie line, with the road tarinated beyond.
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Kimble County
Texas Highway Department
Austin
Kimble
Gillespie County
Harper
Doss Club Plans White Christmas Cotton Drive
Doss Home Demonstration Club aims to repurpose surplus cotton with a White Christmas at the Doss school house on December 18 at 7 pm. Members and guests will swap cotton-made presents while the group follows a national cotton council drive and reports on community aid.
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Doss
Otto Dittmar
Dittmar
Mesdames
Henry Baethge
Robin Nixon
Albert Wendel
Willie Baethge
Paul Sauer
Erna Sauer
Lela Rosenbusch
Annual Lions Club Christmas Program in Fredericksburg
The ninth annual Lions Club Community Christmas Program will be held Sunday night December 17 at 7 30 in the Fredericksburg Public School Auditorium. The event unites faiths, school and club groups in a festival of song and thanksgiving and includes local choirs and other performers. The Lions tree in Court House Park will be lit that night and remain lit through the holidays. Admission is free and open to all.
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Sth
Lions
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Lions Club
P. T. A. Choral Club
Lions Community
Courthouse Park
Federal Hi Way Proposed Through City By Group
Fredericksburg would be on a proposed Federal Highway route from Waurika Oklahoma to San Antonio Texas. The Highway 16 Association seeks Federal designation with towns along the line including Wichita Falls Archer City Graham Strawn Desdemona De Leon Comanche Goldthwaite San Saba Llano Fredericksburg Kerrville Bandera San Antonio.
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Fredericksburg
Waurika
Oklahoma
San _ Antonio
Texas
Graham
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Chas
Stieler
T. S. GR. Assn
Courthouse
Southwest Texas State Teacher College
MacDonald Studio
Main Street
N. Adams and
Baron von Spreger
von Spiegel
the Times
National Cotton Council
Doss Club
National Counnesl
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Highway Commission
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