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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
10
Fredericksburg High School students gathered in Study Hall for a Wednesday assembly led by Mr. Enderle. He announced next week's 8:00 p m play Headline Kelly directed by Miss Davis and a December 20 to January 2 holiday break.
A 1940 yearbook style page lists staff roles from editor in chief Gladys Herbert to department heads like History Leaders Marjorie Hohmann and Mathematics Clarice Greathouse. It includes a feature on Marvin Prochnow, pupil names, and a poetry excerpt praising bells of Bethlehem.
The Fredericksburg High School chapter forms under provisional charter with 25 charter members from the Texas history class. Miss Agnes Sagebiel and William Dietel Sr. serve as out of school sponsors while Miss Julia Estill and Miss Esther Mueller sponsor faculty. Officers include Roy Langerhans president Gladys Herbert vice president Annie Heep secretary Rolan Schmidt reporter and Marjorie Nagel treasurer. The group will study Gillespie County history and folklore, meet periodically, and plan to send a delegation to the Texas Junior Historians annual meeting in Austin next spring. The first issue of the Junior Historian magazine will be mailed upon publication. Additional students may join after the constitution and by laws are adopted.
English I observers study verb forms and uses across occasions. English III groups practice writing newspaper stories. Senior classes read Shakespeare's Macbeth for analysis.
World history classes review previous chapters and outline key concepts. Students discuss material to prepare for upcoming midterm assessments in a focused review session.
Short notes from Town Creek San Marcos and Town Creek list residents Aureal Dean Greathouse Willie B Smith Alex Ransleben Cooper Rabke and Perry Mueller with their favorite fish hobbies ambitions and pet peeves. Entries show varied interests from salmon and trout collecting stamps and building airplanes to stenography aviation engineering hunting and ranching.
The science classes study structure of teeth and different types of germs, then take up a unit on eyes and an introductory course in first aid.
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An advertisement touts a laxative called Black Draught as a three action product. It claims punctual thorough gentle effect when directions are followed and highlights an intestinal torsion laxative as the main vegetable component. The ad promotes Glack-Draught next time and notes 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
Sixteen FFHS football players will receive letters after meeting the fifteen-quarter play requirement. Recipients include Weston Luckenbach, Gilbert Woerner, Tony Knopp, Rolan Schmidt, Arthur Reichenau, Louis Wilke, Warren Hahn, Dan Anderegg, Dayton Schmidt, Dudley Lee, Roy Langerhans, Jarvis Weiser, Calvin Herbert, Marvin Prochnow, and Hugo Ransleben.
This week the girls of the homemakers department drew names for Christmas presents. Their room decorated in Christmas spirit is enjoyed by everyone. The Christmas tree will be put up and on Friday they will have a party where the presents will be unwrapped.
Cora Brown of the Class of 1931 was elected secretary treasurer of the graduate nurses association at Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital. Class of 1939 members Mary Louise Klingelhoefer and Kathryn Langerhans pledge to Alpha Xi Delta and Chi Omega respectively. Kathryn acts in a college play. Harold Habenicht, a Texas U junior, elected to a national honor fraternity.
Twenty two students completed the advanced first aid course given by the American National Red Cross in Fredericksburg. Frances Kattner Louisa Oestreich Marjorie Nagel and Clifton Land are named among the graduates with seniors Louis Wilke and Daniel Neffendorf.
List of teachers and others with holiday plans by town and home locations across Fredericksburg Mission Valley Dallas Overton Cooper Slidell Seguin Houston Austin Georgetown New London Kerrville San Marcos Abilene Tyler Fredericksburg
Tuesday afternoon at 1 50 high school students enjoyed scenes from Headline Kelly. Mr Smyre spoke of banquets where football players will be guests.
A Texas history class examines the administrations of President Houston and President Lamar and the Republic of Texas recognition by France, the United States, Great Britain, and Belgium.
The Civics class finishes studying three forms of city government and explores suffrage issues, methods of nominating candidates, and the benefits of the short ballot.
A physics class covers Boyle s Law and the concepts of relative freezing and boiling points. The discussion centers on gas pressure volume relationships and how temperature affects phase changes.
1A class led by Miss Mueller makes Christmas decorations and draws pictures. 1B Miss Atcheson creates tree decorations. 2A class with Miss Lapham enjoys Christmas and has put up a tree. 2B Miss Ray continues decorations as children make posters. 3A under Miss Morris has decorated a tree and Santa Claus visits Friday.
The social science 64 and 6B classes review Texas History for midterm exams. Language arts for grades five and six work on Christmas plays and poems. Fourth grade math covers multiplication division subtraction and checking methods. Fourth grade also makes Christmas cards.
United States history classes have completed studying the Texas annexation and will now cover the events leading to the Civil War.
Stark Bros offers accordion sales and private lessons at $1.25 per session with lessons every second week. Advertises new or used accordions as Christmas gifts and provides information via mail at 208 Losoya St San Antonio Texas.
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