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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1945
Page
8
A collection of light jokes about wives, spinsters, and everyday quirks. A man jokes his wife is an angel while a spinster parodies marriage with a parrot stove and nocturnal cat. Also quips on work, timing, and common sense open with humorous maxims.
A Christmas poem requests the Prince of Peace descend to heal a world filled with greed and violence. It asks for pure thoughts toward all people, freedom from hate, forgiveness of foolish ways, and guidance back to the divine during Christmas.
The annual Christmas program will be held at the school on Friday night December 21 and at the church on December 24. A light flu outbreak has limited few children, but school continues. Chas Friedrich is improving after a serious illness and will return home after January 1, 1946.
County FSA proposes aid for returning veterans to buy or lease farms. Veterans may obtain a Bankhead Jones loan at 3 percent for 40 years to purchase, or use a three to five year lease with an operating goods loan up to 2500 dollars for livestock, equipment, or repairs. Local FSA committee men will provide impartial farm appraisals at no charge.
December 25 was decreed as the date of Christ's Nativity by Roman Emperor Julian who began his reign as a Christian but reverted to paganism before his death in 363 AD. The choice aligned with Western church opinions and the solstice festive season. some Eastern churches still observe January 6 as Christmas.
Mr Friedrich remains under medical care in Fredericksburg and notes that missing the hunting season is harder than illness. Local residents recount cold weather with sleet and freezing temperatures around 18 to 22 degrees. Several visitors and residents from Fredericksburg and nearby towns, including San Antonio and Junction, visited Doss and Fredericksburg for business and hunting trips.
The Stonewall school will present its annual Christmas program Friday afternoon December 21 at 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Also notes of local visits and returning service members are listed among weekend social items.
Sunday December 16 marked the first time services were held at St Francis Xavier Mission in Stonewall with Rev Thomas Coleman officiating. Mrs Hilmar Eckert and Virginia Lee accompanied by daughter completed a business trip to Austin on Monday.
Fredericksburg promotes a new booklet "Fredericksburg's Tribute To Admiral Chester W. Nimitz" as a Christmas gift. Sid ney Henke, chamber secretary, says copies are available at the chamber office for $1 and $1.10 by mail, featuring 386 pictures from Nimitz's October 13 visit to his hometown.
Six patients from McCloskey General Hospital hunted in Mason county last week. They were all missing an arm or leg and hunted five deer at the F. Schmidt hunting lease near Mason.
An advertisement urges readers to acquire the Texas Almanac for 1945-46. It promotes the Frede ricksburg Publishing Co as the authoritative publisher of Texas reference material.
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