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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1929
Page
6
Last Monday in seventh period fifteen FHS boys received football honor sweaters after Coach Klingethoefer presented them and Mr. Feuge spoke. Captain John Evers led speeches with each boy adding remarks and the stripes denote service. The senior lads lament this being their final football season.
The editor in chief is Alma Schmidt with Aline White as assistant and May Stein as managing editor. Sports editor Herman Kuhlmann oversees coverage with Wesley Gold as assistant. Viola Schaefer leads society pages with Stella Brannies assisting.
Felix Hahn Margaret Klein Udo Ransleben and Joe Guerrero to be honored with a December birthday party. First and third grades plan a Christmas program. Seventh grade organized girls and boys basketball teams and sold chicken sandwiches to raise funds for uniforms. Second grade curates Christmas posters and plans a program and tree. sixth and seventh grades prepare a program to judge acting skill.
The senior class thanks the Public School auxiliary and University alumni for providing the delicious lunch after the University of Texas Glee Club concert at the High School auditorium.
On Wednesday evening December 11 the senior class thanks the general public for buying tickets and attending the concert. They also express gratitude for the publicity in local papers.
The juniors staged a December program featuring a four boy quintet led by Alton Hansen and Werner Borchers, performing I'm Still Caring, followed by an orchestra set and Who's who in the Senior Class. A girls quartet with Nila Bode Dora Eckhardt Margaret Mogford Estella Branner wowed the crowd before a final junior orchestra piece.
Ninth graders finished The Merchant of Venice and are starting short stories and essays. Science classes cover brain and nervous system, heredity environment and eugenics, heat. Juniors study lives of writers and their stories. Seniors completed Macbeth. Mr Zinecke donated two newspapers to the high school.
Elise Weber and Ruby Kneese visited Kerrville on Sunday. Minna Crenwelge spent Monday and Tuesday in Luling. Erna Dietel spent Sunday in New Braunfels.
Miss Esther Hanna hosted her sister Mrs. Stiles as a guest. Mr. Johnson was summoned to his father's bedside last week, reflecting family matters noted in society notices.
Dora and Nora Arhelger and Esther Kolmeier attended a birth day party at Margaret Molter's home near Comfort Thursday night December 12. Willam Klein visited relatives in Kerrville Saturday. Gilbert Nagel visited his grandmother at Comfort Sunday. Marshall Klingelhoefer shot an eight point buck Saturday December 14.
Letters of appreciation for the warm welcome and pleasant entertainment of the University of Texas Girl s Glee Club at their first Fredericksburg appearance have been received from club president Miss Adeline Harvey manager Miss Virginia Dechert secretary Miss Gertrude Umlang assistant dean of women who chaperoned the girls.
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