Doss Boy Scouts Plan Event For Boy Scout Week
The Doss Boy Scout Troop met for their regular monthly session with 17 scouts and leaders present. They voted to hold a Court of Honor and other activities during Boy Scout Week in February 1953 to raise funds for sending a Troop 132 scout to the 3rd National Jamboree in Irvine Ranch California in July 1953. A Christmas gift committee of three Scout Mothers was appointed. The meeting included a birthday observance for scouts turning 16, a knot tying contest, and a cake and ice cream treat.
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Doss Boy Scout
Irvine Ranch
California
Theo Moelendorf
Wm. Fritz Sr
Bernhard Crenwelge
Doss
Hubert Nixon
Sul Ross College
Ruben Nixon
Harold Lange
Mount Vernon
Wash
Doss School
Edgar Friedrich
Edgar Freidrich
Fredericksburg
Meta Klaehn
Spring Creek
Albert Friedrich
San Antonio
Frank Kirchner
Here
Jack Baethge
Arthur Molleendorf
Mobile
Alabama
Markworth
Pedernales Philosopher Wishes Merry Christmas in 1952 Letter
The Pedernales Philosopher on Kerr Route farm writes in the Standard for Christmas 1952. He jokes about being busy, reflects on world wars and peace, and hopes readers enjoy the season while he keeps his sense of humor.
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Pedernales Phillosopher
Pedernales
Johnson Grass
Kerr
Fern
Eisenhower
Korea
Gibson Greeting Card Line Sails to Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Publishing Company unveils a new line of Gibson greeting cards. Bright designs and cheerful messages aim to lift spirits for friends and family during recovery. A local release event invites cards and notes of encouragement.
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Gibson
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Otto Beckmann Place At Stonewall Mystery Farm 19
Mystery Farm number 19 lies west of Stonewall on U S Highway 290. The Beckmann place spans 197 acres with 100 under cultivation and a large pecan orchard on the Pedernales River bank. Main crops are cotton and feed with Hereford cattle and sheep. soil conservation is practiced. Henry Beckmann, the son, lives with parents and is married to Lottie Stehling. they have three children. The feature notes other readers who identified the farm and announces Mystery Farm 21 in this issue.
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Otto and
Henry Beckmann
Stonewall
U. S. Highway 290
Hugo Klein
Herman Petmecky
Standard
Richard Meurer
Francis Fiedler
Harold Crenwelge
C. E
Wm. Klier
Erwin Althaus
John Dittmar
Lester Scherer
Adeline Pehl
Orwin Ahrens
Emil Birch
A. L. Wilke
Arthur Neumann
Cypress Mill
Beckmann Place
Pedernales
Beckmann
Christian Hahn
Otto Beckmann
Luckenbach
Lina Jenschke
Henry
Lottie Stehling
Louis Stehling
Gerald
Janet
Carol Ann
Mystery Farm
The
Christmas Seals Mail Sale Tops Community Health Participation
The annual Christmas Seals mail sale is rated as the highest form of voluntary participation in community health efforts.
Bridegroom's Grease Ritual in New Guinea Tribe
Report says soldiers in New Guinea found a native tribe where the groom greases himself from head to foot before the wedding ceremony, and many participants rarely escape the ritual intact.
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New Guinea
Forgers Pass Checks in Fredericksburg
Sheriff Hugo Klaerner reports several forged checks in Fredericksburg over the past two weeks. Each $80.00 note bore the name of a Hill Country rancher and was used to pay local merchants after livestock sales. No clues exist due to fictitious names and addresses on the instruments.
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Hugo Klaerner
Fredericksburg
Christmas travel tips from State Farm traffic committee
The State Farm and Ranch Safety Committee urges motorists to delay travel over Christmas by one day to reduce risk during heavy holiday traffic and adverse weather.
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The
State Farm and Ranch Safety Committee
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Felix T. Tybor
Sunnyside
Krauskopf Bros
L. H. Krauskopf
Victor Krauskopf
Oscar Krauskopf
Ben Krauskopf
Willie
Bill
Ever Clinton Weig and
Edwin Weirich
Werner Ottmers
Hen
Alfred Alberthal
Frank Mechler
Milton Duecker
Max Duecker
Tmecky
Doss Boy Scouts
Harry Wahrm
Pedernales Philosopher
Kerr Route
Joe Alberthal
Clinton Fritz
Felix Mueller
Gould Davis
Robin Koch
Allen Burkier
Alton Klein
Willie Petsch Jr
Arthur Briseno
Werner Schumpelt
Tommy Reed
Alfons Bernhard
Gustav Ottmers
James Heimann
Oliver Hahn
Richard Neffendorf
Roy Ressmann
Allen Schmidt
Gus Pehl
Edgar Fiedler
Nolan Priess
Wallace Jo
Ben Lindemann
Calvin Kott
August Loth
Kenneth Kasper
Alton Kneese
Henry Tatsch
Ben Robert Krauskopf
Kenneth L. Dolezal
C. Floyd Delz
Arthur Moellering Jr
Horace O. Bates
Roberto Silva
Lester W. Immel
James C. Jung
Arthur J. Knopp
Harry E. Boos
James M. Metzger
Hugo Weirich Jr
Melvin L. Staudt
Rubin A. Usener
Roland E. Deike
Raymond Duecker
Mr. and
Mrs
Oliver Kowert
Stonewall Mystery Farm
Fredericksburg Hospital & Clinic and
Richard Ransleben Grocery
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