Lions Club Honors Football Teams at Fredericksburg Banquet
The St. Marys Indians and Fredericksburg Hillbillies were feted by the Lions Club in Fredericksburg High School Cafeteria on a Wednesday night. Rice Institute coach A Rich introduced the 1952 teams and a football film followed the benediction.
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Rice Institute
St. Mary’s Indians
Fredericksburg Hillbillies
Fredericksburg
C. A. Greenwaldt
Lions Club
C. O. Balser
FHS
William Petmecky
L. J. KeKyser
Roy Langerhans
Anthony Knopp
A. Rich
Red Bale
Rice
Dick Hoerster
A. Kk. Krause
Orchids and Onions Highlight Holiday Cheer and Complaints
Student letters praise seniors for decorating Room 20 while others condemn their art as overly creative. The Lions Club hosts a fine banquet and Sodality carolers spread Christmas spirit in Fredericksburg. Kinder garden and elementary pupils stage festive productions, and Sister Carissima runs commercial Christmas parties.
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Lions Club
Fredericksburg
Sister Carissima
Yule Title Program Delights Capacity Crowds
Pupils of elementary grades and kindergarten entertained a packed house with their annual Yule title program. Beautiful costumes stage settings and singing made two performances delightful. Teachers and pupils thank all who attended.
Christmas Tree Heist Ends With Workable Solution
A group including Metzger Stehling Weinheimer and new-comer Henry Becker felled a thirteen foot tree for a Sophomore party. They considered storage, brought it to St Joseph's Hall, stacked chairs for a Friday event, and spent the night preparing as rain fell. Becker provided piano serenades with a playful William Tell Overture.
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Metzger
Weinheimer
Stehling
Jamie” Metzger
Porky” Stehling
Kerwin Weinheimer
Alphonsine
St. Joseph’s Hall
Porky
Henry Becker
St. Joseph's Hall
Becker
Henry
Yule Scenes Fill Classrooms With Nativity Art
Artists used paints chalk and sprays to transform classrooms into Christmas scenes. Every room features a crèche with friezes and murals of the Nativity. Holly wreaths bells stars sleds snowmen Santa and Rudolph add festive color.
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Santa Claus
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Mrs Petermann Hosts Open House for Indian Football Team
Mrs Milton Petermann announces an open house at her home for the Indian football team and pep squad on December 26. Senior players Ned Moritz and Kenneth Kordzik will be honor guests. all senior pep squad members are guests. Eighth graders through sophomores may attend 3 to 4 pm, juniors 5 to 6 pm.
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Milton Petermann
Ned Moritz
Kenneth Kordzik
Christmas safety dos and don'ts for a merry holiday
Keep Christmas safe with simple rules. Do not give dangerous or sharp toys to children. Supervise electric toys. Avoid lighted candles on trees and keep trees away from stoves. Do not leave lit trees unattended. Do not use unsafe ladders or place candles near decorations. Make trees fire resistant and keep toys and walkways clear. Do not drive recklessly in cold weather.
Christmas in Colonial Fredericksburg Spectacle
The article recounts Fredericksburg’s early Christmas in 1847 at the steamboat style hotel built by Nimitz. Adults secretly decorate a cedar tree with paper, cloth, pecan ornaments, and tallow candles while families prepare for a German style, memory rich celebration. Apple provisions from San Antonio and diverse cookies followed.
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Fredericksburg
Nimitz
San Antonio
Soldiers Help European Children With Christmas Cheer
In 1952 European troops aid orphans and refugee children with dinners, gifts, and toys. Heidel berg Mannheim area soldiers raise over 1400 for the Weipinstift Orphanage. Worms repairs donated toys. Berlin Sixth Infantry nearly 1000 for in-country children. Trieste units plan meals and parties. Soldiers and locals share holiday goodwill across occupied zones.
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Santa Claus
Europe
Heidelberg-Mannheim
Germany
Weipinstift
Mannheim
Wienerschnitze
Worms
the Rhine
Berlin
Sixth Infantry
U. S
Free Territory of
Trieste
San Giusto Basilica
Fredericksburg Christmas Traditions Tie Past to Present
The article notes local customs echo colonial times with turkey, venison, quail, honey and special cookies like Pfeffermesse anise cookies and lebkuchen. Many Fredericksburg residents are descendants of the city founders, keeping 17th century memories alive during Christmas.
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Fredericksburg
Oscar Johnson tops 1952 Texas Hybrid Corn Contest
Oscar Johnson of Freestone County won the 1952 Texas Hybrid Corn Production Contest. His field yielded 137.5 bushels per acre thanks to supplemental irrigation and heavy fertilization, far above Texas’ 1952 average of 18 bushels per acre.
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Texas
Oscar Johnson
Freestone County
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Mankind
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Travelers Cafe
Alex Mittendorf
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