Lemon tree from Fredericksburg charms Chamber showwindow
Henry Schneider, a tropical fruit hobbyist, loaned a two year old lemon tree to Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce for display. The plant bears eight large lemons with strong juice, reflecting Texas Hill Country charm. Schneider previously grew an orange tree with about 50 oranges and also sells Poinsettias at Christmas. The lemons require indoor winter protection to avoid frost.
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Chamber of Commerce
Schneider
Texas Hill Country
Rowntree Lochte Nuptials Held in Carlsbad NM
Mrs Mildred Lochte and L Underwood Rowntree were married Saturday December 20 at the First Methodist Church parsonage in Carlsbad New Mexico with Rev Joe Emanuel officiating. The couple returned to Fredericksburg Monday night and were joined at home by her daughter and Ensign Henry Rech from Harrison New Jersey. Ensign Red heads to Norfolk Virginia January 5.
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Mildred Lochte
L. Underwood Rowntree
First Methodist Church
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Joe Emanuel
Red
Norfolk
World's Greatest Book Topic Set for TV Program
The World's Greatest Book will be the subject of a TV program on Christian Science tonight at 10 30 over Station WOAI Channel 4. The San Antonio Council of Churches cooperates, and Inman H Douglass of the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Texas will present. Douglass is the state PR representative with Dallas offices.
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WOAI
Channel 4
San Antonio
Killian Keller Awarded F M Road Contract
Killian Keller Construction Company of Fredericksburg won the bid to construct 67 miles of Farm to Market Road from Double Horn Road junction to Fredericksburg at 78 120 dollars. The firm also secured a roughly 5 mile F M road contract in Blanco County for 45 911 10 dollars. Work on the Gillespie County road is set to start early in 1953.
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Killian-Keller Construction Company
Fredericksburg
State Highway Commission
Killian-Keller
Blanco County
Gillespie County
Weekly temperatures rise and fall with rainfall noted
The week saw a low of 31 degrees on Tuesday and a high of 67 degrees midweek. Rainfall measured 2.93 inches per Neffendorf gauge, bringing year total to 42.49 inches versus 16.26 inches in 1951.
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Neffendorf
Meta Meyers Returns Here to Make Her Home
Mrs Meta Tatsch Meyers returns to Fredericksburg after 48 years away spending 13 years in San Antonio and time in Zion Illinois. An Elder in the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church she plans a local religious radio program.
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Meta Tatsch Meyers
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Zion, Il
Meyers
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Watsons Return From Ft Worth Training School
J Luther Watson, area supervisor for the Department of Public Welfare, has returned from five weeks in Ft Worth where he assisted in conducting a training school for workers. The course will finish with two more sessions on December 29 and 30.
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J. Luther Watson
Department of Public Welfare
Ft. Worth
State Department of Public Welfare
Nativity Scene Displayed in Knopp and Metzger Window
Knopp and Metzger devote 21 feet of their storefront window to a large Nativity Scene. The elaborate display was prepared by the firm with help from the Sisters of Divine Providence of St. Marys School. The public is invited to view the scene.
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Knopp and Metzger
Sisters of Divine Providence of
St. Marys School
Bay and Rosemary Christmas Tradition
Bay trees with purple berries were believed to shelter the holy family during a thunderstorm and lightning will never strike a bay tree. Rosemary is linked to Christmas from the flight into Egypt and its branches were said to hold Jesus garments.
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Egypt
Herod
Mary
Christmas Day Services Schedule for County Churches
Special Services notes indicate programs at 7 p m on December 26 as the second Christmas Day. Complete church details across the county appear in the Standard's church announcements on page four of section two.
Modern Girls Dress to Kill and Cook Like Husbands
A pointed old line contrasts fashion with domestic roles, noting how “our modern girls” dress to kill yet cook as traditionally expected. The speaker frames a husband’s reputation as “a good man” among husbands, while implying his departure or death.
Sun Rays Spark Fire at Temple Lumber Yard
The Temple Lumber Company warehouse on West Main Street caught fire Monday morning when sun rays focused through an open door onto a glass bottle of turpentine, magnifying heat. Firemen from Fredericksburg extinguished the blaze with no major damage. Earlier that morning, a second call to 314 East Main Street reported an overloaded oil heater fire with no extensive damage and no general alarm.
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Temple Lumber Company
West Main Street
Lorenz Bading
Temple
Fredericksburg
East Main Street
Christmas Holidays Close Drivers License Office
The Driver's License office in the Courthouse will close from December 24 through December 28 to allow staff to celebrate the holidays. The State Department of Public Safety Driver's License Division also grants holidays from Wednesday, December 24 to Sunday, December 28. The local office will reopen on Monday, December 29.
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C. EF
Spike” Zatopek
State Department of Public Safety
Local Hospital Patients List Read This Week
Among those undergoing operations in local hospitals during the past week were Mrs. E. H. Austin of Kerrville, Fred Simon of Fredericksburg, Eugene Felon of Stonewall, and Jessie Henry of Lamesa.
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E. H. Austin
Kerrville
Fred Simon
Fredericksburg
Eugene Felon
Stonewall
Jessie Henry
Lamesa
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Hincete Westies
Max T. Henke
Sidney Henke
Edith Sagebiel
Joey
Agnes Sagebiel Ors
Henry Schneider
Rowntree-Lochte
F-M
Alfred Klein
Baron's Creek
Pedernales River
Klein
Buck Smith
Meta Meyers
Watsons Return
PROM
Knopp & Metzger
Bay and Rosemary
Alfred Stehling
Cy, “H L
F Cr
South Heights
Special Services
Tale
Mankind
Ludwig
Johanna Ludwig
Bertha Ludwig
IN the Hospital
Draft Board
Fredericksburg Publishing
Eoening
Sunset Motor Lines
Best
Juenke & Schoenewe
Eric F. Juenke
Emil Juenke
Albert E. Treibs
Walter C. Holly
Harry O. Itz
Felix T. Peh
V. H. Schoenewolf
Tony Tatsch
Oliver C. Heimann
Viela Juenke
Rose Leileste Perry E. Juenke
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