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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1946
Page
1
Senior Boy Scout troop under Scoutmaster Archie Weiss repair and assemble toys for Gillespie County children in need. More than 1,000 toys were donated at a Palace Theatre matinee, with scouts preparing them for distribution before Santa's visit.
World News Of The Week reports a massive offshore quake near southern Japan causing six tidal waves and widespread damage with estimates of 700+ dead and 15 000 homes destroyed. No American casualties reported. Elliott Roosevelt interviews Stalin in the Kremlin on his 67th birthday. Churchill makes a lone Commons plea.
District Governor Grindstaff told Fredericksburg Lions members that aiding the community’s youth is the club’s most important work. He praised the Fredericksburg High School football team District Championship and noted the club’s Boy Scout sponsorship as a start toward broader youth support.
Representatives from eight Central Texas counties met in Fredericksburg on December 16 to organize the district coordinators and agricultural teachers for veterans education. Charles L Bodden outlined the agricultural training program active in eight counties and plans for operation, with future monthly district meetings to coordinate county advisory committees.
The Gillespie County Chapter of the Alamo Camp and Hospital Council sent Christmas stockings cookies prizes and gifts to Brooke General Hospital San Antonio and to Randolph Field. Local volunteers coordinated quotas with St James Lutheran Harper St Anthony's Catholic Parish and various churches and schools aiding two years of service to servicemen.
The New Year edition will appear on Thursday January 2 due to holidays. The Christmas issue arrives two days early and is followed by ten days before the next issue is received.
The first white baby born in Gillespie County after midnight December 31 1946 will receive a gift shower from Fredericksburg merchants the Palace Theatre and the local newspaper. Parents must be Gillespie County residents and birth must occur within the county. The winner is announced at the Palace Theatre stage on Sunday night January 6 or the next Sunday if needed. Mr and Mrs W F Haberman of San Antonio visited relatives in town.
The Hon. Carlos Ashley chairman of the State Board of Control told the largest audience in history at the Lions Community Christmas Program in the Public School Auditorium. He spoke in a centennial year event stressing spiritual peace and the limits of worldly pursuits.
Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein announces Santa Claus night on December 26 with gifts for children and a Texas Rambler dance. A second event on December 27 features Katsy Keith and her modern dance orchestra. Both events are member and guest only with escort required for non members.
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