Gillespie Wilant Leaders Attend Contert Meeting
Game Warden Adolf Heep and Otto Burgdorf along with Kendall County and Gillespie County wildlife officials attended a film showing in Comfort. Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission films highlighted wildlife, with talks by R. E. Callender and others on wildlife’s economic role and protection efforts. Heep urged stronger local wildlife protection initiatives.
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Adolf ‘Heep
Otto Burgdorf
Gillespie County ‘Wildlife Protective Association
Comfort
Kendall County Game and Protective Association
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
R. E. Callender
A. & M. College
Challender
Ray Osbourne
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Marvin Toole
Commission
Heep
Giants to hold 1940 organization meeting Friday night
The Fredericksburg Giants will hold their 1940 organization meeting Friday night at 7 30 p m in the Gillespie County Courthouse county court room. Wm Bill Nettle president says all players directors officers and fans are invited to attend. New directors will be elected and the baseball season discussed.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Gillespie County
Bill” Nettle
Giants
Sewing mishap hints at careless husband
A reader notes her husband’s buttons keep coming off and jokes about careless sewing. The exchange suggests a domestic quip on appearance and mending habits.
This Week In Sports Prompts County Baseball Meeting
Art Rowert previews the Friday night gathering in the County Courtroom to elect officers and decide the year’s ball format. Fans debate independent play versus a regional league including Hondo Fredericksburg Comfort Boerne and Legion to boost Giants’ competition and interest. Al Hollmig urges a league to revive local baseball with broader rivalries.
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al” Hollmig
Hondo
Honda
Fredericksburg
Comfort
Boerne
Legion
Fredericksburg High Honors Football Players With Jacket Awards
Fredericksburg High School honored eighteen football players at a testimonial dinner held at the Hotel Nimitz. The event featured coach Joe Bailey Cheaney as guest speaker and introduced red and white jackets embossed with District Champs 1939. Only four players return next year. seniors comprise the rest.
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Fredericksburg High School
Hotel Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Joe Bailey Cheaney
South Texas State Teachers College of San Marcos
Frederick Diete
Norman Ransleben
Otto Henke
Roy Langerhans
Robert Petermann
Leroy Nixon
Dudley Lee
Maxie Ahrens
Dayton Schmidt
Wesley Seymour
Victor Dittmar
Wilburn Hahn
Elmer Luckenbach
Kurt Lindenberg
Dan Anderegg
Elgin Dietz
Oliver Wuest
Sioriano Cancino
Smyre
Klaerner
Nix
Lester Keyser
SWTC
San Marcos
Cheaney
Hillbillies Standout in Center Point Tournament Run
The FHS basketball team rolled through Center Point invitation with no defeats and claimed the school’s pride. The Hillbillies remain undefeated in the tri county race and beat Tivy, a Rock Springs tournament winner, signaling they may be the best in central west Texas. Brady looms next on the schedule as a potential decider for top status in the area.
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FHS
Center Point
Tivy
Hillbillies
Alamo City
Brady
Fredericksburg Football Banquet Honors 1939 Hillbillies
A small turnout at the Lest we forget banquet for the 1939 Fredericksburg Hillbillies drew praise for Coach Cheaney of San Marcos. His concise, pointed address highlighted football insights and left attendees with a stronger view of the sport.
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FHS Hillbillies
Cheaney
San Marcos
Garden Club Sets Friday Meeting on National Flower Show
Mrs F J Maier leads local efforts to mobilize women for the National Flower and Garden Show in Houston February 28 to March 6. The event will feature a Holland garden with a cottage, canals, and tulip walks as it tours the nation with strong Texas participation and wide interest from 450 Texas towns. The expo fills most of the Houston Coliseum, with committees forming across the state to boost attendance and civic value.
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F. J. Maier
Houston Coliseum
America
United
North Dakota
Clifornia
Massachusetts
Texas
O. H. Carlisle
Houston
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Maier
Fredericksburg
High Ten Pin League Standouts and Scores
G Kaderli bowled a high single game of 226. Gold posted a high three game series of 620. Sunnyside Tavern led with a high team single game 914 and a high team three game series 2602.
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G. Kaderli
Sunnyside Tavern
Potatoes Salvage Salty Gravy Tip
A quick kitchen trick helps when gravy is oversalted. Add two or three uncooked potato pieces to the gravy and simmer a few minutes. Remove the potatoes and most of the excess salt is absorbed by the potatoes.
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Aes
Hillbillies Triumph at Center Point Tourney
The Fredericksburg School basketball team won the Center Point invitation tournament after four games. They beat Comfort 38 23 on Friday, Medina 50 20 on Saturday, then defeated Tivy 44 22 in the afternoon semifinal and Center Point 30 21 in the final. The event featured fourteen tri county teams including Hot Wells and Comfort.
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Fredericksburough
Comfort
Medina
Klaerner
Nix
Hillbillies
Tioy
Kerrville
Center Point
Tivy
Lindenberg
Cancino
Langerhans
Anderegg
Peterman
Tri-County League
Hot Wells of
San Antonio
Brother's Illness Sends Roeder to San Antonio Visit
Heinrich Roeder traveled to San Antonio on Wednesday to be with his ailing brother Bernhard who lies in a local hospital and may need an operation. He intends to remain until Bernhard recovers and will consult an eye specialist while in the city.
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Heinrich Roeder
San Antonio
Bernhard
Heinrich
City
Hillbilles Defeat Centerpoint To Retain Cage Lead
The Hillbillies beat Center Point 47 to 34 at Center Point to stay undefeated and maintain their lead in the tri county basketball league. They schedule Friday game with local exes and a Monday contest with Ingram at Center Point, while a Wednesday Kerrville bout with Tivy looms as a pivotal race factor.
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Hillbilles
Centerpoint
Cage
Hillbillies
Center Point
Billies
Ingram
Tivy
Kerrville
Eastern Star Kerrville meeting luncheon guests
Mrs Hy Detjen and Mrs Harry Rusenberger attended a Kerrville Eastern Star special meeting on Saturday as luncheon guests of Mrs Nuttle, the Worthy Matron.
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Hy. Detjen
Harry Rusenberger
Kerrville
Eastern Star
Nuttle
Eastern Star of
Zwiener Family Weekend in San Antonio
Dr and Mrs Leon Zwiener and Lonny Zwiener spent the weekend in San Antonio visiting and staying at local sights and restaurants.
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Leon Zwiener
Lonny Zwiener
San Antonio
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