Music Students Appear On Lions Club Program
Fredericksburg Public School music students performed on a Lions Club program at the Nimitz Hotel with instructor David Harris. Soloists Joe Joyce Wahl Harold Klinksick Marilyn Lawrence and Sandra Jean Meier played as Harris accompanied on piano. The club plans a Scout Masters honor program February 8 at 7 p.m. with James Tarr as guest speaker.
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Fredericksburg
David Hargis
Lions Club
Nimitz Hotel
Joe Joyce Wahl
Harold Klinksick
Marilyn Lawrence
Sandra Jean Meier
Hargis
Gillespie County
James Tarr
Capitol Area Council
Austin
Washday Clinic Slated For City Radio
A workless washday clinic will be held at City Radio and Electric Company Friday February 3. Morena Mc Clure renowned home laundry consultant will conduct three sessions at 9 30 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm. Alfred Duecker manager invites all homemakers to attend.
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City Radio and Electric Company
Morena McClure
Bendix
Alfred Duecker
New Texas license examiner appointed for Hill Country
Glenn Quinn is named licensed examiner for seven Hill Country counties with a Fredericksburg office in the Gillespie County Courthouse basement. He will conduct driver and operator license tests Mondays 8 am to 5 pm and serve Gillespie Kerr Llano Mason Blanco Kendall Bandera counties, filling a post left since December when Spike Zatopek moved to San Antonio.
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Glenn Quinn
Texas Department of Public Safety
Hill Country
Fredericksburg
Quinn
San Antonio
Hondo
Gillespie County
Kerr
Llano
Mason
Blanco
Kendall
Bandera
Clarence “Spike” Zatopek
Henry H Bolland Rites Held In Texas
Final rites were held for Henry H. Bolland at Beckmann Funeral Home and in Bishop Texas. He died January 20 at age 75 in Fredericksburg where he had moved from Bishop in 1949. He was born August 25 1874 in Stedorf Prov Germany. He married Sophie Cordes October 6 1899 in Minnesota. Survivors include his widow son Herman three grandchildren and several siblings. Interment was in Bishop.
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Beckmann
Bishop
Texas
Henry H. Bolland
Bolland
Fredericksburg
Stedorf Prov
Germany
John Henry Bolland
Catherine Chasen Bolland
Sophie Cordes
Minnesota
Herman Bolland
Herman
Dick Bolland
John Wiebe
Carl Wegener
John Roderwald
Kansas
John Bolland
Henry Lenders
Mrs William J Stover and Daughter Visit From Alaska
Mrs William J Stover and her daughter Doty arrived for an extended visit with her parents Mr and Mrs August Stahl. Her husband Lt Col Stover serves in the Whitehorse region of the Yukon. They previously lived fourteen months in Adak Aleutian Islands with Mrs Stover noting mild weather and flowers there.
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William J. Stover
Doty
August Stahl
Col. Stover
Whitehorse
Yukon
Stover
Adak
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
Oklahoma City
Alaskan General Depot
Fredericksburg Publishing Co prints personalized bills
A rudimentary ad notes a service to imprint customers' names on bill stock sold at a Fredericksburg store. The item emphasizes customization and local availability. No further context or dates are provided.
Educational Appeal Endorsed By Area Brotherhoods
Representatives of the Brotherhoods of the Fredericksburg Conference Lutheran Church endorsed the 1950 appeal for funds to expand Texas Lutheran College at a St James Lutheran Church Llano meeting. Dr A G Wiederanders noted urgent needs including dormitory space gym auditorium chapel and dining facilities. The gathering, attended by 48 reps, pledged work crews and a $50 gift for library equipment with broader support for the Mirror Lake Bible Camp purchase and June 1950 ingathering approval.
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Brotherhoods
Fredericksburg Conference Lutheran Church
Texas Lutheran College
St. James Lutheran Church
Llano
A. G. Wiederaenders
Wiederanders
Texas
Conference
Brotherhoods of the
C. N. Roth
Mirror Lake
Kerrville
Bethany Brotherhood
Felix Fuhrmann
B. L. Klostermann
Harry Kunz
Arthur Itz
Alfred R. Wunderlich
Edmund Woerner
Alfred Hennig
B. B. Bohls
Nolan Brown
Chas. Walter
Albert Walter
Pastor G. A. Poehlmann
Fredericksburg Fur Man Featured In San Antonio Magazine
Dan N. Cornett known as Dan the Fur Man maintains a roadside fur market on East Main Street Fredericksburg during December January and parts of February. The feature in San Antonio Express Magazine presents a double page spread with accompanying photos including Johnny Weidenfeller Anton Stehling and others. Cornett has run a weekly fur route through Gillespie County and the Hill Country since 1940 and notes a decline in trappers from 2000 to about 1000 due to lower fur prices.
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Dan
East Main Street
Magnolia
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Dan N. Cornett
Johnny Weidenfeller
Anton Stehling
Lawrence Weidenfeller
Werner Keidel
Alton Deike
Roland Deike
Dayton Friedrich
Gillespie County
Adolph Heep
Hondo
Bandera
Utopia
Kerrville
London Braday
Comfort
New Braunfels
Weidenfeller Station
Cornett
June Kilstoffe
Ralph McAllister
Heinen Family Weekend Visit to Houston and Comfort
The B. H. Heinen family and Mrs. Arthur Heinen of Comfort returned from a weekend trip to Houston visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. WA. O. Fisher hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs. Heinen with a turkey and trim mings on arrival. Sightseeing covered Houston and Galveston locations.
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B. H. Heinen
Mr. Heinen
Arthur Heinen
Comfort
Houston
WA. O. Fisher
Heinen
Galveston
Birthday Greetings Card Ad for Gibson Greeting Cards
A Fredericksburg Publishing Co notice promotes Gibson Greeting Cards for birthdays and anniversaries. It urges readers to remember loved ones and friends with the firm’s cards and has a promotional, timeless tone aimed at gifting occasions.
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Gibson
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Nie Gibson
Freezing Rain Misses Gillespie County
Gillespie County escaped the freezing rain that disrupted traffic and utility service in North Texas earlier this week. Officials reported no icing in the county on Wednesday morning, but a risk remains with more drizzle and colder weather forecast. The coldest week low was 31 degrees on January 26, with a high of 80 degrees on January 25 and only light moisture recorded.
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Gillespie County
Texas
United Telephone Company
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Alfred Neffendorf
Service Officer To Establish Visits Here
W D Livingston assistant service officer at Legion Hospital will make regular trips to Fredericksburg to help veterans ex servicemen and their families with claims and other veterans benefits. Louis Jordan Legion Post Commander H Welge Lewis announced the visits and said contact points will be publicized when dates and location are known via newspapers and Radio Station KNAF.
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W. D. Livingston
Legion Hospital
Fredericksburg
Louis Jordan Legion
H. Welge Lewis
Lewis
Livingston
KNAF
Sul Ross Freshman Livestock Team Heads to Fort Worth Contest
The Sul Ross State College freshman livestock judging team led by Hubert Nixon and coach A. J. Bierschwabe will travel from Alpine to Fort Worth on January 27 to compete in the regional intercollegiate contest tied to the Southwestern Exposition. Nine Texas and Oklahoma colleges enter. Sul Ross plans further training at Tarleton State College in Stephenville after arrival. Last year’s Sul Ross team, with Longbothan and others, won first place.
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Hubert Nixon
Doss
Ford Spikes
Snyder
Billie Mills
Alpine
Hulet Roach
Big Lake
Robert Edwards
Mexico City
A. J. Bierschwabe
Sul Ross State College
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
Rierschwale
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Sul Ross
Jack Longbothan
Eddie Martin
Walter McElroy
Toyah
Robert Cross
Don Frerett
Petersons Welcome First Son Steven In Logan
Mr and Mrs Dale Peterson of Logan Utah welcomed a boy named Steven on January 19 The infant is named Steven and the mother is formerly Miss Olida Hooy The maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Arnold Huoy of here
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Dale Peterson
Logan
Utah
Steven
Gillespie County Day Highlighted at San Antonio Exposition
Gillespie County will be honored with ceremonies during Hill Country Day at the San Antonio Exposition February 17 to 26. J L Tiner cites special seating and celebrations for visitors as over 3000 livestock entries compete for more than 46009 in premiums at the new 3 million Coliseum. Gene Autry Everett Colborn rodeo tickets priced from 1.50 to 3.60 are available by mail. Champion cowboys compete for 30000 in prize money across 14 performances including weekend matinees.
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Gillespie County
San Antonio
P. O
Hospital Patients Undergoing Operations This Week
Local hospitals report a list of patients who underwent procedures this past week including Mrs. Behrens, Albert J. Kraus, Mrs. Rech, Mrs. Arlitt, Mrs. Oestreich, Edgar Kott, Mrs. Foone, Helen Mazinke, Frank Guthrie, and Kenneth Kraus son of Wm Kraus who had a tonsillectomy.
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Fred Behrens
Albert J. Kraus
Rudolph Rech
Hugo Arlitt
Oswald Oestreich
Edgar Kott
Debs Foone
Helen Mazinke
Frank Gutherie
Kenneth Kraus
Wm. Kraus
Football fields called grid irons due to gridlike lines
A description notes that football fields are called grid irons because the white lines across the field resemble a gridiron. The comparison highlights the visual similarity between the field markings and culinary grills.
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Texas State College For Women
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