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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
9
The forty two party will be held at the Wedekind building on St Valentine day Friday night Feb 14. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Mrs B L Faris was received as a member. The next meeting will be Feb 6. After closing the business session the hostess served doughnuts and coffee.
B F Vance and Fred Rennels assumed new duties as administrative officers in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration Texas office on February 1. Vance succeeds E N Holmgreen as administrator and Rennels previously led the range conservation program in Texas.
Mason Texas hosts the Fifteenth Annual Mason County 4-H Show on February 14 featuring stocker Hereford heifers for replacement and 1941 baby calves. About 203 head across eight classes from local herds, judged by three livestock experts starting at 10am. Frank Newsom, county agent, directs feedings for 161 4-H cattle. Emeth Kelle will auctioneer.
Letter from Alfred to his fiancée describes wedding plans with options for ceremony location and a pastor, mentions bringing their father to army life or providing for him, and notes desire to visit before marriage. He requests Sergeant Green as a wedding guest and sends regards to the Dorseys.
The Kraus family recalls the evolution of Fredericksburg Bottling Works from tip-top old fashioned soda production to a modern Coca Cola Bottling Co. era. Founder Jacob Kraus built the business in 1892 and his son Erwin continues alongside wife Theresa and brothers Paul and Jake amid branding shifts and expansion. The plant now bottles 18 brands led by Coca Cola, with roots tracing to wagon deliveries in Gil lespie County and a 1920 Model T truck, plus a brief cigar factory era.
Harry K. Westerman, longtime AAA administrator in Gillespie and McCullough counties, now stationed in Brady since 1938, has been ordered by the War Department to report for duty February 10 at Camp Woolers Mineral Wells. He is a first lieutenant and will aid in training draftees.
A compact report notes the Markweil stantiee machine can staple or pin a stack of up to 60 sheets. Frederickshire Publishing Co. appears in the brief as the source or distributor.
A vegetable medicine labeled HERBINE offers relief from biliousness headache flatulence and tiredness due to temporary constipation. Sold at Kallenberg's Pharmacy for 60 cents a bottle.
Rep John H Tolan of California tells reporters in Washington about his committee investigation into interstate migration issues. Several migrant workers are scheduled to testify at the House hearing.
Fred ericksburg Drive-In Station advertises as a hub for General Cires and Tubes with Rubin Crenweige listed as Prop, offering supplies and services.
Advertised cold relief product claims to ease symptoms in one day using 666 tablets liquid salve or nose drops with unspecified firm name and no verifiable endorsement.
Births outnumbered deaths two to one in Gillespie County for January. County Clerk Henry H Houy records 13 births eight marriages and 6 deaths in the 31 days. The births include 7 girls and 6 boys.
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