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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
7
Fredericksburg merchants urge prompt payment by the 10th of the month following purchase. Fredericksburg Retail Credit Bureau manager Edyth Krauskopf says bills should be paid on time to maintain good credit. The ad notes merchants extend consumer credit and rely on timely settlements for wholesale payments. A good credit risk is presented as a key asset and a mark of character.
The State Highway Department approves eight miles of paving on Highway 81 from San Saba north to the San Saba River, extending to the Colorado River near a $300,000 bridge completed last year. The project will connect Fredericksburg to northern Texas and may become a federal highway easing access for army movements from Oklahoma to San Antonio.
A Fredericksburg youth, 15 year old Elgin Grobe, was released on bond pending the February grand jury after Sheriff Alfred Kilnerner arrested him for a string of robberies at local businesses. He admitted stealing a watch, pecans, furs, cash and cigarettes from various stores, and a ring found in a jewelry store tied to a Graham Texas theft.
West Texas counties data from the San Angelo Standard Times show Gillespie County cotton gins rose by 108 bales in 1939 compared with 1938. Mason County also reports gains with 447 gins in 1939 versus 239 in 1938, while 24 counties overall show a slight national decline. The Texas total reaches 2 715 909 bales by Jan 16, down from 2 956 762 in 1938.
A historical portrait of the Fredericksburg Parent Teacher Association from its 1915 founding as the Ladies Auxiliary, its evolution through name changes, and its twenty five years of service improving home, school, and community. The piece notes key officers, affiliations, campus acquisitions, cooperative work with the school board, and major health and facility projects led by members.
At a January 16 1940 meeting in Junction Texas the Log Rollers Association was organized with officers including Ellis St Clair of Fredericksburg as second vice president and J W McLendon as president. The group spans Kimble Kerr Schleicher Sutton Gillespie Edwards Real and Crockett counties and plans a February 14 meeting in Junction with initiation and a long dance.
Wochenblatt and Standard announce free want ads for farmers and ranchers in Fredericksburg trade territory. Ads placed in the February 14 Wochenblatt and February 15 Standard appear with no strings, valid during the week of February 12. A Fat Stock Show on February 17 at the Fair Grounds attracts buyers and sellers to the ads.
Postmaster R W Klingelhoefer announced new U S postage stamps honoring Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper Ralph Waldo Emerson Louise May Alcott and Samuel L Clemens available at the local post office with limited quantities the first series goes on sale February 14 and a future poets series will follow.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture watershed surveys unit, moved from San Angelo to Coleman Texas. The 14 000 square mile study covers the Pedernales Llano River Pecan Bayou and portions of the middle Colorado river. The survey assesses terrain vegetation soil conditions flood runoff and management needs with recommendations to the Federal government. Specialists from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics Soil Conservation Service and Forest Service will participate.
Mr. Rudy Franke an employee at Woerner Grocery Co underwent a kidney operation at a local hospital on Monday.
Mr Henry Grote and his daughter Miss Fern visited Mrs Grote who is staying in a San Antonio hospital during the past weekend.
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