Billikens Seek Repeat As District Cage Champions
Fredericksburg High School Billikens aim to defend the District 13 girls basketball title at the upcoming tourney in the high school gym. The Red and White team enters with a 14-1 record, facing Uvalde, Comfort, and seven other squads including Big Wells and Carrizo Springs in a single week of games.
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Billikens
Fredericksburg High School
Sam Houston Soxtett
San Antonio
Uvalde High School
Golden Girls
Comfort Sextett
Big Wells
Natalia
Carrizo Springs
la Coste
Dripping Springs
Uvalde
Comfort
Airport Work Progresses At Top Speed On New Gillespie Airport
Construction on Gillespie Countys new airport advances rapidly using modern machinery. The project marks the 100th anniversary of the Free State of Gillespie with a contrast to pioneer days when settlers first arrived by Liveoak Creek. Highly specialized equipment from J R Canion and Rex D Kitchens Construction Co. completed in twenty days what would once take much longer, reflecting a leap from oxen hauled timber to mechanized buildout.
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Gillespie County
Verein
Pedernales River
Fredericksburg
J. R. Canion
Rex D. Kitchens
Legion Post Votes To Sponsor Junior Baseball Program
The Louis Jordan Post American Legion unanimously approved forming a Gillespie County Junior Baseball program. Walter W. Schaefer will manage, Chester Klaerner chairs coaching, with equipment and uniforms funded by the Post. Richard M. Cummings spoke earlier, and a community blood donor list was started at the meeting. A March 30 birthday social is planned with Auxiliary involvement.
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Gillespie County
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Walter W. Schaefer
Post
Chester Klaerner
FHS
Hugo A. Giesbers
M. L. Bogisch
Jimmie Gillen
Marvin F. Kanderli
Richard M. Cummings
State Department
Austin
Legion Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
R. E. Bernhard
Ethel J. Sagebiel
John W. Grace
Elgin Heep
Legion
Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
Weather Summary: Inch of Rain in County This Week
An inch of rain fell in most parts of the county on Monday and Tuesday with the heaviest amount late Tuesday night. Temperatures stayed above freezing except Sunday morning at 27 degrees. Forecast calls for cooler weather Thursday and Friday with additional rain expected. Local observer Mrs. Otto Arhelger notes a weak norther headed toward San Angelo but it died out.
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Otto Arhelger
San Angelo
Gillespie Entrants Take Major Honors In Annual Hill Country Livestock Show
Gillespie County hosts winners at the Hill Country Livestock Show as entrants win major honors. The Boy Scout finance drive neared two thousand dollars after the first day, reaching 1991.50 with hopefuls to contribute. Joe S. Petsch, drive chair, urged more solicitations and contact at his Striegler building office. The kickoff breakfast was at the Nimitz Hotel with about sixty volunteers. Dr. Leon F. Zwiener, district chairman, spoke and encouraged continued solicitation.
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Gillespie County
Boy Scout
Joe S. Petsch
Petsch
Striegler
Nimitz
Leon F. Zwiener
H. L. Gaskin
Capitol Area Council
Seven Grand Championships Won by Gillespie County 4 H and FFA Boys
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County 4-H and FFA clubs dominated the Hill Country Boys Livestock Show in Kerrville, securing seven grand championships. Winners included Allen Durst, Oliver Welgehausen, Robert and Ernest Kott, Melvin Bonn, Curtis Feller, and Roy Ressmann, with numerous placements across lambs, goats, beef, and poultry.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
FFA
Kerrville
Curtis Feller
Beef Keifer
Melvin Bonn
Allen Durst
Lloyd
American Pure Milk Company
Joe Tatum
Fredericksburg High School
Evers Dairy
Oliver Welgehausen
A. A. Welgehausen
Robert
Ernest Kott
T. O. Ranch
Bodo Feller
R. C. Bonn
Roy Ressmann
Melvin
Marvin Itz
Corriedale Fat Lambs
Roy
Alton Crenwelge
Robert Kott
Lee Harry Schmidt
Roy and
Ailton Crenwelge
Leroy Lochte
Clifton Fiedler
Harry Boos
James Eckhardt
Franklin Doebbler
Milton Crenwelge
Southdown
Fat Lambs
Robert Pape
Sth
Alton
Roy Crenwelge
Dudley Althaus
Aberdeen Angus
Aberdeen
Behrend Garage Named New Dealer For Studebakers
Behrend Garage is named the new Studebaker dealer for Gillespie County by Studebaker Motor Company and Helmuth Behrend owner of the local firm. The 1948 Studebaker will be shown at Behrend Garage on West Main Street with an invitation to Fredericksburg residents to view the new model. Studebaker offers Champion Commander and Land Cruiser with new styling and engineering.
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Behrend
Studebaker
Gillespie County
Studebaker Motor Company
Helmuth Behrend
West Main Street
German Play Minna Von Barnhelm Presented Here March 6
The University of Texas Germanic Languages department stages Minna Von Barnhelm in German at 8 p m Saturday March 6 in the Public School Auditorium. Victor Gardner of Stonewall leads the all student cast under Professor Wolfgang F Michael. The revival follows a 1913 Klaerner’s Opera House production and centers on Minna a rich Saxon girl and her engagement to Major von Tellheim amid honor and embezzlement suspicions.
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Minna von Barnhelm
Department of Germanic Languages
University of Texas
Victor Gardner
Stonewall
Wolfgang F. Michael
Klaerner
Minna
von Tellheim
Gardner
The
District Court Trials Begin As Nine Indictments Are Leveled
Gillespie County Grand Jury returned nine indictments last week with trials underway or completed. Arson charge against William Doyle Biddy of Lampasas stems from a Seipps Dance Hall fire on Christmas night killing four. Defense counsel appointed. change of venue motion pending before Judge Thomas Ferguson. Other indictments include four burglaries tied to St Mary’s Church Texas Company Oak Grove Hut and a local night club. Degel faces four burglary counts. Wahrmund Joy Green and others face checks and DUI related charges. Walker acquitted of bigamy. Reyes Guevara fined for aggravated assault. two civil divorces granted Felan and Berg. Habenicht case likely to continue. Continued on page 3.
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William Doyle Biddy
Lampasas
Seipps
Alfred Petsch
Victor Rogers
Thomas Ferguson
Max Henry Degel
State Penitentiary
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Texas Company
Oak Grove Hut
Degel
Robert Loth
E. Green
Lee Byram
Lee Roy Wahrmund
William Ira Joy
Wahrmund
Joy
John Henry Walker
Walker
Reyes Guevera
Eustenia Felan
Victor Felan
Hatto Berg
Earline Berg
Ferguson
Guenther Habenicht
Jerry Bell Habenicht
Grand Jury Warns Against Hot Check Artists and Fireproofing
The Gillespie County Grand Jury for the spring term warns merchants about hot check artists and urges construction of fireproof public assembly buildings. In its report to District Judge Thomas Ferguson the panel notes 9 indictments, eight felonies, and stresses cautious handling of checks from strangers. It lists the jurors including foreman Emil F. Lange and others.
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Grand Jury
Gillespie County
Public Assembly
Thomas Ferguson
Gillespie
Emil F. Lange
Adelbert E. C. Weber
Paul Hohenberger
Herman J. Hahn
Felix Fuhrmann
Frank Basse
Emil Neffendorf
Victor A. Wendel
Henry Kammlah
Max Sultemeier
Albert Ahrens
R. T. Laurence
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Palace Theatre
Walter Knoche
Linda Darnell
Dana Andrews
San Jacinto Park
Houston
Great Britain
Europe
Africa
Panama Canal
Normandy
France
Pacific
Two
Central Texas
National Guard
U. S. Army
J. S. Bochnowski
Inspector Generals Dept
L. H. Caruthers
4Th Army
Ft. Sam Houston
David Harper
David Harper, Local Unit Commander. Back Row
Roman Hartmann
R. P. Muir
New Braunfels
Martin A. Feuge
James L. Davis
Behrend Garage
Studebakers
University of Texas Germanic Department
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