1940 Gillespie County Ledger News Snapshots
A mixed calendar of events from Gillespie County includes a fatal crash on Mason Highway during a snowstorm, elections and candidacies, new mail service from Austin, Gillespie County Fair dates, 4 H club shows and awards, rural electrification, court term, insurance rate drop, and multiple obituaries and civic notices across months from February to April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosbyton
Mason Highway
Commissioners’ Court
Lawrence Bruhl
Daily Mail
Austin
Gillespie County
Wesley Crenwelge
Harold Kneese
Doss
Stonewall
Cherry Spring
San Antonio
Hillbillies
William Moses
Harper
Fredericksburg County Notes Highlight Local Life and Civics
The Gillespie County page records civic events and milestones from the area. It notes the 94th founding anniversary of Fredericksburg, school graduations and valedictorians at St Marys and Peach Creek areas, elected officials including Henry Holly for County Clerk and John N Garner for president, and various club activities. It includes deaths of Waldemar Beyer and Mrs Peter Tatsch, rainfall impacts, census counts, and community projects such as the Flower Show, Lions Club leadership, and Garden Club activities.
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Fredericksburg
Albert Cemetery
Ed Goodale
Elizabeth Walter
Parent- Teacher Association
Texas-Exes
Max T Henke
Wm. J- Pape
Ewald Schmidt
Heinrich Hahne
Max Ellebracht
Krauskopf
Walter ‘Loudon
Max Wahrmund
Clayton Klier
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Giants
Lloyd Barbers
San Antonio
Edmund Saenger
Joseph Hartmann
Henry Jung Sr
Texas
American Lutheran Church
Verna Louise Stanford
Catholic Youth Organization
Hillbillies
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Post
Henry Grote
Lester Keyser
A. H. Kneese
Fredericksburg Independent
Sidney Metzger
St. Mary’s Church
Liveoak Creek Highway
Jaycees
Kimble County
U.S. 290
Chamber of Commerce
Standard
South
Founding
Music Week
Music Study Club
PTA Choral Club
St. Mary’s School
Henry Holly
Gillespians
John N. Garner
Knopp School
Irene Bernhard
Gillespie County Historic Society
Waldemar J. Beyer
Peter Tatsch
Fredericksburg High School
Helen Goehring
Garden Club
St. Mary's High School
Louise Rosenbach
J. Shaw
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Gillespie
Wm. Petmecky
Lion
Cross Mountain
Robert Jenschke
Robert Klingelhoefer
Lions Club
Joseph Kunz
November election yields new county officials and civic events
November saw NOVEMBER Seventh Hen ry Holly elected county clerk Alex Jung named county attorney and Leo J Blanchard new justice of the peace with incumbents returning. The town marked PTA carnival queen Lillian Kott and held multiple community notes from fire truck purchase to post office work. Several residents like David Petsch and others died, and agricultural and youth clubs announced activities including 4 H Gold Star girl Leola Rusenberger, Hillbillies district titles, and Red Cross and post office events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie
Jacob Gold
Max Kordzik
Giants
Robert Keller
Krauskopf
Charles Jung
Central
City
County Youths Register
Sultemeier
Milton A. Ottmers
Taylor
Ivan O. Donaldson
First Methodist Church
Henry Holly
Alex Jung
Leo J. Blanchard
Justice of Peace
Lillian Kott
PTA
G. Williams
Alfred Basse
John Hertzberger
Herman Schoenewolf
Sam Houston
Scarborough
George Washington Kensing
David Petsch
R.wehmeyer
RFC
LCRA
Leola Rusenberger
Hillbillis
Rochelle
Santa Claus
Red Cross
Henry Lochte
Chas. Koch
Henry Cordes
Richard Braeutigam
Hilbillies
Jaycees
Hillbillies
San Marcos
John W.H. Schmdt
Edmund E. Rode
Bodo C. Wisian
Lions
Post Office
Joseph Besier
John Weidenfeller
Four Lynchings in 1910 and 1940 Figures
Tuskeegee Institute figures show four lynchings in the United States occurred in 1940 with one white victim and three Black victims. Police prevented 22 lynching attempts. Georgia had two, Tennessee one, and Louisiana one. The item finishes with an advertisement for Fredericksburg Drive-In Station.
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Tuskeegee Institute
United States
eGorgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Aliens Registered in Fredericksburg County Post Office
The Fredericksburg Post Office announced 130 aliens registered during the Alien Registration period ending Thursday December 26. Postmaster W Klingelhaefer said last date was the 26th but registrations would continue if pending applicants completed them promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
W Klingelhaefer
Texas Defense Spending Reaches 187 Million
Texas defense expenditures rose to 187,054,350 through December 15 after 6,756,760 was added in early December. The largest Texas contract was 1,903,370 for Fort Sam Houston temporary construction awarded to P. O. B. Montgomery of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
B. F White
Office of Government Reports
P. O. B. Montgomery
Dallas
Fort Sam Houston
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
White
Cotton Census Shows Increase in Gillespie County Bales
The census report by Robert C. Walter records 755 bales ginned in Gillespie County for the 1940 crop before December 13, up from 388 bales in 1939. The note also mentions large eagle nests and petroleum wage data for Texas workers.
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Robert C. Walter
Gillespie County
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Red Cross
Ken McClure
Paul Weber
PEC
Junior Chamber of Commerce
F. A. Bracher
Farm-Loan Association
Robert S. Klett
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Joe Molberg
Wochenblatt
Bruhl
Ruth Kline
FHS
Wilson Holt
Llano Highway
Legionnaires
Old Teamsters
Ruth Kemp
W. J. Berg
Raymond F. Grey
Louis Beyer, Sr
Morgan Breeding Farms
Carl Barth
Louise Heimann
August Peiper
August Grote
Wendlin Metzger
Alfred Pehl
Roberta Cornelil
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Boerne
Herman W. Sultemeier
Hubertus Shooting Club
Rudolph Itz
American Legion Auxiliary
Henry Schmidt
Melinda Woerner
Morris Ranch
Ad. Wehmeyer
Fredericksburg Drive-In Station
Rubin Crenwelge
Sunset Motor Lines
Brady Freight Lines
Houston
San Angelo
Ft. Worth
Woerner Warehouse
Henry Klein
Bran
Staffel Feed
Erwin Woerner
Ignition Service
Advance Motor CO
Wochensblatt
Nity News
World Affairs
Fredericksburg Publishing Co. Inc
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg Publishing Company, Inc
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