Stonewall Troop Hikes In Klein Pasture During Holidays
The Stonewall Boy Scout Troop spent the holidays hiking in Louis Klein pasture. Top photo shows a group around a stone oven baking pies for parents with Frederick Burg, Kenneth Seblett, Gary Cravens, Eddie Hagel, Ronnie Cravens, Clifford Staats, Harvey Eckert, Henry Burg. Bottom photo features a camfire with James Eckert, scoutmaster Herbert Nebgen, Charles Klein, Charles Burg, Alton Nebgen, and Delton Behrens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Boy Scout
Louis Klein
Frederick Burg
Kenneth Seblett
Gary Cravens
Eddie Hagel
Ronnie Cravens
Clifford Staats
Harvey Eckert
Henry Burg
James Eckert
Herbert Nebgen
Charles Klein
Charles Burg
Alton Nebgen
Delton Behrens
A 1952 Resolve for Citizenship and Hope
In contemplating 1952 this piece urges Americans to renew faith and commit to stronger citizenship. It emphasizes personal responsibility, gratitude for freedoms, and the need to serve the country more zealously to sustain blessings and liberty in the new year. Continued on page 6.
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America
Building Permits Show 1951 Decline in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg building permits declined in 1951 with total issued value of 262 543 dollars, about one third of 1950’s 749 000. Residential permits rose to 195 708 in 1951 from 158 801 in 1950, while major projects like Schroeder Building Priester Building and Farmer's Grain program were missing. Some school works started in 1950 carried into 1951. federal controls also constrained construction activity.
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Fredericksburg
Schroeder Huilding
Priester
Farmer's Grain
Holiday Visits Highlight Luckenbach and Brown Families
Miss Dorothy Luckenbach of San Antonio visited her parents Mr and Mrs W A Luckenbach during the holidays. Dor W Brown Sr of Georgetown spent New Year’s Eve and Day at the home of his son Dr and Mrs Dor W Brown Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Luckenbach
San Antonio
Mrs
W. A. Luckenbach
Dor. W. Brown Sr
Georgetown
Dor W. Brown Jr
Winners Named In Yale Contest
Winners of the Jaycee annual Christmas yard decoration and best commercial display contests were announced by the judges. Home winners include J. D. Hext and Ted Knapp tied for top prizes of 10 dollars. Henry Joseph Earl Treibs and Helmuth Berends earned 5 dollars each. Honorable mentions went to Cole Lewis Hans Hannemann Hugo Klein Gotthold Lentz Monroe Wahl Bill Evers and Mrs. George Sims. In the commercial class Fredericksburg Farm Loan Association Lone Star Gas Company the Jay Hein Music Studio Kaiser Furniture Store and the Edison Street Church were honored. Rosettes in gold reading Outstanding Commercial Christmas Display 1951 Jaycee Contest will be awarded. The judging committee with help from the Fredericksburg Garden Club selected the winners and offered future contest recommendations including earlier announcements and a single holiday eve judging night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
J. D. Hext
Ted Knapp
Henry Joseph
Earl Treibs
Helmuth Behrends
West
Schubert Street
Knopp
East
Morse Street
Cole Lewis
Hans Hannemann
Hugo Klein
Gotthold Lentz
Monroe Wahl
Bill Evers
George Sims
Fredericksburg Farm Loan Association
Lone Star Gas Company
Jay Hein Music Studio
Kaiser Furniture Store
Edison Street
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg High School Class of 1937 Reunion Held
Fredericksburg High School 1937 graduates gathered for a reunion at Turner Hall on Wednesday from 11 a m to 3 p m. About 60 attendees including sixteen classmates and five teachers enjoyed a Mexican lunch and a short program. Mrs Louise Enderle led the event with classmates sharing life updates since graduation and a class history read by Mrs Christine Klaerer Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg High School
Turner Hall
Louise Enderlin
Victor Kneese
Stella Jung
Olga Reichenau Zesch
Flora Wertheim
B. L. Enderle
Christine Klaerer Schneider
Edgar Leonhard
Lillian Kleck
Louise Enderle Nixon
Lillian Fisher Shaw
Denver
Colo
Shaw
Schneider
Stonewall Boy Scout Troop Snowy Christmas Camp
Stonewall Boy Scout Troop under James Eckert and Hilmar Nebgen spent the Yuletide in the woods at the Louis Klein place two to four miles from Stonewall. Twenty four youths, including six Eagle Scouts, set up tents built a signal tower and bake ovens, exchanged homemade gifts around a cedar tree, baked pies for parents, and staged campfire stunts. The fourth annual Christmas camp concluded Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Boy Scout Troop
James Eckert
Hilmar Nebgen
Louis Klein Place
Stonewall
Reunion of Gillespie County Class of 1937 Members
The FHS Class of 1937 held its first reunion in Turner Hall on December 26 during the Christmas holidays. Attendees included teachers Mrs Olga Reichenau Zesch Miss Stella Jung and B L Enderle along with numerous class members and a small roster of accompanying family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHS
Turner Hall
Olga
Reichenau Zesch
Stella Jung
B. L. Enderle
Flora Wertheim
Victor Knerse
Margaret Short Klaerner
Louise Enderle Nixon
Christine Kiaerner Schneider
Katherine Schlaudt Bench
Esther Kott Kolmeier
New Home Agent Invites Ladies To Visit Office
Miss Lucille Conrads newly appointed Gillespie County Home Demonstration Agent has moved her office to the courthouse second floor and invites homemakers of the city and county to drop in for a visit. She brings over seven years in Home Demonstration work after serving Mason County since July 1949 and before that Comal County for five years. Her early months will focus on organization work with several clubs planned and a Home Demonstration Council to be formed from club representatives. For now she urges ladies to stop by.
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Lucille Conrads
Gillespie County
Conrads
Mason County
Comal
Fredericksburg 1951 Rainfall Lowest in 19 Years
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County registered the driest 1951 in 19 years with 16.26 inches for the city and 28.37 inches countywide on record. Alfred Neffendorf notes 1951 as a year of unusually low precipitation, placing 1933 and 1936 among notable low and high rainfall years in Fredericksburg’s history. Oswald Eckhardt records 1951 as the third driest year in 12 years of data with December 1951 at .35 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Grouth
Neffendorf
Wer
Oswald FL Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Ice Closes In On Gillespie County Amid Sudden Cold Snap
Parts of Gillespie County lay under ice as a misty rain froze on contact in 31 degree temperatures. Fredericksburg hit the freezing mark after a spell of 88 degrees on December 30 and 82 on December 31. Highways were fair locally while northern and western routes toward Lubbock, San Angelo and Abilene iced over, posing hazards. no damage to rural electric lines was reported by the LCRA.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Alfred Neffendorf
Gillespie
Hugo Klaerner
Tom Carey
Lubbock
San Angelo
Abilene
Frank Schmidt
LCRA
Austin
Rites Held for Wm Bratherich at Cherry Spring
Wm Bratherich 74 prominent Cherry Spring rancher buried in Beckmann Funeral Home rites on Thursday December 27 at 1 30 pm and 2 30 pm at Christ Lutheran Church Cherry Springs. He died Christmas Day 1951 after long illness in Fredericksburg Hospital. Survivors include wife Estella daughter two grandchildren three great grandchildren and two sisters.
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Wm. Bratherich
Cherry Spring
Beckmann
Julius Holm
Christ Lutheran Church
Cherry Springs
Bratherich
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Heinrich
Katherina Walter Bratherich
Frieda Lang
Cherry Spring Lath Church
Este
Catfish Stock Expanded at Oakcrest Lake
Another 150 channel catfish were added to Oak Crest Park Lake on Sunday. Alfred Kusenberger donated the fish to the community and Gilbert Kadersi accepted them for the youth and transported them from Mr Kusenberger’s home to the lake.
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Oak Crest Park
Alfred Kusenberger
Gilbert Kader
Hansen and Weidner Families Share Christmas Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Hansen and children and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Weidner and son spent Christmas with relatives here.
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Ewald Hansen
Roland Weidner
Rahe Motors Burglarized Tuesday Night
The Alfred Rahe Garage on West Main Street was burglarized Tuesday night with a broken west side window and an open door to the office. The burglars wrecked the cash register but took no money. Sheriff Hugo Klaerner reports detectives are pursuing leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rahe
West Main Street
Hugo Klaerner
Gillespie County 4-H FFA Livestock Show Set for January
The 20th annual Gillespie County FFA and 4 H Livestock Show will be held at Fair Grounds on Friday and Saturday January 11 and 12 with about 665 entries. Event features 9 fat steers 231 fat lambs 50 fat pigs 121 capons 4 breeding beef cattle 16 dairy heifers and bulls 26 Angora goats 5 breeding hogs 30 breeding chickens 3 pens of 5 fryers and 4 turkeys. Judging Friday starts at 9 a m with fat lambs swine poultry and Angora goats. dairy cattle at 10 30 a m beef cattle at 1 p m and breeding sheep at 4 p m. Auction sale Saturday begins 6 30 a m with fat pigs steers lambs fryers turkeys and capons. sale order posted at 11 20 a m. The show is organized by Gillespie County 4 H and FFA Livestock Show Association with judges Frank E. Jordan J A Gray W M Bill Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Stone
Joe Tatum
Warren Percy
Jay Poynor
Harper
Jack Groff
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
4-H
FFA Livestock Show Association
Frank E. Jordan
Mason
J. A. Gray
A & M College
San Angelo
W. M
Bill” Oliver
Kerrville
First Baby of the New Year Born in Fredericksburg
Bernice Delana Rech, daughter of Werner and unnamed mother, arrived at 12 10 p m January 2 852 at Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic with Dr W H Springall attending. Rech will receive the first baby of the year awards at the Palace Theatre with Mayor Joe Molberg presenting prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Delana
Palace Theatre
Reches
Exequic Hernandez
Comfort
George Badhge
Percy Kuhlmann
Ineul Hospitals
van Brown
Francesa Fiedler
Oliver Wueést
Patrek Pyka
Senterfitt Seeks Reelection to Texas Legislature
Reuben Senterfitt, speaker of the Texas House, announced he will seek reelection to the 74th Texas District. The district includes Gillespie, San Saba, and new counties Lamase, Llano, Burnet, and McCullough, with San Sabe home base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Senterfitt
Texas House of Representatives
Texas
Gillespie County
Tom Schmidt
Democratic Committee
Senterfitts
Gillespie
San Sabe
Senterfitt
Lampase
Llano
Burnet
McCullough
Anton Knopp 89 Pioneer Merchant Dies in Fredericksburg
Funeral services are set for Friday morning January 4 at 10 in St. Marys Church for Anton Knopp a Fredericksburg pioneer merchant who died Tuesday January 1 1952 in a Fredericksburg hospital at 525 p m The John Knopp Store on West Main Street he operated since 1873 until three weeks ago will be buried in St Marys Cemetery The long running business founded by his father John Knopp who came from Germany in January 1873 was one of Fredericksburgs oldest.
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Schaetter
Anton Knopp
Fioteer
Fredericksburg
St. Mary's Church
J.J. Hildebrand
St. Mary's Cemetery
John Knopp
West Main St
America
Germany
Knopp
All
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Stonewall Boy Scouts
Alfred Petsch
Yale
Ris
Ruth Stein Mann
Ruby Rusche Hartmann
Laville Ity Kuhlmann
Ackrow
Harry
Itz
Erwin Anderege
Clarence Nixon
Ernc “Gobie” Heimann
Elgin Hohmann
Wm Bratherich
Oakcrest Lake
Rahe Motors
Werner Rech
Niles
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