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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1949
Page
7
The young folks of the First Methodist Church sponsor a chili supper in the educational building auditorium on Saturday night January 8 from 6 to 8. The menu includes chili cake pie coffee and cold drinks. Amateur entertainment follows and proceeds fund the chapel in the new church building.
The record lists 1949 special event days with weekday dates Christ mas Day on December 25 Easter on April 17 Good Friday April 15 Armistice Day November 11 Thanksgiving Day November 24 Lent begins March 2 Pentecost June 5 Independence Day July 4 Labor Day September 5 All dates include weekday labels for the year 1949.
Fredericksburg Publishing Co offers large barbecue napkins bearing individual names for customized use.
The Rev. Heinrich W. Falk of St. Mark Lutheran Church Frankfurt am Main will address Zions Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg on Thursday January 13 at 7 30 p m. He arrives on a long term US leave of absence, sent by Lutheran World Action. Falk will describe life among his 6050 member congregation and postwar church reconstruction efforts.
San Angelo reports on the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association mohair committee led by Fred Barwood outlining efforts over eight months to ease the mohair crisis. A key aim is a mohair labeling act and a national marketing plan with a $12,000 Agriculture Department grant for a point of sales survey to explain buyer preferences and boost demand.
Rev Falk travels in the United States to report on Europe and Asia relief work. The organization recently completed a 4.9 million campaign and seeks a further 4 million to aid displaced persons. Public meeting urged for Lutherans and the general public in Fredericksburg with radio appearance likely on January 13.
January marks the final month to pay 1948 property and poll taxes and the first to assess 1949 taxes, says Tax Assessor Wm. M. Petmecky. Many tax receipts remain to be issued and about half of poll tax receipts unread. assessing begins this month and runs to late spring. Alois Heinrich of Fredericksburg paid taxes first for the year, per the assessor. Licensing follows the tax period, running through February and March, with plates and supplies expected to arrive in early February.
Mesquite editor Margie Neal Cook, the first woman air correspondent to travel around the world, faced a curious twist of dates finding Thanksgiving dinner at Wake Island and then observing Thanksgiving again in Honolulu after crossing the international date line from west to east.
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