Gillespie County 4 H Fat Stock Show Opens Friday
Gillespie County FFA and 4 H Club boys begin the 18th annual Boys Fat Stock Show at Fair Park with a two day exhibition of birds and livestock starting Friday morning. The event includes an auction sale Saturday afternoon and marks the cl max of the 1950 show season.
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Wil Climax
Gillespie
Gillespie County
FFA
Fair Park
Gillespie County Ffa
4H Club
C. A. Stone
Vocational Ag
Joe Tatum
al. V. Garrett
Chamber of Commerce
Four Injured In Tuesday Afternoon Highway Crashes
Four people were injured in two Gillespie County accidents on Tuesday. Mrs. August Jost and Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, both nurses, were hurt when their car overturned on the Mason Highway near Fredericksburg. They were treated for mild concussion and cuts. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence of Beverly Hills Calif. were injured when their Studebaker hit a culvert on the Harper Road and fell into a cattle pass. Mr. Lawrence was pinned and later transferred to the Veterans Hospital in Legonia.
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Gillespie County
August Jost
Margaret McCarthy
R. N
Mason Highway
Fredericksburg
Peter J. Lawrence
Beverly Hills
California
Harper Highway
Mason
Jost
McCarthy
Mrs. Lawrence
Studebaker
Harper Road
Retail Credit Course In Fredericksburg This Week
A ten hour Retail Credit Procedures course for merchants and employees runs January 23 to 27 in the Courthouse Commissioner's Courtroom. Specialist Sterling S. Speake of the University of Texas will lead nightly sessions from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. The program, part of UT Extension and the State Board for Vocational Education, offers practical methods for handling charge accounts and credit policies. A UT Extension certificate is issued to attendees meeting requirements. enrollment has a small fee.
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Sterling S Speake
University of Texas
Fredericksburg
Sterling S
University of Texas, Wil
Texas
Unversity of Texas
Division of Extension
State Board For Vocational Education
Almon Kirchhoff
University of Texas Extension Division
Kirchhoff
Fredericksburg Credit Bureau
Gillespie County Fair Association Elects New Directors
At the annual stockholders meeting in the district courtroom, Gillespie County Fair Association elected six new directors to replace retiring members. A charter change to 24 directors was approved for future terms and two thirds vote of represented shares remains required for charter changes. A vote on issuing additional shares failed for now, with 585 shares represented and a preliminary ballot showing strong support. The meeting adjourned to January 16 to attempt a formal vote with higher attendance.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Victor H. Sagebiel
Nolan Althaus
Robert Dittmar
John Dooley
Norman Rech
William Schr
Fairs Livestock and Advisory Board
Goats Round Up On Parramore Island Off Virginia Coast
Fredericksburg cowhand Joe Whitehead assists with a large goat roundup on Parramore Island off Accomac County Virginia. Texans aim to depopulate the wild herd estimated between five and six thousand with help from Cliff Clary and ranchers Percy Roberts and Lewis Smithwick.
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Parramore Island
Coast
Virginia
Joe Whitehead
Fredericksburg
Jack Whitehead
Parramore
Whitehead
Cliff Clary
Brady
Texas
Percy Roberts
San Angelo
Lewis Smithwick
San Saba
Atlantic
Accomac County
Coast Guard
Rural Telephone Service Topic At Farm Bureau Meeting
The Gil lespie County Farm Bureau will discuss improving rural telephone service during its January 13 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Agriculture Building. Speakers Joe Petsch Arthur Stehling and Kenneth Durham district manager for United Telephone Company will lead the discussion along with a general forum on telephone service and other important matters.
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Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Rubin Meier
Joe Petsch
Arthur Stehling
Kenneth Durham
United Telephone Company
Drivers License Office To Open Here January 30
The Drivers License office of the State Department of Public Safety will reopen here on January 30. Sheriff Robert Loth reports the vacancy followed the transfer of Clarence Spike Zatopek to San Antonio on January 1. Officials said a replacement officer would be stationed here in the final week of January.
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State Department of Public Safety
Robert Loth
Clarence “Spike” Zatopek
San Antonio
Department of Public Safety
Loth
Plans Mapped For Annual March of Dimes Campaign
Gillespie County sets January 16 to 31 for the annual March of Dimes drive with John Dooley named campaign chairman. The effort will use coin collectors, school cards, and a January 28 double-header dance, with no personal solicitations or direct mail. Local polio aid in 1949 totaled about 2800 dollars, with 1850 advanced by National Headquarters. organizers aim to repay and fund the 1950 effort.
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Gillespie County
Norman Rech
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
John Dooley
Dooley
Doiley
Fredericksburg Bank Deposits Rise to Near 1946 High
Fredericksburg two banks end 1949 with deposits of 7.617 million, up from 1948 and nearing the 1946 all time high of 7.740 million. Fredericksburg National Bank held 4.606 million. Security State Bank 3.012 million. Loans and discounts also rose to 1.260 million from 1.158 million in 1948.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg National Bank
Security State Bank
Low Of 21 Sets Frigid Fredericksburg Week Record
A 21 degree low, the coldest of the winter season, was logged in Fredericksburg Saturday morning per local observer Alfred Neffendorf. Other weekly lows were 26 on Wednesday and Thursday, with Thursday never rising above 31. Friday morning fell to 28 and Sunday to 31, while the week’s high reached 69 on Wednesday. Rain totaled less than a quarter inch, with 17 points recorded Thursday and Friday.
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Fredericksburg
Alfred Neffendorf
Lodge Officers Of Sons Of Herman Installed At Seipp's Hall
One hundred two Herman Sons officers were installed at Seipp's Hall Sunday afternoon. Grand vice president Harry Naas led the ceremony with aides Bodo Holekamp and A H Kneese. Lodges from Comfort Boerne Marble Falls Cherry Spring Mecklenburg Van Raab and Fredericksburg took part. Naas praised 1949 gains in assets and membership and the order's strong insurance. Herman Sons Mixed Choir and band performances enhanced the event before a social hour and refreshments for about 300 attendees.
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Sons of
Herman
Seipp’s Hall
Order of the Sons of Hermann
Harry Naas
Naas
Bodo Holekamp
A. H. Kneese
Comfort
Boerne
Marble Falls
Cherry Spring
Mecklenburg
van Raab
Fredericksburg
Cere
Herman Sons
Felix Pehl
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Aug. Jost
A. V. Garrett
Fredercksburg High School
Sterling
Fair Association
Rural Telephone Service
Farm Bureau Topic
Gillespie Game and Fish Protective Association
Erwin Marquardt
Robert Pape
Kenneth Mianer
Hubert Rausch
Emil Wahrmund Jr
Wahrmund
Rausch
Order of the Sons of
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