Junior Class Takes Over Campus Comet Editing
Fredericksburg high school reports the Junior English classes now edit the Campus Comet. Senior staff handed over duties after mid term last year with a new editor group led by Betty Ann Stroeder and Joyce Hennig among others. The update covers student journalism, activities, and upcoming events like Gillespie County Stock Show January 21 22 and midterm exams.
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Comet
Betty Ann Stroeder
Joyce Hennig
Bernice Wieser
Lloyd Durst
Marion Schroeder
Billy Schnerr
Corwin Anderegg
Theresa Lange
Wendell McCandless
Rhodine Ellett
Marilyn Schmidt
Nita Dean McCandless
Tommy Mann
Evelyn Fuhrmann
Corrine Anderegg
Mary Jane Kraus
John Ed. Knopp
Kermit Langehennig
Gillespie County
Dorothy Kothe
Hugo Walter
Kenneth Kasper
Lieb Heimatland Ade
Marcella Evers
Waldean McDougall
Julia Hartmann
Lorene Gold
Imogene Wieser
Maurice Kelmeier
FFA
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Boys Live
Texas
PTA
FHS
Mason
KNAF
Alberta Klinksick
San Saba
San Sabans
Tatuma
Damron
Santa Claus
Krause
Herman
Citation by Publication of Final Account for Frieda Pfiester
The State of Texas publishes notice of the final account and application for discharge in the Gillespie County Court. Felix E. Pfiester as administrator filed the final settlement for Frieda Pfiester Deceased. The hearing is the first Monday after ten days from publication, at the Gillespie County Courthouse in Fredericksburg. Interested parties must appear to contest.
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State of
Texas
Frieda Pfiester
Felix E. Pfiester
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Felix Scherer
Fredericksburg Bank to Close for Robert E. Lee Birthday
Fredericksburg National Bank will close next Wednesday January 19 in observance of Robert E. Lee's Birthday. Local customers are advised to plan around the holiday and note branch hours may be affected.
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Fredericksburg National Bank
Robert E. Lee
Mrs Alexander Laid To Rest In Sunday Rites
Final rites for Ida Florence Smith Alexander were held Sunday January 9 1949 at Beckmann Funeral Home at 3 30 p m officiated by Revs August Apelt and L H Billings. Interment followed at Eckert Cemetery. She died January 8 at 8 35 a m at her son Homer Alexander’s home aged 89 years 6 months 24 days. Survivors include five sons Eugene Everett Burris Homer and Luther Alexander ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Beckmann
Ida Florence Smith Alexander
August Apelt
Kerrville
L. H. Billings
Fredericksburg
Emmanuel Gospel Church
Eckert
Alexander
Homer Alexander
Seguin
Texas
Burris Smith
James B. Alexander
Wilson County
Callie Ladora
Chas. Billow
James C .Alexander
Albert
Charles
Henry Smith
A. G. Bird
Elizabeth Riley
Eugene Alexander
San Antonio
Everett and
Burris Alexander
Llano
Luther Alexander
Willow City
Cattle and hog markets slide as buyers pull back in weak week
The cattle market opened with a sharp drop despite light receipts and variable quality. Prices across classes fell, with fat steers, cows, and hogs down about a dollar or more from last week, and calf and stocker segments mixed yet weak overall.
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Ft. Worth
Thanks for the kindness during illness and death of Wm Burrer
The family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind deeds sympathy during the illness and after the death of Wm Burrer beloved husband father grandfather and brother. Special thanks to Rev F A Bracher doctors Keyser and Feller Beckmann Funeral Home the duet and for many floral tributes and sympathy cards from the Bereaved Family.
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Wm. Burrer
F. A. Bracher
Drs. Keyser and
Feller
Beckmann
Science drives livestock meat industry growth and jobs
The article highlights 400 Swift researchers and the broad by products from slaughter, showing how new meats, drugs, and chemicals derive from animal by‑products. It notes sizable annual slaughter totals, ensuing leather, wool, fats, and fertilizers, plus market and price benefits for producers. Quotes praise animals’ impact on jobs and productivity.
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Swift
Business Must Serve The Community And Nation
An essay extols merchants and meat packers as community assets regardless of size. It credits Swift & Company with serving farmers ranchers meat dealers and consumers while highlighting mass production and marketing as drivers of low cost food distribution and efficiency. It notes competition keeps earnings per pound of meat very small.
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Mississippi
Swift& Company
United States
America
Crossbred or Fine Wool? Judging Western Range Sheep
A. C. Esplin outlines advantages of crossbred over fine-wool ewes in Western range herds, including mothering ability, prolificacy, lighter wool shrinkage, better combing wool, stronger lamb outcomes, range rustling, and larger size, plus several disadvantages such as shorter life, brush loss, feeder sales, harder herding, lower hardiness, and breeding uniformity concerns. The piece notes operators weigh life length, fleece quality, herd uniformity, and herding instincts when choosing breeds.
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A. C. Esplin
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
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J. ©. Virdell
Phone
Tex
Llano Rendering Company
Mrs. Alexander
Farm and Ranch News
Travelers Cafe
Alex Mittendorf
Beef Wholesale
Spot Castri
Schumann-Heil Sales Co
Fredericksburg, Texas
Food Research
Martha Logans
Soda Bill Sez
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Illinois
Roger H. Bray
A. A. Thor
University of Illinois
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
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