Time To Prune The Orchard In College Station
Horticulturist J E Hutchison of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service urges pruning during the dormant season. Essential tools include long-handled pruning shears a 14 inch briar tooth saw and hand pruners. Pruning balances tops with roots and aids sunlight exposure for next year’s fruit while removing dead limbs and checking for disease and insects.
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College Station
J. E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Hutchison
UT Student Janes Jack Stehling Honored As Historian
Austin Texas January Jack Stehling a University of Texas student from Fredericksburg has been elected historian of the Alpha Phi Gamma service group of Boy Scouts. He belongs to Lambda Chi Alpha German Club and Newman Club and is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Stehling of 331 Crockett.
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Austin
Texas
Jack Steh
University of Texas
Fredericksburg
Alpha Phi Iega
Boy Scouts
Lambda Chi
Newman Club
Myr
Arthur Stehling
Crockett
Mr and Mrs Edd Bauerstein Guests of Rev and Mrs Campbell
Mr and Mrs Edd Bauerstein of Medina were guests of Rev and Mrs Campbell Sunday. The exchange highlighted community ties and hospitality in local society.
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Edd Bauerstein
Medina
Campbell
Christmas Fireworks Welcomed Christ Child in Berchtesgaden
Esther Mueller sends vivid dispatches from Berchtesgaden describing Christmas Eve in the Bavarian village near the Austrian border. Gun salutes light the Alps as Schuetzen fire centuries-old pistols in synchronized ceremonies tied to church bells, harvests, and priestly masses. The affair blends pagan origins with Christian worship, surviving Nazi privacy limits and postwar reforms, highlighted by a visit through fog-shrouded streets to Haus Alpenblick and the Schuetzenkämmerer Johann Ilsanker.
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Berchtesgaden
Berchtestaden
Salzburg
Armorica
Alps
Hitler
Office of Military Government
U. S
Schuetzen
HLCOG
Germany
Austria
St. Nicholas
Knecht Ruprecht
Berchtesgaden Folk Traditions and Christmas Shooting
A detailed eyewitness account of Berchtesgaden festivities blending Catholic and Protestant customs. It describes Schuetzen groups, mountain shooting, Christmas Eve and Sylvester rites, church services, and veteran leaders preserving regional lore amid songs, bells, and trumpets.
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Sylvester
Salzburg
Bad Reichenhall
New Year Festivities Across Herzogsberg and Berchtesgaden
The article describes year end celebrations in Herzogsberg with electric lights and large figures, along with Shutzen groups slaughtering a pig for the night. It notes gatherings at Gausthaus Reit hoff en in Berchtesgaden, wives joining, meals, dancing, and beer and wine as New Year greetings, and references the Johannestagfeier and events like October 24, 1950 when the Freedom Bell in Berlin was dedicated with daytime gunfire.
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Herzogsberg
Schuetzen
Gausthaus Reithoffen
Berchtesgaden
Ten Men to Be Inducted Jan 23 in Local Area
Ten men from this area are to be inducted into the armed forces on January 23, 1952, per the local draft board. Names have not been released. The Texas state draft board headquarters announced 13,211 men classified 4-F must be re-examined, according to Brigadier General Paul L. Wakefield. The re-examined men are those who failed the armed forces mental tests.
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Armed Forces
Draft Board
Texas State Draft Board
Paul L. Wakefield
Round Rock hosts cordial supper guests at Johnson home
Mr and Mrs Hubert Molberg, Miss Nora Henke, and Mr and Mrs W H Osbourn were Thursday evening visitors and supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Arden Johnson in Round Rock.
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Hubert Molberg
Nora Henke
W. H. Osbourn
Arden Johnson
Round Rock
Nine Children Born in Local Hospitals
Nine children were born in local hospitals this past week. The list includes infants from Stonewall, Fredericksburg, Junction, Blanco, Harper, and Willow City born between January 10 and January 16. Names include Weinheimer Lindig Stapp Esquell Ottmers Gold Poehlmann and Dagen with five girls and four boys.
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Chas. Weinheimer
Stonewall
Werner A. Land
Fredericksburg
Orvil Stapp
Junction
Clinton Lindig
Blanco
Elgin Esquell
Harper
Victor Ottmers
Roland Gold
Willow City
G. A Poehlmann
Frank Dagen
Roy Zesch Died in Mason on Monday
Roy Zesch 50 prominent Mason County ranch and business man died at 5 30 p m Monday at his home after a heart attack. Lifelong resident with extensive land holdings and part owner of Mason Feed Store. Survived by wife Olga Reichenau a former Fredericksburg teacher, mother Mrs Mathilde Zesch a sister Mrs Henry Hoerster Llana and five brothers Kurt Arno Milton Walter and Jimmie Zesch Mason. Services held Wednesday at 10 30 a m in St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Alfred Doerfler officiating.
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Roy Zesch
Mason County
Mason Feed
Olga Reichenau
Fredericksburg
Mathilde Zesch
Henry Hoerster
Llana
Kurt
Arno
Milton
Walter
Jimmie Zesch
Mason
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Alfred Doerfler
Bank to Close Saturday Observing Robert E. Lee Birthday
The Security State Bank will be closed Saturday January 19 in observance of Robert E. Lee's birthday. Local customers are urged to plan around the holiday and use online services as needed.
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Security State Bank
Robert E. Lee
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Jack Stehling
Alpha Phl Omega
LUT
Esther Mueller
Standard
Berchtel
Feller
Werner Feller
Edgar Karger
Milton Reed
Comfort
Schuetzenkoenig
Verein
Fran Ksanker
Schuetzenmeister
Norge
Conservador
Grunow
Aero Willys
Skyways
Willys-Overland Motors
Fredericksburg, Texas
Lone Starisagas Company
Vapo - Butane Co
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