Sheep Show Results From Harper Fair
Continued from page one the Harper fair lists results in wool and crossbred classes for under 110 pounds and over 110 pounds with top placers Ola Maertz Ellis Ellebracht Dennis Bernhard and others. Southdown categories feature Ronny Kneese Kermit Strackbein Bobby Penner with champion fat lamb awarded to Ronald Kneese. 4H and FFA entries include Ola Mae Itz Edward Walker Bobby Brown Donnie Bode Alfredo Zabrocky and more with various Rambouillet and Delaine lambs charted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Strackbein
Ola Maertz
Corine Strackbein
John Tarr
James Tarr
Lou Moellendorf
Dennis Bernhard
Ellis Ellebracht
Charles McDougall
Johnnie Bierschwabe
Joe Parker
Sidney Heinemann
William Jones
Roger Harper
Elaine Poole
Gene Bode
Chelas Gamel
Buzzy Parker
Kelly Parker
Brown Whitewood
Lamar Itz
Carlton Wendel
Edith Ellebracht
Worth Duderstadt
Ronnie Kneese
Southdown
Ronny Kneese
Kermit Strackbein
Bobby Penner
Delaine Ewe Lambs
Ola Mae Itz
Edward Walker
Bobby Brown
Delaine Buck Lambs
Alfredo Zabrocky
FFA
Suffolk
Suffolk Buck
Ewe Tonnie Kneese
Bobby Benner
Cyrus Schmidt
Donnie Bode
Rambouillet
Legion Auxiliary meeting highlights and 4H sheep and goat results
The Legion Auxiliary met Friday night January 4 at the Legion Hall with hostesses Mrs. Lewis Stevens and Mrs. Belton Tatsch. Business notes include exchanging odd flavors for coconut, packing eleven boxes of cookies for Korean boys, and reports on visits to the Gift Shop at Legion Hospital. Also notes blood donation calls and a call to patronize local merchants. includes 4H and FFA winners in sheep and goat shows such as Dennis Bernhard 1st in Suffolk Buck lambs and Lamar Itz as Champion Goat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Lewis Stevens
Belton Tatsch
Auxiliary
Korea
Herbert Gamel
Legion Hospital
Legion
Internal Revenue Rep Here Jan 23-24 in Fredericksburg
D. S. McKay deputy collector of internal revenue will be in Fredericksburg on Wednesday and Thursday January 23 and 24 to assist farmers and ranchmen with income tax returns. He will be at the courthouse. The filing deadline for farmers and ranchmen has been moved to January 31 from January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Internal Revenue
Fredericksburg
Pleasant Hill News Update on Farm Work and Birthdays
The next rock building is to be a large barn. Tom Andrews rebuilds a house on Florence Gibson's farm with John Martin helping. They hope to move in and raise several thousand turkeys in 1952. Chester Hartmann celebrated his 40th birthday with relatives and neighbors. Visitors included Frederick Deike and family. Mrs. Foley visited, then returned to Galveston after a month with Deike relatives. The Pleasant Hill 42 Party is Friday night Jan 18. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Dixon visited Sandy area friends and Ralph Coleman. The ladies enjoyed fresh turnips from a fine patch Mr. Coleman grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Andrews
Florence Gibson
Rocky Creek
John Martin
Mr. Andrews
Andrews
Chester Hartmann
Chester
Chester Miny
Frederick Deike
Vivian
Lovell
Stanley
Fritz Deike
Ida Foley
Fredericksburg
Galveston
Deike
Hye
San Antonio
Foley
Houston
Pleasant Hill 42
G. C. Walker
Millie Dixon
Sandy
Ralph Colemann
FHS Mid Term Exams Are Advanced Day
The schedule outlines two hour mid term exams from Wednesday January 23 to Friday January 25. Students must remain in classrooms at least one hour and are not expected to be on school grounds during exam times.
The Spirit of Arthur Murray Joins Faculty
The Spirit of Arthur Murray Joins Faculty reports seniors practicing for the Winter Wonderland Party. Seniors mentor others in dance during after school sessions, with boys learning rapidly. Girls complain the music is limited to Down Yonder, yet the mood remains upbeat as some dance with coke bottles when no partner is available.
Sophomore Mix-Up The Ifs of Names and Roles
A playful list imagining swaps among students and teachers: Douglas becomes Old, Jung becomes Douglas, James shifts from Boring to Drilling and from Hennig to Rooster, LaVerne becomes Ribbon, Aaron transforms into Rope, Luther changes to Liquid, Estell to Bad-lose, Harvey to Less, Elysee to Stand, Earl to Mc-Groom, Francis to Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Jung
James
Hennig
LaVerne
Aaron
Luther
Estell
Goodwin
Harvey
Mohr
Elysee
Neal
Earl
McBride
Francis
Know Your Seniors Roberta Knopp of Fredericksburg
Roberta Knopp, a 16 year old senior at Fredericksburg High School, stands 5 feet 3 inches tall and has brown eyes. She lived in Fredericksburg all her life, attended another school for three years, and is in her third year of high school with two years on the pep squad. Her favorite food is fried chicken and she has matrimonial plans for the future. The rest appears as a humorous school life vignette and a Shakespearean style complaint about a five page civics project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Knopp
Fredericksburg
Roberta
FHS
Mr. Shilling
Freshman and senior humor on ambition and romance
A light exchange features a freshman declaring zeal for all tasks, a senior joking to dig a deep well, Kathleen G. confronting a red headed rival for a boyfriend, and Meffie H. declaring she would rather die than lose. The dialogue captures schoolyard humor and interpersonal rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen G
Meffie H
Driver Education Offered at Our School
A second semester driver education course for one half unit will be offered to at least twenty students with Mr. Robert L. Walter as instructor. Seniors without licenses get first preference, followed by other students, with Behrend Garage providing a 1952 Studebaker sedan for class use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Walter
Behrend Garage
Studebaker
Helmuth K. Behrend
Studebaker Sales
The Band Is Growing With New Instruments
The band has received three new instruments a fourth bassoon is on order and will arrive soon. The current trio includes two French horns and an oboe. These additions bring progress though early squeaks and flat notes are heard as beginners play on their new gear. The band thanks the Band Boosters for making this possible.
Ghosts Abroad in English Class Contests
Freshmen throw literary hats in the ring with ghost story entries. Mrs Yates fears grading the eerie papers, as stories titled The Mysterious Hand The Witch's Urn and The Spirit of the Tomb surface among readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allen Poe
Miss Yates
FHS Junior Historians Hold First Meeting of Year
On January 9 1952 the Fredericksburg High School Junior Historians met for their first gathering of the year Chairman Harold Klinksick led the program with Texas Our Texas. Guest speaker Mr Petmecky spoke on The Founding of Fredericksburg showing maps after German settlement. Girls sang Lieb Heimatlandande and the National Anthem ended the program. Refreshments and a brief business meeting followed in the homemaking building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Klinksick
Texas
Petmecky
Fredericksburg
America
Student Yearbook Adolescent Quotations by Teachers and Students
A quirky listing pairs names with playful descriptors such as Tony Hartmann matching F H S and Jeanie Knoche with Beautiful, Jeanie Knoche. The compilation, featuring many students and staff like Robby Robbins and Janet Schmidt, reads as a humorous, collective portrait of personalities in a school community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Hartmann
Jeanie Knoche
Merlyn Schuch
Darling
Robby Robbins
Eager
Hayden Grona
Janet Schmidt
Harold Klinksick
M. B. St. Clair
Gary Cravens
Kathleen Geistweidt
Kind
Esther Knopp
Margie Mitchell
Tubby Bauer
Mr. Kneese
Doni Beckmann
Marion Rode
Izzy Grana
Bob Westerfeldt
Sensible
Charles Ottmers
Tiny
Lou Ann Falkenbury
Unique
Donna Kay Smith
Vigorous
Alvin Leitz
Willing
Harvey Eckert Xcellent
Gladys Jenke Yappy
Micky McDougall Zestful
Meffie Hartmann
If you have a snarp eye for bargains watch the want ads
A compact note highlights the appeal of newspaper want ads for bargain seekers. It urges readers to scan listings for value, noting the breadth of items and potential finds across categories. The tone is brisk and promotional, typical of classified sections.
Leap Year Party Watch Out Boys by Senior Class of ’52
The Senior Class of 1952 hosts a Leap Year Party on January 25 with King M B St Clair and Queen Margie Mitchell. Charles Ottmers and Merle Teschner act as Prince and Princess for the Winter Wonderland event, as Hill Country Boys provide music. Girls chase the boys for a change, promising a lively evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. St. Clair
Margie Mitchell
Charles Ottmers
Merle Teschner
Birthday wishes for January honorees listed
A birthday note lists Elizabeth Keffeler Sylvia Ann Welch Stanley Ernst James Eckhardt Gloria Jean Ressmann and Curtis Freitag with January dates. Each entry marks a birthday on the noted day in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Keffeler
Sylvia Ann Welch
Stanley Ernst
James Eckhardt
Gloria Jean Ressmann
Curtis Freitag
Ensilage From 1938 Still Sound at Brady Ranch
G R White a Brady rancher and banker stored 4000 tons of ensilage in trench silos in 1938. Covered and forgotten, the silos were opened recently and the ensilage remains as good as when dumped. He feeds Hereford cows and saves on feed costs with alfalfa at 65 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. White
Brady
West Texas
Treng
Fertilizer Grades Lead Texas Sales in Last Year
The 5-10-5 and 4-12-4 grades made up about three fourths of mixed fertilizers sold in Texas last year. Superphosphos at 20 percent composed about half of the fertilizer materials sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fredericksburg Billikens Fall to Medina Teams in Twin Games
In Medina High School Gym Tuesday night the Fredericksburg Billikens lost to Medina girls 25 to 22 after a tight contest with late drama. Toby Humes led the Billikens with 13 points. The Hill Billies then faced Medina boys and were defeated as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Billikens
Hillbillies
Medina Girls
Medina High School
Billikens
Toby Humes
Hill Billies
Medina Boys
Geography Gaffe Sparks Old World Line Reconsideration
Izzy G and Wilburn B trade a playful exchange about past declarations of love and growing awareness of geography. The quip suggests a light moment on memory, affection, and the expansion of life experience. No further details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izzy G
Wilburn B
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harper
Rambouillett
Ewe Lambs
Buck Lambs
Angora Goats
Billy Kids
Steve Oehler
Kenneth Whitewood
Doe Kids
Kenneth Oehler
Does Lamar Itz
Goat Lamar Itz
Pleasant Hill
Chevrolet
Hein Chevrolet Company
Arthur Murray
Raymond Kneese
Kneese
Coach Jones
Krause
Ghosts Abroad
Hawaii
Maryland Club
PUREX
Quarts
Libby
Fritos
Pka
Aunt Jemima
Louis Kammlah JR
N_Y.O. S
Crenwelge Food Market
Dubarry
Richard
Kallenberg's Pharmacy
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