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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
3
Max Wittis receives official notice from Maxey Hart Clerk of the Federal Court in Austin that he must serve as juror for the Federal Grand Jury convening in Austin next Monday January 22.
Oats priced at 40 cents per bushel and bright cane hay at 10 dollars per ton offered at the barn. Seller identified as L. A. Warner of Lake Victor, Texas.
Officials describe a plan to expand Old Highway 81 into a cross state route paralleling US 261. The route would connect Fredericksburg to San Antonio and extend north to Wichita Falls, with a southern loop toward Grande. Hilton Burks leads the Highway 16 Association pushing for federal designation.
Mr and Mrs Adolf Evers and Mr and Mrs Alfred Durden visited friends and relatives at Nordheim in a brief social outing.
Edmund Kott a Bear Creek rancher died at 3 40 am in a local hospital at age 63 8 23. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 30 pm from Schaetter's Funeral Home with interment in City Cemetery.
Fredericksburg High School’s Hillbillies beat Tivy on Monday to lead the tri-county league while Center Point and Tivy remain as threats. The team plans away games rest of season, with home games ahead at Center Point and Tivy shaping the standings. Key players Petermann Langerhans Andereg Lindenberg Cancino anchored the win in a zone defense and fast break.
Local court battles loom as Brady Mason and likely Lanier and Burbank from San Antonio form top lines. Lanier, among the city’s fastest quintets, tests the Billies rank in Districts 21 through 24 Uvalde San Antonio Georgetown and La Grange. District winners advance to regional play for a regional representative to the state meet in Austin.
Figures released this week show 20 000 schoolboys played football in the past season as the interscholastic league marks its 21st year. Alpine hosts executives meeting with plans for an Austin coaching school in August and an all-star game for seniors.
Commissioner Kenesaw M Landis ruled in Chicago to curb the use of farm systems and common control. He freed 91 players from the Detroit Tigers organization and warned clubs and officials that misdeeds will bring penalties. The decision halts Detroit's trade plans for Benny McCoy and George Coffman and declares affected players free agents after 15 days. Other penalized clubs include the Chicago Cubs St Louis Browns and Cleveland.
A worker asks for a job and is given a leather pole to paint by the barber. The exchange hints at a makeshift task and a quirky instruction about striped paint. The dialogue showcases streetwork humor and a small workplace dynamic.
Hillbillies defeated Tivy High of Kerrville 24 16 to move atop the tri county basketball standings led by Coaches Klaemer and Nix. They opened 10 5 and 17 11 halves before extending their eight point margin.
Texas fire department figures show 279 deaths in 1939 from burns and fire injuries. Trapping in burning homes caused 82 fatalities, while clothing near open flames led to 44 deaths including 12 children. Other causes included kerosene fires 38, gasoline stove blasts 31, and explosive or incendiary incidents 11.
An indignant citizen derides the candidate with a quip about voting while the suave politician retorts that even if he were the Angel Gabriel the citizen would not be in his precinct. The exchanged barb mirrors heated local election rhetoric.
Mrs Ludwig Kneese widow of pioneer civic leader L Kneese was buried in Fredericksburg after a funeral at Edison Street Methodist Church. Born Minna Imhoff in Fredericksburg on June 11 1853 she died Tuesday at 3 30 p m aged 86 years 7 months 6 days. She left a large family including Emma Leifeste Ottilie Koenig Ben Kneese and others with eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Interment was at City Cemetery. Also noted is George Henry Grove a Navy member on 10 day leave visiting Fredericksburg Menard and San Antonio.
L P Imhoff of Georgetown attends the funeral of L F Kneese, his eldest sister. Visitors at Cecilia Schliesing’s bedside in San Antonio include Charles Molberg and family, Henry Madlberg, Charles Lay and family, Paul Schliesing and family, Cecilia’s mother remains at her side as Cecilia recovers from a Saturday night car accident.
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