Electric Shop Force Attends Kelvinator Preview
The City Radio and Electric Company force attended a 1940 Kelvinator appliance preview at the Plaza Hotel. A banquet followed the show featuring heaters refrigerators ranges washing machines and other Kelvinator items. Attendees included Alfred Duecker manager Ed Borchers Grant Pfeil Weeley Woerner and Felix Pfiester.
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City Radio and Electric Company
Plaza Hotel
Alfred Duecker
Ed. Borchers
Grant Pfeil
Weeley Woerner
Felix Pfiester
Kader Leads In Ten Pin League Highs And A Birth Announcement
G Kader posts a high single 226 and G Kaderli nets 574 across three games. Southern Select posts a high team single 853 and a three game semis 2459. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Enoch J Clair of San Antonio. Mrs St Clair remembered as Della Knesek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Kaderli
Southern Select
Enoch &J. Clair
San Antonio
Fredericksburg Sports Week Frozen By Blizzard Hullabaloo
In Fredericksburg this week games were postponed by a blizzard. FHS basketball routed Mason on their home court, while winter scenes inspired snowball fights and makeshift sledding, with memories of past winters rekindling nostalgia for sleigh rides and skating on local creeks.
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Fredericksburg
FHS Basketeers
Mason
Giants Baseball Organizing Meeting Foreseen for February
The 1940 Giants organization plans an early February meeting to discuss a new league and rally fan support. With Red Schnerr departed, a strong starting nine is expected featuring Jung and Icke as catchers, Enderlin Klaerner and Grobe in the field, and a lineup built around Klett and Mogford. Bill Nettle, last year’s president, is anticipated to set a meeting date soon to mobilize fans, players, and boosters.
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Stanley
Red” Schnerr
Giants
Jung
Icke
Enderlin
Klaerner
Grobe
Bill” Nettle
Fish migration mystery explained by anglers
In a Dallas Morning News column Bill McClanahan and Ray Osborne discuss how ponds form fish populations without stocking. They cite shore birds spreading eggs, cattle hair transporting eggs, wind driven rain fish, and minnow movement as methods, noting real cases of fish being transported across distances.
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Dallas Morning News
Bill McClanahan
Hunter and Fisher
McClanahan
Ray Osborne
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
T. Walker
Denison
Mr. Walker
Oertorsburg Hailed as Clean in Local Pride
The piece extols residents of Oertorsburg for their pride of possession and habit of keeping items in pristine condition. It notes a visitor praising the town after traveling the San Antonio highway, and reflects on Main Street from Nimitz Corner to Kraus Corner as particularly well kept.
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San Antonio
Austin
Nimitz
Kraus Corner
Hardware firm employees view Norge line at hotel show
Hardware Company employees Harry Land and Robert Moritz of Kolmeier and Klier Co. attended a Norge appliances showing at the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday January 17. The event featured refrigerators washers ranges and water heaters with a banquet and floor show. Moritz noted the Norge line meets ABA specifications. Mrs Harvey Ransl wben of Kerrville attended the reception following the wedding of Jacob Knopp and Minna Crenwelge on Thursday evening.
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Harry Land
Robert Moritz
Kolmeier and Klier Co
Norge
Plaza Hotel
Moritz
Harvey Ranslwben
Kerrville
Jacob Knopp
Minna Crenwelge
Snow and Freeze Sweep County With Harsh Week
The county endures a freezing week as temperatures fall to four degrees in Alfred Neffendorf’s thermometer and reach zero in some rural gauges. Crops largely escape damage, though farmers await seed viability. Snow aids moisture, traffic suffers, autos stranded, and plumbers report burst water pipes while shopkeepers shovel snow.
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Alfred Neffendorf
Hillbillies Trim Mason and Schreiner B Edge Hooks
Hillbillies beat Mason 46 26 on Tuesday, Schreiner B of Kerrville topped Klaemer Nix 42 31 on Wednesday. FHS girls, coached by Stella Jung, beat Comfort twice 33 26 and 35 20 with a starting six led by Peggy Petsch and Genevieve Stieler. Also notes a home game vs Center Point and a water pipe freezing tip.
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Hillbillies
Mason
Mavericks
Schreiner
Kerrville
Klaemer
Nix
Hunt
Center Point
FHS
Stella Jung
Comfort
Kraus Attends Bottlers Association Convention
Erwin Kraus manager of the Fredericksburg Coca Cola Bottling Co attended the Texas Bottlers Association Convention at the Gunter Hotel on the past Wednesday and Thursday.
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Erwin Kraus
Fredericksburg
Coca Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Texas Bottlers Association
Gunter Hotel
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Tehliy Bros
Outhern Select
Live Aces
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Font Star
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Tas
Jane Bris
Maisie
Sothern
Rita Pohnson
John Carroll
Micky Mouse
Volga Ragent
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State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Ray
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Kerrville Mountain Sun
Trim Mason
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Lorine Danz
Dorothy Henke
Nelly Habenicht
Lucille Klein
Miss Jung
Vera Andregg
Marion Wilke
Alvina Klaerner
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Alta Louise Powell
Margie Mhohmann
Irene Neffendorf
Annie Heep
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Cherry Spring
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Alf. Klingelhoeffer
Kraus
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Tivydale Hall
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Yamuar
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Warfdall
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Wijt
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