County Officials Adopt Straight Salary Plan in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Commissioners Court in January set all county officers on a straight salary, forming an Officers Salary Fund. Salaries mostly unchanged, with roles listed including County Judge, District Clerk, County Attorney, County Clerk and deputies, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, and County Treasurer, plus mileage for the sheriff.
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Gillespie County
Commissioners Court
Reinhold Tatsch
Ray Jones
Annual Girl Scout Meeting Held Monday Night
Members of the Gillespie County Girl Scout Association gathered at the Scout Cabin for their annual membership meeting. C. O. Balser presided as Mrs Opal Clifton spoke on the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund and the group noted plans for a February 10 card party.
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Gillespie Count
Girl Scout Association
C. O. Balser
Association
Opal Clifton
Girl Scout Secutive
Austin
Guido
Lett
Alonzo Evers
Elgin
Elgin <Uhlmann
W. J. Tubbs
Freda Sammons
O Blanchard
Dgar Klett
Henry Schmidt
George Iley
Oke
Iliette Low
Juliette Low
Theroup
United States
Clifton
Elgin Tatsch Urges March of Dimes Support
Elgin Tatsch, polio survivor, appeals to Gillespians to support the March of Dimes drive. He was paralyzed in 1948 at age 27, spent weeks in San Antonio and Gonzales facilities, now back to light work with ongoing medical checkups and a 3-year-old daughter helping endorse the campaign.
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March OF Dimes
Elgin Tatsch
Stehling Brothers
Elgin
March of Dimes Fund
Tatsch
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Gonzales
Myrtle
Warm Weather Honeymoon Ends As Cold Front Arrives
Gillespie County reports January 1950 as tropical with recent highs near 79 degrees and a 35 degree low. Forecasters warn that pre-norther rain will bring sub freezing temperatures by Thursday with potential bloom damage to fruit trees. County Agent C A Stone notes cattle and grain benefited from warmth but advises grazing small grains to weather a freeze. January 1950 contrasts with January 1948 cold wave and January 1949 multiple freezes.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Alfred Neffendorf
C. A. Stone
Stone
Willie's Ize Box Burglarized Tuesday Night
Willie's Ize Box at 907 E Main Street was burglarized Tuesday night. About 600 dollars in cash and checks were stolen from the cold storage vault after attackers forced a padlock. Sheriff Robert Loth and state patrolmen investigated the theft, discovered at 8 am after closing at 10 pm Tuesday.
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Wille
Ize
Main Street
Robert Loth
National Bank Doubles Capital Stock Structure
The Fredericksburg National Bank increases capital stock from 50000 to 100000 after a January 10 stockholders meeting. Alfred Cameron, vice president, says the rise follows Board recommendations due to growing business volume. The Comptroller of the Currency in Washington approved the increase, citing a policy to maintain a strong capital base benefiting customers and stockholders.
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Frederickbsurg National Bank
Alfred Cameron
Washington
McDonald Exits State Politics Watershed
J. E. McDonald longtime state commissioner of agriculture since 1930 announced on Tuesday he will not seek reelection this year. Walter McKay of Fredericksburg current head of the agriculture department plant quarantine division is listed among likely candidates for the office.
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J. E. McDonald
Walter McKay
Fredericksburg
Agriculture Department
Deadline Near for Poll Tax Payments Amid Boosts
Poll tax receipts show a weekly increase but lag behind typical year totals with less than a week to pay. Tax Assessor-Collector Wm. M. Petmecky notes campaign efforts by the Louis Jordan Post American Legion spur interest to vote in 1950 elections. The 1949 constitutional amendment failed. poll taxes remain required for ages 21 to 60, with exemptions for those turning 21 this year.
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Wm. M. Petmecky
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
FFA and 4 H boys win honors at Kerr Show
Fredericksburg Future Farmers of America and 4 H Club members captured numerous prizes at the Hill Country Boys Livestock Show in Kerrville January 19 to 21. Alton Ernst led FFA with Grand Champion fat steer and Grand Champion Beef Animal. Melon Bonn won Grand Champion Hereford bull and other placings followed by Curtis and Richard Feller. Dudley Althaus topped Aberdeen Angus exhibitor list with Grand Champion heifer, plus second place, while Elbert and Hayden Grona showed top bulls and heifers. Elroy Behrends and Dudley Althaus earned top and high placements in other classes. Three local dairy heifers also fared well, with Jersey calves shown by Lee Harry Eckhardt, Franklin Doebbler, Ronald Immel bred by Evers Dairy.
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FFA
Alton Ernst
Gillespie County
Kerr
Melon Bonn
Curtis
Richard Feller
Melvin Bonn
Dudley Althaus
Elbert
Hayden Grona
Alton Oehler
Elroy Behrends
Fredericksburg
Lee Harry Eckhardt
Franklin Doebbler
Ronald Immel
Evers Dai
Petsch Named President of Gillespie County Fair Association
Joe S Petsch was elected president at a Monday board meeting of the Gillespie County Fair Association. New officers include Norman Rech treasurer and Walter Hohmann recording secretary, with 12 new directors and a board increase to 24 after a constitutional change. The drive funds a new livestock arena financed by 1088 shares of new stock.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Wesley Gold
Benno Weiss
John Dooley
Norman Kech
Walter Schaefer
Joe Petsch
Walter Fuhrmann
Erwin Anderegg
Robert Dittmar
Kurt Eckhardt
Temple Duderstadt
Henry Kneese
Walter Hohmann
Elgin Heimann
Elton Jordan
Gilbert Kaderli
Ben Mogford
Willis Lee
Fred Mathisen
Max Reinbach
Herbert Durst
Wm. Schroeder
Nolan Althaus
Lorence Feller
Fair Group
Gillespie County
Harry O. Davis
Joe S. Petsch
Fair
Petsch
Harry Davis
Fredericksburg
Elgin Heiman
Mutual Lumber Company
Norman Rech
Teller
Fredericksburg National Bank
Max O. Reinbach
Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association
Walter F. Hohmann
Farmers Grain Company
Victor H. Sagebiel
Rech
The
Fair Association
William Schroeder, Jr
FFA
Clifton Land
Fair Board
Capital
Activities Planned For Boy Scout Week in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Boy Scout and Cub units plan National Boy Scout Week activities from February 6 to 12 with individual Pot Luck Suppers due to limited space in Fredericksburg. Two local units Doss and Stonewall schedule events, while a countywide gathering may close the Camoree in spring.
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Gillespie County
Tyrus Cox
Fredericksburg
Cox
James Tarr
Capitol Area Council
T. K. Ford
Gillespie
Austin
Doss
Stonewall
Lions Club
Gillespie Fair Association Publishes Yearly Operation Report
The Gillespie County Fair Association released its annual statements detailing the nonprofit’s past year. It shows a gross income of 42 285.43 with concessions producing 14 195.48, cost of goods 7 889.12, and a net profit of 2 214.33 after expenses. Permanent improvements totaling about 7 000 funded grandstand and stall renovations, new seats, booths, wiring, and other facilities.
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Gillespie Counyair Association
Fair Association
Hill Country
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Girl Scout
Willie
National Bank
McDonald
New Fair Board
Gillespie Fair Association
Kerr Show
Future Farmers of America
4-H Club
Kerrville
E. Heimann
Max QO. Reinbach
Davis
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Boy Scout
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