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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1951

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Gillespie A M Club To Honor Molberg Friday

Carl Buddy Molberg a star performer on the Texas Aggie and teams of the past three years will be honored at a banquet in the Nimitz Hotel Friday night.

Carl Buddy” Molberg Hubert Molberg Gillespie A&m Nimitz Buddy A&m Texas Aggie Nimitz Hotel Gillespie A & M Club Aggie Exes FHS Jack Groff Gillespie A & M Ray George MSMU Molberg Fredericksburg Bob Smaith Eone Aggies Wim Dawg” Dawson Dor Barton Aggie Cameron Chester Smokey Klaerner Texas Robert Dittmar Groff T. J. Chegman Walter Fuhrmann Robert Dittfar

Inflation Decree Sparks Confusion and Wage Debate

The piece attacks a government anti inflation decree as inflating prices to record highs while allowing wage increases. It cites statements by President Truman and cabinet members, and recalls previous price rollbacks after auto price adjustments. The article then shifts to a Fredericksburg event honoring a former FHS star with Aggie guests and a Friday banquet.

United States Truman Washington

Grand and Petit Jurors Named for Winter Court Term

District Clerk E L Schmidt announced grand and petit jurors for the February winter term of District Court to open Monday February 19. Judge Thomas Ferguson presides. Gillespie's new sheriff Hugo Klaerner and county attorney Wm Schneider Jr take office. The criminal docket features State of Texas vs Leo Ramos for murder in week two. civil docket includes Nora Maner et al vs Adella Langerhans et al.

Grand and Petit E. L. Schmidt Thomas Ferguson Gillespie Hugo Klaerner Wm. Schneider Jr Sam Connally San Saba Schmidt Nora Maner Adella Langerhans State of Texas Leo Ramos Max Lange Harold J. Leitz Herman Maner Emil Lochte Kurt Eckhardt Alfons Feller Willie J. Danz A. B. Barker Edwin Ottmers Troy Foster Richard Kott Alonzo Jung Clayton Feller Carlos B. Young Hilmar Weinheimer Edwin Schlueter Adolph Kott Edgar Fiedler Wh. A. Wehmeyer Isidore Stehling Herbert O. Wahrmund Harry Strackbein Edwin Dittmar Richard Hohmann Henry Frantzen Edgar E. Kramer Albert Henke Louis M. Klein August H. Land Alvin Weinheimer August Sagebiel Carl Doehler Gilbert Klein Arthur Ristau Robert O. Dittmar Edwin Itz Walter Schlaudt Edgar Feuge Lawrence H. Wendel Louis Schmidtzinsky Guenther R. Wittig Erwin Itz Robert Grona Carll. F. Klaehn Alfred L. Cameron Alfred Duecker Victor Pressler Richard Jenschke

Texas Agriculture Leader Sees Farm Future In Crisis

Commissioner John C. White addressed Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce praising agriculture as Texas’s leading industry. He noted Texas produces 10 percent of U S agriculture with 1.75 million on farms, calls for field inspections funding, and urges economy to meet wartime needs.

America Texas John C. White Fredericksburg California Iowa Walter McKay Sioner Almon Kirchhoff

Goodyear Service Store Reopening in Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg's Goodyear Service Store 206 East Main will mark the completion of remodeling with a three day open house celebration on February 1 2 and 3. The event spans Thursday Friday and Saturday and invites customers to tour the revamped facility and learn about new services.

Fredericksburg Goodyear East Main

Goodyear Service to Reopen With Weekend Events

Henry Meurer announces the Goodyear Service store re opening with Thursday Friday and Saturday events this week. The prize drawing will occur Saturday evening February 10 at 7 p m with registration open until drawing time.

Henry Meurer Goodyear Service

Fredericksburg opens new tire and appliance store with prizes

February 1 to 3 open house showcases a larger tire tube battery and appliance store. Attendees register for a drawing at 7 p m on February 3 with prizes including a Hotpoint dishwasher Universe Mixmaster and more. Visitors receive gifts and sale items during the two day reopening celebration.

Fredericksburg Universe General Electric

Group Asks Recheck X Rays for TB Survey

Mass TB X Ray participants from 1949 are requested to undergo repeat surveys when the unit visits March 7 to 10. Tyrus Cox, committee chair, notes repeat X rays help monitor health. C H Hoover, TB Division rep, says repeat surveys aid constant health checks. Gillespie County boasted high survey rates in 1949 and aims to surpass that in 1951.

Tyrus Cox State Health Department C. H. Hoover State Department of Health Cox Central Committee Gillespie County

Know Your Pastor Series Starts in Standard Today

The Standard launches a Lent season feature titled Know Your Pastor beginning with Rev. F. A. Bracher of Zions Lutheran Church. The column will cover Gillespie County pastors in alphabetical order, with Mrs. Arthur Rowert conducting interviews and writing the pieces.

Standard Today Gillespie County F. A. Bracher Zions Lutheran Church Arthur Rowert Standard Society

Winter Cold Grips Gillespie County Snarling Roads

Texas Hill Country endures worst cold spell as schools close and roads ice over. 12 degree to 28 degree highs and lows cripple travel, with Fredericksburg shut and only 42 percent attendance. Residents rely on gas supply as heating strains and snow piles up in county lanes.

Gillespians Texas Hill Country Alfred Nettendorf Charles M. George Lone Star Gas Company George

Man Burned in Trailer Fire Near Fredericksburg

William Reeves 49 of Uvalde suffered critical burns in a trailer house fire four miles south of Fredericksburg on Kerrville Highway Thursday morning. Investigators reported the blaze started while Reeves tried to light a heater. a loose gas line ignited. He was rushed to a local hospital and later to the University of Texas Diagnostic Clinic in Galveston for skin grafting. Reeves’ three sons, ages 13 and 7, were with him and told officers they were traveling from Nocona to Uvalde and stopped at Roadside Park to sleep.

William Reeves Uvalde Fredericksburg Kerrville Hugo Klaerner Ivan Lawrence Reeves Milyen University of Texas Diagnostic Clinic Galveston Nocona Kerry Road

Auto License On Sale Next Monday

Auto license plates for 1951 will go on sale Monday February 5. Milton C Durst Assessor Collector of Taxes announced. The 1951 tags must be attached to vehicles after April 1 with rates unchanged from 1950. Plates will feature black numbers on an orange background and applicants must show the certificate of title as required by state law.

Milton C. Durst Durst

Mrs Kelley attends funeral of Santa Anna uncle

Mrs. W E Kelley spent last week in Santa Anna and Brownwood Texas with her aunt and attended the funeral of her only uncle John H Ellis of Santa Anna.

W. E. Kelley Santa Anna Brownwood Texas John H. Ellis

Rev F A Bracher to Retire After 34 Years at Zion Church

The Rev. Frederick Albert Bracher, born October 8 1877 in Langenthal Switzerland, will retire as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church Fredericksburg on May 31 1951 after thirty four years of service. He arrived in the United States in 1883 with his parents and was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1900.

Switzerland Texas Fredericksburg Zion Lutheran Church Frederick Albert Bracher Langenthal Albert Bracher Giddings

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