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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1951
Page
1
M. L. Bogisch, cashier of the Security State Bank, was installed Monday at noon as president of the Fredericksburg Rotary Club with the immediate past president continuing in the role.
Governor Shivers earns praise for vetoing a sweeping anti election fraud and labor law package amid opposition from crooked politicians. The piece defends the veto and notes the political courage shown against wide union and automobile insurance requirements while highlighting community leaders and Rotary Club activities in Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce sponsors a contest to name the new county park near the airport. A $10 prize will go to the best name chosen by a committee. Entries due by July 15 to Mrs H H Fricke, park board secretary, with names on sealed envelopes and a 25 word description.
Lt Arthur Johnson 26 husband of Cecilia Kunz from here has been reported missing in action in Korea since June 28. A jet pilot in the U S Air Force he is a Los Angeles native and a World War II veteran who entered service in 1942 and was recalled in 1950. He married Cecilia Kunz on March 1, 1948 and was a UC student. His wife lives with her mother in Fredericksburg.
The Fair Park Chamber of Commerce annual meeting highlighted 1950-51 activities and announced four new directors R W Klingelhoefer Ewald Schaefer Dr L L Keyser and Otto Sehu mann. Outgoing president Henry C Meurer received a plaque for leadership as C W Hudson of Dallas spoke on Americanism before a 350 strong audience.
The Fredericksburg Lions Club votes to create a shaded picnic area near Liveoak Creek in the new Gillespie County Park. A three member committee is set to plan details and the project may spend up to 100 dollars for tables and related facilities. The club also schedules a ladies night installation of officers for July 18 and shows the film Guard Your Heart with courtesy from Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
The Gillespie County Ministerial Association meeting was postponed due to conflicts on the regular date July 3 and will not be held during July.
Fredericksburg youths seek summer earnings by selling subscriptions to the Fredericksburg Standard. Subscriptions earn 50 cents per new sign‑up plus chances at prizes such as roller skates, a Kodak camera, a croquet set, a tennis racket, a wrist watch, and more, with sales limited to Gillespie and nearby counties at 2.50 a year.
Calvin Bierschwale, local insurance agent, was elected president of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting Friday night. He succeeds Henry Meurer and moves up from vice president. New officers include Robert W. Klingelhoefer as vice president and Almon Kirchhoff as secretary-treasurer. The installation occurs at a July 18 luncheon. a directors barbecue is set for July 26.
Plans are underway for the annual Jaycee Ram and Billy Sale at Fair Park in Fredericksburg on Friday and Saturday July 20 and 21. A sales committee led by Jack Lawrence as chairman will oversee the event with several hundred animals expected including registered and purebred Angora rams and billies. Sale begins Saturday July 21 at 10 am with strong wool and mohair demand likely. pen space applications go to County Agent C. A. Stone. James Gray and Fred T. Barwood will supervise classification.
Jan Hartman a Hastings College law student from Prague Czechoslovakia will address Fredericksburg Rotary Club at noon July 9. He survived Nazi Buchenwald imprisonment and Communist rule and will compare life under Nazism and Communism with his American life in an address titled Freedom From Fear. Hartman witnessed the 1948 Communist overthrow in Prague and escaped on skis with brother George who studies architecture at Hastings College. They spent time in Displaced Persons camps in Europe before arriving in the United States in September 1949.
Permanent officers for the Hill Country Telephone Cooperative will be named Friday night July 13 at 8 30 p m in the Agriculture Building in a meeting of members. Eugene Lindig as chairman said the session will follow the Farm Bureau meeting. farmers and ranchers are urged to attend as more signers are needed to secure a loan for establishing the service. Applications will be accepted that night.
County and city crews move into Gillespie Corn Park with heavy equipment to hasten clearing and drainage work. Volunteers aid initial days as donations total around 300 dollars with 550 more needed for immediate projects including a skating and dancing slab and a concrete slab over Live On Creek.
Mr and Mrs Albert Kraege of San Antonio visited Rev and Mrs G A Poehlmann and joined them in attending the Sunday School picnic on Sunday hosted by the congregation.
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