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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1948
Page
8
Seventeen Gillespie County 4‑H members and three adults will travel July 15 16 and 17 to Banadera for a district encampment. The trip includes swimming games rifle contest and exchanges with peers from the Hill Country funded by the Fredericksburg National Bank.
The Blanco County Supply Co changed owners this week with Ernest Bauerle and Charlie Haynes buying stock from Marvin Krueger and Melvin Winters. The store becomes Bauerle Haynes Hardware and Supply. Johnson City Tradesday set for Saturday July 10 with cash prizes at 4 30 p m sponsored by local merchants.
Mr. Iddo Wahl of Eckert reports success from using Yellow Dent corn seed handed down for 22 years. Introduced to the area by August Mund of Doss. Mund won 1926 Doss Fair top prize and later top prize at the State Fair in Dallas. Wahl sowed seed on April 10. frost and wind challenged the field but the crop showed well with a uniform stand and two ears on some stalks.
Visitors in Harper over the Fourth of July weekend included Dr and Mrs Theo Holm and children from San Antonio staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Otto Rahe. Austin couple Mr and Mrs Bill Proctor visited D C Brewer. Jo Scarborough, a John Tarleton College student, spent the Fourth with Antoinette Parker. Walter Hugg of San Antonio and Edwin Fritz with daughter from Corpus Christi visited Bill Kaiser and other relatives for the weekend and attended a confirmation.
The Stonewall school tax election passed with 55 votes in favor and 2 against to maintain a $1.00 maximum taxation. Pirates Split Games The Stonewall Pirates lost to Harper 7 to 5 Sunday and 6 to 0 Monday at Camp Stanley in baseball. Local social notes and reunions follow, including Nebgen family gathering and various Sunday visits.
Theodore Heep born 1863 in Gillespie County recalls pioneer life on Three Mile Creek near Stonewall and later Fredericks burg. He describes land clearing, wagons to Austin for cotton, hand thrashers and mowing machines, daily toil, and social forays with whiskey jugs as he began school at six. Continued on page 6 section 2.
The Doss Veterans School entertained instructors wives and friends with a barbecue supper on Wednesday night. Refreshments followed and guests reported a pleasant evening. The Doss Cyclones defeated Mutual Lumber 7 to 4 in a City Softball League game on Monday night.
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