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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1952
Page
6
Plans for a regional trades show are advancing with entries from feed grinders sheet metal shops electrical manufacturers printing bakeries and other trades. Chamber of Commerce offices remain open for more registrations and a larger entry base will boost the advertising budget. Any surplus will fund entertainment as there will be no admission to the show.
Mr and Mrs Stefan Sasco and two daughters Angelika and Ingrid, a German displaced persons family, arrived to live on Charles H Lehman place in Northern Gillespie County. They left Europe June 23, reached New York June 24, then San Antonio, then Fredericksburg where Mr Lehmann met them. Lehmann secured employment for them on his property. They were brought through Lutheran Welfare and Zion Lutheran Church of Fredericksburg.
The Gillespie County Historical Society plans a membership meeting Monday July 21 at 8 p m in the Courthouse to revitalize activities. At a June 30 board meeting at the Pioneer Memorial building Alfred Neffendorf noted reports on Cross Mountain purchase and library work and said bids would be sought to repair the Memorial roof and exterior.
Mrs Eugene Hannemann leaves Monday to visit her parents in Enka near Asheville North Carolina. She will be joined by her husband later this summer and they plan to travel to Dubuque Iowa where he will enroll in Wartburg Seminary.
Lively competition for 1952 Queen of The Texas Corriedale Breeders Association unfolds with coronation on July 18 during the Electrical Fair Trades Show and Corriedale Show at the Fair Grounds. Contenders include Patsy Arnold Blanco Eldorado Jorgi Lagaw and Jane Winkler, with others anticipated by July 10.
Congressman O C Fisher will speak at Fredericksburg Fair Park on Sunday July 20 for a get-out-the-vote event hosted by the Frantzen Ah rens Post Veterans of Foreign Wars. The program begins around 6 30 p m with a barbecue supper and a dance to follow in the exhibition hall with William Petmecky as master of ceremonies. Tickets for barbecue supper program and dance are 1 50 each and reservations may be made at the Chamber of Commerce office.
Milam County officers recaptured two youths who escaped Cameron jail. They admitted breaking jail, stealing a car in Cameron, then another in Kendall County, and a third vehicle back near their home. The pair were found with a .22 pistol and stolen goods. The Adams youth insanity trial previously ended in a hung jury.
Capt Ralph Pressler, a Fredericksburg High 1932 graduate serving in Korea, receives a class reunion invitation in the cockpit after a flight delivering evacuees. He returns to the U S on emergency leave to be with his ill mother and attends with wife Etta Jean Sutherland. Also attending from out of state are Bryan B Birt and Carl Houy, with details on their careers and families.
Mr and Mrs Carl Weden of San Antonio visited with her parents the Hartmanns over the weekend. Mr Weden is stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Returning to San Antonio with them for a week was her sister Miss Marilyn Hartmann.
Mr and Mrs Julian Lange and children of San Antonio and Mrs A B Lange left Friday for a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Walter Tyszkowski and family of Providence R I Mrs Tyszkowski is the former Miss Nora Lange of Fredericksburg
The 64th annual fair catalog lists committee co chairs H C Meurer and Walter Fuhrman with Douglas Dittmar Arthur Kowert Ewald Schaefer and Werner Moehr as organizers. Directors of the Fair Association and other volunteers aided in advertising solicitations.
Stehlings Bros in Fredericksburg offers thorough dry cleaning and de mothing services for woolen silk and rayon garments. Each item receives careful attention to remove moth damage and prevent future infestations.
Hasenpfeffer's Band leads Fredericksburg exiles to an Austin reunion next Saturday at Zilker Park. The group will headline the annual Fredericksburg residents picnic, with Ira Wilke and local officials inviting attendees. Visitors are urged to bring Koch Käse and home made bread, a cherished Austin import for the former Fredericksburg residents.
Metalsmith third class and Mrs. Felix Weirich are visiting with parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jenschke and Mrs. Augusta Weirich. They left today for Corpus Christi where he will be stationed after service in San Diego and Alameda, California.
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