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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
2
A Fredericksburg column praising the Fourth of July celebration led by the Louis Jordan Post. the writer credits a small group of Legionnaires and the Auxiliary for the event and notes its financial success and community aid. He also comments on Texas Legislature adjournment and views the session as beneficial despite size and process concerns.
Twenty six Gillespie County youths joined County Agent Henry Grote to travel from Fredericksburg to Brownwood for the District 7 1-H Club Encampment. They camped three days on Lake Brownwood and returned home Wednesday.
Gillespie County 4-H Club boys who attended the District 7 convention in Brownwood returned with trophies. A 4-H team beat 21 county teams, defeating Mills County 15 to 0 in the final. Harold Kusenberger won the rifle marksmanship honor with a 203 score.
Eight Gillespie County peach growers visited the packing sheds of the American Fruit Growers Association in Jacksonville Texas. They were guests of the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce which sponsored the trip. The group included B. L. Enderle Alfred Crenwelge Albert Segner Clemens Kneese Anton Schmidtzensky Mr and Mrs Ernest Hodges Mr and Mrs Simon Burg H J Goetzke and Edmund Meyer.
United States naval forces move into Iceland to relieve British defenders and secure communications with strategic outposts. Nazi Germany calls the occupation an act of aggression while U S officials label it part of wartime maneuvers amid sparse European front news. July 4 holiday fatalities in the United States exceed five hundred from motor vehicle incidents and other causes.
Gen. George C. Marshall, U S Army Chief of Staff, said on Thursday of the past week that draftees and National Guard members should be kept in training beyond the current period.
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce members elected six new directors at a Tuesday session in the Nimitz Hotel. New directors include W. Brown LeRoy Crenwelge Reuben Eckhardt Hans Hannemann Hugo Klein and Harvey Stein to join officers like Dr Lawrence Feller and Gilbert Kaderli in leading the club. The group also endorsed sending the Fredericksburg Giants to a semi pro baseball meet in Waco and formed a committee to study a potential emergency air field near Fredericksburg while reporting on USC drive participation.
Fredericksburg tax assessors and collector Bodo Habenicht advised property owners that July 31 is the final day to pay city taxes without penalty or interest. Payments accepted since May 31, with many already made, but several remain to take advantage of the savings before the deadline.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Kramer and family were here from Comfort on Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
The Louis and Alvin Moeller households welcomed visitors from San Antonio including Mr and Mrs Leon Basse, Mr and Mrs Felix Basse, Mr and Mrs Willie Bode, and Mr and Mrs T Stephenbeck and their sons.
J Dooley proprietor of Dooley's 5 10 25 store was named president of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at the first meeting of the new Board of Directors. B J Stehling was named vice president. The office will move to the Palace Theatre Building to accommodate the Credit Bureau and Western Union office with a private council chamber for board meetings.
The 24th annual meeting of stockholders of the Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association will be held next Saturday July 12 at the Palace Theatre Fredericksburg Texas. President Henry Mogford says about 400 land owners are expected with invitations sent to Land Bank Commissioner loan recipients and regular Federal Land Bank loan holders. The program includes a year in review discussions and talks on farming topics with three directors to be elected. Rev and Mrs A N Fiedler of Baltimore Md are visiting local friends.
Virtually all of Gillespie County and much of the surrounding area joined the Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion for Independence Day in Fredericksburg. The 3 p.m. address by Franklin D. Roosevelt and the pledge led by Chief Justice Stone drew a huge audience at the rodeo grounds. The morning parade featured carefully crafted floats with Lions Club Liberty statue and American Legion Auxiliary entries tying for top honors.
Arrangements between the Chamber of Commerce and the Fredericksburg Publishing Company will print free corner cards bearing Gillespie County Fair advertising on number ten envelopes. Merchants may bring envelopes to the Standard office for printing, even without personal visitation.
Postmaster R W Klingelhoefer reports Fredericksburg postal receipts for 1940 41 rose to 17436 39 from 16211 32 the prior year an increase of 8 plus percent Total annual receipts for 1939 40 and 1940 41 by quarter also show gains with September December March and the final quarter all higher year over year The totals for 1940 41 are 17436 39 and 1939 40 are 16211 32.
Three patients had procedures last week at area hospitals: Mrs. Annie Kensing on July 7, Mrs. J F Cook on July 8, and Mrs. Alfred Kunz on July 9. Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Kuhmann of Houston Texas, visited relatives over the July 4 holiday.
Volunteers packed the Gillespie County District Courtroom for a United Service Organization drive meeting. Chairman Alf Petsch urged support to aid sons and brothers in the armed forces and to provide recreation and friendship opportunities for troops in distant cities.
Fredericksburg’s Ranch Mo Tel announces an open house next Sunday July 13 with two sessions from 10 to 13 and 3 to 5. Henry Schmidt proprietor invites all to tour the ranch style cottages on Comfort Highway at South Washington and Fast Ufer Streets. The four stucco cottages and one two story lodge provide 12 couples capacity with garages and ranch furnished interiors.
The Legion sponsored Junior Concert Band seeks a girl aged 16 to 18 to replace Louise Rosenbach as drum majorette. Rosenbach leaves for nurse training at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio after last July 4 performance. Applicants should report at the band hall Agricultural Building Auditorium at 7 p.m. next Tuesday July 15 with their baton.
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