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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
2
A second day at the Home Economics Cottage on the FHS campus calls for more blood donors. The Red Cross unit ran at capacity today and needs Harper volunteers tomorrow. Canteen staff provide juice and refreshments. donors should call to schedule appointments.
The Gillespie Selective Service Board reports several men classified 1 A. Names listed include Marvin Tatsch Reuben O Feuge Felix E Neffendorf Clifton E Frantzen Alex E Segner Marvin A Ahrens Milton W Knaupp Ben O Feuge and Wesley E Eckhardt.
Harold Schmidt attorney was chosen president at a directors meeting last week. He had served as the first president when the Mason Junior Chamber of Commerce was founded eight years ago.
Allied forces captured Caen this week as British troops seized the city seen as the Normandy door to Paris. The British 2nd Army moved toward the Orne river while U S forces advanced from La Haye to Lessay. Soviet troops seized two railway centers and pushed within 60 miles of East Prussia as the front widened across Europe.
Fredericksburg reports excellent fire record for the year ending June 30 1944. City Fire Marshall Eric Juenke notes 28 calls within the city including car flue and grass fires with no arson. Total property loss valued at 41950 with 7700 insured and 500 paid by insurers. Two small post year fires occur near A Walter property and Sunset Motor Lines cab on Mason highway.
Heil Motor Company won the Firestone franchise for Fredericksburg and Gillespie County from City Radio and Electric. G. A. Dick Schumann will manage sales of Firestone tires tubes batteries and accessories. Mr and Mrs Schumann and their daughter moved to Fredericksburg. Mr Duecker will stay in radio and electrical business and likely relocate.
The ad promotes a Standard subscription priced at two dollars per year. It emphasizes a low rate and urges readers to subscribe now.
Benno Weiss proprietor of the Hill Country Innpocent Company was named president of the Chamber of Commerce for the ensuing year at the annual election. He succeeds Henry Meurer as president while Ewald Schaefer becomes vice president and Sidney Henke is re elected secretary manager. Weiss aims to expand county wide outreach and recruit rural members. The meeting also set plans for the annual directors barbecue with outgoing directors as guests.
An eleven man team from Ray, Inc. of Houston conducts soil structure surveys in Gillespie County to locate oil favorable formations. Jerre Riordan leads the field effort from the Palace Theatre Building and notes nearby counties may be surveyed and duration is uncertain.
Ration items including meats fats red stamps A S through 78 and processed fruits vegetables blue stamps through 78 and A5 remain good indefinitely Sugar stamps 30 31 32 valid for five pounds indefinitely Sugar stamp 40 valid for five pounds of canning sugar through February next year Gasoline A 12 coupons valid through September 21 Shoes airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely
Elgin E. Becker of Doss was killed in action in France on June 10, four days after the invasion began. He was the twelfth Gillespie County casualty in World War II and the seventh to die in action. Born April 25, 1916, he served at Ft. Sam Houston Camp Barkeley and other bases before going overseas in March. A Requiem High Mass was held at St Marys Church, Fredericksburg, with survivors including his parents and numerous siblings.
The Public School Parent-Teacher Association in Fredericksburg runs the annual Summer Round-Up for preschoolers entering school this fall. Parents must return completed medical examination forms with vaccination dates, via Mrs. Albert Jost, 109 West Morse Street, after doctor and dentist exams. If forms are missing, contact Mrs. Charles Tyre, 620 South Washington Street.
Anna Doris Kruez 24 of Lockhart a WAC member was instantly killed Sunday when lightning struck her while witnessing a tennis game at Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama.
All officers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce were reelected at the July meeting held Tuesday night at the Oak Grove Hut. John R. Evers was named president, with Wilburn Brown as first vice president and Wesley Gold as second vice president. Henry Kneese became secretary and Edwin Kiehne treasurer. Werner Feller was elected corresponding secretary and Ty rus Cox named state director. Feller succeeds Werner Moehr, now in the armed service, and Cox succeeds G. Kaderli who was not eligible for reelection. One-year terms.
The County Judge's office announces July as the month for student transfers within Gillespie County. Transfers outside the county require adjacency. A new transfer must be filed each year for any student needing one, regardless of prior year status.
Mrs Smith Malone visits with her final daughter for an indefinite stay, staying with Mrs H H Sagebiel and her daughters Miss Edith Sagebiel and Miss Agnes Sagebiel.
Final returns from the 5th War Loan Drive show Gillespie County oversubscribing its quota with 485 589 50 dollars raised. Local chairman Gilbert Kaderli credits a last minute newspaper appeal for an additional 272 000 dollars and praises the cooperative effort of bond buyers and sellers.
City property taxes face a ten percent penalty plus six percent interest if unpaid before July 31. City Clerk Walter E. Loudon announced the deadline and urged owners to pay now to avoid a last minute rush. Most taxpayers have already paid.
City Council announced the second city wide cleanup for July 27 and July 28 with city trucks collecting curbside refuse. Residents are urged to place cans bottles and similar items on the curb and avoid dumping waste into creeks or gulches.
Rev. R. D. Lechleitner was installed as deputy executive secretary of American missions of the American Lutheran Church in Houston services Sunday. He succeeds the late Rev. H. Schliesser who once served Bethany Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.
Sgt Ewald E Rode son of Mr and Mrs Seth D Rode of Doss is awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on bombing attacks over Europe. The 25 year old waist gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress has flown seven combat missions.
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