Three killed in Mason Road Sunday crash near Fredericksburg
Early Sunday morning a heavy sedan collided with a truck on the Mason Highway 412 miles west of Fredericksburg, killing Antonio Carbajal 25 his mother Ernestine Carbajal 51 and mother in law Maria de Leon 44. Four others were injured two seriously including Flisio de Leon 16 with a skull fracture and two children released after first aid. The crash occurred at 2:45 a m as the sedan was pulled under the truck top ripped off, the truck overturned.
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Mason Highway
Gillespie County
Antonio Cervantes Carabajal
Porfelia Luna
Fredericksburg
Gillespie
Antonio Cervantes Carbajal
Ernestine Carbajal
Maria de Leon
Flisio de Leon
Hugo Klaerher
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We Believe Crooks Bad News Makes Good Government Our Duty
A 1912 style recap of a large Republican convention with 1208 delegates and equal number of alternates each voicing personal views on the best president candidate. Intense debate nearly split the convention into rival groups, but differences were settled and the majority carried the party forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Republican Party
Corriedale Show Sale in Gillespie County Fair Park
The Texas Corriedale Sheep Breeders Assn will hold its annual show and sale at Gillespie County Fair Park on Saturday as part of the Electrical Fair and Trades Show activities. Queen coronation and duchess honors lead a day of ceremonies and a 1 pm auction in the new Fair Park Arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Corriedale Sheep Breeders Ass'n
Gillespie Fair Park
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Electrical Fair and Trades Show
Fredericksburg
Nimitz Hotel
Texas Corriedale Breeders
Patsy Arnold
W. M. Arnold
Blanes
Fair Park
O. C. Fisher
St. Mary’s
Edison
Jorgi Lagow
Eldorado
Jane Winkler
Giddings
Wiliam Petmecky
Here
Patsy Jordan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
JoAnn Striegler
Lions Club
Betty Meurer
Rotary Club
Marie Meier
Gillespie County Fair
C. W. Riley
Willow City
Sonny Bergmann
Cypress Mills
Blanco
New Fair Park
Students Must Secure School Transfers in July
Students living outside the Fredericksburg Independent School District must obtain transfers through County Judge Victor H. Sagebiel, ex-officio Gilespie County School Superintendent, to attend Fredericksburg schools without tuition. Transfers affect those not listed in the 1951-52 scholastic census and count toward average daily attendance.
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Fredericksburg Independent Schools
Fredericksburg
Victor H. Sagebiel
Gilespie
Lions To Assist In Tagging Voters In Primary Election
Fredericksburg Lions Club to attach I Have Voted Have You tags to voters after they cast ballots in Gillespie County Democratic Primary on July 26. Club plans were approved at a Wednesday meeting at the Nimitz Hotel with Cliff Balser as new president. The effort will involve Lions at polls distributing the red white and blue tags supplied by the committee. The Lions also purchased 15 uniforms for the Little League team they sponsor and re announced continued co sponsorship of the November election returns with the FHS Band Boosters. Balser said two members will lead programs at each meeting and announced club membership at 53 with seven vacancies toward a 60 member cap.
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Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Gillespie County
Nimitz Hotel
Cliff Balser
Lions
W. C. Westerfeldt
FHS
Kermit Gammenthaler
Balser
Lorence Feller
Felix Maier
Get Out The Vote Nite Supper And Dance Planned
The Frantzen-Ahrens Post VFW and VFW Auxiliary sponsor a Get Out The Vote Nite supper and dance at Fair Park Exhibition Hall with Congressman O. Fisher as guest speaker. Tickets are 1.50 for supper and dance, advance sales by VFW Auxiliary and Chamber of Commerce, event aims to boost July 26 primary interest.
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Frantzen - Ahrens Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Auxiliary
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
O. ©. Fisher
San Angelo
21St
Texas
Win
Petmecky
Chamber of Commerce
Walter McKay
Gillespie
Arthur Stehling
Tom Schmidt
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Lorenz Bading
VFW
Bading
Excavation on new municipal pool to begin this Thursday
Paul Keller Construction Company of Austin will start excavation for the city’s new pool on Thursday after winning the contract with the lowest bid of 44 005.00. The project on West Travis Street includes a pool, wading pool, dressing rooms and machine rooms with about 65 working days expected to complete the facility. Local labor will be used where possible and E L McFarland will be foreman with Allen Lawler as firm representative.
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Paul Keller Construction Company of
Austin
PsLawimming
Keller
Gilbert Kaderli
Here
Alfred Keller
Mally and Allen
Fredericksburg
E. L. McFarland
Allen Lawler
Victor Nixon
Roger Erickson
Travis Street
Social Turn Verein
Trade Show to Feature in Triple Attraction at Fair Grounds
A trades show of local manufacturers will open the triple exposition at the Fair Grounds on Friday and Saturday. Local producers will display various wares alongside the Central Texas Electric Fair and the Central Texas Corriedale Show and Sale drawing visitors from ten counties. Free prizes will be awarded by exhibitors to visitors at the trades show.
Harper Firemen stage minstrel show August 1
The Harper Volunteer Fire Department will stage a June teenth minstrel show at Fredericksburg public school auditorium on Friday night August 1. Local and Fredericksburg groups back the event. proceeds fund a new Harper fire building. Admission 75 cents adults 35 cents children. unused Harper tickets valid.
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Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Harper
Rock Springs
Fredericksburg
Public School
Floy Bode
Harper Firemen
Bode
A. A. Gitter
St. Anthony's Church of
Harper School
Harper Fire Department
Richard Roeder
Edwin Klein
Central Texas Electric Co-Op Meeting Friday
More than five thousand people are expected at Fredericksburg Fair Park for a three event program on July 18 19. The Friday program includes an Electric Fair a cooperative membership meeting and a trades show with displays from Hill Country dealers and entertainment by local acts. The Saturday features the fifth annual Texas Corrie dale Sheep Breeders Association show and sale with prizes including a deep freeze and an electric range.
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Fredericksburg Fair Park
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Texas Corriedale Sheep Breeders Association
Gillespie County Fairgrounds
Hill Country
Bozo the Clown
Fredericksburg
Hasenpfeffer Band
Texas Power Reserve
657Th Air Force Band
Cwo
Carmine Luce
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Dottie Carlson
Clyde Arnold
Fairgrounds
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Linton
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Tex Aulds
Tom McBride
Dewey Jacobs
Jerry Nelson
Roy Easterwood
Frederick Kraus
Melvin Work
Chili Bingham
Art Kuehl
Harvey Krause
Steve Rapach
Red Borom
Clarence Pfeil
Dave Pluss
Gordon Donaldson
Jodie Howington
Bilk Donaghey
Pat Hubert
Jimmy Pieil
Clarence
Allen Krause
YEW
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Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Chicago
Ike
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Richard M. Nixon
California
Kurt Hansen
Central Texas Electric Co-Op
Weinheimer
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