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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
1
The column salutes I G Wehmeyer and Walter Stieler of Comfort as worthwhile men who served their community and state. It notes their deaths while building for home and country and reflects on public spirit, duty, and support for national policy amid war talk.
Fredericksburg Jaycees name a three member committee Wm Schroeder Jr Hans Hannemann and Dorman Sell to plan an emergency airfield near Fredericksburg The group will meet with a postal official to discuss a field serving as a mail pickup point on the San Antonio to San Angelo air route and later consult San Antonio Army field officials about emergency use provisions
Gillespie County's old Teamsters will hold their annual reunion on Sunday August 3 at Klaemner's Park. An executive committee meeting in A D Stahl's office named the committee chairs for barbecue registration music refreshments and program duties to organize the event.
A major congressional battle emerged over Army Chief Marshall’s proposal to extend selectees' service beyond one year. President Roosevelt endorsed keeping draftees longer, challenging Congress to enact the change and lifting the 900,000 service cap. Opponents led by Wheeler Nye McNary and Taft signaled a stout posture.
Fredericksburg Public School Board fills vacancies naming O. K. Nix as principal of intermediate grades and assistant football coach. New teachers include Miss Juanda Compton primary, Miss Evelyn Dennis high school English, and Victor J. Miculka band director and science teacher. Miculka splits time between teaching and directing the FHS Band.
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court wraps a dense July session after hearing Tax Assessor Wm Petmecky’s final report, approving a rural telephone line from Spindle Top to Bear Creek, and listing county funds: Jury 4868.29, Road and Bridge 7434.07, General Construction 12693.42, Court House and Jail 4133.39, Special Road Tax 6865.67, Highway 37369.83, Interest and Sinking 6715.43.
Juenke and Schoenewolf completed a complete lighting system for their store this week. Eight fluorescent units, each with two 48 inch bulbs, were installed following a plan by a light planning engineer. The new lights provide daylight illumination to the interior and show windows.
Scrap aluminum collection efforts were announced as a county wide drive to support the defense program. Fredericksburg Lions Club installed new officers for 1941 42 at Ladies Night held at Hotel Nimtz with Arthur Stehling as president and a slate of vice presidents and directors.
An army training aircraft playing the Good Samaritan failed to take off in a rain soaked field on the Adolph Eckert farm near Fredericksburg. Lieut Harrison of Kelly Field piloted the plane to aid Flying Cadet Brown who had landed after a storm. Brown circled the city seeking a field, then chose the Eckhardt site for a landing.
State Highway Patrol reminds Gillespie County residents that all licenses including driver permits chauffeurs and operators are issued only on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 to 11 a m at the Highway Patrol office in the Gillespie County Courthouse.
Bids for 5 miles of graded Kerr Road starting at Pedernales school to the river crossing will be opened July 30 at the highway offices in Austin. Work includes a 12 foot high water bridge over the Pedernales River, 150 feet long. Bids for road topping may follow upon completion. Plans for Mason highway from nine miles west of Fredericksburg to the city limits completed. bids expected soon due to defense importance.
The Fredericksburg Concert Band will present a free concert Wednesday evening July 23 at 8 30 in the courthouse park pavilion behind the new Federal Building. Director Al Fred Pehl announced the senior musical group will perform for the public.
County officials coordinated a nationwide scrap aluminum drive to aid defense production. A July 19 matinee at Palace Theatre invites residents to donate aluminum ware for a central pile then a bin in front of the old courthouse.
Gillespie County workers completed a three day drive for the United Service Organization to support recreational centers near army camps and defense projects. They surpassed the county quota of 750 dollars and aimed for 2 500 dollars, with the executive committee and volunteers pledging to exceed expectations. Alfred Petsch, USO chair, praised the unprecedented community effort and record gifts.
A meeting at Gillespie Courthouse on July 9 organized an Anti TB Drive Association to aid tuberculosis prevention and cure in the county. Miss Ruth Kline introduced Miss Helen Lee Lacheur who outlined steps to form the group. Harry Land chaired and named a nominating committee and a constitution group with Wm Bruns Felix Helmann and Alex Frantzen. The next open meeting for rural district representatives is set for August 27.
Obituary notes the death of I G Wehmeyer at 67 years old a pioneer in local printing. He devoted forty years to the Fredericksburg publishing industry worked across the United States and South America mastering typography and printing before his passing on Tuesday evening. Continued on page 8 Col 4.
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