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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
5
The burg Junior Concert Band plans a drum majorette contest on July 30 at the Palace Theatre to fill a baton twirling vacancy. Applicants of high school age or older are invited, no prior twirling experience required, with instruction provided. The winner becomes majorette. runner up receives a cash prize. Proceeds benefit the band treasury.
A Palace Theatre ad promotes film as Vitamin M an escape from worry and daily care. It urges audiences to seek relief in movies today and every day.
The Giants tallied their eighth and ninth straight Hill Country League victories by taking both ends of a doubleheader at Seipp Park. In game one Fredericksburg defeated Harper 6 to 3 with Molberg driving in three while Enderlin earned his sixth league win. The nightcap saw a 2 to 1 win over Stonewall, paced by Klaerner and a solid effort from Enderlin.
New Braunfels High School will add a vocational agriculture department with a new course when school reopens in September. Paul W. Hillburn of Granger will head the department after being named by the school board. Hillburn, a Texas A and M graduate, has taught at Granger High School for four years. The program aims to serve rural youths seeking practical education and a meeting for interested students is set at the high school gymnasium on Monday night.
Records compiled at Tuskegee Institute show three lynchings in early 1941, all of them Negro individuals. Each occurred in a separate state Florida Georgia and North Carolina, one per state.
Western Auto and Mutual Lumber lead with 9 wins each while Jaycees and Fat & Lean sit at 5 and 4. Past week saw Fat & Lean defeat AAA 20 to 1 while Western Auto edged Fat & Lean 19 to 1. Monday games were postponed. Upcoming: July 17 Jaycees vs AAA and Fat and Lean off day. July 18 Mutual Lumber vs Fat and Lean.
Peggy Petsch of Fredericksburg and Betty Carter of Corpus Christi won first prize at the Kiowa dance on Saturday July 12 for best costumes. Both portrayed Red Heart Dog Food. Peggy also joined the senior posture parade on Sunday July 13 amid a formal tea setting with hostesses and guests.
Fredericksburg Giants plan to enter the state semi pro tournament in Waco in late July with Jaycees funding travel for the first two trips and the Semi Pro Congress covering further expenses if they win. They will play July 26 and 27, face tough bracket competition, and aim to impress as the first local team at the state event. Also noted are close Hill Country League games and Charley Gehringer and Bob Feller milestones from the majors.
Local Gillespie families now in San Antonio invite kin to a Gillespie Exes reunion at Koehler Park on August 3. L. E. Hirsch presides with H. M. Schmidt as VP, Anita Riley as treasurer, and Mrs. Hardy Evans as secretary. Over 2000 expected. reservations via Hirsch at 2410 Winona Street. Bands from Fredericksburg to play. old world folk songs to be sung.
Gillespie County 4 H Club boys spent three days at the district encampment in Brownwood. Eleven boys formed a softball team that captured the encampment championship and Harold Kusenberger won the rifle marksmanship title. They enjoyed motorboat rides on Lake Brownwood and visited Camp Bowie on the return trip, arriving home about 6 30 p m Wednesday evening.
Offer promotes a Standard subscription at 1.50 dollars per year. Reads as a promotional sales line with no additional details on benefits, duration, or signup process.
Game Warden Heep announced pedigreed catfish released into the Pedernales River after a capture of three fish from men selling them without a license in Fredericksburg. The two men were fined $36 each. Heep also reported a Fort Worth man found guilty of purchasing a deer in Gillespie County and fined $100.
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