Crowning Of Miss Mohair At Angora Show And Sale
Social highlight of the 26th annual Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association meeting in Fredericksburg August 1 2 and 3 will be the crowning of Miss Kathryn Ross daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Brown Ross of Sonora Miss Mohair will be crowned in ceremonies at Seipp s Hall with a dance to follow she is a West Texas girl and popular locally
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Texas Angora Goat Raisers Association
Fredericksburg
Kathryn Ross
Joe Brown Ross
Sonora
Mohair
West Texas
Seipp’s
Texas
Seipp's Hall
July Sheep and Goat Magazine Dedicates Issue to City
The July issue focuses on Fredericksburg and covers the 26th Annual Texas Angola Goat Raisers Association meeting held August 1 2 and 3. The cover shows Fredericksburg from St Marys Church with interior pages detailing Gillespie County livestock history.
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Sheep and Goat Magazine
The
Sheep and Goat Raisers Magazine
Fredericksburg
Texas Angola Goat Raisers Association
Magazi
St. Mary’s Church
Gillespie County
Local Duchesses Represent Neighboring Cities in Pageant
Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce the event invites neighboring cities to send duchesses. A partial list includes Miss Faye Ingen huett Comfort Miss Patsy Kothmann Mason Miss Jackie Richardson Uvalde Miss Patsy Ann Marshall Llano Miss June Franklin Wimberly and Miss Barbara Joan Boudreaux Marble Falls.
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Fredericksburg
City Tax Deadline Set for July 31 to Avoid Penalty
City Clerk Walter Loudon announced that city taxes must be paid by July 31 to avoid penalty and interest. Failure to pay by the final day incurs six percent interest and a ten percent penalty on any unpaid taxes.
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Walter Loudon
Reverend Flachmeier Observes Golden Anniversary of Ordination
Pastor Wm Flachmeier of Zion Lutheran Church Hallettsville marks 50 years since his ordination on July 12 1896. Born in Gillespie County and educated at Wartburg Seminary he has served in Pepin Wisconsin Winters Pflugerville Rosebud Cave Creek Crabapple Fredericksburg and Hallettsville with sons F A Flachmeier in La Marque and H T Flachmeier in La Grange also pastors.
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Wm. Flachmeier
Zion Lutheran Church
Hallettsville
Texas
Cave Creek
Crabapple
Gillespie County
Yorktown
Brenham
Flachmeier
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Lutheran Church
Pepin
Wisconsin
Winters
Pflugerville
Rosebud
Cave Creek- Crabapple
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Tax Roll Approved By Commissioners
Gillespie County Commissioners Court approves the 1945 tax roll showing 99 percent of levies paid by June 30. Delinquencies total 525.25 from 46,429.35, mainly on non producing oil and gas royalties by non residents. Real estate and personal property delinquencies are about 300. Tax receipts include 3,689 poll tax receipts and 61 exemptions. County funds balances are listed, including highway 37,959.69 and airport 69,147.75.
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Gillespie County
Assr. Coll
Wm. M. Petmecky
Reinhold Tatsch
General County
Carl Hein Named Chairman Jaycee Board Directors
Carl Hein, a local automotive dealer, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jimmie Pfiester will lead committee work as the organization plans revisions to its committees. The group emphasized the Texas Angora Goat Show and Sale and the coronation program at Seipp's Park on August 1, with par ticipants asked to arrange hotel rooms in advance.
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Carl Hein
Fredericksburg
Jaycees
Temperature Reaches 100 Degrees in July Across Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County report a 100 degree high on Saturday July 13 observed by Mrs Otto Arbelger, with a low of 66 degrees recorded at 6 am that same morning marking the week’s temperature spread.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Otto Arbelger
St. Mary’s Parish Celebrates Centennial Anniversary
St. Mary’s Parish marked its centennial with a two day program. The event featured a color guard including Lawrence Pyka, James Knopp, Erwin Kammlah, and Charles Lange. Bishop Garriga blessed the Grotto and Arch bishop Robert E. Lucey spoke. A dedicatory address by Bishop Laurence FitzSimon followed at the cemetery monument. A firing squad paid tribute to war dead during the ceremonies.
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St. Mary’s Parish
Lawrence Pyka
Army
James Knopp
Coast Guard
Erwin Kammlah
Navy
Charles Lange
Marines
Paul Wallendorf
Bruno Hartmann, Jr
Rubin Jenschke
Eddie Straube
Laurence Segner
Charles Moritz
St. Mary's Parish
Absentee Voting Closes July 24 for Primary
The First Democratic Primary absentee voting ends Wednesday July 24. Voters out of town may pick up ballots at County Clerk Henry Holly’s office or apply in writing. Election judges for July 27 include precincts 1 through 23 with named judges such as Knopp, Jordan, Engel, Ottmers, Wendel, DeLory, Striegler, Welgehausen, Laurence, Hahne, Fritz, Rothe, Holly, Wittig, Kneese, Pehl, Stevens, Maner, Schaefer, Mugford, Jordan, Wilke.
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Henry Holly
Peter’s Hall
Lawrence Knopp
Honey Creek
Harry Jordan
Luckenbach
Benno Engel
Cave Creek
Helmuth Ottmers
Doss
A. A. Wendel
Harper
Paul DeLory
Meusebach
Alvin Striegler
Crabapple
Louis Welgehausen
Willow City
Richard Laurence
Stonewall
Emil Hahne
Tivydale
Emil Fritz
Cherry Springs
Willie Rothe
Nebgen
Ewald Hahne
Cherry Mountain
Chas. Holly
Knopp School
Max Wittig
Pedernales
Ad. Kneese
Albert
Felix Pehl
Eign
J. O. Stevens
Pilot Knob
Albert Maner
Palace Theatre
Ewald Schaefer
Rocky Hill
Henry Mugford
Court House
Elton Jordan
Felix Wilke
Mrs. S. J. Hall Visits Fredericksburg Relative Recall
Mrs. S. J. Hall of Deming New Mexico former Miss Mary Staudt is on an extended visit with brothers Adolf Anton and John Staudt and families. She has not been in Fredericksburg since 1929 the year of her brother Emil Staudt death.
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S. J. Hall
Deming
New Mexico
Mary Staudt
Here
Adolf
Anton
John Staudt
Hall
Fredericksburg
Emil Staudt
Survey Of Doss Farm To Market Road Set Soon
Federal survey for the Doss farm to market road will be conducted soon. W D Dockery district engineer for the Texas Highway Department discussed the project with County Judge Hirsch and Commissioners Nixon and McDougall. The road originally entered the Federal Public Roads Farm to Market program in its second year starting July 1 1946. The initial survey of the route is planned in the near future.
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Doss
St Marys Centennial Observed With Cemetery Monument Dedication
St Marys Parish marked its centennial by unveiling a monument to early settlers at the Catholic Cemetery. Bishop Lawrence FitzSimon praised the pioneers who left their homeland a century ago for a new life of freedom and religious tolerance. The parish has grown to over 500 families in Fredericksburg. The Catholic State League also held its 47th annual convention that day.
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St. Mary's Parish
FitzSimon
Fredericksburg
Merchants Warned Against Unauthorized School Solicitations
The Fredericksburg Gillespie County Chamber of Commerce Vigilance Committee warns merchants to beware of unauthorized advertising solicitations in the name of local schools. Harper School Supt Neal B. Fox confirms no authorization was given and urges contributions only with committee approval to avoid being defrauded.
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Chamber of Commerce Vigilance Committee
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Vigilance Committee
Harper
Supt
Neal B. Fox
Harper School
Sup
Fox
Firth
Chamber of Commerce
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Alfred Petsch
Association
Fair Association
Duchesses
Wm.Flachmeier
Gillespie
Jaycee
TAGRA
ST. Mary’s
M. Garviga
Robert E. Lucey
San Antonio
Garriga
Laurence FitzSimon
Amarillo
Old Catholic
San Antonio Evening News
Gay Kilman
Art Kowert
Gillespie County Fair Association
Fair Park
Catholic State League
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