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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1946
Page
4
Jake Knopp delivered the high game with 223 while Francis Heep led the three game set at 597 and posted the season best average of 179 for the league leader.
Mr Alfred Duecker hosted a Saturday night barbecue at Klaerner's Park honoring visitors and employees of City Radio and Electric and the City Radio softball team. About 150 people attended as the Bunkes ville Band provided musical entertainment.
Robert D. Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Ernst of Rock revived his honorable Navy discharge on June 18 after volunteering for induction in 1944. He served at San Diego Pearl Harbor the Marshall Islands Philippine Islands Eniwetok Okinawa Iwo Jima and China earning two battle stars as a yeoman striker and Seaman First Class aboard the USS Anzio aircraft carrier.
Robin Hood Flour launches a contest with a 1946 Buick Roadmaster as top prize plus two more Buicks and many household items totaling 37 000 in prizes. Entries must be postmarked by August 10 1946 and mailed to Robin Hood Flour Greenville Texas. Official blanks are available free at leading grocers.
Technicolor footage of Fredericksburg Centennial Parade will replay at the Palace Theatre on Monday and Tuesday nights July 22 and 23. Walter Knoche, theatre manager, announced the repeat due to high demand for the standout parade footage.
Giants explode for 14 runs on 3 homers 1 double and 1 triple as Molberg dominates on the mound and Fredericksburg fans witness their eleventh straight win. Battlers suffer worst defeat of the season and fall to 15 5 while the Giants set up a next game against Boerne White Sox.
Fredericksburg fans cheer as the Giants overpower the 7-Up Battlers of Austin 14 to 2 at Jim mie Pyka Field. The piece highlights Ted Williams’ sensational hitting for the Boston Red Sox and notes revival of local semi pro baseball with teams from San Saba Goldthwaite and Boerne. Mr. and Mrs. John Crenwelge and their children visit Lina Crenwelge in Fredericksburg.
Visitors in the D A Riley home for several days were Mrs F A Seffel of San Antonio and Mr and Mrs J J Fox and son Chester and daughter Patricia of Glen Falls New York.
The league results show Humble 6 against Mutual 36 and other daily scores including Hill Country Impl 1 over Taxi 11 and City Radio 2 over Durst Conoco 16. Upcoming games listed for July 17 18 22 and 23 feature matchups among Hospital Mutual City Taxi Humble Hill Country Impl City Radio and Durst Conoco with several replays.
Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to two calls last Wednesday. The first from Harold Schoenewolf on N Llano Street involved a grass fire threatening a garage but caused no damage. Shortly after midnight crews battled a blaze at Alfred Alberthal on East College Street destroying a barn and garage building with a trailer and fodder loss.
Master Frederick Meyer, son of Wilbert Meyer, suffered serious burns when kerosene thrown on live coals ignited and exploded. A fractured arm also reported for Mrs Lena Kensing during the same week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brown of San Antonio visited in the name of Miss Julia Estill. Miss Florine Pape and Mrs. Louis Kordzik Jr hosted a surprise supper for Robert Pape at Klaerner's Park. The occasion was his 21st birthday with thirty-five attendees.
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