Texas Trip Highlights West and East with Drought Notes
Members of the Standard staff toured Texas over a vacation, visiting San Angelo Houston Galveston Bastrop Smithville and San Marcos. They reported West Texas drought with limited irrigation water, new dam on the North Concho and a fresh youth center in San Angelo. They also enjoyed the San Jacinto monument Battleship Texas Aquarena Show in San Marcos and Galveston ships and Treasure Island seafood. The trip underscored varied Texas sights and a strong sentiment that there’s no place like home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Standard
Elton Jordan
Kenny
Patsy Jordan
Freddie Wehmeyer
James Wehmeyer
Steven
San Angelo
Art Roverts
Bruce
Nancy
Houston
Galveston
West Texas
Jordans
Bastrop
Lost Pines
State Park
Smithville
LaGrange
Columbus
San Jacinto Monument
Seaion
T. D. Cradock
Treasure Island
Rangers
Sugarland
Eagle Lake
Osenberg
Luling
San Marcos
Ddison Buckners
Fredericksburg
Emil Birks
Marine Gardens
East Texas
Bailiwick
Latvian DP Ilmars Riekstins joins Behrends Garage staff
Ilmars Riekstins aged 25, a Latvian Legion veteran and German displaced person, arrived in Fredericksburg on July 19 to work in the Behrends Garage parts department. He came via Lubeck and New Orleans, speaks English, and has a partially paralyzed left arm from wartime service. He is the second DP hired by Helmuth Behrends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Itmar Riekstins
Behrends Garage
Helmuth Behrends
Ilmars Riekstins
Fredericksburg
Riekstins
Latvia
Germany
United States
Elgin Breckner
Latvian Legion
America
Luebeck
Schleswig-Holstein
Rickstins
New Orleans
San Antonio
Kotts Visit Alamogordo New Mexico Resort
Mr and Mrs George Kott spent several days in Alamogordo New Mexico visiting their sons Warren Kott and Mr and Mrs Bruce Kott and girls They left Thursday and returned Monday morning They found the temperature very pleasant in New Mexico an unusual condition for mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kott
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Warren Kott
Bruce Kott
Kotts
Doss Improvement Club Plans Annual Community Fair
The Doss Improvement Club outlines plans for the August 11 Community Fair with committees appointed and a duchess parade entry. Four girls compete for queen honors, with jars displaying photos at local stores before moving to the schoolhouse for evening viewing. Proceeds will aid the Doss 4-H Club and Boy Scout Troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss Improvement Club
Gillespie County Fair Association
Majorie Ann Sauer
Sylvia Spaeth
Elouise Welge
Kathleen Geistweidt
Fritz
Mund and Itz
Doss 4-H Club
Doss
Improvement Club
Scouts Plan Fair
Doss Boy Scout
St. Mary’s
Herman Evers Pond
Mothers of Scouts
Cen-Tex Polio Representative Named in Austin
Bill Elmendorf Jr of Austin was named Central Texas representative for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He will coordinate 48 county chapters and oversee patient care and health education programs from the state office at 1008 San Jacinto Boulevard. Elmendorf, an Air Force veteran and former Standard Oil employee, succeeds Ralph Frede and resides at 1514 Forest Trail with his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Bill Elmendorf, Jr
Central Texas
National Foundation For
Standard Oil Company
New York
S. Gumpert & Co
Texas
Princeton University
Elmendorf
Ralph Frede
National Foundation
San Jacinto Boulevard
Forest Trail
Wendel Family Reunion Set for August 5 at Klaerner Park
The annual Wendel family reunion is planned for Sunday August 5 at Klaerner Park on Live Oak. Family members are invited to gather for the event and share memories and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel
Klaerner Park
Live Oak
Harper Volunteer Fire Dept Moves Into New Building
The Harper Volunteer Fire Department has moved into its new facility equipped with a fire truck and gear. Members thank donors and report over 3700 dollars raised for the building fund, with about 1000 still needed to cover costs of roughly 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Floy Bode
Harper Fire Station
Bode
Pvt
Oliver Lange
el Paso
San Antonio
Holland Walker and Son
Austin
Freddie Tatsch
Fredericksburg
Harper
Cpl
Carroll Walker
Starks, Conn
Olin Walker
Tucson
Arizona
Pleasant Hill Completes Plans For Sunday Fair
Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club meets at the schoolhouse to prepare for the Sunday fair on July 29. They plan to enter exhibits in related fairs and send some to the State Fair under district agent Margaret Bracher and S. L. Neal. Volunteers assign tasks for exhibits, entertainment, and refreshments. Miss Alice Rose Walker leads children’s exhibits with help from Mrs. Levi Deike who adds two contests to engage attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Alice Rose Walker
Levi Deike
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Mexico
Sweden
Canada
Panama
Ecuador
England
Rhodesia
New Zealand
India
Egypt
Lutheran Welfare Society
Harry Wahrmund Doss
Paul Sauer
Pete Crenwelge
Geneva Daniell
Elgin Dittmar
A. F. Ellebracht
August Baethge
Alfred Baethge
Albert Sieckmann
Alfred Sauer
Doss Cyclones
Cherry Spring
Sccipp’s Park
Mund
Thiele
Cherry Springs
Reda
Bill Elmendort
Sredevichsburg
J. F. Cook
Joe Bugek
Elizabeth Grena
Carl Durst
Fred Gammenthaler
W. O. McKinney
Calif
Nath Walker
Holland Walker
California
Roy Coker
McCamey
Allen Gibson
Fred Wedekind
Gene Worth Parker
Utah
Ben Kensing
Odessa
E. B. Eckerle
Eden
Frank Thurman
Francis Floyd
Alfons Novian
Lewis Weirich
Mauldin
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