Cross Mountain Drive Offers Fredericksburg View and Society News
The Cross Mountain hill now sits under Gillespie County Historical Society ownership with a new road and fence enhancing sunset and city-light views. Fire siren activity linked to a San Antonio highway grass fire prompted on scene reporting, while Dr J Hardin Perry was elected president of the Historical Society, succeeding Neffendorf who was honored for long leadership. Francis J Fritz recounts a mare death after a calf roundup on Garrett Ranch near Harper.
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Cross Mountain
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Historical Society
Crabapple Farm
The
Historical Society
Alfred Neffendorf
Albert Mauldin
Felix Wilke
Wilke
San Antonio
J. Hardin Perry
Neffendorf
Francis J. Fritz
Garrett Ranch
Harper
Francis
Local Texas Furniture Firms Attend Dallas Market
Mr and Mrs Andrew Kaiser and Mrs Joe Kaiser of Kaiser Furniture joined Mr and Mrs Bill Hahne and Mrs Max Beckmann of Beckmann Furniture alongside Mr and Mrs Harry Hartmann last week at the Texas retail furniture dealers convention in Dallas. The Dallas Market showcased new lines across styles from exhibitors including Texas manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kaiser
Bill Hahne
Joe Kaiser
Kaiser Furniture Store
Harry Hartmann
Max Beckmann
Beckmann
Texas
Dallas
Local Pastors Visit Harlandale Church Family
Mr Earl McBride hosted Rev George E Stewart and family from San Antonio as guests last Thursday. Stewart currently serves Harlandale Baptist Church, formerly pastoring the First Baptist Church in San Marcos with the McBrides.
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Earl McBride
George E. Stewart
San Antonio
Stuart
Harlandale Baptist Church
McBride
First Baptist Church
San Marcos
Home Demonstration Talent Show at First Methodist Church
Friday night featured the Home Demonstration Talent Show at the First Methodist Church with participants from sponsor ing clubs. In front row five Crenwelge girls Barbara Sage Biel Nancy Sidden. second row includes Mrs Lawrence Jones Bode Peterson Smith Cravens Heinen and others. back row lists more mothers and presenters.
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First Methodist Church
Crenwelge
Barbara, Sagebiel
Nancy Sidden
Richard Lau
Home Demo Talent Show Draws Large Local Crowd
More than 150 people attended the Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council talent show on Friday night. 4 H Club girls staged acts from Cherry Spring to Squaw Creek, followed by a social hour with refreshments.
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Gillespie County
Harper Home
Five Crenwelges
Squaw Creek
Howard Cravens
Theresa
J. O .Tanner
Stonewall Home
Town and Country Home Demonstration Club
Naval Academy midshipman joins summer training cruise aboard USS Missouri
Naval Academy midshipman Walton Grienke of Fredericksburg Texas sails on the first of three summer training cruises aboard the battleship USS Missouri as part of a task group of 26 ships. Rear Admiral James L. Holloway commands the task force which left Norfolk June 9 and returns August 5. The cruise includes stops at Guantanamo Bay Cuba and two European ports for tours and souvenir collecting.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Naval Reserve
Navy
Naval Academy
Walton Grienke
East Hackberry St
Fredericksburg
Texas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Saipan
Macon
Des Moines
James L. Holloway
USN
Norfolk
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
European
Work of National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis Financed by March of Dimes
The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis relies entirely on support from the March of Dimes for funding its public health campaigns and medical research efforts.
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National Foundation of Infantilé Paralysis
The
March of Dimes
Cool Summer Slacks at Remarkable Prices
A large assortment of cool summer slacks is offered by Saenger & Ochs with prices from 4.95 to 6.95, advertised as the best buys for stylish, affordable wear.
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Saenger & Ochs
Committees Named For Doss Community Fair Aug 9
The Doss Improvement Club named committees to plan the Doss Community Fair set for Saturday August 9 After a soil conservation movie and talk by County Agent C A Stone Arnold Rode presided Arrangements and other committees listed with many local families named The club will not meet in August but will reconvene on the fourth Saturday in September for a pot luck supper
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Doss
Emil Lange
Albert Wendel
Otto Spaeth
Sem Rode
Aug. Baethge
Elroy Geistweidt
Robert Kordzik
Jack Baethge
Archie Geistweidt
Arnold Rode
Ted Mund
Clinton Nixon
Elgin Dittmar
Theo Moellendorf
Raymond Ku
Pleasant Hill Fair Showed Many Items
Pleasant Hill Community Fair and Homecoming drew hundreds including visitors from Taft and Ventura California. 4 H Club girls sold baked goods and displayed crafts while others entered vegetables fruits and flowers. Prizes awarded for pillow slips quilts corn maize peanuts and garden items as well as a unique cactus lamp display.
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Pleasant Hill
Bertie Hicks
Taft
Calif
Bertie Ferrer
Homer Smith
Ventura
Beulah Brown
Hye Brown
Hye
Deikes
Beulah Smith
Ella Hodges
Lorenz Lange
Harvey Schumann
Marilyn Schumann
Sidney Wayne Mauldin
Oliver Deike
James Deike
Stanley Deike
Calvin Hartmann
Karl Hartmann
Gary Deike
Sherman Brodbeck
Levi Deike Jr
Soil Conservation Group Tours Fredericksburg Area Event
Twenty four conservation supervisors farmers and ranchers plus a vocational agriculture teacher toured Fredericksburg after visiting Temple Experiment Station and various Texas counties. R C Madeley led the group with reports on Hill Country Area and Gillespie County projects following a barbecue luncheon and addresses by local officials.
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Palo Pinto Bosque
Hamilton-Coryell
Fredericksburg
Temple Experiment Station
Austin
San Antonio
Kendall
Gillespie Counties
R. C. Madeley
Stephenville
Brich
Richard Laurence
Adolph Kneese
Dudley Mann
Herman Weinheimer
Gillespie County Group
Arthur Blaske
Arthur Leech
Kendall Group
Gillespie County
Committees Named For Stonewall Fair Aug. 10th
Planning committee announces fair groups led by Barbecue chair Alfred Ahrens and Program coordinators Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Tanner. Dance duties assigned to Kermit Hahne with area school ties. Exhibits and cleanup teams listed with numerous local families named. Continued on page 2 section 2.
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Alfred Ahrens
Chm
Herman Weinheimer
Lee Danz
Edwin Itz
Walter Schumpelt
J. O. Tanner
Ophelia Weinheimer
Emilie Nielsen
Stevenson
Etna Thurman
Kermit Hahne
Otto Schumann
Tom Andrews
B. H. Eckert
Adolf Nebgen
Calvin Weinheimer
Albert Nebgen
Ernest Hodges
Howard Cravens
Richard Schumann
Felix Weinheimer
Marcus Burg
Walter Moldenhauer
Henry Beckmann
Alfred Rusenberger
Roy Weinheimer
Hugo Weinheimer
Ray Sublett
Francis Merz
Paul Klein
Simon Burg
Hilmar
Nebgen
Marvin Nebgen
James Eckert
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Myrtle Mae Ahrens
Sylvia Spaeth
Evelyn Welgehausen
T. W. Neal
Herman Hahn
Walter Doebbler
Levi Rusenberger
Marjorie Sauer
Johnnie Weidenfeller
Marilyn Geistweidt
Doss Boy Scout
Tom Wooten
Capitol Area Council
Nelson Geistweidt
Dennis Lange
Emil F. Lange
Edgar Geistweidt
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scouts of America
Marion Baethge
Lange
Baethge
Wooten
Boerne
James Baethge
Cyclones
J. Coosky
Boethge
Cooskey
S. S. Mauldin
Christian Science Osta
Monitor
Town Paper
Christian Science Monitor
Norway St
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
SOC
City of
Citizens of
A. L. Crawford
Palo Pinto
H. L. Sikes
W. R. Laughlin
Bosque
Gillespie Group
Albert Group
Frigidaire
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