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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
4
Roger Babson argues wartime momentum boosts small cities like Fredericksburg. He says diversification shields nations and individuals from risks and that well governed small towns offer health, schools, churches, and job prospects. Fredericksburg boasts 95 percent home ownership and 97 percent tax payments, dating to 1846, signaling sustained growth.
Gillespie County and other Texas peach regions face a larger crop this year with estimated production at 2,000,000 bushels, up from 1,500,000 last year. Surplus concerns drive calls for marketing support and a stronger local peach organization to push consumption. Gov. O Daniel proclaims two Texas Peach Weeks to boost demand.
Communities with close bonds welcome visitors with smiles and warm handclasps. Residents miss friends when away and greet returnees with enthusiasm. Local organizations brim with friendly people, and residents make sacrifices to stay.
The Office of Production Management launches a campaign to convert millions of junked automobiles into scrap iron and steel for defense needs. City eyesores may be removed as part of the effort.
Gillespie Countians who settled in the region nearly a century ago took steps to become citizens under a Works Progress Administration naturalization project recently completed in Gillespie County. The project lists 2408 aliens who filed papers before September 1906, with early court records noting Jacob Brodbeck as the first to declare intent.
Louise Bryant of the A and M College Extension Service urges family cooperation to save time and reduce wear on possessions. Suggestions include rotating nightly living room tidiness, rack magazines, prepare lunch fillings at night, each member making their bed, cleaning muddy shoes, washing tubs, using a hamper, hanging clothes, bart mat drying after use, and everyone folding their own napkin after meals.
Public power under the Lower Colorado River Authority lowers electric rates across 23 Texas counties. The benefit reaches homes farms and towns through LCRA plants and Rural Electric Cooperatives, reducing labor and boosting farm profits. The agency operates without profit and passes savings to consumers.
Dorman D. Sell, secretary of the Gillespie AAA committee, says excess wheat can be stored on farm with an indemnity bond or escrow funds, or stored in a warehouse with receipts, to avoid or delay penalties. Loans from the Commodity Credit Corporation may apply, but penalties stay to deter market oversupply.
Gerald "Chick" Robinson, 14, of Scranton Pennsylvania wins the National Marbles Championship in Wildwood New Jersey. A big kiss from his mother is one of the rewards for the victory.
General Tires and Tubes is mentioned as a source. Fredericksburg Drive In Station is noted with Rubin Crenwelge as proprietor. The snippet identifiers suggest a local business notice or advertisement addressing tire and tube services and a drive in facility ownership.
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