District VFW Encampment Slated Here on Sunday
Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and auxiliaries from ten Central Texas cities gather for District 23 encampment hosted by Frantzen-Ahrens Post. Registration starts 9 am at the VFW Hall Mason Road with a 9:30 am open meeting led by Roger Evans.
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District Vfw
Texas
Lorenz F. Bading
Frantzen-Ahrens
VFW
Mason Road
Roger Evans
Post Department
San Antonio
First Methodist
Paul's Chicken 'N Chips
Paul's
Chicken 'N Chips
Ladies’ Auxiliary
VFW Hall
Legion
Brady
Kerrville
San Saba
Goldthwaite
Lampasas
Mason
Llano
Johnson City
We Believe This Conclusion Inescapable Majority Decision
A political editorial argues the presidential convention system channels citizen will through precinct and county meetings. It asserts delegates are trustees who must carry the majority wishes, warning on breaches of trust and noting the process remains binding.
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Russia
Texas
Voice of
Giants Meet Goldthwaite Here Tonight at Fair Park
The Fredericksburg Giants host the Goldthwaite Red Sox at Fair Park tonight, Wednesday June 4, at 8 15 p m. The teams have split their two meetings this season with Giants winning 13 8 in the opener and Red Sox taking the latest 5 3 at Goldthwaite.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Goldthwaite Red Sox
Fair Park Field
Giants
Goldthwaite
Red Sox
Clayton Jung Loses Finger in Combine Mishap
Clayton Jung 18 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Jung of the Cave Creek community lost the middle finger of his left hand in an accident while combining at his father's place Friday afternoon. His hand was caught between a belt and pulley on the combine and the finger was amputated when he was brought to town for medical care.
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Clayton Jung
Thomas Jung
Cave Creek
Clayton
Navy Pilot Survives Crash After F6F Burned Near Willow City
Ensign Roger E. Ruch based at Norfolk bailed out at 3,500 feet seconds before his F6F crashed and burned on Edwin Crenwelge farm two miles east of Willow City. He landed in a mesquite tree with a scratch on his temple. Navy crash crew collected wreckage later. Witnesses noted the plane sputtered before diving into a corn field and igniting fuel.
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Roger E. Ruch
Norfolk
Edwin Crenwelge
Willow City
Fredericksburg
Crenwelge
Evelyn
Herber
Ensign Ruch
Crenwelge Place
Ruch
Navy
el Paso
Houston
Dr. Harry Tubbs to Open Post Texas Medical Offices
Dr. Harry Tubbs M D resigns from Keidel Memorial Hospital staff in Fredericksburg and plans to open a private practice July 1 in Post Texas at a new 24 bed $400000 community hospital. He cites desire to practice individually and notes his civic roles in Fredericksburg.
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Harry Tubbs
Post, Texas
Keidel Memorial Hospital
Post
Texas
Lubbock
Tubbs
West Texas
Virginia
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Hill Country
Fredericksburg
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Presbyterian Church of
Debris of Navy plane scatters near Willow City crash site
A U S Navy plane crashed in Edwin Crenwelge field two miles east of Willow City on Thursday at noon. Ensign Roger E. Ruch the pilot parachuted to safety and surveys the wreckage while a boy examines debris along Willow City Farm to Market road and a fire burns in a bar ditch nearby.
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Edwin Crenwelge Field
Willow City Farm To Market
Bar
Roger E. Ruch
Oakcrest Park Dedication Draws 3000 Plus In Gillespie County
More than 3,000 people attended the Oakcrest Park dedication in Hill Country. County Judge Victor Sagebiel officially dedicated the park as a recreation spot with a flag-raising by the Scout color guard. A noon barbecue drew crowds and 2200 pounds of mutton were prepared for sale to fund park improvements. Proceeds from barbecue and concessions, about 1200 dollars, supported future development including a skating platform and restroom facilities. Liveoak Creek lake offered free boat rides, and a 35-girl bathing beauty review accompanied the ceremony.
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Oakcrest
United States
Gillespie
Oakcrest Park
Victor H. Sagebiel
Liveoak Creek
Vernon Gold
Paul Pfiester
Hermann Sons Band
Lorence Bading
Arthur Kowert
Gram
Methodist Pastors Return to Local Fredericksburg Churches
The Rev. C. A. Greenwaldt of First Methodist Fredericksburg and the Rev. John C. Campbell of Edison Street Methodist Fredericksburg were appointed to return to their local churches. Announcement came at the Southwest Texas Methodist Conference in San Antonio. Several pastors were ordained or retired. others were assigned to stations across the region, including Harlingen and Yale Divinity School.
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C. A. Greenwaldt
First Methodist
Fredericksburg
John C. Campbell
Edison Street
Southwest Texas Methodist Conference
Travis Park Methodist Church
San Antonio
Richard R. Laurence
Richard Laurence
Milton Dare
Herman Hahn
Dorothy Hahn
Dare
Wesley Methodist Church
Har- Lngen
Laurence
Yale Divinity School
A. R. Vetter
Llano
O. F. Kattner
Lometa
Kattner
Crabappe Parm-to-Market
Co. C. McKinney
Bloomington
W. O. Schulze
Mathis
Local Names Forged to Checks In Austin S A
Sch er i Hugo Kliaerner reports two local men Clarence Kiesling and Col Reese Willard had checks forged in Austin and San Antonio. Kiesling for over 200 dollars and Willard for five dollars were cashed on local bank blanks. Investigations launched to catch the forger with police alerts and a description from an Austin firm.
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Clarence F. Kiesling
Col
Reese Willard
Austin
San Antonio
Sheri Hugo Kliaerner
Kiesling
Willard
Nolan Sagebiel to Be Ordained Sunday Morning
The Rev. Nolan S. Sagebiel of Fredericksburg will be ordained a clergyman of the American Lutheran Church at St. John's Lutheran Church in Crabapple at 10 30 a m Sunday June 8. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev E A Sagebiel D D of Stuttgart Arkansas with Rev G A Poehlmann of Bethany Lutheran Church preaching the sermon and Rev M J Schwarz of the local church assisting. Sagebiel earned a BA from Wartburg College in 1948 after an internship in Lamesa Texas between study years. He is the son of Mrs Arthur Sagebiel of Mason Route Fredericksburg.
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Nolan S. Sagebiel
Fredericksburg
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
St. John's Lutheran Church
Crabapple
E. A. Sagebiel
D. D
Stuttgart
Arkansas
G. A. Poehlmann
Bethany Lutheran Church
M. J. Schwarz
Sagebiel
Wartburg College
Waverly
Lamesa
Texas
Arthur Sagebiel
Mason Route
Freder
Cen-Tex Electric Coop Granted 1 350 000 Loan
The Central Texas Electric Cooperative with headquarters in Fredericksburg received a 1 350 000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration. Congressmen O C Fisher reported the REA approval in a wire to Ralph A Swanson, the local manager. Funds will extend services across Gillespie Real Kerr Mason Llano San Saba and Kimble counties.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Fredericksburg
Rural Electrification Administration
Rea
O. C. Fisher
Ralph A. Swanson
Swanson
Gillespie
Real
Kerr
Mason
Llano
San Saba
Kimble
Temple Lumber Co Expands by Purchasing Gillespie Yard
Temple Lumber Co has bought Gillespie County Lumber Co of Fredericksburg from Mrs. R. E. Rawls of Austin. The Fredericksburg yard becomes the 32nd Temple yard in Texas and all staff will be retained in their current positions including Lorenz F. Bading as manager and Clin ton Priess as draftsman and salesman.
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Temple Lumber Company
Gillespie County Lumber Company
Fredericksburg
R. E. Rawls
Austin
Texas
D. G. McNair
Lorenz F. Bading
Clinton Priess
Guy
Stein Family Weekend Visit In Houston Area
Mr and Mrs Edward Stein Jr of Houston spent the week end visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Stein.
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Edward Stein Jr
Houston
Mrs
Edward Stein
Oakcrest Park dedication muttons cash tallied
Norman J. Dietel announced a full resume of muttons and cash donated for the Oakcrest Park dedication barbecue. List of donors includes Guenther Ottmers, Edgar Burrer, Victor Pressler, Melton Keller, Felix Maier, and many more with multiple $10 contributions from Fredericksburg Publishing Co The Radio Post Knopp and Mertz er Dr Victor Keidel Sagebiel Law Office and others totaling funds for the event.
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Oakcrest Park
Norman J. Dietel
Guenther Ottmers
Edgar Burrer
Victor Pressler
Melton Keller
Felix W. Maier
Bruno Hartmann
Felix
Walter Fuhrmann
Walter Bierschwabe
Douglas Dittmar
August Baethge
Ben and
Harold Kneese
Emil Dietrich
Gillespie County Livestock Sales Company
Hoerster
Kurt Eckhardt
Udo Henke
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
The
Radio Post
Knopp and
May rainfall surges in Gillespie County totals
Oswald Eckhardt reports Gillespie County overall led May rainfall with 8.35 inches, nearly double 1951 figures. Fredericksburg logged 16.11 inches for the first five months, while Crabapple and Doss showed declines from last May. Farmers work late to harvest ripe crops before further rain arrives.
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Gold
Gillespie
Rheingold
Gillespie County
Oswald Eckhardt
Crabapple
F. B. Riley
Doss
Wm. E. Fritz
Eckhardt
Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Tom Carr
Morris Ranch
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Alfred Petsch
Harper
Chester Brown
Lochte Storage and Commission Company
M. L. Bennett
Kimble County
Junction Wool and Mohair Co
Bob Brown
First State Bank of Harper
Carlton Wendel
Schreiner
Austin-S.a
Nolan Sagebiel
Rev
Cen-Tex Electric Coop
Temple Lumber Co
Gillespie Lumber Company
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