District VFW Encampment Held In Central Texas
District 23 Encampment brings VFW and Auxiliary posts from Legion and several Texas towns to Mason road VFW Hall. Registration at 9 a.m. Sunday with speaker Roger Evans San Antonio. morning service at First Methodist. lunch at Pauls Chicken N Chips. elections of district officers to follow. Representatives from Brady Kerrville San Saba Goldthwaite Lampasas Mason Liano Johnson City attend.
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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
Liano
Johnson City
A Statement on Democratic and Republican Conventions
A column asserts the convention system reflects citizen will through precinct and county ballots. It argues majority rule guides precinct, county, and state delegations and condemns delegates betraying that trust, labeling the conclusion inevitable and urging fidelity to the voters’ instruction.
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Texas
Voice of
Giants Meet Goldthwaite Hire Tonight
Fredericksburg Giants clash with Goldthwaite Red Sox at Fair Park tonight June 4 at 7 11 p.m. The teams split the season series with a 13 8 Giants win opening game and a 5 3 Goldthwaite win at Goldthwaite last Saturday.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Goldthwaite
Red Sox
Fair Park Field
Giants
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 on his left hand in a weekend combining accident at his father's place. His hand was caught between a belt and pulley on the combine and the finger was amputated after he was brought to town for treatment.
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Clayton Jung
Thomas Jung
Cave Creek
Clayton
Navy Ensign Survives Crash Of F6F Near Willow City
Ensign Roger E. Ruch, a Norfolk based Navy pilot, bailed out at 3,500 feet seconds before his F6F exploded and burned near Edwin Crenwelge farm two miles east of Willow City. He landed unharmed with a temple scratch while a fire crew removed wreckage days later.
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Roger E. Ruch
Norfolk
Edwin Crenwelge
Willow City
Fredericksburg
Crenwelge
Evelyn
Herber
Ensign Ruch
Crenwelge Place
Bar Ditch
Ruch
Navy
el Paso
Houston
Dr. Harry Tubbs To Open Offices In Post Texas
Dr. Harry Tubbs M D has resigned from Keidel Memorial Hospital staff in Fredericksburg and will open private practice July 1 in Post Texas at the new $400000 24 bed air conditioned hospital. A Virginia native and Medical College of Virginia graduate he cites desire to practice individually and notes all fees are payable to Keidel Memorial Hospital. He has led local civic efforts including the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce presidency and American Legion post commander duties and remains an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
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Harry Tubbs
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
Navy plane crashes near Willow City field
Debris covers the Edwin Crenwelge field two miles east of Willow City after a U S Navy plane went down at noon on Thursday. Ensign Roger E Ruch, the pilot, parachuted to safety and is inspecting the wrecked motor while a boy studies the scene along Willow City Farm to Market road.
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Edwin Crenwelge Field
Willow City Farm To Market
Bar
Roger E. Ruch
Oakcrest Park Dedication Draws 3000 in Hill Country
An estimated crowd of over 3,000 gathered Sunday afternoon to dedicate Gillespie County’s Oakcrest Park. County Judge Victor H. Sage bil presented the park for county residents and visitors, as a Girl and Boy Scout color guard raised the new flag. A noonday barbecue fed attendees, with 2200 pounds of mutton prepared in the park and sold to support future improvements. Liveoak Creek and a park lake drew fishers, swimmers, and boaters, with free motorboat rides by Vernon Gold and Paul Pfiester aiding the park fund. The 4 p.m. program opened with a Hermann Sons Band concert conducted by Lorence Bading, with Arthur Kowert presiding as master of ceremonies.
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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
Park dedication highlights civic support and future plans
Monday's dedication, led by Chamber manager Wm. Petmecky and County Judge Victor Sagebiel, credited civic clubs for park development. A 35 young ladies bathing beauty review and kids fishing contest drew attendees as about 1200 dollars was raised for park improvements including a skating platform, a possible second dam on Liveoak Creek, and more rest rooms. Only half the park has been developed with substantial undeveloped land to the south.
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Liveoak Creek
Methodist Pastors Are Returned to Local Churches
The Rev. C. A. Greenwaldt of First Methodist Fredericksburg and the Rev. John C. Campbell of Edison Street Methodist were reassigned to local churches after the Southwest Texas Methodist Conference in San Antonio. The session ordained two new ministers and retired two others, detailing future stations for many pastors including McKinney Bloomington and Schulze Mathis among others.
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C. A. Greenwaldt
First Methodist
Fredericksburg
John C. Campbell
Edison Street
Travis Park Methodist Church
San Antonio
Richard R. Laurence
Richard Laurence
Milton Dare
Herman Hahn
Dorothy Hahn
Dare
Wesley Methodist Church
Harlingen
Laurence
Yale Divinity School
A. R. Vetter
Liane
O. F. Kattner
Lometa
Local Names Forged to Checks In Austin-S.A.
Sheriff Kraerner reports two local men, Clarence Kiesling and Col. Reese Willard, had their names forged on checks cashed in Austin and San Antonio. Kiesling’s totals exceeded 200 dollars, Willard’s for five dollars. All forgeries used local bank blanks. Police in both cities are on alert and a Dallas-area description circulated.
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Clarence F. Kiesling
Col
Reese Willard
Austin
San Antonio
Hugo Kraerner
Kiesling
Willard
Nolan Sagebiel to Be Ordained Sunday Morning
The Rev. Nolan S. Sagebiel of Fredericksburg, Wartburg Theological Seminary graduate, will be ordained as a Lutheran clergyman at St. John's Lutheran Church Crabapple at 10:30 a m Sunday June 8. The ceremony will be led by the Rev E A Sagebiel of Stuttgart Arkansas with Rev G A Poehlmann of Bethany Lutheran Church preaching and Rev M J Schwarz of the local church assisting. Sagebiel earned a BA from Wartburg College in 1948 and did a year of internship in Lamesa Texas between his second and third years of seminary studies. 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 Gets 1.35 Million Loan
The Central Texas Electric Cooperative based in Fredericksburg received a 1.35 million loan from the Rural Electrification Administration to improve and extend services across seven counties including Gillespie Real Kerr Mason Llano San Saba and Kimble. The loan was approved and announced by Congressman C. Fisher via a wire to Ralph Swanson, the cooperative manager.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Fredericksburg
Rural Electrification Administration
Rea
Congressmann
C. Fisher
Ralph A. Swanson
Swanson
Gillespie
Real
Kerr
Mason
Llano
San Saba
Kimble
Temple Lumber Co Buys Gillespie Lumber in Fredericksburg
Temple Lumber Co acquires Gillespie County Lumber Co of Fredericksburg from Mrs. R. E. Rawls of Austin. The Fredericksburg yard becomes Temple’s 32nd Texas yard. Staff retained include Lorenz F. Bading manager and others. operations vow to maintain top quality lumber and service.
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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
Stein Family Visit Highlights Houston Couple
Mr and Mrs Edward Stein Jr of Houston spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Stein.
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Edward Stein Jr
Houston
Mrs
Edward Stein
Muttons and cash for Oakcrest Park dedication
Norman J. Dietel led a committee announcing muttons and cash donated for the Oakcrest Park dedication. Donors include Guenther Ottmers Edgar Burrer Victor Pressler Melton Keller Felix W Maier Bruno Hartmann Felix Fuhrmann Walter Bierschwabe Douglas Dittmar August Baethge Ben Kneese Harold Kneese Emil Dietrich Gillespie County Livestock Sales Co Hy J Schmidt Alex Frantzen Emil Hahn Alex Henke Albert Maner Emil Birch Reinhard Enderlin Ewald Koennecke Alfred Pfies ter W J Danz H Fricke Hugo Usener H A Meier Rudolph Smith Otto Schumann August Mundh Kurt Eckhardt Udo Henke. Cash gifts listed from Fredericksburg Publishing Co The Radio Post Knopp and Metzger Dr Victor Keidel Sagebiel Law Office Wm M Petmecky Emil Wahrmund.
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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 leads Gillespie County in 1952 totals
Oswald Eckhardt reports Gold area total rainfall for May 1952 at 8.35 inches, nearly double May 1951. Crabapple and Doss saw declines, Fredericksburg and Morris Ranch saw gains, five month totals for 1952 exceed all recent years except 1945, and Gillespie crops benefit as farmers push harvest before more rain.
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Gillespie
Rheingold
Gillespie County
Oswald Eckhardt
Crabapple
F. B. Riley
Doss
Wm. E. Fritz
Eckhardt
Gold
Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Tom Carr
Morris Ranch
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District Vfw
Frantzen-Ahrens
Alfred Petsch
Russia
Harper
Chester Brown
Lochte Storage and Commission Company
M. L. Bennett
Kimble County
Clubber
Junction Wool and Mohair Co
Bob Brown
First State Bank of Harper
Carlton Wendel
Schreiner
Post, Texas
Austin-S.a
Nolan Sagebiel
Key
Cen-Tex Electric Coop
Temple Lumber Co
Gillespie Lumber Company
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