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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
9
A list of 1944 Gillespie County political candidates is published in advance for county offices including County Judge Henry Hirsch and Sheriff Robert Loth with other statewide and local posts named. The notice specifies announcements require cash in advance for publication in The Standard. The remainder reports on local obituaries and social notes from the area.
Eugene C. Schmidt, chair of the War Price and Rationing Board, announced that tie in sales are illegal under OPA regulations. Bottled drinks and extra charges for ice prove the practice, and scarce items like soap are sold only with additional purchases. Report any such sales to the local board.
PFC Perry Woerner describes ongoing entertainment and recreation programs for soldiers on the front lines. He notes shell shock veterans returned briefly for relaxation, 15 minute Hollywood transcriptions, radio broadcasts, and field canteen and exchange services, with a recreation center and service club planned.
A wartime army unit notes its tasks coordinating baseball volleyball and basketball games among organizations. Leaders describe Special Service as morale builders for the army. Pfc Woerner recently earned the Army Good Conduct Medal for service in the Pacific, and he has served since September 1 1943.
Do your false teeth slip wobble or embarrass you while you eat or talk This non acidic powder FASTEETH holds plates more firmly and comfortably It leaves no gummy taste or sour after smell and helps control plate odor Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
Rev B E Breihan named pastor of Harper Methodist Church by district superintendent H C Goodenough. He formerly led Edison Street Church and succeeds the late Rev B A Meyers, with other duties as Kerrville assistant pastor and Legion chaplain, keeping home there.
Dr. Leon F. Zwiener, a local optometrist, attended the 44th Annual Convention of the Texas Optometric Association in Austin last week. The event centered on postwar visual care for returning service members and industrial workers and planned how to redistribute optometrists upon military release.
Miss Mattie Wiley arrives for the summer with Mrs. J. T. Estill and Miss Julia Estill. Wiley serves as principal of the La Feria public schools primary department.
Mason county residents rejected a proposed $50,000 hospital bond last week by 240 to 209 with three rural boxes uncounted. In Mason proper the tally showed 170 in favor and 71 against.
Local drugstore advertises a complete line of poultry and stock remedies for farmers and farm markets seeking reliable health care products.
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