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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
10
Fredericksburg residents react to last week’s population tally with mixed feelings. The writer jokes that city limits and surrounding areas blur in counts, proposing “Fredericksburg 3,847, Greater Fredericksburg 6,188” as a clearer label. The piece notes distinctions between city and county figures and weighs legal implications of growth.
U S Department of Commerce census figures show Gillespie County retail sales in 1948 at 9.3 million up from 2.7 million in 1939, a 244 percent gain. Automotive and gasoline services lead the volume indicating Fredericksburg’s strong trade area and merchant adaptation.
James A. Farley former Postmaster General warns that federal spending could reach six trillion dollars by 2000 if current trends persist. He argues for balanced budgets, reduced grants to states, and thrift as national security, cautioning against centralized government and growing debt.
A collage of local notes from 1927 covers LuTher Leagues in Fredericksburg, visitors like Adolf Henke from San Antonio, and social visits. It notes rainfall and wind damage across Mason County, openings for Hotel Nimitz, a July 4 celebration plan, and community happenings in June 1917 and 1927.
Marguerite Clark stars in the picturization of Snow White to be shown at Klaerner's Opera House Saturday night. Ella Wahrmund and Edgar Klaerner were honored at a farewell dance at Klaerner's Hall Friday night. About sixty couples attended as Miss Wahrmund departs for the Summer Normal at San Marcos while Klaerner plans to join his parents in San Antonio.
Gillespie county reports weak uptake in the Independence Day Savings Bond Drive with only 1181.25 dollars in bonds purchased by the end of two weeks, 4.86 percent of the 24300 dollar county quota.
Arthur Kowert editor of the Standard spoke to pastors of the Texas District Missouri Lutheran Synod at Concordia College in Austin on Wednesday evening. He spoke on the topic The Church and the Newspaper, accompanied by his wife.
Mr and Mrs Walter Hollmig of the Western Auto Associate Store attended a Western Auto fall and winter merchandise show in Houston on Monday June 5. Fredericksburg merchants preview about 600 Western Auto hard line items for fall and winter. The show features sporting goods toys wheel goods and electrical appliances with rifles and shotguns for the season. Western Auto displays over 300 toys and wheel goods for Christmas shoppers. The company has about 2400 Western Auto Associate Store owners in the United States and sources merchandise from 16 wholesale houses.
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