Giants Win Two In Week In Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Giants beat Johnson City 2 to 1 and Llano 6 to 2 in baseball last week. Batteries were Lee and fielimig versus Johnson City and Krauskopf with Schellhase against Llano. They travel to Kerrville Sunday to face Kerrville Athletics.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Johnson City
Llano
Lee and Fielimig
Krauskopf
Schellhase
Giants
Kerrville
Kerrville Athletics
Summer Health Round-Up Sponsored by PTA
Fredericksburg Parent- Teacher Association resumes the Summer Health Round-Up for children entering school next year. The program partners with local medical, dental, and nursing professionals to promote vaccination, immunization, and early health screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Fredericksburg
Parent- Teacher Association
Albert Jost
W. Morse
Gillespie County
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Auto Use Car Stamps Go On Sale June 15
The annual five dollar auto tax stamp goes on sale at the Fredericksburg Post Office starting Thursday morning June 10. The tax for all motor vehicles on highways is due by July 1. This year’s yellow stamp avoids confusion with last year’s red and must be displayed on the windshield.
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Fredericksburg
Invasion Talks Dominate War News This Week
Allied leaders including Churchill and Roosevelt forecast imminent invasion of Europe with amphibious action deemed highly complex. Churchill visits North Africa while Davie s and Nimitz meet on strategy. American airmen claim a victory over Japanese Zeros in the Solomons as China reports Yangtze port Itu fully occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
N. Africa
Followty
Solomons
Dutch East Indies
China
Yangtze
Itu
Gillespie County Sets June War Bond Quota at 27 000 000
Gillespie County announces a June War Bond quota of 27 000 000 with state and national goals. The drive runs June 8 to 14 during Flag Week to support the Treasury Department and a broader $100 000 000 national target for the week. Each citizen is urged to buy as much as possible to fund the war and curb inflation while building postwar savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
C. J. Dooley
United States
United States Flag Association
United States Treasury Department
Fredericksburg C of C Plans June 24 Membership Meeting
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce announces a three man committee Rubin Bernhard Erwin Kraus and Wm Petmecky to arrange the annual membership meeting set for Thursday June 24. The board votes to list the city with the West Texas Chamber of Commerce for family housing and to support linking regional towns along the Pan American Highway routing via highway 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubin Bernhard
Erwin Kraus
Wm. Petmecky
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
WTCC
Mexico
Jaycees Push War Stamp Sales in Fredericksburg Retail Shops
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce aims to boost War Stamp purchases at local stores after a Tuesday meeting in Tourist Park. President Kaderli named area chairmen to canvass with placards while Navy veteran Albert Sembritzky urged support, citing war bond drives aboard ships and praising stamps for funding weapons and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Jaycee
Albert Sembritzky Jr
U.S
Lexington
Henry Meurer
Sidney Henke
Five Mile Kerrville Highway Paved This Week
State highway engineer A R Kelley reports a five mile segment of Highway 16 from the Freitag Filling Station toward the Kerr County line was paved this week. The rest of the Kerr Highway remains under construction with summer completion planned. Pav ing on the nine mile Mason Road reconstruction will begin this week and finish soon.
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Fredericksburg
Kerrville
A. R. Kelley
Freitag
Kerr County
Kelley
W C Hoffman Named President of Peace Officers
W C Hoffmann a State Highway Patrolman in Fredericksburg was named president of the Hill Country Peace Officers Association during a business session tied to the FBI Conference in Bandera Medina. Bandera official Wm Burns was announced first vice president and Gillespie County Sheriff Bob Loth second vice president with Sid Edge of Boerne as third vice president and J A Heder of Medina as secretary. The August 25 quarterly session will be in Boerne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hoffmann
Fredericksburg
Hill Country Peace Officers Association
FBI
Bandera
Medina
Wm. Burns
Bob Loth
Gillespie County
Sid Edge
Boerne
J. A. Heder
Sheriff Loth
Golden and Hoffmann
Hirsch
Jung
Sidney Henke
Edwin Moellering
Walter Pfeil
Joe Molberg
Alfred Neffendorf
Fritz Ersch
R. L. Kott
Hugo Kallenberg
Gotthold Lentz Arrives for Three Day Furlough
Gotthold Lentz stationed at Love Field Dallas arrives Thursday to spend a three day furlough with his parents Rev and Mrs R Lentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotthold Lentz
Love Field
Dallas
Mrs. R. Lentz
Fredericksburg Cadet Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Lt. Charles Stehling of Gillespie County, a Fredericksburg pilot, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement on 50 plus missions from September 1942 to February 1943. The citation credits courage, fidelity, and stamina in unarmed transports under enemy fire, while delivering essential war supplies. Stehling, 22, has been overseas as a Ferry Pilot for ten months, and previously received the Air Medal.
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Gillespie County
Charles Stehling
Fredericksburg
U. S
Stehling
India
United States
Felix Stehling
Chromite Deposit Advances Near Fredericksburg
San Antonio Express reports a new chromite deposit about twenty five miles northeast of Fredericksburg on the Ferrel Smith ranch near Llano Gillespie County line. J F Slaughter leases the site and will start production promptly per C C Leel of the San Antonio Manufacturers Assn.
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Fredericksburg
San Antonio Express
Ferrel Smith
Llano
Gillespie County
J. F. Slaughter
South America
C. C. Leel
San Antonio
Petmecky Named Secretary-Treasurer Of Texas Tax Group
Wm M Petmecky Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector was elected secretary-treasurer of the Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas at its tenth annual convention in Austin. He had served as acting secretary-treasurer for two months after illness led to Paul Williams retirement. Also elected were Jim H Glass of Houston president P E Dickison of San Antonio first vice president and Jewell Davidson of Amarillo second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Petmecky
Gillespie County
Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas
Association
Austin
Petmecky
Paul Williams
Jim H. Glass
Houston
P. E. Dickison
San Antonio
Jewell Davidson
Amarillo
Duecker Family Visit Tours Waco Area
Mr. R. H. Duecker travels to Waco to visit his sister Mrs. Richard Davis and Josie Duecker, accompanied by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Duecker
Walter Duecker
Waco
Richard Davis
Josie Duecker
Fall Out Of Car On Highway Fatal To Fritz Ersch
Gillespie County Deputy Sheriff Fritz Ersch died after a car accident near Fredericksburg on Kerrville road. The 67 year old succumbed to a skull fracture at 6 35 a m Thursday after being thrown from a car returning from the Hill Country Peace Officers Quarterly FBI meeting. He left a widow and 14 children. Rosary Sunday evening and funeral Monday at St Marys Church Schaetter Funeral Home Catholic Cemetery interment.
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Fritz Ersch
Gillespie County
Hill Country Peace Officers
FBI
Bandera
Medina Ersch
W. C. Hoffmann
Golden
Loth
Gillespie
Ersch
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Schaetter Funeral
St. Mary's Church
Children Hour Opens At Public School June 19
The Public School Parent-Teacher Association sponsors Saturday Children’s Hour programs for ages 7 to 14. The first class meets June 19 in the Music Room with music instruction and topics including art games stories folk dancing table setting and a nature unit to be announced.
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Public School
Parent- Teacher Association
Ernst l Lochte
Elizabeth Walter
Almon Kirchhoff
H. Welga Lewis
Cc. C. McKinney
Arethur Rowert
Audrey Burgdorf
Elberta Martin
Miz. Tyrus Cox
Mrs Hohn Visits Parents As Father-in-Law Dies in California
Over the past week Mrs. Louis Hohn wife of Lt. Sergeant Clayton Hohn has been visiting her parents Rev and Mrs. R Lentz. Her father in law recently died in California after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hohn
Clayton Hohn
R. Lentz
California
Lions Club Boots Campaign Sends Cigarettes to Service Men
Fredericksburg Lions Club launches a nickel a pack campaign to ship cigarettes to troops abroad. Local stores host glass jars for nickels with labels of origin and ships are assigned to South Pacific Europe North Africa and Alaska. Buck Cross Jr of San Antonio spoke on science during the Thursday meeting. Oliver Schaetter joined the club and Donald Enderle attended as a guest.
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Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Camels, Chesterfields
Phillip Morris
War Department
South Pacific
Alaska
Buck Cross, Jr
San Antonio
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St. Anthony's
St. Anthony's Business College
Peter's Hall
A. J. Drossaerts
D. D
Arno Gold
Walter H. Kolmeier
Albert L. Kodrzik
Hugo J. Stehling
Seton's Infirmary
Wm. Bierschwale
Seton Infirmary
Laura N. Bierschwale
A. P. C. Petsch
McLean
J. H. McLean
Texas
Law Department
University of Texas
Wm Walter
Wm. Walter, Sr
Konzack
Enrollon College
Bricksburg
San Marcos
Page
Washington
Russia
Davies
Stalin
Chester W Nimitz
Pacific
King
Werner Burrer
Ad. Burrer
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Werner
MacDonald
Illespie
C. of C
Jaycees
Kerrville Road
W. C. Hoffman
A. W. Sellers
Sam
Arthur Lee Sellers
Naval Service
Atlantic
Whitney B. Sellers
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Cris A. Brehmer
Walter Brehmer
U. S. Navy
San Diego
U.S. Naval Hospital Corps
Vital War
Oliver Schaetter
Donald Enderle
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