Mission Services Planned at First Baptist Church
Three Baptist leaders will conduct mission services at First Baptist Church at North Llano and Center Streets beginning Sunday, June 15 at 11 am. Services run through June 29 with daily 10 am and 8 pm sessions except Saturdays when morning services are not held but evening services at 8 pm. Rev. R G Van Royen of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board will deliver Gospel messages daily. Rev. J W Moffitt of Corpus Christi will direct singing and deliver special songs. he is a noted soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
North Llano
Centre Streets
R. G. van Royen
Department of Visual Education
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
J. W. Moffitt
Corpus Christi
Thos. D. Dunaway
Rocal Baptist Church
Birthday Parties Highlight The Small Fry Week
The week featured multiple children celebrating birthdays with family and friends. Joe Thorp Cox marked his first birthday at home with sixteen youngsters. Delia Ann Davidson celebrated her sixth with twenty four attendees. Edward James Mann had an eighth birthday party at the ranch with eighteen children and mothers. Frank French turned five with a party for twenty five youngsters at his grandparents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Thorp Cox
Tyrus Thorp Cox
Joe Stein
Laurie Wells
Lester Petermann
Delia Ann Davidson
Alvin Davidson
Mesdames Tyrus Cox
Herbert Ingram
Chester Schmidt
Davidson
Edward James Mann
Paul Mann
Harold Jungmichel
Henry Joseph
Frank French
Emma French
Ernst Wilke
Frank
Ickert louy Weddine In Methodist Church
Miss Dorothy Houy and James E. Eckert wed at Edison Street Church on Sunday June 8 at 2 30 pm with Rev E F Kluck officiating A reception for about eighty followed at the Eckert home in Stonewall The couple will reside in Stonewall where Eckert operates Eckert Son Garage The bride taught in Stonewall schools and the groom served in the Army Air Corps in the China Burma India theatre with a postwar discharge in 1945 Out of town guests came from Dallas Moody Boerne San Antonio Kerrville and Johnson City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Street
Dorothy Houy
G. H. Houy
James E. Eckert
Benno H. Eckert Sr
Stonewall
E. F. Kluck
Kurt Weinheimer
Henry H. Holly
Wilburn L. Hahn
Emma Jane Evers
Benno H. Eckert, Jr
Arnold Holly, Jr
Harvey Eckert
Hilmar Eckert
Mesdames Wilson Herber
Emil Hahne
Adolph Nebgen
Herbert Haas
Emilie Nielsen
Galveston
Carl Jr
Mary Ann
Dallas
August Houy
Frances
Moody
Louis Roeder
Boerne
H. B. Gilgore
Edward Schiffers
Mary Elizabeth
Ewald Eckert
San Antonio
Elgin Rittimann
Clarence Rittiman
Kerrville
Gene Rittiman
Johnson City
Love At The Threshold reviewed by Fredericksburg PTA
Frances Bruce Strain's Love At The Threshold praised as a practical sane guide to modern love for teens. The book aims to help young readers and guardians with frank discussions on courting, marriage, and home making, written by a widow and university lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Parent- Teacher Association
Pioneer Memorial Library
Frances Bruce Strain
Strain
University of Iowa
University of Colorado
University of Minnesota
University of Vermont
East
Middle West
Southwestern to Graduate Two from Here
Two Fredericksburg residents will graduate at Southwestern University Georgetown on Monday May 9 during the 10 30 a m commencement in the University Auditorium. Miss Petty Watson will earn a Bachelor of Arts and Kurt H Lindenburg a Bachelor of Business Administration as the 107th Southwestern session closes. Harry C Withers managing editor Dallas Morning News will give the commencement address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Miss Petty Watson
Luther Watson
Kurt H. Lindenburg
Otto Lindenberg
University Auditorium
Southwestern
Harry C. Withers
The
Dallas Morning News
Comfort Latin American man dies after self inflicted shot
Padre Lopez 74 of Comfort was dead on arrival at a local hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead. He reportedly had been in poor health and was brought to Fredericksburg by ambulance after the incident Monday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padre Lopez
Comfort
Lopez
Fredericksburg
Music Study Club Teas With Annual Guest Tea
The Music Study Club hosted its annual tea at Mrs. Annie Blum's home on a Wednesday afternoon from five to seven. Attendees included Mrs. Blum, Mrs. Herman Hahn, and Mrs. Alex Mittendorf. A program featured histories of the club and music, Brahms works, vocal duets, piano and guitar pieces, and readings, with 45 guests present and arrangements by Mrs. Victor Nixon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Blum
Music Study Club
Mesdames Blum
Herman Hahn
Alex Mittendorf
Harvey Stein
Dan Hoerster
Wm. Dietel
Henry Lochte
Johannes Brahms
F. J. Maier
Brahms
Mesdames Henry Lochte
Nannie Striegler
Mesdames Walter Kolmeier
Ben Kneese
Emmie Detjen
Walter Kolmeier
Detjen
Blum
Victor Nixon
Alonzo Evers
Adah Peden
Pupil piano recital by Jay Hein school group
Miss Jay Hein presented 33 piano pupils in a Thursday night recital at the Public School Auditorium. The program featured a two piano opening theme from Tschaikovsky Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor by Rubin Bernhard Jr. and Miss Hein and Bach’s Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring by Miss Hein and Julia Hartmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Hein
Tschaikovsky
Rubin Bernhard Jr
Miss Hein
Bach
Jesus
Julia Hartmann
Safety tips before swimming from the National Safety Council
The National Safety Council urges swimmers to check water depth and obstructions, ensure assistance is nearby, and wait two hours after eating. These three questions aim to reduce drowning risk at beaches or swimming holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Perkins named state commander of Texas Field Army cancer program
Mrs. Joseph M. Perkins of Easterland becomes the state commander of the Field Army of the Texas Division American Cancer Society. She will direct a year-round educational and service program with 15 district commanders to educate and treat cancer in every Texas community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Perkins
Easteland
Field Army
Texas
American Cancer Society
State Board of Education
Perkins
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
First Methodist WSCS Holds June Meeting
The Women's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church held its monthly business meeting and study led by Mrs. Harry Morgan on the topic Where Children Flourish. Mrs. Benno Weiss discussed health legislation. A social will follow the next meeting on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
First Methodist Church
Harry Morgan
W. S. Schulze
Benno Weiss
Polio Cases Decline in Texas This May
Texas reports only 15 polio cases in May this year versus 51 in the same month last year, according to the State Department of Public Health. The lower count signals improved control of polio nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
State Dept. of Public Health
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R. G. van Raven
Wendell Moffitt
Emil Brick
East Main Street
Heads Cancer Program
First Methodist Wscs
Sunnyside Sanatorium
J. Kirby McDonough
Rankin
Dempster
Fredericksburg Implement Company
Hill Country Ramblers
Stonewall JR. Pirates
Franklin Life Insurance Company
Lawrence Knopp
Sife Insurance Companies
Amerwa
Daddy
Stehing. Ee Co
East Main St
G. I
C. A. A. Flying School
Office
Standard Service Co
E. Main
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