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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
5
Wheat producers must obtain a marketing card by a 99.3 percent approval of the national farming cohort. Quotas are not yet in effect but overage on acreage incurs a 49 cent per bushel tax on excess yield. A June 14 Abilene meeting will discuss duties with Washington representatives for elevator operators and processors.
The Giants routed the San Antonio Kelly Field Flyers 20 to 0 at Seipp Park. Al Grobe pitched effectively as the Flyers committed 15 errors and managed only four hits, while the Giants produced multiple players with at least one hit. Next Sunday the Giants play the Comfort Bronchos in a league game at Comfort.
Announcement states the Needy Blind Aid program under the Welfare law will be run via State Department of Public Welfare offices in Gillespie County. Eligibility requires 21 or older US citizen, five of nine years state residency, no current institutional living, no public alms solicitation, insufficient income, no old age assistance, and blindness confirmed by a licensed physician. Grants max 30 dollars monthly and cannot start until 90 days after Revenue Act funds become available, effective May 1941 with August 1941 as the start date. Old Age Assistance staff will help file when forms arrive.
Mrs Dobbs dancing pupils from Fredericksburg will perform at the High School Auditorium on June 14 at 8 15 p m The recital features forty students in ballet acrobatic and tap dancing Admission is free.
Frede ricksburg drive in station page announces Rubin Cromwelge as proprietor with promotion details and location notes for the drive in facility.
The 42nd Gillespie County Singing Festival at Peters Hall drew a capacity audience. The Fredericksburg Junior Concert Band led the parade, Emil Hoffmann addressed attendees, and a memorial honor roll marked the program. Felix Hahne will preside next year with Hoffmann as vice president and Otto Burgdorf reappointed as secretary-treasurer.
The Giants hammered U S Air Corps Kelly Field 78 to 0, dominating with a display that mocked the visitors. The piece highlights upcoming matches against Comfort Harper Kerrville and a July 1 home tilt with the Boston Hoboes, plus Seipp Park enhancements and local fishing notes. Craig Wood wins Fort Worth National Open with 284 at Colonial Club.
Fredricksburg hospitals record four births in the past week. Two girls arrived on June 6 and June 7 to Fritz and Wood couples, while two boys were born on June 6 and June 8 to Sener and Brown families.
The article notes Father’s Day on June 15 as a national observance, urging appreciation for dads. It describes dads as tough yet secretly pleased by the recognition and highlights local merchants in Fredericksburg stocking suitable gifts for the occasion.
The column lists patients who had operations in the past week including tonsillectomies on June 5 by Gladys and Florine Brandenberger, an appendectomy on June 5 for Esther Metzger, another appendectomy on June 9 for a Weidenfeller child, and June 7 to 11 surgeries for Alfred Wunderlich, Jimmies Metzger, and Roy Herbert. It notes injuries such as a Weirich child’s arm break on June 9 and a five year old Weirich’s arm injury from a fall into a flower bed, plus several local visitors and families visiting Dallas and Comfort forgotten here.
Stonewall crushed Harper 24 to 7 on Sunday. The team opened with eleven runs before the first inning ended and scored in every inning except the second eighth and ninth. L Dyke Stonewall shortstop led with four hits in five at bats.
Fredericksburg Giants were notified of the cancellation for Sunday afternoon at Comfort where the two teams were to play. No rescheduled game date has been set. Kerrville defeated Comfort 7 to 2 last week to stay second in the league while the Giants lead the circuit. Mr and Mrs Harper Rawlings and sons visited relatives over the weekend.
Miss Flora Mueller a Llano High School faculty member is at home during her vacation.
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