Largest Chamber of Commerce meeting expected to draw crowd
Advance ticket sales indicate the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will attract the largest crowd ever. Governor Beauford Jester will give the principal address at the June 26 event, with Alfred Petsch introducing him and the Fredericksburg High School Band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Beauford Jester
Texas
Sidney Henke
Alfred Petsch
Lester Keyser
Fredericksburg
W. O. Schulze
First Methodist Church
Arthur Kowert
Committees Named To Plan Lions Ladies Night
Lions Club president Joe Molberg announced the program and food committees for the Ladies Night and installation banquet to be held Wednesday night July 16 at Nimitz Hotel. The regular program committee includes Dr L L Keyser, Harry Davis, Henry Kuennem, Walter McKay and Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Lion
Joe Molberg
Nimitz Hotel
L. L. Keyser
Harry Davis
Henry Kuenemann
Walter McKay
Sidney
Burleigh Grimes Champions Baseball as Youth Reform
Burleigh Grimes, veteran baseball figure, told a crowd at a Yankee try-out camp that baseball and all sports are the greatest enemy of juvenile delinquency. He urged keeping teens active through play to build competitive spirit and camaraderie, reducing mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Lorbeer
Burleigh Grimes
Wattie Holm
Carl “Buddy” Molberg
Clarence Schaetter
Roland Bonn
Grimes
Holm
New York Yankees
Yankee
Dutch” Lorbeer
Yankees
Fair Park
United States
Canada
Burleigh
National Guard Officers Review Progress Here
Lt. Col. Max H. Specht reports strong progress in forming the local National Guard unit with federal inspection planned for July. Capt. John D. Harper notes steady enlistments as civic groups back armory site negotiations with the State Armory Board in Gillespie County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max H. Specht
Specht
155Th Field Artillery Battalion
New Braunfels
James T
State Armory Board
Col. Specht
Harper
Electric Burns Suffered by Oehler on 7200 Volt Line
Elmer Oehler 20, maintenance crew member for the Lower Colorado River Authority, was injured Tuesday morning near Fredericksburg while wiring a transformer on a 30 foot pole. He touched a 7200 volt line. the current entered his left hand and exited his left foot. He was removed from the pole by Hugo Henke Jr and Herman Kunz and taken to a local hospital where doctors describe his condition as satisfactory pending full diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Oehler
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Fredericksburg
Oehler
Erwin Oehler
Hugo Henke, Jr
Herman Kunz
Henke
Kunz
Chester Neffendorf
Burnet Road
Frank Schmidt
Scout Camporal Draws Four Local Troops
Four local Boy Scout troops joined the Camporal at Tourist Park Friday and Saturday. Holy Ghost Lutheran won the scouting skills contest followed by Stonewall Lutheran, Lions Lutheran, and Lions Club troops. Harold Moore led a campfire program and delivered an inspirational talk on scouting and the outdoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Ghost
Stonewall
Lions and
Lions Club
Harold Moore
Capitol Area Council
Holy Ghost Lutheran
Lions Lutheran Troop
Commissioners OK Use Of Airport Land For Nimitz State Park
Gillespie County Commissioners Court approved tendering about 159 acres near Live Oak Creek to the State Parks Committee for Admiral Nimitz State Park. The land will not affect airport operations and awaits Parks Committee approval before final development. McKay Appliance opens Saturday in Fredericksburg offering Westinghouse displays, prizes, and meetings with factory reps. The event runs June 19 from 9 am to 9 pm at 207 West.
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Fredericksburg
McKay Appliance
Westinghouse
Gillespie County
Walter McKay
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
State Parks Committee
Admiral Nimitz State Park
Live Oak Creek
Gillespie
Fleet Admiral
Nimitz
Texas
House
Senate
Jester
Parks Committee
State Parks Board
Admiral Ni
Sugar Ration Ends Sparks Rush on Sugar Supplies
Housewives rejoiced as Secretary Clinton Anderson announced the end of sugar rationing. Retailers scrambled to stock sugar while price control remains in effect. Local merchants report shelves empty and wholesalers exhausted, with bottlenecks from refinery warehouse movement. Stores plan to limit purchases to five pounds per person until supply improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Anderson
Man Nabbed Here Escapes From Llano County Jail
Nicholas Duke Muse, 24, nabbed here January 30 by State Highway Patrolmen Golden and Adkins after stealing a car in Llano and burglarizing liquor stores escaped the Llano County jail Monday evening at 5 pm. He was to be moved to the State Penitentiary Tuesday morning. Sheriff Robert Loth and troopers patrolled the Llano highway through Monday night. Earl West, Muse’s January ally and fellow Llano inmate, did not join the jailbreak. Muse pried bars apart with steel bed supports to gain freedom.
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Nicholas Duke Muse
Golden and Adkins
Llano
Llano County
Muse
Kerrville
Robert Loth
Earl West
Car Stolen from Boening Motor Recovered in Phoenix
A 1940 Ford Tudor, owned by Troy Foster of Eckert, stolen from Boening Motor Sales last Tuesday at midnight, was recovered in Phoenix, Arizona by Arizona State Highway Patrol. Floyd W. McPeak, 18, in the car at recovery, admitted the theft but implicated no others. entrance was gained by breaking a rear garage window and rolling the car out of the facility.
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Troy Foster
Eckert
Boening Motor
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona State Highway Patrol
Floyd W. McPeak
Robert Loth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boening
Kermit Luedecke
San Antonio
Ten Counties Form Central Texas Electric Cooperative
A new rural electric cooperative named the Central Texas Electric Cooperative Incorporated will have Fredericksburg as its headquarters. It covers ten counties including Gillespie Kerr Kendall and Llano with Hugo Weinheimer of Stonewall as president and Luke Moss of Llano as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas Electric Cooperative Incorporated
Fredericksburg
O. C. Fisher
Washington
Gillespie
Kerr
Kendall
Kimbie
Llano
Lampasas
Mason
MecCullough
Menard
San Saba
Hugo Weinheimer
Stonewall
Luke Moss
Tom Carr
Paul Stehling
Chester Schwethelm
J. C. Cone, Jr
Harold Schmidt
Arthur Stehling
Here
Pedernales Electric Coop
PEC
Ten
Central Texas Cooperative
Bell County
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
E. Babe Smith, Jr
United States
New Flower Shop to Open June 24
Roy and Chester Langerhans will open the Langerhans Florist on Tuesday June 24. The office and greenhouse sit at 205 East Elk Street beside the old Henke Mill with sister Mrs Marshall Leazer helping run the new business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langerhans
Roy and
Chester Langerhans
Floral Establishment
East Elk Street
Henke
Marshall Leazer
Local Girl Scouts Report 112 Participants in Summer Programs
Gillespie county hosts 112 Girl Scouts in five summer activities including outdoor cooking photography cycling flower finding and leathercraft. Photography class led by Art Rowert enrolls 17. cycling 17 under Hans Hannemann and Mrs Milton Petermann. outdoor cooking 50. flower finding 25 by Miss Ella Gold. leathercraft 20 by Mrs Wesley Gold. Regina Hauch from Austin will visit Fredericksburg midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Hans Hannemann
Milton Petermann
Elgin Kuhlmann
Ella Gold
Kerrville
Wesley Gold
Regina Hauch
Austin
Fredericksburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Guard
Capt. Harper
Jaycee
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Nimitz State Park
McKay Appliances
Doss
Onion Creek
Arizona
Art Rowert
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