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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1949
Page
4
Tuesday's heat peaked at 95 degrees in Fredericksburg as the longest day of the year arrived. Local observer Alfred Neffendorf noted a weekly low of 61 degrees on Thursday and no rainfall was recorded that week.
Mrs Kermit Striegler shares cream puff and jelly roll recipes with precise steps for crisp puffs and a vanilla custard or cherry filling. The puff batter uses butter boiling water flour and eggs baked at 400 F for 35 minutes. The jelly roll uses cake flour sugar vanilla and eggs baked 400 F for 13 minutes, then filled with cherry or whipped cream.
Mr and Mrs Robert Walter hosted a turkey dinner at their home after the baptism of their infant daughter Vernel Bertha in Bethany Lutheran church. Sponsors were Miss Evelyn Walter and Ernest Bruns of Yorktown. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Ernest Bruns and daughter Melba Laverne of Yorktown.
Miss Jennabeth Jones and Lock ett Shelton married Wednesday June 15 at 8 30 p m in St Pauls Methodist Church Abilene. A garden reception followed at her parents home. Mrs J Hardin Perry and son J Hardin Perry II attended from here. Mrs Shelton had been a frequent visitor at the Perry home and was a Ward Belmont College roommate.
Installation services held Sunday night June 12 at First Methodist Church for Women's Society of Christian Service officers led by Rev. A. C. Greenwaldt. New WSCS officers include vice president Mrs Leroy Rabke and recording secretary Mrs Clinton Storck with multiple secretaries for promotion spiritual life missionary education and more. Wesleyan Service Guild also installed officers led by Mrs Eric Nagel president and Miss Anita Winkel spiritual life secretary.
Dr. G. D. Guilbert, named chief of the Tu berculosis Service at the Veterans Hospital in Legion, visited Fredericksburg on Thursday. He arrived from a Veterans Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin and has served with the Veterans Administration since 1930, with prior posts in Tuscon, Arizona, New Mexico, California and North Carolina.
The WSCS group of the First Methodist Church met in the church social hall on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E. L Woerner and Mrs. Harold Stork as hostesses. The program featured “Light Dawns in Africa” and “Light in the Mission Home” with prayers, readings, and songs. A social hour followed.
A two week music and singing school will be held at Emmanuel Gospel Church 414 E College Street starting Monday evening July 18. Rev Ernest Rippetoe of the Stamps Quartett School of Music Dallas will conduct the school. Welton Cloninger will offer private piano lessons. Mrs P M Woerner is secretary and will provide information.
Fredericksburg traffic signals were out from Tuesday morning until Wednesday afternoon as crews moved the control box to the new fire station. A slack period was used for the installation and brief electric service interruptions occurred due to transformer work at Kerrville road sub station. Another interruption is expected tonight.
Dr and Mrs Leon Zwiener and Lonnie Zwiener visited in Cleburne and Dallas last weekend to attend graduation exercises at Baylor Dental School for their nephew and cousin.
Mrs Adolph Bernhard and Mrs R E Usener honored Miss Olivia Bernhard with a surprise birthday party Sunday evening at Mrs Rick Usener home. Eight guests attended and refreshments were served on the lawn.
Governor Beauford Jester signs the Veterans Land Bill to put the program into effect. Present are Rep. Reuben Senterfitt Sen John Bell Bascom Giles Bill McCraw Bert Giesecke Judge Horace Shelton Ward Moody and Alvis Vandygriff with the General Land Office officials guiding the bill.
The 54th Gillespie Schuetzenfest to be held at Schmidt's Hall Shooting Range on Saturday and Sunday July 30 and 31. Sponsors are Scharf schuetzen Club. Several clubs participate including Hubertus Scharfschuetzen Grapetown Tivydale Bear Creek and Baron's Creek.
Robert Rausch 81 of a Cain City area locality became Gillespie County 1949s first heat stroke victim. He was unconscious for four hours Tuesday afternoon after a 1 p.m. stroke. His attending physician said he was recovering.
The STANDARD publishes a daily want-ad page emphasizing results and listings for buyers and sellers. Classifieds highlight items for sale services and job leads with a focus on prompt responses and local availability.
Gillespie County Exes invite Gillespie residents to Austin for a basket picnic Friday June 24 at 6 30 p m at the Polo Field in Zilker Park chaired by Emil Jordan head of the Exes group.
A Freeport group including Miss Elberta Martin Mrs Margaret Roos Lutteman Miss Helen Harris and Mrs Delrose Wittneben travel via Fredericksburg to San Francisco for the American Home Economics Association convention. Lutteman’s daughter Rosemary stays with grandparents Ed and Mrs Roos for a visit. Martin formerly County Home Demonstration Agent now Brazos Port Area adviser.
A Navy breathing apparatus designed for Arctic use minimizes heat and moisture loss during respiration, preserving body warmth and reducing dehydration risks for personnel operating in extreme cold conditions.
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