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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
7
Wool shipments last week exceeded 50 000 pounds sold to Tom Pickens a Boston buyer. Average price 41 cents per pound with some discounts two cents for bars. Also reports of buzzards attacking calves and a cow dying protecting her calf in Cherry Springs area.
A new one man hay baler producing 50 pound round bales without wire debuts this year in some sections. Despite no displays yet, the paper advertises a Comfort Road rodeo about five miles out to entertain the community with amateur ropers and riders. Admission is low to encourage participation, with prizes small enough to exclude professionals. A crowd is anticipated and full details will run on page two.
A ranch on the Kerrville road shows a well planned salt feeder and water trough for sheep. Cattle are fenced off with a three foot barrier allowing sheep to salt and drink without interference. Authors advise placing salt and water close together in shade to avoid cattle driving sheep away.
Frank M. Floyd a pioneer Harper merchant died of a heart attack on a Wednesday night. He operated the F M Floyd general store and engaged in wool and mohair trading with ranching interests near Harper. Born in 1879 in Burleson Texas he was 68. He married Mattie Cook in 1906 and survived by two sons Floyd and Clyde of Baytown a daughter Frances of Harper three grandchildren and one sister Maggie Merritt of Center Point. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon with ministers Breihan and Floyd Curl officiating.
Stonewall Boy Scouts honored former leader James Eckert and wife at a June 17 farewell party hosted by B H Eckert. Scouts performed scouting skills and served refreshments to 35 guests before Eckerts departed for Chicago. The community club meets June 27 to plan the fair with Fredericksburg Centennial photos by B B Bohls.
The Doss Improvement Club met at the school house on Saturday night June 21 with twenty six members. The main topic was securing construction of the future highway to Doss and President Ellebracht led the session. No program was presented.
On Monday the Willow City Methodist Church hosted a vacation church school with sixteen attendees for a one week session. The WSCS held a social at Rev. and Mrs. Kluck’s Fredericksburg home with most members present.
Firemen answered a call to the Max Schneider home at 207 West Watch Street on Saturday at 2 p m. Flames from a defective electric stove wiring were extinguished with negligible damage. A gravel truck driver was fined after forcing a route into Kerrville Ro, narrowly causing a collision with arriving firefighters. The blaze was investigated in Corporation Court.
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