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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1926
Page
10
Miss Sarah Bushnell is Editor of the Blanco County Section. Any item for this section may be sent to her at Johnson City, Texas.
A flurry of Johnson City weekend activity includes Mr. and Mrs. Manley Crider hosting in Lampasas, guests from Albert and Blanco visiting Johnson City, and multiple family travels. Nearby towns report shopping trips, a barbecue with regional turnout, and an operation at Barnwell Sanitarium.
The Rev Fred Bruckner kept his regular Round Mountain appointment on Sunday and was accompanied by Mrs Shugart and Mrs Waller as they visited Grandma Desmond.
Mrs William Martiny preached at the Miller Creek School house Sunday night. Emmett Shughart visiting his sister Mrs Frank Billo Walnut Section met his mother Mrs J R Shughart Sunday at Round Mountain. Mrs Artelia Simmons former Pearsall teacher is spending vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs G Davis.
Mrs Baines is visiting her daughter Mrs 5. E. Johnson. Mrs Coleman from Sandy was in town shopping Saturday.
Mr and Mrs John Herwig of Miller Creek were in town Monday shopping. Miss Selena Mayfield of Johnson City is working in the store for Jr Crider and Son.
Messrs Tom Durham J I Schofield and William Martiny attended a Saturday barbecue at the Negro colony on June 19. A large Johnson City crowd enjoyed an evening entertainment for the Baptist Church at the park with refreshments. Local visitors S E Johnson and Sterling Price went to Austin Monday. Miss Rebekah Johnson of Johnson City shopped in Fredericksburg Monday. Charline Clark hosted her Sunday School class Friday evening. The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church met at Mrs. W E Stevenson’s home Wednesday and reported a good time.
Mr and Mrs Raymond and Dayton Casparis of Johnson City depart for California to spend the summer. Mr and Mrs Dick Arrington and daughter Totsie and Mrs George Lomax travel to Sonora Texas to establish a home. Mr Arrington holds the mail contract from Sonora to San Angelo.
Johnson City wool buyers Withers and Ross sold six carloads of wool totaling 200000 pounds to Chas Angel of Boston representing eastern firms. Wool was bought in Blanco and Burnet Counties and shipped from Marble Falls Friday. Price paid to producers Thursday was 383 cents per pound.
A record of births in Blanco County for 1926 lists numerous newborns. Names include Leroy Gellermann, Addie Mae Rech, Adam Tyson, James Walton, Ina Fredericka Metz, Virginia Ruth Beau champ, Wilton Hinton, Wyona Valentine Smith, Sophonie Agnes Elmore, Emmett Franklin Williamson, Erma Nell Crider, Irvin Antone Goebel, Robert Ollie Omens, Uneas Norville Hensle, Klemens Romawns Szymanski, Juliet Evalyn Washington, a girl Welrich, Meta Marie Schaeferkoeter, James Reddell, Conrad Jackson, John Casperis, John William Beakley, Jerome Liesman, Billie Rose McCoy.
List of residents who died in Blanco County during 1926 including Miss Elizabeth Stuelar of Hye and multiple Blanco figures such as Mrs Maria Beck Mrs Suzan Etta Burel Mrs Isabell McWilliam Mrs Henrietta Massey Mrs Mary Cook and Mrs Katie Elbel Also named are Mr Herman Koch Round Mountain Mr S P Desmond Johnson City Mrs Meta Franz Cypress Mills and others with Johnson City ties
Mr E P Ross and daughter Kittie Clyde spent Thursday and Friday in Marble Falls shipping Mohair. Nellie Kidder has returned home from Kinney Hospital San Antonio after an operation and is improving. Mary Francis Mourland is slowly recovering from illness. Mrs Bill Callaway and children visit W E Withers in Johnson City. Willie Davis visits his Johnson City parents this week. Don't forget the dance at the Wither's Opera House on Saturday June 26th.
Mr. Ed Holden of Rocky Hill was found dead Sunday afternoon in his pasture where he had started from his son Henry Holden to another son John Holden. He was buried Tuesday at 10 A M at Junction cemetery. He was past 90 years old.
Mr. George G Harden, a Blanco County pioneer and longtime community figure, died at his Walnut Community home Sunday June 20. He was 72. He survived by his aged mother, wife, six children, one sister and two or more brothers. He rests within a mile of his home. His family traces to Blanco County's early settler era.
The Blanco County Commissioners Court for June appointed Ernst Schmidt as presiding judge of election precinct No. 8 to fill the unexpired term of Louie Gold who moved to Austin. Spring Creek Common School District voted a 20 cent tax increase on a 190 valuation with 18 votes all for the tax hike. The district, located in Sandy, Texas, built a new schoolhouse in 1925.
Mr and Mrs Lamb and family of San Antonio are guests of Mr and Mrs R T Gliddon this week and enjoy an outing on the river with the hosts.
At Miller Creek on Nat Felps place all eleven Barker children gathered for the first time in twenty years to celebrate Mrs E C Barker’s 84th birthday. The day drew family and friends from Blanco County and beyond to wish health and harmony to the aging matriarch and her extensive clan.
Berlin report says Germany's first national referendum under the republic failed to secure half the eligible vote for expropriation of former rulers property. By midnight 30 of 35 districts tallied a total well short of 15 million, with 60 percent voting abstain and 33 percent for confiscation. The result reflects conservative sentiment and urban support concentrated in industrial regions like the Ruhr and Saxony.
In Munich only 32 percent voted while East Prussia saw 20 percent turnout. President Von Hindenburg opposed confiscation, calling it contrary to right and justice. Hanover backed the measure with 156,584 votes, about half of eligible voters.
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