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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
3
A columnist reflects on youths sent to Gatesville for juvenile corrections. He questions parental responsibility and the rise of delinquency, noting fear in the boys’ eyes and wonder about factors driving their crimes. The piece laments neglect and calls for accountability in family life.
The Standard prints political announcements for Gilllespie County for the general election on November 7 1944. Candidates listed include Henry Hirsch for County Judge Robert Bob Loth for Sheriff seeking re election and Alex Jung for County Attorney.
Churches across Gillespie County invite parishioners to attend 4th Sunday after Trinity services at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. A Fourth of July celebration at Klaemner’s Park includes a children’s day service, a patriotic pageant, a Luther League play, and a noon basket lunch with a Ladies Aid bazaar later.
St Marys Catholic Church observes 5th Sunday after Pentecost with Low Masses at 6 and 8 a.m. and a High Mass with German sermon and benediction at 10 a.m. After benediction a St Josephs Society meeting meets in the old church meeting room. Pastor F X Wolf.
Church school at 2 30 p m Worship first and third Sundays at 3 30 p m Pastor Paul A Weiss leads the Willow City Methodist congregation with regular services and teachings.
Cherry Spring Lutherans hold Sunday school at 10 60 a m and Bible class at 10 60 a m followed by German worship at 11 a m with Pastor H Brunotte directing.
No early service. Sunday keeps 9 45 a m Children Day program at 11 am. Luther League meets at 1 45 pm Brotherhood meeting 3 30 pm. Pastor G A Poehlmann leads.
Cave Creek and Crabapple Churches announce Sunday services on July 2 with a German service at 11 00 am and a 10 00 am mass. Sunday School teachers will meet after the service led by Pastor G E Grueber.
West End Tabernacle invites all to Sunday 11 am Bible Study and Sunday School. Afternoon 3 pm and Thursday 8 30 pm services. Pastor B E Bueche welcomes everyone to attend any or all services.
A reader recalls family abuse and theft as roots of crime and urges strict, early discipline. The piece argues parents set the moral tone, cites a battering father confronting a stolen towel, and asks where a child is headed: toward honor or the gates of neglect in Gatesville. Then a brief recipe note offers Frozen Mayonnaise variation by Martha Jane Heath.
Sunday school begins at 10 a m led by E W Hahn Gen Supt Worship at 11 Youth Fellowship at 7 45 p m and church service at 8 30 p m The evening sermon will be at the Edison Street church delivered by Rev Lester Haines pastor
Albert Lutheran Church announces Sunday July 2 events with 10 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class 11 a.m. regular services. A Ladies Aid session follows after the service in the church hall with pastor Paul Leonhard leading.
Emanuel Gospel Church at 414 F. E. College Street holds Sunday school at 10:20 a.m. morning service at 11:20 a.m. Divine Worship at 2:30 p.m. Willow City service at 3:00 p.m. with Sunday school and service following on the second. Pastor Alvin Durst leads.
Gauze for making surgical dressings has arrived in local Red Cross work rooms. Mrs. L. L. Keyser, the local production chairman, announced the delivery. Work will begin Monday and continue daily all week except Wednesday.
Funeral services were held Saturday at 5 p m from the family home for Wm Engelhardt who died Friday morning of a heart attack. The Rev F A Bracher officiated with choirs from Zions Lutheran Church and the City Cemetery burial followed Beckmann Funeral Home arranged the service. Born July 22 1868 in Germany he was 75 years 11 months and 1 day old. He married Anna Doell on October 1 1898 at Ft McKavett Texas and they lived in Simmonsville Mason County Fredericksburg and on a Pedernales farm before returning to the city. Surviving are his widow four children two grandchildren and a sister Mrs Sophie Spaeth. Children Alfred Engelhardt Fr Worth Lillie Mrs Herbert Nuernberger San Antonio and Oscar Engelhardt Fredericksburg. A son Rudolf Engelhardt died in 1913 and half-brother Carl Heler preceded him.
Sterling Bros announces shop and store closures on July 3 and 4 for a short employee vacation. Customers are advised to plan accordingly and expect limited or no service during the holiday period. Subscribe to the Standard for updates.
A tractor owned by Emil Tatsch on Tivydale road caught fire Monday afternoon while moving straw near a ditch. Straw fell on the exhaust, ignition spread quickly, and by the time Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department arrived the tractor was almost a total loss with all four tires burned and other parts charred.
Mrs Roy Killian of San Antonio was a guest of Mr and Mrs Alfred Schmidt for several days. The note mentions reading the Classifieds as a casual aside.
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