Two Announce For Office Of Assessor Collector
Joe O Weinheimer authorized the Standard to announce his candidacy for the office of Tax Assessor Collector in Gillespie County. He is a deputy in the office of Wm Petmecky who is not seeking re election. Weinheimer from the Rocky Hill community, educated at Rocky Hill School and Fredericksburg High School class of 1935.
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Joe O. Weinheimer
Gillespie County
Weinheimer
Wm. Petmecky
Petmecky
Rocky Hill
Fredericksburg
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Durst announces candidacy for Gillespie Tax Assessor-Collector
Milton C. Durst longtime deputy assessor collector Gillespie County seeks the November general election to fill the vacancy created by Wm M Petmecky who won t seek re election after 11 terms Durst 47 born Fredericksburg raised there graduated from Brackenridge High School and St Anthony s Business College before joining the Household Furniture Co in San Antonio and returning to Fredericksburg in 1923 to begin public service
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Wm. M. Petmecky
Durst
Fredericksburg
Brackenridge Hi School
San Antonio
St. Anthony's Business College
Household Furniture Company of
16 Year Old Theft Suspect Nabbed After Gun Found
John Skinner, 16, was taken into custody at the Hugo Usener farm in Hayden Ranch after he was found with a pistol. He confessed to stealing a pickup from R. R. Williams of Wimberley and revealed he had run away from Michigan two weeks earlier. He led officers to the abandoned vehicle on the Austin Highway near Fredericksburg.
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John Skinner
Hugo Usener
Hayden Ranch
Hays
San Marcos
R. R. Williams
Wimberley
Robert Loth
Skinner
Hugo Jenschke
Lawrence Segner
Useners
Jenschke
Segner
Fredericksburg
Loth
Joe Petsch
Austin
Michigan
Dripping Springs
Williams
William
Harper Road
Old Post Road
Usener
Four Day July 4th Race Meet Opens Saturday
A burglary at Farmer's Grain Company main warehouse left only old records in the blown safe. Sheriff Loth secured fingerprint aid and noted similar safe cracking waves statewide. Old records were the only contents. cash was kept in a separate vault.
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John Kunz
Kunz
Robert Loth
State Department of Public Safety
Hilmar Weinheimer
Loth
Farmers Grain Company
Gillespie
Bob Loth
Three Gillespianis Head To National Boy Scout Jamboree
Three Gillespie County Scouts Nelson Geistweidt Victor Rode and Gillespie District Scout Commissioner Hans Hannemann left Sunday for Austin to join Central Texas troops bound for the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The 600 scouts and 75 leaders began from Washington and arrived in the capital for a sightseeing run before continuing to Valley Forge for events through July 8.
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Hans Hannemann
Nelson Geistweidt
Victor Kode
Fredericksburg
Valley Forge
Penn
Gillespie County
Austin
Central Texas
Gillespie
Edgar Geistweidt
Doss
Victor Rode
Reubin Rode
Hannemann
Washington
Southwest
National Capital
Pentagon
Harper Farm-To-Market Road Dedication Set for Thursday
The Harper to Kerrville Farm-To-Market road will be dedicated Thursday at 5 p m at the junction of the new road and Highway 290 in Harper. State Highway Department officials Gillespie and Kerr counties officials and Harper leaders will take part in the ceremony ending with a ribbon cutting.
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Harper Farm-To-Market
Harper To
Kerrville Farm-To-Market
Morrow
Harper
State Highway Department
Gillespie County
Kerr Counties
Austin
OD. C. Greer
Greer
D. W. Dockery
A. R. Kelley
Stanley Schnerr
Six New Directors Named By Turner Club Wednesday
Fredericksburg Social Turn elected six new directors at their annual meeting and announced renovations to be finished for July 8 and 9 dedicatory events. New directors are Jake Knopp Henry Schmidt Ralph Gold Herman Fischer Monroe Herbert for two years. holdovers include Willie Filter Felix Tybor Gilbert Kaderli Roman Peter Alonzo Evers and Herman Ullbricht.
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Fredericksburg
Jake Knopp
Wm. Petmecky
Henry Schmidt
Ralph Gold
Herman Fischer
Monroe Herbert
Willie Filter
Felix Tybor
Gilbert Kaderli
Roman Peter
Alonzo Evers
Herman “Butch” Ullbricht
F. Tybor
Art Koch
Shadows
Highlanders
U S Forces Engage in Korean War Under Truman Order
A detachment of the U S Air Force and the 7th Fleet aid South Korea after President Truman orders U S forces to resist Communist advances. First air sorties down four North Korean planes as UN Security Council supports action. observers warn of potential world war implications. Korea's mountainous peninsula and its location near China and Japan frame the conflict.
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U. S. Air Force
7Th Fleet
Trumann
South Korea
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
Truman
U. S
Russia
Korea
China
Japan
Dies Calls For Strong America To Halt Communism
Former U. S. Congressman and first U A T C chairman Martin Dies urged a capacity Chamber of Commerce audience to make America economically militarily and spiritually strong to halt militant Communism. He condemned domestic policies he viewed as Marxist and urged fiscal discipline and moral politics.
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Dies
America
Matrin Dies
U. S
Un-American Activities Committee
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Six New Directors Are Named
A partisan voice recounts past policy failures and blame, claiming six directors were named by communists. He cites Potsdam, Alger Hiss, and U S strategy at Czechoslovakian border, criticizing postwar occupation plans and Berlin access.
Four Day July Fourth Race Meet Opens in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg hosts a four day July Fourth race meet with seven races daily at Fair Park starting 2 p m. The event extends holiday celebrations and features top horses plus scheduled ball games and dances. Giants vs Bourne White Sox dedication honors two schandua boys and July 4 match Giants vs Stonewall Pirates.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Association
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Giants
Bourne White Sox
Robert
Charles Schandua
Emil Schandua Jr
Stonewall Pirates
Red Cross Offers Swimming and Life Saving Courses
Gillespie County Red Cross plans youth classes with 9 to 10 AM sessions for girls on Tuesdays and for boys on Thursdays. About twenty youths signed up. additional signups encouraged. Instructors trained by national Red Cross experts will teach swimming and life saving, including CPR techniques for drowning emergencies.
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Red Cross
Dor W. Brown
Gillespie County
National Red Cross
Dr. Brown
Marilyn Schmidt
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Joe Weinheimer
Milton Durst
Milton C. Durst
Farmer's Grain
Texas Group
Turner Club
Arnold Markwordt
W. H. Stevens
B. E. Breihan
Legion
Harper Methodist
Floy Bode
Harper Community Park
Lemuel Jones of
U. S. Air Force and Navy
Ital
United States
Kremlin
Stalin
C of C
Thers
Potsdam
Alger Hiss
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Berlin
Alex Frantzen
Fair Park
Henry Kneese
Fair Association
Kerrville
The
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