Editorials Texas Tourist Dollars Demand For Statewide Promotion
The Texas Highway Department highlights tourism impact in 1951 with 9,156,000 visitors in 3,391,000 cars spending 375.2 million dollars. Expenditures rose 35 percent from 1950 as visits grew 14 percent longer, praising local chambers and urging harmonious community effort to promote attractions and boost tourist dollars statewide.
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Texas
Crossroads
Texas Chambers of Commerce
Texas Highway Department
Road Unit Plan Reduces Political Pressure in County Operations
Rocksprings meeting highlights county unit road plan as a means to depoliticize road building. Gland Gilmer and M. C. Blackburn argue the system shifts control from commissioners to road supervisors, freeing officials to focus on broader duties and public finances. San Angelo Standard-Times notes growing adoption in the area.
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Edwards County
Rocksprings
Gland Gilmer
M. C. Blackburn
Junction
Pedernales Philosopher Calls for Weed-Free Farming Breakthrough
J A from Kerr Route Pedernales Farm argues for a no-till method where a plant shades out weeds without plowing. He cites a Indiana scientist’s technique to drop seed and let crops outgrow weeds, and urges permanent, self-seeding crops for stable yields and endless harvests.
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Pedernales
Johnson
Kerr
Indiana
Taft
Eisenhower
J. A
Memory of Fredericksburg Past Recalls 1929 Events
Mesdames Stehling visit Austin. Ed Apelt and Louis Kott ferry cars for County Agent Grote and Baby Beef Club to the San Antonio Stock Show. Mrs. Max Martin dies from a fractured skull after an auto accident. St Mary's Auxiliaries award prizes including quilts and a luncheon set. Funeral for Allan T. Murray, Mason County sheriff, follows his shooting death. A one man tractor and grader arrive for Fredericksburg streets. Wildcat hunt yields a large cat near Doss. 33 years back, Gillespie County Fair officers elected. plans for a fair. March 1919 notes include horse shipments to Louisiana and Road District closing hours. Cross First Aid rolls and local business closings. Continuous civic notes on fire losses, road improvements, and local gatherings.
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Mesdames
Paul
Richard
Arthur Stehling
Austin
Apelt
Louis Kott
Grote
Chamber of Commerce
Keller
San Antonio
Otto Strackbein
Doss
Mr. Strackbein
Walter Bierschwabe
Felix Hahn
Sheep Fear Attacks Prompt Guards Near House
The report notes local sheep near the house are kept under watch after fear of another dog attack. Various residents were listed as visiting relatives and towns including San Antonio Austin Fredericksburg Blanco and Hye. Multiple family names appear with trips and illness mentioned among residents.
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Alvin Sultemeier
Mauldin
San Antonio
Frederick Deike
Austin
Clarence Deike
Richard Merz
Johnny
City
J. W. Smith
Sandy
R. J. Mauldin
Stanley
Fredericksburg
Johnson
Blanco Hospital
Stoke
Fred Chatmann
Emil Hartmann
Emil Deike
Deike
Hye
Harold Lehnick
Vella Mae Mauldin
S. S
Fredericksburg Municipal Elections Nominations Listed
The Standard announces candidates for Fredericksburg city offices in the upcoming municipal election on April 1. For Mayor the slate includes Joe Molberg seeking re election with rival William Schroeder. Also listed are candidates for Commissioner Gilbert Kaderli Otto Schneider Sr Ed H Apelt. A Democratic Primary is set for July 26 1952 with O C Fisher running for Congress in the 1st District and Reuben E Senterfitt for State Representative 74th District.
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City of
Fredericksburg
Bright ideas and open minds in a world of opinions
The speaker argues ideas can mislead and urges keeping an open mind. They advocate tolerance over certainty and defuse arguments with a calmer, more accepting stance. A beer is described as the preferred thirst-quencher, but the point remains about respecting differing views.
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County Unit Plan
San Angelo
Standard-Times
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Frederickshoro Texas
Fredericksburg Publishing Company, Inc
Alfred Petsch
Max Bierschwale
Arthur H. Rowert
Gillespie
Chicago
Seattle
New York
San Francisco
Arthur H. Kowert
Joe Molberg
Werner Moehr
Marcus Wehmeyer
Padernales
Max Martin
Mason
St. Mary’s School
Annie Schaetter
Leo Blanchard
Robert Blum
Gilbert Reed
R. L. Kott
Hotel Nimitz
Elsie Kott
Jewett
Geo. Kott
Warren Orvill
Bruce Edward Kott
Los Angeles
California
Scott Klett
Johnson City
Prefer Ranch
Charles Dubray
Pete Johansen
Eckert
Allan T. Murray
Mason County
Murray
J. G. Smith
San Antonis
Loyal Valley
Smith
Gillespie County Fair Ass'n
Klaerner’s
Opera House
Henry Hirsch
Emil H. Riley
Adolph Gold
Harry Schwarz
Henry Maier
Clara Maier
Schoenewolf
Watkins
Hebrew Springs
Ark
Maier
Richard Maier
Louisiana
U. S
Road Improvement District
E. H. Riley
A. D. Riley
Herman Usener
Wm. Buerschwale
Ed. Peter
Arthur Kuenemann
Robert Penniger
Red Cross
Willie Maurer
Chester Krueger
Adolf Probst
Erwin H. Gold
Robert Kott
D. A. Riley
Chester
Washington, D. C
el Paso
Ordnance Department
Felix Pfeil
Robert Jordan
Kansas City
Rahe
Woodmen Hall
J. A. Kent
Fredericksburg Exchange
Bear Mountain
Misses Maud Smith
Laura Bell Keller
Cora Petermann
Bertha Moses
Medora Keller
Messrs
Hugo Mosel
Ernest Lochte
Hugo Mueller
Emil Haun
Pleasant Hill
McCulloch
WM. Schroeder
Gilbert Kaderli
Otto Schneider, Sr
H. Apelt
O. C. Fisher
Reuben E. Senterfitt
Joe Marsh
Easy Roberts
Easy
Dr Warig
United States Brewers Foundation
Surance
Geo. W. Stimpson
Ford Trucks
Boening Motor Sales
E. Main St
Fredericksburg, Texas
H.P. Colt
H.P
H.P. Big Sia
H.P. Cargo King
Roy Henke
Morris Ranch
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