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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1952

Page

7

Baylor Line story highlights Dr Walter H Moursund

Mrs. W H Schaefer, visiting Taylor, sends a Baylor Line issue with a profile of Dr Walter H Moursund. Baylor’s Texas Medical Center dean since 1923, he is the oldest medical college dean in the United States, born August 13, 1884 in Texas. The Walter H and Freda Moursund Endowment was created in his honor in December.

Moursund W. H. Schaefer Taylor Baylor Baylor University Walter H. Moursund Texas Medical Center Houston United States Albert Moursund Adelaide Plate Seguin Walter H Freda Moursund Waco Dr. Moursund H. W. Johnson

Good Roads Director Named for Texas Association

Arthur H. Rowert editor of the Standard is named a director of the Texas Good Roads Association announced in Austin this week. The organization is a voluntary non profit non political group focused on preserving highway user tax revenues for a planned adequate Texan road system. Robert Morris and Haym Salomon funded the American Revolution.

Good Roads Arthur H. Rowert Standard Texas Good Roads Association Austin Texs

Rabbits and Pets Foster Business at Hoots Rabbitry

J H Hoots operates 72 rabbit hutches housing 463 New Zealand white rabbits at his Fredericksburg facility near Llano Highway and Lower Crabapple road. He runs seven Fredgicksburg stores selling dressed rabbits as a year round delicacy and is expanding to love birds and goldfish.

J. H. Hoots Fredericksburg Hutches New Zealand Llano Highway Crabapple Road Hoots Lytle

Pleasant Hill Folks Improve Community Center

Pleasant Hill residents gathered at the community center to plant shrubs in the V between road forks. The Community Progress work was completed and sent to the County and Home Agents for the Rural Neighborhood Progress contest. Mr and Mrs Richard Merz tend a litter of baby lambs. Continued on page 2.

Pleasant Hill Richard Merz

Rites Held For Haines Infant Son

Sherman Lee Haines infant son of Mr and Mrs Earl Leroy Haines died February 26 1952 at 12 15 pm Final rites were held March 1 at 11 00 am at Beckmann Funeral Home with Vicar Rudi Wendel of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church officiating Interment was in City Cemetery

Sherman Lee Haines Earl Leroy Haines Beckmann Rudi Wendel Holy Ghost Lutheran Church

Farmers who take delivery now on fertilizers

Farmers who take delivery now on the fertilizers needed to produce the 1952 crops will be helping to clear up the plant storage problem, ease the transportation situation and will get the kinds and amounts of fertilizers needed.

One Killed Near Johnson City In Car Crash

Miss Mary Taylor of Fort Worth was killed Saturday evening in a two car collision on Highway 290 three miles east of Johnson City. Her body was taken to the local funeral home. Taylor was a passenger in a car driven by William Geary Perritt of Fort Worth. Mrs Perritt and Miss Melba Yamin of San Antonio were hospitalized in Blanco with minor injuries. The other car occupants Mr and Mrs Collins M Burton were also hospitalized in Blanco with minor injuries.

Mary Taylor Fort Worth Johnson City Taylor William Geary Perritt Perritt Melba Yamin San Antonio Blanco Collins M. Burton Shirley Wooten Sandra Weirich Sylvia Brodbeck Evonne Collins Helen Boyd Mesdames Preston Morgan Carl Weirich Wesley Odell Cecil Smith Addie Smith Cpl E. J. Danz Camp Hood Emery Danz Minnie Journey John and Jerry James Davis Los Almos New Mexico S. S. Mauldin Pleasant Hill J. N. Carley Vernon Crider VFW Fredericksburg Steve Ross Austin Preston Ross Ft. Worth William Wolf C. Sparkman Place

Federal Land Bank meeting draws Texas loan record

B G Hale of Blane attends the Federal Land Bank of Houston stockholders meeting at the Rice Hotel February 20 21 with Fredricksburg National Farm Loan Association. Sterling C Evans reports second highest new loan volume for 1951 including two percent of all long term Texas farm mortgages. Max O Reinbach accompanies Hale.

B.G. Hale Blane Herbert H. Decker Federal Land Bank of Houston Rice Hotel Mr. Hale National Farm Loan Aas'n Fredericksburg Sterling C. Evans Texas Max O. Reinbach Hale

Post Oak Fos at Blanco Farm Bureau Sniper Post Oak

Members from Blanco County attended the Post Oak meeting hosted by the Blanco Farm Bureau with guests from Round Mountain A Robinson Cypress Mill and Pleasant Hill. A 7:00 p.m. meal preceded a brief business session and a cake sale netting 56.75 with part donated to the club.

Post Oak Farm Bureau Blanco County Round Mountain A. Robinson Cypress Mill Pleasant Hill Jack Hines Progress Club Francis Rech

Stonewall Band Honored With Barbecue in Austin Sunday

Stonewall family members and band director were honored with a barbecue dinner in Austin on Sunday. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pehl and Mr. and Mrs. Willy Mueller. A band concert followed the meal.

Stonewall Austin Walter Pehl Willy Mueller Tom Weinheimer Harold Woods Baton Rouge Louisiana Weinheimer Little H Alois Jenschke Jos. Jenschke Albert Nebgen Alvin Weinheimer

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