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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
1
Col Alfred Petsch writes that Gillespie County was rated the best game county in Texas for 1940. He credits high land value and strong local support for game laws, noting civic pride and draft board integrity amid wartime service.
Stockholders of the Security State Bank announce Dr. P. T. Donop as president and Emil Wahrmund as chairman of the board to head the new Fredericksburg financial institution. Officers include Arthur Stehling as vice president L. N. Baze as cashier and William Schroeder Jr as assistant cashier. Board members are Donop Mathisep Schroeder Stehling Kallenberg Bogisch Wahrmund and Kiehne. The bank will be on West Main Street in the Plaza Hotel building with remodeling planned and a possible April opening.
Capt. George Showers of Austin will address the Friday PTA gathering on Safety in Home, School and Community. He will present slides highlighting safety practices as part of the program.
In respect of Mr. L. E. Brodie a Public School Primary Grades teacher who died suddenly on Thursday morning the Parent-Teacher Association meeting set for Friday afternoon is postponed to Friday March 14 at the same time.
The Parent-Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Public School Auditorium starting at 3 15 p m. Parents and friends are invited to attend and hear the address continued on page 3 column 6.
Gillespie County Selective Headquarters issued a ninth call for five more selectees to report to the Fort Sam Houston induction center on Tuesday March 18. The listed men are Hans Emil Lindenberg Levy Oswald Ketrow Erno Mollenhauer Alois Walter Jonschke and Edwin Burrow with their order numbers. Two earlier selectees sent February 25 were rejected. Further questionnaires may be mailed as the current list from the first 250 questionnaires nears exhaustion.
Louis E. Brodie longtime Fredericksburg Public School System principal and current local school teacher died suddenly at his home at 8 30 this morning in Fredericksburg. Final rites are set for Saturday March 8 at 2 PM at Schaetter Funeral Home with interment in City Cemetery
Britain and Bulgaria sever diplomatic ties signaling de facto war status. Britain orders officials to leave Yugoslavia as Axis blocs prepare for Balkan alignments. Nazi forces mass near the Greek border and Black Sea ports after Bulgaria joined the Axis. Turkey's stance could decide a two front conflict.
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce directors voted to draft a petition for a rural mail route to serve residents north of Harper Highway and south of Pecans Creek Road. A survey by William Petmecky and Erwin Kraus showed demand and will be signed by supporters for submission to the postal department.
The Home Demonstration Council laid plans for the county fifth anniversary celebration to be held Saturday March 15 inviting the public. Committees reported goals, funds efforts, exhibits for Rally Day and Gillespie County Fair, and a reporters association formation. Miss Martin outlined the Texas District meeting in Stephenville and mattress funds were transferred to the treasurer with bills approved. Visitors included Mrs Otto Dittmar Mrs Robert Klett and Mrs Otto Arhelger.
Thomas, a 31 year old Gillespie County native and former Love Field Dallas graduate, died in the Atlanta Ga crash of an Eastern Airliner en route from New York. Pilot James E. Perry also perished. Other casualties included Rep William D Byron and four passengers. Capt E V Rickenbacher survived. Thomas leaves a widow, a Laredo, Texas native, and brothers Arthur of Dallas and B F Thomas of Harper.
Fredericksburg officials report a four cent reduction in the citys fire insurance rate to six cents per hundred dollars for policies issued after March 1. The decrease, the cities lowest ever, follows the delivery of a new pumper and the prior penalty for insufficient pumping capacity.
Fredericksburg junior chamber invites local food merchants to a Friday 7 30 p m meeting at the Courthouse. Two Austin wholesale grocery representatives will explain the Food Stamp Plan proposed for Gillespie County and the plan's fate hinges on the meeting outcome.
February's dark damp days brought moisture across Lower Colorado River Authority county with thirty observers reporting. Most days were moist but rainfall was light. the bulk of moisture came in brief showers rather than steady rain. Continued on page 3, Col. 1.
After a meeting of Lower Colorado River Authority officials Central Power and Light Company executives and city mayors, it was announced this week that the long awaited transfer of CP and L properties to the LCRA would occur on March Fifteenth. Mayor Edward Krauskopf said another gathering of representatives who met initially will convene on the Fifteenth for the actual transfer.
The Eckert gin at Stonewall produced the first bale of 1941 cotton, a 396 pound lot owned by Benno Moellering of Cherry Mountain. Weather kept Moellering from harvesting earlier, and most gins had closed months before. He traveled to Stonewall to gin his crop, marking an early or possibly late start to the year’s output.
Gillespie County’s regular spring district court session closed last Monday due to a shortage of cases for trial. No jury trials were held and only a few grand jury bills were returned. Judge Raymond Gray presided while E L Schmidt noted the early end and dismissal orders in several long-standing criminal matters. Civil dispositions included the estate matter of O B Witte and related administrator W W Korff.
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin on Wednesday affirmed the life term given to Herman Sultemeier in a rape case from a district court. His appeal contained no record of facts or bills of exception.
The record notes recoveries totaling 375 dollars for minor beneficiaries in a bond suit and a non suit with prejudice for United States Fidelity and Guaranty in foreclosure. Default judgments include Hilmar Eckert for 61.19 dollars and H W Rusenberger for damages. Dismissals cover felony charges against Parker Fry and Sanchez and variations of misdemeanor dismissals. Continued on page 2 col 7.
Clinton Grona 17, son of Otto and Mrs Grona, is chosen as Gillette County's 4-H District 7 representative for the annual educational tour to Mexico City. The trip marks the third such district voyage, following earlier tours since 1939 to Grand Canyon, Mammoth Cave, and Chicago, with prior local representatives Otto Henke and Wesley Crenwelge.
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