We Believe By Alfred Petsch A Most Worthy Cause
Community leaders praise 28 citizens who donated blood in San Antonio as part of a Rotary Blood Bank drive for the Red Cross. The piece urges broader local participation, noting soldiers in Korea and the duty of Americans to support the cause despite inconvenience.
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Rotary Club
Red Cross Blood Bank
San Antonio
Air Blood
Cause of World . Com
Red Cross
Korea
Displaced Persons Bartos Family Arrives in Fredericksburg
Mr and Mrs Erich Bartos with daughter Christa and son Rein hard arrived Thursday to join sponsor Henry Borchers in South Heights Fredericksburg They are the second displaced family sponsored by the Borchers following the Aleksans family who came October 13 The Bartos were residents of Breslau Germany and previously lived in Poland They traveled from Bremervorde Germany to New York and then by train to San Antonio Their cabinet maker in Germany plans to work with Borchers in furniture making and repair The family speaks warmly of America and the warm reception they received
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Surround
Erich Bartos
Christa
Reinhard
Germany
Fredericksburg
Henry Borchers
Bartos
Borchers
Apolenaris Aleksans
America
Aleksans
South Heights
Hulda
Poland
Rita
England
Bartis
Lutheran Resettlement Committee
South Texas
Texas Lutheran Welfare Society
San Antonio
Breslau
Lower Saxony
Bremerswafen
New York
Manhattan
Lawrence Transfers to Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Ivan H. Lawrence, a 15 year veteran patrolman with the State Department of Public Safety, moves from the Highway Patrol to the Motor Vehicle Inspection Division effective March 1. He will oversee inspection stations across eight Central Texas counties including Mason Kerr Real Llano Blanco Comal and Bandera while remaining based in Fredericksburg with Tom Carey.
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Ivan H. Lawrence
State Department of Public Safety
The
Deariment
Fredericksburg
Tom Carey
Texas
Lawrence
Gillespie
Mason
Kerr
Real
Llano
Blanco
Comal
Bandera
Bexar
Highway Patrol Division
Harlingen
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Child Drowns In Dirt Tank At Cain City
Four year old John Burl Jennings Jr. died after being found submerged in a rain filled dirt tank near Cain City seven miles southeast of Fredericksburg. He rushed to Fredericksburg Hospital but could not be revived. Survivors include his parents Master Sergeant J B Jennings Sr and Vera Blaylock Jennings and siblings. Funeral services were held in Eldorado after body lay in state at Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
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John Burl Jennings Jr
J. B. Jennings Sr
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Cain City
Young Jennings
John Burl
Air Force
Randolph Field
Brooks General Hospital
John
Vera Cecila Blaylock Jennings
Kerry Jennings
Jean Jennings
San Angelo
Dale McHaleck
Barry McHaleck
Nan Dee McHaleck
Schaetter
Schaetter Funeral Home
Eldorado
Fredericksburg Honored for Water Sewer System
Fredericksburg's water and sewer works were placed on the State Health Department's 1951 honor roll for achieving the highest percentage of residents connected to the sanitary sewer system. Mayor Joe Molberg and water superintendent Alfred Neffendorf received letters from Dr. George W. Cox praising the city's public health efforts. The honor was based on district engineer submissions and formal nomination.
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Fredericksburg
State Department of Public Health
Joe Molberg
Alfred Neffendorf
George W. Cox
Wreck Victim Near Death in Local Hospital
Albert Allen eighteen son of Mr and Mrs Bert Allen of here was critically injured in an auto accident on the San Antonio Highway January twenty first. He suffered a broken neck and broken back and has been completely paralyzed since. Richard Klein the other occupant had a broken jaw and was released from the hospital soon after. Allen was taken to a San Antonio hospital weeks later but soon returned home.
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Albert Allen
Bert Allen
Here
San Antonio
Allen
Richard Klein
Three Local Births Highlight Week at Area Hospitals
In the past week three children were born to local families. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Welge of Doss on March 10, a girl to Mr and Mrs Arthur Reichenau of Fredericksburg on March 11, and a boy to Mr and Mrs Werner Ottmers of Fredericksburg on March 11.
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Henry Welge
Doss
Arthur Reichenau
Fredericksburg
Werner Ottmers
Jacob Kraus
Max Blum
Balthasar Blum
Kraus
Blum
Theresia Kraus
Main
Edison Streets
Mrs Weatherford Returns From Week with Sister in San Antonio
Mrs Jimmy Weatherford has returned from a week's visit with her sister Miss Margaret Walch in San Antonio.
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Jimmy Weatherford
Miss Margaret Walch
San Antonio
Fredericksburg Coca Cola Bottling Marks 60th Anniversary
Fredericksburg Coca Cola Bottling Company celebrates sixty years of operation this month. The Kraus family started the firm as Kraus Bottling Works in 1892, evolving from simple wash tubs to modern automation and earning Coca Cola Gold Star honors for quality.
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Fredericksburg
Coca-Cola
Jacob Kraus
Coca Cola
Kraus Bottling Works
Coca Cola Company
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Kraus
Dora
Hugo Stehling
Theresa
Alex F. Knopp
Erwin Kraus
Theresia Kraus
Paul Kraus
Margaret
Henry Reinbach
Gertrude Kraus
Egypt
District Court Jury Finds Birk Guilty in Slaying Case
A 33rd District Court jury found Senard Birk guilty of murder without malice for the August 12 1951 shooting of Seth A Good on the Gillespie County Courthouse lawn. He received a four year penitentiary sentence.
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Birk
Senard, Birk
Seth A. Good
Gillespie County
Thomas Ferguson
Bk. L. Schmidt
Senar UO. Birk
Dist
B&b. L
Austin Street Bridge Collapse Strikes Town Creek Area
The Austin Street Bridge near the Nimitz Hotel collapsed Tuesday at noon as a salt truck driven by Danny Rode for Harold Leitz passed over. Rode escaped injury, water service was restored quickly, and the city held an emergency session with no rebuild decision yet.
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Austin Street
Town Creek
Nimitz Hotel
Danny
Harold Leitz
Richard D. Smith
William Heiser
Greely
Colo
Fredericksburg
Texas’ Valley
Colorado
American Legion Birthday Party Set Saturday at Herman Sons Hall
The Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion marks its 33rd birthday with a joint meeting with the Auxiliary at 8 p m Saturday March 15 in Herman Sons Hall. Members are asked to bring gifts or prizes such as canned goods eggs cookies or towels. Post Commander George Kott urges attendance of 100 or more and notes a blood bank project ongoing with a potential mobile unit. Rotary blood donors are praised. Refreshments will follow the event and veterans and families are invited.
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Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Herman Sons Hall
Ladies Auxiliary
Geroge Kott
Fredericksburg
Rotary Club
Et. Sam Houston
Rotarians
Mrs Ernst Borchers and daughter accompany Loth to Fredericksburg
Mrs Ernst Borchers and her daughter of Houston joined A. J. Loth on a trip to Fredericksburg Saturday.
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Ernst Borchers
Houston
A. J. Loth
Fredericksburg
Sunday Rain Delivers Needed Moisture Across Gillespie County
A Sunday storm dropped one to three inches of rain across Gillespie County with stronger totals north of Palo Alto and in Crabapple. Harsh winds and thunder accompanied the system, cooling temperatures Monday as creeks rose for the first time in about a year.
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Gillespie County
Palo Alto
Herman Maner
Fredericksburg
Knopp
Stonewall
Luckenbach
Willow City
Albert
Meuseback Creek
Morris Ranch
Harper
Doss
Arnold Rode
Enchanted Rock
Blanco
Kerr
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Alfred Petsch
Division
Public Safety Department
Carey
Ivan Hl. Lawrence
Cox
Cole Slaw
Bink
Fexas
Felix Boos
Ferguson
Carolyn Ann Birk
June Good
Good
Tom Dean
Treasury Department
Ray Pietsch
University of Texas
Carroll Slemaker
United States
Sam Connally
Dean
Connally
Pietsch
Slemaker
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