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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1952
Page
12
Rotary Club committee and 28 local citizens who donated blood in San Antonio receive praise. The piece urges more volunteers to back the Red Cross Blood Bank and notes soldiers in Korea rely on such efforts to sustain freedom and readiness.
Mr and Mrs Erich Bartos and their children Christa and Rein hard arrived Thursday to join sponsor Henry Borchers in South Heights Fredericksburg They are the second DP family with Borchers following the Aleksans family and will work in furniture making and repair The Bartos were residents of Poland before becoming displaced after World War II and traveled from Breau Lower Saxony Germany to New York then by train to San Antonio The Bartos praised America and the reception they received during their journey
Lawrence, a 15 year patrolman with the State Department of Public Safety, moves from 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 Blanco Comal and Bandera, while remaining in Fredericksburg. His move comes as Tom Carey and staff adjust duties. Carey notes uncertainty about a second patrolman in Fredericksburg.
Four year old John Burl Jennings Jr., son of Master Sergeant J B Jennings and wife, drowned in a rain filled dirt tank seven miles southeast of Fredericksburg. He was found after a brother reported he was missing, rushed to Fredericksburg Hospital where he died. Survivors include parents, a brother Kerry, a step sister Jean Jennings, step brothers Dale and Barry McHaleck, Nan Dee McHaleck, all of Fredericksburg. Body lay in state at Schaetter Funeral Home and was moved to Eldorado for services.
Fredericksburg's water and sewer works were placed on the state honor roll for 1951 by Dr. George W. Cox State Health Officer. Mayor Joe Molberg and Water Superintendent Alfred Neffendorf received the notice stating the city had the highest percentage of its population connected to the sanitary sewer system. The honor roll was based on district engineer submissions.
Albert Allen 18 son of Mr and Mrs Bert Allen of here is critically injured from a January 21 auto accident on the San Antonio Highway. He suffered a broken neck and back and has been completely paralyzed since the wreck. Richard Klein the other occupant sustained a broken jaw and was released from the hospital soon after. Allen was taken to a San Antonio hospital weeks after the crash but soon returned here.
Three children were born in local hospitals this past week. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Welge of Doss on March 10. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reichenau of Fredericksburg on March 11. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Werner Ottmers of Fredericksburg on March 11.
Mrs Jimmy Weatherford returns from a week's visit with her sister Miss Margaret Walch in San Antonio.
A 38th District Court jury found Senard Birk guilty of murder without malice in the August 12 1951 slaying of Seth A Good on the Gillespie County Courthouse lawn. He received a four year penitentiary term with motions for a new trial to be filed within 10 days.
The Austin Street Bridge over Town Creek near the Nimitz Hotel collapsed Tuesday at noon when a salt truck driven by Danny Rode for Harold Leitz passed over it. Rode escaped unharmed aside from minor injuries, while neighbors reported a loud crash and debris. The 1869 steel suspension bridge severed a water line but did not damage sewer or gas lines. City officials held an emergency session with no rebuilding decision yet. Earlier, a refrigerator truck crash on Cherry Spring Highway injured two Ghrely, Colorado men.
The Fredericksburg Coca Cola Bottling Company observes sixty years of operation dating from 1892 when Jacob Kraus and Max Blum started the firm later owned by Kraus. The plant, at Main and South Edison Streets, has evolved from simple glassware to modern bottling lines and holds Coca Cola's Gold Star Award for excellence.
The Louis Jordan Post American Legion will celebrate its 33rd birthday on Saturday night March 15 at Herman Sons Hall in a joint meeting with the Auxiliary. Members are urged to bring gifts or prizes and an attendance goal of 100 or more is set by Post Commander George Kott. The event may precede May district meeting details and the post notes efforts toward a mobile blood bank for Fredericksburg, while praising Rotary Club blood drives. Refreshments will follow for veterans and families.
Mrs Ernst Borchers and her daughter from Houston joined A. J. Loth for a visit to Fredericksburg on Saturday.
Rain and thunder swept Gillespie County after midnight Sunday bringing 1.0 to nearly 3.0 inches. Heaviest total fell north of Palo Alto and in Crabapple with 2.0 to 3.0 inches near Fredricksburg. others reported 1.25 to 1.70 inches while some areas had no rain. Areas east and south including Blanco Kerr Counties saw similar totals as creeks rose for the first time in about a year.
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