Snake Show and Berlin Powderkeg at Palace Theatre
Palace manager Walter Knoche announces a March 18 snake stage show by Mr and Mrs Jack Austin featuring a 14 foot boa constrictor a 24 foot Indian rock python and a black widow spider with bare hands Austin will lecture on snake bites and has been bitten 14 times. Two other features follow: March 20 Berlin Powderkeg a cold war documentary and March 22 Liebe Nach No ten an all German talking film about a composer and a critic with a skeptic line on women composers.
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Palace Theatre
Walter Knoche
Jack Austin
India
Austin
Deeke
Germany
Frank Ewart
Renate von Eiche
Renate
Mason Centenarian Succumbed Past Week
Patterson Moneyhon of Mason died March 9 after observing his 100th birthday anniversary on February 19. He died at his son George Moneyhon’s home. burial in Houston. Survivors include sons George Moneyhon of Mason and T. J. Moneyhon of Huntsville and daughter Mrs. J. M. Lee of Houston.
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Patterson Moneyhon
Mason
George Moneyhon
Houston
George
T. J Moneyhon
Huntsville
J. M. Lee
Farm Bureau Delegates Attend Key Rural Road Bill Hearing
Gillespie County delegates Otto Schumann and Charles Bernhardt attended a Texas House committee hearing in Austin on the Rural Road Bill. About 3,000 people filled the capitol, the largest crowd for a legislative bill. The committee approved the McLellan plan of 30 million dollars annually, funded by a one cent gas tax, by a 15 to 4 vote.gov Jester noted Colson’s 15 million plan would add up to 5 million more than he advocated and could be funded without new taxes. Counties now spend roughly 50 million yearly on roads, with the new proposals adding on top. risk signals remained for final passage.
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Otto Schumann
Charles Bernhardt
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Texas’ House of Representatives
Austin
Capitol
McLellan
Jester
Agricultural and Livestock Advisory Board Meets Fair Board
The Agricultural and Livestock Advisory Board met with the Fair Association Thursday at the fairgrounds. Board members and livestock committees joined a barbecue supper hosted by Fair Association president Harry O. Davis. A round table discussion yielded feedback via questionnaire, with plans for future meetings to boost agricultural exhibits and connect rural residents to the county’s main enterprise.
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Agricultural and Livestock Advisory Board
Fair Grounds
Fair Association Board of Directors
Fair Board
Agricul
Tural
Fair Association
Harry O. Davis
Davis
Gillespie County Veterans Shop Near Completion
The Gillespie County Veterans Farm Shop east of the Mason Junction Highways on Oliver Kowert property is nearing completion. A 30 by 60 foot concrete tile building will house welding blacksmithing carpentry and repair facilities for veterans in vocational agriculture classes at Fredericksburg and Stonewall with Clayton Parker of Harper as superintendent.
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Gillespie County Veterans Farm Shop
Mason Junction
Oliver Kowert
Clayton Parker
Harper
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
M. R. Duderstadt
Gillespie County
Madeline Houly Named Nursing Arts Instructor in Utah
Madeline Houly daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Houry of here is named nursing arts instructor at Logan LDS hospital in Logan Utah. She joins a expanded nursing corps noted as among the most complete units in the intermountain country. Houly trained at Seton Hospital Austin and served three years in the Army Nursing Corps including time in England France and Germany.
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Madeline Houy
Arnold Houry
Here
Logan Lds Hospital
Logan
Utah
Intermountain
Miss Holly
University of Texas
Seton Hospital
Austin
Army Nursing Corps
England
France
Germany
Mrs Stein and guests visit Austin for birthday party
Mrs Edward Stein and Mrs Henry Joseph with daughter Sharon Gail visited Austin on Friday and Saturday. They attended the birthday party of Susan Jungmichel, daughter of the Harold Jungmichels.
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Edward Stein
Henry Joseph
Sharon Gail
Austin
Susan Jungmichel
Harold Jungmichels
Explosion at Local High School Lab Hurts Students
An explosion in the chemistry lab at the Graham high school last week caused burns to three students and injuries to a teacher and thirteen other students who received treatment.
Gillespian Included In Cast Of German Play At University
Victor T. Gardner of Stonewall is in the cast for the University of Texas Goethe birthday event. The Germanic Languages department stages Faust March 22-25 with a week of Goethe items in the Rare Books Collection. Additional events include talks by Bayard Q. Morgan and L. M. Hollander, and performances of Faust at Giddings, New Braunfels, and San Antonio in spring.
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Victor T. Gardner
Stonewall
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
University of Texas Departent of
Goethe
Bayard Q. Morgan
Stanford University
L. M. Hollander
Giddings
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Monogrammed Gifts Highlight Gold Stamping Service
Fredericksburg Publishing Co offers monogrammed matches and napkins crafted on a gold stamping machine. The ad promotes personalized gifts with custom initials and high quality stamping.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Co
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Chrysler
Standard Service Company
Plymouth
William Schroeder
Hilmar Stehling
Harold “Hans” Hannemann
Snake
Palace
Mrs. Austin
Berlin
March of Time
RKO Pathe
Bill
Hotpoint
America
Goodyear Service Store
E. Main Street
Farm Bureau
Madeline Houly
City Cleaners
Graham
Stehling’s
Sterling Bros
Into
Plateau
Pacific Mills
Timely Clothes
Fredericksburg, Texas
Gillespian
Ae Pacific Mills
Reg
U.S
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