4-H And FFA Crop Judging Contest Planned for Fair
The 64th Gillespie County Fair will feature a 4-H and FFA Crop Judging contest on Saturday August 16. Four member teams will judge classes of corn small grain hay and other feeds with banners and trophies awarded. Advisory coordinators include C A Stone Joe Tatum and an agriculture committee with Otto Spaeth Douglas Dittmar Walter Hohmann and others.
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Gillespie County
C. A. Stone
Joe Tatum
FFA
Stone
Sudan
Agriculture Committee of the Fair Association
Otto Spaeth
Douglas Dittmar
Cochairmen
Walter Hohmann
Temple Tvuderstadt
Albert Eiiebracht
Lucille Conrads
Simon J. Burg
James Eckert
Victor Wendel
Taft Meets Texas Backers in San Antonio
A reader letter praises the Red Cross drive and urges support for charitable giving despite occasional grievances with the organization. The piece also recounts visiting Senator Taft in San Antonio, noting his strong presence, honesty, and speaking voice, and concludes with high regard for his Senate service.
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Mr. Taft
Texas
Bob Taft
Clean-Up Days Slated Here March 27 28
Fredericksburg circulates notice urging residents to prepare for the annual pre Easter city wide clean up on March 27 and 28. City trucks will pass once to collect curbside refuse, a push to reduce mosquito and pest breeding ahead of Easter visitors.
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Fredericksburg
Mrs Ludwig Vorauer and Son Visit Hoffmanns in San Antonio
Mrs Ludwig Vorauer and her son Carl spent Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs Emil Hoffmann in San Antonio as part of a family gathering.
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Ludwig Vorauer
Carl
Emil Hoffmann
San Antonio
Gillespie Auto License Rush Urges Tag Purchases
Gillespie residents lag in buying 1952 auto license plates due by April 1. Milton Durst says only about 1,900 plates issued of an estimated 4,000 needed in the county. The assessor warns lines form late month. bring 1951 receipts and title to obtain new plates. office stays open Saturday afternoons March 22 and 29 for license pickups.
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Milton Durst
Gillespie Assessor
Durst
Gillespie
Tax Assessor - Collectors
Parade of Champions to Return at Gillespie County Fair
The livestock committee plans a wider Parade of Champions on opening night presenting grand champions from all livestock and poultry classes. Sponsors will fund plaques and cups with a special stage and lighting for the awards. Sales start this week through committee members Kurt Eckhardt Robert Dittmar Roy Weinheimer and Adolph Kott with about 25 sponsors expected.
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Gilles- Pie
The
Fair Association
Kurt Eckhardt
Robert Dittmar
Roy Weinheimer
Nolin’ Althaus
Adolph Kott
Visitors from Austin Called on Local Residents
Recent visitors in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kott and Mrs. F. J. Schuck were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Lawson of Austin.
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R. L. Kott
F. J. Schuck
Wm. J. Lawson
Austin
Legion District Convention Dates Tentatively Set
May 17 and 18 were set as tentative dates for the 21st District Spring Convention of the American Legion to be held in Fredericksburg. The plan was approved at a Louis Jordan Post and Auxiliary meeting led by Commander George Kott, with final approval pending district officers. Max O. Reinbach was elected 2nd vice commander, replacing Werner Mayer, and a cleanup detail was organized for Oak Crest Park.
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Legion District
The
American Legion
Fredericksburg
Louis Jordan Post and Auxiliary
Hermann Sons Hall
George Kott
Max O. Reinbach
Legion
Werner Mayer
Oak Crest Park
Neffendorf Named President of State Association
Alfred Neffendorf Fredericksburg Water and Sewer superintendent was named president of the Texas Water Works and Sewerage Association at the 34th annual meeting in College Station. A record 604 attendees helped set a 1760 member base across 36 districts as Neffendorf, a former vice president, succeeds E. J. M. Burg.
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Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Hill Country Water Works and Sanitation Association
Blanco
Kendall
Bandera
Kerr
Kimble
Mason, Liano
Gillespie
Neffendorf
Hill Country Group
Stuart Williams
Mason
George Cox
N. W. Black
Harris County Water Conservation and Irrigation District No
J. R. Bryan
McKinney
R. H. Tate
Post
J. E. Williams
Fredericksburg Easter Fires Plans For Fifth Annual Event
Plans for the fifth Fredericksburg Easter Fires observance taking place on Saturday night April 12 were outlined. Committee chair Tyrus Cox led a meeting as souvenirs were chosen a bunny with Easter egg and basket will be sold for 1.50. Proceeds support local projects and a new countywide cooperation is noted with added communities joining the pageant at the Fair.
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Fredericksburg
Chaiman
Tyrus Cox
Kott
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Nearing Goal in Annual Roll Call Drive
The Gillespie County Red Cross chapter aims at a 2613 dollar goal as daily contributions come in for the annual roll call drive. Fund drive chairman Rev. C A Greenwaldt emphasizes neighborliness and the help Red Cross provides to flood victims in the mid west and to servicemen in Korea.
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Red Cross
Gillepsie County
American Red Cross
Rev. C. A. Greenwaldt
the Red Cross
Mid-West
Korea
United Drive
VFW Post and Auxiliary Name Officers
The Frantzen- Ahrens Post and Auxiliary named many officers in Friday meetings. Post commander Lorenz Bad ing and auxiliary president Irmgard Nagel led the list with senior and junior vice commanders, quartermaster, chaplain, surgeon, advocate, and trustees. Auxiliary officers include Alma Connally as senior vice president and Eleanora Ersch as junior vice president. The next post and auxiliary meeting is Friday March 21 at the VFW Hall on Mason road, with new officers to be installed Friday April 4.
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Frantzen- Ahrens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lorenz Bading
Irmgard Nagel
LeeRoy Holdforth
LeeRoy Oehler
Alberto Nagel
Norman Rech
Dor Brown
Raymond Usener
Kurt Itz
Alma Connally
Eleanora Ersch
Dorothy Eckert
Emma Itz
Thekla Oehler
Alma Eckert
Anita Usener
Hilda Klein
Josephine Ottmer
Lottie Bading
Genevieve Rech
Elise Griffin
Josephine Ottmers
VFW
Mason Road
Plane Crash Near Harper Leaves Five Injured
A plane with one engine on fire reportedly passed Harper and parachuted a man before the craft crashed into a field near Mrs. Alfred Usener’s farm, 20 miles west of Fredericksburg. Five crew members were uninjured. the aircraft, not yet identified, pancaked after the engine detached.
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Harper
Alfred Usener
Fredericksburg
Ray Jones
Gilespie County Commissioners Buy New Road Grader
The Gilespie County Commissioners Court in the March term purchased a Caterpillar 112 motor grader with scarifier for Precinct 1 and leased it from Wm K Holt Machinery Co of San Antonio for 12 297. The court also named a jury of view for a 40 foot right of way on Bee Cave Road through Edwin Reed property and reviewed a Security State Bank report showing county funds balances.
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Gilespie County
Precinct
Wm. K. Holt Machinery Co
San Antonio
Cubs Win Kite Race as Wind Boosts Young Flyers
Cub Scouts of Pack 133 held a kite race on Cross Mountain Road in front of the Reinhard Enderlin place after rain postponed the event. About thirty Cubs and four Den Chiefs flew kites, led by Jay Duderstadt who won the highest flying kite with his string still unwinding.
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Spike Tubbs
Jackie Schandua
Neal Pahl
Charles Kuenemann
James Itz
Milton Edwards
den Kite
Robbie Heinen
Neal Durst
Jay Duderstadt
Billy Klier
Rodney Klett
Charles Schmidt
Kenneth James Lochte
Cubs
Cross Mountain Road
Reinhard Enderlin Place
den Chiefs
M. E. Duderstadt
Victor Rogers
Den
Bobby Heinen
Den 5
Den 4
Milton Durst
Henry Reinbach
Gay Kilman
Ty Cox
Anita Aleksans
Reinhard Bartos
Henry Borchers
Reinhard
Ronnie
Germany
Easter Seal Campaign Underway in Gillespie County
The Gillespie County Society for Crippled Children plans its second annual Easter Seal drive to aid handicapped children. Public letters will reach residents within a week, with Easter, April 13, as the campaign end. Rev. J C Campbell is treasurer, donations go to a local class for retarded children and materials.
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Gillespie County
South Edison Street
Society
Norman J. Dietel
Dietel
Forum on Good Schools At PTA Meeting
Frederickburg PTA Tuesday forum on What Makes Good Schools featured moderator High School Principal W C Westerfeldt and panelists including Dorothy Yates A Greenwaldt Vicar Rudy Wendel Dr W H Springall Arthur H Rowert Harold Klinksick and Bobby Westerfeldt The discussion covered school roles in shaping character and the need for strong home influence to support education.
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Fredericksburg
Parent- Teacher Association
W. C. Westerfieldt
Dorothy Yates
A. Greenwaldt
First Methodist Church
Rudy Wendel
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
W. H. Springall
Arthur H. Rowert
Fredericksburg Standard
Harold Klinksick
Bobby Wester
Sentences Handed Down in Local Court
Lenar O. Birk received a two to four year term in the state penitentiary from Judge Ferguson after no appeal was filed. Marcus Fritz pleaded guilty to child desertion and was sentenced to fourteen and a half months in the state prison system.
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Lenar O. Birk
Ferguson
Birk
Marcus Fritz
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ST. Mary's
Helen Meurer
Joyce Weinheimer
Carolyn Kaderli
Ted Stehling
Darrel Schlueter
Kenneth Kunz
Community Chest
Red Cross 45
Laggine
VFW Post and Auxiliary Names Officers
Cub Scouts
Pack 133
PTA
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