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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1952
Page
11
A recreational program for girls began last Monday at 2 30 pm when Coach Knopp formed six girls softball teams. Fifty eight girls enrolled and the plan centers on inter class competition. Team captains named are Rose Meetsch, Betty Meurer, Tilda Metzger, Lorene Pyka, Ellie Mae Jung, and Carolyn Braeutigam.
Mrs. Calvin Bierschwale directed St. Marys Glee Club with a broom held at an angle. The playful scene drew curiosity as a single member, Darlene Straube, sparked the incident and influenced the choice of improvised baton.
The article extols the good sport as playing for fun and team success, fair play, loyalty, and courtesy. It urges opponents hospitality, modesty in victory, courtesy after defeat, and never cheating or blaming officials. The ethic extends beyond sports to all endeavors.
Mrs. Bierschwale used an old broom to block a stray ray that lit Darlene’s skirt, allowing Mr. Kilman to photograph the group. He captured the moment just as he crept up on Mrs. Bierschwale in an unusual pose, with the image now on display at Kilman’s Studio. Subscribe to the STANDARD now.
Rose Mae Petsch stands five feet two inches tall and lively as she leads St. Mary's Pep Squad as drum majorette and captain of a new softball team. She serves Sodality Choir and Glee Club, spreading school spirit and optimism to peers. Rose Marie Lang supports St. Mary's as pep squad flagbearer and active participant in football season.
The San Antonio Symphony concert pleased St. Marys students in Third Hall with plush seating and walkable window shopping before. seniors marked their 40th birthday Wednesday while Girl Scouts celebrated. A hired spy watched for reactions as seniors planned hockey on Wednesday.
A tip urges spend a few minutes studying a pattern before cutting. This practice ensures correct pattern use, saving time and material for the homemaker in the long run.
Guidance emphasizes designing sufficient storage and closet space in remodeling or new build plans. It suggests evaluating needs early, allocating dedicated areas, and prioritizing functional organization to improve long term usability.
At a CHIEFTAIN staff gathering last Wednesday the seniors Al len Novian and Margaret Mosel are named class favorites along with juniors Freddie Wehmeyer and Mary Frances Stehling sophomores Daniel Hartmann and Carol Rose Braeutigam and freshmen Gilmer Ulbricht and Barbara Reinbach. The selections reflect their friendly personalities and willingness to help with school life.
Orchids to the baseball team for tying the score in a practice with Comfort last Thursday. Orchids to eighty students who attended the Symphony Concert in San Antonio last week. Onions to the jacket thieves who swiped football jackets for fun Tuesday afternoon. Orchids to those offering cars to transport eighty students to San Antonio. Onions to students claiming poor history grades. Orchids to class favorites Allen Margaret Fred die Mary Frances Daniel Carol Rose Gilmer Barbara.
English students conducted surveys and discussions on vocations with interests ranging from engineering and teaching to ranching and nursing. Girls favored bookkeeping and secretarial roles while many students debated marriage and religious life as a vocation, guided by prayer and guidance notes.
St. Joseph's Society hosted a Sunday event where the Kite Race drew many entrants from St. Mary's Junior Band while St. Mary's Music Department performed seven numbers featuring piano and vocal selections. Freshman septet sang My Isle of Golden Dreams and Junior Octet offered Give Me the Little Book. Tilda Metz- Ber sang Dark Eyes with Rosemary Petermann Lawrence Kammlah Mary Stehling Corinne Stehling and Ginger St. Clair contributing on piano.
Helen Meurer a sophomore was elected president of the 4-H Club at St Marys School during a Friday meeting on March 14 Other officers elected include Carolyn Kaderli Kenneth Kunz Joyce Weinhaimer Darrel Schlueter and Ted Stehling County agent C A Stone and home demonstration agent Miss Lucille Conrads outlined club objectives and required equipment for upcoming meetings The monthly meeting date will be announced later.
St Marys School joins thirty five schools nationwide in the Institute of Student Opinion Poll on high school health and nutrition habits. Selection based on representative school papers sent to Scholastic Magazine. Dr Raymond Franzen prepared the survey questionnaire and will report findings to Pow Wow.
Seaman Clifton Jung of Harper served abroad with the attack transport USS Montrose in the Pacific Fleet training drills off Southern California. The Lex Baker One exercise involved over 70 ships and 15 000 sailors plus the 3rd Marines, simulating retaking islands in a mock war scenario with submarines and aircraft carriers.
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