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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
3
A severe ice storm damaged rural electrification lines and telephone wires across sections of the county. Goats suffered heavy losses with Arthur Petersen reporting 300 goats killed in the Crabapple region after being shorn last Saturday. Temperature fell to 30.5 in the city and rainfall reached 28 inches.
Seven Hill Country baseball teams formed the Hill Country Baseball League for the 1941 season with Easter Sunday opening. Bourne Comfort Kerrville Stonewall Fredericksburg joined by Ingram and Harper. A March 24 Kerrville meeting will finalize league constitution schedule and game counts.
A buyer jokes about ear noises he heard all day after his wife notes he left his sample case at home and carried a portable radio instead. The lighthearted exchange hints at a missed sales opportunity and a domestic quip about radio versus sample case.
Ernest Herbert bowled the high single game with 252 while Hugo Klaerner posted a 617 three game series. Hotel Nimitz led the high team single game at 1011 and the Shifters topped the team three game series with 2707.
An open session outlined a city cleanup campaign with divisions for coverage and offered Lions Club mosquito control committee leadership. The steering committee includes W. C. White Dr. Leon F Zachar Zwiener and Joe Stein. Mayor Edward Krauskopf and City Sanitary Commissioner Max T Denkse attended and pledged city cooperation.
Southwest Feeder Airlines pitches a 4,284 mile network serving 60 cities with 9.1 million people and 33 airless locales. The "Pick-up-Delivery" plan would reach 241 communities on 5,641 route miles benefiting over 10 million residents. A formal hearing and survey flights are planned as data is submitted to the board.
Associations from Fredericksburg Public School St Marys School Lions Club Fredericksburg Senior and Junior Chamber of Commerce First Methodist Church Ladies Aid and American Red Cross plan a meeting. Representatives from Doss Morris Ranch Stonewall Willow and Knopp School are expected to attend. Groups back countywide service and voted in favor in their meetings.
Fredericksburg area sports fans celebrate the formation of the Hill Country League for 1941 with three local teams the Giants Stonewall and Harper plus Kerrville Bourne Comfort and Ingram in the circuit.
Fredericksburg entries Puss Durst Hugo Klaerner and Udo Henke led the 1930 Hill Country League all star team. Other picks include Taylor Liano Mather Reed Bremer Holloway Llano and Boerne players with Draper Myler and Lewis also listed. Playing manager was C L Taylor of Llano.
Claude Hudspeth a former representative of this area in the National Congress died Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia in San Antonio where he had been residing recently. Hudspeth retired from Congress in 1931 and during his service he lived in El Paso.
The nation favors rayon cloth including gabardines Bemberg strips sharkskins plaid checks and rippling satins. Colors listed feature rice sand Indian clay jadette green white and vivid names such as strato gray waterfall green Totem maize warpath red chief red Mohawk green and Niagara blue.
Fredericksburg High School students staged a boxing show in the auditorium last Thursday. The Campus Comet called it a great success with a large town turnout and exciting bouts featuring Tony Galento Knopp, Hercules Itz, Baby Atlas Langer Hans, Li l Abner Anderegg, Angel Klaerner, Zan zibar Holly, Champion Baby Dynamite Tyer, and Challenger Baby Bonecracker Watson. Officials included Arthur Petersen, Bruce Munsil, and Gunther Luckenbach.
The Campus Comet lists the Fred ericksburg High School honor roll for the past six weeks with seniors dominating. Readable class lists include Freshmen Frieda Mae W Norman and Dorothy Feuge, Sophomores Louise Grote and Victor Rech, Juniors Jerry Durden and Marjorie Henke, and Seniors Jarvis Wieser and Viola Hohman among others.
Hilmar A Lang Jr 16 son of Mr and Mrs H A Lang left Monday March 10 for San Antonio to enlist for three years in the U S Army He reports to Randolph Field where he is being trained as a mechanic.
The Gillespie County Shooting organization met at the Courthouse to name the target committee for the year. Tivydale club will mark its 50th anniversary and the county group its Golden Anniversary in 1942. After adjournment the exits were found locked and the group was trapped until help arrived and officers released them.
The city announces a transition to a new rate with CP&L billing on the 20th, and additional April 1 bill covering use through March 25. No exact new rate yet, but neighboring LCRA shifts showed domestic savings around 37 percent and commercial cuts near 20 percent.
The Kerr County Commissioner's Court adopted an order to pay 50 cents for the scalp of each fox killed in Kerr County. The bounty remains in effect year round, replacing the former 75 cent rate used from March 15 to May 31.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Hoffmann in Spring Texas on March 15. The new arrival adds to the Hoffmann family.
A historical calendar lists Saturday and Sunday closing dates for multiple schools from April to June. Entries include Pecan Creek Klein Frankreich Cherry Spring Gillespie County Singing Festival at Peters Hall Onion Creek Crabapple Squaw Creek Stonewall Cave Creek Grapetown Lower South Grape Creek Nebgen and Albert schools with Sundays covering additional events.
The Fredericksburg High School Band booster group will host a Fun Night benefitting the band this spring. The event is set for Thursday April 17 at the high school auditorium with full details to be announced later.
Local notice directs readers to Fredericksburg Drive In Station with Rubin Crenwelge listed as proprietor. The brief item names the drive in and its operator, signaling upcoming postings or events at the site.
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