Calendar of Events for Fredericksburg Area
The calendar lists events from March 23 to April 2 including Lions Club at Nimitz Hotel March 23, Texas Employment Commission at the Courthouse March 24, Rotary Club at Nimitz Hotel March 27, Music Study Club meeting March 28, National Guard drill March 28, Census enumerator instruction March 28–31, national Census enumeration starting April 1, and Seguin Lutheran Choir event April 2 at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church.
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Lions Club
Nimitz
Texas Employment Commission
Rotary Club of
Fredericksburg
Nimitz Hotel
Music Study Club of
National Guard
Seguin Lutheran
Music Study Club
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Air Force Lieutenant Assigned to Study at Colorado
Lieutenant Paul B. Monroe Jr. of Fort Worth and Fredericksburg area families is assigned by the USAF Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB to attend the University of Colorado for business administration studies. He previously served as Wartime Bombardier Training Pilot and was chief of training and material statistics at Air Training Command headquarters.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Paul B. Monroe, Jr
J. B. Monroe
S. Lake Street
Ft. Worth
John Rosenbach
Fredericksburg
Usaf Institute of Technology
University of Colorado
Monroe
Air Force
Headquarters Air Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Want Ads Hotline Prompts Quick Local Buys
A short call to phone 40 invites readers to place Want Ads quickly. The notice emphasizes fast, convenient classified requests and urges residents to call for listings of goods services and opportunities.
Texas Faces Large Budget Gap After Special Session
Texas faces a looming budget crisis for the 1953-55 biennium after a 1951 mini fix. The 52nd Legislature must choose between holding the current spend level or cutting deeply, needing about 150 million dollars in new revenue if the present budget is kept. Government costs rise from education and rural roads while oil tax revenue falls.
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Treasury
Fredericksburg High School Receives 1950 Opportunity Awards Details
College StationTexas principals received this week an announcement and application form covering the 1950 Opportunity Awards scholarship competition of Texas A&M College. Four-year scholarships paying the winners 200 to 400 dollars each year are available to assist outstanding boys in need of financial aid.
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College Station
Tex
Fredericksburg High School
Texas A. & M. College
Will Prove That It Pays To Be Cheerful
Madisonville hosts its annual Sidewalk Cattleman's barbecue with a tribute to the world's most cheerful taxpayer. Each year the group selects an honor guest and awards $100 to the tax collector who nominates the winner.
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Madisonville
Lone Star
Picadilly Weepers in 1860s English Fashion
The text notes moustache style and long drooping whiskers worn by fashionable English men in the 1860s, describing Picadilly Weeeprs as a distinctive facial hair trend of that era.
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England
Calendar Of School Closings For May Dates
The Standard lists upcoming school closings with dates in May. Sunday May 7 Lower South Grape Creek. Saturday May 13 Crabapple School. Saturday May 20 Cherry Spring School. Sunday May 21 Rocky Hill School. Sunday May 28 Meusebach Creek School.
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The
Standard
Lower South Grape Creek
Crabapple School
Cherry Spring
Rocky Hill
Meusebach Creek
Spring Fashions To Be Shown At Palace Friday
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County residents will attend a spring style show at the Palace Theatre on Friday night March 24. Walter Knoche announces cooperation with The Style Shop owners Mrs Harry Langerhans and Mrs Clarence Ratliff. Thirty models will debut spring dresses hats and accessories with C J Dooley as master of ceremonies and Mrs A K Krause providing commentary. Kenneth Knopp will play organ music and the feature film Once More My Darling with Robert Montgomery will accompany the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Palace Theatre
Walter Knoche
Harry Langerhans
Clarence Ratliff
Style Shop
C. J. Dooley
A. K. Krause
Kenneth Knopp
Rowert Music Company
Robert Montgomery
Succession Plan If Both President and Vice President Die
The constitutional line of succession places the Secretary of State next in the event both the President and Vice President die. The secretary, an unelected official, would assume the presidency under this scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lions Club Discovers New Community Need
Goliad Lions Club proposes roadside shelters to protect school children from rain and cold while waiting for buses. Palacios area residents, a Methodist couple near Midfield, finally lease church property for oil drilling. church gains $600 as the well is abandoned the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Goliad
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Colorado
Paul
Paul Lange
Goodyear
America
Goodyear Service Store
E. Main
Game Commissions
San Antonio
Capitol
Texas Weekly News Service
Texas
Arabia
Iran
Austin
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Houston Chronicle
Sam Houston Coliseum
Robert G. Mauermann
Texas Game and Fish
Game Department
Harley Berg
Express and Evening News
Municipal Auditorium
Fort Worth
Dallas News
State Fair Park
South America
del Monte
Crenwelge Food Market
Palace
Woody
Otto Friedrich
Rosaline Moellering
Hedwig Filter
Clinton Ellebracht
Helen Marie Kramer
Ovrer
Nome
Gillespie County Lumber Co
Lorenz F. Bading
Fredericksburg, Texas
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