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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1949

Page

10

Educational Film Shown By FHS Chapter 211 March Meeting

FHS Chapter 211 of the Order of Business Efficiency held its March meeting in the Visual Aid Room. Cora Mueller presented achievement certificates to Bookkeeping Class I students, and a film titled Bookkeeping and You was shown. A program by Marcella Evers included a reading and a trio singalong.

The Order of Business Efficiency Cora Mueller BEW Marcella Evers Eileen Usener Julia Hartmann June Wiennecke FE. N Smith Galway Bay

Johnson City FEA Team Second In Livestock Judging

The Johnson City FFA team placed second in the Hill Country Livestock Judging Contest at Fitzsimmons Ranch Llano with 2175 points. Kerrville FFA won and Mason placed third. Marion Allen of Johnson City FFA scored 745. The event was sponsored by the Llano Chamber of Commerce with calf donation and cattle supplied by John Dodgen.

Johnson City FFA Fitzimmons Llano Kerrville Ffa Mason Marion Allen Llano Chamber of Commerce John Dodgen Fitzsimmons Ranch W. E. Stevenson Dennis Stevenson Austin Hilda Cheshire Front Royal Virginia Maurice Gipson Cleveland Kinney Willie Kinney Charlie Jung Bill Hirsch San Antonio George Gipson Opal Ray Gipson Allen Robbins Edwin Scharnhorst Post Oak George Sansom Madeline and Marie Casparis J. S. Casparis Carl Smith Round Gilbert Murray Miller Creek Jessie Stewart Sandy Willis Greenhall Near Blanco Gordon Goar el Centro California Vernon Goar Ervin Prehn Jim Felps

Lessons Offered An Art Of Laying Brick

Arlington course at North Texas Agricultural College teaches bricklaying with students working eight hours daily for eight weeks under experienced masons. The program aims to address a Texas shortage of skilled artisans. History note mentions Mergenthaler's 1884 Linotype invention.

North Texas Agricultural College Texas Mergenthaler

Driverless Car With Two Child Pilots Causes Crash

In Longview two youngsters aged 4 and 5 stole a car and rolled it onto the highway. The vehicle, unseen by motorists, struck a truck head on but there were no serious injuries.

Longview

New School Lunch Room Finished at Harper High

Harper High School completes a basement lunch room in the new gym area and starts operation March 14. Junior reporters note campus activities, assemblies, sports results, and local staff attendance at a Texas teachers meeting in San Antonio.

Harper High News Suell Roberts Alice Feller Geraldine Bierschwab Joan Kaiser Ray Carter Gilbert Strackbein Gloria Roeder Vola del Sageser Robert Baker Larry Goehmann Eldane Brown Carl Baker Joyce Spaeth Harper School Texas State Teachers Association San Antonio Harper Fox Gould McDavid Coplen Louis Stevens Stevenson Howe Rogers Geraldine Bierschwale Hilary Bierschwale Harper High School Junior Baumann

Radio Health Broadcasts Opened By Kerr-Kendall Bandera Gillespie Society

The Kerr Kendall Bandera Gillespie Medical Society launches a series of radio health broadcasts titled Physical Medicine. The first program aired Monday at 9 a.m. and will run weekly for 14 weeks, produced from AMA materials with Chicago facilities and national medical experts featured.

Kerr -Kendall -Bandera- Gillespie Medical Society KNAF American Medical Association Chicago Harriet Hester WLS William J. Murphy Elwyn Owen Herbert Johnson W. W. Bauer Bureau of Health Education Bureau William W. Bolton Bauer

Tourists Worth a Heap of Money in Texas Economy

Five million tourists visited Texas last year according to the State Highway Department. They spent an estimated 144 million dollars during their sojourn in the state. The report notes the tourist industry as one of the state's greatest revenue sources, now ranking with cattle and wheat.

Austin Texas State Highway Department

Trespassing Bill Passes Texas House

The Texas House approved a trespassing measure by Rep. A. W. Mourland raising first conviction fines to 506 dollars and setting second and third conviction penalties. The bill, backed by Hill Country ranchers, allows game wardens to make arrests and moves to the senate after a comfortable margin.

House of Representatives A. W. Mourland Rep. Moursand

Navy Replaces Wartime C Rations with C-4 Menu

The Navy shifts from wartime C ration packs to a more varied and palatable C-4 menu intended to improve meals for sailors. The change aims to boost morale and streamline provisioning while maintaining nutritional standards across deployed units.

Sympathy cards from Fredericksburg Publishing Co

The smallest messages expressing sympathy to families of friends in sorrow endure when you send Gibson Cards of Sympathy. See them at Fredericksburg Publishing Co.

Gibson Fredericksburg Publishing Co

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FHS Dallas Boerne Ellartz Dorothy Nell Gold Gladys Satterwhite Clarence Schroeder Imogene Wieser Main Street Comet Hillsboro Phanks FEA Fredericksburg Phil Rogers Harper High Doss Harper Grounds Comfort Dripping Springs Virdell Drilling CO J. C. Virdell Phone Tex Knopp &Etzger City Hall Willow Street General San Antonio, Texas Texaco
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