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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
3
Fredericksburg residents show strong interest in the April 1 school board election with six candidates seeking three seats. Balloting runs 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fredericksburg High School. poll tax required.
R R Fuller aged 43 died Saturday in Plainview Texas from burns after becoming entangled in barbed wire while aiding efforts against a prairie fire that swept a strip of range land across Lamb and Hale Counties, about 12 miles long and five miles wide.
Fredericksburg High School prepares a Thursday night spring football clash between junior and senior squads at the lighted field. Kickoff is at 8 p m with eight lettermen on each side and the juniors boasting more practice session time. The seniors hold experience but have trained less ardently.
District Seven PTA Conference opens as Fredericksburg Lions Club announces a two hour minstrel show to be held Friday and Saturday nights April 28 and 29 at Peters Hall. A five man committee led by H C Ingram arranges entertainment with insights on Navajo customs by W R Root and reports on Red Cross and the San Antonio zone meeting. A convention committee will select delegates for the District 2 A convention in Corpus Christi in May.
The OPA announces old gas rationing coupons will be invalid after March 31. Coupons B B-1 Co sad 4lex and R and strip T are outdated. Existing coupons with later expiration can be exchanged for new ones at local ration boards.
All transport rations for pickups and trucks for the April 1 to June 30 period must be collected at the local War Price and Rationing Board office. Operators must bring original and supplemental Certificates of War Necessity when obtaining coupons. Rations may be called for on or after March 20, 1944.
Gillespie County 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive receives a $100 donation from The Texas Company via local agent E. H. Riley. Drive chairman Sidney Henke says the $7200 quota may be met with three days left and urges workers to turn in funds and lists. final results to be published next week.
News from Buenos Aires reports five newborns three girls and two boys arrived in Belgrano last June 11. Parents Senor and Senora Branco requested privacy as the quintuplets, all reportedly robust, begin life amid limited publicity.
The Order of the Eastern Star District 5 Section 3 holds a school of instruction at the Masonic Hall on April 1 at 9 30 am. Mrs Leola Mathisen Deputy Grand Matron announced the event with participants from Banadera Boerne Center Point Junction Kerrville and Fredericksburg chapters. Mrs Othelia M Dye of San Antonio District Deputy Grand Matron will lead the session. Local Worthy Matron Mrs Emma Petmecky will preside with David Schmidt of Harper as Worthy Patron. The Worthy Grand Patroness Mrs Cynthia Mae Watts of Lufkin and the Worthy Grand Patron Walter B Baldwin of Wichita Falls will attend with eight other officers.
Lt Clifton Roberts husband of the former Miss Elizabeth Knopp of here was killed in action in New Guinea. Mrs Roberts and their two year old daughter Barbara Ann survive.
Ration details show meat fat stamps A8 to F8 valid through May 20 and G8 H8 J8 through June 18. Processed fruits and vegetables stamps A8 to E8 valid May 20 with blue stamps F8 to J8 and K& through June 20. Sugar stamps 30 and 40 cover specified five pound quantities. gasoline A1111 coupons allow three gallons through June 21. Tire inspection deadlines listed for A and B coupons with dates. shoes stamp 18 valid through April 30 and airplane stamp 1 indefinite. income tax estimates due April 15.
The largest group of selectees to report for pre induction physicals in Gillespie County assembled in San Antonio on Monday. Of the 16 married men, six were Pre Pearl Harbor fathers from Gillespie County including Henry Schmidt and Marvin F. Durst. Married men leaving included Balthasar Hartmann Harold Langehennig Albert Klaerner Laurie Wells and many others. Single men listed include Erwin Sagebiel Elgin Hohmann Henry Beckmann Elgin Jung Aaron Gold Forrest Bode Clinton Burrer Edwin Rausch and numerous additional names.
Citizens of Fredericksburg will vote next Tuesday April 4 to select municipal officials for the next two years. The ballot lists incumbents with space for write ins. Mayor Joe Molberg and commissioners Robert Arhelger Ed H Apelt seek re election as their first term nears end. Voting is 8 a m to 7 p m in the west room of the old courthouse. Otto R Kiehne presides with Judge Ben Kneese and clerks A W Houy and Lawrence Knopp assisting.
A congressional group discussed disposing of 330000 pounds of foreign wool bought and stockpiled amid wartime fears. They reported about 1 billion 500 million pounds of wool in Australia and recommended the RFC halt purchases and stockpiling of foreign wool for the duration.
A killing frost of 28 degrees hit Gillespie County Wednesday morning after unseasonably warm days. Officials note the temperature dropped sharply from 80s to near freezing, with winds hindering frost protection efforts. Growers fear extensive crop loss, impacting the county’s fruit season and related garden crops.
Mrs. Jack Little opens the seventh district Texas Congress of Parent and Teachers session praising PTAs as the home front backbone in wartime. She notes 47 years of growth and calls for mobilizing resources to safeguard American freedoms for future generations. Previous and ongoing war work by WAVES WACS and SPARS cited as supporting the effort.
Cars and trucks operated on public roads after April 1 must display new license tabs by that date. The Tax Assessor Office led by W M Petmecky is busy with sales near normal for this date, though many plates remain to reach last year’s total. The tax office will open at nights in the remaining payment period to assist owners who cannot visit during regular hours.
Secretary of State Sydney Latham of Longview and three Gregg county officials were accepted for service at the East Texas Armed Forces Induction Station on Monday.
Hugo Klaerner, a longtime pitcher with professional experience in major and minor leagues, was named manager of the Fredericksburg Giants for the 1944 season. He succeeds Edgar Klett who resigned after seven years at the helm. Klaerner began his pro career in 1929 with San Antonio and later played for Pine Bluff.
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