Easter Fires Souvenir Cups And Saucers Arrive
The Easter Fires Festival plans in Fredericksburg announce arrival of demi tasse souvenir cups and saucers for 1950 with two price tiers and reserved grandstand seating. First practice for pageant set for April 3 at Fair Park. New features include Cross Mountain replica, Kirche scene, and Indian Dance Team appearance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County
Fair Park
Easter Fires Association
Fredericksburg
Gilbert Kaderli
Easter Fire Association
Cross Mountain
Verein
Order of the Arrow
Tonkawa Lodge
Austin
Kaderli
Fredericksburg to Enter Santone Parade Float
The Gillespie County Fair Association will send a float to San Antonio for Fiesta San Jacinto on April 22. The entry aims to win the top prize among out of town contenders, following the 1949 float that captured the award. The 1949 float featured a county fair scene with 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters to be honored.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
San Antonio
San Jacinto
FFA
Fredericksburg City Mail Delivery Signups Rise
Residents increasingly signed up for city mail delivery in Fredericksburg with many targeting box service changes. Postal inspectors advise customers to readdress and surrender old boxes by March 31 to avoid service gaps.
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Fredericksburg
Ivery
Trustees Prepare Bond Election Vote In Gillespie County
The Gillespie County Chamber of Commerce launches a drive seeking one third of a $12,000 quota for a civic, commercial and agricultural development program. Henry Meurer chairs the effort as five teams totaling 75 members work to coordinate the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce and related groups. The plan includes hiring a program director, funding promotional work, and applying a county wide development approach benefiting farmers, ranchers and citizens alike.
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Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Meurer
Fredericksburg
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Fair Association
Kerrville
Brady
Census Enumeration To Begin Here Saturday
Census taking for the 17th decennial round starts Saturday April 1. Victor H Sagebiel, crew leader for Gillespie and Kendall Counties, notes the constitutional basis and uses for population counts in representation and market measurement. Enumerators sworn to secrecy. information not used for taxes or investigations. Farmers urged to complete agricultural questionnaires before the enumerator arrives. Sagebiel conducts an enumerators training school at the Agriculture Building.
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Victor H. Sagebiel
Gillespie and
Kendall
Sagebiel
United States
Congress
Frontier Week Western Parade and Frontier Wilda West Planned
FHS observes Frontier Week with a Western Parade on Thursday at 3 30 starting Kraus corner and featuring each class club in an old wagon trail. Frontier Queen candidates and escorts appear with faculty and students dressed in western attire. Friday’s Wilda West program at 7 30 in the gym includes singing dancing and a play Tobacco Road with Detours.
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Frontier
FHS
Kraus’s Corner
Krause
Tobacco Road
Hitzfeld Rural Home Destroyed By March Fire
A two story frame home near Stonewall on the Stonewall Albert road burned early Monday as flames fed by a March wind. Neighbors and volunteers aided, saving adjacent buildings while Mrs. George Maenius and Guenther Maenius were among those evacuated. The house was a total loss with some personal items saved and partial insurance coverage.
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Harry Hitzfeld
Hitzfeld
Simon Burg
Stonewall
Stonewall-Albert Road
Herman Weinheimer
Kermit Hahne
Fredericksburg
George Maenius
Hitzfelds
Emil Stahl
Guenther Maenius
Alvin Maenius
Guenther
Fredericksburg City Election Set For Next Tuesday
Citizens will vote Tuesday April 4 for a mayor and two city commissioners for two years. Mayor Joe Molberg faces Henry Rahe, while Otto Schneider Sr. and Ed Apvelt are unopposed. Voting runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the new Municipal Building with six months residency and county poll tax receipts required. Election judges are Elton Jordan Arthur Houy and Wesley Gold.
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Fredericksburg
Henry Rahe
Joe Molberg
Otto Schneider Sr
Ed. H. Apvelt
Elton Jordan
Arthur Houy
Wesley Gold
Jaycee Ladies Night Draws Large Local Crowd
A large crowd of Jaycees and their partners attended the Tuesday spring ladies night at the Nimitz Hotel. John Earl Seelig spoke on Latin America and the good neighbor policy while Schreiner Institute students Ivo Stern and Bryan Johnson discussed U S relations and education. The cast for the upcoming play Manana Is Another Day was previewed by Mrs. Louise Nixon and tickets were auctioned by Wm. Petmec ky for the April 28 29 performances.
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Jaycees
Nimitz
John Earl Seelig
Schreiner Institute
Manana
Seelig
Hero
Latin America
United States
Ivo Stern
Mexico City
Bryan Johnson
Chile
Colombia
Schreiner
Louise Nixon
Wm. Petmecky
Bond Issue Sought For Improving School Facilities
Fredericksburg Independent School District voters on April 1 will cast ballots in two elections. A bond issue of 250000 funds a building program, and two trustees will be elected. Bond voters are property owners within the district. trustee voters are all qualified district residents.
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Fredericksburg Independent School District
Fredericksburg
Knapp
Palo Alto
Live Oak
Klein Frankreich
Honey Creek
Cave Creek
Rheingold
Cherry Mountain
Stores to Close on Good Friday in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg merchants will close on April 7 in observance of the religious holiday. The closing date was adopted by the trades extension committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr and Mrs Hy C Durst Mr and Mrs Louis Durst and daughter and Miss Bertha Schaefer visited in Dallas with Mr and Mrs Andrew Durst and family.
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Fredericksburg
The
Chamber of Commerce
Hy. C. Durst
Louis Durst
Bertha Schaefer
Andrew Durst
Dallas
Borchers Family Visit Marks Emil Keller Birthday
Mr and Mrs Arthur Borchers and their children visited in Mason on Sunday as Mrs Emil Keller celebrated her birthday with relatives.
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Arthur Borchers
Mason
Eighty-Four Confirmands Set Palm Sunday Vows in Lutheran Churches
Eighty-four confirmands from the city’s three Lutheran churches will take vows on Palm Sunday April 2. Public examinations were held March 26. Zions Church led with 24 confirmands under Pastor F A Bracher. Holy Ghost Church had 43 confirmands under Pastor Otto Lindenberg. list includes Alton Moellering Raymond Klaehn and others.
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Zions Lutheran Church
F. A. Bracher
Raymond V. Beyer
Marian Adeline Beyer
Marge Brehmer
Ruby Emily Burrer
Corinne Minnie Cameron
Stanley Ernst
F. Priess
Marlene Ruth Rahe
Bernice Edna Schlaudt
Margaret Seelig
Julia Mae Sultemeier
Dayton Solbrig
Viola Adeline Weber
Carlos Adolph Weigand
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Otto Lindenberg
Alton Moellering
Herbert Schumann
Raymond Klaehn
William Henke
Clayton Behrends
Clinton Rech
Delton Behrens
Carter Weirich
Jerry Gold
Arthur Kuhlmann
Calvin Kuhlmann
Roy Crenwelge
Erwin Cornehl
Harvey Kramer
Roland Eckhardt
Harry Sultemeier
Hayden Grona
Victor Sultemeier
Clifford Hahne
Daniel Kordzik
Percy Danz
Dina Land
Ora Behrends
Julia Mae Cornehl
Mildred Henke
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Cor
Rvice
Hal
Jaycee Ladies
Werner Klier
Walter Humes
Alonzo Evers
Alfred Neffendorf
Lester Keyser
Nolan Brown
Paul Sultemeier
Chester Klaerner
E. W. Stobaugh
Charles Hartmann
Marvin Jones
Richard Ransleben
Viola Mae Schmidt
Ella Gold
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