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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1950
Page
6
Dora Herbert posted the high game in the league. Nan Sembritzky with a 431 three game score set the top mark for the series.
The City Softball League organized for the 1950 season Friday night at Seipp's with Fred die Dietel as league president. Six teams planned league play including La Mesa Cafe Doss Sunnyside Tavern and the Radio Post. Tip Top Cafe Stonewall and the National Guard planned teams but were absent. Six team directors will meet March 31 to elect a new president and secretary treasurer to replace Dietel and Werner Moehr.
The Fredericksburg Giants prepare to host the Seguin White Sox on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Jimmie Pyka Field in the Fair Park to start the 1950 season, marking a non league tuneup before the Hill Country League opener against Comfort. Otto Britton Schneider remains manager. Max Ahrens is captain. roster includes Hugo Klaerner, Johnny Hartmann, Alfons Klaerner, Eugene Jung, O Schneider, Floyd Grona, Ferdinand Jenschke, Max Enderlin, Roland Bonn, Kermit Luckenbach, Weston Luckenbach Jr, Max Ahrens, Carl Molberg, Lee Moldenhauer, Lee Itz, and Kermit Lubkenbach.
Gillespie County residents are invited to the First Annual Hill Country Shrine Charity Carnival in Antler Stadium Kerrville April 3 8. Don Franklin Shows provide entertainment as proceeds aid the Hill Country Shrine Club funds and future charitable investments in the region.
The Fredericksburg High School Band will present a benefit concert at the 87 Drive-In Theatre on Thursday April 20 between the first and second shows. Band Boosters chair Mrs Petmecky announced the plan at a board meeting. A special April 13 meeting will review Boosters activities and the May 138th membership meeting will finalize plans for the benefit event.
Carthage report says Jack King a 74 year old Black fugitive who fled after killing his landlord in 1922 was captured after 28 years on the run. He told the sheriff his first good night's sleep since 1922 and was found working as a church janitor in Phoenix, Arizona.
The FHS Hillbillies host Stonewall this afternoon in the second meeting of the season. Last Friday they beat Stonewall 6 to 3 in five innings. Coach Jones notes illness limits practice as a triangular meet with Mason Llano and Fredericksburg is planned. Comfort prepares a new lighted field the Comfort Community Park will host home games starting Sunday night April 16 against Kerrville in the Hill Country League.
Camp Stanley Defenders beat Boerne White Sox 7 to 6 in a non league game played Sunday in Boerne. The closely contested affair featured late scoring and a narrow margin of victory.
A Grand Prairie bank installs a snack bar for employees and customers offering coffee during hours and a noon lunch for 35 cents. A bank official said the $300 monthly cost is worthwhile.
Walter Schmidt announced a Sunday rodeo set for Schmidt Arena on the San Antonio highway. Bandera rodeo stars sponsor the event with stock from Mansfield Park. The Texas Top Hands provide music for the afternoon show and the Schmidt Hall dance that night.
Promote quality Gibson Greeting Cards for birthdays anniversaries and events. See the complete line at Fredericksburg Publishing for special occasion greeting options.
A buyer visited a local Abilene dealer to buy a new truck and brought a heavy cash down payment of £965 in silver dollars and the balance in small coins. He claimed distrust of banks and paper money, prompting the dealer to start a truck to transport the heavy cash to the bank.
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