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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
7
Local society items reveal gatherings, visits, and travels. Residents hosted friends from Llano Austin and Kerrville while others planned trips to Comfort and San Antonio. The Llano Interscholastic League meet boosted area schools and a church group announced an anniversary program for Sunday night.
Fredericksburg teams swept senior junior and sub-junior spelling titles while Stonewall Doss and Morris Ranch students earned district honors in various divisions. One teacher schools Bear Creek Meusebach led junior and sub-junior spelling lists. Visitors included Otto Strackbein family and Henry Andereggs from Johnson City as Gillespie County residents attended the track and literary meet.
The Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 1 Fredericksbn mourns the death of Brother Scout Ralph Radetzky. The troop will observe thirty days of mourning and set aside a minute book page in his memory. Resolutions will be published locally and a copy sent to the bereaved family.
A blast at the Du Pont Powder plant in Gibbstown New Jersey shattered a small frame building and sent shock waves to Philadelphia. Three thousand pounds of nitroglycerine exploded. one worker, John Kern, is missing. Authorities say no major property damage and few casualties, as the plant remains largely intact with extensive earth barricades.
Doss Public School held a well attended pie supper last Thursday night with proceeds donated to the Athletic Club. The Doss Improvement Club met Saturday with Mr Grote speaking on business transactions and refreshments provided by the committee. A large baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Peter Baethge, while Mr and Mrs Edwin Dittmar of Knott Ranch, wed in Kerrville last Saturday, hosted a visit to Eldorado with relatives.
A young wife shares a tearful quarrel with her husband after discovering a letter addressed in his mother’s handwriting. The postscript requests the husband, Harry, to receive the letter, prompting suspicions of insult and family tension.
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