Fredericksburg Holds Two Day Spring Clean Up Campaign
The city will run the annual spring clean up on Thursday and Friday April 7 and 8. City trucks collect curbside trash with residents urged to place accumulations at the curb on Wednesday night April 6. The effort aims to keep Fredericksburg among the cleanest cities and reduce mosquito breeding places ahead of Easter events.
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Frdericksburg
Fredericksburg
Fredericksbugr
Joe Molberg
Parking Meters Sought in Fredericksburg Business District
Petitions circulating in Fredericksburg seek city council approval to install parking meters in the business district. Hundreds have signed, with supporters saying fees would cover meter costs and possibly fund other city needs. Proponents note nearby towns like Kerrville already use meters.
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Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Television Comes to Fredericksburg Nears Public Reception
Fredericksburg radio shops push to bring TV to the city with Elbert Hahne reporting reception of KLEE TV Houston at his Llano Highway home on Monday night. A boxing telecast impressed locals as Pfiester Appliance and City Radio and Electric race to secure earlier TV access amid doubts from manufacturers.
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Fredericksburg
Elbert Hahne
Llano Highway
Jahne
Klee-Tv
Houston
Pfiester Appliance Company
City Radio and Electric
San Antonio
Trustee Elections Set For Saturday In County Schools
Voters will select school board trustees in all county districts on Saturday April 2. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. In Fredericksburg Independent School District ballots list two candidates Nolan Brown seeks re election and Paul Sultemeier runs for the open seat created by Walter Ottmers resignation. County wide races include Felix Jenschke vs Arthur H Kowert for at large board. Emil Dietrich seeks reelection in Precinct 1 and Willie Berg in Precinct 3, both unopposed.
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Fredericksburg
Karl Hartmann
Herbert Haas
Richard Ransleben
Fredericksburg Independent
Nolan Brown
Board of Trustees
Paul Sultemeier
Walter Ottmers
Felix Jenschke
Arthur H. Kowert
Emil Dietrich
Willie Berg
Fishing Contests Announced by Gillespie County Group
The Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association announced fishing contests from April 1 to September 1, 1949. Adults must be members. children under 12 need not join. Prizes include reels, rods, and a cash award for the largest turtle weighing in at the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce office.
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Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Ocean City
Penn Peer
Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Building Permits Issued This Week
Building permits issued during the past week include L Lunch porch project on Utter Street valued at 103 dollars, James Danz chicken house on East Austin Street 45 dollars, Oswald Oestreich shed addition to garage on Edison Street 35 dollars, Max Schneider residence on W Walch Avenue 2195 dollars, Felix Scherer garage annex on N Crockett Street 35 dollars, and Perry Jung move and alter chicken shed on Elm Street 15 dollars.
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L. D. Lunch
Utter Street
James Danz
East Austin Street
Oswald Oestreich
Edison Street
Max Schneider
W. Walch Avenue
Felix Scherer
N. Crockett Street
Perry Jung
Elm Street
Easter Fire Commemorative Plate Sale Expanded
The Fredericksburg Easter Fires Association expands plate sales to local firms including the Chamber of Commerce, City Cafe, Dooley's Store, and more. Memberships fund the Easter pageant on April 16 with a plan adding a large cast, the high school band, and St. Marys Glee Club. plates feature multiple colors and serve as entry receipts.
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Chamber of Commerce
Almon Kirchhoff
Kirchhoff
Fredericksburg
Easter Fires Association
Direcors
City Cafe
Fredericksburg National Farm Loan Association
Dooley’s
Radio Post
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Association
Gillespie County
Easter Fire Association
Fredericksburg High School
St. Mary’s Glee Club
Lions Start Practice Sessions For Minstrel Show
Lions Club in Fredericksburg announces Cliff Bledsoe of San Antonio will direct the Sixth Annual Minstrel Show at the High School Auditorium on April 29 and 30. A 30 person chorus and end men will perform over about two hours with professional talent from San Antonio. Dr Dor Brown will chair the minstrel doll committee. Lion Joe Stein urges civic participation in governance. Richard Fritz thanks the club for aiding the wheelchair purchase.
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Cliff Bledsoe
San Antonio
Lions Club
Fredericksburg
Bledsoe
Alex Frantzen
Nimitz
Henry Kuenemann
Dor Brown
Lion Joe Stein
Richard Fritz
Fritz
Hospital News This Week Operations Report
The Hospital News This Week lists patients undergoing surgery in local hospitals during the past week. Individuals named include Virginia Sagebiel daughter of August Sagebiel, a tonsillectomy, and Michael Jennings son of E L Jennings, also a tonsillectomy, among others identified by surname and relation.
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Virginia Sagebiel
August Sagebiel
Alfred Klaerner
Iva Lee Sultemeier
Frank Basse
Fritz Potschernick
Arthur Jung
Michael Jennings
E. L. Jennings
Dan Weiershausen
H. R. Saunders
Catherine Randolph
Clegg Smith
Helmuth Ottmers
Hilmar Eckert
Fredericksburg Visit By Molbergs And Heep Family
Mrs. Max Molberg and her son Stephen along with Almon Heep of San Antonio spent the weekend in Fredericksburg visiting local relatives.
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Max Molberg
Stephen
Almon Heep
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Opens New Municipal Building to 3000+ Visitors
Thousands toured Fredericksburg’s new city hall and Volunteer Fire Department building Sunday. Mayor Molberg and officials greeted guests while the vault and fire equipment drew praise. Visitors came from nearby towns and as far as Rock Island Illinois and Stuttgart Germany. Fire Chief Juenke noted drills boosted member enthusiasm as a new truck arrives in April.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburgs
Mayor Molberg
Apelt and
Schneider
City Hall
Molberg
Austin
San Antonio
Kerrville
Comfort
Blanco
Mason
Llano
Johnson City
Junction
Rock Island
Illinois
Guenther Burrer
Germany
Stuttgart
Patrick J. Murray
Ireland
Murray
St. Mary’s Church
Gillespie County Singing Festival Set For April 24
Seven choirs will participate in the Gillespie County Singing Festival on Sunday April 24 at Weinheimer's Hall Stonewall with the Concordia choir of Fredericksburg as sponsor The day includes a morning business meeting a 2 p m reception and a massed chorus directed by Ernst Crenwelge The festival features Arion Ad Hopf Echo Knopp School Herman Sons Mixed Albert Mixed Choir Henry Fratzen Albert Men's Choir Viggo Nielsen Mouseback Creek Columbia and ends with a dance by the Tex as Ramblers
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Gillespie County
Weinheimer’s Hall
Stonewall
Concordia Choir of
Fredericksburg
Ernst Crenwelge
Concordia
Gillespie County Fair to Enter Fiesta Parade in San Antonio
The Gillespie County Fair Association will sponsor an illuminated float in the Fiesta de San Antonio parade on April 23. A special events committee led by Elgin Heimann and Wm. M. Petmecky will oversee arrangements with President Harry O. Davis approving. The float will symbolize a county fair with a queen and a court of children to be announced soon.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
San Antonio
Alamo City
Elgin Heimann
Wm. M. Petmecky
L. W. Feller
Temple Duderstadt
Clifton Land
Wm. Kuenemann
Harry O. Davis
Gillespie County
Local births report two newborns in week
A boy born March 29 to Mr and Mrs S E Crossley and a girl born March 24 to Mr and Mrs Roman Stehling were welcomed in local hospitals this week.
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S. E. Crossley
Roman Stehling
Auto License Plates Expire on April 1st
April 1 marks the end of the 1948 motor vehicle registration year and all cars must have new plates. Tax Assessor-Collector Wm. M. Petmecky urges compliance in today’s Standard. Penalties apply to license fees after that date unless an affidavit proves the vehicle was not driven after April 1. State Highway Department rules require owners to present their plates.
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Wm. M. Petmecky
State Highway Department
Hail, High Winds Hit County Areas Friday Night
Beneficial rains soaked Fredericksburg and most of the county east of the city with over an inch of rainfall late Thursday into Friday. Hail the size of marbles fell northeast of Fredericksburg near Marshall Creek, with minor damage reported. Friday midnight brought thunderstorms and strong, shifting winds but no local damage. Tornadoes statewide caused fatalities and injuries elsewhere, with fatalities and injuries reported in six southern states Saturday night.
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Fredericksburg
Marshall Creek
Eddie Kramer
Segner
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Texas
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Lions Aid
Gillespie County Community Chest
Lion
Lion Arthur Schaetter
William Schroeder Jr
Hahne
Same-Fish Society
Kilman
IN the Hospital
Fire Department
Eric Juenke
Illespie County
Weinheimers Hall
Albert Segner
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