Softball Season Opens as City League Starts Monday
Ray Crash Corrigan the western film star will personally appear at the Palace Theatre on Saturday May 4 for matinee and evening shows. He will perform stunts from Range Buster and scenes from Tumbling Down Ranch in Arizona. City League Softball opens next Monday at Seipp Park with six teams Jacees Mutual Lumber Western Auto Triple A Fat and Lean and the Fire Department.
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Ray “Crash” Corrigan
Palace Theatre
Corrigan
Ray
Fredericksburg
Arizona
Seipp’s Park
Jaycees
Mutual Lumber Company
Estern Auto Supply
Triple A
Fat and Lean
Fire Department
Model Home Open House On West Center Street
Due to bad weather last Sunday the third model home on West Center Street will again hold an open house this Sunday from 2 to 5 p m. Sponsors invite everyone to view the home in the afternoon.
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West Center Street
Colored School Children Attend State Track Meet
Students from Fredericksburg Colored School attended the state meet for colored students in Bracketville Texas with their teacher Miss Devers. The school won four prizes with Edward Clark taking second in arithmetic and speaking and Elijah Clark third in those subjects. Contributions from a quilt sale funded the trip, won by Fred Mathisn, and the school expressed thanks to all contributors.
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Fredericksburg
Colored School
Bracketville
Texas
Edward Clark
Elijah Clark
Fred Mathisn
Miss Devers
Gillespie County Singing Festival Postponed to June
Heavy rainfall forced the 42nd annual Gillespie County Singing Festival to be postponed from Sunday April 27 to Sunday June 8. County Agent Henry Grote notes no crop damage yet, urges farmers to plant rice, and praises soil conservation terraces for protecting soil and moisture amid continuing wet weather.
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Gillespie County
Henry Grote
Grote
Gillespie
Government Engineer Transferred to Army Housing Project
Frank R. Hawkins, a U S Government engineer overseeing the Fredericksburg Federal Building, was moved to De Ridder Louisiana to supervise a large army housing project. He and Mrs Hawkins departed Fredericksburg on Wednesday. A new supervisor for the Fredericksburg building will be stationed at Hearne Texas.
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Frank R. Hawkins
U. S
Fredericksburg
de Ridder
Rain Wipes Out Hill Country League Baseball Games
This week in The Standard sport page describes a rain drenched weekend with no Hill Country League games and a postponed FHS gridiron scrimmage. Officials note spring practice limits and say the future vs past game cannot be played this week without a special ruling.
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FHS
Texas Interscholastic League State Meet Heads Here
The Texas UIL state meet for 1,200 students across rural and urban schools runs May 2 and 3 with competitions in a dozen sports and literary events. Fredericksburg and Gillespie have no entrants this year, while fishing opening is June 1 in Gillespie County. Kentucky Derby hype centers on Max Hirsch trained Dispose from King Ranch Texas.
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Austin
University of Texas
Max Hirsch
King Ranch
Texas
Fredericksburg Music Study Club Concert Trio Leaders
Fredericksburg Concert Band directed by Alfred Pehl joins the Music Study Club and Parent-Teacher Chor al Club under Mrs Nannie Striegler for a program of local selections and vocal solos. Iris Savage Kerrville and Mrs Harris Seguin perform violin and vocal pieces with Hawaiian guitar solos by Mrs Helmuth Behrends. Mrs Frank B Brewer Kerrville and Mrs W C Hoffmann Fredericksburg also sing. The program ends with two numbers by the Music Study Club choral group under Mrs Ross Pittman directed with Miss Gertrude Wehmeyer at piano.
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Fredericksburg
Alfred Pehl
Nannie Striegler
St Mary's Glee Club
Iris Savage
Kerrville
E. S. Harris
Seguin
W. C. Hoffmann
Helmuth Behrends
Frank B
John Baumann Celebrates 85th Birthday at Daughter's Home
John Baumann observed his 85th birthday Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Otto Fritz. A dinner was served to immediate friends and relatives of the honored guest.
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John Baumann
Otto Fritz
Ten Pin League Standings Highlight Individual and Team Marks
High single game by F Heep 253 and 3 game series 606. City of Fredericksburg posts 912 in a single game and Pirates lead with 2631 in the 3 game series.
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F. Heep
City of Fredericksburg
Pirates
No Games In Hill Country League On Past Sunday
Hill Country League games were rained out last Sunday none were played. Next Sunday Kerrville at Harper Fredericksburg at Bourne and Comfort at Stonewall in Sisterdale as part of Sisterdale School’s 50th anniversary events. Directors will decide how to handle rained-out contests under league rules.
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Standard
Kerrville
Harper
Fredericksburg
Bourne
Comfort
Stonewall
Sisterdale
Game Department Discontinues Deer Purchase Policy
Heep, state game warden, reports a communication from the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission that the department will discontinue buying deer and will not pick up deer held in various sections. The notice also confirms fishing laws in Blanco County allow trot lines, with the season opening May 1, Llano County also open but trotlines prohibited, and Masor County following Gillespie County rules with a June 1 start.
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Heep
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
State Department
Blanco County
Llano County
Masor
Gillespie County
Youth Transferred to California Station
R. L. Kott Jr a Gulf Oil Company executive in Houston and Naval Reserve Air Corps officer has been called to report for active duty in San Diego California He left Houston Saturday and his parents Mr and Mrs R L Kott accompanied him to the departure.
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R. L. Kott, Jr
Gulf Oil Company
Houston
Naval Reserve Air Corps
San Diego
California
R. L. Kott
Fiesta de San Jacinto Parade Attended by Several Families
Mr and Mrs Eddie Rusen berger and son Walter join Mr and Mrs Bruno Arlitt at the Fiesta de San Jacinto parade in San Antonio on Friday.
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Eddie Rusenberger
Walter
Bruno Arlitt
San Antonio
Annual Garden Club Show Details and Exhibits
The Annual Garden Club outlines displays including cacti under Mrs. Walter Foerster and Centerpieces under Mesdames W. H. Schaefer Max Henke and Henry Lochte. Women’s and children's exhibits are organized by noted members with Mrs. Nettie Wuest directing bubble bowls. The painter, miniature, shadow boxes, and vase displays fall to Mrs. B. J. Longshore and R. E. Schiller while Mrs. Arthur Hortmann oversees the children's exhibits.
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Alex Durst
Aug, Doell
Walter Foerster
W. H. Schaefer
Max Henke
Henry Lochte
Theo Haag
Gus Hartmann
Nettie Wuest
B. J. Longshore
R. E. Schiller
Arthur Hortmann
Two County Babies Born in A Week
Two girls were born to Gil lespie County parents during the past week. One daughter arrived April 29 to Mr and Mrs Lennon and the other April 30 to Mr and Mrs Burrery.
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Gillespie County
D. G. Lennon
Howard Burrery
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J.C
Western Auto
Mutual
J.C. Mutual
AAA
J C
J. C
Fire Dept. Aaa
Fat & Lean
Esa
Pather
Tembledown Ranch
Star
Tumbledown Ranch
Loretta Young
the Lady
Cheyenne
Buster Keaton
the Great Mr. Nobody
Eddie Albert
Charles Boyer
Margaret Sullivan
Kentucky
Pete Smith
Army Housing Project
Music Study Club
Peter’s Bar Ancos
Lone Star Beer
Five Aces
Hotel Nimitz
Turn Verein
Southern Select City of Flag
Falstaff
Mutual Lumber
Ladies
Pet
Velma Hahn
Fritzie Gold
Olie Juenke
G. Krauskopf
Game Department
Stonewall, Texas
Felix Pehl and His Orchestra
Seipp’s
Lil
Camp Bowie
Peter’s Hall
Adolph Hofner
Luckenbach
Texas Playboys
Turner Hall
Social Turn Verein
Doss Cyclones
Herman
Felix Peht
Old Time
Gillespie County Historical Society
MISS
Falkenburg
Hollywood
Broadway
Zine
Miss Pearl of
Live Oak
The
Bear Creek Shooting Club
Pehl
Old Time Orchestra
Erwin C. Kraus
W. Main ST
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