Community Spirit and Home Business in Fredericksburg
Opinion piece condemns self centered locals who ignore the Golden Rule and urges buying and selling at home in Gillespie County. It praises Hill Country trade, links home commerce to jobs, property values, and proper highways, and names “community killers” who profit from others’ labor. The column cites Mr Chamberlain’s radio remarks about German responsibility for war. Continued on page 2, Col. 4.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Eains
Texas
Hill
Fredericksburg Standard Crowned Best All Around
The Fredericksburg Standard was named Best All Around newspaper in its city size category by the South Texas Press Association at its annual convention. A San Antonio Paper Company cup awarded for the honor is on display in the Standard’s window, the first such local city acclaim in its history.
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Fredericksburg Standard
South Texas
South Texas Press Association
San Antonio
April Rains Boost Gillespie County Splendor
March into April brought generous rains across Gillespie County with hail and a frost dip to 29 degrees on April 1. Grapetown registered the heaviest rainfall at 5.47 inches led by 2.87 inches on April 5 and 1.96 on April 25, while Fredericksburg recorded 4.47 inches. highs reached 93 degrees on April 22 and 30.
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Gillespie County
Grapetown
Kermit Schnelle
Bankersmith
Fredericksburg
Alfred Neffendorf
Scholastics Listed In Final Census Count
Final census figures for Gilespie County show about 2856 scholastics counted in March. Albert Petermann, Asst County School Superintendent, notes inclusion of about 100 scholastics from adjoining counties and 15 colored scholastics within county line districts.
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Gilespie
Albert Petermann
Wolf Trapper Hired by Big Flat Wolf Club
The Big Flat Community Wolf Club with U S Interior and Biological Survey approval hired Claude L Hill of San Antonio as chief trapper to clear pigs and herds of sheep goats and cattle prey. Hill has trapped since 1937 averaging 2800 coyotes bobcats and 9 mountain lions removed in prior regions. He is contracted through August 31 1940 with option to extend.
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Big Flat
Wolf Club
U. S. Department of the Interior
U. S. Biological Survey
Claude L. Hill
San Antonio
Hill
Ad. Stahl
Walter Pressler
Pressler
J. J. Stewart
Gillespie County Historical Society Plans May Program
Plans for Gillespie County Historical Society program on Friday night May 10 at the Public School Auditorium take shape. Winners of the essay contest will be announced after 66 entries were filed. 41 junior and 25 senior essays. The Frohsian Society presents Die Verbung im Hotel with Mol berg Rosenbach Jung and Mrs Kraus. The Casino will be depicted in the program with the Lancers dancing after the play and Hermansohn members perform Sunday Afternoon at the Hermit Berg with visiting singers.
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Gillespie County Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Frohsian Society
Public School
Joe Molberg
John Rosenbach
Alois Jung
Paul Kraus
Frohsian
Gillespie County
Lancers
Hermansohn
Hermit Berg
National Music Week Observed With City Programs
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County mark National Music Week May 5 to 12 with a series of public programs. Highlights include the Music Week program by the Music Study Club, PTA Choral Club events, a joint voice recital at St. Joseph’s Hall, and St Mary’s Glee Club’s annual San Antonio trip for the Our Lady of the Lake College festival.
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Mary Louise Klingelhoefer
Robert Klingelhoefer
Peggy Petsch
Alfred Petsch
St. Mary’s School
St. Joseph's Hall
Frances Elaine Ernst
Evelyn Becker
St Mary’s Glee Club
Frances Ernst
St. Mary's Glee Club
San Antonio
St. Mary’s
Glee Club
Our Lady of the Lake
St. Mary's School
Tornadoes and Floods Claim Ten Lives This Week
Early this week tornadoes hail and heavy rains caused ten deaths including J. E. McNeese Cecil McNeese and Mary Lee Cook in Texas. A twister struck Richland while a cloudburst washed the Cooks from under a culvert where they sheltered.
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Texas
J. E. McNeese
Cecil McNeese
Richland
Mary Lee Cook
Ted Cook
Frankston
Germany
Oslo
Trondheim
Fredericksburg Seniors Present Annual Class Play Friday
The Fredericksburg High School senior class will stage the annual class play Friday at 8 p m. The farce Aunt Tillie Goes To Town stars Mildred Borchers Genevieve Stieler Kathryn Langerhans Cecilia Leutbecher Alice Durst Robert Petermann Wilburn Hahn Allen Johansen Mary Louise Klingelhoefer and Arlean Fry under B L Enderle’s direction and supervision.
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Frederiksburg High School
Aunt Tillie
Mildred Borchers
Genevieve Stieler
Kathryn Langerhans
Cecilia Leutbecher
Alice Durst
Robert Petermann
Wilburn Hahn
Allen Johansen
Mary Louise Klingelhoefer
Arlean Fry
B. L. Enderle
Apothecary Max Wahrmund Visits Fredericksburg
Max Wahrmund an apothecary from Austin spent Monday visiting friends and relatives in Fredericksburg.
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Max Wahrmund
Austin
Fredericksburg
Three Youths Injured In Sunday Night Car Crash
Three Gillespie County youths were injured when their car en route to Luckenbach collided with a oncoming vehicle on the Fredericksburg Luckenbach road about two miles north of Luckenbach. Rubin Schumann suffered a dislocated right shoulder Vincent Deike a severe gash above an eyebrow and a broken right collarbone Jacob Heep received cuts and bruises. Schumann and Deike remained in a local hospital for several days before returning home.
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Gillespie County
Luckenbach
Fredericksburg
Rubin Schumann
Victor Deike
Jacob Heep
Schumann
Deike
Schreiner Institute Glee Club Performs Tuesday Night
The Schreiner Institute Glee Club under Dr Quinn will sing on the Palace Theatre stage Tuesday night. The appearance is hosted by the Music Study Club in connection with National Music Week and features the junior college group.
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Schreiner Institute
Dr. Quinn
Palace Theatre
Music Study Club
Junior College
Berg The Hermit and Gillespie County Social Life
Gillespie County Historical Society presents a program on the early social life of Gillespie County highlighting the recluse Berg The Hermit of The Hills. He was a genius who shunned society while the community thrived on clubs and companionship. The May 10 event will feature his contrasting life as part of local history.
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Gillespie County
Berg
the Hills
Soil Conservation Unit Sought For Gillespie County
Gillespie County agents led by Henry Grote with the AAA and Soil Conservation Service seek a 1500 to 2000 acre tract for a model soil conservation unit. A committee including Harry F Eckhardt and Felix Pfiester will recruit 5 to 6 cooperating farmers to map and plan terraces and improvements. The project mirrors statewide efforts to demonstrate conservation benefits.
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Gillespie County
Henry Grote
AAA
Soil Conservation Service
Grote
Max Grana
Harry F. Eckhardt
Richard Laurence
Felix Pfiester
Ninety-Five Mattress Applications Received By Farm Agents
County residents respond to a mattress program with 95 applications by Wednesday. The deadline is moved to May 10 to allow all interested to apply. An eight-woman committee coordinates distribution and outreach through Miss Martin and Henry Grote.
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Elberta Martin
Gillespie County
Miss Martin
Henry Grote
AAA
American Legion to sponsor July 4th fete again
The Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion decided in a regular meeting last Tuesday night to again sponsor the city July 4th fete this year. The group has annually hosted the event and aims for another successful celebration in the city.
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Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
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PTA Choral Club
Teacher
Nannie Striegler
St. Joseph Hall
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
New York
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Lorenzo
Crosby County
Irvin Bownds
Lorenzo State Bank
Bownds
FHS
Schreiner Institute Glee Club
Soil Conservation Unit
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