City Softball League Plans May 6 Start
The City Softball League will launch a seven week schedule May 6 with eight teams eight total six from the city and two from the country. Opening game Humble versus Stonewall at 8 30 p m. Games set for Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday nights with 10 cent admission. Teams include Stonewall Cave Creek Fire Department Colden Humble Sunset Kallenbergs Fat and Forty.
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Stonewall
Cave Creek
Fire Department
Colden
Humble
Sunset
Kallenbergs
Fat
Caseden
Fire Dept
Kallenberg’s
Fat & Forty
Hospital Week Recap Lists Surgeries Injuries Births and Visits
This week at local hospitals lists surgery patients Vera Weinheimer Gilbert Steitle Robin Ahrens Bernhard Fiedler Sonny Cherry and Mrs Walter Kott. Three injuries Willie Kaiser Sr Lawrence Heinemann’s son and Manuel Chavez required emergency care but were released after treatment. Births include a girl to Edwin Itz and a boy to Edgar Itz. Klaerner and Lange families attended the Battle of Flowers in San Antonio.
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Vera Weinheimer
Gilbert Steitle
Robin Ahrens
Bernhard Fiedler
Sonny” Cherry
Harper
Walter Kott
Willie Kaiser, Sr
Laurence Heinemann
Manuel Chavez
Edwin Itz
Edgar Itz
Johnson City
Otto Kolmeier Co Promotes Appliance Sale and Show
Otto Kolmeier & Co dealer for Maytag washing machines Stewart Warner and Hot Point refrigerators electric ranges and water heaters invites the public to Aunt Tillie a comedy evening at H S Auditorium on May 3 at 8 00 PM.
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Otto Kolmeier & Co
Maytag
Stewart Warner
Hot Point
Aunt Tillie
H. S. Auditorium
Berg the Hermit Continues in Lone Texas Ravine Life
A long feature recalls the hermit Berg who chose a cave creek ravine in Texas for his home. The ruins show genius in limestone construction with a handmade pipe organ, water, heating and ventilation. His life, driven by a vanished romance in Germany, ended in isolation as the hermit of the hills.
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Berg
Cave Creek
Lome
Hermitage
Hills
Nature
Germany
Texas
Indianola
Hill Country Bankers Elect Walter Martin President
Walter Martin head of the Commercial Bank of Mason was elected president of the Hill Country Bankers at the semi annual meeting in Mason. Officers named include Walter Sparks as vice president and A L Gray as secretary treasurer. Delegates from Fredericksburg San Antonio Fort Worth Austin Dallas Galveston Houston Hondo Junction Brady Menard Winters Bandera Paint Rock Brownwood attended. next meeting slated for October in Brady.
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Walter Martin
Commercial Bank of Mason
Hill Country Banker’s
Mason
Fredericksburg National Bank
W. J. Schroeder
Alfred Petsehh
John Metzger
Edward Stein
Martin
Walter Sparks
Bexar County National Bank
George C. Stengel
Menard
A. L. Gray
Brady
I. E. Adamietz
Bandera
J. W. Butler
U. S. National Bank of Galveston
Texas Bankers’ Association
Roscoe Runge
John Q McAdams
Winters
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Austin
Dallas
Galveston
Houston
Hondo
Junction
Paint Rock
Brownwood
Mason Brady
Historical society program taking form numbers announced
The event features the Arion choir performing Hansel and Gretel with two young dancers. Pehl's German Band and the Junior Band, sponsored by the American Legion, provide music. Dancers perform old folk dances to accordion by Almon Kirchhoff including Polka Quadrille and more.
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Arion
Hansel
Gretel
Pehl
American Legion
Almon Kirchhoff
Herr Schmidt
April Rain Hits Several County Areas Hard
Counties report heavy showers with notable temperature swings on April 13. Levi Deike in Hye logged 3.70 inches while Karl Durst in Doss measured 3.55 inches and Otto Rahe in Harper 3.54 inches. Other readings ranged around three inches as the Texas petroleum industry contributes a quarter of state school taxes.
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Grees
Levi Deike
Hye
Karl Durst
Doss
Otto Rahe
Harper
Ben Riley
Oswald Eckhardt
The
Texas Petroleum Industry
Political Announcements Policy for Public Notices
Column to publish political notices in order of receipt. All announcements must be prepaid before publication. The Standard reserves the right to edit for length and clarity while preserving essential facts and identified candidates.
1940 Democratic Primary for 85th District Rep
Voters will choose between A. W. Mourland and Lawrence L. Bruhe in the first Democratic primary for the 85th District seat on July 27 1940.
We Believe War Leaders Face War Psychology
The piece discusses Chamberlain and Duff Cooper in wartime speech, noting that leaders aim to persuade the public the foe is a nation not a single man. It cites German wartime bitterness over Versailles and warns the conflict could become an extermination war if leaders fail to seek peace.
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Germany
American Legion to Sponsor July Fourth Fete Again
The American Legion confirms sponsorship of the July 4th fete as planned this year. A ladies auxiliary was formed during Tuesday’s meeting. Memorial services are set for June 2 near Memorial Day. Ex servicemen’s reunion slated for Klaemner’s Grove on August 4 with visitors Mr and Mrs A O Willman, Mr and Mrs Monk of Kerrville, and Mr Hallbrook, Kerrville post commander.
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The
Legion
Klaemner’s Grove
A. O. Willman
Monk
Former resident named Junction C O C director
R L Kott, manager of the Casa Loma Hotel in Junction and a former Fredericksburg resident, was named a director of the Junction Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting.
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R. L. Kott
Casa Loma
Junction
Fredericksburg
Junction Chamber of Commerce
Auto License Plate Reduction Effective May 1
Gillespie auto owners urged by County Assessor and Collector Wm. Petmecky to register their vehicles now. Plates bought after May 1 carry a 1/12th price reduction, but hundreds remain unregistered and must be registered and plates purchased before use.
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Gillespie
Wm. Petmecky
Petmecky
Three Youths Injured in Sunday Night Car Crash
Three youths Arnold Kneese Henry Jordan and Joe Heep were injured in a Sunday night crash after attending the Singing Festival in Luckenbach. The car wreck occurred along the road leaving Kneese with minor injuries while the others suffered various hurts.
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Arnold Kneese
Henry Jordan
Joe Heep
Luckenbach
Uillen
Kneese
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In the Hospital
Alfons Klaerner
Rudolph Lange
Live Oak
Berg the Hermit
Mason Banker
Historical Society
Samantha
A. W. Mourland
Lawrence L. Bruhe
Suly
Junction C. O. C
Rocky Hill
Tatsch’s Hall
Cain City
George
Texas Play Boys
Wrede
P. T. A. Bazaar
Southern Swingsters
Nebgen
Albert
Pehl’s Hall
Lizzie
Herman
Big Boys
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
Max W. Staudt
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