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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1950
Page
14
A Social Security Administration field representative will be in Fredericksburg on Tuesday May 9 1950 at 1:00 p m. The event at the Chamber of Commerce office offers wage earners and survivors information on retirement and survivor benefits under the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance program.
Twenty students from Pecan Creek School visited Buchanan Lake with parents and Mrs Archie Geistweidt and her husband. The trip, led by the teacher, replaced the annual school closing picnic and provided a day of local recreation.
Local notes from Johnson City recount residents attending events at San Marcos and trips to Austin Fredericksburg Galveston and Houston. Visitors include Curtis White Jr. Haynes Gipson families and Mary Davis Joyce Winters and others. A baby boy was born to Hilmar Hartmann on April 22.
Sunday April 31 at St Marys Fredericksburg hosted a deanery meeting of Catholic Youth from Harper Bandera Kerrville Boerne and Fredericksburg. Emma Weber was prefect Arthur Baumann Jr secretary Kay Cartwright treasurer and committee chairs were named.
St Mary's parish supplied the April quota for the Alamo Council Red Cross. The donations included 102 dozen homemade cookies 64 prize gifts and 6 special prizes. The Brooke Medical Center received three hit records from the Red Cross.
The Standard announces candidates for the Democratic Primary on July 22 1950. For District Attorney 33rd Judicial District Sam Connally of San Sabe seeks re election. For State Senator 25th District Dorsey B Hardemann of San Angelo seeks re election.
District PTA Convention reports from Buda dated April 26 and 27 will be presented at the Public School Parent-Teacher Association meeting on Wednesday May 10. The event starts at 3 p.m. in the school Music Room and includes installation of new officers and a social hour after the meeting. All mothers are urged to attend as the last meeting of the school year.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kneese hosted family guests including their son Capt. Edgar Kneese who has served in the Hawaiian Islands with the U.S. Army. Daughters Irene and Lorraine Kneese joined by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kneese and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Treibs. Capt. Kneese, three years in Hawaii, will report for duty in Washington this week.
An advertisement announces a service at Fredericksburg Publishing Co to imprint a bill with a customer’s name at their favorite store. The notice highlights personalized imprinting options and associates the service with the local publisher.
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