Pleasant Hill Wins Community Prize Event Notes
Pleasant Hill will receive the Rural Neighborhood Progress Contest prize on Thursday May 4 with a six o clock picnic supper and short program afterward. Chester Hartmann bought a new combine ready to harvest small grain when ripe. Clifton and Mrs Lindig welcomed a son born April 21. Dewayne Hilmar Hartmann arrived April 23 weighing eight pounds seven ounces. Pleasant Hill School visited The Cave Without a Name on April 18 as a yearly pre final tests trip.
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Pleasant Hill
Chester Hartmann
Clifton Lindig
Dewayne Hilmar Hartmann
Hilmar Hartmann
Evers Dairy Introduces Square Bottles With Sealon Hoods
Evers Dairy rolls out square milk bottles with plastic impregnated Sealon hood caps for full sanitary protection. A O Evers confirms completion of new equipment. Sealright of Fulton N Y installs system and advises drivers and staff.
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Evers Dairy
A. O. Evers
Sealright Company
Fulton
N. Y
Sealright
Evers
Revolutionary Typewriter Unveiled at Fredericksburg Press
A new design claims a lighter snappier touch with amazing speed and more than a dozen typing aids. The Fredericksburg Publishing Co showcases this revolutionary device, highlighting features that enhance efficiency and ease of use.
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The
Fredericks
Flooded Kentucky resident recalls long Ohio River flood
A Kentucky reader describes 46 day flood impacts along the Ohio River near Geneva and Evansville. She recalls boats for crossings, moved furniture upstairs, school days missed, and the need for the Standard newspaper during the crisis.
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Standard Reader
Kentucky
Ohio River
Fredericksburg Past Reported In April 1927 Memoir
Fredericksburg notes reveal local storms causing damage near Bandera and Rocksprings, fundraising efforts totaling over 400 dollars, and the FHS track team earning 65½ points for the district championship. Other items include tennis, essay and drama events, and community visits and gatherings across April 1927.
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Christian Jenschke
Theodor Stein
Bandera
Fredericksburg
Jenschke
Stein
Otto Stein
FHS
Kerrville
Schreiner Institute
Ernst Nagel
Crockett Riley
Gilbert Kaderli
Klaerner
Kaderli
Riley
Nagel
Taylor
Petermann
Henke
Margaret Kott
Elmer Maier
Dayton Weber
Eleanor Brodie
Lutherans Conclude Galveston Synod Convention Gathering
Lutherans from Gillespie County were well represented as the Texas District of the American Lutheran Church held its synodical convention in Galveston April 17 to 20 marking the 100th anniversary of Texas Lutheran Synod. The Texas District grew with nine new pastors, three new mission congregations Odessa Dallas Falfurrias, nine new parsonages and twenty five churches dedicated. The Mirror Lake Bible Camp purchase was completed with an assessment of 25 cents per confirmed member yearly for five years. The convention discussed Texas Lutheran College Ingathering and an ALC national investment plan of 2 million dollars for 1950. Reubin Meier and G A Poehlmann represented the Bethany congregation at the national meeting in Columbus Ohio October 5 to 12.
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Gillespie County
Texas
American Lutheran Church
Galveston
First Lutheran Synod
Reuben Meier
G. A. Poehlmann
Bethany
Wm. Kothe
J. F. Holm
Doss-Cherry Spring
Mirror Lake
Tion
Kenneth Dolezal
Texas Lutheran College
S. C. Eastwold
Pacific Lutheran College
Christ's Kingdon
Columbus
Ohio
Reubin Meier
Bethany Lutheran Church
City park built by citizens along Guadalupe River
About 1200 Kerrville residents donated a day of labor to create a city park by the Guadalupe River. By evening a concrete dance floor, 46 picnic centers with tables and benches, 20 barbecue pits, a lighting system, a cold drink stand, and a full children’s playground stood completed.
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Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Weather and road projects promise mild winter to hot summer
A reader notes a mild winter with above average rainfall, normal conditions in copper camps, and highway construction on the tunnel east of Superior along U S Highway 70. In about 18 months a improved Superior to Globe route is expected. Roosevelt Lake reopening bodes a good fishing season after two dry years.
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Superior
Globe
Roosevelt Lake
Battle of San Jacinto Site Slipping Toward Buffalo Bayou
Houston Texans marking the 114th anniversary report the San Jacinto battlefield park slowly sinking toward Buffalo Bayou after a channel cut to berth the retiring battleship Texas. The park commission appeals to Governor Shivers for funds to build a bulkhead.
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San Jacinto
Battle Field
Buffalo Bayou
Park
Texas
Shivers
Portugal Lies Far East of New York City
A geographic note clarifies that Portugal is located to the east of New York City in relation to the globe and standard longitude comparisons.
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Portugal
New York City
Lake Superior Largest North American Lake
The article states that Lake Superior is the largest lake in North America by area. It highlights its vast size and regional significance in the Great Lakes region.
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Lake Superior
Lake
North America
History's Written Record Reaches Six Thousand Years
Archaeologists note that writing and record keeping emerged in ancient civilizations over six thousand years ago, shaping governance, trade, and culture. Early tablets, inscriptions, and scripts reveal complex societies and long cycles of knowledge preservation across regions.
City Census Nearing Completion in Fredericksburg
Victor H. Sagebiel, crew leader, says the decennial census in Fredericksburg is near finish though some residents may have been missed. The Standard prints a census form to clip and mail, for city residents only, as countywide counting continues.
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Fredericksburg
Victor H. Sagebiel
Sagebiel
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