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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
19
Mrs Ernst Wilke observed her seventy eighth birthday on Friday when relatives visited her home. Her daughter Mrs Emma French helped serve refreshments during the afternoon gathering.
Feeder lambs in Southdown and Suffolk and adult and kid goats are showcased. The public is invited to a barbecue lunch at Fair Park starting at 12 noon. The program ends at 3 30 pm with the judging contest winners announced. committee includes Stone, Francis Kott, Victor Wendel, Edmund Fritz, Curtis Feller and Simon J Burg.
We believe Texans rallied at Precinct Conventions across the state, showing renewed patriotism and interest in honest government. Governor Shivers and Jack Porter are hailed as leaders of the movement, while the article contests Taft faction patronage and defends a shift toward popular rule ahead of November elections.
Weather observers report Gil lesp ie County received over four inches of rain in April with 5.69 inches in Bankersmith by Elroy Schnelle and 5.33 inches in the city by Alfred Neffendorf. City total for four months in 1952 stands at 10.98 inches, above the 8.52 inch average. A May 1 shower brought up to 2.20 inches in some areas and light hail caused garden damage but no widespread losses.
Esther Cleveland is noted as the only child born in the White House in 1893. St Peter is described as the patron saint of locksmiths due to his keys to heaven. Coral is presented as a term for animal life.
In observance of National Music Week the Music Study Club presents America's Heritage of Song a pageant of American folk songs May 8 at 7 45 p m in the Public School Auditorium. Shirley Bernhard and Bob Westerfeldt narrate. The program opens with a 30 minute Hi School Band concert directed by Kermit Gammenthaler and a community choir. various nationalities and folk groups perform including Liza Jane Home on the Range Comin Thru the Rye Rosa The Little Dustan Listen to the Mockingbird tunes by Mary Margaret Tally and others. St Marys and FHS choirs join for sacred numbers Onward Christian Soldiers Now the Day is Over.
The City Commission announced new hours for the dumping grounds off Harper road. They will be open from 9 a m to 7 p m to accommodate residents who wish to haul refuse after work.
Fredericksburg Publishing Company Inc offers gold stamped leather items including fountain pens brief cases and bill folds as part of its new goods display.
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