Conservation Meeting Set Tuesday At Fair Grounds
Local business leaders farmers and ranchers gather Tuesday night May 16 at 7 30 at Fair Park to discuss soil and water conservation as part of Texas Soil Conservation District Week. Kendall Kerr Gillespie and Pedernales districts will attend with a 30 minute statewide broadcast and slides showing local district progress.
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Fair Park
Texas Soil Conservation District
Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Association of
Hill Country Soil Conservation Districts
Agriculture Building
Association
Kendall, Kerr
Gillespie
Pedernales
Association of Texas Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Freedricksburg High School Band Members Honored at Concert
Freedricksburg High School honored band members at Saturday’s concert held during a Chick a barbecue sponsored by the Band Boosters Club. Director David Hargis awarded Reuben Moellering for outstanding service and presented First Chair pins to top players in both the senior and junior bands.
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Reuben Moellering
FHS
David Hargis
Freedricksburg High School
and Boosters Club
Evon
Hargis
Semr
Cornets
Klinksick
James Teschner
Curtis Eckhardt
Herbert Springall
Wilburn Meier
David Walter
Jo Ann Beegier
Mary Louise Hei
Erwin Elershausen
Wilbert Ransleben
Jo Joyce Wahl
Levi Ellebracht
Marilyn Lawrence
Gene Lewis
Nolan Klier
Bobby Nettle
Robert Holly
Patsy Heimann
Roy Enderlin
Kathleen Kneese
Freddie Pet
Fredericksburg Visit Ends for Faubion Family
Mr and Mrs Eugene Faubion and their children returned to New York City after a 17 day visit in Fredericksburg with his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Hilmar Lang. They also called on relatives in San Antonio Mason and other cities.
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Eugene Faubion
New York City
N. Y
Fredericksburg
Hilmar Lang
San Antonio Mason
Last Chance: Standard's Census Guessing Contest Closes May 15
The Standard offers a census guessing contest with prizes of 10 dollars for first, 7.60 for second, and 5.00 for third. Entries must be postmarked by midnight May 15 and will be dated upon receipt. ties go to the earliest entry.
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Standard
Fredericksburg
Construction Work Underway On Humble Station
Construction is underway on the Humble Pump Station near Eckert on the Llano Highway with completion expected by mid June. Foreman F W Culwell said the site includes a 30 000 barrel steel overflow tank and five cottages for staff on a 15 acre tract. the western end pump station joins with an 370 mile pipeline from Kemper to Satsuma with testing before starting oil flow at 135 000 barrels per day.
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Humble
Eckert
Llano Highway
F. W. Culwell
Humble Company
A. E. Sagebiel
Culwell
Kemper
Big Lake
West
Texas
Satsuma
Houston
Ft. McKavitt
Sonora
Menard
Gillespie County
San Antonio Man Critically Hurt In Saturday Crash
John D. Mingus aged 28 of San Antonio was critically injured when the car he rode in overturned 13 miles west of Fredericksburg near Loch Berg on the Mason Highway. He was taken to Fredericksburg Hospital in unconscious condition with head and chest injuries.
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John D. Mingus
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Loch Berg
Mason Highway
Mingus
Robert Loth
Big Lake
Loth
Lawrence
Carey
Cherry Springs
Mason
State Legion Commander to Visit in City
Joe Spurlock of Ft. Worth state commander of the American Legion will be guest of the Louis Jordan Post on Friday evening May 19. H Welge Lewis commander of the local post said a committee is arranging the program for the event.
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Joe Spurlock
Ft. Worth
American Legion
Louis Jordan Post
H. Welge Lewis
John Adams Aged 90, Longest Living U.S. President
John Adams died at age 90, the longest lived U.S. president. His death marks the end of a life that spanned the era of the founding of the nation and the early republic.
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John Adams
U. S
Annual Spring Flower Show Shines at Garden Club Event
The Garden Club hosted the Annual Spring Flower Show at Peters Hall last Friday. Judges from Mason and Llano awarded blue ribbons for the wild flower display and numerous prize-winning arrangements.
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Garden Club
Peter’s Hall
Kenny Knopp
Emmie Detjen
Betty Stroeher
Darlene Duecker
Jay Hein
Nannie Striegler
Joanna Scherer
Maude Negus
Carl Bielfeldt
C. M. Halm
Mason
Cordelia
Elenor
Catherine Norton
Llano
Girl Scout Troop 4
Edgar Klett
Patsy Pehl
Patricia Duecker
Barbara Reinbach
Louise Kraus
Helen Schumann
Jackie Blanchard
Marilyn Beckmann
Raymond Stehling Injured In East Texas Truck Crash
Raymond Stehling 23 was critically injured early Friday when his empty trailer truck collided with a stalled vehicle 22 miles east of Bryan near North Zulch on US 190. He, a Stein Lumber driver en route to Camden to load lumber, was thrown from the cab. He received arm head and leg injuries and was hospitalized in Bryan with transfusions from family and company staff. The tractor was a total loss and returned to Fredericksburg.
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Raymond Stehling
Bryan
North Zulch
U. S. Highway 190
Stehling
Stein Lumber Company
Camden
Texas
Fredericksburg
Bryan Hospital
Tyrus Cox
US Savings Bonds Independence Drive Opens May 15
The Independence Drive opens nationwide on Monday May 15 and runs through July 4. Its Liberty Bell symbol and theme Save for your Independence Buy U S Savings Bonds promote self reliance and thrift as part of the year round program.
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U. S
Save For
America
Weekend guests from San Antonio visit Klaerners
Mr and Mrs Felix Klaerner hosted as weekend guests Mrs Lena Carmack and Mrs Margaret Oifers both from San Antonio, sharing a courteous social gathering at their home.
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Felix Klaerner
Lena Carmack
Margaret Oifers
San Antonio
Graduation Exercises Planned for City Schools
Graduation exercises are scheduled for Fredericksburg Public School and St. Marys School in late May. Fredericksburg Public School will hold events May 21 and May 23 with 74 seniors. St Marys will award diplomas May 28 after Mass and a class night May 26.
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Fredericksburg
St. Mary’s
A. K. Krause
C. A. Greenwaldt
First Methodist Church
St. Mary’s High School
Msgr
F. X. Wolf
John McPhee
Assistant Named in Vocational Ag At Public School
Malcom e Fluitt was named assistant to Joe Tatum in the Vocational Agriculture Department at the public school by the board of trustees last week. A senior at Texas A M College Fluitt will graduate in June and is a Marble Falls native. The board must obtain State Board approval to add a second instructor.
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Malcome Fluitt
Joe Tatum
Vocational Agriculture Department
Fluitt
Texas A & M College
Marble Falls
State Board of Vocational Agriculture
Fredericksburg
David Hargis
College Street
Moursanr
Travis Street
Peach Trees Damaged By Lack Of Cold Weather
Mild winter in Texas left peach trees without a proper rest period. John Hutchison of Texas A and M College explains the insufficient chill hours affecting Gillespie County orchards. The article notes growers' concern and continues on page 3.
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Texas
Gillespie County
John Hutchison
Texas A & M College
Fair Catalog Ad Drive Deemed Very Successful
The 1950 Fair catalog ad drive opened April 25 with a breakfast and was praised by Ewald Schaefer and Walter Fuhrmann for strong volunteer effort and broad community response. Merchants are urged to place reservations by May 15 to fund printing and premiums for the August 18 19 20 fair.
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Ewald Schaefer
Walter ©. Fuhrmann
Schaefer
Werner Moehr
Film To Be Shown To Promote Special Education Program
A county meeting in the school Band Room on Tuesday May 16 at 7 pm aims to organize a local unit promoting special education. Martin M. Ricker of the Texas Crippled Children Society will speak and show a film about a cerebral palsied child.
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Martin M. Ricker
The
Texas Crippled Children Society of
Dellas
Texas Society For Crippled Children
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Fair Grounds
Humble Station
Troop 13
Bonnie Sue Hein
Cynthia Talley
Delia Davidson
Walter Kolmeier
Otto Henke
Henry Bierschwale
Leo Petsch
E. A. St. Clair
Dor Brown
H. Springall
Norman Dietel
Gus Klingelhoefer
Walter Knoche
Dor W. Brown
Ben Kneese
Albert Henke
East Texas
Stem Lumber Co
Board
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