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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1950
Page
13
Lonny Zwiener senior law student at the University of Texas has passed the Texas State Bar Examination. He took the exam in March in Austin and is now admitted to practice law in Texas.
One girl and four boys welcomed into local families during the past week. The girl arrived May 8 to Mr and Mrs Otto Rust. Boys were born May 4 to Mr and Mrs Emil Sultemeier, May 6 to Mr and Mrs Roy H Langerhans, May 7 to Mr and Mrs H C Seidensticker, and May 9 to Mr and Mrs James J Smith.
A sequence of local gatherings from May 11 to May 31 includes public school board and Gillespie County fair association meetings, garden and farm bureau sessions, St Ann Society sale, Hill Country League baseball games, Rotary and Masonic meetings, City Chamber activities, Boy Scout district events, National Guard drills, unemployment commission talks, Music Study Club, Lions Club, and American Legion activities in Fredericksburg and surrounding towns. Multiple venues include Nimitz Hotel, Agriculture Building, and Legion Hall.
Mrs Earl Seelig a noted church soloist will perform at Kerrville Music Club concert Friday May 12 at 8 pm in Schrein er Institute Auditorium. She will sing English German and Italian numbers and has served as church soloist in Washington DC Nashville Dallas Fort Worth and Abilene.
Last Thursday night Speech students staged the comedy Three Old Maids with a cast including Betty Stroeher Aunt Harriet Joyce Hennig Aunt Geraldine Dorothy Wehmeyer and others. An assembly program by the Cheeriotes and a Prom prep scene were noted along with a Future Homemakers of America Coke Party planned for Mother's Day. The Hillbilly baseball team won district games against Lampasas 14-4 and 11-2 at Fredericksburg Fair Park.
Cooperative weather observer Tom Car reports Morris Ranch received 3.13 inches of rain in April, down from 5.10 inches in April 1949.
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