Conservation Meeting Set Tuesday At Fair Grounds
Local business men farmers and ranchers plan a Tuesday night meeting May 16 at 7 30 in the Fair Park to discuss soil and water conservation. The event is part of Texas Soil Conservation District Week with speakers slides and a 30 minute statewide broadcast. Representatives from Kendall Kerr Gillespie and Pedernales districts will attend along with association supervisors from Hill Country.
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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
FHS Band Members Honored At Saturday Concert
Students of Freedricksburg High School were honored at a Saturday concert linked to a chicken barbecue by the Band Booster Club. Director David Hargis presented First Chair awards and pins to top players in the semir and junior bands, recognizing outstanding service and leadership.
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Reuben Moellering
FHS
David Hargis
Freedricksburg Igh
Hargis
Semr
Arold Klinksick
James Tesch- Mer
Curtis Eckhardt
Herbert Springall
Ilburm Meier
David Walter
Jo Ann Triegler
Mary Louise Heien
Erwin Weiershausen
Wil
Fredericksburg visit ends as Faubions return to New York
Mr and Mrs Eugene Faubion and their children left for New York City last Thursday after a 17 day stay in Fredericksburg with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Hilmar Lang. They also visited 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 Census Guessing Contest Closes May 15
The Standard's census guessing contest ends Monday May 15 with prizes of 10 dollars for first place 7.60 for second and 5 dollars for third. Entries must be postmarked by midnight May 15. Local curiosity runs high as residents guess Fredericksburg population from 3 000 to 15 000 with the winner to be the closest figure.
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Standard
Fredericksburg
Construction Work Underway On Humble Station
Construction work is underway on a Humble Pump Station near Eckert on the Llano Highway and is expected to be completed by mid June. F W Culwell reports the first unit is a 30,000 barrel steel overflow tank with foundations for the station and five cottages for operators. The western end includes another pump station near Ft McKavitt and an 18 inch pipeline from Kemper to the Llano Highway in Gillespie County. After completion, a scrape test and hydrostatic test will precede oil transport on the 370 mile route at up to 135000 barrels daily.
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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 28 of San Antonio suffered severe injuries when the car he rode in overturned 13 miles west of Fredericksburg near Loch Berg on the Mason Highway. He was rushed to Fredericksburg Hospital in critical condition. his companion was taken to a Mason hospital after another crash earlier.
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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
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 plans were in the hands of a committee to arrange the evening's program.
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Joe Spurlock
Ft. Worth
American Legion
Louis Jordan Post
H. Welge Lewis
John Adams Died at 90, Longest-Living U.S. President
John Adams died at age 90, living longer than any other U.S. president. The milestone marks him as the longest living leader in the nation’s history.
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John Adams
U. S
Annual Spring Flower Show Shines at Garden Club Event
The Garden Club's annual Flower Show at Peters Hall Friday drew praise for its variety of arrangements and plants. A May Pole centerpiece, live music, and panels of judges evaluated wild flower and garden displays including a standout GS Troop 4 exhibit and a daisies bowl by Troop 13.
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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
Liano
Girl Scout Troop 4
Edgar Klett
Patsy Pehl
Patricia Duecker
Barbara Reinbach
Louise Kraus
Helen Schumann
Jackie Blanchard
Marilyn Beckmann
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
Truck Crash Injures Raymond Stehling in East Texas
Raymond Stehling, 23, sustained critical arm head and leg injuries Friday at 3 am when his empty trailer truck crashed into a stopped vehicle 22 miles east of Bryan near North Zulch on U S Highway 190. He was en route to Camden for lumber back to Fredericksburg. He was thrown from the cab and transported to Bryan Hospital where his condition later improved. The tractor unit was wrecked and sent back 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 launches May 15 nationwide and runs through July 4 with the Liberty Bell symbol and the theme Save for your Independence Buy U S Savings Bonds. The year round program promotes thrift, self reliance and personal enterprise as a driving force in American progress since settlement.
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U. S
Liberty Bell
America
Klaerner Hosts Visitors From San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Felix Klaerner welcomed weekend guests Mrs Lena Carmack and Mrs Margaret Olfers from San Antonio at their home.
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Felix Klaerner
Lena Carmack
Margaret Olfers
San Antonio
Graduation Exercises Set for City Schools This May
Graduation activities are planned for Fredericksburg Public School and St. Marys School. Public School seniors number 74 with a baccalaureate by Rev. C. A. Greenwaldt on May 21 and a May 23 diploma ceremony on the athletic field. St. Marys seniors total 39 with 35 eighth graders. Mass at 8 am and a sermon by Msgr. F. X. Wolf, followed by a 8 pm diploma ceremony with Rev. John McPhee. Class night is May 26 at St. Marys.
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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
Malcome Fluitt was named assistant to Joe Tatum in the Vocational Agriculture Department of the Public School at a board meeting last week. He is a Texas A and M senior planning a June degree, with state approval needed for a second instructor. The board also set band on a ten month cycle with David Hargis returning as director, and approved plans for a new elementary building gymnasium renovations, property purchase on Travis Street, and student council petition to exempt any student with a 93 average from finals.
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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
Texas peach growers fear winter warmth harmed orchards in Gillespie County. John Hutchison of Texas A&M Extension notes insufficient cold spell rest period for trees. Continued on page 3.
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Texas
Gillespie County
John Hutchison
Texas A & M College
Fair Catalog Ad Drive Declared Highly Successful
The 1950 Fair catalog ad drive opened with a April 25 breakfast and produced strong support from volunteers and local businesses. Co chairmen urge merchants to submit ad reservations by May 15 and thank subscribers for funding printing and prize costs ahead of the 62nd annual fair on August 18 19 20.
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Ewald Schaefer
Walter O. Fuhrmann
Schaefer
Werner Moehr
Film to Promote County Special Education Plan
A county meeting in the school Band Room on Tuesday May 16 at 7 pm will organize a local group to promote a special education unit. Martin M. Rick er of the Texas Crippled Children Society will present a film A Day in the Life of a Cerebral Palsied Child and aid in affiliating with the Texas Society for Crippled Children.
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Martin M. Ricker
The
Texas Crippled Children Society of Dallas
Texas Society For Crippled Children
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Fair Grounds
Humble Station
East Texas
Stein Lumber Co
Board
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