City Extends Fire Zone Area In Accord With Recommendations
The City Commission extended the fire zone after adopting the state engineer's recommendations. The expanded zone covers blocks north and west of Kraus corner and several streets including Main, Lincoln, San Antonio, East Creek, and North Adams. Current buildings remain, but all future construction must follow the strict building code in the ordinance.
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Chio
State Fire Insurance Commission
City Commission
Kraus Corner
Harper Road
Bowie Street
Main Street
South Lincoln Street
East San Antonio
East Creek Streets
North Adams Street
National Guard Officer Visits Fredericksburg Monday
Colonel Barrigan from the Adjutant General's office in Austin met with Captain John David Harper in Fredericksburg to discuss organizing the Service Battery, 155th Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Division, Texas National Guard. The 155th includes units in New Braunfels Seguin Beeville and Victoria.
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Barrigan
Adjutant General's
Austin
Fredericksburg
John David Harper
155Th Field Artillery Battalion
Texas National Guard
Harper
State Adjutant General
New Braunfels
Seguin
Beeville
Victoria
Health officers and doctors convene in Dallas
Dr. Lorence Feller attended the State County Health Officers Convention in Dallas last Monday. He also joined the Texas Medical Association convention, which began there the day after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorence Feller
State County Health Officers
Dallas
Texas Medical Convention
Forty One Made Solemn Communion In St Marys Church
On Sunday May 11, 21 boys and 20 girls of St Marys Parish received Solemn Communion at the 9 30 High Mass led by Rev Fr James Daly. A guard of honor from St Josephs Society escorted the procession. At 2 00 pm the children renewed baptismal vows and were invested in the scapular of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. Listed communicants include boys Frederick Crenwelge Stanley Crenwelge Charles Fritz Ruben Heinemann Kenneth Hold forth Norbert Jenschke Robert Lee Klein Williams Newton Kozelski A J Langehennig Clarence Metzger Ned Moritz Marvin Nebgen Reinhard Reed Ruben Reed John W Lahm Frank Schmidt Edgar Schneider Edwin Straube John Weinheimer Reinhold Schmidtzensky Alex Jung and girls Vernell Becker Dolores Behrends Jeanette Danz Darlene Duecker Mary Louise Fiedler Marilyn Klein Antoinette Kraus Betty Jean Lochte Marietta Mechler Josalene Moellendorf Elizabethe Murer Evelyn Nebgen Adeline Pehl Lorene Pyka Mary Frances Stehling Roseline Stehling Edna Weidenfeller Doris Weinheimer Mary Ann Wilke Irene Schmidthzensky. (Continued on page 8)
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St. Josephs Society
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Frederick Crenwelge
Stanley Crenwelge
Charles Fritz
Ruben Heinemann
Kenneth Hold
Youth Injured In Car Truck Crash on Pedernales Bridge
John Kenneth Quebedeau fourteen suffered a severe head concussion and his mother Mrs K P Quebedeau had serious cuts and bruises when their car collided with a trailer truck on the Pedernales River bridge four miles south of Fredericksburg. The truck driver Edwin J Caufal of Houston was uninjured. Johnny Heiman riding a bicycle escaped injury. Both vehicles were damaged and the pipe cargo fell from the truck. The pair were treated at a local hospital and reported out of danger this week. The Quebedeaus were en route to join a relative in Germany and then on to San Antonio to pick up friends for their trip.
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John Kenneth Quebedeau
K. P. Quebedeau
Pedernales River
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Lad
Hawly
Texas
Edwin J. Caufal
Houston
Quebedeau
Max Lochte
Here
Lochte
Johnny Heimann
Quebedeaus
Germany
U.S. Army
New
County Sees Additional Rainfall Across Week
Most of the county recorded an extra inch of rain with 1.10 inches in Fredericksburg as showers from Friday lingered to Monday. The Harper area bore the heaviest precipitation while the eastern and northern sections saw less. The rain aided corn and aided rebuilding after weather-related damages, though some small grain farmers crave drier days. The Boy Scout Camporee was postponed again with no new date. Sunday ball games were played.
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Fredericksburg
Harper
Fredericksburg Baccalaureate Opens Graduation Week
The City marks the end of the school year with baccalaureate services for 92 Frederickburg High School graduates in the Public School Auditorium Sunday at 8 p m. The Rev W O Schulze will deliver the sermon Our Spiritual Architect. The underlined program includes processional by the Band two hymns sung by the chorus and invocations by church pastors.
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Fredericksburg
St. Mary’s School
St. Mary’s Church
W. O. Schulze
First Methodist Church
T. D. Dunaway
First Baptist Church
Fredericksburg High School
Luckenbach Home Hit By Fire on East Main Street
Fire destroyed the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Luckenbachs home on East Main Street, gutting the kitchen and damaging a bedroom. Loss estimated in the thousands, with insurance partially covering the damage. Archie Weiss alerted the fire department which remained on scene for hours. Mrs. Luckenbach had been at work when the blaze began. Friends held a kitchen shower Monday night at Bethany Sunday School to help refurnish the home.
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W. A. Lueckenbach
East Main St
Archie Weiss
Paul Mann Elected President of Fredericksburg Jaycees
Paul Mann rancher of Cherry Mountain and operator of Fredericksburg Livestock Marketing Co. was elected president of the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday night succeeding Dr. Harry Tubbs. Installation to occur at June meeting with term beginning July 1. Other officers named include Carl Hein first VP James Pfiester second VP Clarence Nixon secretary Clinton Grona corresponding secretary Harry Itz treasurer and Werner Henke state director. Members met at Peters Alcove and were served a Mexican supper organized by Benny Heinen Werner Feller and Gilbert Eckhardt.
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Paul Mann
Cherry Mountain
Fredericksburg Livestock Marketing Company
Fredericksburg
Junior Chamber To Commerce
Mann
Harry Tubbs
Carl Hein
James Pfiester
Clarence Nixon
Clinton Grona
Harry Itz
Werner Henke
Peter’s
Bennie Heinen
Werner Feller
Gilbert Eckhardt
Tornado Strikes Lenorah Area Injuring Fifteen
A small tornado hit Lenorah in West Texas Sunday night at 6 p m injuring 15 persons and causing extensive property damage The tornado first struck at North Cowden an oil region 40 miles southwest of Lenorah at 4 20 p m damaging oil derricks buildings and telephone service and was last seen near Ackerly 20 miles north of Big Spring
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Lenorah
Texas
North Cowden
Ackerly
Big Spring
Two Local Injuries Reported From Week's Incidents
Henry Ellebracht a local carpenter fell from a ladder fracturing his shoulder and was hospitalized. Ollie Stevenson of Odessa Texas sustained injuries in a truck accident on May 8.
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Henry Ellebracht
Ollie Stevenson
Odessa
Texas
Legion Convention Opens in Fredericksburg This Weekend
The 21st Legion District conven tion will be held in Fredericksburg with a projected record turnout from 45 posts. Registration Saturday at the Mitniz Hotel costs 1.00 and includes all meetings and Sunday barbecue. A judge Roy Bean Court and a grand dance follow, with events continuing Sunday at the Fair Grounds in joint Legion and Auxiliary sessions led by Dr. Harry Tubbs and R. W. Klingelhoefer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
The
American Legion
Louis Jordan Post
Bertram —E “ Tert
Giesecke
Austin
Louis D. Lane
Brownwood
Harry A. Tubbs
Fredericksburg
P. B. Hill
Fair Park
Hill
Hunt
21St Legion
Harry A Tubbs
R. W. Klingelhoefer
Louis Jordan
R. E. Bernhard
21St District
State Department
Auxiliary
Bertram E
Bart) Giesecke
Department of Texas
George S. Berry
Lubbock
W. A. Cole
Dallas
A. R. Scott
Coleman
5Th Division
Nimitz Hotel
Legion Fun and Honor Organization
Roy Bean
Main Street
Voiture
Kerrville
San Angelo
Harrisons Texans Orchestra
Fair Grounds
Legion and Auxiliary
Tubbs
Garden Club Flower Show Draws Large Friday Attendees
The annual Garden Club flower show in the Agriculture Building drew about three hundred attendees. A central committee led by Mesdames Tally Knoche Riley Hohmann and Wahrmund oversaw displays including vases, furniture, bouquets, centerpieces, and a wildflower exhibit by Stella Jung’s Fredericksburg High School biology class. Prize winners featured Oleander and various ivy and geranium classifications with multiple first places.
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Garden Club
Fred Tally
Walter Knoche
E. H. Riley
Arthur Hohmann
Emil Wahrmund
Stella Jung
Fredericksburg High School
Felix Wilke
Alex Durst
Albert Nagel
Walter Kolmeier
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Alfred Petsch
Henry Wallace
Russia
Lyndon Johnson
Homer Rainey
Austin Statesman
Johnson
Wallace
Congressman Johnson
Bailiwick
National Guard
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Parish
James Daly
District Legionnaires
FHS
Goldthwaite
St. Gerard’s
By Elton Jordan
Giant
Hugo Klaerner
Giants
Rittman
Jimmie Pyrka Field
Molberg
Mayers
Casy
St. Gerard's
St. Mary’s
W. A. Luckenbach
Jaycees
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