Payday for Advertisers Shifts Local Business Tides
Today marks payday for the businesses that advertise in this edition, signaling cash flow as vendors receive earnings and plan their weekend commerce around ready funds.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1947
Page
4
Today marks payday for the businesses that advertise in this edition, signaling cash flow as vendors receive earnings and plan their weekend commerce around ready funds.
County Clerk Feliz Scherer announced that all qualified Notaries Public commissions expire June 1 1947 and will be re appointed by the Secretary of State for 1947 49 term. He will notify applicants of re appointments and those seeking to qualify again must do so within ten days of notice but not before June 1. New applicants must reside in Gillespie County and be 21 years old.
Attendees at the funeral services for August Schroeder in San Antonio on Thursday included Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Pehl, Mrs. Henry Duecker, Mr. and Mrs. George Pehl, and Theo Pehl.
FHS homemaking club members Alice Ahrens Ethlyn Fiedler Waldeen McDougall Viola Crenwelge Florine Holly Joyce Hollmig Helen Grote Rhodine Ellett Patsy Street plus Miss Gaebler joined a Brady district rally. Talks covered homemaking progress and music. Waldean McDougall spoke on Youth United for Famine Relief.
The Freshman and Sophomore swimming party and picnic were held at the Tourist Park Pool and Seipp hall last Friday. Highlights included harmonica fidd le and guitar by local boys, dancing, and refreshments by room mothers.
A classified notice seeks a reliable German girl to stay, perform housework, and care for a child. Address: Mrs. R. L. Anderson, 108 Mt. Zion Walk, San Antonio 3, Texas. Contact phone 35-37 75.
The Texas State Dental Society and Fredericksburg dentists expand the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children to improve polio care. Dr. C. P. Lynn of Austin leads the society, fundraising to build equipped dental facilities and provide modern equipment. The Guadalupe Valley District pledges professional clinic support.
Governor Beauford H. Jester signs bill creating Admiral Nimitz State Park in Fredericksburg. Land acquisition steps are led by Chamber of Commerce Parks committee chairman Dr. Lorence Feller. Also he signs a bidding resolution restricting contracts over 2000 dollars without competitive bids for counties under 350000 population.
Final rites for Henry Hasse were held May 13 at Beckmann Funeral Home and Castell Methodist Church with interment in Castell Cemetery. Born January 25 1868 at Art Texas he married Bertha Holtzer in 1910. Survivors are his widow two daughters two grandchildren two brothers and a sister.
The new official Texas State Highway Map is available free from the Highway Department and district offices. It includes a color photo of the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg labeled as Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz birthplace. The map aids travelers amid Texas road growth and lists ports of entry. Salt in wash water does not prevent fading. to protect colors, use cooler water and dry quickly.
In a concise column pair, the article contrasts media coverage strategies and revenue models. It notes how editorial priorities shape reporting and how classified ads underpin profitability. The piece underscores evolving practices in newsrooms and market-driven content decisions.
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