Wednesday Auction Prices at Gil lespie County Livestock Sale
Prices at the Gil lespie County Livestock Sales Company auction on May 16 ranged from top hogs at 21.00 per cwt to nannies 10.60 to 15.20 per cwt. Stocker calves brought 18.10 to 33.25 per cwt, cattle and calves sold 167.00 to 250.00 per pair, and sheep and lamb items varied with ewes 10.00 to 24.00 per head and lambs 22.00 to 23.00 per cwt. Bucks 17.10 to 20.10 per cwt, kids six dollars per head.
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Gillespie County Livestock Sales Company
Boy Scout Court Of Honor Set For August 7th
Gillespie County Boy Scout District schedules its next Court of Honor for August 7 after a district meeting chaired by Tyrus Cox. Scouts will plan an exhibit for the 63rd Gillespie County Fair with District Commissioner Hans Hannemann and Field Executive Jack Barnes leading the project with the Scoutmasters.
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Gillespie County
Tyrus Cox
Hans Hannemann
Jack Barnes
Central Texas Electric Co op Erects Neon Sign
The Central Texas Electric Cooperative installed a porcelain neon sign at 207 West Main Street to enhance the city’s white way. Frank Schmidt, in charge, notes the sign is part of the coop’s improvement efforts operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
West Main Street
Frank Schmidt
Central Texas Electric Co-Op
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Ladies Team Schedule for Hermann Sons Athletes
The record lists six ladies teams with captains and rosters. Team 1 led by Nettie Wuest includes Louise Metzger and Margaret Straube. Team 2 captained by Mae Feller features Irmgard Nagel and Margaret Enderlin. Team 3 led by Irene Beckmann lists Grace Schaefer and Madeline Hartmann. Team 4 under Lillian Hahne includes Katherine Schumann and Betty Moritz. Team 5 led by Margaret Reinbach lists Maxine Peter and Josephine Knopp. Team 6 captained by Tee Knopp features Fritzie Gold and Dorothy Wehmeyer.
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Moritz
Lillian Hahne
Cpt
Katherine Schumann
Betty Mae Moritz
Helen Kammlah
Margaret Moritz
Pbg. Hospital & Clinic
Tee Knopp
Fritzie Gold
Dorothy Wehmeyer
Maxine Jordan
Elsa Tatsch
Lions and Rotary to stage transgender charity baseball game
May 30 at FHS Lighted Athletic Field features Roaring Lions versus Rotary in a second civic clash. Proceeds aid club civic works. Previous gridiron win by Rotarians fuels Lions revenge mood, with festive attire and lively play anticipated.
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Roaring Lions
Rotary
FHS
Rotarians
Lions
Two Gillespians Included Among TLC Graduates
Seguin Texas Luth eran College announces its 60th commencement with events May 27 28 led by Dr W C Finch of Southwestern University Georgetown The Fredericksburg graduates James Neffendorf for BA Rubin Bernhard for AA to participate in open house music program and baccalaureate sermon by Rev H C Gold Immanuel Lutheran Alice
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J. Ed. Marshall
Grace Lutheran Church
San Antonio
H. C. Gold
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Alice
Mr. Gold
Stonewall Pirates trounce Giants 10 to 3 at Fair Park
Stonewall Pirates slugged 12 hits and beat the Fredericksburg Giants 10 to 3 before the season crowd at Fair Park. M Molberg pitched the win over Peter as Giants support faltered with seven errors. Heep led Stonewall with four of five, Mueller and Schumann added two apiece.
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Stonewall Pirates
Fredericksburg Giants
Fair Park
Giants
Pirates
Max Molberg
Ed Peter
Pirate
Big John Hartmann
Peter
Nebgen
G. Maenius
Mueller
Heep
Carl Molberg
W. Maenius
Hartmann
C. Molberg
L. Schneider
E. Schumann
A. Jung
Comfort
Broncos
Pirates Abrhore
J. Nebgen
G. Maentus
Burg
H. Nebgen
M. Molberg
Ae Ny A
Abrhore Alvrang
Mold
Hauer
O. Schneider
Jenschke
Hionn
A. Klaerner
Taylor
FE. Schumann
H Nebgen
Bonn
Moldenhauer
Molberg
Kott Knopp
Mason fugitives nabbed in Louisiana
Raymond Carden and E J Tyland, who escaped Mason jail May 6 by sawing through a window bar and leaping from the second floor, were captured Monday in Alexandria Louisiana with a third man charged with auto theft. The pair face charges of safe burglary in Mason and have prior penitentiary records.
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Raymond Carden
E J. Tyland
Mason
Alexandria la
Carden
Tyland
Hermann Sons 9-Pin League Week Schedule and Participants
Sunday games include Enderlin at Seipps and Stonewall at Harper with Boerne Off Reinhard Enderlin. Teams listed include Werner s Auto Electric Herman Leifeste Rose Leifeste and many more. Upcoming matches shown for May 24 Tavern against Cherry Spring May 25 Gillespie Lumber versus Doss and May 29 Doss versus Harper.
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Enderlin
Seipps
Stonewall
Harper Albert
Sisterdale Boerne
Tavern
Cherry Spring
Gillespie Lumber
Doss
Harper
Seipp
Harper Stonewall
Sisterdale
Albert
Boerne
Listerdale
Meee
Manly
L Pet
Cherry Springs
Sunyside Tavern
Giles Spie
Harpere
Hollmig and Golds Attend Houston Show
Mr and Mrs Walter Hollmig and Mr and Mrs Vernon Gold attended the 1951 fall winter and Christmas merchandise show at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston on May 20 and 21. The display highlighted Christmas toys wheel goods sporting goods guns electrical appliances radios television sets and bicycles. The event is an annual Western Auto show with 138 Western stores attending. western auto plans a larger toy selection this year with many new items to be added.
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Walter Hollmig
Vernon Gold
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Western Auto
Fishin Pups Explain Tide Turns for Better Fishing
Salt water fishermen know tides drive catches. Incoming tides bring bait and bigger fish, especially in bayous and inlets feeding the Gulf. The author notes large catches of mackerel and sea trout occur as tide turns, with shrimp and mullet gathering ahead of the ebb.
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Gulf
Chocolate Bayou
Colorado Dams Near Completion at Marble Falls
The Lower Colorado River Authority reports two new dams on the Colorado River near Marble Falls are nearing completion. Concrete work is finished, final installations underway, and site clearing in progress. A generation unit at Granite Shoals began operation May 1 with others to come online by summer.
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Lower
Colorado River Authority
Colorado River
Marble Falls
LCRA
Granite Shoals Dam
Granite Shoals
Hartmann Visit Highlights Family Weekend in Texas
Pvt. Carlos Hartmann of Shephard Field Wichita Falls and Pvt. William Hartmann of Fort Sam Houston San Antonio spent a weekend visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Bruno Hartmann and family. The Hartmanns were joined by their daughter Miss Montens and Erwin Mater for a Wichita Falls weekend at Shephard Field.
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Carlos Hartmann
Shephard Field
Wichita Falls
William Hartmann
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Bruno Hartmann
Mirs. Hartmann
Miss Montens
Erwin Mater
Carlos
Hermann Sons Tuesday Night League Standings and Honors
Bet Knopp and Metzger led with 16 and 8. Werner's Auto Elec 15 9. Moritz Farm Equip 11 13. Sunset Motor Lines 11 13. Piggly Wiggly 10 14. Leyendecker Service 9 15. Hardy Mosel posted best single game 234 and high average 81. Mosel also high three game total 586. Leyendecker Service had best team game 814 and Sunset Motor held best three game total 2230.
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Bet Knopp & Metzger
Werner’s Auto Elec
Moritz Farm Equip
Sunset Motor Lines
Piggly Wiggly
Leyendecker Service
Hardy Mosel
Leyendecker
Sunset Motor
Hermann Sons Wednesday Night League Standings and Scores
Lodge No. 41 leads with a 16 8 record. Pearl Beer tops team scores with 850 game and Stein Lumber Co. wins 3 game total at 2335. Individual high: M Itz 225 single, R Hutshenreuter 175 average, R Hutschenreuter 578 three games.
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Ford Motor
Texaco
White House
Palace Theatre
Pearl Beer
Dr Tybor's
Lone Star Beer
Stein Lumber Vente
Ad. Heep
Milton Durst
L. Wells
Baethge Family Visit in San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Otto Baethge and Luther Paul with Emma and Hulda Baethge visited Mr and Mrs Otto Baethge Jr and daughter Susan Diane in San Antonio during Sunday travel.
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Otto Baethge
Luther Paul
Emma
Hulda Baethge
San Antonio
Otto Baethge Jr
Susan Diane
Out of the Bait Box Delicacy of Pests at Sea
The silver eel, ribbon fish, and cutlass fish are seen as pests by fishermen yet prized as food when skinned and pickled. Many readers consider these fish a delicacy despite their notoriety.
Three Building Permits Issued in Fredericksburg
The city issued three building permits this week for new residences. Irie Fiedler received a permit for 205 W Park Street costing 4200 dollars. Alice Fiedler was granted a permit for South Washington Street costing 4000 dollars. John Fiedler received a permit for West Creek Street costing 5800 dollars.
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Fredericksburg
Irie Fiedler
W. Park Street
Alice Fiedler
Washington St
John Fiedler
W. Creek Street
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
Hermann Sons
Wuest Motor Sales
Nettie Wuest
Louise Metzger
Margaret Straube
Anita Jung
Margaret Heep
Nagel Granite Works
Mae Feller
Irmgrad Nagel
Margaret Enderlin
Helen Weirich
Ella Itz
Fredericksburg Steam Laundry
Irene Beckmann
Grace Schaefer
Madeline Hartmann
Annie Staats
Jo Joyce Wahl
Stehling Bros
Margaret Reinbach
Maxine Peter
Josephine Knopp
Marline Heep
Eleanor Oehler
Turner Club Ladies Bowling League
Feller
Pepsi Cola
Si Schandua
Reichenau
Turner Club
Isabel Reichenau
Dora Herbert
Viola Juenke
Turner
ColumbIa
Bob
Judy Holliday
Liam Broderick Holden - Crawford
Charles Starre
IT Burnette
Bowery CS ‘ Huntz
Donald Connor Helena Carter
MOR
Rod Cameron
Wayne Morris
Columbia Picture
Boe Wilams
Frank Bort
Robert Ibe
May Boring
Baty Liane
Gast Benton Reid
Harry Joe Brown
Ralph Mur
Rin
Guenther Maenius
Maenius
Fredericksburg High School
Texas University
Longhorns
Guenther
Gillespian
State University
Hill Country
Comfort Bronchos
Bold
Pimlico
Baltimore
Eddie Arcaro
Medina River
Medina Lake
Gillespians
TLC
By Elton Jordan
Hill Country League
Camp Stanley
Llano
Wimberley
A. A
Comfort Boerne
Louisiana
Farmer Boys League
Werner's
Auto Electric
Herman Leifeste
Rose Leifeiste
Werner Schnappauf
Margaret Schnappauf
Alois Novian
Alma Novian
Marcus Burg Lumber Co
Marcus Burg
Rita Burg
Ottie Sprott
Louise Sprott
Trene Hartmann
Jasper Danz
J. Welch & Son
Willie Filter
Alma _ Filter
Jerry Welch
Connie Welch
Kenneth Hohmann
Flora Hohmann
Pehl’s
Hubert Reichenau
Edna Reichenau
Alfred Pehl
Elizabeth Pehl
Olan Straube
Dairy Kream
Chas. Dolegal
Bertha Dolezal
Clemens Wuest
Werner Feller
Julia Mae Feller
Reinhard Enderlin
Gretchen Enderlin
Edgar Kammlah
Estella Kammlah
Milton Gerhardt
Gertrude Gerhardt
Parish Softball League
First Methodist
Edison St Meth
Bethany
Holy Ghost
Ot Mary's
St Mary’s
Edison
First Meth
Mary
Edison Meth
Bethany Mary’s
Holy
St Ghost
Hollmigs
Golds
BY Andy Anderson
Colorado
National Guard
Fredericksburg, Texas
Musi
His Highlanders
155Th F. A. Bn
Hermann Sons Ladies Bowling League
Wuest Motor Sales Granite Works
Nagela Stehling Bros
Venetian Blind
Steam Laundry
Pecan Creek
THE
Hill Country Boys
Tuesday Night League
Wednesday Night League
Stonewall Gym
Hilmar and His
Playboys
Crabapple
Morris Ranch
Squaw Creek
Luckenbach
Crabapple School
Lone Star Starlighters
Rocky Hill School
Tatsch’s Hall
the ‘Ranch Hands
Engels Hall
Texas
the Trustees
Cherry Spring Tavern
Mason Highway
Crystal Valley Boys
Jimmie Putnam
Texas Top
Walter Schmidt
Spring Creek Hall
Reed's
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