New Freight Line To Serve Hill Country Section
The Hill Country Express Inc announces a daily freight route from San Antonio serving eight Hill Country towns including Fredericksburg. Other stops are Helotes Pipe Creek Bandera Medina Kerrville Legion and Johnson City with Fredericksburg HQ at Leroy Pfeil Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Express, Inc
Mo Inc
Hill Country
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Jerry D. Ryan
Leroy Pfeil Station
Helotes
Pipe Creek
Bandera
Medina City
Kerrville
Legion
Johnson City
Mrs McClellan Receives Discharge From Navy
Esther Rosenbach McClellan has been discharged after three years as a registered nurse in the U S Navy. She and her husband Harold McClellan, now a Marine Corps lieutenant, will stay in Guam another year before returning to the States. Her sister Frances Rosenbach, a private duty nurse in San Antonio, visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rosenbach
Esther
Harold McClellan
Guam
U. S. Navy
McClellan
United States Marine Corps
States
Frances Rosenbach
Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio
Daughter Born to Kotts in Houston
Mr and Mrs R L Kott Jr of Houston announce the birth of a daughter Judith Ann weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces on May 20. The Kotts also have two sons aged six and four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Kott Jr
Houston
Judith Ann
Three Day Meet Continues With Big Local Horse Show Planned
Local racing resumes with a large field as teams travel from West Texas and New Mexico en route to Houston's June 15 opening. P Crowell of San Antonio leads entries with 14 horses. notable horses include Helen Jo and Skiddoo. Admission is $1 with free entry for children under 16. A Saturday night dance features Harrison's Texans of San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
New Mexico
Houston
Mason
Kerrvill
P Crowell
San Antonio
Helen Jo
Fredericksburg
C. R. Hale
Miss Mico
Walter Bierschwale
Cook
Kerrville
Locklear
Kemp
San Saba
York Ratliff
Llano
J. C. Bridgers
M. Lemons
Brady
B . Nitsch
Moody
Casbeer
Guy Weeks
Greathouse
Louie Mayes
The
Fair Association
Harrison
Texans” Orchestra of
San Angelo
Fredericksburg High School Class Prophecy Visualized
Fredericksburg High School seniors honored with a campus prophecy poem listing future roles for classmates. The verse depicts various careers and ambitions including teachers, doctors, ranchers, operators, and artists, naming multiple individuals and scenes from the 1947 class memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg High School
Drastic ACA Funding Cut Shocks West Texas Farmers
Congress slashes Agricultural Conservation Administration funds by about 32 percent affecting 41 counties in West Texas. The cuts halt ongoing projects and rescind approved orders for landowners and vendors, prompting concern among Gillespie County ranchers and farmers as officials seek statements from the Dallas ACA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACA
West
Texas
Agricultural Conservation Administration
Congress
Dallas
Department of Agriculture
Gillespie County
San Angelo
Indian Teacher to Speak at First Methodist Church
Miss Shakuntala Davenesen of Bombay will speak at the First Methodist Church Sunday night June 8 at 7 45 p m announced by Rev W O Schulze. She teaches at the Scottish Orphanage in Mahim Bombay and is now at the University of Texas for further training. A large crowd is expected and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakuntala Davenesen
Bombay
India
W. O. Schulze
Miss Davenesen
Mahim
University of Texas
Felix Grona Dies by Suicide in San Antonio
Felix Grona, 79, former Fredricksburg mattress factory owner now in San Antonio, was found dead Tuesday from hanging. Funeral services in San Antonio at 4 p.m. Wednesday with attendees from the area including Mrs. Felix Weirich, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Taylor, and Albert Seelig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Grona
Hero
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Felix Weirich
Milton Taylor
Albert Seelig
Future Couples and Careers from a Nostalgic Verse
A playful poem lists young F H S students and potential futures. Herbert I may charm many. Allan Jacoby is a married man proposed. Trene Ketron may marry. Allen Kneese could become a scientist. Daniel J. We and Gerald Walter are tied to clocks. Raymond S. may study diplomacy. James Permenter may train as a dentist. Harold Treibs aims for college and knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.H.S
Herbert I
Allan Jacoby
Trene Ketron
Allen Kneese
Daniel J
Gerald Walter
Raymond S
James Permenter
Harold Treibs
Practices to Curtail Include Crop Insurance and Cedar Eradication
The article notes that among practices to be curtailed are crop insurance cedar eradication building new water wells planting cover crops and combinations of around 41 eligible practices.
Hospital News Week Reports Local Surgeries and Visits
In the Hospital News Week a list shows residents undergoing tonsil and tonsillectomy procedures including Mrs. Louis Kammlah Jr. Mrs. Dorman Wright E W Hahn Kenneth Lee Grobe and others. The Rev Rudolph Lentz and family joined Olin Cavitt and his wife visiting Rev A B J Lentz and family in Louisville Nebraska and Rev Otto Oelke and family in Hanover Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kammlah, Jr
Dorman Wright
E. W. Hahn
Kenneth Lee Grobe
Alfred Grobe
Leon Boerner
Chester Kasper
Walter Herbert
A. L. Shelby
Ottie Sprott
C. V Street
Elgin Staats
Leila Erfurt
Helen Kuhlmann
Rudoph Lentz
Rudy Lentz
Olin Cavitt
A. B. J. Lentz
D.D
Louisville
Nebraska
Otto Oelke
Hanover
Kansas
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Mrs. McClellan
NAVY
Kotts
FHS
Sister Vernell
Robert Lee H
Longfellow
Myrtle C
Columbus
Andrew R
QUXYZ
Emil Essense
Irene Knopp
Adolf Basse
Ruth A
Dora Alice G
Madeline Land
Herbert S
Paul Marquardt
Olivia Hohmann
Florence Nightengale
Ruth B
Margie H
Roy S
Arthur Murray
Doyal Everett
Tommy Sampson
Annabel Lochte
James Bertram Leitz
Ben Robert K
Bobby Kott
Clinton Priess
Roscoe B
Lila Mae Rech
Alice C
Ella May Knep
Margaret Land
J. T. Manor
Kenneth Jung
Leroy Jung
Ray Keyser
Norma Jean Ochler
Martin Koennecke
Betty L
Ruth Meier
Emma P
Curtis Striegler
Clarence Schaetter
Roy Neffendorf
Wilbert Seipp
Clinton Usener
Johnny Necker
Robert Ochler
Robert Schlaudt
James Weiershausen
Leroy Treibs
Elvira Dietz
Gould Davis
Kenneth Enderlin
Agnes Henke
Floyd Fredrick
Harley Gold
Mary Lou Danz
Stanley Grona
Rayton Herber
Rosalie Immel
First Methodist Church
Ball Brothers Company
Muncie, Indiana
Argoflex
ARGUS
Argus A-2
Knapp Photo Service
IN the Hospital
Durham
Kallenberg’s Pharmacy
Kaiser
City Furniture Co
Slips
Batiste
Dimity
Ee “Steamliner
Suso
White Mountain
Winchester
Juenke & Schoenewolf
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