Texas Lutheran College Quartet to perform in Fredericksburg
The Texas Lutheran College Quartet will be presented by the Fredericksburg Music Study Club on Friday May 30 at 8 pm in the Junior High School Auditorium. Members are David Shawe Rubin Bernhard Oscar Weigang and Philip F Knautz director. Assisting are Miss Virginia Evers and Miss Jewell Hewitt with selections including Beethoven and Grainger pieces.
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Texas Lutheran College Quartet
Fredericksburg Music Study Club
David Shawe
Oscar Weigang
Philip F. Knautz
Rubin Bernhard
Knautz
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Harper Wool and Mohair Show slated for May 31
Harper Lions Club sponsors the annual Wool and Mohair Show at Harper High School Gymnasium with Clint Brown as general chairman. The event features finished wool and mohair booths run by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association led by Mrs. J R Peril. Events begin 9 a m with entry deadline, judging at 10 a m, shearing and weighing at 11, ranchman fleeces judging at 1, 4 H and FFA prizes at 1 30, and trophies for fleece exhibits. Barbecue lunch at noon.
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Harper
Harper High School
Harper Lions Club
Clint Brown
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
J. R. Peril
FFA
Paul Suffel
Morris Voorhies
W. M. Campbell Jr
Jim Gray
San Angelo
Mr. Brown
Woerner Warehouse
Lochte Storage
Farmer's Grain of
Fredericksburg
Ranchers’ Commission Co
Ingram
Schreiner Wool & Mohair Co
Graduates Face Life’s First Big Step On Their Own
Graduation time in American schools marks a move into independence as most young Americans go forth to face life’s responsibilities. Many students leave with parental support ended, while a few have already earned part of their education and begin self-reliance.
Oakcrest Park Dedication Set Sunday Gillespie County
Heavy rainfall across Gillespie County, with Fredericksburg reporting 2.29 inches and a five month total of 15.95 inches. Stonewall area saw 3.70 inches, Morris Ranch 3.20, Pecan Creek 2.20, and Pedernales River rises reached about 7 feet. The Pedernales River bridge at Stonewall closed all day Tuesday, reopening Wednesday, as rain continued into Wednesday morning. County Agent C. A. Stone term
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Morris Ranch
Pecan Creek
C. A. Stone
Klaerner Named Official In Officer's Group
Gillespie County Sheriff Hugo Klaerner was named second vice president of the Hill Country Peace Officers Association at the spring meeting in Kerrville. Sheriff Bill Edge of Kendall County was elected president and Oliver Moore was named first vice president. Olin Wright and Walter Moss also received top roles. about 100 law enforcement attendees were present.
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Gillespie County
Hugo Klaerner
Hill Country Peace Officers Association
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Bill Edge
Kendall County
Oliver Moore
Kerr County
Olin Wright
Real County
Walter Moss
Gillespie
Klaerner
Wm Bruns
G. B. Worley
Tom Carey
Lester Marshall
Opportunities Still Exist For FHS Graduates
Fredericksburg High School seniors heard Penrose Metcalfe former State Senator and State Board of Education member say opportunities for the class of 1952 are as great as ever. He urged graduates to embrace responsibility and keep America strong while diplomas were awarded to 34 graduates. Valedictorian Robert Westerfeldt and salutatorian Doris Probst were honored by school officials.
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Penrose Metcalfe
State Board of Education
Fredericksburg
Metcalfe
America
Arthur Kowert
Supt
A. K Krause
Robert Westerfeldt
Doris Probst
Nolan Barth
Norman Rech Installed as Jaycee President Friday
Norman Rech, assistant cashier of Fredericksburg National Bank, was installed Friday night as president of the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce during a ladies night dinner dance at Turner Hall. The event featured gavel presentation from retiring president Bill Hodges with Dr. Galen E. Johnson of Seguin as installing officer.
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Jaycees
Fredericksburg
Norman Rech
Fredericksburg National Bank
Werner Moehr
Pat Pyka
Pat Dooley
Bob Schneider
Frank Lange
Corpus Christi National Jaycee
Texas
Lange
St Marys High Seniors Receive Diplomas Sunday
Twenty seniors at St Marys High School were awarded diplomas in St Marys Church Sunday evening. Rev Ralph Dyer, chaplain at St Marys University San Antonio, delivered the principal address urging education to shape the whole person with Christian ideals. Very Rev J J Hildebrand conferred honors on Oleta Alberthal, valedictorian, and Antoinette Kraus, salutatorian, with American Legion citizenship awards going to James Braeuti.
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St. Mary's High School
St. Mary's Church
Ralph Dyer
St. Mary’s University of San Antonio
Dyer
Jesus
J. J. Hildebrand
Oleta Alberthal
Antoinette Kraus
American Legion
James Braeuti
Oakcrest Park Festivities Open with Noon Barbecue
Sunday opens Gillespie County Oakcrest Park events with a noon barbecue. A large pit, local barbeque experts, and foods to buy including pickles bread and beans support park fundraising. Park officials and clubs organize concerts boating fishing and a Cloverleaf Barrel Race as part of a full afternoon program.
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Gillespie County
Oakcrest Park
Gillespie
Marvin Ottmers To Be Ordained Sunday Morning
Marvin O Ottmers son of Mr and Mrs Edgar A Ottmers of the Cave Creek Community will be ordained into the Lutheran Ministry Sunday June 1 at 10 30 a m in services at the St Paul Lutheran Church Cave Creek The Rev M J Schwarz pastor of the church will perform the ordination ceremony Ottmers is a graduate of Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque Iowa where he received his Bachelor of Theology Degree today May 28 1952 He is a graduate of Fredericksburg High School having completed his work here with the class of 1942 He attended Texas Lutheran College for one year before being called into the armed service While in the service he was stationed at overseas bases with the Air Transport Command in Italy Algeria Persia and Egypt Upon returning from the service he reentered Texas Lutheran College and graduated in 1947 In 1949 he received his bachelor of arts degree from Trinity University and entered Wartburg Seminary that fall He served a summer internship at Cat Spring and Peters continued on page 6
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Marvin O. Ottmers
Edgar A. Ottmers
Cave Creek
St. Paul Lutheran Church
M. J. Schwarz
Ottmers
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Fredericksburg High School
Texas Lutheran College
Air Transport Command
Italy
Algeria
Persia
Egypt
Trinity University
Wartburg Seminary
Cat Spring
Peters
Local Officers Probe Comfort Death
Gillespie County peace officers joined neighboring counties in investigating the mysterious death of Alfredo Lopez a 20 year old Kerrville Latin American found dead beneath the Guadalupe River Bridge in Comfort. He had been missing a week after attending a dance May 17 in Waring. An uncle found him after an apparent 27 foot fall. Lopez died about a week ago. Sheriff Klaerner questioned local Latin Americans and three were taken to Austin for lie detector tests but released after no evidence linked them to the death.
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Gillespie County
Alfredo Lopez
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Comfort
Lopez
Waring
Hugo Klaerner
Austin
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Miss Evers
Beethoven
Spoon River
Grainger
Miss Howett
Jesus Boy
TLC Quartet
Harper Wool and Mohair
Alfred Petsch
FHS
Jaycee
St. Mary's High
Albert Henke
Milton Edwards
Francis Heep
Benno Land
Arthur Oehler
Emil Birch
Bruno Hartmann
Elmon Grona
Walter Bierschwale
Adolph Boening
Melvin Staudt
Jerome Staudt
Alex Mittendorf
W. H. Sagebiel
Arthur H. Kowert
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons
Hondo Crouch
Louise Molberg
Betty Stroeher
Marilyn Schmidt
Vernon Gold
Rolan Schmidt
Marvin Ottmers
Kilman
Mary's
Doris Weinheimer
Rose Mary Lang
Betty Jean Lochte
Estella Weber
Helen Mae Meurer
Dorothy Miller
Agnes Molberg
Frances Loth
Margaret Moses
Allen Novian
James Braeutigam
Carlo Franke
Frank Schmidt
Kenneth Holdforth
Franklin Loth
Kenneth Knopp
Wunderlich
Delphine Wunderlich
David Nehr
Esther Knopp
Seddie Durst
Margaret An Gold
Jenke
Robert Reissig
Florine Duecker
Herbert Schumann
Bobby Westerfeldt
Marion Rode
Willie Gaines
Marie Meier
Erwin Weiershausen
Roberta Knopp
Kurt Bauer
Margie Mitchell
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