Model Home Draws Sunday Visitors in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg residents visit a northwest Fredericksburg model home on West Center Street with over 100 visitors last Sunday. Joe Ramsey, the contractor, says the home’s sound construction and cozy design attract many onlookers as finishing touches begin including oak flooring and interior decorating. An open house will be held after completion within the coming week.
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Fredericksburg
Basse Addition
West Center Street
Joe Ramsey
Ramsey
Twelve St Marys seniors receive diplomas at ceremony
The St Marys graduation highlights include a valedictorian Louise Rosenbach with a Our Lady of the Lake College scholarship Adele Turrentine and Virginia Lang also win Alamo City Business College scholarships Aurelia Hartmann Dreughons Scholarship and several grammar school certificates Virginia Lang gives salutatory Rita Molberg recites The Sea of Life Aurelia Hartmann delivers class motto Adele M Turrentine the class flower Hugo Meurer pays tribute The St Marys Orchestra performs the processional and recessional
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St. Mary’s
Wolf
Louise Rosenbach
Our Lady of the Lake College
Adele Turrentine
Virginia Lang
Alamo City
St. Mary's
CAA Weather Bureau Opens In City By Federal Government
The Civil Aeronautics Authority opens a local weather bureau station on a limited basis due to equipment delays. Mr and Mrs Shaw will serve as co observers. The site is an off airway station as the city lies on no direct air route.
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Weather Bureau
Shaw
Harrison
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mother of Local Woman Buried in Mason
Mrs. Charles Kensing nee Mary Jung mother of Mrs. Adolf Heep died Monday night in a local hospital after an extended illness. She was buried in Mason Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock with Rev. O Ratner of the Edison Street Methodist church Fredericksburg officiating. Surviving are Harry of Grit Harold of Freewater Oregon George and Mrs Emil Ischer both of Mason.
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Charles Kensing
Mary Jung
Adolf Heep
Kensing
Mason
O. Ratner
Pasor
Edison Street Methodist Church
Fredericksburg
Harold
Freewater
Oregon
George of
Emil Ischer
Gillespie Fishermen Invited to Enter Big Bass Contest
Walter Fiedler of the Western Auto Store invites Gillespie County fishermen to join the national Texas Big Bass contest running May 15 to September 30. Texas entrants compete only with local fish for five top prizes totaling $40 down to $12 in high quality tackle, plus a trophy for the largest small mouth bass. Free entry blanks are available at Western Auto Stores.
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Gillespie County
Walter Fiedler
Western Auto Store
Texas
Weetern
Western Auto
Western Auto Supply Company
Florida
Illinois
Wildlife Films Shown By Texas Game Commission
A large group viewed Technicolor wildlife films including Texas game hog Javelina and birds deer and turkey in native habitats. Other reels covered gar and trout fishing near Waco. The Texas Game Commission organized the program to promote wildlife appreciation across the state.
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Som
Texas
Waco
Gillespie
Texas Game Commission
Minor accidents injure eight across town
Eight people suffered minor injuries in incidents this week including a boy who cut his left foot on a broken beer bottle while playing a tasking fall on rock steps a woman whose ankle was broken when a cow fell on her foot and a boy who slipped on wood. One patient required a tonsillectomy in Fredericksburg hospitals.
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William Alberthal
Alfred Alberthal
Louis Beyer
Roland Gold
Fredericksburg
Nora Cornehl
Willie Cornehl
Fredericksburg Announces Annual Most Beautiful Yards Contest
Walter Knoche announces Fredericksburg's Annual Most Beautiful Yards Contest entrants must be ready for a photographer on Monday June 3 to take colored motion pictures of their yards. The contest closes June 15 with judges selecting a winner and prize-winning photos shown at the theatre on prize day.
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Walter Knoche
Fredericksburg
Llano Rodeo Invites Gillespians for June 6 7 8
Llano County invites Gillespie residents to a three day Llano Rodeo in Llano June 6 7 and 8. Manager Clinton Hardin promises a well rounded program nightly featuring Tom Hickmann and his Roman jumping horse George Tyler the rodeo clown and his trick mule George Newton of Oklahoma fancy roper and pistol shooting exhibition. Regular rodeo events and prizes are open to all with a cowgirl contest to choose the outstanding woman cowhand.
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Gillespie County
Llano Couny
Clinton Hardin
Tom Hickmann
George Tyler
George Ace Newton
Oklahoma
Llano
Llano County
Legion Memorial Day Program Set for Next Sunday
The program includes a prayer and benediction by Rev O F Kattner of Edison Street Methodist Church. The outdoor segment features three volleys by the Legion Post Firing Squad and taps by Alex Seipp and G A Hartmann. Graves will be decorated for ex service men buried in Fredericksburg. Residents with relatives buried elsewhere may call for a flag and bouquet after the program at the school grounds, with a flowers collection on Sunday morning until 9 30 a m.
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O. F. Kattner
Edison Street Methodist Church
Legion Post
Alex Seipp
G. A. Hartmann
Fredericksburg
Legion
Heep Family Attends St. Marys Graduation in San Antonio
Mrs John Heep and Miss Sophie Heep attended graduation at St Marys High School in San Antonio last Thursday where their granddaughter Lorene Hahn graduated. Hahn also received an unlimited scholarship to Draughons Business College.
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John Heep
Sophie Heep
St. Mary’s High School
San Antonio
Lorene Hahn
New Trotline Law Ruling For Lakes Region
A Llano News report quotes Game Warden D W Williams clarifying a trotline prohibition on Colorado River reservoirs. Any continuous line with more than 30 hooks, including mixed materials, is unlawful. enforcement will be strict across the lakes region.
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Texas Lake
Llano News
D. W. Williams
Colorado River
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Jaycees Seek To Aid In Keeping Library Open
The Jaycees report efforts to keep the library open and announce a fundraising drive backing the Gillespie Chapter of the American Red Cross for relief of warring nations in Europe. They note license plate identification tags ordered for public sale and appoint a nominating committee for director candidates for the July meeting.
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Organization For the
Gillespie Chapter
American Red Cross For Relief of Warring Nations
Europe
Hubert Molberg
Marschall Leasier
Milton Durst
Louis Pyka
Edgar Stroeher
Native of city dies in San Antonio
Mrs. Frank Morgan 84 former Elise Hopf of Fredericksburg died on Wednesday afternoon in San Antonio at her daughter’s home Mrs Chester Pfiester. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon May 30 with Rev John A Scherzer officiating. Interment was in San Jose Burial Park San Antonio.
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Frank Morgan
Elise Hopf
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Chester Pfiester
John A. Scherzer
San Jose Burial Park
Legionnaires Meet in Kerrville for June Session
Legion Post members of District 21 including Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion plan meetings in Kerrville on June 2 and 9. Registration starts 10:30 a.m. at the Blue Bonnet Hotel lobby with a hospital visit, a Roy Bean Court, parade, church attendance, a barbecue, and a final business session to elect delegates to state and national conventions.
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Legion Post
District 21
Louis Jordan Post
The
American Legion
Kerrville
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Legion
Roy Bean
San Angeleans
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CAA Weather Bureau
Big Bass
Game Department
Wildlife Films
Gillespians
Jaycees
Wes
America EN
Joys Dairy Foods
City Cafe
Legionnaires
Felix Klaerner
Prop
Kuenemann Hardware Co
South
Southern Select
Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc
Galveston
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