Area Make It With Wool Contest Here On Monday
Seventy five contestants from nine Hill Country counties compete for 150 in cash and awards in the 1950 area Make it Yourself With Wool contest to be staged Monday in the Kerrville area. Judges and events include a morning garment judging starting at 9 30 and a style show at 8 00 pm with Madeline Bartlett directing and Miss Frances Coleman as SWTSTC professor judging. Local entries include Adela Mae Roeder and Merdie Mac Barth with a Friday program featuring a 430 pm KVET broadcast and a 6 pm dinner for contestants hosted by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce. Winners advance to Ft Worth for state contest and then Casper Wyoming for national competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country
Women's Auxiliary
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Kerrville
Lydia Pool
Chas. Schreiner Co
Pauline Reagan
Bandera
Amanda Arbelger
Mason
Joe Almond
Lampasas
Frances Coleman
Swtstc
San Marcos
Madeline Bartlett
Joske’s
San Antonio
Morgan Jeffries
KEVT
KVET
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Adela Mae Roeder
Merdie Mac Barth
Emily Crenwelge
Violet Ahrens
Helen Meurer
Carolyn Kaderli
Jeanette Weidenfeller
Elaine McKay
Ellie Mae Jung
Carol Jean Hartmann
Judy Holland
Kathleen Bohls
Stonewall
Ft. Worth
Texas
TSGAA
Casper
Wyoming
Ernst Williams
TSGRA
Williams
Rotary Club
Edwin Mayer
Sonora
John Crouch
Comfort
Hill Country Soil Group Sets Date For Range Tour
The Hill Country Association of Soil Conservation Districts schedules its annual field day for June 15 in the Round Mountain area of Blanco County. Nine of ten districts attended the quarterly meeting, new districts Upper Llano and Edwards Plateau welcomed, and a range management contest was planned with KK. T. R. Penick named chair for contest plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Round Mountain
Blanco County
Association
Kerr, Kendall, Gillespie
Pedernales
Llano
Upper Llano
Edwards Plateau
San Saba-Brady
Mason
Hill Country
Ivy Heffernan
Kerrville
H. O. Schulze
M. C. Puckett
State Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Stockton
Horace Fawcett
del Rio
State Soil Conservation Board
Arthur Blaschke
Comfort
Gillespie Ballot Election Returns Party At Fair Park
Gillespie County voters prepare for a seven contested offices general election next Tuesday. The Returns Party at Fair Park Exhibits Hall starts 6 30 pm with live election results plus concerts by Fredericksburg High School bands and bingo raffles. Hamburgers cake coffee and entertainment will keep crowds engaged as polls close and returns roll in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
FHS
Lions Club
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
Fredericksburg
Thirteen Teenagers Injured in Austin Highway Crash
Thirteen teens were injured in a two car collision on the Austin Highway near Pioneer Furniture Friday at midnight. Vernell Kuhlmann, 17, driving one car with nine passengers, and Nolan Priess, 20, driving the other with four passengers, were listed by state patrol. A. C. Kast, 14, sustained the most serious injury with a broken leg. all were taken to area hospitals by private cars and ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Pioneer Furniture Company
Lawrence and
Carey
Vernell Kuhlmann
Felix Kuhlmann
Nolan Priess
Jim Priess
Franklin Beckmann
Jerry Gold
Clarence Beckmann
Boys
Community Chest Drive Opens November 6 in Gillespie County
Gillespie County starts its 1951 Community Chest drive on Monday November 6 targeting an $11 598 quota to support six organizations and fund all local charitable needs in a one week campaign A district courtroom meeting on November 2 will finalize the quota and elect a two year board of directors with half current members up for retirement including precincts 1 2 3 and 4 holdovers and retirees Dr V B Spiva Bill Hodges and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Community Chest
Felix Scherer
Lorenz Bading
Mathew Pyka
Carl Hein
Werner Klier
Tyrus Cox
Floy Bode
Frank Staudt
Ad. Nebgen
Reubin Leyendecker
Reubin Schneider
Charles Walter
Dr. V. B. Spiva
Bill Hodges
Werner Feller
Andrew Kaiser
Fredericksburg Chamber Reports At First 1951 Quarterly Meet
Fredericksburg chamber members heard committee heads outline ongoing activities at the first quarterly meeting of the new fiscal year in Fair Park. Henry Hahn presented an Edwards Plateau wildlife survey and the film Mr Whitetail while Henry Meurer presided and Almon Kirchhoff delivered the secretary’s financial report. Five new members were introduced by Alex Frantzen as the group announced a 335 membership and a goal of 50 more by July 1951 with by laws adopted to extend directors’ terms to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Victor Sagebiel
First Jaycee Turkey Shoot Sets Two Day Event
The first annual Jaycee Turkey Shoot runs Saturday and Sunday at Schmidt's Range south of the city on the San Antonio Highway. Vic tor Sagebiel says shooters will compete in turkey and target events with turkeys as prizes and open and scope sight divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrods
San Antonio
Victor Sagebiel
Turkey
Attempted assassination targets Truman at Blair House
An assassination attempt at Blair House in Washington targeted President Truman. One attacker died, another was critically wounded, and three presidential guards were injured. The would be assailants were identified as Puerto Rico nationalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry SS. Truman
Blair House
Washington
Puerto Rico
Big crowd attends Gillespie County Boy Scout pot luck
The Gillespie County Boy Scout District held a record pot luck supper at Fair Park with 500 scouts and parents attending. Award presentations included five of the highest awards, six Eagle and Palm honors, and numerous merit badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callespie County
Fair Park
Gillespie County
Tyrus T. Cox
AV. J. Murray
Capitol Area Council
BSA
Texas Railroad Commission
Tom Beauchamp
Court of Criminal Appeals
Boy Scout Movement
Nelson Geistweidt
Dennis Lange
Delano Nixon
Marion Baethge
Chase Ends With 15 Year Old's Arrest For Car Theft
State Highway Patrols pursued Charles A. Cleburn, 15, from Mason to Fredericksburg at 75 to 85 mph after he fled a gas station theft. He later admitted riding with a man in a 1949 Chevrolet from Texas to San Angelo where the car was stolen. Cleburne, a former Gatesville State School for Boys inmate, was held in Gillespie County jail for San Angelo officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Cleburn
State School For Boys
Mason
Ivan Lawrence
Tom Carey
Doss
Mason County
Fredericksburg
Schubert Street
Turner Hall
Robert Loth
Felps
San Antonio
Louis Mueller
Harry Eckhardt
Cleburne
Pedernales
Tohoka
Texas
B. F. Edwards
Slaton
San Angelo
Texarkana
Gatesville
Gillespie County
Record Vote Anticipated in General Election
One of the heaviest votes in the county is anticipated in the general election Tuesday, November 7, when Gillespians will ballot to fill seven contested offices. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. with returns at the Fair Park Exhibition Hall by the Fredericksburg Lions Club and FHS Band Boosters. Honey Creek Precinct 2 votes at Felix Fuhrmann home marking first time a U.S. election is held in a private home. Seven contested races include county-wide posts County Judge Sheriff and Tax Assessor-Collector, with candidates Sagebiel, Klaerner, and Wenheimer competing. Continuation noted on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
Fredericksburg Lions Club
FHS Band Boosters Organization
Honey Creek
Felix Fuhrmann
Fuhrmann
Henry Hirsch
Victor H. Sagebiel
Robert “Bob” Loth
Hugo Klaerner
Milton Durst
Joe O. Wenheimer
William Petmecky
Petmecky
Girl Scout Week Activities Highlight Local Troops
Girl Scout Week began October 29 with church services in uniform. Troops 4 and 13 directed by Mrs. Edgar Klett broadcast on KNAF. A Father-Daughter Banquet followed, with council members in attendance. The Texas Colorado Area Council Round-Up takes place Thursday at the LCRA Building in Austin, with numerous local families attending. Brownie Troop 8 organized at Mrs Harvey Stein home, with Mrs Henry Schmidt as assistant leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Klett
KNAF
Texas Colorado Area Council
LCRA
Austin
Cliff Balser
Alonzo Evers
Elgin Heimann
Tyrus Cox
A. G. Davidson
Victor Schoenewolf
Lorence Feller
George Riley
Erna Heinen
Freda Hammons
Johnny Weidenfeller
Alfred Duecker
Patricia Duecker
Delia Davidson
Maynett
Tyra Ann Cox
Jeanette Weidenfeller
Carolyn Jean Kaderli
W. J. Tubbs
Brownie Troop
Harvey Stein
Henry Schmidt
Stein
Alfred Crenwelge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Rode
Reubin Rode
Annie Marie Lindig
Max Lindig
Texas Lutheran College
TLC
Daniel Baker Hill Billies
Weimar Hein
Here
Hill Country Soil Group
Gillespians
M. J. Murray
Ed. Hagel
Ed. Hagel Jr
Franklin Loth
Marvin Nebgen
Albert Nebgen
James Nebgen
Louis Klein
Charles Klein
Benno Eckert
Harvey Eckert
Loth and
Hagel
Explorer Post
St. Mary's Troop
Marvin
Rice
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Jaycees
Lorin Baethge
Eagle Awards
The
Stonewall Troop
Capitol Area
W. J. Murray
New Pelling Place
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