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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1952
Page
23
Birthday greetings for Juanita Crenwelge on October 4 and Kerwin Weinheime on October 5 accompany local events. Indians vs Kyle game flagged for October 3 with Pow Wow staff meeting October 5 and St Mary’s Sodality General Communion. Shoppers are advised to watch want ads for bargains.
Rosemary Kunz and A J Langehennig were elected president and vice president of St Mary’s Student Council after 130 students voted. Comanche candidates won 75 votes to 55 for Apache candidates. Three sealed ballot booths operated on the second floor. a fifty cent poll tax funded the inaugural ball orchestra and expenses. Final results announced Tuesday night at 8 o’clock.
Mayor Schroeder officiated at Rosemary Kunz's inauguration in St. Joseph's Hall on a Tuesday night. Pat Dooley announced final results, and the president took the pledge with the mayor guiding the ceremony amid Indian attire and a pow wow. Al and His Highlanders provided music for the inaugural ball as Comanche colors and decor set a festive mood.
Last Thursday during English classes, high school elections followed parliamentary procedure. Seniors chose Lucille Straube for president and Clarence Metzger for vice president, with Judy Holland and William Weber as secretary and treasurer. Junior officers are Darrel Schlueter president, Leota Engel vice president, Kenneth Jordan secretary, Shirley Ann Loth treasurer. Sophomores elected Shirley Schneider president, Kerwin Weinheimer vice president, Barbara Zenner secretary, James Metzger treasurer. Freshmen head Robert Pohler president, Adeline Stehling vice president, Doris Braeutigam secretary, Carolyn Loth treasurer.
Ralph A. Swanson of the Central Electric Co op spoke to the senior English class on the purpose and organization of co operatives. He described forming a co op from consumer groups tired of high prices and poor service, electing a board, appointing a manager, and distributing any profits as dividends to consumers. He noted no private profit and that co ops pay all other government taxes, sharing examples from the United States and Nordic countries.
Bobby Jenschke a junior at St Marys is a first string end for the Indian team. In his third season he is a Grade A player and lettered as a sophomore. He also handles kicking off extra points and punting duties. Freddie Pyka a junior at center in his third season has one letter and is a strong team man boosting spirit.
Qosmane Vermoun jokes about too many educated birdies in class while George seeks one who excels with dates. Frosh girls flaunt purple and green socks and high heels in an “out of the century” style. The town eyes a male quartet for radio ads, Gilmer claims to feel SOMEBODY, and freshmen play London Bridge before senior onlookers. Initiation Day may bring surprises for boys forgetting shoe polish.
The army post at Fort Bragg North Carolina is the largest in the country by area, covering 120,477.39 acres.
Fredericksburg attorney Pat Dooley addressed 140 high school students at St Marys University as Opel Kunz was installed as president of the Student Council on Tuesday night September 23. Dooley praised youth, stressed duties of citizenship, and urged continued practice of free speech press assembly and choice in school activities before leading a toast to St Marys and guiding the group in The Bells of St Marys.
George L. Hassfield, champion typist, demonstrated correct posture concentration rhythm and error-free motion to first-year typists. He outlined practice and machine knowledge as the secrets of typing while showing paper insertion marginal stops tabulator and touch control techniques. Hassfield has earned ten medals and a record speed of 139 words per minute for one hour.
Senior girls host a Mexican a la onion supper with enchiladas and rice prepared by Reny Judy Cecile Betty Tilda Darlene Patsy Rosy and Mary The meal begins at 6 30 and ends with praise for Emily Post A note credits Bakelite inventor Leo Hendrick Baekeland.
Judy Holland led St Marys Pep Squad of sixty-one in blue and gold into a striking CP teepee formation before the Indians versus Center Point Pirates. The drum major directed a symbolic Indian display with batons raised as cheerleaders performed and the squad rallied to cheer the team.
Orchids go to Father Hildebrand Father Logan Mayor Schroeder Mr and Mrs Pat Dooley and all teachers for participating in the inauguration program also to Rosemary and A J Langehennig newly elected officers of the Student Council and to Juanita Crenwelge and Daniel Hartmann the secretary and treasurer. Onions to the gum chewers during Glee Club practice and to the Junior boys who are heard but not seen in shop class. A corsage of orchids to the new class officers and onions to the desk bangers in the Sophomore Room. Orchids to Al and His Highlanders for wonderful music.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Young and children from Cypress Mills spent the weekend in Johnson City visiting Mr and Mrs M B Gipson. Mr and Mrs Arthur Rose and Mrs J B Kennedy visited in Fredericksburg Tuesday. Sgt Rogers Smith of Fort Hood spent the weekend in Johnson City visiting his mother Mrs Addie Smith.
The Hawaiian Islands are described as a crossroads of the Pacific, serving as a pivotal hub linking Asian and American trade routes and cultural exchanges across the central Pacific.
Local residents and families listed recent visits, travelers, and health updates. Lynn Hahn and others plan a trip to New Mexico visiting Los Alamos. Arleene Burg returns home after surgery in Fredericksburg. several families from Albee Nebgen Jenschke Nebgen and guests travel and host in Fredericksburg Bandera and Antonio areas. a discharge brings Willy May Burg’s father home from Leonard Wood Missouri. social visits include Moldenhauer Wunde lich and Filter families in Austin Moody and Moody area connections.
For rent typewriters by the month with machines available now for long terms. Also Fredericksburg Publishing listed in the notice.
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