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Newspaper

Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1940

Page

7

Jacoby Named President of Stonewall Club

The Stonewall Cooperative and Educational Club held a Friday evening meeting. New officers elected include Reuben Jacoby as president Ernest Hodges as vice president and Mrs Kurt Weinheimer as secretary treasurer. A program by grades preceded the vote and attendees later enjoyed ice cream and cake.

Stonewall Cooperative and Educatonal Club Agnes Juha Nebgen Ruben Rachel Henry Beckmann Reuben Jacoby Ernest Hodges Kurt Weinheimer Lavern Juenke Arno Juenke Agriculture Building Marian Barsch Dorothy Pieper Virginia Bernice Johann Cliva Weinheimer Agnes Nebrn Irene Feuge Emilie Nielsen Herm Weinheimer

Diversified Crops Supplant Cotton in Local Farms

Six bales of cotton were ginned last week while families pick or have cotton gathered. Acreage for cotton declined as land shifts to oats and wheat for market and to corn and sorghums for home use. Peanuts and small tomato plots appear, but drought cut the tomato crop short.

Morris Ranch News Social Visits Mark Quiet Week

Nice rain refreshed Morris County. Mr and Mrs Chas Gottschall and son Elenn visited relatives in Yorktown. Larkin Everett, employed at the General Hospital, hosted visits from Mrs Ola B Gammon and Mrs Gar denshire. Mrs Dick Miller and Mrs Albert Everett called on Larkin Everett. Charles Jenkins of San Antonio and wife visited en route to Shreveport where he transferred. The couple stayed with S W Byrd family two nights. Otho Morris guest at Morris home. Even Everett and children spent Sunday with Albert Everett.

Chas Gottschall Elenn Yorktown Albert Everett Gardenshire Dick Miller Larkin Everett Larkin General Hospital Charles Jenkins San Antonio Shreveport la Jenkins S. W. Byrd Ola B. Gammon Kerrville Otho Morris Morris Everett Frank Staudt

Juenke Leads in Fredericksburg Grocery Business Since 1917

Eric Juenke son of Emil Juenke rose from delivery clerk to partner in Juenke & Schoenewolf, the Fredericksburg grocery opened in 1912. He also served as director and president of the Gillespie County Fair Association and as City Fire Marshal, contributing to the community through civic roles and volunteer fire service.

Eric Juenke Emil Juenke Juenke Fredericksburg Prof Dubrey Louis Priess Petermann Eric Fiie Gillespie County Fair Association Fair Association

Vital part of our paper correspondents

Our correspondents weekly provide the homey news and report the glorious life in a free nation. Their names appear with each article they write, forming the largest group of reporters for this community newspaper.

Gold church chili supper and bazaar draws crowd in Fredricksburg

A large turnout attended the Holy Ghost church chili supper and bazaar in Fredricksburg Thursday night. Community members and numerous local families joined in the social at Klaerner's Park and other Sunday gatherings nearby.

Holy Ghost Church Fredericksburg Marvin Mohr San Antono Fred Koennecke Eugene Koennecke Esther Mohr Charles Sagebiel Harold Marvin Ahrens Jugendverein Klaerner’s Park Chester Boos Baby Alfons Feller

Man injured near Harper wagon overturns after frightened team

Mr. Henry Moellendorf of the Reservation community was loading a bale of cotton when his team frightened by a goat in the fence ran and overturned the wagon. He was thrown against a wire fence, suffering bruises but no serious injuries.

Henry Moellendorf Moellendorf

Cotton Shipment Moves Under Government Plan

Albert Cotton is shipped to the government plan with two loads of cotton to Austin totaling 44 bales. This marks the first cotton entered from Gillespie County under the program. A further load is expected this weekend. Local social notes mention visits by Doran Raulz and Mildred Pehl, plus a school accident involving Elizabeth Wilke who fell from a see saw but is now well. Clarence Clendenning has been helping on the J O Tanner farm since last week.

Felix Pehl Austin Gillespie County Doran Raulz Mildred Pehl Elizabeth Wilke Reuben Reubsahm Albert Benno Baag Willie Baag Clarence Clendenning J. O. Tanner

Stehlings Cleans and Packs Summer Gear for Travel

Send summer clothes to Stehling Bros for moth proof cleaning and packing with no extra charge. Call 294 or ship today to Stehlings for thorough service.

PALL Stehling’s Stehling Bros

Protector for Women CARDUS Relief for Periodic Distress

CARDUS relieves headaches nervousness and cramps from functional dysing norrhea due to malnutrition. It increases appetite stimulates gastric juices and improves digestion. It helps build resistance to periodic distress and is used before and during the time. CARDUS has been popular for over 50 years.

Cardus

Harper Volunteer Fire Department welcomes new truck

Members of the Harper Volunteer Fire Department pose with the department’s first fire truck, recently delivered. The photo, courtesy of Harper Herald, shows most of the newly organized team that marks Harpers history.

Harper Volunteer Fire Department Fire Department Harpers Harper Herald

Tetanus Symptoms and Preventive Measures

An editor’s health column explains tetanus or lockjaw caused by Bacillus tetani. It details the germ’s discovery, its soil and animal excreta reservoirs, and notes the disease is visible only under high magnification.

J. J. Hanus Nickolater Kitasato

Wendels Celebrate 95th Wedding Anniversary at Doss

A. A. and Mrs. Wendel of Doss observed their 95th wedding anniversary at Klaerner's Picnic Grounds on Sunday September 22 with a noon dinner a mock wedding and entertainment. Relatives and friends from Harper Junction San Antonio Mason Doss and Fredericksburg attended.

A. A. Wendel Doss Klaerner Harper, Junction San Antonio Mason Fredericksburg

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jacoby Stonewall Club Mrs Benno Eckert Stonewall Peter Weber Luckenbach Morris Ranch News Lelia M. Byrd Morris Ranch MacDonald Studio Gold News Felix Herbert Harper Gilbert Pape Harper St. James Lutheran Church David Schmidt Government Mildred Pehl Albert Dental Keidel’'s Drug Store Werner Keidel Jr., D.D.S Harper Department A. A. Wendels Harry Wahrmund Doss Willie Baethge Louise Dittmar Park Conoco Continental Oil Oswald L. Crenwelge Texas
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