Defense Savings ads urge stamps support for families
Public notices promote Defense Savings ads encouraging stamp purchases to aid the Defense Program and support individual families and communities.
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
7
Public notices promote Defense Savings ads encouraging stamp purchases to aid the Defense Program and support individual families and communities.
Real estate items describe acres for sale with various improvements including large stone house, loam soil, and fields. Prices range from 1500 to 3600 dollars with government loan hints and trade options. Listings mention town properties, farm setups, modern houses, and rapid sale terms despite garbled text.
Two motorists report deer related crashes this week in the county while en route to Fredericksburg Kerrville and town. In one incident the car left the Kerrville road and a ditch. no injuries reported. Another driver struck a deer and sustained no damage. Watch for deer crossing signs as cooler weather brings more wildlife onto highways.
Advertisement seeks applicants for defense air craft construction. Age 18 to 36, either married or single. Starting wage 60 cents per hour. Six weeks of training required to qualify. Write Dept. C. P.O. Box 473, Fredericksburg, Texas.
H Welge Lewis Oil Firm, a home owned Fredericksburg business, wholesales and distributes Onyx Gasoline Wanda and Petroleum products. It claims Texan sourcing and 100 percent Texan origin with refined motor oils and lubricants, inviting calls or visits to its plant.
Fredericksburg leaders attend Region Nine Institute sessions in Galveston on October 25 26 and Dallas on October 26 with theme Building Strong Troops Dr James E West Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America will address round table sessions rallies and dinners in four cities West has guided the growth of the movement to more than ten million Americans with over 1 500 000 Scouts Cubs and adult leaders nationwide
The Bospepal News Week reports operations in local hospitals over the past week. Sondra Ann Owen underwent a tensilectomy on October 2, Mrs V Wendel and Estella Behrends had tonsilectomies on October 2 and 8 respectively, Raymond Beyer and Henry Klein had tonsilectomies on October 4 and 7, Gladys Herbert on October 8, and Milton Beyer fractured his left arm near the wrist on Monday.
Gillespie County records show a rare weekly birth dip with three newborns. Two girls arrived October 2 to Lonnie Friedrich and October 4 to Varnell Bartholmae, the only boy born October 3 to Alfred Rahe.
This edition recounts local prep football notes with San Saba, Rochelle, and Lampasas in the district race as the Hillbillies face Halloween night action in San Saba. It also covers the 1941 World Series drama where the Yankees edged the Dodgers 7 4 and 2 1 losses, plus a Dallas bone specialist casting for Melvin Bonn’s legs for six weeks.
The Security State Bank will be closed Monday October 13 in observance of Columbus Day.
Dorman D. Sell, secretary of the county AAA committee, urges Gillespie County farmers to complete soil-building practices by November 30, 1941 to qualify for this year’s program. The emphasis is on using practices such as terracing contour ridging listing chiseling furrowing non crop pasture and building earthen tanks to preserve soil and moisture.
Eugene Schmidt, local Grand Prize distributor, sponsors two fifteen minute football broadcasts each Saturday on the Texas Quality network. The first period previews the games that day and the next, while the second period provides nationwide scores. Rubin Crenwelge, Prop.
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