Construction Starts On Farm Market Road Project
Killian Keller Construction began work on the 10.5 mile Farm To Market Highway north of Fredericksburg along Upper Crabapple Road. The old Town Creek bridge was removed and a 50 by 40 foot concrete bridge planned with an 80 foot right of way. Paving to follow after next spring within 120 working days.
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Town Creek
Crabapple Road
Killian-Keller Construction Co
Fredericksburg
Killian-Keller Construction Company
Signatures Sought for Fredericksburg Freedom Crusade
Dr Dor Brown leads a signature drive for the Crusade for Freedom in Gillespie County. Scrolls are available at St. Marys Fredericksburg Public Schools Fredericksburg National and Security State Banks Fredericksburg Publishing Co Radio Post Hotel Nimitz and the Chamber of Commerce. Citizens are urged to sign the Declaration of Freedom and may donate to Radio Free Europe to fund broadcasts against Communist lies.
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Crusade For Freedom
Fredericksburg
Dor Brown
Jaycee
St. Mary's
Fredericksburg Public Schools
Radio Free Europe
Dr. Brown
Hunters Offer Prizes for 1950 Season by Gillespie Association
The Gillespie Game and Fish Protective Association announced prizes for the 1950 hunting season. Heaviest deer and deer with most points will win rifles. the turkey contest offers a shotgun. Gilbert Kaderli was reelected president with Emil Lange vice president and C B Renick as second VP Victor Sagebiel remains secretary treasurer. Membership renewals due by November 1 push to reach about 400 members. A bounty on fur bearing animals was discussed.
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Gillespie Game and Fish Protective Association
Gilbert Kaderli
Kaderli
Emil Lange
C. B. Renick
Herman J. Weinheimer
Victor Sagebiel
Game Association
Emil Petsch
Emil F. Lange
W. H. Sagebiel
Monroe Herbert
Harry Jordan
Martin Dittmar
Gillespie CROP Drive Set For October 23 31
The 1950 Gillespie County CROP drive runs October 23 to 31 with Walter Fuhrmann as chairman. Local farm, church and civic leaders back the nationwide effort to send bulk farm gifts to the needy overseas via Catholic Rural Life Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief. Volunteers will canvass farms and contributions may be cash or bulk commodities, sent to the County CROP Committee at Fredericksburg Standard.
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Gillespie County
Walter Fuhrmann
Catholic Rural Life
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
Ministry of Mercy
County
Fredericksburg
Rural schools in Gillespie County enroll 507 scholars
Gillespie County reports 507 scholastics across fifteen rural schools. Stonewall Consolidated leads with 113 pupils, well ahead of Morris Ranch with 46, per figures from Albert Petermann of County Judge Henry Hirsch’s office.
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Gillespie County
Albert Petermann
Henry Hirsch
Stonewall
Morris Ranch
Mrs. R. T. DuBose Visits Dallas Relative
Mrs. R. T. DuBose of Dallas is spending several weeks with her mother Mrs. John Weinheimer. The item lists names and ages of residents in various Texas locales such as Luckenbach Rocky Hill Pilot Knob Squaw Creek Crabapple Meusebach Creek Cherry Spring Stonewall Wrede Lower South Grape Creek Doss Pecan Creek Peterburg Morris Ranch Willow City.
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R. T. DuBose
Dallas
John Weinheimer
Luckenbach
Rocky Hill
Pilot Knob
Squaw Creek
Crabapple
Meusebach Creek
Cherry Spring
Stonewall
Wrede
Lower South Grape Creek
Doss
Pecan Creek
Peterburg
Morris Ranch
Willow City
New Ensemble Featured at Little Symphony Concert Monday
The Fredericksburg Music Study Club presents a new ensemble at the San Antonio Little Symphony concert in Fredericksburg Public School Auditorium Monday October 16. Soloist Miss Bess Hieronymous a Temple native and Trinity University professor headlines a program of Mozart Haydn Faure Bizet Kennank Benjamin Ibert and Gliere with novelty pieces. Seventeen San Antonio Little Symphony musicians join the Little Symphony for the performance.
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Hill Country Friends of Music
San Antonio
T. Wright Neal
Temple Duderstadt
Marvin Jones
Little Symphony
Mozart
Haydn
Faure
Bizet
Kennank
Benjamin
Ibert
Gliere
Bess Hieronymous
Temple
Texas
Hieronymous
Fredericksburg
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Boston
Heinrich Beghard
Smith College
Alfred Einstein
Miss Hieronymus
Trinity University
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Soulima Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
California
Festival Orchestra
Santa Barbara
San Antonio Little Symphony
Foundation Underway for Fredericksburg Public School Building
Foundation work for the new primary building at Fredericksburg Public School progressed with Marcus Burg Construction Company pouring the foundation as crews speed up digging. The four room eastern wing aims for end of 1950 occupancy, with full completion target by February 1 if weather holds.
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Marcus Burg Construction Company
Knapp
Louis Kott
East College Street
West College Street
Marcus Burg
Austin
Burg
Johnson City
Blanco
Former Officers Reelected By Band Boosters
Mrs. Wm. Petmecky was reelected president of the Fredericksburg High School Band Boosters. E. L. Walter was reelected vice president, Mrs. Kermit Striegler treasurer, and Mrs. Theo W. Knopp secretary. Directors are Bennie Heinen, Alfred Cameron and Kurt Eckhardt. The group will sponsor a cold drink stand during the Little Symphony concert intermission on Oct 16 and co sponsor an election returns party with the Fredericksburg Lions Club on Nov 7.
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FHS
Theo W. Knopp
Kermit Striegler
Wm. Petmecky
Kurt Eckhardt
Alfred Cameron
BE. L. Walter
David Hargis
B. H. Heinen
Fredericksburg
Twenty to Be Inducted in November
The Army's third call for inductees will select 20 men from the Fredericksburg Draft Board area. They must report to San Antonio on November 3.
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Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Banks to Close for Columbus Birthday Observance
The Fredericksburg National Bank and the Security State Bank will close tomorrow, Thursday October 12, in observance of Columbus' Birthday.
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Fredericksburg National Bank
The
Security State Bank
Denver Woman Injured In Highway Crash
Agnes Seaman 32 of Denver Colorado suffered a broken leg and multiple injuries in a two car collision at the Cherry Springs curve 16.7 miles west of Fredericksburg Sunday at 1 20 p m. She and her husband Robert V Seaman were in a 1949 Lincoln traveling east while John T Ferguson in a westbound car remained uninjured. Charges were filed against Seaman for operating on the wrong side of the road according to State Highway Patrolmen Lawrence and Carey who investigated.
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Agnes Seaman
Denver
Colorado
Robert V. Seaman
John T. Ferguson
Cherry Springs
Fredericksburg
Seamans
Ferguson
Seaman
Lawrence and
Carey
Harvest Festival to Crown Queen at Fredericksburg PTA Event
The Fredericksburg Parent Teacher Association hosts its first Harvest Festival on October 18 with 814 students on the lighted school field. A Mexican supper, midway attractions, and a queen’s coronation headline an all-evening program featuring classes and a parade of months led by 12 grade ladies and escorts.
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Fredericksburg Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Mae Schmidt
A. Krause
Deanne Davis
Terry Sembritzky
Guido Klett
Roy Langerhans
Petit Jury summoned for Monday morning in district court
Avenue of prospective jurors has been summoned for Monday morning October 16 at 9 a.m. for civil trials in District Court next week. Names listed include N. H. Greathouse Edwin Pfister Jr Frank Grothe Clarence Schroeder Edwin Rusenberger Weston Bailey John J. Moritz Albert Treibs Elgin Jost Karl Durst Emil Heiner Herm W Kothe Herman A Eckhardt Lawrence Klein John W Metzger Vincent Knopp Omar Cottle Walter Crenwelge Elgin Dittmar Paul Stehling Keyser Bierschwabe Walter Itz Walter Wunderlich Erwin Baethge Otto Zimmermann Regu Rode M. L. Bogisch Clinton Gold Sylvester Crenwelge Theo Hartmann Kurt Kramer Raymond Braeutigam Oliver Kowert Emil Anderegg Harvey Moellering Arno Behrends Alonzo Evers Levi Kensing Alfred Kelch Walter Hopf.
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N. H. Greathouse
Edwin Pfiester Jr
Frank Grothe
Clarence Schroeder
Edwin Rusenberger
Weston Bailey
John J. Moritz
Albert Treibs
Elgin Jost
Karl Durst
Emil Heiner
Herm. W. Kothe
Herman A. Eckhardt
Lawrence Klein
John W. Metzger
Vincent Knopp
Omar Cottle
Walter Crenwelge
Elgin Dittmar
Paul Stehling
Keyser Bierschwabe
Walter Itz
Walter Wunderlich
Erwin Baethge
Otto Zimmermann
Regu Rode
M. L. Bogisch
Clinton Gold
Sylvester Crenwelge
Theo Hartmann
Kurt Kramer
Raymond Braeutigam
Oliver Kowert
Emil Anderegg
Harvey Moellering
Arno Behrends
Alonzo Evers
Levi Kensing
Alfred Kelch
Walter Hopf
Road Marking Campaign Intensified in Gillespie County
Gillespie County road marking effort expands this week with a plan to post road signs on county roads. The Chamber of Commerce and County Commissioners will publish a road name map and supply posts. landowners may buy personalized gate signs at 1.75 each to be painted before hunting season.
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Gillespie County
Chamber of Commerce
Mesdames Rubin Beckmann and Dru Rainbolt Visit Abilene
Mesdames Rubin Beckmann and Dru Rainbolt spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Abilene, engaging in local meetings and social activities. The trip highlighted informal exchanges with community members and observations of regional initiatives.
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Mesdames
Rubin Beckmann
Dru Rainbolt
Abilene
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Freedom Crusade
Gillespie
Election Returns Party
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Petit Jury
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