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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
1
The October action regulates peddlers with a fifty cent license and a $500 bond for advance delivery sales, with exemptions for home grown produce. It also requires health certificates for all employees of food establishments including markets and restaurants, and tightens disease reporting to the City Health Officer.
United Telephone Company plans to replace rural lines linking Fredericksburg Willow City and Stonewall with metallized cables. The move aims to curb electrical disturbance and crosstalk caused by nearby rural electric lines and to enable dependable service through company ownership of connected lines. Owners of private lines are urged not to undertake rebuilding, as compensation will be paid based on actual worth.
Wheat farmers in Gillespie County show strong interest in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration wheat crop insurance for 1940. By October 15, 142 applications were filed covering 1 983 acres and 15 113 bushels, with total insurance costs of 1025.77 dollars, of which 893.74 is to be deducted from 1940 conservation payments and 132.03 paid in cash. The program protects 75 percent of normal production against drought, flood, hail and other risks.
The Catholic Youth of St Marys will present The Heart of a Shamrock a three act play on Sunday night October 22 at 8 pm at Peters Hall Muse. Singing and entertainment will be between acts. Admission is 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children and 35 cents for reserved seats. Tickets on sale at Stehling Bros Robert Blum and Peters Confectionery.
Legionnaires are reminded of the District Convention at Junction on the 21st and 22nd of 1939. Registrations and dance Saturday, committee meetings and parade Sunday morning, with a business meeting Sunday afternoon. Local Junior Band will join the parade, group arrival coordinated from the Agriculture building at 7 a.m. Alfred Neffen dorf, Post Commander, mentions State Commander Lou Roberts will attend both days.
Gillespie County teachers gather at the Courthouse in Fredericksburg on Saturday October 28 starting at 9:30 AM Judge Henry Hirsch announces the meeting. Topics of current interest to the teaching profession will be discussed. Railroad Commissioner Lon Smith and Judge R E Gray of Austin were in town and stopped by the office.
Brown & Root Construction Company opened offices and a warehouse at the Exhibition Hall of the Gillespie County Fair Association in Fredericksburg for the 1800 mile Pedernales Electric Co operative distribution project. A new crew of about 175 men under Claud Horton and Dan Deyess will clear right of way, unload poles this week, and build at least eighteen miles daily in Gillespie Kerr Kendall and Kimble counties using local labor where possible.
Alton Stehling, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Stehling, lost the index and ring fingers of his left hand when the car he and his mother rode in to Kerrville overturned near Wolf's Creek crossing at 8 am. The vehicle skidded on loose gravel and the hand was caught between the car and road. Surgeons at a local hospital removed the two crushed fingers and he remained in hospital for further care.
Juenke and Schoenewolf announce their annual storewide sale titled Opportunity Days starting Saturday October 21. Management says the sale comes at an opportune time for consumers and will be featured in this issue.
Fredericksburg High School Hillbillies roll to a 31 7 win at Goldthwaite to extend their district title bid led by back Anderegg and strong defense from Roy Langerhans. Early game miscues gave Goldthwaite a 10 yard scoring drive but the Hillbillies responded with control of the game and momentum.
The 1940 range-building program of the AAA adds several Texas friendly changes over 1939. West Texas ranchmen will see a shift in payment basis for contour listing or furrowing from 50 cents per acre to two and a half cents per 100 linear feet.
Germany resumes air attacks on Britain with raids on the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow. Reports claim some Nazi planes shot down and casualties among sailors. Western Front fighting continues as Poland falls. Two British ships Lochaven and Royal Oak are sunk with loss and survivors. Turkey contemplates treaties with Britain after talks with Soviet Russia fail.
The County Commissioners last week granted Mrs Homer Alexander twenty dollars monthly for her and their four children due to her husband illness and sewing room job loss. Willhide Equipment Co is approved for furniture for the new courthouse and acceptance copies are sent to the WPA engineer. Four coin convicts paid fines on county roads and officers fees are approved. Treasurer Elgin v. Crenwelge reports Jury Fund balance of 5069.94.
Edgar Meyer, 48, was critically injured when his 18 year old son Ferdinand accidentally fired a 25-35 caliber handgun while repairing a fence at Louis Maenius ranch near Albert. The round struck Meyer's right leg below the knee shattering bones. Meyer was rushed to a local hospital and remained there as doctors attempted to save the limb.
A single robber robbed the Blanco City Bank at 4 p.m. today in daylight. Sheriff Alfred Kraerner received a description: a brown coupe with license plate 143 595. The amount stolen and specific method were not disclosed by press time.
The annual Hallowe en Carnival sponsored by the Public School Parent-Teacher Association will be held on the school grounds Halloween night October 31. A parade will pass up Main Street and the grounds will host donkey riding bingo fortune telling news reels and a floor show. A chili supper will be served with hamburgers sandwiches cake candy and drinks.
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