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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
7
Willow School trustees plan a Sunday rodeo next week on Oct 27 starting at 10 am featuring calf tie down break away double mugging and bull riding using the Clint Hardin rodeo kit. Twenty barbecue meals will be served and a country store run by the ladies is expected to draw interest.
The Doss Improvement Club held its regular monthly meeting on Saturday night October 19 with 40 members present. President Sauer led. minutes were read and approved. plans for a Halloween party were approved. committees were appointed for decoration entertainment and refreshments. Reports note registration day October 16 for 41 boys and men and a social at the Cherry Spring League on October 13. An aged resident Manuel, formerly Mexican, died in Fredericksburg October 13. Continued on page 3, sec. 2.
Rudi Lange a Fredericksburg young business man started in markets and, with Paul Nebgen, opened the Red and White store in spring 1939. Now a year in business shows doubled and trebled trade. Lange, son of A. B. Lange, has Gillespie County roots and ties to Lange's Mill history. He favors advertising, enjoys cattle buying, fishing, hunting, and baseball as a hobby.
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County housewives have a chance to win Admiration Coffee Company prizes advertised in the Standard Society Page. The local contest offers eight million possible prizes compared with nationwide contests offering 132 million. Read the society page for details of this Texas contest.
The farmers in our community are busy filling their small grain and would appreciate rain. Amelia Eckhardt of San Antonio spent the weekend at home. Miss Nora Besier will wed Guen ther Wunderlich on October 22. Several locals attended events and visited relatives across Kerrville, Schumannsville, and San Antonio.
The Morris Ranch PTA will sponsor a Halloween party and chili supper at the schoolhouse Saturday evening with chili served at 6 p m. Progressive 42 and other games will be played and prizes awarded to the 42 players. Everyone is invited to attend the event.
Fredericksburg community announces a district court session sponsored by civic organizations with Paul Weber serving as chairman.
The Women’s Missionary Society of St. James Lutheran Church met Wednesday afternoon with hostesses Mesdames Victor Wendel William Dittmar and Clifford Bode. The group sang prayed read scripture announced reports and discussed business. Cookies cakes sandwiches and coffee were served to 18 guests.
The Stonewall 4-H Girls Club met Oct. 15 at their sponsor’s home with Irene Cora Feuge presenting a program enjoyed by all. Mrs. Eckert instructed on inventory methods and handed sheets on staying healthy and neat. The group adjourned to meet November 5 at the sponsor’s home.
The Louis Jordan Post No. 244 schedules its regular meeting on Tuesday October 25. Ex service members are urged to attend for refreshments and entertainment.
Age 85 years Mrs Brown enjoys good health. Ernest and Hiram Hodges families visited in Mason on Sunday. Grandma Oatman left for San Antonio to spend winter with Albert Mauldin. Tom Andrews and children of Brady visited Albert Mauldins. Teachers attended a meeting in Fredericksburg last Saturday. Peter Weber of Luckenbach visited with Mr. Mauldin.
Farmers plow and prepare fields for fall sowing as reports call for rain to advance planting. The weather is described as stalled while speculation grows on rain and cooler conditions. Families thresh pecan trees and the pecan crop outlook improves beyond prior expectations.
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