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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1940

Page

8

Visitor from San Antonio visits Fredericksburg history class

Mrs. W. W. Creswell spoke to a Texas history class about travels last summer through the deep South New England and New York and the Great Lakes region. She visited Tuskegee Institute Atlanta Richmond Georgetown Yale Harvard Radcliffe UT Detroit and LaGuardia Airport with notes on planes landings and regional sites.

W. W. Creswell San Antonio FHS Deep South New England New York Great Lake Region Loyola Madeline School la Guardia N. Y Providence R. I Ford Factory Museum of Antiques Detroit

Four Tennis Courts Are Constructed At School

This week four tennis courts will be finished for playing. Fresh asphalt from White's Uvalde Mines in San Antonio is laid on the old courts. Grobe and Simon led ten men, praised for neat work. Commissioner Kramer aided with base prep and lent a heavy roller. Willie Wehmeyer operated the tractor to roll courts. The tennis club handles marking with traffic white paint. Oris Brehmer and Al Bartholmae marked court No 1. About seventy five students play daily aboard the Lillian Arbelger Memorial Courts.

San Antonio Grobe Simon Kramer Willie Wehmeyer Willie Oris Brehmer al Bartholmae Lillian Arbelger

Local students spend weekends at home visiting friends

Robert Lehne attends SWSTC in San Marcos and returns home for the weekend. Walter Loudon and Freddie Saenger, John Tarleton College students in Stephenville, visit Fredericksburg. LeRoy Woerner at Schreiner Institute in Kerrville stays home Saturday and Sunday. Betty McEawen training at Santa Rosa Hospital is home for a week. Elmer Luckenbach and Maxie Ahrens, Seguin Lutheran College attendees, spend the weekend in Fredericksburg. Faye Stein, University of Texas student, is home for the weekend.

Robert Lehne SWSTC San Marcos Walter Loudon Freddie Saenger John Tarleton College Stephenville Fredericksburg LeRoy Woerner Schreiner Institute Kerrville Betty McEawen Santa Rosa Hospital Elmer Luckenbach Maxie Ahrens Seguin Lutheran College Faye Stein University of Texas

Couple attend annual conference in San Antonio

Mr and Mrs Randolph Lei feste Mr and Mrs Dan Schues sler and Miss Lydia Urbantke attended the annual conference at San Antonio Sunday.

Randolph Leifeste Dan Schuessler Lydia Urbantke San Antonio

Fredericksburg Drive-in Station Ad Features Rubin Crenwelge

A compact notice invites readers to the Fredericksburg drive-in station with Rubin Crenwelge listed as proprietor. The ad references Prop 32tf and promotes upcoming services at the facility.

Fredericksburg Drive-in Station Rubin Crenwelge

School Staff and Student Notes From Echo County

Reports list teachers Evelyn Feuge Bernice Striegler Marjorie Hohmann Clarice Great house Walter Fuhrmann Oscar Krauskopf Monroe Klink Myrtle Ross Vin cent Knopp and others. Short bios note pupils like Eugene Luckenbach and Bevertha Basse with catches from Grape Creek Town Creek Houston Bay and Colorado, plus hobbies ambitions and pets.

Evelyn Feuge Bernice Striegler Marjorie Hohmann Clarice Greathouse Walter Fuhrmann Oscar Krauskopf Monroe Klinksick Eugene Luckenbach Grape Creek Helen Viola Holly Town Creek Bevertha Basse Beverley Willis Houston Bay Irene Reissig Colorado Pet Pieve Freda Mae Norman

School honors and crafts highlight fall activities

Intermediate classes learn flag rules from PTA folder and study flag stars by state. Fourth grade crafts oak trees with acorn jewelry and leaf border art. Language class enjoys new readers and dramatizations. Honor roll lists top students across grades with several A students among primary pupils.

PTA Ith Oliver Lindig Bernice Scherer Madeline Land Annabelle Lochte Larry Goehmann Merian Schroeder Mary Evelyn Seipp Theresa Lange Rubin Bernhard Julia Hartmann Hugo Walter Imogene Wieser Leola Schuch Aleene Necker

Willoy City Community Notes From Page One

Mr Kurt Pressler and son visited Mr Edgar Gold. Otto Grienke Irene and Grandmother Grienke visited Mrs Chas Sagebiel and children Monday afternoon. The 4 H Girls Club organized last Friday with nine members. By vacation they hope to double. Emil Horlen family and Mrs Henry Horlen Sr visited Richard Laurence family Sunday. Last week marked six weeks of school term report cards handed out Monday. Teachers and pupils have done fine teamwork.

Kurt Pressler Edgar Gold Otto Grienke Irene Grienke Chas. Sagebiel Emil Horlen Henry Horlen Sr Richard Laurence

Nominees For Queen Selected At FHS Carnival Events

The FHS pep squad and band performed during the Lampasas versus Fredericksburg clash, with formations at the western post and a final “FP” honor to Fredericksburg. Senior class elected three Carnival Queen nominees Antoninette Herbert Lillian Kott Nellie Habehnicht and grammar grade Dutchess Annie Mae Mangsberger. Invitations sent to nearby high schools for coronation participation. dukes and Dutchesses to be elected for underclasses later.

FHS Lampasas Fredericksburg Washington Lee Antoninette Herbert Lillian Kott Nellie Habenicht Annie Mae Mangsberger Harper Blanco Johnson City Llano Mason Kerrville Center Point Comfort Boerne St. Mary's

Classroom notes span history and civics topics in Stonewall

The Stonewall community bulletin lists school subjects from World History and U S History to civics and government, detailing Acts influencing the colonies, department studies, and the 1768 to 1776 period. It notes local classroom budgeting, home economics additions, and several local visits and activities.

Davis U. S England Klaerner Julia Duberg Stein Lumber Co

Castell social notes include visits and church events

Castell residents and relatives visit Austin Fredericksburg Menard San Antonio New Braunfels and Marble Falls for conferences weddings and family gatherings. Notables include Mrs W F Dalchau Mrs Otto Henrich Rev Radetzky and the Castell P T A three act comedy Shes My Daisy earning fifty dollars.

W. F. Dalchau W. E. Dalchau A. H. Matern Jo Ann Austin Otto Hoffman Fredericksburg Esther Underwood Alex Wasterling Menard Fritz Bode San Antonio W. A. Buchholz Pearl Dalchau Algerita W E. Dalchau R. O. Grote W. E. Dalhau A . Leifeste A. D. Holly Castell P. T. A Daisy Castell Tabernacle

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F. H. S. Echo SAN Antonio Visifor Home Economics Myrtle Willoy City ECHO Lucille Bierschwale Jimmy McEwen E. J. Hanus Roland Schmidt Marvin Marvin Jung Viola Hohmann Gilbert Woerner Prochnow High School News Armand Koennecke Ewald Koennecke Fred Koennecke Helmuth Ottmers James Harold Guenther Ottmers Henry Schmidt Alvin Felix Herbert Ernst Schmidt Chester Grapetown Alvin Herbert Fred Gold Sr Fred Gold Jr Baby Roy Massey Max Danz Percival Emil Herbert Herman Klinksick Isabell Christian Althaus Stonewall Herbert Haas Cora Hartman Rueben Ruebsahm Alfred Riba Mattress Center Emil Schlaudt Stonewall Community Club Elijah Bergman Round Mountain Liano County Castell News Edward Willenberg Castell Sinclair P.D National Bureau of Standards U.S. Department of Commerce Sinclair Refining CO FE. W. Stroeher Agent Phone 200 Texas Frederi City Cafe Humble Oil & Recining Comp Woerner Staffel Feed Woerner Warehouse Erwin Woerner Ranchman’s Supplies Lochte Storage & Serie Company
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