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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1950
Page
10
The staff editors Ann Jeanette Kneese and assistants Annabelle Feuge Theresa Cravens Clinton Holly Ketty Brown Goldine Herber Evelyn Walter are credited with editorial work for Frances Carter sponsorship.
The seventh grade led a Harvest Festival program detailing months from January to December with Pilgrim and Indigenous costumes, seasonal songs, dances, and a grand finale. Eight hundred students participated, with thanks extended to Mrs. A. K. Krause and helpers for preparation.
The article lauds numerous faculty and students for their work before during and after the harvest festival. Walter and Bobby Westerfeldt led the public address system with others like Hugo Klaerner Otten s Burrer and Haas coordinating decorations music and crowd duties.
All seniors may order calling cards again, this is the last call. Orders by next weekend will arrive in December. Contact Evelyn Walter to place an order.
Birthday wishes extend this week to the St. Clair twins Alwina and Lawina as they celebrate another year.
Report cards for the first six weeks were issued to High School students on Thursday October 19. About 75 students could not receive cards due to higher than expected enrollment and card shortages. An additional print run will delay distribution about a week.
The Homemaking Girls held a bazaar on Wednesday night on the gym porch. They sold pot holders aprons tea towels scarfs coke covers coat hanger covers mittens doilies children's dresses and one blouse. Half proceeds go to the PTA and half to the Homemaking Club fund. Proceeds support wrapping gifts for World Christmas Festival.
The piece notes Mrs. Lochte and Miss Jung, teachers at Freshmen English and Biology and Junior English, engaging in secretive meetings. It promises to publish updates on their activities and urges vigilance for any unusual behavior by the M.A.S. group linked to them.
The FHS Band traveled to Austin for UT Band Day joining about one hundred bands. They marched to the Capitol and later watched the Texas Arkansas game at the stadium. The loss of Mr Hargis’s mother in Orange forced his early departure home.
Wednesday saw all twelve grades in heat about the Harvest Festival as Mr. Walter Knoche filmed the parade by the football field. He recorded the queen and court and the presentation of the months from November through October. The following day he returned to film the teachers who organized the program. The films will be shown later.
The Commercial Club ran the hat sale and picture show during the Harvest Festival. Students wore mismatched hats for style and a group of girls carried babies as Baby Sitters while the PE class toured Hartmann’s Shoe Store for foot fitting.
The article describes light medical concerns among students and staff at FHS during the Harvest Festival week. It mentions Charley Horses, trick knees, sunburns, red faces among redheads, and a queen with a reddened nose covered by makeup.
Fellowship updates note Kathleen Gold’s return to school next week after illness. Students cite travels to see Texas and Arkansas, A and M TCU game, San Marcos Homecoming, and family visits. A Future Homemakers of America cake sale on October 28 supports the chapter.
The FFA chapter ran a country store and doll throw stand at the Harvest Festival on Wednesday night. FFA boys offered homemade items including jams jellies sweet potatoes fresh country eggs and other foods sold at reasonable prices.
The report identifies Howard F. Fuchs from Carmine Texas as a senior at A and M. He plans to graduate in January and must complete two weeks of practice teaching each semester by working with Agricultural students. The girls note the Agricultural boys do not mind the arrangement.
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