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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1950
Page
7
Observed October 15 to 21 nationwide, Oil Progress Week celebrated oil as a driver of agriculture and industry. It noted eight billion dollars invested since the last war, expanded capacity, fierce competition among 400 refining firms, and benefits to 150 million Americans in defense, comfort, and affordable gasoline.
October 4, 1950 marked the seventy fifth year of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The college, founded under the Morrill Act, is Texas oldest state institution and a key driver of education, research, and extension for the state. Its military program has supported national defense and its links to Fredericksburg and Gillespie County are noted through local students and graduates.
The editorial argues Congress must correct a Supreme Court ruling on tidelands, noting historical precedents where court decisions were reversed by war amendments and constitutional changes. It stresses checks and balances and urges action on the treaty binding two nations.
An editorial praising local cleanliness in Fredericksburg notes city and county grounds neglects and urges inexpensive fixes. It then critiques President Truman’s price and wage powers during wartime and recounts a controversial cotton export ban aimed at Southern Democrats.
Fredericksburg Chronicle notes Wm Kneese 69 dies. funeral set at 2:30 p.m. at Marshall home. Mrs. James Turrentine and children visit Weinheimer family. Pecan tree deliveries planned by Ludwig Vorauer. Top shooters named at Grapetown Schuetzen fest. local visits to Austin. FHS football 25 Seguin 0. Birthday anniversaries for local pioneers Klein, Jacoby, Bang celebrated. Chamber invites San Antonio Bears for 1928 spring training.
The Comfort Methodist Church will present Mrs. Arthur J. Simpson of San Antonio in a review of Life With Mother at Veteran's Memorial Hall Comfort on Wednesday November 1 at 8 p.m. The event features an experienced play reviewer and social onstage with refreshments to follow. Field forage harvesters and auto matic bosters have cut haymaking time and labor by as much as 75 percent per New Holland engineers. Top quality hogs can be raised on good alfalfa pasture ground feed mix and hay.
The article describes a plant tour showing cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs killed and butchered, plus sausage production. It notes visits by H A Witt of Wichita Falls, trips to Van Horn Del Rio and Old Mexico, attendance at the Texas-Arkansas game in Austin, and a Scout Pot Luck Supper and Court of Honor planned for Fredericksburg on Monday night October 30.
Hack Turner defends a silo nest of barn owls noting they eat about 300 mice monthly and deter prejudice against animals. State University studies show owls do not prey on chickens, challenging local bias and celebrating the birds as valuable mousetraps.
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