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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
8
The text lists Gladys Herbert as editor in chief and Lucille Fescher as business manager for the organization. It appears to be a masthead or staff credit from a historical publication.
A student urges broader participation to lift school spirit at assemblies and daily life. The letter highlights band and pep squad energy, cooperative attitude, and keen interest in school affairs as keys to a better campus.
The Woman’s Auxiliary to the Kerr Kendall Gillespie and Bandera Counties Medical Society invites tenth grade students to submit essays on Increasing the Span of Life. Local teachers select three top papers to forward, with state judges evaluating the best from each high school. Prizes in Gillespie County: $25, $10, $5, and ten $1 awards.
Open shelves hold twenty one volumes of Myers Konversationslexikon published in 1895 by Bibliography Institute Leipzig Vienna. Volume nine features color plates of fowls, birds, dogs rabbits and insects including an insectivorous plant. Set once belonged to Rev Kuermel and was donated by August Zincke to the school library.
The high school band and pep squad performed at Friday's game marching in formations toward the 50 yard line and creating a stylized "FS" for Richland Springs and an "F" for Fredericksburg. The program featured students from grades eight through seniors and noted honor roll standards.
On Friday October 25 the class split into groups and visited six electric refrigerator shops in town Otto Kolmeier Kolmeier & Klier Stehlings Kowerts Standard Service and Electric Go City Radio and Electric and Felix Maier leading salesmen gave talks on refrigerators. Students acted as customers and learned all parts of the appliance.
The Future Homemaker Club has been organized with Miss Henke as sponsor. Officers include Norma Baethge president Bernice Striegler vice president Vernell Stahl secretary Ruby Schneider treasurer Dorothy Henke sergeant at arms Bernice Henke reporter and Margie Langerhans historian. The group has not yet undertaken activities but will begin soon.
Edward Stein was elected president of a newly organized tennis club with Lucille Heimann as vice president and Annabel Bernhard as secretary and treasurer. A junior class party on October 27 1940 at the gym featured nickelodeon music and attracted many high school students.
The senior class secretary asked various towns to send representatives for the carnival but received no replies. Duchesses listed include Lillian Kott with Edward Arhelger Nellie Habenicht with Roy Langerhans Antionette Herbert with Weston Luckenbach Vera Andregg with Lonnie Zwiener Ellen Lochte with Roland Bonn Francis Hahn with Harold Kneese and seventh grade duchess Annie Mae Mangelberger with duke Kermit Luckenbach.
Schmidt marked her birthday at the Sultemeier home while Mrs. Knaup returned from San Antonio to family in Gold. Rodeo attendance at Willow City provided a shared enjoyment. Venna Duecker and Josephne visited Ophelia Prochnow, and Fred Gold Jr and family joined Frank Knaup’s. Jerry Charles was christened at Cave Creek Church with sponsors and family feasts afterward. The Knaup family attended Mrs. Wehmeyer’s funeral in Fredericksburg.
McGee's Baby Elixir is advertised for minor stomach and bowel upsets from over eating or temporary stomach acidity. A bottle is priced at 35e at Kallenberg's Pharmacy.
Rain totaling about two inches helps fields and range while families travel for visits in Houston Overton and Fredericksburg. Ginning progress reports 94 bales. Funeral notice for Mrs Adolph Wehmeyer follows. Community members announce travels, births, illness and local softball win.
The Knopp 4-H Club met with agent Miss Martin on Oct a. Plans were laid for a December 14 Christmas party at 2:00 p m in the Agriculture Building. Yearbooks were distributed. Linda Kuhmann was elected recreational leader Ottilie Kuhlman parliamentarian and Ruth Grobe clothing demonstrator with Leola Dietrich serving as reporter.
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