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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
10
This health column by J W Yancey DDS emphasizes the link between dental health and overall child development. It warns that neglect, misinformation, or indifference can harm growth and digestion and urges parents to have children examined by a family dentist regularly at four month intervals until age twelve to prevent decay and preserve teeth.
A continued list of students and colleges appears, naming multiple Texas schools from San Antonio to Stephenville. The roster includes names associated with business, nursing, agricultural, and liberal arts colleges such as San Antonio’s Business College and Schreiner Institute, Kingsville’s Agricultural and Industrial College, and John Tarleton College in Stephenville.
The Gillespie County Home Demonstration Council met on Saturday September 7 at 2 p.m. Six clubs attended and approved buying the 4-H Club Girls pins. A committee was named to choose books for each club book review and a mattress making center progress report noted remaining quota work with about 90 mattresses still needed at the pre center. The next meeting is set for Saturday September 8 at 2 p.m. Guests on Labor Day included Mrs J M Weatherford and family, Mrs Dock Weatherford of Austin, Mr Ramsey Davis and family, and J P Weatherford and family of Amarillo.
Florine Kamoche, Robert B. Green, Ruby Dietrich, Olean Fry, Madeline Holly, Margaret Holly, Opal Porter, Parkland Hospital, Louise Dittmar, Ethel Sagebiel, Methodist Hospital and Verdie Bell McDougall appear in a regional listing tied to Seton Infirmary Austin and other Texas facilities.
Johnson City records a quiet Sunday wedding of Charlie Althaus and Blanche Clayton with Bro Hakim officiating. Althaus, son of Irwin and Mrs. Althaus, manages a Mobilgas service station, while Blanche is a Johnson City High School graduate and Red and White clerk.
Mr. Riba teaches in Stonewall while Alfred Gellermann attended business in San Antonio. Miss Tillie Ahrens returns home after Fredericksburg operation. Norma Moldenhauer visits from Austin. J H Bright and family move to Houston. Hodges families take pleasure trip to Arizona and California. Ernst Hodges visit Marshal Ford dam. Mrs Herber convalesces from black widow bite. Local team beats Comfort 6 to 3 in the series. final game set for next Sunday here.
Letters to M R Bentley of the Texas A and M Extension Service note frequent fit problems as manufacturers update parts without changing model numbers. An example shows a 1919 No 6 mower crankshaft not fitting a 1926 No 6 mower. Provide manufacturer trade name year bought model number and part number when ordering.
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