Flood Devastates Stonewall Area Along Pedernales River
Residents recount a 24 inch to 20 inch rainfall as the Pedernales and Williams Creek floodwaters surged through Stonewall, sweeping cars from highways, destroying barns and orchards, and washing away fences. Families sought safety as the surge damaged homes from Albert to Hye, with one child feared drowned and many farms left in ruins. Local guards aided search as bridges and roads were washed out and trees toppled.
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Pedernales
Stonewall
National
Ernestine Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
Albert
Kerrville Highway
Walter Bang
Emil Neffendorf
Albert Everett
Junction School
Ernest Hodges
Julius Maddox
Lyndon Johnson
Hodges
Werner Schumann
Williams Creek
D. E. Hodges
Schumanns
Erwin Danz
Austin
Andrew Lindig
Williamson Creek
Albert Lutheran Church
Senff
Willy Hart
San Francisco
Calif
Hart
G. W. Rankin
Waco
T. T. Triplett
W. A Triplett
Zephyr
Texas
Blanco
Houston
Albert Meier
Hye
Duchess Named To Floresville Peanut Festival Queen
Miss Antoinette Kraus of Fredericksburg will be the Duchess of Fredericksburg at the Floresville Peanut Festival coronation on September 25. Escort Milton Crenwelge will be Duke of Fredericksburg. festival events run September 25 to 27 in Wilson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Kraus
Erwin C. Kraus
Fredericksburg
Richardson
Holy Ghost Ladies Aid Social Held at Lutheran Church
The Holy Ghost Lutheran Ladies Aid hosted a social after their monthly meeting on Sunday. Hostesses were Mesdames Louis Kott Willie Remmler and Louise Kott. The program included songs poems readings and a story with several members contributing. Alfred Klaerner former Gillespie County Sheriff has returned home after a serious operation in Fredericksburg and is reported doing well.
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Ladies Aid of
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Louis Kott
Willie Remmler
Louise Kott
August Ahrens
O. Lindenberg
Guenther Henke
Edwin Scharnhorst
Ernst Crenwelge
Guenther Lochte
Alfred Klaerner
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Flood Destroys Home and Roosts Birds Along Rocky Creek
Maintenance crews bypassed a flooded bridge as Alvin Bindseil's Rocky Creek home flooded to the ceiling. Felix Lindig warned the sleeping Bindseils by shining a light into their windows. The Bindseils lost furniture and topsoil washed away. thousands of turkey birds were drowned along Rocky Creek. Marble county area damage extends beyond Stonewall. Residents begin rebuilding as reports continue.
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Alvin Bindseil
Rocky Creek
Felix Lindig
Levi Sultemeier
Marvin Johnson
Stonewall
Dallas Author to Autograph Book on Fredericksburg Saturday
Siddie Joe Johnson promotes A Month of Christmases with book signings at Pioneer Memorial Museum and Library on Saturday September 20 from 2 to 5 pm. Proceeds benefit the library fund. Local literary figures attend. readers are treated to Fredericksburg December traditions in the tale set around Milla and John’s visit.
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Dallas
Fredericksburg
Siddie Joe Johnson
Pioneer Memorial Museum and Library
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Library Fund
Texas
Longmans, Green and Co
Miss Johnson
Milla
John
Karl
San Antonio
Germany
America
Frederiksburg
Meusebach
Lutheran Church
Katrin
Zoll
St. Nicholas
Cross Mountain
Bear Mountain
Enchanted Rock
Indianola
Shivaree
Saengerfest
Verein
PTA Meeting Postponed to September 17
The Fredericksburg Parent-Teacher Association general meeting scheduled for September 10 is postponed to September 17 due to heavy rains. It will be in the Junior High School Auditorium with a Senior Band concert from 7 to 7:30 pm and includes dues payments, subscriptions, a short business meeting, and Harvest Festival planning.
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Fredericksburg
Congress
Supt. A. K. Krause
Family memories turn up in town PTA notes and events
A historical timeline mentions a brush with the Texas Rangers and a stagecoach at the Nimitz Hotel, Lange's Mill villa, and a children's masked ball. Members are urged to visit classrooms and register for room voting. An executive committee led by Mesdames Frantzen, Petmecky, Knoche, and Stein will pick a delegate to the state PTA convention in Wichita Falls. contact these ladies to participate.
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Texas Rangers
Nimitz
Lange's Mill
Cub Mothers to Meet Friday in Fredericksburg
Mrs Nail Lehmann Cub Scout Chairman of the Fredericksburg PTA will meet Friday September 19 at 1 15 at the Boy Scout to discuss mothers of boys eight years old who want to become Cub Scouts and plan new dens if den mothers can be recruited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nail Lehmann
Fredericksburg
Parent Teacher Association
Boy Scout
Thank You Notes Feature at Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Readers are invited to view a complete selection of special occasion Thank You Notes at Fredericksburg Publishing Co Inc. The notice highlights a broad range of styles and printer options available for personal and professional thanks.
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The
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
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Otto Beckmann
Simon Burg
Hilmar Nebgen
Max Lindig
A. H. B. Food Store
All Brands
Catsup
Brooks
Rath
Duchess
Floresville
Holy Ghost Ladies Aid
PTA
Westinghouse
America’s Finest Twins
J A
Pioneer Furniture Co
United States
Hawaii
Gerber’s
Gerber's
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