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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1952
Page
8
The Standard documents a major Gillespie County flood last Wednesday and Thursday, the worst natural disaster in over a century. Photographers capture Stone Wall area damage while locals majorly assist cleanup, repairs, and restoration with road crews, phone lines, and electric workers on duty around the clock.记录引述与个人感想简述荟萃。
Community members busy restoring after record rainfall. REA workers fix electric lines and power returns by Thursday night. Telephone crews rush to restore service as Highway 290 opens at Millers Creek and Rocky Creek bridge crossings. Several locals mentioned for injuries and visits. two Blanco County youths ordered to report for military physicals.
The Standard's Sixth Mystery Farm identifies Felix Maier's place eight miles northeast of Fredericksburg at Marschall Springs. The 640 acre farm, 50 cultivated, raises feedstuffs and includes cattle sheep and oats. Maier, a former Fredericksburg machine shop owner, terraced fields and built spreader dams amid recent heavy rains. He married Ella Priess in 1911. hobbies include hunting and fishing.
Frank Oran McKimmey aged 80, killed in a flash flood near Fredericksburg, buried Saturday in Childress Texas. Justice Warr Bruns said he likely fell into a drainage ditch while checking high water. body found lodged in a tree by Clifford Hahne. He lived in Fredericksburg 15 years, born in California October 30 1871. survived by two sons, a daughter-in-law, a sister and half brother, with funeral arrangements by Schaetter Funeral Home.
The State Highway Department will conduct a Main Street traffic survey at the City Commission’s request to better understand accident hotspots and guide possible improvements. Officials William R. Stebbins Jr and H. C. Lehmann Jr met Monday with Mayor Schroeder to outline preliminary steps, with field work slated for this weekend. In a separate note, a remark on post birth learning contrasts with the longer effort to unlearn habits over decades.
Rainfall totaling about 14.25 inches caused floods and road closures from Doss to Hilda and along Mormon Creek. Four near drownings occurred as residents crossed flooded strands. Farm to Market Road remains closed for three miles. Doss Boy Scout troop reports a weekend hike and camp site improvements at Baethge ranch with electric lights.
Doss and Sisterdale meet in the Farmer Boys league finals with game one set for Sunday at Sisterdale's diamond. Doss, idle after beating Comfort last week, faces Enderlin and Sisterdale beat Enderlin 8 3 at Seipp's diamond with Marquardt homering twice. Game two moves to Doss the following Sunday at 2 30 p m at Listerdale.
Allen Kneese son of Mr and Mrs Clemens Kneese leaves Monday to pursue a Master’s in Economics at the University of Colorado Boulder He is in his second year there after earning a Bachelor of Arts from Southwest Texas State College San Marcos
Statistics claim a tiny percentage of girls in the country are workers while the majority are described as working men.
The heaviest rain in the county fell in the Cole Creek area of Gillespie County with unofficial reports of 2.5 inches. A jeep tour by Max Reinbach Roy Stroeher and the editor showed roads and creek crossings washed away past the Penick camp near Cedar Mountain. The Hohmann and Moss properties near the Llano Highway were also affected.
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