Frederickstown high school section editors named
Frederickstown High School section lists Eddie Lindig as managing editor Norma Baechge as organizations editor Julie Grote as classroom editor Marvin Crenwelre sports editor with Clinton Stork Weston Luckenbach Albertine Immel Ida Petsch and Annie Heep noted for library coverage.
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Csssisssscs Mssse Ae
Eddie Lindig
Norma Baechge
Julie Grote
Marvin Crenwelre
Clinton Stork
Weston Luckenbach
Albertine Immel
Ida Petsch
Annie Heep
Seniors Farewell Notes and New Year Journalism Plan
The Gratefulness message thanks the Harper Herald editor for weekly space. Seniors announce they discontinue as amateur journalists in the Radio Post and Fredericksburg Standard and Harper Herald, handing the role to juniors who will publish a single mimeographed school paper under Miss Maurine Smith and Miss Virginia Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Herald
Radio Post
Fredericksburg Standard
Maurine Smith
Virginia Harrison
Junior Historians Receive Charter At Fredericksburg High
The Fredericksburg High School Junior Historians receive their charter from the Texas State Historical Association dated December 19 1940. The group ranks 21st among state high school chapters and plans a 1941 writing contest and a magazine issue for Texas youths. Members will join a history tour in Austin and a April annual dinner with broader chapter access forthcoming.
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Texas State Historical Association
Herbert Davenport
Walter Prescott Webb
FHS
Texas
Gillespie County
Austin
Tivy Triumphs Over Tivvy in Openers 33 to 20
Friday night the boys’ basketball opener ended with Tivy defeating the Tivvy team 33 to 20. The girls begin practice and will face nearby schools. Miss Davis coaches the squad. Semester exams reduce classroom news as seniors tackle economics advertising geometry and commercial geography. Salesmanship students presented double role sales talks after long preparation.
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Sillbillies
Miss Davis
El Paso Times Clipping Series From Texas History Collection
A family sends a set of valuable clippings from the El Paso Times and includes items from the Bryan Collection of Texas Historical Documents found in Cary C. Till's El Paso basement. The letters from Stephen F. Austin and other patriots, plus historical letters, will fill a gap in Texas history. UT officials say the scrap book is a prized reference work, with thanks to Mrs Kerr.
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el Paso Times
Bryan
Texas
Cary C. Till
el Paso
Stephen F. Austin
University of Texas
Kerr
Fish Opposes Roosevelt Lend Lease With Ten Objections
Representative Hamilton Fish challenges the lend lease bill arguing it undermines democracy and shifts war powers to the presidency. He lists ten points accusing the plan of creating a one man government and bypassing Congress. The piece notes milk pricing tied to butter fat content and legal minimums from 3 to 3.5 percent.
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San Antonio
Hamilton Fish
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
America
Congress
Secretary of Navy
Texas History Writing Contest For Young People
The Texas State Historical Association offers a first prize of 25 dollars with five additional prizes for a 1941 Texas history writing contest aimed at youths. Entries must cover Texas travel or interviews with Texans about historical places or events and are due April 15, 1941. The Junior Historian magazine debuts with editorials and sample pieces from Texas students.
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Austin
Texas
Texas State Historical Association
Alito
University Station
The
Texas State Historical Assn
Texas State Hstorical Association
Walter T. Rolfe
Frankie Music
Paschal High School
Fort Worth
Texas Ranger
George Ann Kirby
Ozona High School
James B. Gillet
Texas State
H. Bailey Carroll
New Magazine
Fredericksburg Mutual Aid Fund Association Annual Meeting
Members of the Fredericksburg Mutual Aid Fund Association met at the courthouse on Saturday evening January 11. President Albert E. Klett opened the meeting and Secretary-treasurer Max T. Henke delivered the annual report detailing 1940 membership changes, fund balances, assets, and death claims paid, with a note that semi annual dues were deferred and directors were reelected.
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Fredericksburg Mutual Aid Fund Association
Court House
Albert E. Klett
Max T. Henke
Ed. Rade
Reserve Mortuary Fund
Insurance Department
Austin
Edmund Kott
Ewald Schmidt
R. S. Klett
Cesarinsecni
Can Pecans Be Canned In January News
January 14 report from Grace I Neely of Texas A and M Extension explains canning pecans to prevent rancidity. It outlines dry hot jars, exhaust air, pressure cooking at four to five pounds, immediate steam release, and sealing. alternatives include slow oven or hot water canning for 15 to 25 minutes with rapid cooling and refrigerated storage.
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Texas
Grace I. Neely
Teaxs A. & M. College
Barley as Earliest Cultivated Cereal Key to Beer History
Archaeologists note barley as the oldest cultivated cereal, underpinning early beer making. Stone Age deposits in Switzerland reveal ancient barley varieties, linking barley cultivation with brewing and baking across civilizations. A closing line warns that a single match can destroy many trees.
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Switzerland
Heifetz to Play Jitterbug Violin at San Antonio
Jascha Heifetz appears at the San Antonio Auditorium on Tuesday January 28 in a program headed by Hexapoda a five piece jitterbug study by Robert Russell Bennett. The concert also features Brahms Beethoven and works by Bach Schubert and Dinicu. Reservations may be sent to Mrs. James J. Devoe manager St Anthony Hotel.
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Jascha Heifetz
San Antonio Auditorium
Robert Russell Bennett
Heifetz
Carnegie Hall
New York
Wicnaw
Wsk1
Bach
Schubert
Dinicu
Heifcetz
Friends of Music
James J. Devoe
St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio
Calomel Reduces Crown Gall in Peach Seedlings
College Station report from E A Siegler of the Federal bureau of plant industry says dipping peach pits in a strong calomel solution before planting may greatly curb crown gall in seedling peach trees. The disease has baffled nurserymen in peach regions of the south and southwest for decades.
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College Sation
E. A. Siegler
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Mattress Demonstration Program in Texas Nears Finish
The 1940 mattress demonstration program in Texas is 86 percent complete with 163,197 mattresses made and 28,793 remaining. Mildred Horton of the Extension Service reports these figures for Texas, while Southern states total about one million and Alabama leads with 187,391 followed by Mississippi and Texas. A census taker asks a door question about family and politics yielding a quip about Republican, Democrat, dry cow, wet kid, and a populist cat.
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Texas
Mildred Horton
The
Extension Service
Alabama
Mississippi
Organize Safety Units Promote Highway Safety
Austin January 13 Lynn B Shaw of the Texas Motor Transportation Association urges community safety units as the best path to practical highway remedies. He argues many crashes stem from driver errors and right of way violations rather than pure accidents and cites dangers from speeding, abrupt maneuvers, and pedestrians darting into traffic.
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Austin
Lynn B. Shaw
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Shaw
Texas
Cotton comforts to aid Texas mattress program expansion
The Department of Agriculture expands its 1941 mattress program total by giving low income Texas families one cotton comfort per mattress and 10 yards of percale plus four pounds of cotton batting. Materials come from the Surplus Marketing Administration and must be made in community centers after the family receives a mattress.
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College Station
Department of Agriculture
Texas
R. T. Price
State Aaa
Bess Edwards
Extension Service of
Texas A. & M. College
Surplus Marketing Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Grover B. Hill
Mias Edwards
Untitled fragment on pedestrian danger near parked cars
A fragment discusses pedestrians on or near highways and vehicles, noting unsafe behavior from people walking in front of or behind parked cars.
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Alun Cies
Don Biggers
Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Helen Weirich
Helen
Alumni News
Saz
Oliver and
William Schneider Frederick Dietel
Chester Lasgerhans
Nelda Oehler
J. R. Kerr
Flora Maurer
Fredericksburg
Fish
Sally Peahell
Nerrises
Wile
Pilty
Adget
Columbia Pier
Doge Grond Gouden
Floyd County
Myrtle Murray
Texas A. and
M. College
Fred Wedekind
Fbg. Mutual Aid Fund Association
Herald
Comforts
Irene Hopf
Palace Theatre
Peter Lorre
John King, Maxie Ray Corrigan
Range Busters
Marx Bros
Ann Rutherford
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Robert Young
DR. Kildaire
Caluce Theatre Patriece Theatre Palace Theatre Palace
Norman Bros
Woerner
Erwin Woerner
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