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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1966
Page
1
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County churches announce Holy Week and Easter Sunday services inviting residents and visitors. A full schedule appears on a special page in this issue of the Standard. All city businesses will close on Good Friday.
Gillespie County records a new sales peak for license plates ending April 2 with 6540 plates issued. Milton C. Durst cites breakdowns by vehicle type and a total income of 146983.30 dollars, with penalties for old plates and fines for driving without plates.
Incentive payments totaling 206 609 dollars were issued to Gillespie County producers under the 1965 National Wool Program. Payments cover shorn wool unshorn lambs and mohair for the 1965 marketing year with rates and distributions by weight and producer counts across wool and mohair categories. The 1966 price supports rise to 65 cents for wool and 75.8 cents for mohair, with the program extending through 1969.
The school board in a March 10 meeting granted new contracts to re-elected Public School faculty members. Names include Irma Lentz Erna Urbanec Myrtle Westerfeldt Barbara Von Virginia Evers Regina Glover Mahtilde Foster Selma Johnson Ethel Fischer Jo Ann Wehmeyer Linda Mercer Judith Enderlin Elizabeth Walter Nell Cryer Jerry Keen Wilburn Peese Carroll Sultemeier James Williams Virginia Comstruck Kenneth Cryer August Faltin Forrest Fox Charles Gersbach Viola May Gold Herbert Haas Hubert Nixon Wilbert Seipp Earl Stobaugh Joe Tatum Rebecca Waters Clyde Woerner. Five faculty members did not seek re-election: Mary Lou Hradecky Glenna Ryker Sandra Dietz Betty Peterson. California and Arizona produce most of the cantaloupes grown.
On Saturday all county school districts elected trustees and one district voted to raise its tax. In Fredericksburg Independent School District Dr Wilbur Crenwelge won 355 votes, Vernon Penick 345, Erwin Anderegg 312. Harold Crenwelge 85 and Gilbert Kaderli 15. Total ballots numbered 387.
Gillespie County launches its 1966 Cancer Crusade starting Monday April 11 with volunteers soliciting funds. The drive ends April 15 at City Hall 3 4 p m. Mrs Ernest Hodges chairs. Herbert Haas leads the county group. A large volunteer turnout gathered at a recent meeting in City Hall.
Voters in Fredericksburg chose an entirely new city government. Alex Mittendorf won the mayoral race by 106 votes, Ewald Geistweidt and Werner H. Meyer captured the two commissioner seats. Total turnout was 1142, well above the 1964 city elections.
Fredericksburg Jaycees announce Oldtimers Night and Fish Fry at Adolph Kott place on Kerrville Highway starting 6 pm Thursday April 14. Admission is 1.50 per person. Event features food games and a slate of Jaycee officers and directors.
Walter Bob Werner longtime Texas Highway Patrolman is appointed Texas Ranger and will operate from Navasota about to take oath April 15 in Austin. He served 15 years with patrol, sought law enforcement promotion, plans move with wife Jeanne and children Libby and Bobby. Col Homer Garrison announced the appointment. Buddy Hierholzer will remain as second Fredericksburg patrolman awaiting new assignment.
The City of Fredericksburg issued four building permits this past week. Stein Lumber Co. received a 13000 permit to construct a residence for Henry Louis Herbert on East Orchard. Arnold Keller was granted a 100 permit to build a shed on West Morse. Gabriel Kilman got a 500 permit for a storage room on Pe can Street. Clifford Duecker received a 200 permit for a carport.
The Texas State Historical Survey Committee will present the first two new certificates to Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Moseley and place the Historical Building Medallion on their house at 215 West Main Street. The April 9 ceremony includes invited guests from Dallas and Houston.
Fredericksburg hosts a 120 year old Easter Fires reenactment at Fair Park with about 500 cast and 89 rabbits. Special buses from San Antonio Austin and San Angelo bring groups. gates open at 7 30 pm with reserved seats $1 and general admission 25 to 50 cents. The event features Boy Scout and Explorer Scout troops and a Bunny led pageant retelling the frontier treaty.
The Firestone store at 216 West Main Street operated as Fredericksburg Firestone Inc. is open for business. Manager Freddie Miller says the completed store offers Firestone tires Philco appliances and other noted brands with service department construction planned soon. Staff include Samuel Dolgen er salesman from New Braunfels and Raymond Ottmers Jr service manager.
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