Briscoe Campaign Speech Set At Lady Bird Park
A speech by Dolph Briscoe a Uvalde farmer rancher and businessman running for Texas governor is announced for next Saturday afternoon at Lady Bird Johnson Park Readers are urged to attend as the writer vouches for Briscoe as a hardworking honest candidate and criticizes other contenders Governor Smith Barnes and Mrs Farenthold The piece also argues for restoring Texas government integrity amid corruption charges and notes the event continues on page 10 section 4.
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Lady Bird Johnson Park
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Texas
Briscoe
Smith
Barnes
Farenthold
United States
Austin
License plates issued show marked increase in county
Gillespie County records a rise in 1972 license plates issued by April’s first week, totaling 8 146 compared with 7 719 in 1971. Vehicle breakdown includes 4 654 passenger cars, 2 024 commercial vehicles, plus several trailers and motorcycles. ranchers increasingly use ranch vehicles in place of horses. Penalties apply for driving on public roads with 1971 plates after April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Harold F. Jung
Gillespie
Jung
Battlin Billies win District 14-AAA golf title in Kerrville
The Battlin Billie golf team, formed three years ago, captured the District 14-AAA championship at Schreiner Municipal in Kerrville with a 321 tie over 18 holes against Cuero. A sudden death playoff decided the title with Wayne Gordon earning medalist honors. The squad advances to regional play at the USC Golf Course in Corpus Christi April 21-22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battlin
Billies
Kerrville
Steve Dietel
Wayne Gordon
Robert Mund
Jerald Jenkins
Franklin Massey
Don Pittman
Carson Benedict
Lady Bird Johnson
Battlin’ Billie
USC
Corpus Christi
Schreiner
Billie
Cuero
Fredericksburg
Jeff Weeks
Pleasanton
Gordon
Wayne Massey
Pittman
FHS
The
Mark Crenwelge
Perry Wofford
Darrell Harvey
Troy Ottmers
Jerry Jenkins
Richard Strickland
Harvey
Jenkins
Miss Flame Crowned At Monday City Hall Event
The Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department will crown Miss Flame Monday April 17 at 8 p m in city hall. Contestants include junior girls from Fredericksburg and St Marys High School with Gail Looney to crown the new titleholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Milton E. Jung
St. Mary's High School
Gail Looney
Jung
Rain totals for March 1971 and 1972 show lower rainfall
Elroy Schnelle reports Banker Smith gauge totals .58 inches in March 1971 versus .80 inches in March 1972. For the first quarter of 1972 the total rainfall reached 3.00 inches, up from 1.98 inches in the same period the previous year.
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Elroy Schnelle
Bankersmith
Dollar Days set by 34 Fredericksburg merchants
Dollar Days begins this Thursday through Saturday April 13 to 15 with 34 Fredericksburg merchants offering bargains. The event, promoted by the Fredericksburg Standard, highlights the city as a large regional shopping center serving the Hill Country residents.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Standard
Three Day Co-Sponsors and Local Ad Blitz in Fredericksburg
Thursday through Saturday are listed as co sponsors with the Standard for a three day event. A special Dollar Days supplement in section two lists merchants offering bargains on pages three to nine. Firms include Beckmann Furniture Birch's Bar B Q Community Savings and Loan Conn Organ Center Dooley's Dover Jewellers Duecker Electric Fabric Center Fredericksburg Firestone Fredericksburg National Bank Fredericksburg Machine and Appliance Fredericksburg Publishing Gibson's Discount Center Great Texas Lumber Co Hodge Podge House of Shoes Jenschke Furniture and Manufacturing Co Kendall Hodges Knopp Metzger Main Electronics Mimi's Wee Boutique Made O'Day National Building Centers Inc Prescription Lab Quality Carpets Rees Pharmacy Sears Catalog Agency Segner's Jewelry Store Stehling Bros Stein Lumber Co Sunday House Restaurant Usener Appliance Western Shop Winn's Store. The ads promise extensive savings as city firms participate in this extravaganza. Continued on page 10 sec 1.
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Beckmann Furniture Store
Birch’s Bar- B-Q
Community Savings and Loan Association
Conn Organ
Mimi’s Wee Boutique
Made O’day
National Building Centers Inc
Prescription Lab
Quality Carpets
Rees Pharmacy
Sears Catalog
Segner’s Jewelry
Stehling Bros. Stein Lumber Co
Usener
Western Shop
Winn’s
Fredericksburg
Dolph Briscoe to Rally Here with Free Barbecue Saturday
A Saturday rally in Fredericksburg will feature Dolph Briscoe for Governor with a free barbecue at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park at 5 p.m. Master of ceremonies Ace Reid will host. Briscoe will address the crowd after arriving at Gillespie County Airport, with ten counties sponsoring the event. Felix Pehl and His Old-Time Band will perform, and the Phantasies were invited. Briscoe is a Uvalde rancher and businessman born April 23, 1923, with a long record in Texas politics and agriculture.
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Dolph Briscoe
Lady Bird Johnson
Fredericksburg
Gordon E. Sauer
Gillespie County
Briscoe
Ace Reid
Kerrville
Uvalde
Houston
Sauer
Texas
Uvalde High School
University of Texas In Austin
C.B.I
Texas Legislature
Texas Jaycees
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas State Chamber of Commerce
South Texas
Washington
Laredo
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A & M University
First State Bank of Uvalde
Pearsall
San Antonio
Mohair Council
Incentive Checks Total $640 077 Sent to Gillespie County Wool Producers
Over half a million dollars in incentive payments were mailed to Gillespie County producers under the 1971 National Wool Program. Payments covered shorn wool, unshorn lambs and mohair with rates based on market returns and national averages. Deductions for advertising and promotion were applied. The Wool and Lamb program is carried out by the American Sheep Producers Council and the Mohair Council of America.
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Gillespie County
Wesley A. Gold
ASCS
American Sheep Producer’s Council, Inc
Mohair Council of America, Inc
Lions To Name Queen Honor Top Students
The Fredericksburg Lions Club will honor outstanding youth at an 7:30 p.m. awards banquet in the Sunday House Convention Center. Jack Frost will speak. Hans E. Bergner will MC. Rev. Ted Leonard will give the invocation. 29 National Honor Society scholars from Fredericksburg and St. Mary’s High School will be recognized. Gail Schaetter will crown the 1972 73 queen.
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Fredericksburg
Herbert Decehler
Lions Club
Gail Schaetter
Lorence Feller
St. Mary’s High School
Fredericksburg High School
Schreiner Institute Announces Third Quarter Honor Roll
Schreiner Institute Kerrville announces its honor roll and honorable mention list for the third quarter. Honorable mention in the college goes to Nancy Jane Phillips Harper and John Lee Walker Fredericksburg.
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Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Nancy Jane Phillips
Harper
John Lee Walker
Fredericksburg
Wild Game Dinner Nets Over Ten Thousand For St Marys
The Wild Game Dinner held March 11 as a Marienkirche Benefit raised 10,350.19 in net funds from 12,546.09 receipts against 2,548.92 expenses. Proceeds fund Phase 1 restoration of old St Marys Church including a new roof and window repairs. Committee spokesman said restoration plans are progressing and will be announced soon.
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Marienkirche
Msgr
Erwin Juraschek
St. Mary’s Church
Founders Day Celebration Planned by Gillespie Society
Gillespie County Historical Society schedules the Second Annual Founder's Day for May 6 and 7 at the Pioneer Museum complex. The event features crafts, food, beer tent, old time band, tours, a memorial program, and proceeds to support preservation of pioneer buildings and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Historical Society
Pioneer Museum
Fredericksburg
Historical Society
Meusebach
Vereins Kirche
Fredericksburg 125th Anniversary Fete Shows Profit
Fredericksburg celebrants reported a final accounting showing income of 49 530 63 from May 6 to 9 1971 events and expenditures covered by 37 761 65 with a net gain of 11 768 98. The Balser and Davidson firm prepared the report and donations totaling 25 403 00 were matched by remaining souvenirs donated to local groups. Funds from profits will support a community facility project and storage records for future anniversaries.
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Fredericksburg
Central Committee
Balser and Davidson
Alex Frantzen
E. A. Weimer
Association
Frantzen
Lady Bird Johnson
Gillespie County Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Facts Rainfall and Temperatures Reported
The report notes trace rainfall for the week and total rainfall of 2.13 inches for the year through April 12, compared with 1.01 inches on the same date last year. Temperature data show a low of 51 degrees on April 5 and a high of 94 on April 7.
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Main Electronics
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Gillespie Counties
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Rey Bonn
Kathryn Borchers
Judith Bruns
Bobby Burg
Denise Dietel
Amy Floyd
Janiece Gold
David Hartmann
Leela Hartmann
Becky Kammlah
Janice Klein
Rebecca Klett
Pamela Kneese
Corinne Nielsen
Jackie Nixon
Cynthia Reed
Susan Richter
Lonnie Seipp
Michael Stareczny
Holly Strackbein
Jodie Strackbein
Carey Weber
Iva Weed
Brenda Wicker
Peggy Young
Pehl
Bill Bench
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