Japanese Vice Admiral to visit Fredericksburg for Garden of Peace plan
Vice Admiral Nobuo Fukuchi of the Imperial Navy will visit Fredericksburg April 25–26 to discuss a Garden of Peace project and the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. A dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. will feature a Japanese lantern and a joint American Japanese flag-raising by Fredericksburg scouts.
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Fredericksburg
Nobuo Fukuchi
Imperial Navy
Tokyo
Admiral Nimitz Center
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fukuchi
Admiral Nimitz Foundation
San Antonio
San Francisco
Garden of Peace
Admiral Fukuchi
Imperial Japanese Navy
Admiral Nimitz
Sidney Henke
Victor Sagehiel
William Alderman
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz Center
Koshin Kyoku
Gillespie County Floats for Fiesta Flambeau Parade
Gillespie County officially represents at the Fiesta Flambeau in San Antonio with the Fair float under a Bicentennial theme. Miss Sharon Jack is queen, with Emelie Krauskopf and Linda Fisher as duchesses. Float finishing touches are added before the Saturday night parade.
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Gillespie County
America
San Antonio
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
Sharon Jack
Emelie Krauskopf
Linda Fisher
Jim Riggs
Victor Krauskopf
Hilmar Stehling
Sharon
Emelie
Linda
Tropicana
Riggs
Krauskopf
Stehling
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fair Association
Lantern of Peace dedication honors Japanese admiral at Nimitz Center
Distinguished guests join Vice Admiral Nobuo Fukuchi of the Japan Imperial Navy for the Lantern of Peace ceremony in the Garden of Peace at the Admiral Nimitz Center. Attending are U.S. Rep. Robert Krueger Governor Dolph Briscoe represented by Gen. James P. Rose Kerrville’s Dora Reagan Nimitz and local officials.
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Nobuo Fukuchi
Japan Imperial Navy
Admiral Nimitz Center
Douglass Hubbard
Hubbard
Robert Krueger
21St
Dolph Briscoe
James P. Rose
Dora Reagan Nimitz
Kerrville
Admiral Nimitz
Fredericksburg High School
James van Zandt
Messengers of Joy Folk Musical Sunday Park Event
The Messengers of Joy Choir presents Doing The Lord's Thing a folk musical at Pioneer Pavilion Lady Bird Johnson Park Sunday April 27 at 6 p m The program features selections from One Small Child Godspell He Lived The Good Life and popular tunes in an interlude Doing Our Own Thing with Carpenters John Denver and others The choir members listed include Davene Beyer Linda Beyer Jerri Brown Lisa Cockrell Jan Cox and others.
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Pioneer Pavilion
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Messengers of Joy
Lani Smith
Jane LaRowe
God
Larry Mayfield
Godspell
Steven Swartz
Sonny Salsbury
Danny Lee
Harry Simeone
Eleanor Farjeon
Cat Stevens
Jim and
Carol Owens
Richard Wilson
the Carpenters
John Denver
J.J. Walker
Davene Beyer
Linda Beyer
Jerri Brown
Lisa Cockrell
Jan
Garden Club Sets 36th Flower Show for May 2
The Fredericksburg Garden Club will stage its 36th annual Flower Show on Friday May 2 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Hermann Sons Hall. The theme is Inspiration in Flowers and the show is led by committee head Mrs Ad Wehmeyer.
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Fredericksburg
Fourth Annual Wild Game Dinner Tickets Moving Fast
Tickets for the Fourth Annual Wild Game Dinner are selling quickly with expectations to match or exceed prior years. Dan Roeder chairs the fund raising event to be held March 3. Mason Garden Club members will judge exhibits with entries welcomed from non members and no entry fee. Chairmen list details for categories including entrance hall, living room, dining room, guest room, kitchen and patio with specific arrangement duties assigned.
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Dan
Fund Roeder
Helen Kolmeier
Stella Lewis
Clara Fischer
Mason Garden Club
Floyd Beeman
Erwin Itz
Gene Hodges
Jaycee Fish Fry Honors Oldtimers at Wolf Creek Ranch
Fredericksburg Jaycees host their annual old timers fish fry on Friday April 25 at Wolf Creek Adolph Kott Ranch inviting all former members and the general public to attend said Jaycee president Victor Nixon.
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Fredericksburg
Jaycees
Wolf Creek
Adolph Kott
Gillespie County backs Amendment One. rejects pay raise
Gillespie County favored Amendment One with 620 for 277 against and all eight precincts voted yes while Amendment Two failed 327 for 569 against. Absentee voting split 7 7. State results show 74 percent for Amendment One and 59 percent for Amendment Two with low turnout. Gillespie joined 64 rural counties opposing legislator pay raises first since 1960.
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Gillespie County
Gillespie
Doris Lange
Stonewall
City Receives First Monthly Sales Tax Check
The City of Fredericksburg received 7204.62 in sales tax revenues from State Comptroller Bob Bullock for Feb 19 to Apr 4, the first monthly payment replacing the old quarterly rebates. Bullock noted the system change speeds funds to more than 500 towns and cities and predicts monthly payments by mid month.
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Fredericksburg
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Pony Express
Kerrville
Brady
Mason
Llano
Lampasas
San Saba
Navy History Chief Visits Fredericksburg Nimitz Museum
Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper, director of Naval History, toured the Admiral Nimitz Center in Fredericksburg. The visit capped a week that included Pensacola’s Naval Aviation Museum dedication, Mobile’s Alabama battleship commissioning, and a Houston stop at U S S Texas. Hooper, now Navy chief historian, said artifacts on loan from his office bolster the Nimitz displays.
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Edwin B. Hooper
Naval History
Douglas Hubbard
Admiral Nimitz Center
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz Museum
Department of History
U.S. Navy
Admiral Hooper
Department of the Navy
Fredericksburg
Naval Aviation Museum
Pensacola
Florida
Ernest E. Eller
Eller
Hooper
Doug
Doug Hubbard
Gillespie County Saengerbund to Hold May Saengerfest
The Gillespie County Saengerbund plans its annual Saengerfest on May 4 1975 at the Pioneer Pavilion. The event celebrates local clubs Eintracht Grapetown Frohsinn Luckenbach Columbia Meusebach Germania Live Oak Concordia and others while promoting singing, social gatherings, and youth morals.
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Gillespie County
Eintracht
Grapetown
Frohsinn
Luckenbach
Columbia
Meusebach
Germania
Live Oak
Concorda
Saengerfest
Saengerbund
Stonewall Liederkranz
Fredericksburg Echo
The
Arion
Gold Gillespie Saengerfest
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Japan American Society
Pacific
Heihachiro Togo
Tsushima Strait
Togo
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Lord Nelson
Nimitz
Nimitz Hotel
Garden Club
C. Ayres
Gregoire
Laura den
Hogarth
Emil Crenwelge
Lina Meyer
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