Fredericksburg FFA Wins State Livestock Judging Title
Fredericksburg High School FFA wins the state livestock judging contest at Texas A&M University with a team score of 1526, earning four members and an alternate a trip to national finals in Kansas City in November. Barrett Klein led individuals with 529 points.
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Fredericksburg
Age Farmers of America
Texas A&m University
Texas
Kansas City
Barrett Klein
Clarence F. Kleins
Don Weinheimer
Roy Weinheimers
Dale Cren
Wunderlichs. Klein
Mason
del Valle
East Central
Giddings
Roosevelt
San Saba
Boys Ranch
Hallettsville
FFA
FHS
College Station
Roger Crenwelge
Albert Usener
Dale Crenwelge
Randall Wunderlich
Klein
Fredericksburg High School Choir presents annual spring concert
The FHS Choir will stage the annual spring concert Friday night May 2 in the FHS Auditorium. Featured will be solo numbers ensembles and a special mixed middle school chorus event with fifth through eighth graders. Director Jerald Jenkins promises vocal variety for a relaxing evening of music with free admission.
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Fredericksburg High School
FHS
Jerald Jenkins
Local Youth Dies Sunday After Mishap
Audi Kean Boos 18 died Sunday after a motorcycle car crash 10.4 miles south of Liano on State Highway 16. He was a Fredericksburg High School senior who died at Brackenridge Hospital after receiving treatment in Liano. Funeral services were held at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church with arrangements at Beckmann Funeral Home.
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Audi Kean Boos
Liano
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Beckmann Funeral
Boos
Fredericksburg High School
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Department of Public Safety Office
John Herbert Merz
Fredericksburg
Doris Cates
Llano
Merz
Cates
Llano Hospital
Gillespie County
Milton Boos
Elizabeth Willie Boos
Lori
Tim Eilers
Ricky
Dwayn Boos
Felix H. Boos
Ada Wilke
Lantern of Peace dedicated at Nimitz Center complex
Admiral dedicates Lantern of Peace at Garden of Peace site as part of an International Bicentennial program. Japanese admiral pours sacred sake mixed with Nimitz legacy brandy. Fredericksburg High School Band performs. Cub Scouts raise flags.
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Nobuo Fukuchi
Garden of Peace
Nimitz Center
Douglass Hubbard
Togo Shrine
Japan
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz Center
Saki
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Fredericksburg High School
James van Zandt
Fourth Annual Wild Game Dinner Sold Out at 600 Tickets
Capacity crowds expected for the Fourth Annual Wild Game Dinner set for Saturday May 3. Dan Roeder says tickets are moving fast as sales halt at 600, with those delaying risk missing entry to the event.
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Dan Roeder
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fire destroys John Edwards home in heavy Wednesday blaze
The John Edwards residence at 309 West College Street suffered major damage after a fire shortly after 5 p.m. last Wednesday. Fire Marshal Larry W. Birck said a color television exploded in the family room, starting the blaze that spread through the house. Hank Edwards, 9, was inside before the fire. he left to ride his bicycle and returned as firefighters arrived.
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John Edwards
West College Street
Edwards
Fred Dietel
Dorman Wrights
Wright
Larry W. Birck
Fredericksburg
Birck
Birch
Hank
Randy
Nimitz Carrier Commissioning Set for May in Norfolk
The nuclear powered USS Nimitz CVAN 68 will be commissioned in Norfolk Virginia on Saturday May 3 1975 at 11 am. The ceremony occurs at Pier 12 Norfolk Naval Station. Named for World War II Admiral Chester W Nimitz born February 24 1885 in Fredericksburg.
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Nimitz
Norfolk, Va
Pier 12
Norfolk Naval Station
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Douglass Hubbard
Gillespie Saengerfest Sunday in Lady Bird Johnson Park
The Gillespie Saengerbund hosts its 73rd Saengerfest in Pioneer Pavilion with Arion Mannerchor as host choir. A 2 p.m. business meeting leads to a 3 p.m. concert, 5:30 p.m. Kammers, and 7 p.m. dance with Pehl's Old Time Band providing music. Additional choirs include Hermann Sons Mixed Choir and Boerne Choral Club with multiple directors, plus St. Mary's Mary Chorale and Fredericksburg High School Choir performing pieces under Sister Benilde and Jerald Jenkins respectively. The program features works by Saint Mary's Mary Chorale and ends with vocal numbers and accompanists Dorothy Weinheimer and Mary Beth Hodges.
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Gillespie Saengerbund
Pioneer Pavilion
Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park
Arion Mannerchor
Alex Frantzen
Saengerbund
Pehl
Hermann Sons Mixed
Sidney Henke
Boerne Choral Club
Lester Lohmann
St. Mary's Mary Chorale
Sister Benilde
Fredericksburg High School
Jerald Jenkins
Deposits Top $100 Million Milestone for Gillespie County
Gillespie County banks and savings associations report a combined deposit total of $102,441,912 as of April 16, 1975, up $9,793,238 from last year’s level. Four institutions led by Fredericksburg National and Community Savings and Loan show growth, with Community Savings and Loan alone reporting $57,537,459 in savings deposits.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg National
Security State Bank and Trust
First State Bank of Harper
Community Savings and Loan Association
Gillespie
Fredericksburg
Community Savings and Loan
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Weinheimer
Snyder
Audi Kean
Admiral
Hubbard
Roeder
Chamber of Commerce
Allen Mauldin
Louis Loth
Kenneth Bonn
Otto Hahn Jr
USS
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
San Antonio
Sharon Jack
Emilie Krauskopf
Linda Fishel
T3rd Gillespie Saengerfest
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