Public Notice Proposed Constitutional Amendment on November 1963 Ballot
Proposed Texas constitutional amendment seeks to authorize state funded assistance for aged, disabled, blind, and needy children with residency rules and a $60,000,000 annual cap, accepting federal funds where matchable. election on the first Saturday after the first Monday in November 1963 with For and Against ballots.
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Senate
State of Texas
Texas
United States
Lewislature
Gillespie 4-H Dress Winners Head to Abilene
Gillespie County two 4-H Dress Revue winners advance to District 7 event in Abilene. They will join 15 other county winners tomorrow Thursday August 8 to compete for district honors.
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Gillespie County
Abilene
Andrew Smith Accident Victim Rites Held Here
Funeral services for Andrew J. Smith 26 were held at Beckmann Funeral Home with Rev. C N Coffman officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Smith died July 31 in a traffic accident near Dequency Louisiana while en route from Hattiesburg Mississippi to Neder land Texas to attend his step grandfather’s funeral. He taught drama at the University of Southern Mississippi and held a Hardin Simmons University degree. Survivors include parents, a brother, a sister, grandparents and several relatives. Pallbearers listed various named individuals. The obituary also notes 4-H events and district activities involving Taylor County youth and local leaders.
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Andrew J. Smith
Beckmann
C. N Coffman
First Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Smith
Dequency
Hattiesburg
Miss
Nederland
Texas
Co. B. Lane
Louisiana City
Andrew
Willie B. Smith
Violet M. Brown Smith
Jefferson County
Fredericksburg
Texas New Mexico Pipeline Company
Tivydale
Hardin - Simmons University
Monahans
University of Southern Mississippi
Midland
Willie B. Smith Jr
Darlene
Mary Emelie
Dan Anderegg
Crane
C. B. Lane
A Smith
Win-nie
A. J. Brown
Hubert Cox Sr
Melvin Bonn
Varnell Bartholmae
Robert Pape
Bennie Heinen
Emil Walter
Langehennig couple to join Sul Ross College staff
Travis Langehennig leaves Leander High School where he taught mathematics to join Sul Ross State College in Alpine as a member of the mathematics faculty. His wife, Mrs. Langehennig, becomes secretary to the president. They plan further study at Sul Ross and have a one year old daughter, Sheri. They are from Fredericksburg, the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Langehennig and Mrs. Josephine Gunn respectively.
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Travis Langehennig
Leander High School
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Langehennig
Sul Ross
University of Texas
Sheri
Andrew Langehennig
Josephine Gunn
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Publishing Co Personal Napkin Promotion
A Fredericksburg publishing firm offers personalized napkins for parties and social events. The service promotes decorative prints and custom monograms for upcoming social occasions.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Scouts Host Campfire and Birthday Cake Surprise
Doss community notes a Boy Scout campout with fishing, merit badges won, and a birthday cake presented to troop chairman Dennis Lange. Attendees include Loreen Geistweidt, Sammie Geistweidt, and local families. A firemen’s dance drew crowds from many towns, and the community mourned Willie F. Dittmar of Harper. Descendants of early Doss settlers gathered for a reunion at the Doss site.
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Gary Lively
Sammie Geistweint
Stanley Reed
Tokers
Loreen Geistweidt
Sammie
Dennis Lange
Jim Faught
Wallace Lively
Lawrence Zenner
Jimmie Lewis
Waco
David Lively
Gordon Eckert
Billie Teague
Geistweidt
Odessa
Mason
Kerrville
Center Point
Comfort
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Llano
Harper
San Antonio
Austin
Boerne
Victoria
Willie F. Dittmar
Doss
Elgin Dittmar
Linda Itz
Annabel Kasper
TLC
Tom Nixon
Annual Owen-Hensley reunion at Baethge ranch
The Owen-Hensley reunion gathered at the August Baethge ranch campground from August 1 to 4 with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Alton Kuhlmann of Ohio and local families. Other locals visited relatives in Fredericksburg and Doss. Otto Feuge's funeral in Fredericksburg was attended by Bernhard Crenwelge and family.
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Alton Kuhlmann
Ohio
Fredericksburg
Linda Itz
Lomota
Peggy Dittmar
August Duecker
Center Point
Edward Wellborn
Owen-Hensley
Baethge
Harry Goode
San Antonio
Doss
Theo Mund
Eldorado
Bernhard Crenwelge
Otto Feuge
Gillespie County
Beethoven's Deafness Fueled Later Masterworks
The composer produced some of his finest compositions after losing his hearing, continuing to create complex symphonies and chamber works that defined his late period.
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Beethoven
Kliers Pinch Pennies To Attend JW Convention
Walter Klier presiding minister of a Jehovahs Witnesses congregation plans to attend an eight day international convention in Pasadena California from September 1 to 8 with his wife Hedivig his mother Ida Klier and sister Mildred Also attending will be 70 000 delegates from the Western United States Central and South America Canada and Pacific islands plus 21 other assemblies across Europe the Near East Asia Australia and the Pacific islands featuring Bible lectures foreign reports and symposiums
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Walter Klier
Klier
Congregation
Jehovah's Witnesses
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
California
Hedivig
Ida Klier
Mildred
United States
Central and South America
Canada
Islands of the Pacific
Europe
Near East
Asia
Australia
Isles of the Pacific
Keffeler Serves Aboard USS Dyess In Mediterranean Cruise
Seaman Howard P. Keffeler of Fredericksburg serves on radar picket destroyer USS Dyess, an Atlantic Fleet unit deployed to the Mediterranean for five months with the Sixth Fleet. The ship acts as a ready unit of an attack carrier force to preserve peace and foster goodwill. Ports of call include Cyprus, Naples, Cannes, Beirut, Barcelona, and more, while operating from Charleston.
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Howard P. Keffeler
USN
C. A. Keffeler
East Centre St
Fredericksburg
Dyess
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Cyprus
Naples
Italy
Cannes
France
Beirut
Lebanon
Barcelona
Spain
Charleston
D. C
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Stehlings
Acme
Johnson City
Stehiing Bros
State OF
Andrew Smith
Joyce Ann Meier
Rubin Meiers
Connie Dittmar
John Dittmars
High Way House
Merle Thornton
Allen Glenn
Burnya Moore
Dan Castles
Dallas Fair
Carolyn Kinney
Taylor County
Roy Skaggs
Curly Hays
Carolyn Ford
Suzanne Orr
Fred Cowley
Frank Hobbs
Shelley Thornton
Thelma Casey
District 7
West Texas Utilities
Thornton’s Department Store
FHS
Fredericksburg Jaycees
Kliers
Keffeler
USS
S. Crock
Wm. Cameron & Co
Fredericksburg National Bank
Fredericksburg National
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