LBJ Homecoming Birthday Party Planned in Stonewall
A large LBJ Birthday Party is set for August 29 at 5 p.m. in the Stonewall Rodeo Arena near the LBJ Ranch. President Johnson is expected to attend after the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Tickets at 2.50 dollars are sold in Fredericksburg and Stonewall outlets or by mail to the LBJ Party Stonewall Texas. Speakers include Judge Thomas Ferguson and Gillespie County Democratic Chairman Arthur Stehling. Musical entertainment will be by Bill Austin and others.
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LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall Rodeo Arena
Lbj Ranch
Atlantic City
Johnson
Gillespie County
Tee
Security State Bank and Trust
Fredericksburg National Bank
Gandre’s
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Arthur Stehling
Democratic
Thomas Ferguson
Marble Falls
Johnson City
Bill Austin
Austin
Jaycees Sponsor Labor Day Rest Stop in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Jaycees will sponsor a Labor Day weekend rest stop on Gillespie County Court House grounds. Guenther Ottmers Jr director in charge and Harold Klinksick chairman lead preparations. Rest stop opens 4 pm Friday Sept 4 and runs coffee and refreshments 24 hours through Sept 7 with signs along major routes inviting travelers to stop by.
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Fredericksburg
Pioneer Village Burglary Solved
Senobio Olivarez, 27, held in Pecos Texas and wanted here on burglary charges for the Pioneer Village Restaurant break in on Saturday August 8. He entered through a restroom window and rifled a vending machine winning $35 to $40 in cash and two cigar boxes. He was caught in Sonora in a stolen San Antonio car and admitted the burglary after cigars were identified. Pecos officers picked him up to face charges and returned him here.
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Senobio Olivarez
Pecos
Texas
Pioneer Village
Hugo Klaerner
Sonora
San Antonio
Rainy Patches in Gillespie County Dampen Festival Prep
Areas of Gillespie County saw rain on Saturday night and Sunday morning with the heaviest falls in Doss and Prairie Mountain extending into Cherry Spring. Fredericksburg received light showers and some lightning damage to East Main Street lighting. August rainfall totals reach 36 points for Gillespie County with yearly totals at 10.65, while temperatures stayed hot with several days over 100. Officials in charge of the 76th Gillespie County Fair open the event Friday and run through Sunday, with a list of directors and absentees.
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Gillespie County
Doss
Prairie Mountain
Cherry Spring
Frederiksburg
N. J. Dietel
Fredericksburg
Main
Gillespie County Fair
76th Annual Gillespie County Fair Opens With Parade
The 76th Gillespie County Fair starts Friday with a giant street parade and promises to outdo last year’s Diamond Jubilee with records in livestock and exhibits. Horse racing and nightly acts, including Burger's Animal Revue and the Fredericksburg Band, headline a program noted for top entertainment and premium offerings.
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Gillespie County
Day In Old Fredericksburg Planned Sept 29
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce sponsors the first Day In Old Fredericksburg at Gillespie Fair Park on Saturday Sept 29. The event aims to raise funds for local groups to attend German Day at the State Fair of Texas on Oct 11 and includes a sausage supper in the program.
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Old Fredericksburg
Gillespie Fair Park
Fredericksburg
Report on 1475 Public School Open with New Bus Routes
A record 1,475 students are expected to report for the 1964-65 term on Monday August 31. Grades split: 458 elementary 511 junior high 498 high school. Bus routes total 13 with Luckenbach getting an additional run. New campus creates two mile eligibility zone. some riders may shift.
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Hans Bergner
College Street
Kerrville Highway
Engel’s
Luckenbach
Bazemore Plans Motel Complex Start in Fredericksburg
Wade Bazemore announced at the Lions Club that a multi million dollar motel complex will begin preliminary work within weeks on a block near East Main Street and the proposed Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Naval Museum. Initial work includes razing several older structures on the Austin Street side. Bazemore and family have moved from Florida to Fredericksburg and are living with the Alf Braddocks near Bear Mountain while their home plans proceed.
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Wade Bazemore
East Main Street
Chester W. Nimitz
Kerrville
Museum Drives Funds for Nimitz Naval Museum Expansion
Volunteers mount a citywide drive to raise 60,000 for Gillespie County’s Nimitz Naval Museum project. The effort aims to rebuild a historic building, honor Fleet Admiral Nimitz, and boost tourism and local economy. local drugstores support, fair booths promote the cause during the state fair and Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce aid.
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Score
Chester W. Nimitz
Nere
United States
Gillespie County
Fred Mathisen
Fredericksburg
Rees Pharmacy
Central Drug Store
Prescription Pharmacy
City To Get Three Historical Markers
The state contract for Confederate Memorial Information Markers for the Gun Cap Factory site in Gillespie County and for City signs in Fredericksburg was let by the State Building Commission. Cast aluminum markers will bear the Official Texas Historical Medallion and inscriptions prepared by the Texas State Historical Surveys Committee.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
State Building Commission
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas State Historical Surveys Committee
Texas Historical
John Connally
Wagroner Carr
Charles S. Coates
State Board For Control
West Main Street
Texas
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Elgin Dittmar
Ben Evers
Paul Sauer
Emil Anderegg
Jaycees
Curtis Feller
James Kraus
Fred Dietel
Emma Petmecky
Dorothy Reichenau
Rudy Olfers
Willis N. Lee
Elmer Bierschwale
Werner Moehr
Billy Metzger
Alvin Welgehaus
Wallace Ottmers
Henry Kneese
Bill Petmecky
Otto Schumann
Oliver Schaetter
Henry Kuenemann
I Alex Frantzen
Walter Loudon
Victor Sagebiel
Otto Spaeth
Gilbert Eckhardt
Butch
Duecker
Curtis Cameron
Belton Klinksick
Benno Eckert Jr
Wilbert Seipp
Dudley Althaus
Elgin Heimann
Victor Krauskopf
Harold Henke
Tom Rhodes
Felix Pehl
General Artists Corporation
Fair Grounds
Burger’s
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Ed. Sullivan
Burgers
Pretty Ann Marston
Stonewall Bus
Bazemore
C. A. Stone
Henry Beckmann
Calvin Weinheimer
Nimitz
Gallespie County
B. Krauskopf
Adolph Lungkwitz
Sec
Fort Sam Houston
Bettye Sue Mock
Nancy Jane Poulis
Nancy Agnew
Loretta Schendel
U. S. Army
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