Gillespie County Fair Parade Opens With Bands and Float
Friday parade at 10 a m opens the 81st Gillespie County Fair on Main Street featuring the Fourth Army Band from Fort Sam Houston and the Lackland Air Force Band in front of the Fort Sam Houston Bandstand. The Gillespie County Fair Float, last home in Johnson City after six straight firsts, carries Queen Susan Stobaugh and Duchesses Melissa Knopp and Linda Jung with Kathryn Sagebiel up front. Fredericksburg High School and St Mary’s High School Bands join the procession along with two military bands.
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Gillespie County Fair
Main Street
Fourth Army Band
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston Bandstand
Gillespie County Fair Float Leads Friday Parade
The Gillespie County Fair opens Friday with a Main Street parade featuring the fair float drawn by two carriage horses and carrying Edythe Krauskopf and Kathryn Sagebiel. Queen Susie Stobaugh and duchesses ride in a heart backdrop, with the float painted cerise pink gold and white and noted for its Fiesta Flambeau appearances.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Edythe Krauskopf
Victor Krauskopf
Kathryn Sagebiel
Victor G. Sagebiel
Susie Stobaugh
Earl Stobaugh
Linda Jung
Melissa Knopp
al Jung
Tony Knopp
San Antonio
Llano
San Saba
Stonewall
Austin
Junction
Benno Eckert, Jr
Bill Petmecky
Kermit Rahe
Milton Birk
Travis Weidenfeller
Fredericksburg ISD Sets August 28 Budget Hearing
The Fredericksburg Independent School District board announces a hearing on the 1969-70 budget for August 28 at 7 p m in the high school board offices. A budget of 855,589 is proposed to cover 865,159 in expenditures with an estimated August 31, 1970 district fund balance of 9,570. The district begins the year with 31,941 in unencumbered funds and expects operating funds to fall by over 22,000. the 855,589 plan updates the previous 801,100 budget.
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Board of Education
Fredericksburg Independent School District
Hans Bergner
Reception Sunday To Honor Archbishop
The new Archbishop Francis James Furey will be honored at a reception in the American Legion Hall Sunday August 6 at 3 p m during his first official visit to the Fredericksburg Deanery. He was installed August 6 in San Antonio and succeeds Archbishop Robert E Lucey.
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San Antonio
Francis James Furey
American Legion
Coaldale
Rome
Immaculate College
Pennsylvania
John XXIII
Philadelphia
National Catholic Welfare Conference
San Diego
Furey
Charles F. Buddy
Far East
National Conference of Christian and Jews
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Opens With Three Days of Festivities
The 81st annual Gillespie morning parade kicks off with 102 units at 10 a m on Nimitz Boulevard. Top bands including the United States Fourth Army Band and Lackland Air Force Band will perform as Fredericksburg High School and local floats join the Texas Oldest County Fair. Exhibits feature beef cattle sheep goats swine and poultry along with 4-H and FFA displays and educational exhibits.
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Gillespie County
Roy Stroeher
Nimitz Boulevard
Nimitz Museum
Kraus Corner
United States Fourth Army
Lackland Air Force Band of the West
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Doss
Fourth Army Commander to Lead Gillespie County Parade
Major General Chester A. Dahlen of Fort Sam Houston will be parade marshal for Gillespie County Fair, Friday at 10 a.m., accompanied by Mrs. Dahlen. Fort Sam Houston float titled U S Army Westward and Beyond also participates. Dahlen, a 1933 West Point graduate, served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater with the 24th.
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Chester A. Dahlen
Fort Sam Houston
Gillespie County Fair
Dahlen
U. S. Army
United States Military Academy
West Point
New York
Back To School Trek Begins Monday in Harper
Gillespie scholastics start the back to school trek on Monday August 25 with Harper Independent School District students reporting for classes St Mary's opens Thursday August 28. All other county schools Fredericksburg Public Schools Stonewall Rocky Hill and Doss begin Tuesday September 2 with a special Salute To feature providing faculty information.
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Gillespie
Harper Independent
St. Mary's
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Rocky Hill
Doss
Linda Meier Crowned Gillespie County Farm Bureau Queen
Linda Meier was crowned Gillespie County Farm Bureau Queen in a Friday night ceremony at the City Hall Auditorium. She will compete in the district contest in Brady on August 28. reception included gifts from merchants and a bouquet from President Lawrence Hartmann.
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Linda Meier
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Cristal Nixon
City Hall
Miss Meier
Rubin Meier
Morris Ranch
Farm Bureau
Lawrence Hartmann
Bureau
Brady
Miss Nixon
Collins
Duery Menzies
Joy
Gay Schnelle
Gay
Rainfall Totals and High Temperatures for August Week
Rainfall this week is 12 inches with 18.56 inches for the year, compared to 23.16 inches last year by this date. Normal through August is 19.04 inches. The high for August 14 was 105 degrees and the low for August 16 was 67 degrees.
Preliminary City Budget Projects 1969 70 Shortfall
The City Commission signed off on a 1969 70 budget showing expenses exceeding income by $54 058 19 in the general fund for August 1 1969 to July 31 1970. Mayor Sidney Henke urged citizens to attend the September 8 budget adoption meeting at City Hall.
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Sidney Henke
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Archbishop Francis J. Furey
G. Schmidt
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Lacey White
R. N
Schmidt
Red Cross
Zion Lutheran Church Annex
Edison Street Methodist Church
Chester G. Schmidt
Kathleen Bauer
Herbert Merz
Kurt Poehl- Mann
Mesdames
Roy Bierschwale
Dora Tietz
A. L
Harper
New Farm Bureau
Henke
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Iividuals
Nel
Lady Bird Johnson
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