Gillespie County Fair promises history making entertainment
The 78th Gillespie County Fair opens with a Friday morning 100 unit parade and runs Friday through Sunday with top races, international acts, and a Volldisplay of livestock and carnival attractions. Notable groups include the Stoyanoffs, Elkins Sisters, Aneta Vargas, and Band of the West. Local schools and FFA clubs add to the pageantry as Gene Ledel Shows provides midway thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Crenwelge
Harold Crenwelge
Gillespie County
Keller
Texas
Gillespie County Fair
Texas Hill Country
Lackland Air Force Base
Harper Longhorn Band
Nimitz Boulevard
Nimitz Hotel
Kraus
Victor G. Sagebiel
Fair Grounds
Stoyanoffs
Triple Bar
Moscow
Bill Austin
St. Mary’s
Wilburn Meier
Fredericksburg
Tom Rhodes
Felix Pehl
Gene Ledel
Fort Worth
Doss
Stonewall
FFA
Mobile Chest X Ray Unit To Visit Fredericksburg
The Alamo TB Association will bring its Mobile Chest X Ray unit to Market Square Fredericksburg on Tuesday September 13. X rays will be given from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm with all residents over 15 urged to participate especially food handlers. Jerry Durr chairs the local TB Committee formed with Ralph Morgan of the Alamo Area TB Association. Dr W E Crenwelge and Durr serve on the local TB board, along with Sister Agnes Celine and several Fredericksburg citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo TB Association
Fredericksburg
Market Square
Jerry Durr
Ralph Morgan
Alamo Area TB Association
City Hall
San Antonio
Fredericksburg Hospital
Bids Open Sept 29 for Williams Creek Dam Projects
Invitation for bids for floodwater retarding structures at sites 3 and 4 of Williams Creek Watershed was assembled in Fredericksburg. Bids due Sept 29. construction expected mid October. Major works include excavation rock and earthfill, concrete, pipe, topsoil salvage and fencing. Funding from local and federal sources totals about $588,100.00 with land rights and administration costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Fredericksburg
Ray Bodine
SCS
Troy Foster
Walter Fuhrmann
WCID
Otto Schumann
Agnes Sagebiel
Don Windrow
Bud Smathers
Farm Bureau
Gillespie County Water Control and Improvement District
Gillespie County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Water Control and Improvement District
St Marys School to Open Sept 1 for 1966-67 Year
St Marys Elementary and High School will begin the 1966 67 term Thursday September 1 with noon dismissals that day and Friday. Labor Day is a holiday. About 480 students are expected to enroll including 130 in high school and 350 in grade school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Joseph Hildebrand
Martha Anne
P. Flanagan
Anthony Knopp
Michael Keeley
Clement Gully
Samuel Baethge
Mary Emelene
Wilburn Meier
Karen Schandun
M. Rosamunda
St. Louis High School
Castroville
Rose Stephanie
Lawton
Okla
St. Mary's Elementary School
Agnes Celine
George Annette
Hugo Klein
M. Angelita
M. Opportuna
Louis Loth
A. J. Loth
Mary Anne Faubian
Fredericksburg
St. Mary's School
San Antonio
Chester Hohmann
Cecil Franklin
Fruitman
New Mexico
Dorothy Bierschwab
St. Mary's
M. Violette
Memorial High School
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Church of Christ to Sponsor Daily Lectures in Fredericksburg
Mr. John T. Jack McKinney will lecture at 7 30 p m daily from August 29 through September 2 at Community Savings Hall in Fredericksburg under the Church of Christ sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T
Jack) McKinney
Communiy Savings Hall
Church of Christ In
Fredericksburg
Miss Cen Tex Electric Wins State Queen Title
Laura Louise Gass of Comfort was crowned Miss CTEC and state queen of the Texas Electric Cooperatives at the annual CTEC meeting in San Antonio. She will represent Texas in the National Miss Rural Electrification contest in San Francisco next February and serve as host for CTEC events across Central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Louise Gass
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Texas Electric Coperatives
CTEC
LaVillita Assembly Hall
San Antonio
Gass
J. C. Gass
Comfort
Miss Gass
Texas
Comfort High School
Texas A & I College
Kingsville
Laura Louise
San Francisco
Calif
Jan Brown
Las Vegas
Texas Rural Electric Cooperatives
Central
Texas Electric
Texas Rural Electrics
Wilbur Durst
Mason
W. C. McWilliams
Hardy Moses
Victor G. Sagebiel
Miss Texas Electric Cooperative
Janan of Harper
W. C. McWiliams
Brabur
Sehentainn
Brown
Park bond plan for Oakcrest site faces city review
The CofC Parks Committee seeks a $200000 bond to develop Oakcrest Park into a first class city park and a nearby golf course donation of about $80000 contingent on the bond and site. The City Commission and Curtis Adrian will confer to decide the election timing, likely September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Curtis Adrian
Alex Mittendorf
Adrian
California
Chamber of Commerce Parks Committee
Oakcrest Park
Commission
Forrest Rees
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Kaiser
Kaiser
Pal Park
Oakcrest
Mittendorf
Record Number To Enroll In Public School 1966 67 Term
Fredericksburg Independent School District expects about 1585 students to enroll on Thursday September 1 marking the start of the 1966 67 term. Enrollment rises across elementary middle and high school with notable gains in ninth grade and transfers from nearby districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Independent
Hans Bergner
Lloyd Halamiek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agriculture
Gillespie Water Control and Improvement District
State Soil Conservation Service
Temple
Gillespie Wcid
Pedernales
St. Mary S School
Church of Christ
Miss Cen-Tex Electric
Harper
Cofc
Karl Hartmann
W. C. Westerfeldt
Leslie Phillips
Rocky Hill
FHS
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