Joe O. Ernst Rites Held In Fredericksburg
Funeral services for Joe O. Ernst 79 Fredericksburg piano dealer were held today at Schaetter Funeral Home and St Marys Catholic Church. Born Akron Ohio November 10 1883 he opened Fredericksburgs first music store in 1911 after a career in piano technology and teaching. He died Sunday August 25 in Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic survived by wife Olga daughter Frances Ernst and sister Mrs Wayne Kindiz Akron Ohio with numerous relatives. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included local and visiting names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O
Joe) Ernst
Fredericksburg
Schaetter
St. Mary's Catholic Church
J. J. Hildebrand
St. Mary’s
San Antonio
Mike Goggan
Hill Country
Comfort
Blum
Wieser
Stucke
East
San Antonio Street
Ernst
Fredericksburg Hspital
Frances Ernst
Wayne Kindiz
Akron
Ohio
Forest Rees
Matthew Pyka
Cliff Balser
Hugo Klein
Edwin Kiehne
W. H. Osbourn
Ed. Mills
Lorence Feller
W. H. Springall
Adam Gruber
Felix Maier
Charles Dooley
Alfred Petsch
Herman Ochs
Emil Koch
Chas, Schwarz
Carly Mayer
R. ‘.L. Kott
W. B. Spiva
Marcus Burg
Arthur Stehling
Charles Andrews
Oil Agent Rites Held For Fredericksburg Veteran
Funeral services for Joseph Albert Weidenfeller 58 a Mobil Oil agent in Fredericksburg were conducted today. The veteran employee died at his home on Pecan Street after years of ill health. He served Mobil Oil 25 years and previously ran a filling station. The Rev W W Schneider officiated at St Marys Church following services at Schaetter Funeral Home. Continued on page 5 section 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Albert
Joe) Weidenfeller
Mobil Oil
Fredericksburg
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Church
W. W. Schneider
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's Cemetery
Weidenfeller
Pecan Street
Mobil Oil Company
Fredericksburg ISD adopts 1963 64 budget of 640510
The Fredericksburg Independent School District board adopted a 1963 64 budget totaling 640 510 at a budget hearing in the high school. Operational costs are 469 716 and debt service plus capital outlay 170 894. The plan shows instructional costs at 355 965 with teachers salaries 343 249 and a 75 427 capital outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Fredericksburg Independent School
High Schoo
Fred Thompson
Transportation Service
Klett's Food-Way Store Grand Opening Sale Set
The grand opening sale of Klett's Food-Way, owned by Walter Klett and his wife, runs Aug 29 to Sept 4 in the 200 block of West Main. The Kletts bring 23 years in local groceries and offer fresh meats, produce, custom slaughtering, and quantity meat deals with rear parking. Their family includes four children, with ties to local schools and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klett's
Klett
Fredericksburg Locker's Inc
Constanly
Alice Geistweidt
Jennabeth
Jerald
Fredericksburg High School
New Bil Hevttes
Billy
Curtis
Pat Lange
Llano
Kerrville
David
Fredericksburg
Kleit Food-Way
Gillespie Students Return As Labor Day Rest Stop Sells Coffee
Over 2,000 Gillespie students head back to classrooms next week. Jaycees sponsor a Labor Day weekend rest stop on Gillespie County Court House grounds with Kerwin Weinheimer directing. Rest stop opens Aug 30 at 4 PM and runs 24 hours through Sept 2, coffee donated by DeCoty Coffee Company, staffed by local Jaycees in four hour shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toe
Fredericksburg Jaycees
Gillespie County Court House
Kerwin Weinheimer
Bob France
Jaycee
DeCoty Coffee Company
Jaycees
Fredericksburg
Harper School Opens as County Sees Record Enrollment
About 2 285 students return to six county schools on Sept 3 with Harper Independent District starting Aug 26 and 107 enrolled. Fredericksburg Public School anticipates 1 300 students with 425 in four high school classes and St Marys Parochial expecting 550. Stonewall records 139 students with a Sept 3 start and Stonewall faculty listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Independent
E. Dean Hopf
Harper
Fredericksburg
St. Mary's Parochial School
St Mary's High School
Stonewall
Harvey Eckert
Eckert
Wilburn Meier
le- Gla Nielsen
Dorothy Eckert
Birdie Lee McMahan
Anna Itz
Rocky Hill
Joe Weinhemmer
Alice Welty
Luckenbach
Rudy Lentz
Emilie Nielsen
Doss
Leola Mathisen
Pete Cronwelge
Firemen Have A Busy Week In Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg volunteers answered seven calls from Wednesday evening to Sunday noon including grass fires at the fair grounds and Park Street and two structure fires that could have become major blazes. A trash fire at Behrend Radio & TV caused minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Walnut Street
Farmer's Grain
Alvin Lehne Place
Fair Grounds
Lehne Place
Park Street
Behrend Radio & TV
East Main
Henry Kuenemann
Rueben Duecker
Dallas Holiday Market Attended by Gandres and Berzmasg
Mrs. S C Gandre Mrs Rober Gandre and Mrs Neal Berzmasg attended the Dallas Holiday Market held in Dallas last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Gandre
Rober Gandre
Neal Berzmasg
Dallas
LBJ Cattle Wins Diamond Jubilee Fair Triumph
The 75th Diamond Jubilee Fair in Gillespie County drew record crowds with a Friday parade and strong exhibitions. The LBJ Ranch swept the Hereford division winning grand champion beef animal and both Grand Champion Hereford Bull and Female as new cattle breeds Santa Gertrudis Charolais and Red Angus appeared. Vice President Lyndon Johnson attended Saturday to witness the events and accept trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Bergquist
Arcadia
Wally Bergquist
Gillespie County Fair
Rudy Olfers
Jockey Bergquist
Bonnie Boening
Gillespie Fair
Henry Kneese
Alfred Petsch
Bergquist
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gillespie County
Cave Feller
Johnson
Fair Park
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
Postmaster Outlines Mail Rules If Rail Strike Impacts Service
Fredericksburg postmaster William Petmecky said planes trucks and buses will move first class mail and other items within a 100 mile radius if a nationwide rail strike threatens 12:01 A M Thursday. Nonessential items mailed beyond the second zone about 150 miles will be paused and only first class air mail and air parcel post will be accepted for longer destinations during the contingency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Petmecky
Fredericksburg
Frederiksburg
Petmecky
National Post Office
Mulers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe O. Ernst
T. J. Neffendorf
Veteran’s Hospital, Kerrville
Neffendorf
C. A. Boehme
B. W. Parks
Children of
Orange
Joe Weidenfeller
Gillespie
Harper School
J. Hardin Perry
Penny and
Waldene McKay
Los Angele Calif
Disneyland
Marineland of the Pacific
CBS
Theresa Walter
Jerry Walter
Big Spring
Colorado
David Walter
Austin
Houston
Alfred
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