Three Fredericksburg Men Die in Hunting Trip Tragedy
A Thanksgiving weekend hunt near Van Horn Texas ended with the deaths of Henry J. Schmidt Rodolph P. Smith and Dr Vern B Spiva Jr all aged 67 58 and 58 respectively. Death was ruled accidental asphyxiation due to a small open butane heater in a sealed trailer. The trio were part of a 23 member Fredericksburg and Comfort party and were found at 6 am by Harry Mitchell after Smith failed to set a cook fire. The passing occurred about 3 am according to Sheriff Richard Upchurch and Justice of the Peace C B Villalobos. The hunting party faced record cold with snow sleet and near zero temperatures. The group returned to Fredericksburg Monday evening with others still in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Posey Ranch
van Horn
Texas
Henry J. Schmidt
Rodolph P. Smith
Bear Creek
Western Auto Store
Vern B. Spiva Jr
Comfort
Harry Mitchell
Smith
Clifton ““Blacky
Thibodeaux
Mitchell
J. Hardin Perry
Culberson County
Richard Upchurch
Justice of the Peace
C. B. Villalobos
Rubin Tatsch
Freder
Ill Temperatures Dip Across Gillespie County
Fredericksburg and Gillespie County report record low winter readings in the low teens as an Arctic cold front brings a multi day chill. Snow flurries appear west of the city with widespread frozen pipes and high natural gas and electricity use. Normal mid forties temps contrasted with recent lows. weather observer N J Dietel out for eye surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Mercury
South Plains
Texas
N. J. Dietel
San Angelo
Emergency Crewmen Scale Cliff To Rescue Wounded Man
Three Gillespie County Ambulance Service crew members aided by officers rescued a Turkey hunter after a 150 foot cliff plunge ten miles north of Fredericksburg on the Wissemann Ranch. Eldred O Phillips Jr 45 was injured by a .270 bullet fracturing the femur and was airlifted to Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Ambulance Service
Fredericksburg
Stanley Wissemann
Eldred O. Phillips Jr
New Iberia
Wissemann
Phillips
Eldred O. Phillips III
Darryl B. Davis
Donald Klein
Davis
Virginia Clark
Rusty Brown
Liz Welch
Klein
Jim Wendel
Norman Henk
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Parker
Four New Members Named To Chamber Board
Four new directors join the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce board effective January 1 1977. Named are Rev Lawrence Bade Guenther Maenius Guenther Ottmers Jr and Yavonne Schwarz selection came from a mail ballot to replace four outgoing directors. The chamber will assist author Alice Cromie in her book Restored Villages and Towns in America due September 1977 with photos of old homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Bade
Bethany Lutheran Church
Guenther Maenius
Community Savings and Loan
Guenther Ottmers Jr
United States Post Office
Yavonne Schwarz
Security State Bank and Trust
Roy Enderlin
Mike Penick
Tony Sauer
Emmie Schroeder
Bill Chadwick
C of C
Judi Imbriani
Alice Cromie
Lynn Babcock
America
Laney Bristol
Chamber
Ms. Cromie
Fredericksburg
Mary Rees
Pioneer Pavilion
Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park
Billy Roeder
Marian Nixon
Tom Roarick
Bozek Family Reunited in U.S. After Two-Year Separation
Fredericksburg resident Andrej Bozek and his wife Irena with two children were reunited with their son Alex and the family’s third child Dareus in New York after more than two years apart due to immigration from Poland. The reunion closed a long odyssey beginning in 1974 with Bozek seeking emigration via Austria and culminated in January 1975 when he settled in the United States before bringing the family to join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Andrej Bozek
United States
New York City
Kennedy Airport
Bozek
Irena
Dareus
Sylvia
Alex
Poland
Free Austria
Vienna
U.S
CBS
America
Austria
New Jersey
Here Everyone Has Freedom As Polish Emigrant Describes U S Move
Andrej Bozek says he moved from Poland behind the Iron Curtain to the United States seeking more freedom for his family. He cites personal liberty, higher income potential, and a democratic government with multiple parties as key differences. He notes ease of obtaining credit and a higher standard of living in the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
United States
Andrej Bozek
Communist Party
Trio of 1976 deaths linked to hunting accident near Van Horn
Henry J. Schmidt 66, longtime Nimitz Hotel operator, died from accidental asphyxiation at a hunting base north of Van Horn. Frederickburg and Kerrville figures, Rodolph Paschal Smith Jr and Dr Vern Spiva Jr, also listed in obituaries with services held in Comfort and Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Schmidt
van Horn
Culberson County
Texas
Schaetter
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Arnold Schlueter
L. J. Durkop
Fredericksburg
Greenwood Cemetery
Schmidt
Nimitz
Kerrville
Gillespie
Kendall
Kerrville Bus Company
Victor Keidel
East Main St
Gillespie County
Alfred J. Schmidt
Ida Kordzik Schmidt
Emily Keidel
Holy Ghost Lutheran
Fredericksburg Santa Claus Day parade planned Saturday
Fredericksburg hosts Santa Claus Day with a 10 am parade starting Kraus Corner traveling to the Nimitz Center then to Courthouse Square gazebo for meet and candy bags. Jaycees and Young Homemakers coordinate with Tim Dooley and Robert Menking as co chairs and Lester Frantzen as president. Evening Main Street lights celebration follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Main Street
Texas Hill Country
North Pole
Kraus Corner
Nimitz Center
Gillespie County
Admiral Nimitz Center
Santa
Courthouse Square
Tim Dooley
Robert Menking
Lester Frantzen
Bloodmobile Returns to Gillespie County for Last 1976 Drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Educational Building today from 1 to 7 p.m. with a goal of 135 pints to meet the county quota of 480 pints for the year. Eligible donors are ages 17 to 65 and at least 110 pounds. volunteers are coordinated by Mrs. M J Schwarz and Dennis Hannemann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Gillespie County
Women of the Church At
Holy Ghost Lutheran
M.J. Schwarz
Dennis Hannemann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Garden of Peace
Rodolph Paschal Smith Jr
St. Boniface Episcopal Church
Dean Pratt
Fredericksburg United Methodist Church
Gordon Talk III
Charles Desler
Spiva
North
Llano Street
Texarkana
Vern B. Spiva
Ethel Prator Spiva
Longview High School
Baylor University
Waco
Baylor University Dental School
City-County Hospital
Fort Worth
Spira
U.S. Navy
LaVerne
Dippy) Sims
Dorothy Jane
Dotty) Spiva
R. P. Smith Jr
V. B. Spiva Jr
Saint Nick
Jaycees
Bloodmobile
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