Santa Claus Day In Fredericksburg Details Dec 7
Fredericksburg merchants plan Santa Claus Day with the bearded visitor arriving Saturday December 7. The Jaycees organize his route from the Coca Cola Bottling Company to Ince's Phillips 66 and back to the court house square where bags of goodies will be handed out. Between 1500 and 1800 bags are prepared by Young Homemakers and Santas helpers.
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Santa Claus
Fredericksburg
Jaycees
Hector Pedregon
Walter Poppe Joins City Police Force
Walter Poppe, 27, becomes a city patrolman for the Frederickstown Police Department effective December 1, announced by Police Chief Milton Jung. He and Conrad Farnhof are the department's fifth and newest members. Poppe, born in Germany, lives with his wife and two children on the Kerrville Highway and will study law enforcement at A and M University in January.
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Walter Poppe
Fredericksh Tre
Milton Jung He Jouw Allen Mauldin
Clifford Swceby
Conrad Farnhof
Raymond Kuhlmann
State Fish Hatchery
San Mar
Or Poppe
Gollnow
Germany
Kerrville
California
US. Navy
Tivy High School
Poppe
Rena
Jason
Church of Christ
Poppe and
Farnhof
A & M University
Fredericksburg Jaycees Christmas Yard Contest Deadline
The Fredericksburg Jaycees announce a December 19 entry deadline for the annual Christmas Yard Decoration Contest directed by Glen Treibs. Entrants must mail the entry blank to PDF Box 604 Fredericksburg Texas 78624 and judges will award three cash prizes in lighting effect, decorated yard, and religious categories.
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Fredericksburg
Jaycees
Texas
Supreme Court Justice Speaker At Community Event
Fredericksburg Lions Club presents its 8th annual Community Christmas Program Sunday night December 15 1968 at 730 pm in the Public School Gymnasium with cooperation of local churches schools and bands Lions President Roy Beckmann says Judge Jack Pope of the Supreme Court of Texas will be the guest speaker famed as one of the ablest public speakers in Texas Continued on page see J
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Fredericksburg Lions Club
Roy Beckmann
Lions
Jack Pope
Supreme Court of Texas
Tex
Texas A&M Livestock Judging Team Places Second in Chicago
Fredericksburg students Tommy Grona and Douglas Zenner helped Texas A&M University place second in the International Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest in Chicago. Teammates included Jim McManigal Happy, Larry Luedtke Miles, Chester Fehlis Beeville, with John Menzies Menard as alternate. The same squad won first in swine judging and Grana tied for second high individual honors.
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Fredericksburg
Texas A & M University
Chicago
Tommy Grona
Douglas Zenner
Jim McManigal
Happy
Larry Luedtke
Miles
Chester Fehlis
Beeville
John Menzies
Menard
Duery Menzies
Grana
President Johnson Heads Back to Capitol After Texas Holidays
President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady return to Washington from the LBJ Ranch after Thanksgiving weekend private church services in Texas. They attended Trinity Lutheran Fredericksburg St Barnabas and St Francis Xavier churches and joined the Blanco County Hereford sale near Round Mountain before resuming duties ahead of Nixon’s January 1969 inauguration.
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M Pat Nus
J MM Johnson
Charles Robb
Patrick Lyr
Pe Yuki
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Johnsons
Trinity Lutheran Church
LBJ Hanch
Presidentia
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Fredericksburg
St. Francis Xavier
Firs
Texas
White House
Texas Ranch
President Johnson
Richard Nixon
Head Start Kick-Off Marks Joint Stonewall Services
A Sunday service at Trinity Lutheran Church joins Trinity Lutheran and St Francis Xavier Catholic Church to launch the Head Start program in Stonewall. Bishop Steven A. Leven will deliver a sermon along with local pastors. Classes start January 6 with four months of teaching and job openings include teachers and aides plus a bus driver.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Trinity Lutheran
Stonewall
Norman Truesdell
Wunibald Schneider
St. Francis Xavier Church
Schneider
Truesdell
Christmas Market Keeps Cheer Amid Cold Wind
A brisk winter scene keeps a merry stall thriving as wind whistles, with the speaker urging endurance and festive spirit through the season despite the chill.
Scouters Banquet Set Here Saturday
The Hill Country Boy Scout District hosts its annual Scouter's Banquet at the Sunday House Restaurant on Saturday at 6 p m. Dr Andrew Edington of Schriener Institute Kerrville will be the principal speaker. Hans Hannemann chairs the event with an opening flag ceremony and an invocation by Rev Bert Bronaugh.
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Hill Country
Andrew Edington
Schriener Institute
Kerrville
Bert Bronaugh
Burnet Presbyterian Church
Hans Hannemann
Indians Face Rangers For State Title In FHS Showdown
The St. Marys Indians meet the Bishop Forest Rangers of Schulenburg for the Texas Catholic Interscholastic League Class AA state title at 8 p.m. Saturday on FHS Field. The Indians, 31-0 zonal champs after beating the Alamo Mustangs on a muddy field, face a 7-2-2 Rangers squad. Reserved seats go on sale at St. Marys High School and at the gate. prices 1.50, 1.25, and 0.50 for students.
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St. Joseph's
Brownsville
Texas
St. Mary's High School
Indians
Bishop Forest Rangers
Blue and Gold
Rangers
Bishop Forest
Bellaire Junior Varsity
Bastrop
St. Stephens
Yoakum
St. Joseph's of Victoria
Sacred Heart of Hallettsville
Antonian
San Marcos
St. Pius
Stockdale
Richard Hollas
Robert Schmidt
Andy Schobel
Allen Valicek
Ken Barta
Paul Cernosek
ST. Mary’s Indians
Charles Kiehne
Bishop Forest High School of Schulenburg
FHS
Bloodmobile Collects 81 Pints During Holiday Visit
Red Cross Bloodmobile visit Friday November 29 gathered 81 pints of blood with 83 donors, eight first time donors, and several multi gallon contributors. The quota was 38 pints and this was the 1968 last visit, with a yearly goal of 352 pints.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
E. Acosta
Bert Warner
Fredericksburg
Clinton Nixon
Doss
Allen Klein
Robert F. Petermann
Emil Schandun
Rubin C. Klein
Robert L. Allen
Carol Weidenfeller
Leroy Deans
Arthur Esensee Jr
Kermit Treiles
Randy G. Smith
Leroy Usener
Dennis Parker
Lester E. Behrends
Clinton Burrer
Joyce Y. Burrer
Vernon Brodbeck
Wolney Solbrig
David Beyer
Clarence Weinheimer
Alvin Weber
Otto W. Schumann
Law
Miss Violet Herbert Bridesmaid at Justine Lockman Wedding
Miss Violet Herbert served as bridesmaid as Justine Lockman married Bill Meyer in a Saturday evening ceremony at the Lutheran Church in Orange Grove with Larry Oitmers in attendance.
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Violet Herbert
Justine Lockman
Orange Grove
Miss Lockman
Bill Meyer
Larry Oitmers
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A. G. Davidson
Houston
Tom Campbell
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Austin
Dennis Clark
Scott
Margaret Ann
FHS Field
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Rence Stehling
Charles W. Krieger
Elgin Esquell
Elenora Geistweidt
Alton R. Herbert
A. J. Loth
Louis E. Loth
Thomas L. Wolters
Elgin Rusenberger
Chester G. Schmidt
Michael J. Stehling
Harold Strackbein
Victor Eckhardt
Robert C. Bowers
George Nebgen
Eddie Klinksiek
Eddie Klinksie
Gilbert Ottmers
Clarence Nixon
Victor W. Pahl
Roman Maurer
Hilton Spaeth
Mary Ann Krieger
Hilmar O. Nebgen
James E. Eckert
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Samuel Baethge
Atley Usener
James E. Ottmers
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Thomas Zenner
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