Garden Club Yule Show Brings Seasonal Cheer at Legion Hall
The Garden Club held its annual silver tea and Christmas display at the American Legion Hall on Sunday afternoon from 1 to 5 pm. Tables showcased festive arrangements, a white felt centerpiece, and brass candlesticks while members served coffee and Christmas cookies.
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American Legion Hall
Garden Club
Frank Holdforth
St Marys Mary Chorale
Fredericksburg
Vera Bovkin
Janell Burrer
Tannerbaum
Ihr Kinderlein
Fredericksburg High names 17 to All-District Band
Seventeen FHS band members from Fredericksburg were named to the All-District Band in Region XI District 1 under UIL rules and will advance to Regional tryouts on Jan 4 in Eagle Pass. The event followed tryouts Dec 4 with 14 schools and 182 contestants. finalists from the first and second sections advance to regional honors.
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Fredericksburg
Eagle Pass
FHS
Tom Rhodes
Ross Petermann
Dennis Pfeiffer
Freddie Klaerner
Terry Langehennig
Susan Feiler
Barbara Heimann
Sharon Fikes
Doyle Henke
Therese Hein
Dennis Ottmers
Dennis Hannemann
Phillip Kothmann
Chris Stahl
Jay Luckenbach
Vernon Kasch
Eileen Nielsen
Karen Nielsen
Standard To Be Published Next Monday
The Standard will publish on Monday of next week to ensure the annual Christmas edition reaches subscribers before Dec 25. Church notices must arrive by Thursday Dec 19 and all other news and ads by Friday or Saturday morning at the latest.
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Standard Office
County Tax Discount Period Ends January 31
The annual discount period for county taxes ends on January 31 per Gillespie Assessor-Col lector Milton C Durst. A one percent discount applies on all taxes for several county school districts through January. after January 31 penalty and interest are added. The period also requires Voter Registration Certificates for voting next year. certificates are free and must be secured before January 31.
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Milton C. Durst
Gillespie
Gridders Speak On Life Lessons At Lions Banquet
Hub Bechtel former Texas All American end addressed Fredericksburg and St. Marys high school players at a Lions Club football honor banquet. He urged maintaining football enthusiasm as guidance through life while praising athletics for building character and quick reactions. Coaches and players were introduced with team sweethearts amid praise for school cooperation and state championship pride.
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Fredericksburg
St. Mary's
Hub Bechtel
University of Texas
Lions Club
Bechtel
Austin
Capitol City
Sunday House
Malford Hierholzer
First United Methodist Church
Roy Beckmann
W. C Westerfeldt
Tony Knopp
St. Mary
A. J. Loth
Coach Wicker
FHS
Carlin Wicker
St. Mary’s
Knopp
Christmas Mail Nearing Peak at Local Post Office
Postmaster William Petmecky reports heavy Christmas mailing with a surge in cards expected by mid week. Extra mail truck service since December 11 aids deliveries, with air mail urged for distant cards and noon mail to ride the 1 o clock truck for next day delivery. Christmas Day and New Year’s Day postal closures noted.
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William Petmecky
Joint Church Services Open Head Start Program Sunday
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson attended the Stonewall Head Start dedication a d ecumenical service at Trinity Lutheran and St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stonewall. Rev. Otterness delivered the sermon highlighting Head Start as a tool for hopeful learning.
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Johnson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wunibald Schneider
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Stonewall
Norman Truesdell
James Otternesa
American Lutheran Church
Odessa
Stephen Leven
San Antonio
Catholic Church
Lyndon B. Johnson
N. C. Truesdell
Trinity Lutheran
W. W. Schneider
St. Francis Xavier
Office of Economic Opportunity
James Otterness
Risen Lord Lutheran Church
Steven A. Leven
Catholic Archdiocese of
America
OEO
Truesdell
Otterness
Hope
North Dakota
Damage suit settled out of court in Texas session
A damage suit A F Cre means et al versus James Langehning of Fredericksburg settled out of court on Monday after a jury was selected in the 38th District Court. The monetary settlement was not announced. Judge Marvin Blackburn also sentenced Michael E Ritchey to three years probation for altering a check from 7 to 70 dollars. Ritchey, a magazine salesman, said the overstatement was to meet quota. Custody of two minor Latin American children was awarded to Mr and Mrs Thomas Arizola. Three divorces were granted Barbara Goullet from John Goullet Isabel Dennis from James Dennis and Clifton Thibodeaux from Carolyn Jean Thibodeaux.
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A. F. Cremeans
Thomas Arizola
Ogden Couple Passes Through En Route Home
Mr and Mrs Harry Leesmann of Ogden Utah traveled from New Ulm after spending two months in Austin County. They stayed with Mr and Mrs Ben Moellering as they continued toward their home.
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Harry Leesmann
Ogden
Utah
Austin County
New Ulm
Ben Moellering
Judge Pope Urges Christmas Spirit All Year At Lions Club Event
Judge Jack Pope of the Texas Supreme Court spoke at the 38th annual Lions Club Community Christmas observance urging that the Christmas spirit of love be kept daily. He urged giving over getting, sowing happiness, and asked why every day cannot be Christmas. The program featured Fredericksburg High School Band and Choirs, with multiple local church choirs and soloists performing familiar carols. The event closed with a St Mary chorale and other musical numbers before continuing on page 4.
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THE
Mary Chorale
ST. Mary's High School
Kathryn Marie
Paulette Wallendorf
Jack Pope
Texas Supreme Court
Lions Club
Judge Pope
Lion Raymond Kneese
Roy Beckmann
Adeste Fideles
Fredericksburg High School
Tom Rhodes
Alex Frantzen
Henry Lochte
Leroy Deans
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Jerry Jenkins
Jenkins
Music Study Club
Susan Feller
Barbara Heimann
Bethany
Holy Ghost
Zion Lutheran
Ella Gold
Weimar Hein
Richards
FHS
St. Mary's Mary Chorale
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Kilman
Barbara Goullet
John Goullett
Isabel Dennis
James Dennis
Clifton Thibodeaux
Carolyn Jean Thibodeaux
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