Fredericksburg Jaycees Aid 30 Youths With Shopping Tour
About 30 Fredericksburg youths, likely facing a bleak Christmas, received 3.00 each from the Jaycees Annual Shopping Tour on Friday afternoon. Youths were grouped for gifts at local stores. Jaycees on the trip included Don Dittmar, Kermit Ernst, Clarence Weinheimer, Hardin Wunderlich, Gerald Schmidt and Felix Land Jr., with Schmidt as chairman.
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Fredericksburg
Jaycees
Don Dittmar
Ker
Mit Ernst
Clarence Weinheimer
Hardin Wunderlich
Gerald Schmidt
Felix Land Jr
Schmidt
Prizes For First Baby of 67
A contest awards gifts to Gillespie County's first baby of 1967. Prizes come from Dooley's Stores Fredericksburg Coca Cola Community Savings and Loan Ken and others. Born to bona fide residents qualifies. ceremony at Palace Theatre on Jan 8 1967 if baby arrives.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Pamela Gaye Mauldin
Allen Mauldin
Dooley’s
Coca Cola
Community Savings and Loan
Ken
County Officials To Take Oaths Tuesday Morning
Gillespie County officers will take oaths for new terms Tuesday January 3 at 9 a m in a special Commissioner's Court meeting Eight sworn in include James Allred as Commissioner Precinct 4 others renewing terms are Victor Sagebiel Alfred Petmecky Felix Scherer Reinhold Tatsch B L Enderle G B Worley and Levy Rosenbusch All but one member have two year terms remaining
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Gillespie County
James Allred
Precinct 4
Felix Herber
Victor Sagebiel
Alfred Petmecky
Felix Sc
Gillespie County Youth Stock Show Opens January 21
The 35th annual Gillespie County 4 H and FFA Livestock Show and Auction Sale is set for January 21 at Fair Park. The season runs through mid March with district and state shows beginning the week after the local event.
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Gillespie County
Fair Park
Odessa
Gillespie
Kerrville
Fort Worth
Fredericksburg Businesses to Close January 2 Observance
Most Fredericksburg business houses close Monday January 2 for New Year observance following Christmas hours. City Hall and Courthouse shut Saturday and Monday. Post Office opens Saturday noon then closed Monday. banks closed Saturday and open Monday. garbage collection on Tuesday then normal schedule on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Fredericksburg
San Angelo Man Dies in Gillespie County Car Crash
Huey G. McCoulskey of San Angelo, 56, died Monday night when his Volkswagen overturned on a curving section of US Highway 67, 0.8 miles north of the city. He was returning from hunting in Rheingold Community and was en route to begin a new nursing job.
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Gillespie County
Huey G. McCoulskey
San Angelo
Buddy Hierholzer
McClouskey
Edmund Koennecke
McCoulskey
Beckmann Funeral Home
Bishop Boy Dies Sunday in Highway Crash Toll Rises in Gillespie County
A Christmas holiday toll on US 87 north near Mason rose to four deaths within 24 hours. Guillermo Casas, 10, of Bishop, died at the scene Sunday night in a collision between a car driven by Jenaro Gonzalez and a pickup driven by Elton Friedrich. Eight other passengers were injured including Manuel and Lucille Casas and their children. Police traced the second fatality to a separate crash Monday night near the same stretch of highway involving Huey G. McCoulskey, 56, of San Angelo. Further details and names follow in the ongoing report.
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Guillerimo Casa
Jenaro Gonzalez
Bishop
Texas
Gillespie County
Guillermo Casas
San Angelo
Huey G. Me
Coulskey
Buddy Hierholzer
Casas
US 87
Hierholzer
Guillermo
Elton Lee Friedrich
Pecan Creek
Friedrich
Manuel Casas
Lucille Casas
Noe Coran Casas
Marie Casas
Jenara Cano Gonzalez
Elicia Gonzalez
Ruth Gonzalez
Jenaro Gonzales Jr
Kingsville Hospital
Here
Big Game Season Bows Out In Gillespie Saturday
The 1966 big game season ends Saturday December 31 in Gillespie County as nimrods pursue deer amid drought and favorable harvests. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department urges landowners to keep feeding deer to prevent die-off. No serious hunting accidents reported though two men on leases died of heart attacks. Friday December 30 is the final day for county and state tax payments with a one percent discount. The assessor collector’s office closes Saturday and January taxes will be net.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Mrs Meckel Aut Visits After Brother-in-Law Funeral
Mrs David Aut of St. Louis former Edna Meckel visits with her sisters Mrs Eric Wagner and Mrs Felix Stehling to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law Mr Wagner and plans an extended visit with relatives.
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David Aut
St. Louis
Edna Meckel
Eric Wagner
Felix Stehling
Mr. Wagner
New Uniforms Planned For The FHS Band
Fredericksburg Independent School District trustees met on December 22 to seek bids for high school band uniforms. Bids close January 12 with an estimated cost around 80 dollars per uniform. Funding over two years: one half from the regular budget and the band boosters to cover the rest. A possible public outdoor concert is under consideration.
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Board of Trustees
Fredericksburg Independent School District
All Breed Bull Sale Set Here On January 19
The Gillespie County Registered Breeders Association sponsors an all breed bull sale Thursday January 19 at Gillespie County Livestock Auction Company one block east of the San Antonio Highway. Top quality bulls mainly Herefords Black Angus and Red Angus will be offered by top Hill Country breeders. Auctioneer Dudley Althaus will start at 1 30 p m. A few registered and commercial females may be offered. consignments are still open contact C A Stone Box 431 Fredericksburg Texas.
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Gillespie County Registered Breeders Association
Gillespie County Livestock Auction Company
San Antonio
C. A. Stone
Hill Country
Dudley Althaus
Fredericksburg
Texas
Census Report Shows Gillespie County Job Decline
Gillespie County employment fell 13 percent from March 1964 to March 1965 per County Business Patterns 1965 Texas by the U S Bureau of the Census. Total payrolls reached 1.5 million in March 1965 down from 1.4 million the year before with retail and service firms as major employers. The county ranked 124th in employee count among Texas counties, with Harris and Bexar leading the state.
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Gillespie County
Texas
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Social Security Administration
Harris Kree
Wallas Rio
Larrant
Bexar Sovenee
Jefferson
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