Deer Season Bows Out on Thursday in Gillespie County
The 1964 big game season ends Thursday December 31 in Gillespie County with hunters trying for deer and turkey. Game Warden Adolph Heep says deer are plentiful but not in reach due to forage and habits. he predicts a total kill about 3 000 less than last year when nearly 16 000 deer were taken. Heep notes few violations and possible greater lawfulness among hunters.
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Gillespie County
Adolph Heep
Heep
Gillespie
Lyndon B Johnson Man of the Year 1964 Time Cover Feature
Time magazine names President Lyndon B. Johnson Man of the Year for 1964 in its January 1 1965 issue. The lead story chronicles his rise from Pedernales to the U S presidency, noting his decisive actions from the 1964 campaign to re election triumph.
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President Johnson
Time Magazine
Man
Lyndon B. Johnson
Time
Lyndon Baines Johnson
The
Pedernales
Wehmeyer Families Spend Christmas Here
Mr and Mrs James Wehmeyer and children of Belleview Washington and Mr and Mrs Frederic Weh meyer and children of Lubbock are spending the Christmas holidays visiting with their families here.
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James Wehmeyer
Belleview. Wash
Frederic Wehmeyer
Lubbock
Bracher Family Holiday Guests Reach From Nacogdoches to Bartlett
Rev and Mrs F A Bracher hosted seasonal visitors including their daughter Miss Margaret Bracher of Nacogdoches. Later their son Rev and Mrs Frederick Bracher with sons from Bartlett joined. Christmas day guests were Werner Kliers of San Antonio.
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F. A. Bracher
Margaret Bracher
Nacogdoches
Frederick Bracher
Bartlett
Werner Kliers
San Antonio
Durr Family Welcomes Relatives for Christmas Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Durr hosted Mrs. Reba Durr of Jackson Mississippi and Mrs. Wayne Butland with children Micky and Darrell of Charleston South Carolina as holiday guests over the Christmas weekend.
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Jerry Durr
Reba Durr
Jackson, Miss
Wayne Butland
Micky and
Darrell
Charleston
S. C
Fredericksburg Jaycees Sponsor Youth Christmas Shopping Tour
The Fredericksburg Jaycees guided 32 local youths on a December 22 shopping tour. Each group received 2.50 with two Jaycees accompanying to shop for gifts. Chairman Jerry Durr called the project very successful and noted the youths enjoyed the activity.
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Fredericksburg
Jerry Durr
Jaycees
Park Board Negotiating For LBJ Park Property
Texas Parks and Wildlife Director J Weldon Watson met last Wednesday with landowners in the designated LBJ State Park area. County officials Sagebiel and Kuhlmann said talks occurred near Stonewall as the 240 acre site along Ranch Road 1 from the LBJ Ranch awaits possible condemnation. A Virginia man, Richard Sturgill of Chilhowie, plans to build Rainbow Motel and Restaurant about a mile from the ranch on land in the park area, surveying the inn site and aiming to start before January 1.
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J. Weldon Watson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park
Victor Sagebiel
Sagebiel
Watson
Guido Kuhlmann
Stonewall
LBJ
Ginia
Lbs
Richard Sturgill
Chilhowie
Erwin Lindig
Sturgill
Rev Karl Konzack Rites Held Tuesday Morning
The Rev Karl Johann Konzack 89 retired Lutheran minister and Bethany Lutheran Church pastor from 1914 to 1931 died Sunday December 27 1964 at 835 am at the home of Mrs Kurt Wahrmund in Fredericksburg He observed the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination in October and had lived in Fredericksburg since retiring in 1960 A native of Brandenburg Germany he was born December 12 1875 the son of Fried
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Karl Johann Konzack
Bethany Lutheran Church
Kurt Wahrmund
Fredericksburg
Konzack
Brandenburg
Germany
Fried
First Baby of New Year Prize Drive in Gillespie County
Fredericksburg merchants again offer prizes to the first baby born in Gillespie County. Parents must be bona fide residents. Awards total several gifts including savings account, cash, merchandise, a baby portrait, Mobil Oil, baby foods, and books. Prizes awarded at the Palace Theatre on Sunday night, Jan. 10.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Palace Theatre
Community Savings & Loan
Palace
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Coca Cola
Kaiser Furniture Co
Farmers Grain Co
Kilman Studio
Weidenfeller
Klett’s Food- Way
W. K. Grocery
Gerber's
Fredericksburg Standard
Gibson
FHS Band Heads to Dallas for Cotton Bowl TV Parade
Fredericksburg High School Band travels to Dallas for the New Year Cotton Bowl events. The 125 member group will perform in the 9:30 a.m. parade on January 1 and in pregame and halftime shows during the Arkansas vs Nebraska game aired on CBS and local stations.
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Fredericksburg
Dallas
Tom Rhodes
University of Arkansas
University of Nebraska
CBS National
Ktbc-Tv
Channel 7
Austin
Kens-Tv
Channel 5
San Antonio
FHS
State Fair Grounds
Highland Park Stadium
State Fair Coliseum
Cotton Bowl
Rabies Vaccination Schedule Set for January 9 and 16
The city holds its annual rabies vaccination on Saturday January 9 and 16 from 7 am to 5 pm with veterinarians Dr. Curtis Eckhardt Dr. J A Witcher and Dr. Paul Phillips Jr at the north side of the Fire Station. Fees are 125 cents for dogs and 100 cents for cats. The drive aims to vaccinate dogs within city limits per ordinance and urges pets from outside the city to come in before winter hampered access.
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Curtis Eckhardt
J. A. Witcher
Paul Phillips Jr
Dallas couple visits Hartmanns over Christmas weekend
Mr and Mrs Max B Green Alison and Eric of Dallas visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Harry A Hartmann over the Christmas weekend.
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Max B. Green
Alison and
Eric
Dallas
Harry A. Hartmann
President Attends Church on Christmas Day Visit
President Lyndon B. Johnson Mrs Johnson and daughters Lynda Luci join thousands at St Barnabas Episcopal Church for Christmas services. The Rev Jack Langford leads the sermon noting the Christmas spirit as heritage. Mrs Johnson praises the new church while fondly recalling the original over 100 year old house of worship.
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Fredericksburg
United States
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Luci Johnson
Birge Alexander
Johnson
Lynda Johnson
New House of Worship
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lynda
Luci
New House
Land
Jack Langford
Langford
David Beyer Competing for State Outstanding Young Farmer Title
David H. Beyer, 32, Fredericksburg Young Farmer Chapter member and Area VII Outstanding Young Farmer, is set to compete with nine others for Texas Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year at the Eleventh Annual Young Farmer Awards Banquet in Dallas on January 8. A stock farmer with 230 irrigated acres and 870 acres for grazing in Palo Alto County, Beyer began with Angora goats and two cows at 15 and by 22 owned 150 acres, leasing 300 more, with over 85000 dollars invested in his farming operation. he practices terracing, rotates cash and soil-building crops, and maintains strict land and livestock management.
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Texas
Dallas
Beyer
Palo Alto
Double Horn Road
Soil Conservation District
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Milton Buiick
James Eckert
Glenn Dittmar
Wilbert Ottmers
Wayne Zimmermann
Felix Land
Don Dittmar
Guenther Orttmers, Jr
Allen Abbe
Karl Konzack
Prescription Lab
Rees Pharmacy
Knopp & Metzger
Kendall-Hodges and Dooleys
Cc. A. Staats
David Beyer
David H. Beyer
Young Farmer
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