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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1968
Page
1
Voters in Fredericksburg approved a city sales tax by 581 to 204. About 765 ballots were cast. The tax begins July 1 1968 with a three percent rate covering city and state taxes and aims to curb property tax hikes. City regular tax rises 35 to $1.65 per hundred. park bonds and general tax increases are noted.
City records show WH Cardwell starts a new residence at 303 West Mulberry Street with an estimated cost up to 10 500. Other permits include Rudy Lentz 601 North Orange car port 100 Walter Rankin 207 East Schubert add room and car port 1 200 Paul Frisch 101 West Mulberry storage room 300 and Johnny Ottmers 50 West Schubert garage and store room 400 Four-fifths of Afghanistan mountainous.
The Band Boosters will hold a turkey dinner on Sunday February 18 in the Elementary Gym with a 11 a.m. serving and a 2 p.m. band concert in the Junior High Gym. A long list of volunteers coordinates turkeys gravy dressing and all sides plus coffee tea and desserts.
Fredericksburg to host a Collins of Texas plant with 30 initial jobs. Arthur Stehling negotiated location with Industrial Projects Corporation financing partly from the Small Business Administration. The four acre site was deeded by the City of Fredericksburg for the project.
Funeral services were held for Eric H Nagel 58 at 3 p.m. Saturday February 3 1968 in Fredericksburg First Methodist Church with Rev Malford Hierholzer officiating. Nagel a longtime Fredericksburg granite industry figure died February 2 at 10 a.m. He founded Nagel Memorials at 113 West San Antonio Street in 1950 and was a Watkins Products distributor. Survived by wife Rena Oestreich and three children Eric Nagel Jr Lu Ellen and Don Allen Nagel.
Alfred Petsch leads Gillespie County campaign to raise 100000 over five years for restoring the Nimitz Hotel and Memorial Naval Museum. He cites a million dollar state and national fund drive and predicts 250000 visitors, arguing the project offers far more value than a large factory.
William J. Kruse longtime Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 134 sponsored by St Marys Catholic Church received the Silver Beaver Tuesday at the Capitol Area Council BSA annual meeting held at the Villa Capri Hotel Austin. The 15 year scout active in Cub and troop leadership was presented by General Ross H. Routh as the seventh Gillespie recipient and was honored for extensive service to Scouting and church work including the St George Award in 1962.
Candidates seek county wide and precinct posts in the November 5 general election. Sheriff Hugo Klaerner faces Garland Taylor and Chifford Duecker. Precinct 1 Commissioner Marvin M. Roos trails Henry Borchers and Clarence Schroeder. Precinct 3 has four contenders Victor Pressler Levy Rusenberger Roy Petsch and Hubert Klein. Milton Durst unopposed as Assessor-Collector. Gerald Schmidt runs for County Attorney. District Attorney Kneese not seeking reelection. Darden and Barton vie for the 2nd 38th Judicial District DA posts in party primaries May 4.
A state highway crew began constructing a concrete highwater bridge over the Pedernales River on Park Road 49 near the old Junction School crossing east of Stonewall. The $66,000 structure will carry a 28 foot roadway, rise 14 feet above normal flows, and stretch several hundred feet. completed bridge will provide the county’s only eastern high water crossing. The old bridge remains in use until the new structure is finished.
The Hill Country Memorial Hospital board met January 31 in the Mc Dermott Building German Room with eighteen of twenty four trustees present to elect officers and review site options for a new hospital. Officers named were Alfred Crenwelge president Allen Keller vice president Calvin Bierschwale treasurer and Henry Joseph secretary. The board added Robert Klingelhoefer Matthew Pyka and E H Becker to the executive committee. The group considered Gillespie County Fair Association property on Highway 16 South as a possible alternate site, given the fair park’s possible availability and the association’s move to Highway 87 East. The site committee was authorized to seek a State Health Department inspection and determine costs, with final site selection to be made after all facts are reviewed. Alternatives include a twelve acre site on Highway 87 East and a 7.5 acre tract on Highway 16 South. The hospital, chartered December 7 1966 as a nonprofit, aims for a modern 50 bed facility financed by a $668 595 local campaign completed June 30 1967 and a total project cost estimate of $1 200 000 including equipment. The hospital seeks a $600 000 Hill Burton Federal Grant, with funds not yet available in Texas. officials expect federal support soon. Volunteer pledges were made assuming the grant, and Calvin Bier Schwale noted $194 910 73 has already been paid before notes are due. The group remains confident the grant will come.
The Gillespie County Community Chest targets 12890 for 1968 with an opening drive and a Feb 13 dinner at the Sunday House Restaurant. For the year, Boy Scouts 3200 American Red Cross 3200 Girl Scouts 2250 Salvation Army 2040 Texas Rehabilitation Center 600 USO 1000 Local Charities 1000 Campaign Expenses 500.
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