Navy League Chartered In Kerrville Ceremony
The Admiral Nimitz Hill Country Council of the Navy League of the United States was officially chartered during a banquet in Kerrville, marking a formal establishment of the local chapter. The event celebrated the growth of naval support activities in the Guadalupe region.
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Navy League
Kerrville
Admiral Nimitz-Hill Country Council
Navy League of the United States
Guadalupe
Richard Shaler
Fredericksburg
Keane to Speak Here and in Austin Rotary and BSA Events
Commander Thomas J Keane retired naval officer will address the Rotary Club at the Sunday House Restaurant at noon on Monday April 12 and serve as principal speaker at the Capitol Area Council BSA annual recognition banquet on February 16 The Austin event occurs at 7 pm in the Tracer Cafeteria. Keane, a pioneer of Scouting, led early Sea Scout and Explorer programs and served in WWI including Belfast command and later in the Southwest Pacific, earning the Silver Buffalo in 1962.
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Thomas J Keane
Rotary Club
Sunday House
Capitol Area Council
BSA
Austin
Tracer
Cmdr Keane
US. Navy
U.S. Naval
Belfast
Northern
Ireland
Europe
Southwest Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
America
Gillespie County Fair Elects Klinksiek Leader at Meeting
Gillespie County Fair Assn. elected Klinksiek president for 1973 and honored retiring president Olfers. Eight new directors attended as the group discussed Easter Fires, the Night in Old Fredericksburg plan, and the 1973 fair queen selection. Chamber of Commerce hosted a Mexican supper and outlined plans for the July 21 event.
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Rudy Olfers
Gillespie County Fair Association
Belton Klinksick
Belton” Klinksick
Gillespie County Fair Assn
Birch
Red Barn
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Fair Association
Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
St. Mary's
Harper High
Victor G. Sagebiel
Sagebiel
Austin
Gillespie
Fredericksburg Band Dinner Concert a Big Success
Willie Gross praised the Fredericksburg Public School Bands after a Sunday afternoon Junior High Gym concert featuring seven ensembles and about 600 students. Directed by Tom Rhodes and Wilburn Meier, the program ranged from rock and roll to symphonic pieces, closing with a vocal solo and the Sounds of 73 by the Jazz Ensemble.
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FHS
Rhodes
Willie Gross
Frankfurt
Germany
Fredericksburg
Gross
Tom Rhodes
Wilburn Meier
Laurie
Firemen Called To Barn Fire Near Elgin Durst Place
Fredericksburg volunteers were summoned just after 7 am to the Elgin Durst place three miles northeast of the city off the Llano Highway where a hog pen heated by heat lamps started the fire in a barn corner. Firemen put it out before major damage. no feedstuffs lost.
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Fredericksburg
Elgin Durst Place
Llano Highway
Joe Burket
Morris Ranch
James Nagues
Weather Facts: Rainfall and Temps Reported
Weekly rainfall shows trace, February rainfall none, year total 2.62 inches. Temperature lows of 26 and highs of 76 Fahrenheit on February 3 and 4, respectively.
Alvin Weinheimer Jr Installed As New President Of Stonewall C of C
Alvin Weinheimer Jr a young Stonewall businessman was installed as president of the Stonewall Chamber of Commerce at the annual membership meeting and banquet in St Francis Xavier Parish Hall He succeeds Harold Rusenberger who presided last year New officers include Herman Eckhardt vice president and Mrs Jean Black secretary treasurer Newly elected directors are Ruben Ruebsahm Mrs Kenneth Kunz and Rodney Eckert Hold over directors include Harley Gold Dr Herbert Merz and Edward Meier Retiring directors are Mrs John Pehl Mrs Ruben Ruebsahm and Harold Rusenberger John Priddy lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business urged independence from federal controls in business education and personal life He quipped about Americans relying on subsidies and the shifted motto Give me liberty or give me death to highlight the need for self reliance.
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Alvin Weinheimer Jr
Stonewall
Stonewall Chamber of Commerce
St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall
Harold Rusenberger
Weinheimer
Herman Eckhardt
Jean Black
Ruben Ruebsahm
Kenneth Kunz
Rodney Eckert
Harley Gold
Herbert Merz
Edward Meier
John Pehl
John Priddy
National Federation of Independent Business
Buchanan Dam
Patrick Henry
Alderman Named Chairman of Commission in Dallas
William B. Alderman of Austin was named chairman of the Admiral Nimitz Commission on Jan 29 in Dallas succeeding Forbes Mann of Dallas. Mann resigned after a Washington transfer. Alderman was sworn in Jan 10 by Gordon Sauer.
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William B. Alderman
Austin
Texas Parade
Admiral Nimitz Commission
Forbes Mann
Dallas
Mann
Washington
Nimitz Commission
Gordon Sauer
Miss Fredericksburg Pageant Plans Finalized
Plans for the Miss Fredericksburg Pageant are set with Hector Pedregon as Chamber president announcing Buster Moffett as pageant chairman and Jimmy Goodman as producer. About ten high school girls have entered and more entries are expected. the event is March 8 at 8 pm in the High School Auditorium.
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Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
Hector Pedregon
Chamber
Buster Moffett
Jimmy Goodman
Beeville
Goodman
Seguin
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Thomas J. Keane
Cdr. Keane
Holiday Inn
National League
Navy League Charter
James Vincent Ferris
Naval Air Training
Corpus Christi
United States
Navy League National
Dallas Jordan
Jordan
Navy
Chip Taylor
Houston
Cecil Mills
Texas
Mills
Admiral Nimitz
Admiral Ferns
England
Marine Corps
Ferris
Pacific
Raul
Old Fredericksburg
Klinksiek
Theodore Sultemeier
Association
Ed Leeder
Evelyn Tatum
Meier
Irving Berlin
Mexico
Rhs
County Historical Society
Pres. Klinksick
The
South Texas
San Antonio
Stonewall C of C
LTV
W.W. Schneider
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Rusenberger
Pony Express
Pedregon
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