Two Injured When Car Hits Fredericksburg Pole
Ronald Muller 16 and his mother Rosalie Muller 38 of 411 Walnut Street were injured at 3 30 p m when the 1973 Buick driven by Ronald crashed into a City of Fredericksburg utility pole on East Highway Street. Both were treated at Hill Country Memorial Hospital and released. Rosalie later had a fractured jaw and was taken to San Antonio for further treatment. The car was a total loss as the pole was snapped and lines restored. City crews and police reported four other weekend accidents with no injuries or major damage.
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Ronald Muller
Rosalie Muller
Walnut Street
City of
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County youths shine at San Antonio Stock Show
The 28th annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo week highlighted Gillespie County winners and honorees. Connie Stewart of Fredericksburg High School was named Hill Country Day Queen, joining Tamra Harper of Harper and Donna Ludolph of Boerne as duchesses or princesses. Other local accolades included livestock championships won by Gay Nell Fluitt and Jimmie Jill Eckert, plus ribbon placements in lamb, sheep, and swine contests by area competitors.
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San Antonio
Stewart
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
Fredericksburg
Boerne
Reining Kendall County
Sandra Klein
Paul Kleins
Stonewall
FHS
Emma Petmecky
Gay Nell Fluitt
Jimmie Jill Eckert
Miss Fluitt
Vernon Fluitts
Cave Creek
Miss Eckert
Ervin Eckerts
Doss
Mason County
Russell Ressmann
Harper
Robert Sifford
Frances Kott
Gillespie County
Delaine Ewe
Delaine Ram
Andrea Jenschke
Delaine Jam
Russell Kott
Susan Bierschwale
Joe Freeman Coliseum
Gay Nell
Alamo City
Pearlstone
Open House Saluting Nimitz Birthday in Fredericksburg
A Saturday open house honoring Admiral Chester W. Nimitz runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Admiral Nimitz Center. The event adds new displays in the Nimitz Hotel and Nauwald Building, including audio visual programs and a Gerald Ford videotape, with themed exhibits on the Old Nimitz Steamboat Hotel and the Japanese Garden of Peace.
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Fredericksburg
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz Center
Douglass Hubbard
Nimitz Hotel
Nimitz
Nimitz Center
Gerald Ford
Nauwald
Area Teams In Fun Fest Here Friday
Friday night at Fredericksburg High School Stadium local teams from Kerrville Comfort Llano Mason and Fredericksburg compete in a zany ICT VICA sponsored event. Ten pre selected teams of ten students race through ten quirky events including an obstacle course egg toss and tug of war with admission 75 cents in advance or 1 at the gate beginning at 7 p.m.
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Fredericksburg High School
FHS
Kerrville
Comfort
Llano
Mason
Fredericksburg
Industrial Cooperative Training
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Fredericksburg okays new traffic light at Llano and San Antonio
City Commission approves installing a traffic signal at South Llano and East San Antonio Streets after editorial urging and asks District 14 Highway Engineer Travis Long to arrange steps. Other actions include a 14 by 14 foot meeting room at the Water Dept Warehouse, sympathy for former Commissioner Wesley Woerner, and closures around Lady Bird Johnson Park for pumper races.
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Fredericksburg
South Llano
East San Antonio
City Commission
South Llano Street
North Llano
East Austin
North Llano Street
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
District 14
Travis Long
Austin
South
Llano
Water Department
West Main Street
Wesley Woerner
Lady Bird Johnson
Tatsch
Central Texas Firemens
District 4-H Food and Project Show Saturday
About 150 contestants and leaders gather at Fredericksburg High School on Saturday February 19 for the Annual District 7 4-H Food and Project Shows. Participants will display work in automotive photography home environment wildlife and more with senior and junior divisions. Senior Food Show winners advance to the State Food Show in College Station in early June.
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Fredericksburg High School
Colorado City
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
College Station
John Regnaud
San Angelo
Tom
Catholic School Week Observance At St Marys Elementary
St Marys Elementary observes Catholic School Week for six days starting next week with a plus theme for parish country family and students. Sunday features a liturgy at 9 and 11 am with artwork banners and choral music. Monday celebrates George Washingtons birthday with a flag raising ceremony.
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St. Mary’s
ICA President to Address Gillespie County on Tax Reform
T A Cunningham of the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas will speak in Fredericksburg on proposed school tax changes and reform measures. If Cunningham is delayed by Austin testimony, a state officer will attend in his place. The February 18 meeting begins at 7 30 p m in the Gillespie County Courthouse district courtroom.
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T.A. Cunningham
Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
ICA
Cunningham
Austin
Ways and Means Committee
Texas House
Band Benefit Turkey Dinner Set Sunday
The Band Boosters announce a Sunday February 20 turkey dinner to fund the band uniform fund. Served 11 a.m. in the old school Cafeteria with indoor lines for weather comfort and a to go option. Large plates are 2.25 and small plates 2, with advance tickets sold through February 18 from band members.
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West Travis Street
Masquerade Ball Draws Fehrenbach Couple To Gillespie
Revelers at the 1977 Annual Masquerade Ball sponsored by the Gillespie County Historical Society and Commission will greet two judges, historian and writer T R Fehrenbach and his wife Lillian. The Fehrenbaches, San Antonio residents, are well known in the Hill Country and Mrs Fehrenbach authored the Pedernales Cook Book featuring local game recipes.
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Gillespie County Historical Society
Commission
T.R. Fehrenbach
Lillian
Ted
San Antonio
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Walter Fuhrmann
Texas A & M University
Nehr
South Elk Street
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Hubbard
Town Creek
District 4
United States
Washington
Tam
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