Record Number Of Entries For 41st Youth Stock Show
The 41st Gillespie County 4 H and FFA Junior Livestock Show and Sale at Gillespie Fair Grounds Jan 12 and 13 reports 871 entries, a record. Division counts include 73 steers 294 market lambs 175 barrows 117 turkeys with steers up sharply from last year. Fredericksburg youths compete for trophies as officers and directors pose with show trophies.
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Gillespie County
FFA
Gillespie Fair Grounds
Dayton R. Crenwelge
FFA Livestock Show Association
Crenwelge
Fredericksburg
The
Stock Show Association
A. ©. East
Harold Ketron
Obert Sagebiel
Gillespie Grapples With Record Frigid Texas Weather
Frigid weather grips Gillespie County with 19 degree low on Wednesday and a week of icy conditions. Schools closed, buses halted, and travel slowed as officials urge conservation and bridge and road work continues amid forecasts of a warming trend and a late stock show hope. Peach grower Simon Burg reports no danger to trees and snow may benefit crops.
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Old Man Winter
Gillespie County
Texas
Austin
Afernoon
Fredericksburg
Delton French
Lone Star Gas Co
Simon Burg
Gillespie
Ftact
Bloodmobile to visit Bethany Lutheran Church on Jan 17
Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Bethany Lutheran Church basement from 12 30 to 6 30 p m on Wednesday January 17 for its first year visit. Miss Ella Gold will lead volunteers. The Gillespie County Red Cross aims for 178 pints to cover a shortfall from the last drive and urges donors to report.
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Red Cross
Bethany Lutheran Church
Ella Gold
Gillespie County
Red Cross Blood Donor Committee
Danny Leyendecker
Weather Facts Rainfall and Temperatures Report
Rainfall this week shows 63 units. January rainfall totals 1.55 inches for the year, same date last year 31. January temperatures record low 10 and high 64.
Swine judging schedule and auction details released
Swine judging begins 3 pm Friday and runs into the evening with exhibitors required to notify the superintendent as they weigh in. The sale order closes Saturday at 7 30 am and livestock is sifted and classified. Market lambs 8 am, turkeys 9 am, breeding beef cattle 1 pm, market steers 1 pm. The auction starts 5 pm with Dudley Althaus as auctioneer and Jerry Rearden as beef cattle judge. Sam Kuykendall of Menard is the market lamb judge. Continued on page 5 sec 1.
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Dudley Althaus
Jerry Rearden
Mason
Sam Kuykendall
Menard
FHS Bandsmen Garner Top Regional Honors
Fredericksburg High School bandsmen earned the most All-Regional selections among area bands at UIL Region I tryouts in Devine. Of 25 district qualifiers, all made the All-Region Band with seven in first chairs, and 13 advanced to area tryouts in Alice on January 20.
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Fredericksburg
UIL
Devine
Tom Rhodes
Alice
Texas
Rhodes
Jan Cox
Joy Oehler
Judy Oehler
Brenda Eckhardt
James Rode
Ronnie Behrends
Mark Crenwelge
Easter Fires Float to Highlight Inaugural Parade in Austin
Fredericksburg customs will be carried in Gov. Dolph Briscoe and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby's inauguration parade on January 16. The Easter Fires float, 8 by 18 feet, features Mama and Papa Rabbit, bunnies, the egg dyer cauldron, and wildflowers with Bunny Band. Local groups plan the float with Gillespie County Historical Society and Chamber of Commerce coordinating. The parade runs 3 to 4:30 pm along Congress Avenue and includes UT Longhorn Band, Aggie Band, Ross Volunteers, Uvalde High School Band, UH Cougar Marching Band, and many other bands and drill teams.
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Fredericksburg
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Gillespie County Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie County Fair
Tyrus Cox
Victor Krauskopf
Walt Edwards
Gordon Sauer
Hector Pedregon
Chamber
Bill Petmecky
Rudy Ol
Papa
Mama Rabbit
Rhonda Roarick
Jan Cox
Edith
Edward
Patrick Krauskopff
Tom Rhodes
Gene Fondren
Adjt
Gen Koss Ayres
Congress Avenue
University of Texas Longhorn Band
Aggie
A&m University
Ross Volunteers
A&m
Briscoe
Uvalde High School
Ernest M Graw
Uvalde Chamber of Commerce
Hobby
University of Houston Cougar
Cougar Dolls
First baby of 1973 born to Kermit and Audrey Gold
Garet Neal Gold was born January 5 1973 at Hill Country Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. He is Fredericksburgs first baby of the year and a Chamber of Commerce honorary member. His mother Audrey Sehlaudt and father Kermit Gold are from local families with grandparents and a Fredericksburg barber father.
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Garet Neal Gold
Kermit Gold
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Audrey Schlaudt
Charles Burg
Verdie Bell Ellebracht R.N
Chamber of Commerce and
Fredericksburg
Garet Neal
Kevin Dwayne Kramer
Clinton Kramer
Audrey Sehlaudt
Walter L. Sehlaudt
Clemens Gold
Edward Sehlaudt
East Mulberry St
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Edwards
C of C
Hector Pedregon
Keidel Drug Burglarized Friday Night
Keidel Drug Store at 2442 E Main Street was burglarized during the night Friday. The safe was pried and the most valuable item stolen was prescription scales valued about 350 dollars along with 15 dollars in cash and a small amount of drugs. Police Chief Milton Jung said Officers Allen Mauldin and Conrad Fahrnhof investigated.
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Keidel Drug Store
Main Street
Milton Jung Jung
Allen Mauldin
Conrad Fahrnhof
Jung
Darwin Kelly Scott
Fredericksburg 1972 Building Permits Totaled 1.223 Million
City records show Fredericksburg issued 172 permits in 1972 for a total value of 1,223,966 dollars, down from 1,604,698 in 1971. Residential work led, with 49 new permits at 954,600 dollars, while business, apartment, and other categories declined.
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Fredericksburg
Herman Leifeste
KLS Corporation
Dr. Dale Chiropractic Clinic
Lebe Hoch
Fredericksburg Independent
Pedregon Named New CofC President in Fredericksburg
Hector Pedregon owner of The Peach Tree was chosen president of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce at the January 3 board meeting. He will succeed Gordon Sauer with officers installed at the January 19 banquet at the Sunday House Convention Center.
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Hector Pedregon
Peach Tree
Fredericksburg
Banks Show Big Gain In Deposits In Gillespie County 1972
Banks in Gillespie County report a substantial rise in deposits for 1972 with totals over 75 million across Fredericksburg National, Security State Bank and Trust, First State Bank of Harper, and Community Savings and Loan. Fredericksburg National Bank shows 21.47 million deposits, Security State 13.67 million, and Harper 1.39 million. Community Savings and Loan totals 39.25 million in deposits, reflecting countywide savings and branch activity. Loans and discounts rise to 18.42 million, led by Fredericksburg National with 9.13 million and Security State Bank and Trust with 8.67 million.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg National, Security State and Trust
First State Bank of
Harper
Community Savings and Loan Association
Fredericksburg
Security State Bank and Trust
Harper Bank
Fredericksburg National
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duery Menzies
Douglas Zenner
Bob Sifford
Buddy Francis
Elmer Ellebracht
Lee Roy Crenwelge
James Wahrmund
David Ketron
Clayton Massey
Wayne Geistweidt
Dan Wade Crenwelge
Albert Usener
Billy Roeder
Kenneth Maner
Edgar Usener Jr
FHS
Hirst
Kermit Golds
Keidel
Curtis Kuhlmann
Lance Broooks
Kevin Eckhardt
Pedregon New Cofc
Richard Stehling Jr
Herbert Schmidt
Buddy) Hahn
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