Willow City Postmaster Retires After 45 Years of Service
James Howard Burrier retires as Willow City postmaster after 45 years. Mrs. Fannie L. Stech sworn in as officer in charge and later named postmaster pending federal approval. Burrier to keep store and farm pursuits. retirement party set for July 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Burrier
Willow City
James Howard Burrier
Fannie L. Stech
U.S Post Office Department
Barrier
Harry S. New
J.C. Hardin
J.F. Chaney
A.J. Burch
Burrier
Burrer
Stech
E.K. Gabbert Jr
San Angelo
Fredericksburg
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Alice
J. H. Barrier
E. K. Gabbert Jr
Barker
Bill Petmecky
Gillespie County
City eyeing cleanup of neglected flower bed on Main Street
A lament about the dull flower bed by the Meusebach statue facing the Vereins Kirche prompts calls to brighten the center of town. The writer praises Pioneer Garden but urges action to improve Main Street beds with flowers, or at least concrete or gravel, and to maintain beauty citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meusebach
Vereins Kirche
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Nimitz Center To Get Restored Dive Bomber
One of five complete World War II dive bombers is being restored for display at the Admiral Chester Nimitz Center in Fredericksburg. The Douglas SBD Dauntless, owned by a private citizen and later housed in Waco, will hang in a nosedive pose as a major attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Fredericksburg
James Connally
Texas State Technical Institute
San Fernando
Calif
Waco
Enterprise
Yorktown
Japan
Pacific
Independence Derby Caps Four Day Fourth of July Festival
The July 4 festival closes Wednesday with the Independence Derby featuring eight horses from a 150 entry pool for the top purse and a cooler blanket. Sandy's Pride leads after two days, with jockey Bobby Harris guiding the nine year old mare owned and trained by Bobby Sklar of Houston. Barbara Ransleben will present the blanket. Felix Pehl's Oompah Band provides daily entertainment as crowds expect a large July Fourth finish after variable attendance.
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Sandy’s Pride
Robert DuBose
Bobby Sklar
Houston
Fair Grounds
Sheila Petsch
Fair Duchess
Belton Klinksick
Fair Association
Bob Harris
Sandy's Pride
Bobby Harris
Sandy
Barbara Ransleben
Felix Pehl
Oompah
Luckenbach Hosts First World’s Fair Draws Big Weekend Crowd
Luckenbach welcomed crowds to a weekend World’s Fair with booths selling rattlesnake meat and handmade jewelry and performances by Willie Nelson Jerry Jeff Walker Allen Cameron and Rat Creek. The event featured street dancing gospel singing fanfare and a staged melodrama by the Austin Community Theatre attracting traffic along rural roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ternoon
Willie Nelson
Jerry Jeff Walker
Bo Jangles
Luckenbach
Allen Cameron
Rat Creek
Kermit Grona
Newton Holly
Orange and
White Transportation Enterprises
Austin
Austin Community Theatre
Don
Becky Patterson
Lueckenbach
Hondo Crouch
Camp Champion
Guidi Koock
Muller Gallery Hosts Fredericksburg Watercolor Workshop
The Muller Art Gallery and Studio sponsored a June workshop in Fredericksburg led by Reese Kennedy from Stephen F. Austin State University. Twenty artists from Texas and Louisiana plus five locals painted landscapes at Muller Gallery, Lady Bird Johnson Park, Enchanted Rock, and local historic buildings. Kennedy, founder of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, has taught nationwide and plans similar future events in the area.
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Muller Art Gallery
Fredericksburg
Reese Kennedy
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoche
Texas
Louisiana
Cindy Sauer
Varnell Bartholmae
Jannelle Inman
Dollie Nabinger
Virginia Muller
Muller
Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park
Enchanted Rock
Kennedy
Southwestern Watercolor Society
Kansas City Institute of Art
Rex Brandt
John Pike
Edgar Whitney
Robert Wood
Ramon Froman
Padre Island
Port Isabel
Nacogdoches Lufkin
Jacksonville
Shreveport
Saltillo
Mexico
Belton Muller
Muller Gallery
Nacogdoches
Three Seriously Injured In Monday Crash
A two car collision at Centre and North Adams Streets at 4 45 p m left Mrs Kenneth Sultemeier wife of Community Savings and Loan president and three others seriously injured. Mrs Sultemeier sustained a fractured pelvis. Passengers included her children Stacy aged 3 and Sherrill aged 2. Allen Gass drove the other car with his mother Margrie and Ace Gass and Frank Gass siblings from Lampasas and sisters Mary Bluemel and Kay Gass from Uvalde. All were taken to Hill Country Memorial Hospital by ambulance or officers. Continued on page 6 sec 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sultemeier
Community Savings and Loan
Centre
North Adams Streets
Sultemeier
Centre Street
Stacy
Sherrill
Allen Gass
Margrie
Ace Gass
Frank Gass
Lampasas
Mary Bluemel
Kay Gass
Uvalde
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Sullemeier
July 4th Sales Start In City On Thursday
Fredericksburg merchants unveil Bang Up Buys in a 14 store July 4th sales tabloid in the Standard. Stores include House of Shoes Jenschke Furniture Fabric Center Winns Variety Dooleys 5 10 25c Gibson Liscount Center and others. Local prices compare with city markets and buying local supports the community and energy conservation. Most shops close July 4th for Independence Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
House of Shoes
Jenschke Furniture
the Fabric Center
Winn's Variety Store
Fredericksburg Machine & Appliance
Kendall Hodges
the Western Shop
Gibson's Liscount Center
Dooley’s
Knopp and Metzger
Itz Electric
Stehling Bros
Stein Lumber Co
The
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
New Librarian Arrives Assumes Duties at Pioneer Memorial
Miss Janice Aid arrives Monday July 2 as head librarian at Pioneer Memorial Library replacing Mrs Thelma Phillips who leaves July 31 for Fort Worth. Aid comes from Dallas with a strong Texas library background and will be honored with Mrs Phillips July 11 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Aid
Pioneer Memorial Library
Thelma Phillips
Fort Worth
Miss Aid
Phillips
University of Denver
San Antonio
Butt- Holdsworth
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
McWilliams Warns Lions on Real Energy Crisis
W C McWilliams manager of the Central Texas Electric Cooperative addressed Fredericksburg Lions Club members on the national energy crisis. He noted all energy forms including gas oil and electricity share the same crisis and that hydro power is not the main source. He explained LCRA supplies 11 cooperatives and 30 municipalities with only 6 percent from dams while 94 percent comes from gas and oil. He urged consideration of long distance transmission lines as a possible nationwide solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C McWilliams
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Fredericksburg Lions Club
McWilliams
LCRA
Colorado
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Mousebach Creek
White Oak
Tivydale
Live Oak
Stonewall
Doss
High Point
Henry Holly
Irene Itz
Edgar Klett
Chester Klaerner
Nimitz Center
Lakewood
Colo
Denver
Charles E. Aid
New Orleans
Lisa Kleinfeld
San Cristobal
Chiapas
Dallas
Janice
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Lions Energy Crisis
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