Staats-Herald Tour Group Visits Here on Saturday
Twenty seven members of a Staats-Herald tour from New York City visited Fredericksburg on Saturday touring historic sites. Led by Erich Janssen they viewed churches, old homes, the Nimitz Museum, farms, and local landmarks with Miss Ella Gold directing. A similar Fredericksburg visit occurred two years ago.
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Ella Gold
Erich Janssen
Staats Herald
Fredericketurg
Vereins Kirche
Old Fredericksburg
Staats-Herald
New York City
Fredericksburg
Erich Janssem
Mise Guld
St. Marys
Mobile X ray Unit To Be Here Sunday and Monday
The Mobile X ray unit of the Alamo Area Tuberculosis Association will operate in Fredericksburg at the Market Square Little League ball park on Saturday and Monday July 13 and 15 from 11 am to 2 pm and 6 pm. Adults donate 30 cents and teens 25 cents but funds are not required. Frank Munoz will lead the unit with local volunteers. Dr Wilbur Crenwelge urges residents to get chest X rays for early TB detection and better care. The mobile unit traveled 164000 miles last year visiting 52 towns and taking 44448 X rays.
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Alamo Area Tuberculosis Association
Fredericksbuirg
Little League
Gillespie County
Connally
Texas
Alamo
Frank Munoz
Wilbur Crenwelge
Alamo Area
State funds set aside for LBJ State Park at Stonewall
The Texas Legislature approved a $500000 allocation for LBJ State Park at Stonewall in the 1969 general appropriation bill. Rep Gerhardt Schulle noted the park will be funded from general revenue to match a federal grant, with the project aimed at boosting tourism in the region. Seville praised the special session and favored annual sessions to improve flexibility in appropriations for areas like higher education.
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LBJ
Stonewall
Texas
Gerhardt Schulle
Schulle
Salon
Seville
Hill Country Hospital Receives $600000 Hill-Burton Funds
Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Hill County has been allocated 600000 in Hill-Burton funds by the Federal Government. Construction must begin by June 30, 1969 with bidding and approvals through state and federal agencies. total project cost is about 1200000 and a twelve month build is planned after approval.
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Hill Country Memorial Hospital
O. C. Fisher
Hill-Burton
Sclon
Fred Mathisen
Allen Keller
C. ©. Balser
Murder Suspect Taken Here in Columbus Texas
Tom Massey, 20, wanted in the Monday morning slaying of Columbus police chief, was arrested in Columbus before 4 am by DPS officer Naudain Starr near Keidel Hospital. A loaded .380 pistol and a shotgun were found in Massey’s car, and a statewide alert had been issued after the chief’s death.
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Tom Massey
Columbus
Texas
Naudain Starr
Department of Public Safety
Keidel Hospital
East Main Street
Starr
Highway 87
Jung Enco Station
Hospital
LBJ Birthplace to Stay Open July and August
Lyndon B. Johnson's birthplace near the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall will remain open in July and August. The site will be open Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. with volunteer hosts, continuing unless the President is in residence at the ranch.
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LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Betty Weinheimer
Johnsons
Johnson
Johnson City
Dr Charles Burg Joins Fredericksburg Hospital Staff
Dr Charles E Burg has joined the general practice at Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic. He will focus on family medicine and see patients by appointment. Previously he trained in general practice at John Peter Smith Hospital Fort Worth and interned there. He earned a BS from Texas A&M in 1962 and an MD from UTMB Galveston in 1966.
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Charles E. Burg
Fredericksburg
Lorence W. Feller
W. H. Springall
Wilbur Crenwelge
Herbert Merz
Fredericksburg Hospital
Burg
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth
St. Mary's High School
Texas A & M University
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
Phu
Salvation Army Appreciates Local Cooperation
The Gillespie County Salvation Army Service Unit thanks residents for donating clothing and usable items into receptacles on West Main and North Milam Streets. Service chairman Perry Woerner notes pickups from Knopp & Metzger and Piggly Wiggly parking lots, with extra receptacles planned and home pickups available by request. truck arrives Thursday July 11.
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Gillespie County Service
Salvation Army
West Main
North Milam
Perry Woerner
Knopp & Metzger
Piggly Wiggly
Night In Old Fredericksburg gala tours July 20 21
Gillespie County Historical Society hosts a two day homes and buildings pilgrimage in Fredericksburg as part of Night In Old Fredericksburg. Homes open 2 to 5 30 p m with 2 adult tickets and 75 cent student tickets. More sites join Saturday and Sunday with Pioneer Museum and other city attractions listed.
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Old Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Historical Society
Pioneer Home
West Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Vereins Kirche
Trudy Kraus
Pioneer Museum
McDermott
Gillespie County
Pioneer Memorial Library
Grace Milam
Emil Weber
Edward Michaels
Houston
N. Cherry St
North Bowie
West Schubert Streets
J. Hardin Perry
Keidel
Chester W
Harper Girl Dies in Sunday Morning Accident
Beverly Ann Holmes a 15 year old Harper resident died in a two car crash early Sunday about 7 20 am on Farm Road 379 seven miles west of Ingram. Kathleen Ann Landis 15 and Mary Heinemann 14 both of Harper suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized in Kerrville. The other driver Mrs Olivia Ellebracht 57 was not seriously injured. Funeral services were held Wednesday July 10 1968 at Beckmann Funeral Chapel and St Anthony Catholic Church.
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Beverly Ann Holmes
Darrel Holmes
Harper
Ingram
Miss Holmes
Sid Peterson
Olivia Ellebracht
Atchison County
Missouri
Darrell Holmes
Marthe Rischner Holmes
William Holmes
Alaska
Duane
Barbara
Carolyn
Patricia
Stephen Holmes
Frank Rischner
Beckmann
Samuel Heitkamp
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Arnold Piekarski
Fredericksburg Fest Promises Two Day Old World Night
Fair Park hosts a two day Fredericksburg celebration starting Saturday July 20 with antique car parade led by Felix Pehl and a 1:30 start. Visitors tour old homes from 2 to 5:30 then German supper 5 to 8 featuring $1.25 plates. Admission to Fair Park is $1 with entry to two dances and entertainment.
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Fredericksburg
Main Street
Felix Pehl
The
Standard
Fair Park
Pehl
Alfred Pehl
Knutsch
Fredericksburg High School
Music Study Club
Wallace Ottmers
Fred Dietel
Walter
Guido Klett
Exhibition Hall
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State
Hill Country Hospital
Charles Burg
Harper Girl
Oompah
Arthur Klein
Charles Secandua
Sammy Segner
Sidney Henke
Edgar Wehmeyer
Hugo Klaerner
Dennis Hannemann
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