Night In Old Fredericksburg to Be Gayest Ever
Fredericksburg hosts Night In Old Fredericksburg at Gillespie County Fair Grounds on Saturday July 21 with a broad lineup of food and entertainment. The Sauerkrauts from Houston perform with a nine-member group including pilots and professionals. Entertainment runs from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. across three locations with continued dances in the Exhibition Hall and outdoor platform. Maps and programs will guide visitors to food stands and acts.
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Old Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Doug Hubbard
Alex Frantzen
Buster Moffett
Roy Stroeher
The
Sauerkrauts
Houston
Gusto
Walter Klett
Wallace Ottmers
Fred Diete
Guido Klett
Barber Shop
Karen Oestreich
Fredericksbur
Ers
Trudy Jander Miss Congeniality Finalist in Miss South Texas
Fredericksburg student Trudy Jander earned Miss Fredericksburg and Miss Congeniality awards at the Miss South Texas Pageant in Seguin. She placed among the top ten finalists out of 31 contestants and performed an original dramatic dance The Despair of Eve. Her effort drew praise from judge Don Taylor and organizers who called Seguin's event among the finest regional pageants.
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Trudy Jander
Fredericksburg
Seguin
Trudy
South Texas
Karen Sue Drozd
Don Taylor
Fort Worth
Marvin Jander
Barbara
Shelley
Thomas Bryla
Clifton Hall
Texas Lutheran College
Wuppermann
TLC
Texas Woman's University
FHS
Nimitz Center exhibits gain meaning as plan progresses
Admiral Nimitz Center exhibits attract growing visitors as plans move forward. Doug Hubbard notes rare wartime relics like an SBD dive bomber and a Rex float plane join hard to find vehicles such as the alligator landing craft and Chi Ha tank. The Center follows four obligations from the 61st Legislature to commemorate naval power, honor service members, build the Center, and preserve documents and relics.
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Fredericksburg
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz Center
Doug Hubbard
Hubbard
United States
Navy
San Clemente Island
Mobodie Wins Independence Day Derby At Record Fredericksburg Crowd
The final day of the July Fourth Festival at Gillespie Fair Park featured Mobodie edging Fighting Falcon in a mile and seventy race for a purse of 825 dollars. Jockey Jesse Bustamente rode the winning four year old gelding trained by WR Porter and Jack O Bannon of Rocking Stables Austin. Wood Spor placed third as crowds estimated near 18 000 filled the stands despite midweek holiday and other attractions. Dennis Scully heads to San Diego for Navy summer cruise while son of Bruce Scully.
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Mobodie
W. R. Porter
Jack O'Bannon
Austin
Alfred Petsch
The
Fair Association
Barbara Ransleben
Fair Duchess
Belton Klinksiek
Falcon
Gillespie Fair Park
WR Porter
Rocking Stables
Jesse Bustamente
Fighting Falcon
D&w
Wood Spor
Ewell Yeager
Porter
O'Bannon
Fredericksburg
Belton Klinksick
Dennis Scully
San Diego
Calif
Texas A&m
Bruce Scully
Gillespie Heart Association Organizes July Meeting
Gillespie County residents are invited to an organizational meeting of the American Heart Association at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 p.m. on Tuesday July 24. The event explains how the group can assist schools hospitals and civic clubs and aims to reduce heart and vascular deaths in OWh County citing 1971 heart death figures.
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Gillespie County
American Heart Association of
Chamber of Commerce
Heart Association
Texas
Owh
Project Sanguine Aired In Tuesday Meeting Here
A Navy plan for a low frequency communication grid to reach US submarines was presented in the Llano County area. John R. Hennessey of the Naval Electronic Systems Command spoke to about 100 landowners at the Nimitz Center about location in Llano and surrounding counties and potential six foot underground buried cable.
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John R. Hennessey
Naval Electronic Systems Command
Washington, D.C
Nimitz Center
Texas
Hennessey
Llano
Llano County
Gillespie, Blanco, Burnet
San Saba
Mason
McCullogh
San Francisco
Seven County
Bloodmobile at Zion Lutheran Church Today
The Red Cross Bloodmobile operates at Zion Lutheran Church today from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Donors are urged to meet a 106 pint goal as county quotas were missed in prior visits. Volunteers are needed and church women’s group member Mrs. Werner Crenwelge oversees volunteer workers.
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Red Cross
Zion Lutheran Church
Danny Leyendecker
Gillespie Red Cross
Central Texas
Werner Crenwelge
Zion Lutheran Church Women
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Lutheran Witness
Carol Springs
Ruby Lindemann
DeRey
Gillespie Heart Association
Project Sanguine
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