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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1967
Page
1
The city plans a self mailer census card to every home in Fredericksburg. One side explains the census and the other is a blank for listing the number of people living in the home. Only total occupants are requested, with no breakdown provided.
The Gillespie County WCID and Soil and Water Conservation District convened with SCS personnel to assemble bid materials for two new flood control dams on Williams Creek. Sites 1 and 2 will be 2406 feet and 14006 feet long with heights of 47 and 42 feet, storing 1944 and 1031 acre feet respectively, on properties of Wilke Jenschke Schumann Jr. and Willie Schumann. Awards rest with the WCID. SCS provides engineering aid and funds.
The Red Cross urges healthy Americans ages six to sixty to donate blood before summer vacations to ease anticipated motor vehicle crash injuries. Officials cite annual trauma rates and bleeding needs, noting civilian blood collections ranged from 9 074 to 13 633 daily this year. Continued discussion on page 6.
The State Highway Department invites bids for a new building two miles east of Gillespie City on US Highway 200 at Barons Creek. Specifications include lightweight concrete jail? tire full span metal deck roof built up roofing and plaster partitions with concrete foundations. Bids open July 20 at 2 30 p m in Austin.
Annette Kusenberger and Linda Meier were the junior and senior winners in the annual 4-H Dress Revue held at City Hall Auditorium. Thirty girls modeled outfits under adult leaders with garments judged for appearance and construction.
Gillespie County Fair Assn presents its 6th Annual Hunter and Jumper Show at Gillespie County Fair Grounds Friday through Sunday July 14 15 and 16. More than 160 horses booked with entries from Edgepark Parish Pennhill Alameda Switchwillow Hobby Horse Cedarwood Strauss Wagon Wheel and R C Jones stables plus Army Pentathlon riders. Judges Carson Patteson Lt Col Frank Lillyman and Lt Peggy Hoffler. show steward. Alex Frantzen leads committee with local officials. Public invited with 50c grandstand for adults and 25c for children.
The Gillespie County Historical Society honored eight individuals at its annual awards dinner in Community Savings Center Hall. Fredericksburg was discussed as a potential model city by Truett Latimer of the State Historical Survey Committee, with notes on local restorations and plans to map scenic byways.
The Guiliespie County Fair Grounds hosts A Night in Old Fredericksburg on Saturday July 22 with old time dances for adults and teens, ample meals and refreshments. New this year include an Accordion Band led by Alfred Pehl and Ludwig Mazinke, Kinder Taenzer, and Acapulco Bandittos. The Talent Team of seven FFA members will perform before state contest, and a fashion extravaganza by the Gillespie County Historical Society is planned.
President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson toured the LBJ State Park across from the ranch along with John Ben Shepperd and Marx Gosdin. Limited development includes a deer enclosure and picnic tables while historians study one of three old houses. Tourists may roam the area and no final plans are drawn though state funds and matching could be explored.
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