Bob Hope to headline Stars Over the Hill Country Day
International entertainer Bob Hope will headline a August 14 benefit at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. The event supports Admiral Nimitz Center restoration and the Nimitz Hotel, with 15 000 expected from across Texas and 25 30 performers accompanying Hope. Admiral Nimitz Foundation President Dr. Vern Spiva notes the day will emphasize the Victory for Peace theme on the anniversary of the day in question.
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Bob Hope
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz Center
Texas
Hope
Admiral Nimitz Foundation
Vern Spiva
Nimitz Center
Spiva
Gillespie County
Tommy Reynolds and Associates
Stars Over The Hill Country Day honors Nimitz with hotel restoration
The August 14 event in Fredericksburg seeks to raise funds for restoring the Old Nimitz Hotel. A morning parade, daytime old Fredericksburg program, LBJ Parks tours, and an 8 p.m. Bob Hope Show will draw about 15 000 fans with field seating. A cornerstone ceremony at the Nimitz Center kicks off restoration work.
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Icksburg
Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
Keith Keller
LBJ
Fairgrounds
Bob Hope
Hope
Night In Old Fredericksburg Festival Moves to New Gillespie Site
The annual Night In Old Fredericksburg festival returns Saturday with food, drink, and song. Gates open at 4 p.m. at the Gillespie Association facility on the city’s southern edge. Ten acts perform on three stages from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., including Jim Ed Brown and The Gems. Admission is 2 for adults, 75 cents for 6 to 12, and free for under six.
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Jim Ed Brown
The
Gems
Exhibition Hall
Grandstand
Brown
Sauerkrauts
Humble
Texas
Pehl
Fredericksburg
Wagon Aces
Feller
Harper
Poverty Playboys
Kerrville
Gevelsburg Singers
Gevelsburg
Germany
Oma Koock
Band
Country Sunrise
Houston
Knutsch
Friedrich Accordion
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Rotary Members Seat Officers Honor Students
Clinton Herber was elected president of the Fredericksburg Rotary Club during a ladies night meeting at the May 1890s Supper Club. Guests included future and past Rotary Exchange Students Lisa Cockrell Kevin Wagner and Jan Cox who spoke about their year abroad in Australia Switzerland and Austria.
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Clinton Herber
Fredericksburg
Rotary Club
Rotary Exchange
Lisa Cockrell
Ted Cockrells
Deloraine
Tasmania
Australia
Kevin Wagner
Bill Wagners
County Spares Jail Ceiling Upgrade After Narrow Vote
Gillespie County commissioners defeated a plan to install a 4 inch concrete ceiling over the jail dayroom by a 3 to 2 margin. The project would cost about 3200 dollars, with Blanchard Associates of Fredericksburg as rough estimator.
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Gillespie County Law Enforcement
County Commission
Blanchard Associates
Fred
Hershel Love
Love
Junction
State Penitentiary
City approves bid for Gillespie County Fair sewage plant
Gillespie County commissioners award Allen Keller Company of Fredericksburg a $42,371.50 contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant east of Gillespie County Airport for the fair grounds plus future city work estimated to reach about $50,000. The plant will have three oxidation ponds and interconnecting piping, with final Health Resources certification approved.
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Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Allen Keller Company
Fredericksburg
Bryant Carrington
Austin
Keller
Commission
Gillespie County
Kermit Ottmers
Walter Fuhrmann
Texas Department of Health Resources
Bryant-Carrington
Ottmers
Fuhrmann
Allen Keller
Visiting Japanese Leader Tours Nimitz Center in Fredricksburg
Naka Funada senior Japanese legislator and Garden of Peace donor toured the Admiral Nimitz Center on a Bicentennial visit. He viewed exhibits and the replica of Admiral Togo’s study, expressed praise, and noted the garden’s inscription honoring US Japan friendship.
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Naka Funada
Douglass Hubbard
Admiral Nimitz Center
James Auer
America
Funada
Nimitz Center
Japan
United State
Fredericksburg
House of Representatives
Japan Coordinating Committee
Garden of Peace
United States
Admiral Togo
Admiral Nimitz
Ichiro Masuoka
House of Natives
Kunihiko Murono
Counsul General
Houston
Togo
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Cian Day
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Texas Hill Country
Old Freder
Fair Grounds
Admiral Nimitz-Hill Country Navy League
Old
Old Fredericksburg
Rotary
Feller Family Singers
Sauerkrauts Gevelsburg Singers
the Wagon Aces
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