County Traffic Toll Soars As Three Die on Saturday
A 64 year old Gill espian Mrs Felix Haun and two Brownfield residents William Carter 69 and Nora Carter 70 died in a northern Fredericksburg area crash on U S Highway 87. Felix Haun injured in the crash and attended his wife’s funeral. The accident marked the county’s 1964 traffic toll at 13, the deadliest stretch in three months with four multiple death events across U S 290 and U S 87.
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Felix Haun
Fredericksburg
William G. Carter
Nora Carter
Brownfield
Haun
Beckmann
Walter Werner
Bennie Wiley
Boerne
Carter
Carver Veicle
Ernst Herbert Place
Hauns
Max Wayne Hopf
San Antonio
Liveoak
M. Carter
South Plains
Carters
Victoria
Schaetter Funeral Home
U. S. South
U.S. 87
Legion Post To Install Officers At July Meeting
The Louis Jordan Post American Legion will install officers at its July meeting Friday at 8 pm in the Legion Hall. Roy Muchmore of Center Point will be installing officer. New slate includes Kurt Kuhlmann Commander Monroe Schuessler first vice commander Hugo Giesbers second vice commander Elgin A Friedrich adjutant Eske McDougall finance officer Harry Land chaplain Leo Blanchard Sr service officer Walter Heinemann historian Henry Kammlah sergeant-at-arms. All reelected except Giesbers who becomes second vice president. A social hour follows. ladies bring sandwiches, post provides refreshments.
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Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Roy Muchmore
Center Point
Kurt Kuhlmann
Monroe Schuessler
Hugo Giesbers
Elgin A. Friedrich
Eske McDougall
Harry Land
Leo Blanchard Sr
Walter Heinemann
Henry Kammlah
Larkin Everetts
City Water Situation Satisfactory
Fredericksburg reports its water supply holding up well amid severe drought with two million gallons daily use. City Water Superintendent Walter Fuhrmann credits new wells and storage tanks for meeting demand. No curtailment or rationing planned at this time.
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Fredericksburg
Walter Fuhrmann
Fuhrmann
Nimitz Naval Museum Fund Drive Launched Here Today
County Farm Bureau leader Chester Koennecke announces a Farm Safety Week in Gillespie County from July 19 to 25 1964. The drive promotes safety education in schools clubs and media and notes farm accidents remain a hazard. The farm bureau partners with Texas Farm Bureau Safety Department and Mutual Insurance to promote fire extinguisher and seat belt programs.
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Victor Sagebiel
Gillespie County
Chester Koennecke
County Farm Bureau
Johnson
Connally
America
Koennecke
Farm Bureau
Texas Farm Bureau Safety Department
County Farm Bureaus
Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
TFB Safety Department
Victor Sageriel
Gillespie County Farm Bureau
Jack Wiemers
Farm Bureau Service
Joe Tatum
FHS
C. A. Stone
Volunteers Begin Work In The City
Gillespie County launches a $60 000 share of a $1 million drive to fund the Nimitz Naval Museum in Fredericksburg. Twenty volunteer teams held a kickoff breakfast at Andy's Diner to receive instructions and materials for the campaign.
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Gillespie County
Chester W. Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Andy
Mathisen
Arthur Stehling
Museum Board
Admiral
Wade Bazemore
Florida
Nimitz Hotel
Old Frontier
HemisFair Officials Praise Nimitz Naval Museum Project
HemisFair leaders Bill Linkin and Ewen Dingwall praised the Nimitz Naval Museum and the HemisFair for Fredericksburg and the Hill Country. They urged local cooperation as the 1968 San Antonio exposition aims to attract nine million visitors, with the museum serving as a key magnet.
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HemisFair
Nimitz Naval Museum
Fredericksburg
Hill Country
San Antonio
Nimitz Museum
Bill Linkin
Ewen C. Dingwall
Southwest
Dingwall
Seattle
Auburn
Washington
William R. Linkin
Ewen C Dingwall
Antonio HemisFair
Chamber of Commerce
Witch Aisee
Hunter Jumper Show Opens Here Friday
The third annual Hunter and Jumper Horse Show presented by the Gillespie County Fair Association runs Friday through Sunday July 17 to 19 at the Fair Grounds. A record local entry list of 165 horses competes for eight Grand Championship Awards and 28 Class Champion Awards with trophies sponsored by local firms. Champion riders compete in programs Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Fair President Rudy Olfers notes the scale of the event.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Texas
Fair
Rudy Olfers
Jaycees Plan Old Fashioned Box Supper
The Fredericksburg Jaycees will hold a special meeting Sunday July 19 at 3 p m at the Lions Club Area of Oakcrest Park. An old fashioned box supper picnic features wives of Jaycees preparing boxes to be auctioned with a prize for the best decorated lunch. Games and entertainment include sack races three legged races a fishing contest and dancing.
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Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Oakcrest Park
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Jan Brown
Chicago
Richard Daley
Alvin Weinheimer Jr
Stonewall
Miss Brown
Clint Brown
Harper
FHA
Ing
Linkin
United States
Mexico City
Hunter
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