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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1973
Page
1
Thirty seven 4 H girls took part in the annual Dress Revue on July 11 as summer flowers and colorful caladiums adorned the tea table and stage.
Boyd Moore a Fredericksburg plant foreman for General Telephone Company was installed as Rotary Club president at the Sunday House Restaurant in a banquet. He succeeds Ken Sultemeier with officers Dorman Crenwelge Tony Sauer Eloy Unruh and directors J W Harper Walter Edwards and Sultemeier. The event featured flags from Belgium clubs and remarks by Rotarian Kurt Frantzen.
Night in Old Fredericksburg at Gillespie County Fair Grounds on July 21 promises a full evening of entertainment food and fellowship. The event features three performance points the Pearl Stage grandstand concessions area and outdoor dance pavilion with favorites and new talent and a beer prize game tied to ticket stubs. Local vendors including Andy's Diner Birch's Red Barn El Gallo Wilbert Sonny Seipp Kiwanis Young Homemakers Home Demonstration Clubs Beta Sigma Phi and Fredericksburg Theatre Group will serve sausages barbecue Mexican fare pies tamales peanuts popcorn hamburgers hot dogs beer and drinks. The Bier Garten will host late night entertainment as a highlight of the evening. Continued on page 7 sec 2.
Hill Country Memorial Hospital has received full accreditation from the Joint Commission. Board president Balser and the medical staff praised employees and the hospital auxiliary for reaching this standard during the first two years of operation since opening February 22 1971.
The Fredericksburg Independent School District announces the 1973-74 calendar with 180 student days and 14 teacher days. Schedule includes Easter makeup days, in-service periods August 20-22, and holidays such as Labor Day and Thanksgiving with several teacher workdays and quarter deadlines. Commencement to be held at Fredericksburg High School.
Fredericksburg Independent School District trustees review the building program progress and the 1973-74 opening date. Plans for the primary building and band hall remain on track with late August approval. The board adopts the federal free lunch eligibility schedule and contracts for bakery and dairy supplies, while gasoline bids stall and butane gas for Stonewall School is approved at $20 per gallon. The student accident insurance plan is set and the Kindergarten policy is amended.
Southeastern Gillespie County especially Albert area saw record rainfall over the weekend with 6 to 13 inches. Soil Conservation Service praised flood control structures on Williams Creek for preventing costly flooding. Blanco River surged high forcing campers to flee and eight vehicles washed downstream. Fox Creek bridge on US 290 reached its highest stage since 1952. Normal rainfall totals exceed current levels, with limestone county recording two inches or less in many areas.
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