82nd Schuetzenfest Big Shootout At Grapetown
The 82nd Gillespie County Schuetzenfest runs Saturday and Sunday at Grapetown Range with about 80 marksmen. The event will crown the 1977 Schuetzenkoenig and top team, with a shoot-off likely for the lead. Last year’s champions Frantzen and Lochte set the pace. Stehling won the .22 rimfire division and Barons Creek took the team title.
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Gillespie County
Pete Krauskopf
Gillespie Schuetzenbund
Theo Hohenberger
Chester Schmidt
Werner Feller
Lawrence Stehling
Baron’s Creek Shooting Club
Alex Schmidt
Clarence Crenwelge
Atlee Lochte
Kenneth Lochte
James Lange
F.C. Lochte
Bear Creek
Grapetown
Tivydale
Hubertus
Scharfschuetzen
Gary Frantzen
Frantzen
Grapetown Range
Flags of six clubs on display at Gillespie library
The Pioneer Memorial Library hosts a tribute to the 82nd Gillespie County Schuetzenfest with banners from six clubs: Scharfschuetzen Hubertus Bear Creek Grapetown Eintracht Tivydale and Baron's Creek. The flags are on view until Friday afternoon before the Grapetown parade Saturday.
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Pioneer Memorial Library
Gillespie County
Grapetown
Rural Home Destroyed by Daytime Fire Near Fredericksburg
The Ernst Becker house four miles south of Fredericksburg on the Pedernales River was gutted by fire during a Wednesday. Frank Becker had left for work and found the structure ruined on return. firemen battl ed embers after a late report and a wall collapse near midnight.
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Ernst Becker
Fredericksburg
Pedernales
Liveoak
Frank Becker
Erhard Klein
Becker
Fredericksburg ISD Shifts Start Dates for 1977-78
Fredericksburg Independent School District extends the first day for students to August 29 and long inservice for teachers to August 23 24 25 26. The 180 to 175 day reduction stems from a Texas Legislature change and the district plans to use funds for facilities while keeping the 1.60 tax rate. St. Marys School will start September 6.
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Fredericksburg Independent School
Crandall Young
FISD
Young
Dr. Young
Texas
Fredericksburg Independent School District
Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
N. Adams
Fredericksburg High Band Opens August Schedule
Fredericksburg High School Band activities begin August 1 under director Bill Brady with chair tryouts on August 1–2 and the first full rehearsal August 4. 217 students pre enroll. band camp costs 26 dollars. trips to Camp Champions August 7–10 and Gillespie County Fair Parade August 26 are planned.
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Fredericksburg
Bill Brady
FHS
Brady
Lawn Watering Restricted After City Well Motor Burns Out
Fredericksburg faces water curtailment as Hahn Well motor burns out cutting 800 gallons a minute from the city supply. Even odd and even day watering rules apply while repairs in San Antonio proceed. Public wells and private wells sustain limited use as heat peaks near 100 degrees.
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Fredericksburg
Walter Fuhrmann
Pedernales River
Stehling Place
National Guard Armory
Life sentence recommended for horse theft case
A 216th District Court jury found Wayne Yost guilty of horse theft and recommended a life sentence. Sentencing will occur September 9, with Yost held in Gillespie County jail until then for the July 26, 1975 theft from Kenneth Hohmann near Willow City.
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Wayne Yost
Killeen
Yost
Gillespie County
Kenneth Hohmann
Willow City
Robert Barton
Pianos Reunite as Fried Frying Pans Return Home
Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales can resume performances on all his musical frying pans after two were returned to the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association and the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce. The satchel with the pans was found inside the chamber doors on Monday morning. A $100 reward had been offered, but no one was present to claim it, and the money remains in the sponsors' coffers. The Standard was thanked for reporting the loss and aiding the return.
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Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales
Old Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
NIOF
Localites Crown Winners At Second Annual Tractor Pull
Local residents dominated the two day event at the Fair Grounds with Eugene Patteson winning the Saturday 7,000 pound stock tractor and placing second Sunday in the 12,000 pound stock division. Gary Eckhardt and Rodney Eckhardt finished second and third in Saturday’s 7,000 pound stock, while Sunday saw Bryan Basse win and Allen Hagel take third. The show drew crowds as tractors from across the state competed in varied divisions amid varied engines and heavy prize money. Co chair Pete Krauskopf called the event highly successful with top machines and ample support from the Fredericksburg Young Farmers and Gillespie County Fair Association.
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Eugene Patteson
Gary Eckhardt
Rodney Eckhardt
Bryan Basse
Allen Hagel
Pete Krauskopf
Fredericksburg Young Farmers
Gillespie County Fair Association
Clayton Lee Jr
Seguin
John Brittain
Sonora
Bob Howard
Lamesa
Walter Potts
Billy Potts
Texaco
New Mexico
Ted Parham
Raymondville
George Reaves
McAdoo
Texas
Charles Anderson
Fred Parham
Walter
Billy Joe Potts
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St. Mary’s School
John Deere
Pedro
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