Social Security raises to boost Gillespie County pension payouts
New rate schedules lift average retiree checks in Gillespie County from 221 to 234 dollars a month while couples rise to 400. The elderly widow benefit climbs to 223 and the 65 year old maximum to 437. Local beneficiaries will receive about 6.31 million dollars in the upcoming fiscal year, up from 5.96 million.
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Gillespie County
Social Security Administration
Act of Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Area 4-H Leaders to Be Honored at State Roundup
Two area 4-H leaders Mrs. Della Moneyhon of Mason and Norman Probst of Brady are among 28 Texas honorees at the State 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M University on June 8. Each will receive a plaque from the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation at a special lunch.
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Texas
Texas A & M University
Della
Moneyhon
Mason
Norman Probst
Brady
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
4-H
Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation
Northside
Mason County
County Historical Society
Garden Club
County Museum
Girl Scouts
Probst
McCulloch
McCulloch County
Future Farmers of America
Two Measles Deaths Reported in Texas
Dr. Rodger G. Smyth reports two measles deaths in Texas in recent weeks a 38 year old Big Spring school teacher and an 18 month old Winnsboro child. Immunization protects and Texas law requires vaccination for enrollment in day cares nurseries and schools. Ideal immunization age is 15 months but can be later. See a local physician or health department to review immunization status.
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Rodger G. Smyth
Public Health Region 9
Texas Department of Health Resources
Texas
Big Spring
Winnsboro
Steitle Rites Held in San Antonio Burial at Fort Sam Houston
Edward W. Steitle 57 died May 30 1977 in Audie Murphy Hospital San Antonio Funeral services were set for June 2 at 10:30 a.m. at Riebe Funeral Home with burial at 11:30 a.m. in Fort Sam Houston Cemetery Survivors include his wife Madge and siblings Edwin Frieda Dora Marvin Anita and others. born Gillespie County he worked as a carpenter in San Antonio. A note mentions Ideals books or greetings are sold at Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
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Edward W. Steitle
Audie Murphy
San Antonio
Riebe Funeral Home
Fort Sam Houston
Madge
Edwin Steitle
Sherwood Shores
Frieda
Paul Barron
Dora
Elgin Stolle
Marvin Steitle
Anita
Alvin
Jake) Pehl
Luckenbach
Roy
Gilbert Steitle
Gillespie County
Two Horses Shot Near Fredericksburg In Night Incident
Two horses owned by Mally Keller on Middle Creek Road five miles north of Fredericksburg were shot Friday night. One, a two year old filly, had to be destroyed. the other, a four year old quarter horse, is expected to recover. DPS troopers found the wounded animals at 1:30 a.m. while following a report of a car firing gunshots in Carriage Hills subdivision and investigating the Middle Creek Road area. Sheriff Hugo Klaerner said Deputy Sonny Grobe continues the investigation.
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Mally Keller
Middle Creek
Fredericksburg
Department of Public Safety
Carriage Hills
Hugo Klaerner
Kenneth “Sonny” Grobe
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Harper High School
Sharon Sutton
Shirley Alberthal
Eva Ann McDonald
Tamra Harper
Denise Schumpelt
Kimberly Beard
Katherine Egan
Marilyn McDougall
Elizabeth Jung
Rodolph Rangel
John Wayne Giles
Dwain Cornelius
Mark Tatsch
Charles Highsmith
Michael Ficker
Kenneth Fritz
Doyle Parker
Richard Boutin
James Hagen
Russell Ressmann
Steve Raz
Richard Rangel
Kilman
Central Texas Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Ginger Oestreich
Geni Demuth
Eugene Demuths
Miss Flame
Linda Durst
Stephanie Heep
Daniel Heeps
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Longview
Miss Demuth
Miss Heep
St. Mary's
E. W. Steitle
S. A
Ideals
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Opa
White Elephant
East Main Street
Sherman Durst
Vicky Meier
Ricky Durst
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons
Kerrville State Mental Hospital
Boston
Smith Saw
T.v‘s
John and Rowland Barnes
Ltc
Galerias
LA Giralda
Lucille Rurup
Rurup
Ranch Motel
Segner’s
W. Main
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