Democrats Hold Primary Run Off Vote Saturday
Gillespie County Democrats plan to finish state nominee selection this weekend with a run off on Saturday June 5. Voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the county clerk’s courthouse office for two races Railroad Commissioner and Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals unexpired term. Four days of absentee voting ended June 1 with few ballots cast as eight May 1 boxes were consolidated to one to save cost.
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Gillespie County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Doris Lange
Gillespie Democrats
Kneese
Newton
Lane Denton
Sadler
W.T. Phillips
Carl Dally
Texas
Phillips
Great World's Fair weekend to open at Gillespie County
A three day festival lights up Gillespie County Fair Grounds Friday through Sunday June 4 to 6 with a parade antiques arts and crafts booths and varied entertainment. Admission is 2 with free entry for children under 10. The program features local artisans foods and performances by Pehl's Oldtime Band the Misery Brothers and more plus a 50 entry downtown parade on Saturday.
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Gillespie County Fair
Guidh Koock
Fredericksburg
Koock
Cream
Pehl
The
Wagon Aces
Marcia Ball
Misery Brothers
Austin
Billy Neeley
Larry Kirbo
Luckenbach Junior High
Austin Jug Band
Lindsay Halsay
Guich Rouck
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Chadwick
Kerrville Highway
Gillespie Tops Peach County In 1975 Texas Harvest
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White notes Gillespie County led Texas peach production in 1975 with 98 500 bushels from 89 100 bearing trees. Statewide output totaled 333 000 bushels, down from 375 000 in 1974, amid late freezes and May hail in Atascosa and Gillespie counties.
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Gillespie County
Texas
John C. White
Atascosa
Gillespie
White
Fredericksburg High Grants Diplomas At Starry Commencement
The 147 seniors of Fredericksburg High School received diplomas Friday night at the athletic field in a student produced program. Salutatorian Elston Eckhardt urged pride in the school as rains held off and the crowd enjoyed a scholarships bonanza.
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Fredericksburg High School
FHS
Elston Eckhardt
Sandra Pehl
Fredericksburg
Bill Brady
Milton Bierschwabe
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Milton Dare
Methodist Church
Rex Glover
Robert Petermann
Board of Education
Charles D. Smith
Jerald Jenkins
God
Don Rusenberger
Laurie Petermann
Rusenberger
Bob R. Semmler
Earl Stobaugh
Lois Whitewood
Hubert Nixon
Hans Bergner
Sonja Ammann
Rotary
Bregenz
Austria
Mary Ellen Stateczny
Sonja
Mary Ellen
Thomas E. Statecznys
Local Jail Escapee Nabbed Again in Abilene Credit Card Case
Herschel Love 21, a known jail escapee, was arrested in Abilene after a motel manager flagged a stolen credit card used for his registration. The card had been reported stolen in Mason County. Love faces two burglary charges in Mason County and will be sent to Huntsville for a prior felony. officers plan a bench warrant for eight county burglaries and auto theft. His companion Frankie Dale Allison, 22, was arrested nearby on Odessa burglary charges.
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Herschel Love
Central
West Texas
Abilene
Love
Mason County
Frankie Dale Allison
Allison
Odessa
Huntsville
Gillespie County Sheriff Department
Gillespie County
Landowners object to new Ranch to Market Road 3348
Landowners along the route east of Fredericksburg voiced near unanimous objections at an informal public hearing in the Commissioners Courtroom Friday morning. The session, led by E. E. Pittman, Supervising, sought public reaction to the proposed road project.
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Fredericksburg
Com
Rough Weather Returns to Hill Country. Tornado Warnings Issued
After three days of sun and calm a Monday storm event brought severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches across the Hill Country. Reports said several tornadoes sighted but none touched ground near Fredericksburg as hail damaged crops, gardens and fruit trees in Rheingold. Local officials noted heavy rain and hail seven miles north of Fredericksburg while plans for RM Road 3348 faced strong landowner opposition citing it as unnecessary.
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Fredericksburg
Rheingold
Homer Fikes
David Nehr
Bennie Alley
Harry Johnson
Austin
Llano Road
Fair Side of Country Concert Set for Fredericksburg June 13
Fredericksburg will host The Fair Side of Country on June 13 at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Organizers expect 10 000 to 40 000 fans for a 12 hour concert with bluegrass folk rock and country acts led by Asleep at the Wheel Steve Fromholz and Bill and Bonnie Hearne among others.
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Hill Country
Texas
John Hill
Cross Country Productions
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Asleep At the Wheel
Steve Fromholz
Fromholz
Austin
Bill and
Bonnie Hearne
Claude Morgan
Buckboard Boogie Band
San Antonio
John Vandiver
Houston
Man Mountain
The
Green Slime Boys
Rick Stein
Alley Cats
Michael Marcoulier
Vince Bell
Hill
Pot Belly Productions
Charlie Burns
Burns Sound Company
Dallas
Burns
Merle Haggard
Kerrville
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Eyes of
Ntergala
Ederick
Gunfighters
Biergarten Ried Kattbhesesche Wurst
Peach County
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