Record Pool Sees 524 Sign Up For Free Swimming Lessons
A municipal pool reports 524 residents registered for free swimming lessons over a three day period. Registrations include 216 beginners 95 advanced beginners 87 intermediates 70 swimmers 40 Junior Life Saving and eight Senior Life Saving. First session starts June 13 with cards sent to families for parental and doctor signatures. remaining sessions to notify two weeks prior. Instructors listed as Karen Wehmeyer Jay Ward Carol Jean Schmidt and Ruth Nettle.
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Tony Knopp
Knopp
Karen Wehmeyer
Jay Ward
Carol Jean Schmidt
Ruth Nettle
Summer School For Preschoolers At Fredericksburg
A new preschool program for non English speaking children starts this year at Fredericksburg Public School. Language arts for first graders with vocabulary difficulties will run June 20 to August 19 from 8 to 11 am. Open to children entering first grade at Fredericksburg Public or St Marys Elementary. Contact Supt Bergner or L A Halamicek at 997 3750.
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Fredericksburg
Hans Bergner
Bergner
St. Mary's Elementary
Hans E. Bergner
L. A. Halamicek
Boys State Draws Two From Here
Clyde Henke Warren Rees and Wayne Behrens named as three of about 750 high school boys to attend the 1966 American Legion Boys State session at the University of Texas June 11 to 18. The program teaches by doing through mock state government with political parties campaigns elections and enacting laws. Keynote speaker will be Dr. H Roe Bar. Continued on page 4 section 1.
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Clyde Henke
Warren Rees
Wayne Behrens
American Legion Boys State
Clyde
Fredericksburg High School
Werner Henke
Warren
Forest Rees
St. Mary’s
Wayne
Orvin Behrens
Harper High School
Popular Legion
University of Texas
Waggoner Carr
Boys State
Texas
American Legion
Dr. H. Roe Bar
Dr King to Lead Edison Street Church Pastoring Move
Dr Horace M King of San Antonio will preach his first sermon as pastor of Edison Street Methodist Church on June 19. Dr Clifford Edge, current pastor, departs June 16 to take a new post in Brownsville after serving three years locally. The new pastor for First Methodist Church will be announced at the Dallas conference closing. Dr King, San Antonio native, holds a B A Cum Laude from Southwestern 1922 a B D from SMU 1926 and earned an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Southwestern in 1966.
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Horace M. King
San Antonio
Edison Street Methodist
Clifford Edge
Brownsville
Edge
Dallas
First Methodist Church
King
Main Avenue High School
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Southwestern
Southern Methodist University
School of Theology
Southwest Texas
West Texas
Quarter Horse Show At Fair Park Saturday
Texas finest quarter horses compete in the 8th Gillespie County Fair Association show at Fair Park on Saturday June 11. Events run 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to late afternoon with halter classes and a night Cutting Horse Association program. Sparks Rust Jr of Del Rio will judge. Curtis Cameron is superintendent. Kenneth Maner is general chairman. Entry fee ten dollars plus five cattle charge. horses must be on grounds by 7:00 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free to the public.
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Texas
Gillespie County Fair Association
Central Texas
American Quarter Horse Association
Alamo Quarter Horse Breeders Association
Sparks Rust, Jr
del Rio
Curtis Cameron
Kenneth “Stormy” Maner
Victor G. Sagebiel
S. A. Baxter
Bend
Central Texas Cutting Horse Association
Schulle and Martin Win In Saturday Run Off
San Marcos Democrat Gerhardt Schulle Jr defeated incumbent Henry Fletcher in the 56th District State Representative run off. Crawford Martin won the Attorney General race over Senator Franklin Spears. Gillespie County favored Martin but backed Fletcher in the representative race.
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Gerhardt Schulle Jr
San Marcos
Henry Fletcher
Crawford Martin
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Martin
Fletcher
Schulle
Kendall County
Blanco County
Hays County
Caldwell Coun
Historical Society Honors Twelve at Annual Meeting
The Fredericksburg Gillespie County Chamber of Commerce will hold the semi annual meeting on June 16 at 7 p.m. in the Community Savings Center Hall. Rufus Jones of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will speak on HemisFair 1968 visits and accommodations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
HemisFair
Community Savings Center
Rufus Jones
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and
Forest Rees
C of C
Jones
Kent Blohm
Awards Mark Gillespie County History Dinner Honors
Eleven awards of merit were presented at the Gillespie County Historical Society annual dinner in the Community Savings Center Hall. Recipients included individuals and organizations for contributions in conservation historical preservation and service to the society. Rev W W Schneider gave the invocation and Dr J Hardin Perry thanked attendees for their support.
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Gillespie County Historical Society
Milton M. Moseley
J. Hardin Perry
Walter Tatsch
Alfred Petsch
Community Savings Center
W. W. Schneider
George Hill
Margaret Keidel
Joe Stein
Tyrus Cox
Adah Peden
Hans Hannemann
Arthur Stehling
Hutchison Named Executive Officer of Nimitz Memorial Museum
Joseph B. Hutchison, Navy veteran and ally of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, is appointed Executive Officer of the Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum. He moves to Fredericksburg on June 1, reopens the Nimitz Hotel office, directs fundraising, and shifts Texas Navy headquarters to Fredericksburg while overseeing statewide support and recognition for local preservation efforts.
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Joseph B. Hutchison
Chester W. Nimitz
Hutchison
Texas Navy
Fredericksburg
Seabees
Pacific
Nimitz
Texas
San Jacinto Battleground
Houston
Coke Stevenson
Beauford Jester
Admiral Nimitz
Lloyd Gregory
Battleship Texas Commission
Navy League of the United States
Santa Monica
Calif
Nimitz Memorial Naval Museum
John Connally
Navy League
Southwest
Connally
Navy
The
Youth Physical Fitness Program For High School Boys
The community offers a youth physical fitness program for high school age boys during June and July. Coordinator Carlin Wicker says the twice weekly sessions run 7 to 9 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays, featuring weight lifting tumbling trampoline and exercise. Youths should report to the field.
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Carlin Wicker
Wicker
Hearings Continue On Contested DA Election
Contested May 7 Democratic primary for district attorney in Kerrville proceeds in 38th District Court with Judge Charles Sherrill Jr. presiding. Kneese leads after recounts by eight votes while about 15 challenged ballots and wrong precinct issues remain under review. Witnesses include Gillespie County judges. Kneese represented by Thomas Ferguson, Darden by three San Antonio attorneys. Zion Luther League pool party set for June 12 to honor seniors and new members with pre-meeting at church at 6 p.m.
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Kerrville
Charles Sherrill, Jr
Fort Stockton
Darden
Gillespie
Bandera
Kneese
Gillespie County
Thomas Ferguson
Johnson City
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Dr. King
Edison Street Church
Fair Park
East Main
Buddy Hodges
LBJ Ranch
Schulle & Martin
Jim Griffith
Spears
Historical Society
Chas. Schwarz
Pioneer Memorial Library
Ella Gold
John Peter Tatsch
Tatsch
Esther
Emmie Mueller
Zion Luther League
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