Riders and Horses Set for Gillespie Hunter Jumper Show
Early entries signal strong turnout for the 14th annual Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Hunter and Jumper Horse Show this weekend. Two performances Friday and Saturday and one on Sunday. 150 riders and horses entered from 13 Texas stables as entrants prep after the Pin Oaks Charity Show in Houston. The Hobby family are visitors with three children among entrants. new classes include the American Horse Show Association Seat Medal and Fredericksburg Open Working Hunter Special.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Pin Oaks
Houston
Bill Hobby
Laura
Paul
Kate Hobby
Fair Day Farms
Rainbow Stables
Midland
Walter Strauss
Dallas
Greenbrier Stables
Plano
St. Stephen’s School of
Austin
Cielo Alto Stables
San Antonio
Hobby Horse Stables
Edgepark Stables
Mid-Acre Farms
Winter’s Dawn Ranch
Humble
Windy Mead Farms
Round Rock
Cedarwood Stables
Waco
Axle Tree Farms
American Horse Show Association
Texas Hunter and Jumper Association
Fredericksburg
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Gillespie County
The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes Tuesday June 17 from 1 to 7 p.m. in the Educational Building at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. A 120 pint quarterly goal is set, with Mrs. Oscar Krauskopf overseeing local volunteers and Dennis Hannemann coordinating the event.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Dennis Hannemann
Gillespie County
Red Cross
Oscar Krauskopf
Community Savings and Loan Association
St. Ann’s Society of St. Mary’s
City approves 25 percent rise in water and sewer rates
Fred ericksburg officials, in a unanimous City Commission vote, enacted a roughly 25 percent increase in city water and sewer charges. Non residents face double rates. minimum water charge rises to 1.50, sewer minimum to 1.50. commercial sewer up 60 percent. Implemented in July with August bills.
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Cti
Commission
City-Su
Fredericksburg
Fuhrmann
Henke
Herb
World’s Fair draws 30000 to Fredericksburg event
Fredericksburg hosts the Iena Luckenbach World’s Fair at Gillespie County Fair Grounds drawing an estimated 30,000 visitors from across Texas and the nation. Highlights include Candace Jinnette crowned Miss Luckenbach, armadillo and chicken flying contests, Willie Nelson appearance, and numerous demonstrations, craftsmen, and food booths amid two sunny days before a late Sunday rainstorm.
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Candace Jinnette
Austin
Betty Pruitt
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg
Iena Luckenbach
Gillespie County
Aptor
Guidh Koock
Koeck
Luckenbach
Miss Luckenbach
Slim Pickens
Juliet Schwartzkopf
Debra Holloway
Mason
Wally Pryor
Ktbc TV
Milton Keller
Secretariat
David Rech
Mrs. Cluck
John Chandler
Fair Grounds
Willie Nelson
Backwoods Volunteers
Wagon Aces
McCullough Chain Saw Co
Greezy Wheels
Tommy
Photo Layout of World's Fair Appears on Pages Six and Seven
A photo layout featuring the World’s Fair occupies pages six and seven. The spread showcases pavilions, crowds, and iconic skyline silhouettes with emphasis on visitor experience and architectural highlights.
Local Hospital Receives Burg Company Medical Equipment Gift
The Simon J Burg Company of Stonewall donated 32 wall mounted blood pressure monitors and multimedia cassette transcribing gear to Hill Country Memorial Hospital. The gift came at a Tuesday banquet at the Sunday House attended by over 100 including hospital directors and staff.
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Simon J. Burg Company
Stonewall
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Peach JAMboree Takes Center Stage In Gillespie County
The Stonewall Peach JAMboree, Gillespie County’s lone crop celebration, unfolds over two days for Texas Peach Week. Friday’s 8 p.m. rodeo kicks off festivities, with Saturday featuring a 3 p.m. parade, 5 p.m. peach show and auction and beef barbecue, then a second rodeo at 8 p.m. Continued on page 11.
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Gillespie County
Dolph Briscoe
Jaycees Sponsor Second Farmer's Market in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Jaycees host their second annual Farmer's Market under the shed at East Main Street between the Schaeffer House and White Elephant Saloon. It runs Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. through goods sell out, featuring produce bread jams and handmade items with booths available. For details call 997 5414 or 907 2308.
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Fredericksburg
Jaycee
Jaycees
Hats Off To The Luckenbach World’s Fair Success
The Standard praises the Second Annual Luckenbach World’s Fair held at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Organizers promoters and officers earned praise for a well planned two day event with high caliber exhibitors and no serious incidents. Fredericksburg’s strong entertainment reputation aided the fair and other cities seek to stage similar events annually.
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Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg
Market Produce Hosts 1300 at Annual Old Fashioned Barbecue
An estimated 1,300 guests attended Market Produce's tenth annual old fashioned barbecue held at the Pioneer Pavilion in Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park. The event celebrated the county turkey industry with visits to the Fredericksburg plant and area farms, a golf tournament, and a turkey barbecue.
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Lady Bird
Gillespie County
Schaefer
Security State Bank
Fredericksburg
Pete Becker
Winston Combes
Brownwood
Clemon Montgomery
Harold Lowell
Lampasas
Pioneer Pavilion
Vernon Schwarz
Stonewall Beautification Club Honors Yard Winners
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson presented plaques and $50 prizes at the Stonewall Beautification Club annual yard contest held Monday night in the LBJ State Park auditorium. First and second place awards were given across three categories with honorable mentions, and club members discussed plantings along Ranch Road One praised by Mrs Johnson who noted 256 of 300 redbud trees were thriving after two years.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall Beautification Club
LBJ State Park
Floyd Nielsens
Donald Fishels
Henry J. Burgs
Herbert Nebgens
Alvin Weinheimer Jr
Clarence J. Klein
Roy Weinheimers
Paul Kleins
Alvin Weinheimer Sr
W.W. Schneider
Ruben Ruebsahm
Behrends
Jim Mangum
Stonewall
LBJ
Johnson
Ranch Road One
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Walter Fuhrmann
Stee
Sidney M. Henke
Austin Engineering
Bryant and Carrington
Larry Duecker
Mark Moore
Jim Greneragers
Norman Kristofferson
Texas Tech
Glenn Schulze
New Berlin
Frank Tolbert
The
Millsap
E.J. Hopkins
Carl Hopkins
Koock
Cactus Pryor
Jack A. Higginbotham
Dow Chemical Company
Territorial
Burg
Dow
Dow Pees
Higginbotham
the Standard
Stonewall Yard
Nielsen
Dale Malechek
Club
Harold Woods
Cub
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