We Believe Destiny Has Been Unkind to Johnson Family
A column reflecting on the Kennedy family’s misfortune and the assassination era notes shared anxieties about political violence. It recalls past presidents nearly struck by assailants and compares national fate with world events while predicting harsher times ahead for the Johnson family.
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Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert
Lincoln
Garfield
Kinley
Theodore Hoosevelt
Franklin Hoosevelt
Chicago
Cermak
Truman
Mexico
Kentucky
Louisiana
Johnson
Roy Beckmann Installed As New Lions President
Roy Beckmann a local furniture dealer and funeral home director was installed as president of the Fredericksburg Lions Club during a ladies night at the Sunday House Convention Center. He succeeds Marion Smathers as the club marks its 37th year with 40 000 Lions in 142 countries attending the Dallas convention later this month.
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Roy Beckmann
Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Marion
Bud” Smathers
Pat Whitaker
Lions
Hillsboro
Beckmann
Smathers
Bob Nunley
Sabinal
Funeral Home
Presi
Dallas
Fredericksburgs Club
Lion Smathers
Monarch
Oliver Schaetter
Dor Brown
Vernon Penick
W.C. Westerfeldt
Milton Durst
Allen Paulsen
Allen Keller
Gay Kilman
Alton Klier
Eugene Sidle
Bert Warner
Jerry Durr
Herbert Oehler
Richard Dover
Jerry L. Durr
Gilbert Borchers
James Dennis
Tail Twister
Hans Bergner
Lion Tanner
Harold Stehling
Edwin Lea
Milton Crenwelge
Preparations Heat Up for Stonewall Peach JAMboree
Preparations in final stage for the 7th annual Peach JAMboree in Stonewall Texas with 5000 plus expected visitors. Committees led by general chairman Dale Malechek coordinate parade barbecue queen pageant and concessions as local volunteers gear up for the June 22 celebration.
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Stonewall
Dale Malechek
Gillespx
John Pehl
Henry Burg
James Welgehauser
George Vogel
Wilburn Meier
Ernest Hodges
Frederick Burg
Ruben Ruebsahmn
Otto Schumann
Roy Weinheimer
Alvin Gold
Tom Weinheimer
Herbert
Gillespie County Hunter and Jumper Show Slated Next Weekend
The 7th annual Gillespie County Fairs Hunter and Jumper Horse Show will run June 21 to 23 at the Fair Grounds. Entrants from many stables arrive daily, with events Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Judges include Mrs. Backowitz and Major McClain, with Mrs. Kirk as hunter jumper steward and Lee Reynolds as show manager.
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Gillespie County
Elmer Bierschwale
Curtis Eckhardt
Bierschwale
Eckhardt
Fair Office
Progress Shown In Oakcrest Park Development Work On Dam
Oakcrest Park near Fredericksburg enters a new phase as three contractors push work on a 170 acre area along Liveoak Creek. National Building Centers nears completion of the Ranger's Office while Grona and Kneese build the golf concession structure. Blanchard and Associates erect three pavilions and recreation areas. Alvin Saur of Wetmore leads construction of an 80 acre nine hole golf course with a hilltop concession building and new tee area.
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Oakcrest Park
Fredericksburg
Liveoak Creek
National Building Centers
Ranger
Grona and Kneese
Blanchard and Associates
Alvin Saur
Wetmore
Saur
Grange
Blanchard Associates
Lockhausen Construction Co
San Antonio
Texans Join German Texas Song Days Trip to Glueckstadt
Forty seven Texas singers plus 73 Texans accompany the group to Germany on a Lufthansa flight from Houston June 16. They will participate in the Deutsch Texanischen Saengertage in Glueckstadt June 17 28 with receptions tours and a boat trip to Helgoland. Members from Austin Dallas New Braunfels Geronimo San Antonio Houston and Fredericksburg belong to the Arion Singing Club of Fredericksburg.
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Texas
Houston
Lufthansa
Germany
Glueckstadt
Alex Frantzen
Ewald Schaefer
Dick Dover
Milton Oehler
The
Arion
Concordia Maennerchor
Glueckstadtt
Texas Singers
Wassmerschen Palais
Helgoland
Gluecksadt
Night In Old Fredericksburg Committees Named
Committees for the Night In Old Fredericksburg to be held Saturday July 20 at Gillespie Fair Park were named by Dr. James Witcher of the Chamber of Commerce. Walter Klett heads food, Mrs Richard Bruns serves, with Harold Stehling and E H Becker on sau sage cooking and John and Mary Schandun on drinks.
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Old Fredericksburg
James Witcher
Chamber of Commerce
Gillespie Fair Park
Walter Klett
Richard Bruns
Harold Stehling
E. H. Becker
John and
Mary Schandun
Bill Petmecky
Art Kowert
Fred Dieter
Francis Walch
Bill Hodges
Rolan Schmidt
Elgin Friedrich
Victor Nixon
Jack Nixon
Mrs. Witcher
R. L. Frantzen
Elgin Heimann
Werner Moehr
Danny Roeder
Randall McBride
Fair Association
E .A. Weimer
Weimer
Gillespie County Approves Speed Zones and I 10 North Support
Gillespie County Commissioners in a June session set five road sections speed zones following a Holmes and Keller survey. They will study redistricting of precincts and election areas after endorsing Interstate 10 North on a plan that would route traffic through Fredericksburg and Austin toward Houston. One bid was received for a hangar at Gillespie County Airport and will be reviewed further.
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Gillespie County Commissioners’ Court
Harper
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Eagle Street
Live Oak Road
Sagebiel
Holmes and Keller
Justice
Supreme Court
Austin
Houston
Gillespie County
Birthplace Opened Longer To Accommodate Crowds
Record crowds visited the President's birthplace this Sunday as the site stays open until June 30 for a three week extension. Curator Betty Weinheimer said the Johnsons extended the period to handle large tourist numbers. An accurate headcount was nearly impossible due to crowd activity.
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Betty Weinheimer
Johnsons
Stonewall
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Hamburg
Richard Dorer
Dick Dorer
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