Stonewall Peach JAMboree Sets Two Day Peach Fest and Rodeo
The 13th Stonewall Peach JAMboree runs Friday and Saturday June 14 15 with peaches on display sale and eat so crowd can enjoy rodeo events. Crowning of the 1974 Peach Queen Saturday night rounds out the program in the arena at 8 p.m. The rodeo features bareback riding calf roping bull dogging and other events nightly. The parade on US 290 Saturday at 3 p.m. and a peach show plus auction close the day. Vic's Rodeo Company supplies the rodeo acts.
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Stonewall
Stonewall Chamber of Commerce
Comal County Sheriff's Posse
Vic’s Rodeo Company
Peach Queen Crown Vies Set for Stonewall JAMboree
Eleven Gillespie County girls compete for the Peach Queen title at the 13th annual Peach JAMboree in Stonewall on June 14 and 15. One queen and two duchesses will be crowned with the winner later eligible to seek the Peach Queen of Texas title in 1975. The event includes a peach auction barbecue and a Saturday night rodeo, with Susan Basse crowning the 1974 queen.
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Stonewall
Gillespie Couty
Peach Center of Texas
Texas
Susanates
Susan Basse
Connie Lea
Randall Leas
Janice Ottmers
Chester Ottmers
Gillespie County
Cactus Pryor
Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Hunter Jumper Horse Show Draws 200 Competitors This Weekend
The 13th Annual Hunter and Jumper Horse Show will be held at Gillespie County Fair Grounds Friday through Sunday June 14 to 16. Over 200 riders and horses from Texas stables such as Edgepark, Fair Day Farms, Rainbow Stables, Over the Hill Hunt Farm, and Quail Valley compete in 60 classes with 60 class trophies and 12 grand championships. Admission is free with box seats reserved for season holders, and local hotels and restaurants anticipate economic benefit from visiting riders and families.
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Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Texas
Edgepark Stables
Fair Day Farms
Houston
Rainbow Stables
Midland
Hill
Region II Vocational Agriculture Teachers Confab Heads to Texas
About 100 teachers from seven states convene June 16 to 19 for the Region II National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association Leadership Conference. Activities include tours of LBJ sites, visits to Fredericksburg High School and Johnson City, a Texas barbecue, and meetings at Fredericksburg City Hall.
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National Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Serence
LBJ
Austin
State Capitol
Association
Texas
Fredericksburg
New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Dedication Weekend
Five services over Saturday and Sunday mark the dedication of the churchs new sanctuary at 405 West Burbank. Elders Magers Porter Walker and Dr Dale Jr will lead sermons and dedicatory addresses. A reception and meals follow, with public invited.
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New Hope Primitive Baptist Church
West Burbank Street
J. P. Dale Jr
New Hope Primitive
Dale Magers
Bedford, Texas
Primitive Baptist Church
Luther Porter
Paducah
Texas
Eldon Walker
Ft. Worth Primitive Baptist Church
J. P Dale Jr
Magers
Porter
Dale
New Hope
Gillespie County 4-H Livestock Team Wins Texas State Title
Gillespie County 4-H Livestock Judging Team wins first at the State 4-H Roundup at Texas A and M University. Members Ernie and Larry Eckert Russell Kott and Linda Sue Meyer. Ernie Eckert top individual and in oral reasons. Team to represent Texas at the National Livestock Judging Contest in Louisville. Workshop in Kingsville June 26 27 28 hosted by Santa Gertrudis Breeders International.
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Gillespie County
Texas A & M University
Ernie Eckert
Larry Eckert
Ervin Eckerts
Doss
Russell Kott
Francis Kotts
Morris Ranch
Linda Sue Meyer
Harvey Meyers
Fredericksburg
Duery Menzies
Texas
Louisville
Kentucky
Chicago
Santa Gertrudis Breeders International
Kingsville
Menzies
Linda Sue
LCRA Rate Hike Looms For Fredericksburg Utilities
Fredericksburg customers face a 46.2 percent rate jump under 25 year LCRA contracts for wholesale power. Other towns and coops see about 40 percent increases. If approved, changes take effect June 25 with August bills reflecting June 25 to July 25 usage. City officials plan to discuss the proposal at the June 17 meeting.
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City of
Fredericksburg
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Stonewall Yard Beautification Winners Named
Winners were named Wednesday June 5 in the annual Stonewall Beautification contest after judging. First place in three categories earned $50 and a plaque, second place $25, with honorable mentions noted. Winners include Mrs Alvin H Weinheimer in the 65 plus yards group and Mrs Alvin K Weinheimer in Established yards, with others named.
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Alvin H. (Rose) Weinheimer
Stonewall
W.W. Schneider
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Alfred Rusenberger
Alvin K. Weinheimer
US 29
Paul Klein
Young Demos Meet Here Plan June Telethon
George Bristol aide to Senator Lloyd Benstien, chairman of the Democratic Telethon in Texas, told the State Executive Committee of the Texas Young Democrats at the Maclay House Convention here Saturday that two rounds of fundraising will support the 21 hour broadcast. He said coordination in Texas and that 80 percent of the funds come from small donors.
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George Bristol
United States
Lloyd Benstien
Texas
Texas Young Democrats
Maclay House
Tal
Rare WWII Japanese dive bomber arrives at Nimitz Center
The Val, an Aichi D3A dive bomber with battle scars from New Britain, lands at Admiral Nimitz Center after a long voyage from Australia via Sydney and Long Beach. Center researchers salvaged the tail from Cape Gloucester to complete the display alongside the SBD Dauntless.
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United States
Admiral Nimitz Center
Pacific
Australia
Val
New Britain
Nimitz Center
Pearl Harbor
Doug Hubbard
Hubbard
Center
Gasmata
New
Britain
Royal Australian Air Force
Fortune
Cape Gloucester
Nimitz
Sydney
Balikpapan
Hmas Melbourne
Long Beach
LTV
Fredericksburg
State Museum
Smithsonian Institution
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US 290
Darrell Royal
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
CTE
Stonewall Yard
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