Zion Lutheran Church Receives Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Medallion
Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church at 424 W Main St will receive a Texas Historic Medallion and plate at 10 30 a m Sunday June 20. Rev Kermit Menking will participate as Dr J Hardin Perry notes Zion is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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Texas
Zion Lutheran Evangelical H
Main St
J. Hardin Perry
Gillespie County
Kermit Menking
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Donald Dittmar
Zion Church
Fisher to Crown Queen at Peach JAMboree Rodeo
Congressman O C Fisher will crown the 1965 Texas Peach Queen at Stonewall Saturday after a Friday night rodeo kickoff. The event features two rodeo performances, a parade led by parade grand marshal A W Mourland, and numerous peach related contests and exhibits across the festival.
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Congressman Fisher
LBJ
Gillespie Peach Queen Candidates at Stonewall Pageant
Seven Gillespie County girls compete for the Texas Peach Queen title at the Stonewall Peach JAMboree. The daylong event opens with a rodeo Friday night, with the pageant at 8 30 p m Saturday in the Stonewall Rodeo Arena to crown the successor to Jan Brown of Harper.
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Gillespie County
Stonewall
Gillespie County Delinquent Tax Record Accepted by Commissioners
Gillespie County Commissioners Court accepted the delinquent tax record for three years ending December 31, 1963, totaling 10119.48 dollars. The court approved a quarter county school depository report and allocated funds for the county library and Pioneer Memorial Library. They also ordered jail cell cleanup and a two way radio for Deputy Schmidt, and designated 4.7 miles of Farm to Market Road from FM 1276 near Luckenbach to the Blanco County line.
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C. R. Law Tax Records
Austin
Victor Sagebiel
Gillespie
Security State Bank
Gillespie County Historical Society
Pioneer Memorial Library
Walter Schmidt
Luckenbach
Blanco County
Texas Peach Week Proclaimed by Governor Connally
Gov. John Connally proclaimed June 13 to 19 as Texas Peach Week highlighting the state peach industry. Stonewall residents including Peach Queen Jan Brown and candidates toured Austin as the governor urged official recognition during the Fourth Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree.
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Texas
John Connally
Connally
Stonewall
Jan Brown
Austin
Jaycees Plan Old-Timers Night June 17
Fredericksburg Jaycees announce Old-Timers Night on June 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Raymond Usener place on Bear Mountain Road. Roy Dwayne Steitle says a barbecue supper will follow at 7:30 p.m. Former and active members and friends are invited. past presidents will discuss projects and activities.
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Fredericksburg Jaycees
Raymond Usener
Bear Mountain Road
Roy Dwayne Steitle
The
Fredericksburg Chamber Of Commerce To Meet Thursday
Members of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce will attend a brisk 7:30 p m meeting at the American Legion Hall featuring a chicken dumpling supper. Rev. Milford Zirkel gives the invocation as Harold Stehling presides. multiple committee reports are scheduled including Public Relations and Civic Affairs and Tourism.
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Fredericksburg
Otto Zimmermann
J. W. Witcher
Laverne Treibs
C of C
Fred Dietel
Billy Metzger
A. G. Davidson
Norman Rech
Oliver Schaetter
W. E Loudon Jr
Allen Keller
Wallace Ottmers
C. A. Schnelle
Edward Stein
Alton Klier
Gene Hartmann
Frederick E. Kraus
Norman J. Dietel
Werner Moehr
City Commission
Ewer
Stelling
Mrs Edwin Kiehne Breaks Left Arm in Monday Fall
Mrs. Edwin Kiehne sustained a broken left arm after a fall at her home on Monday June 7. The incident occurred in the morning and she received medical attention.
Scale Model Shows Proposed City Sewer Plant Improvement
A scale model of planned improvements to Fredericksburg's sewage plant east of the city is displayed in the municipal building and will tour the town ahead of a July 13 bond election for 150000 dollars. The plan upgrades facilities to state standards and repurposes the current site into a park with picnic areas a garden reservoir and a boat deck with a future north of Highway 290 golf course. Mayor Sidney Henke notes the 150000 bond funds cover the project with additional city funds potentially used for other enhancements.
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Fredericksburg
Sidney Henke
Frank Johnson Installed as Fredericksburg Lions Club President
Frank Johnson office manager of Market Produce Company was installed Wednesday night as the new president of the Fredericksburg Lions Club during a Ladies Night at Community Savings Center Hall. John Painter of San Antonio installed him. Johnson succeeds Alton Klier and received the club’s past president’s plaque.
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Frank Johnson
Market Produce Company
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Community Savings Center
Johnson
John Painter
San Antonio
Lions
Alton Klier
Painter
Weston Luckenbach
Walter Loudon
Leroy True
Bruce Scully
Henry Joseph
Alvin Davidson
Tail Twister
Herbert Schmidt
Lion Tamer
Edgar Becker
Richard Dover
Jerry Durr
Eugene Sidle
Arthur Wadness
Comfort
Alex Frantzen
Lorence Feller
Wm. Petmecky
Kermit Striegler
Art Kowert
Leon Zwiener
Hubert Molberg
Raymond Kneese
Vernon Doss
Lion
Herbert Haas Named Cancer Society Head
The Gillespie County Cancer Society elected Herbert Haas as president at the annual meeting held in Andy's Diner. New officers include Mrs. Ernest Hodges as vice president, Mrs. Willie Mae Merz as secretary, and Erno Heimann as treasurer, with a large slate of directors. Dr. Wilbur Crenwelge spoke on cancer types and early detection, and District V officials outlined goals for education, screening, and funding for 1970.
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Gillespie County Cancer Society
Herbert Haas
Haas
L. H. Reuner
Ernest Hodges
Willie Mae Merz
Erno Heimann
Reuner
J .N. Coffman
Frank Meine
Benno Eckert Se
Alfred Rusenberger
W. A. Nettle
Harry Hartmann
H. H. Fricke
Edwin Eckhardt, Jr
Wm. Schroeder Jr
Levy Rusenberger
Ausgust Hoffmann
Bernard Stielere
Comfort
American Cancer Society
Sam Rogers
San Antonio
Rogers
Wilbur Crenwelge
Dittmar Illness Returns Home with Family
Mr and Mrs Francis Waleh bring Hulda Dittmar back from Albuquerque to be with Victor Dittmar who lies seriously ill at St Josephs Hospital in that city.
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Francis Waleh
Albuquerque
N. M
Hulda Dittmar
Victor Dittmar
St. Joseph's Hospital
That City
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Dr. Perry
Fort Martin Scott
Enchanted Rock
John O. Meusebach
Krauskopf
John Peter Tatsch
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Pioneer Home
Frank van der Siucken
Nimitz Hotel
Meyer Haus
Congressman Tisher
Con
Linda Marie Burg
Patsy Eckert
Lynette Kay
Crenwelge
Candy Herbert Fredericksburg
Eileen Hopf Harper
Patsy Durst
Linda Krauskopf
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
C-C
State Health Department
New Lions Club
Cancer Society
W. W. Schneider
Robert Blum
John Patranella
Erwin Simon
Max H. Beckmann
H. A. Giesbers
Leon F. Zwiener
Pat Horton
Roy Bierschwabe
Paul Sauer
Pete Crenwelge
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