Stonewall Peach JAMboree Promises Peachy Time This Weekend
The 15th annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree runs Friday and Saturday with rodeo events including bareback riding calf roping steer dogging and bull riding. A 3 p.m. Saturday parade features former State Senator Dorsey B Hardeman as grand marshal followed by a peach show and auction judged by Texas A&M AgriLife official Bluford Hancock.
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Stonewall Chamber of Commerce
America
Stonewall
Bluford Hancock
Texas A&m Extension Service
Bobby Dines
Eleven Vie For Peach Queen Title At Stonewall Jamboree
Eleven Gillespie County beauties compete for the Peach Queen crown at the Saturday night Jamboree rodeo in Stonewall with former State Senator B Hardemann of San Angelo set to crown the new queen and two duchesses. finalists include Bonnie Schmidt Gina Klein Peggy Culwell Louisa Herrera Doris Mauldin Melanie Kilman Tamra Harper with details and ages listed.
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Janis Segner
Miss Segner
Gillespie County
Lawrence Segners
Fredericksburg
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Sandra Klein
Shelly Gillis
Dorsey Hardeman
B. Hardemann
San Angelo
Bonnie Schmidt
Herbert Schmidt
FHS
Gina Klein
Clarence F. Klein
Stonewall
Peggy Culwell
Vernon G. Culwell
Junction
Harper High School
Louisa Herrera
Ramon Herrera
Doris Kay Maultin
Allen Mauldin
Melanie Kilman
G. F. Kilman
Tamra Harper
Gene Narper
Fredericksburg Bicentennial Arts Festival Opens Today
A five day Fredericksburg festival honors the nation's 200th birthday with visual and performing arts. The event runs daily through Sunday June 20 at sites across the city, organized by seven local art groups as a special gift to the people of Texas.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Main Street
Freder
County Commissioners Approve FM Road 3348 Plan
The Gillespie County Commissioners Court unanimously approved proceeding with RM 3348 planning to connect Highway 16 north with RM 1631 and Goehmann Lane. The first 2.2 mile segment may later link to U.S. 290 and form a loop. A public hearing will be held as landowner deeds are arranged by the state and county.
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Gillespie County Commissioners Court
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Fredericksburg
Llano Highway
Old Burnet Road
Goehmann
U.S. 290
Victor Sagebiel
Sagebiel
Awards Of Merit Offered By Gillespie Historical Society
The Gillespie County Historical Society held its annual membership banquet at Pioneer Pavilion Lady Bird Johnson Park on June 10. Awards of Merit were presented to five individuals or organizations, with pre dinner festliche Stunde featuring band music by Carol Meier Bill Brady Larry Wayne Ottmers Randall Richter Wilburn Meier Ronnie Behrends and Ray Fishel. Lorraine Corbett was named a new director replacing Esther Weaver who resigned effective June 1.
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New England
Fredericksburg
Art Guild
Community Theatre
Gillespie County Historical Society
Pioneer Memorial Library
Crafts Guilt
Textile Association
Music Study Club
Fredericksburg Art Guild
Old St. Mary’s Church
William Bristow
San An
Pioneer Pavilion
Lady Bird Johnson Park
Stunde
Carol Meier
Bill Brady
Larry Wayne Ottmers
Randall Richter
Wilburn Meier
Ronnie Behrends
Ray Fishel
R. J. Sechrist
Margaret Bracher
GCHS
Lorraine Corbett
Esther Weaver
James Avery To Build Plant Near Fredericksburg
James Avery Craftsman Inc. signed a land contract east of Fredericksburg for a 4.2 acre site to build a production plant employing 100 plus. Industrial Projects Inc. will transfer the land near the Collins Co. complex. local officials and Avery executives attended. The Kerrville headquarters and other plants produce jewelry with 4 million in 1975 sales and national distribution through five own stores.
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James Avery
James Avery Craftsman Inc
Fredericksburg
Industrial Projects Corporation
Arthur Stehling
Industrial Projects
Avery
Marcus Villareal
Jeff Fricke
Matthew Pyka Jr
Charles Wolfmueller
Fred Garcia
Mike Turner
Avery Jewelry
Industrial Projects Inc
Collins Co
KLS Corporation
Lee- Ed Antiques
Texas Department of Agriculture Alfatoxin Laboratory
Arthur Stehli
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Los Angeles
Kerrville
Avery Craftsman Inc
Texas
Texas Parade Magazine
Local Methodist Church Greets New Preacher
The Rev. Gordon Talk began his second decade as a Methodist minister delivering his first sermon as pastor of the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. A Corpus Christi native raised in Baton Rouge, he earned a BA from Centenary College in Shreveport in 1963 and a Master of Theology from Perkins School of Theology.
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Gordon Talk
Fredericksburg
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Stonewall Jamboree
Dorsey B. Hardeman
Vic’s Rodeo Company
Kingsland
Dines
Lena Crider
Cross Countrymen
Fredericks —— A
Icksburg
Historical Society
Methodist Church
Rev. Gorden
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