Cancer Society chapter reports record fundraising year
The Gillespie County American Cancer Society chapter announced its best year ever at the annual meeting in Andy's Diner. Treasurer Perry M. Woerner said the Crusade Fund Drive raised 2865.79 dollars with 67.60 in memorials, totaling 2944.59 for the year. Dr. Joseph R. Shaffer urged ongoing checks and research support while noting no cure yet and stressing that cures may come with continued study.
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Gillespie County
American Cancer Society
Andy's Diner
Perry M. Woerner
Waggoner Carr
State Crusade
Jack Andrews
San Antonio Area
Bernard Stieler
Comfort
Unit V
L. H. Reuner
Ernest Hodges
Frank Meine
J. N. Coffman
Joseph R. Shaffer
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Hospital
New Medical School
Shaffer
Cancer Crusade
James Eckhardt
Crusade Cochairman
Joseph R. Shafer
Bexar County Cancer Society
H. H. Fricke
Crusade
Bernhard Stieler
Fredericksburg Chamber Plans Semi Annual Meeting
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce will hold a semi annual membership meeting on Thursday June 25 at 7 p m in the Hermann Sons Hall. All members are invited to attend to hear a report on past achievements and future plans. A chicken and dumpling meal will be served for 1 00. Reservations must be made by June 23 at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Hermann Sons
Chamber of Commerce
Piggly Wiggly Becomes Pat's Foods This Week
Pat Pyka announces the relinquishment of his Piggly Wiggly franchise in favor of a home serviced store named Pat's Foods. The veteran store will be supplied by top wholesale warehouses and offer finer foods at greater savings. Meat department will continue home slaughtered meats and quality farm produce remains. Homemakers are invited to continue on page 5.
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Pat Pyka
Pat
Mrs. Emil Riley Rites Held At Memorial Presbyterian
Funeral services for Mrs. Emil H. Riley 80 longtime civic school and church worker were conducted at Memorial Presbyterian Church at 10 a m Monday June 15 1964 Rev Noel P Wilkinson officiated and burial followed in City Cemetery She lay in state at Schaetter Funeral Home until 9 am then from 9 to 10 am continued on page 5 section 1
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Emil H. Riley
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Noel P. Wilkinson
St Barnabas Breaks Ground For New Church
St Barnabas Episcopal Church broke ground for its new worship center on Thursday evening June 11, the patronal feast day of St Barnabas. The dinner was held in Community Savings Center Hall with guests from Fredricksburg Comfort Boerne and San Antonio. The ceremony featured Rev J W Langford and clergy from Kerrville Brady and other towns. Local pastors and Diocesan officials attended as ground breaking followed an informal program.
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Herman Fricke
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
M. Brock
Edgar Dietz
J. W. Langford
Frickes
Brock
Dietzes
St. Barnabas
Community Savings Center
Alvin Durst
Gillespie Countty
Earl Dicus
Gerald McAllister
Dicus
John Livingston
St. Boniface Episcopal Church
Comfort
Episcopal Church
Langford
J. H. Townsend
Kerrville
Canon McAllister
William Douglas
Brady
Allen Henke Wins Jaycee Road-E-O Drive Event
Allen Henke, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Henke and Fredericksburg High senior, won the Jaycee Safe Driving Road-E-O with 259 points. Joe Cox, Wayne Boykin, and Charles Schandua followed, with Henke advancing to the state contest in Mesquite on June 20-21 and potential national event in Washington, D C.
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Allen Henke
Roy Henke
Fredericksburg High
Jaycee
Road-E-O
Henke
R. L. Frantzen
Joe Cox
Wayne Boykin
Charles Schandua
Dana Gold
Dwight Oestreicn
Mark Langerhans
Phil Barron
Billy Kennedy
Kennie Klaerner
Mesquite
Texas
Washington
D. C
Jaycees
Explorer Post 136
Frantzen
Bob Werner
Milton Jung
Jimmy Kuhlmann
Randall McBrile
Billy Stafford
Glenn Dittmar
Kermit Ernst
Jaycee Road-E-O
Henke Frantzen
Stonewall Peach JAMboree Opens With New Rodeo Arena
Stonewall hosts its third annual Peach JAMboree with a Friday lighted rodeo arena dedication and a one day plus two night program. Nineteen candidates enter the queen contest, with Mary Jane Clements of Burnet as a late entry. Eighteen candidates are pictured in section two.
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Stonewall
Alvin Weinheimer Jr
Mary Jane Clements
Burnet
A. K. Falkenburg
Otto Schumann
Dale Malachek
Peach JAMboree set with rodeo parade and queen pageant
The Peach JAMboree will feature a Friday rodeo arena dedication by Congressman Fisher at 7 30 p m then a Saturday day long program starting with a parade led by the Fourth US Army Band and featuring 17 peach queen candidates. Events include sky divers a peach auction and a Sentry Dog demonstration.
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VU. C. Fisher
US Army Band of
San Antonio
Austin Sport Parachute Club
Paul Ross
W. R. Downey
R. P. Torp
W. W. Blackburn
George McCullough
George Mathis
Fourth Army
W. R. da
Sultemeier Ordination Planned At Zion Lutheran Church
Stanley Sultemeier, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Sultemeier, will be ordained as a pastor in The American Lutheran Church at 10:30 a m worship services in Zion Lutheran Church Sunday. The Rev Kermit Menking and his three immediate predecessors will officiate.
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Stanley Sultemeier
Theodore Sultemier
Here
Zion Lutheran
Kermit Menking
Zion
Lions Mark 35th Anniversary in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Lions Club will mark its 35th anniversary on June 24 at 7 30 p m in Community Savings Center Hall with a banquet and program. Tom Kirkham will be principal speaker, charter members to be honored, and new officers installed with Bruce Scully as master of ceremonies. Special tribute to New Braunfels Lions Club, charter members Fred Mathisen and Artur Stehling to receive 35 year chevrons, others earning Monarch Chevrons for 25 20 15 years. District Governor-Elect Les Bourland to present attendance awards. A C Schwetheim to install officers led by president elect Alton Klie.
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Fredericksburg Lions Club
Community Savings Center
Tom Kirkham
International Lions State Scretary
Austin
Bruce Scully
New Braunfels Lions Club
Lion Wallace
America
Lion L. J. Durkop
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Lion
Edgar Stroeher
John D. Palmer
Fred Mathisen
Artur Stehling
Palmer
Chevron
Alex Frantzen
Tyrus Cox
Kurt Eckhardt
A. G. Davidson
Elgin Heimann
Dudley Mann
Herbert Haas
Les Bourland
A. C. Schwetheim
Alton Klie
Frank Johnson
E. C. Andrews
Henry Joseph
Alvin Davidson
Edwin Lea
Jerry Durr
Gene Sidle
Duke Petty
Weston Luckenbach
Youthful Victims Fly Home After Fatal Accident
Richard Hicks seven and Nina Hicks four, critically injured in an April twenty accident that killed their mother, brother, and another woman, were flown home to California Tuesday. They had spent 57 days at Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic after the crash, then were taken by Schaetter Ambulance to San Antonio to board a jet to San Francisco. Father Maceo Hicks, a San Francisco warehouseman, arrived to accompany them home. the San Francisco Crippled Children's Association funded the flight.
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Richard Hicks
Nina Hicks
California
Fredericksburg Hospital
San Antonio
Schaetter
San Francisco
Maceo Hicks
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Cofcplans
Emil Riley
Stonewall _ Peach
Sultemeier
Lions
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