Auction To Raise Funds For Gillespie Negro Church Restoration
Fredericksburg visitors will see a restored frame Negro Church in Gillespie County as Methodist Youths hold a Saturday auction. Keith Jenkins leads youth teams collecting items for sale while Dudley Althaus serves as auctioneer. The project funds repairs to windows belfry and exterior as youth invite more participants.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Keith Jenkins
Methodist
Dudley Althaus
Little Frame Church
Fredericksburg approves revised Stein bid for AVS project
Fredericksburg Independent School District officials approve a revised low bid of 639,585 from Stein Lumber Co for the Area Vocational School in Fredericksburg. TEA facilitates 350,000 in federal funds. architects report five cost-saving measures lowering the bid from 654,461.
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Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Independent
Texas Education Agency
FISD
Stein Lumber Company
Stein
Hans Bergner
TEA
FISC
Barnes, Landes, Goodman and Youngblood
Austin
Lamar Youngblood
Glen Meredith
Jay Tannahill
Stein Lumber
Randy McBride
July 4 Festival Opens With Horse Races At Gillespie
Plans advance for the annual July 4 to 7 festival at Gillespie County Fair Grounds under the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association. Seven purse races daily feature sprints from 220 yards to longer distances with two derbies the Merchant's Derby on July 4 and the Independence Derby closing day mile and 70 yards. Pehl's Old Time Oompah Band provides daily music. Reserved seats are available at the Fair Office and all races run under the Texas Racing Circuit.
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Gillespie County Fair
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
Pehl
Texas
Fair Office
Texas Racing Circuit
Curtain Rising Here Friday For Comedy All is in readiness
Fredericksburg Community Theatre prepares for the four performances of On The Bridge At Midnight at Klaemner Park starting Friday night. Gates open 7 p.m. with first act at 8 30 p.m. Additional shows are listed for June 29 and July 5 and 6.
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Queenie
Ingrid Gabriel
Horatio
Tom Warren Balmos
Fredericksburg
Old Klaemner’s Park
Fredericksburg Community Theatre
al Fehrenbach
Community Theatre
Rita Burg
Kent Blohm
Fay Brown
Gus Ransleben
Fredericksburg Flood Insurance Details Revealed by HUD
HUD announces subsidized flood insurance effective June 25 under the 1968 act with later amendments. Policies cover up to 35 000 for single family and 100 000 for multi family and non residential structures with contents limits of 10 000 residential and 100 000 non residential. Additional coverage at actuarial rates may be available after HUD completes a rate study.
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Fredericksburg
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
U.S
Lloyd Bentson
George K. Bernstein
Bernstein
Home Insurance Company
Travis Street
Houston
National Flood Insurers Association
HCHC Open Rodeo Plans Finalized for July 5-6
The Hill Country Horse Club schedules its Third Annual Open Rodeo at the Kerrville Highway arena for July 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. Registration runs July 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. Dances follow each night with Wagon Aces and The Drifters. Admission is 1.75 for adults and 1 for youths. children under six free. Events include bareback and bull riding, steer and calf roping, steer roping, wild cow race, and barrel racing. Produced by Vic's Rodeo Arena of Marion. Clowns Brother Taylor and His Buckin' Ford will perform.
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Hill Country Horse Club
Kerrville Highway
Chamber of Commerce
Arena Open Air Pavilion
Wagon Aces
Vic's Rodeo Arena
Marion
Brother Taylor
Ford
Standard Makes Way For July 4 Holiday
The next issue will publish on Tuesday afternoon July 2 due to the Fourth of July holiday. The Post Office will not deliver on July 4, so the paper moves up a day and deadlines shift to Monday afternoon for both ads and news.
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The
Standard
Community Savings marks 40th anniversary with prize giveaway
Community Savings and Loan Association celebrates 40 years with a June 27 to July 12 event. Ken Sultemeier announces over $1,000 in prizes across Fredericksburg Marble Falls Kerrville Boerne and Bandera offices including a Westinghouse freezer grand prize and five per office.
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Community Savings and Loan Association
Ken Sultemeier
Standard
Com
Munity Savings
Hill Country
Fredericksburg
Marble Falls
Kerrville
Boerne
Bandera
Westinghouse
Hamilton Beach
Liberty Bell unveiling set for July 3 at Fredericksburg Bank
A ceremonial unveiling and public reception will occur at 3 p.m. on Wednesday July 3 at Fredericksburg National Bank to open a month long Liberty Bell exhibit. The exhibition features a limited edition exact reproduction crafted for the Bicentennial with a scaled down site. Visitors will receive a Liberty Bell souvenir booklet detailing the original bell and the reproduction process.
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Fredericksburg National Bank
America
Fredericksburg Dog Leash Law Seen Working Two Weeks In
Fredericksburg chief Milton Jung reports the new leash ordinance is reducing stray dogs. Humane officers Tabor and Jung say pickups have focused on strays since June 3 with a city truck repurposed for catching and cages built at the humane building. The city plans tranquilizer guns and catch-em-alive traps and areas for pound holding three days before sale notices. Rabies precautions apply to dog bites with a 12 day pound confinement and a $15 reclaim housing fee after health clearance.
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Fredericksburg
Milton Jung
Frederick Jung
Douglas Tabor
Jung
City Water Department
General Fund
Humane
Gillespie County Court House
OSHA Seminar Helps Fredericksburg Businesses Navigate OSHA Rules
A one day seminar for small and medium sized businesses on the OSHA Act of 1970 is set for Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fredericksburg City Hall. Free sessions by Texas Safety Association, in cooperation with the city and chamber of commerce, address compliance, penalties, and common violations with emphasis on scope, general requirements, and federal standards.
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Williamson- Steiger
OSHA
Fredericksburg
Texas Safety Association
Chamber of Commerce
Ke A. Weimer
Weimer
U.S. Department of Labor
TSA
National Safety Council
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John Ross
Alr
Richard Strickland
Betty Robinson
Robin Robinson
Charles
Joan Pratt
Barbara Levin
Janice Balmos
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