Fredericksburg C of C to Host Thursday Night Meeting
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet will be at Fair Park on Thursday night with a chicken barbecue. C. W. Hudson of Dallas Transit and Railway Co. will speak on Americanism. Tyrus T. Cox introduces him. Miss Marjorie Sauer performs with Miss Virginia Evers. Fredericksburg Hermann Sons Band plays. R. W. Klingelhoefer hosts. Rev. Lewis G. Petmecky offers the invocation. Henry C. Meurer previews the year’s activities.
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Fredericksburg
Hudson
Tyrus T. Cox
Marjorie Sauer
Paul Sauer
Doss
Virginia Evers
Reuben Evers
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons Band
Lorenz Bading
R. W. Klingelhoefer
Lewis G
Bill” Petmecky
Presbyterian Church
Henry C. Meurer
C. W. Hudson
Dallas Railway and Terminal Company
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Park
Fredericksburg Parade, Rodeo Set For Independence Day
A Tuesday morning parade will mark Independence Day in Fredericksburg at 10 a m with floats bands horses and decorated vehicles. The rodeo follows at Old Tourist Park at 6 p m featuring roping events ladies barrel races and a $5 bill tying stunt. Local groups sponsors and 155th Field Artillery Battery Texas National Guard participate. Parade marshal Laurie Wells invites entrants to meet at 9 30 a m on Courthouse Square.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
155Th Field Artillery Battery
Texas National Guard
Laurie Wells
Nimitz Parkway
Courthouse Square
Walter Ottmers
Victor Sagebiel
Joe Duderstadt
Jack Lawrence
Rudi Hohmann
Clinton Gold
Walter Russell
Rotary District Conference Was Successful
Representatives of 26 Rotary Clubs in the 184th District of Rotary International completed a two day district assembly in Fredericksburg. Dick Wagner of San Angelo presided over the Monday session, after a welcome by Mayor Joe Molberg.
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Rotary
Rotary International
Dick Wagner
San Angelo
Pat Norwood
San Marcos
Wagner
Joe Molberg
Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Vereins Kirche
Fair Park
Rotary Clubs
Fredericksburg H S Names Kermit Gammenthaler Band Director
The Fredericksburg ISD board names Kermit Gammenthaler as Fredericksburg High School band and choral director replacing David Hargis. Also appointed are Leo nard Shanklin Jr. as junior high coach and Alice Casbeer as first grade teacher. One vacancy remains for an assistant in the new Special Education classes.
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Kermit Gammenthaler
Leonore Shanklin
Gammenthaler
FHS
Shanklin
Fredericksburg High School
Fredericksburg Independent School
Leonard Shanklin Jr
Alice Casbeer
Lampasas
David Hargis
Richard Gammenthaler
Fredericksburg
Kermit
Southern Methodist University
University of Wyoming
Laramie
University of Texas
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Balmorhea Mexican School
Balmorhea
Texas
Thorndale High School
Normangee
Monroe School
Salt Lake City
Utah
Basig High School
Henderson
Nevada
535Th Aaf
Las Vegas
Gammenthalers
Business Houses To Close for July 4th Holiday
Fredericksburg firms will close Wednesday July 4 in observance of the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Trades Extension Committee and Chamber of Commerce sponsor a four day race meet from July 1 to July 4, with Louis Jordan Post American Legion support. The holiday alters Standard publication, moving next week’s issue to Thursday and deliveries to Friday.
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Fredericksburg
U.S
Youths Charged With Hurting Gillespie Girls
Two Mason County youths aged 18 and 19 are held for grand jury investigation on an alleged incident with two 15 year old Gillespie County girls near Loyal Valley Saturday evening. Names are withheld pending further investigation. girls questioned separately and gave identical details.
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Mason County
Grand Jury
Gillespie County
Loyal Valley
Hugo Klaerner
William Schneider
Fredericksburg
Gillespie
Glen Capps
Klaerner
Schneider
Mason
City Gaily Bedecked For Independence Day Race Meet
Gillespie County reactivates its County Court after decades with emergency schedule planned. Judge Victor Sagebiel to preside as court gains concurrent jurisdiction with Justice Courts for minor criminal matters. First session could be August if emergency measure. otherwise November, then every January May August and November for six week terms.
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Gillespie County
Allan Shivers
Victor Sagebiel
Wm. R. Schneider, Jr
Gillespie
Mason
Justice Court
Milam Street Bridge Set to Reopen Monday
The Milam Street Bridge over Baron's Creek will open to traffic Monday as finishing touches are made. Killian Keller Construction completed the concrete slab and city crews repaint guard rails. the low water detour on South Orange Street remains open during the work.
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Milam Street
Baron's Creek
Joe Molberg
Killian-Keller Construction Company
South Orange Street
Miss Ella Gold Plans Europe Return After Wiesbaden Leave
Friends of Miss Ella Gold a member of the FHS teaching staff now on leave to teach in the dependents school in Wiesbaden Germany will be pleased to know she is planning to return home by the end of this summer. She has visited Vienna and will tour the British Isles Ireland and the Scandinavian countries before coming home.
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Ella Gold
FHS
Wiesbaden
Germany
Vienna
British Isles
Ireland
Scandinavian Countries
Kallenbergs Open House in Fredericksburg Saturday
Remodeling completion at Kallenberg's Pharmacy on Main and Adams Streets will be celebrated with an open house Saturday June 30. Registration runs 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a prize drawing at 7. Prizes include a fitted case with Helena Rubinstein cosmetics and a Waltham wrist watch, plus merchandise awards. The store relaunch features a renovated interior exterior and modern fixtures aimed at better display and customer convenience. Hugo Kallenberg founded the firm. daughter Emmie Kallenberg Schroeder now owns and manages.
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Kallenberg
Main
Adams
Fredericksburg
Helena Rubenstein
Waltham Wrst
Hugo Kallenberg
Emmie Kallenberg Schroeder
Gillespie County Park Clearing Underway
Volunteers tackle clearing work for Gillespie County Park adjacent to the airport. Henry Meurer urges more help to finish 160 acres for July 4 picnics, as civic clubs join in on designated days to cut brush, prune trees, and lay out picnic spots.
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Gillespie County
Henry Meurer
Willie Kuenemann
Lions Club
Gillespie
Meurer
H. H. Fricke
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club
Jaycees
VFW
American Legion and
Boy Scouts
Gillespie Commissioner's Court
Independence Day Derby Opens Four Day Fredericksburg Race Meet
Fredericksburg gears up for a four day Independence Day program July 1 to 4 with the Independence Day Derby on July 4. Races at the fairgrounds feature seven purses daily plus added attractions, roping parade July 3, and a night rodeo at Tourist Park. Admission is $1 for adults. no charge for under 16. grandstand 35 cents, box seats $1, band section 60 cents. Local Legion staff and concession services supported by Gillespie County Fair Association.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County Fair Association
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Fair Grounds
Texas
Legionnaires
the Fair Association
Willis N. Lee
Walter Ottmers
Fred Mathisen
Revered Lentzs Visit Lagerton With Oelkes During Vacation
Reverend and Mrs R Lentz visit Lagerton joining Reverend and Mrs O K Oelke who have been vacationing here. The gathering highlights a friendly homecoming and shared travel experiences in the community.
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R. Lentz
Lagerton
O. K. Oelke
Vicar Rudy Wendel Joins Holy Ghost Church Staff
Gillespie County native Vicar Rudy Wendel begins a year long internship as assistant pastor to Rev. Otto Lindenberg at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church. He is a Wartburg Seminary student from Cherry Spring and Fredericksburg High School alum with studies at Texas Lutheran College and SWT Teachers College.
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Rudy Wendel
Holy Ghost Church
Otto Lindenberg
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Gillespie County
Oswald Wendel
Cherry Spring
Wartburg Seminary
American Lutheran Church
Dubuque
Iowa
Wendel
Fredericksburg High School
Texas Lutheran College
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Wartburg College
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Jaycee
Fair Park Exhibition Hall
Douglas Keller
Leo Blanchard
Oliver Schaetter
Werner Moehr
Norman Rech
Dor Brown
Frank Buck
Ed. Sheridan
Bill Hodges
Ebner Bierschwabe
Park Board
Liveoak Creek
Derby
Waverly
R. Wendel
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