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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
1
A citizen laments national debt increases under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. The writer denounces welfare promises and pro labor policies, warns of foreign competition, and urges lawmakers to protect the free enterprise system to keep America prosperous.
Noontime shower Wednesday dropped a half inch of rain on Fredericksburg. Continued cloudiness promises further moisture.
Stonewall hosts its first Peach JAMboree with a 60 entry parade along US 290 starting at the Tip Top Cafe. Miss Peach candidates ride in autos before a 6 p.m. crowning by Mrs Lyndon B Johnson wife of the VP. A chicken barbecue lunch and calf roping follow, with LBJ and Lady Bird plans to attend.
The Louis Jordan Post American Legion and Auxiliary elected officers at their Friday night meeting and heard reports from Boys and Girls State delegates Kathy Davidson and Jay Ward. Kathy praised Girl State and urged continued sponsorships. Jay thanked the Legion for choosing him and called the event outstanding.
Community Savings and Loan invites the public to the grand opening of its new ultra modern building at 300 West Main at Orange Street. Open house runs July 1 to 10 with prizes, entertainment, and refreshments. Visitors greet 2 to 9 p m Sunday and then regular hours start.
The Standard will be issued a day earlier next week due to the July 4th holiday on Wednesday. Mil correspondents must file news in the Standard office by Monday morning and the same deadline applies to all other news material and advertisements.
Barbara Jacoby daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Jacoby was named Miss Flame at the Stonewall Fire Department annual dance Saturday night. Helen Bailey was runner up. In the photo left to right are Miss Bailey Barbara Jacoby the retiring Miss Flame Loretta Klein and Fire Chief Arno Klein who presented the sash and badge.
Fredericksburg prepares for the annual Fourth of July Festival at the Fair Grounds Sunday through Wednesday July 1–4 featuring daily horse races with a large field of horses. Appaloosa races headline with four blankets from the Appaloosa Horse Club and a full program of band music and a hot softball game on July 4. Reserved seats sell out. general admission and grandstand pricing are listed.
The Rev. William F. Lange Jr. will be installed as pastor at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Doss and Christ Lutheran Church Cherry Spring. Installation at Doss is 8 a.m. with Rev. Theodore Steenblock officiating and at Cherry Spring 4 p.m. with Rev. David Heidtke officiating. Lange succeeds Rev. A. E. Fathmann who left to serve near LaGrange. Lange, born May 17, 1936 in Victoria, is a Texas Lutheran College and Evangelical Theological Seminary graduate and was ordained June 17, 1962.
Fredericksburg firm Duecker Electric Co led by Alfred Duecker marks 34th anniversary with June 28 to 30 sale. Storewide discounts include major appliances and brand goods plus prizes such as a Kelvinator Freezer RCA TV set and a bicycle. Free coffee biscuits and honey offered each day with a live electronic oven demonstration in the food preparation section.
L W Reuwer was elected President of the Gillespie County Unit of the American Cancer Society at the June 19 meeting at Andy's Diner. Officers include Mrs Frank Maine Jr as vice president and Mrs Ruth Nettle as secretary. Perry Woerner serves as treasurer, with Mrs Milton Petermann as 1962 Division meeting delegate and L H Reuner as alternate. Delegates to the October 2 District meeting in San Antonio include Mrs Ernest Hodges and others. The 1962 Crusade Coordinator reported 100 volunteers aided the drive, praised the film Time and Two Women, and noted Gillespie County's high attendance.
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