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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1971

Page

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Microfilm ventor address noting Dallas contact

Microfilm ventor provides an address in Dallas Texas with box 45436 and postal details. The note references P and 2110 0.

Dallas Texis

Fourth of July Racing Meet At Fredericksburg TX

An old fashioned Fourth of July celebration will be held in Fredericksburg this week beginning Saturday and running through Monday July 3 4 and 5. Horse racing will be the featured entertainment with over 150 entries filling the daily racing cards. Sprints to distance run on each day starting at 2 p m with seven purse races and daily match races. Track officials report fast surface and a long standing Texan racing tradition dating to 1892. The Independence Derby on July 4 offers a top purse and blanket with the Merchant Derby on Monday another premier mile race with a rich purse. Felix Pehl Gillespie County Fair Band provides daily music. Continued on page 7 sec 1.

Fredericksburg Texas Fair Malley Keller Fair Grounds Felix Pehl Gillespie County

Night in Old Fredericksburg Expanded to Two Nights

The annual event, co sponsored by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce and Gillespie County Fair Association, will run Friday and Saturday July 16 17 at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Sandy Ellebracht says attendance will double as two Sandy figures appear in promotions. Proceeds support souvenirs 125th anniversary plates and entertainment for children including Kinderspiel games and puppet show.

Old Fredericksburg Sandy Chester) Ellebracht Chamber of Commerce Gillespie County Fair Grounds Fredericksburg Bob Metzger Walter Edwards Dwight Ooestreich Herbert Fiedler

Standard Ranks In Texas Press Association Contest

The Fredericksburg Standard won second place in the Appearance Contest at the Texas Press Association's 92nd annual convention in Austin. Kerrville Daily Times took top honors in editorials and column writing, with other Hill Country wins in features and news writing.

Fredericksburg Standard Texas Press Association Austin Standard Art Kowert Kowert Kerr LBJ Association Ellie Hopking Longview Ward Lowe Lampasas Rigby Owens Conroe

Kendall Hodges marks 25th anniversary sale event

Kendall Hodges observes its 25th anniversary with an early summer sale across all departments. The owners invite the public to shop, highlighting special offers. The store was founded in 1946 by the late J Frank Kendall who previously operated in Athens.

Kendall Hodges J. Frank Kendall Norman Bros Kendall Athens

Sunday Fire Destroys Sagebiel Farm Workshop Near Fredericksburg

A Sunday afternoon blaze at the Sagebiel Hereford Farm six miles northeast of Fredericksburg destroyed a 14 by 14 two story workshop. Fire crews arrived too late to save the building, with loss estimated in the thousands.

Fredericksburg Knopp Rolan Schmidt Guenther Ottmers Jr Victor Sagebiel Edith Agnes Palace Theatre Harper Highway Amanda Strackbein South Adams Rebecca Straube East Main H. W. Petermann U. S. Highway 87 Crockett Street Sagebiel Sagebips Farm

Fredericksburg Issues Recent Building Permits

Over the past two weeks Fredericksburg issued permits to Wm. F. Fluett for 205 W Hackberry with alterations valued at 350 dollars, Rolf Pawelka for 314 W Nimitz a storage shed valued at 1000 dollars, Stein Lumber Co. at 309 Tangerwood for a 23000 dollar residence, and Great Texas Lumber Co. for Gilbert Ottmers at 709 West Pine a 920 dollar addition of a utility room.

Fredericksburg Wm. F. Fluett W. Hackberry Rolf Pawelka W. Nimitz Stein Lumber Company Tangerwood Great Texas Lumber Co Gilbert Ottmers West Pine

Rhodes family returns from southwestern vacation

Mr and Mrs Tom C Rhodes and their daughter Jodie Ann have returned from a vacation that took them through the southern part of Colorado New Mexico and West Texas.

Tom C. Rhodes Jodie Ann Colorado New Mexico West Texas

Gillespie Historical Society Burns Note at Annual Meeting

The Gillespie County Historical Society held its annual membership meeting and banquet at the Sunday House on June 28. Dr. Charles L. Wisseman Sr. spoke on Fredericksburg's founding from Penniger's book and translating works tied to the 125th anniversary.

J. Hardin Perry Gillespie County Historical Society Roeder West Main St Burns Tyrus Cox Historical Society Fredericksburg Charles L. Wisseman Sr Kerrville Penniger Texas Meusebach Irene Marschall King Biesele Robert W. Klingelhoefer Cox Henry Texas State Historical Survey Committee Pioneer Museum Ralph Doppler

Hike In Sales Tax Takes Effect Tomorrow

Texans including Gillespians will pay more in sales tax starting tomorrow July 1 as the state sales tax rises to four cents and the city tax stays at one cent making a total of five cents in cities with city taxes. A one cent levy on newspapers, candy and soft drinks applies in those cities.

Business Firms Close Monday For Holiday

Fredericksburg observes Independence Day with most businesses and the Standard office closed Monday July 5. The July Festival Race Meet at the Fair Grounds runs Saturday through Monday. Post Office and government offices suspend regular deliveries and window service while boxholders receive mail.

Fredericksburg Fair Grounds Wm. Petmecky

Fredericksburg Lions Name New Officers for July 7

The Fredericksburg Lions Club will install new officers at a Ladies Night meeting at the Sunday House Restaurant on Wednesday July 7. Social hour starts at 7 p.m. with installation at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Everett J. Grindstaff of the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children will speak. Dr. Lorence Feller will be installing officer.

Fredericksburg Lions Club Everett J. Grindstaff Texas Lions Camp For Crippled Children Lions Ballinger Lorence Feller Herbert A. Oehler Richard Dover J. P. Dale Jerry L. Durr Ted Leonard Milton Crenwelg Clarence Allen William Sebera Will A. Rotter Bill Hansen Vernon Penick C. O. Balser Henry Kuenemann James Witcher James Ward Grindstaff Lions Dover and Ochler

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Kendall-Hodges Gillespie Historical Society Margaret Keidel Margaret Bracher Oscar Krauskopf Jack Nixon Oliver Schaetter Bench August Faltin Rex McElroy J. Webb Miller Victor Pressler L. Underwood Rowntree Elizabeth Walter Petmecky
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