Open House at Fredericksburg Publishing Company
Fredericksburg Publishing Company invites the public to a Saturday open house March 14 from 1 to 8 pm to tour its expanded building. The event marks a six month expansion doubling floor space and adds Gaenger Store space. Attendees can register for prizes, including filing cabinets, a barometer, a brief case, and free subscriptions to the Standard.
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Fredericksburg Publishing Company Inc
Standard
Gaenger Men’s
Pioneer Publishing
Park Sherman
Parker
We Believe Directors Grateful For Long Struggle And Growth
After fifty years of saving and effort the Publishing Company claims success in acquiring its own property and improving its facilities. Directors and stockholders praise loyal employees, many with over twenty years of service, and Fredericksburg’s supporting businesses for growth. Continues on page 7.
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Ioday
Fredericksburg
Bloodmobile collects 78 pints of blood
The Red Cross Bloodmobile gathered 78 pints at the Community Savings Center Hall on Wednesday, sponsored by First Baptist Church. Despite bad weather and two dozen rejections, 12 donors were new or first time present, including one two gallon donor Simon Nebgen and seven gallon donors Guenther Heimann Ernst Weber and others.
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Simon Nergen
Red Cross
Milady Bauer
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Community Savings Center Hall
First Baptist Church
Simon Nebgen
Guenther Heimann
Ernst Weber
E. M. Hartmann
Guenther Ottmers
Milton Durst
Ewald Rode
Bert Warner
Bill Melton
Mesdames Varnell Bartholmae
David Nehr
Hugh Lackey
Ralph Blake
Nuadai Starr
B. D. Trippler
Ewell Sessom
B. H. Heinen
Ben Rushing
Delbert Solomon
Dick Snuch
Jean Cole
Kathy Coffman
Nan Schuch
Messrs
Naudain Starr
Record deer harvest marks top hunting year in Gillespie
Game Warden Ad Heep reports 14 177 deer killed in Gillespie County during 1963 surpassing 1962 by over 2 000 and setting a county record. Bucks and antlerless deer totaled 7 959 and 6 218 respectively among 8 837 hunters on 450 856 acres. 555 wild turkeys were also bagged amid drought related declines.
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Gillespie
Gillespie County
Ad Heep
Heep
Shooting Preserve
Nimrods
Parks and Game Department
Weekend Historical Tours Planned by Gillespie County Society
Gillespie County Historical Society plans weekend tours with the Chamber of Commerce. The first major tour for San Antonio Conservation Society members is Saturday, with a Sunday session on March 15 in Fredericksburg. Melvin Itz owns the tour buses, departing Pioneer Memorial Library at 1 pm at hourly intervals. Adults pay $1 and children under 1 pay 50 cents for Sunday only. Tour committee includes Miss Helen Wei rich and Dr. J Hardin Perry. On Saturday March 14 the society will guide a tour for 185 men.
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Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Conservation Society
Fredericksburg
Melvin Itz
Mooney Aircraft
Pioneer Memorial Library
Helen Weirich
J. Hardin Perry
Drowning Victim Fritz Buried in St Marys Cemetery
Funeral rites held for Lawrence W. Fritz 59 with services at Schaetter’s Funeral Home and St. Mary’s Church. A Fredericksburg laborer, he drowned Friday afternoon while fishing in the Pedernales River at Hemmit’s crossing, near Travis County. Burial followed after a verdict of accidental drowning. he was born October 1, 1904, in Fredericksburg.
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Lawrence William Fritz
Schaetter
St. Mary’s Church
R. J. Gronle
St. Mary’s
Fritz
Fredericksburg
Keidel
Frank M. McBee
Travis County
George Fritz
Renaldina E. McDonald
Edmund
Nimitz Museum Opens Local Headquarters Drive
The Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Naval Museum Inc. opened a headquarters in the Nimitz Hotel SE ground floor with secretary Vernl Schlueter. Arthur Stehling chairs a national fundraising drive to raise one million dollars for hotel restoration, naming regional and statewide chairmen and campaign leaders.
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Chester W. Nimitz Naval Museum, Inc
Nimitz Hotel
Nimitz
Vernerl Schlueter
Arthur Stehling
Fred Mathisen
Gillespie County
Petenecky
J. D. Stein
Bert Warner
Art Rowert
H. F. Treptow
Henry Joseph
Henry Schmidt
Shelton Speaker At Bosses Night
Bill R. Shelton of the Texas Industrial Commission will headline Fredericksburg Jaycees Bosses Night Banquet at the American Legion Hall. Social hour at 6:30 p.m. and banquet at 7:30 p.m. Reservations to March 10, $2 per person.
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Bill R. Shelton
Texas Industrial Commisson
Wll
Fredericksburg Jaycees
American Legion Hall
Jaycees
Shelton
Texas A & M University
University of Texas
Texas A & M
Commission
Texas
Southern Industrial Development Council
Texas Industrial Development Council
American Marketing Association
Jerry Durr
Mary Choral Wins Blue Ribbon at L A Music Festival
The Mary chorale of St. Mary's High School won a blue ribbon and a trophy in Class A at the 29th annual Music Festival on the Our Lady of the Lake College campus in San Antonio. The event included a first time sight-reading round and marked the first trophy award. Providence High School won AAA, Villa Maria High School won AA, with St. Mary's first in A.
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Mary Chorale
St. Mary's High School
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
Providence High School of
Villa Maria High School
The
St. Mary's
Claude Zetti
Helen Kiser
Carl Trusson
Ralph Ewing
Our Lady of the Lake
Blessed Sacrament High School
St. Gerard's High School
St. Frances Academy
Providence High School
St. Teresa Academy
Moye High School
St. Louis High School
Castroville
Nazareth Academy
Victoria
St. Paul
Shiner
St. Joseph
Villa Maria
Brownsville
Central Catholic High School
Abilene
St. Mary’s of
Fredericksburg
Emilie Jung
Pat Klein
Dolores Wallenlorf
Kay Keller Named 1964 Miss Lion
Kay Keller is selected as Miss Lion of 1964 by Fredericksburg Lions Club and will attend the District Convention in Kerrville April 23 25. She may compete for District Queen and, if successful, advance to the State contest in Odessa in June. Keller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Keller, is a Fredericksburg High School senior and National Honor Society member.
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Kay Keller
Fredericksburg
Lion's Club
Kerrville
Odessa
Miss Keller
Eileen Sauer
Kay
Allen Keller
Fredericksburg High School
FHS
Colonists Ready For Easter Fires Pageant in Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons Lodge plans a March 28 Easter Fires pageant depicting German colonists who arrived May 8, 1846 to found a Texas town. Eight couples and children portray settlers planning the city, building homes, and founding a church, with the Peace Treaty scene featuring Stonewall Scout Troop portraying Indians.
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Fredericksburg
Hermann ‘Sons
Stonewall Boy Scout Troop
Texas
Hermann Sons
Edwin Moellering
Clifford Duecker
Hardy Mosel
Freddie Tatson
Felix
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Open House of Publishing Company
S New Home
Talking World
Schaefer
New Quarters
Fredericksburg Publishing Co., Inc
the Standard
Alfred Petsch
Bloodmobile
Gillespie County Historical Society
Bill R.shelton
Nimitz Museum
Mary
L.A
Miss
Lion
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