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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1968
Page
2
Mrs H J McClellan of Houston visited her mother Mrs John Rosenbach for one week. She will be remembered as the former Esther Rosenbach. Her husband is with the Boeing Aircraft in Houston.
Mr and Mrs J B Ashcraft III of Harlingen announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Louise Ashcraft to John Russell Crouch Jr. The couple plans an April wedding at St Alban s Episcopal Church in Harlingen.
The marriage of Rosé Mary Rizzo and Donald Allen Novian was solemnized February 24 at St Francis De Pau Catholic Church in San Antonio with Rev Henry Herrera officiating. The bride is employed at San Antonio Pharmaceutical Co. The groom is a USAA employee former St. Mary’s High School student.
Nancy Ann Koch graduates from Scott and White School of Nursing at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple on Friday March 8. She is daughter of Ella Koch of Fredericksburg and C. F. Koch of Kerrville and will join Scott and White Hospital. Attending were her parents and relatives from Fredericksburg Belton Kerrville San Antonio Ingram and San Antonio area.
Pioneer Memorial Library hosts a March 22 event in the German Room McDermott Building at 8 p m. Author Stella Gipson Polk discusses Mason and Mason County with insights on writing and challenges. Public invited, no admission charged.
George Shafer, former Air Force officer and Inn of the Hills manager, discusses his return to Fredericksburg to head Sun House Restaurant near the Hill Country. He cites prior service honors and plans to coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce and Historical Society to boost tourism and make Fredericksburg a key stop on itineraries.
An important meeting of the Auxiliary of the Nimitz Naval Memorial Museum is set for Monday March 18 at 7 30 p m in the museum. Mrs V B Spiva Jr urges all members and interested persons to attend as plans unfold for hostesses during the coming months and for daily hours from April 1 to October except Sundays
The Fredericksburg Publishing Company offers a wide range of dollar books at one dollar each. Titles include Bambi's Children, Alice In Wonderland, Black Beauty, Grandmas and Grandpas, Little Lost Kitten, and Captain Kangaroo's Read-Aloud Book. Suitable for ages five to ten and four to seven with appealing color illustrations.
Mr and Mrs Jerome Golds of Uvalde announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Anne born March 6 She weighed seven pounds one and three fourth ounces. Welcomed by sisters Cheryl Patricia and grandparents Mr and Mrs G T Gold and Mrs Otto Wienecke of Harper.
St Marys PTC met on Tuesday March 5 to hear two speakers Sister Anne Dem and Rev Sam Huthcamp on convent and seminary education. They were introduced by Mrs Forest Rees. Sister Anne Denise, a freshman home room teacher, spoke on theology courses.
Mona Lerelie Simon becomes engaged to Gerhardt A Schulle Jr son of Kyle residents G A Schulle Sr and wife The wedding is planned for August The couple both attend Southwest Texas State College and the bride is a former San Marcos High School student The article notes a talk on religious life and a PT council meeting with new officers and awards
A reunion of the Allen Brothers was held March 9 10 at the Tivydale Road farm of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Allen. Attendees included Woodard Allen of Wichita Falls Ross Allen of Corpus Christi and Clint Allen of Waco. Mrs Clint Allen was ill. The elders shared memories of youth and early adulthood while each brother remains active in his career.
The Fredericksburg Chapter of Young Homemakers will meet at Fredericksburg High School on Thursday March 14 at 730 pm. Mrs Marialyce Dittmar will present a program on table settings. Local nurse Mrs Claribel Bierschwab will speak about lazy eye blindness and a senior girl homemaking scholarship is awarded yearly with applications handed out Monday.
Three girls will be chosen as successors to Queen Bee Knapp and Duchesses Janie and Jeanette Gold. Selections will be based on beauty personality and poise. The trio will be named as part of the pageant continuation from the previous year.
An evening Kerrville class teaches sketching drawing and painting with Merrill Doyle guiding sessions Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 8 to 10 p m at the State Hospital Recreation Hall and Music Room. Members bring materials and pay 10 dollars monthly aiding an arts community center. A two day Ox Cart Days workshop in Old Helena Karnes County March 23 24 will feature James Woodruff Houston as principal instructor with Governor Connally to speak.
The Fredericksburg Garden Club held its plant and seed exchange meeting March 9 with 84 members present. Guests included Mesdames Leon Becker Louise Doss Alfred Duecker Raymond Oestreich Edward Straube and A B Weiss Refreshments followed. Preliminary plans for the annual flower show were made for May 3 at Hermann Sons Hall with Mesdames Emil Crewelge Gertrude Krauskopf and Reinhold Tatsch as chairmen. The April meeting will be April 11 to avoid Good Friday while a film on the 49th International Flower Show will be shown.
Kerrville area Panhellenic Council members met at Mrs. W. F Thompson’s home on March 2 with 23 members from Mason Harper Fredericksburg and Kerrville representing twelve nations sororities attending. A new member Mrs Dean Hopt of Harper was welcomed and Mrs Bill Hurley was elected publicity chair at large to fill the vacancy from Mrs Herman Gadeke. Plans for the Spring Forum April 7 at Burt Holdsworth Memorial Library were finalized to explain rush procedures and sorority benefits to incoming college women. Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
The Elementary Junior High PTA meets Wednesday March 20 at 7 30 p m in the Elementary Auditorium. Rev Will Rotter of Bethany Lutheran Church speaks on Pressures and Anxieties of Today's Children and Youth. Illness delayed his January talk. baby sitting by Girl Scouts. Junior High Band led by Tom C Rhodes will perform.
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