Teri Kusenberger Crowned Gillespie Fair Queen of 1972
Teri Kusenberger, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Levy Kusenberger, crowned 1972 Queen of the Gillespie County Fair Association. She survived a field of 14 from Fredericksburg and nearby high schools. Duchesses Chela Gamel and Jane Foster, both 16 and Harper High juniors, were chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teri Kusenberger
Levy Kusenberger
Gillespie County Fair
Chela Game
H. K. Games
Jane Foster
Fredericksburg High School
Gillespie County Fair Association
FHS
St. Mary's
Harper High School
Pam Kneese
Chela Gamel
H. K. Gamel
Eldane Brown
Harper High
Duchesses
Becky Dietel
Maéeriechen Krauskopf
William Petmecky
City Hall
Rudy Clfers
The
Fair Association
Reynolds Andricks
C. E. Troutz
Andricks
Weaving Demonstration At LBJ Birthplace This Weekend
A weaving demonstration by Mrs. Ann Strite and her husband Victor L. Strite will be held at the LBJ National Historic Site near Stonewall on March 25 and 26 from 10 30 a m to 6 p m. The event features antiquated equipment over 100 years old and aims to show wool spinning, dyeing, and weaving.
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LBJ
Stonewall
Ann Strite
Lorena
Waco
Fredericksburg
University of Missouri
Easter Song Cantata To Be Presented Sunday
The Cantata Easter Song will be presented Palm Sunday evening March 26 at 7 p m at Fredericksburg United Methodist Church on Edison Street. The combined Chance and Youth Choirs of 50 voices will be directed by Jerry Jenkins. Soloists include Mrs James Boyd Mark Crenwelge Dick Dover Al Fehrenbach and Mrs Ruth Wilcoxson. The Rev T H Leonard invites the community to join in this season celebration of the resurrection.
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Fredericksburg United Methodist Church
Edison Street
Chance
Jerry Jenkins
James
Valeda) Boyd
Mark Crenwelge
Dick Dover
al Fehrenbach
Ruth Wilcoxson
T. H. Leonard
Jesus Christ
FHS Band Wins 12th Consecutive Sweepstakes Award
Fredericksburg High School Band led by Tom Rhodes wins its 12th sweepstakes, earning top ratings in concert playing and sight reading at Region XI contests. The 164-member group shared praise for size and instruction, beating Tivy Kerrville for AAA honors and matching December marching top marks. Other bands across classes earned sweepstakes or high ratings in concert and sight reading.
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FHS
Fredericksburg
Tom Rhodes
Joe Rogers
New Braunfels
Tivy
Kerrville
Hondo High School
Direc
Tion
Billy Harrell
Pearsall High
Gerald Babbitt
Comfort
Robert Kunz
Crystal City
San Felipe
del Rio
Uvalde High School
del Rio High School
Cotulla
Devine
Carrizo Springs
Medina Valley
Boerne
Sabinas
Bandera
Blanco
Natalia
Rocksprings
Comstock
Nueces Canyon
Center Point
Hondo
Peterson Junior High
Uvalde
Pearsall
Eagle Pass
Frederickshire High School
Winnire
Audie Boos
Kenny Ersch
Michael Klein
Ross Prochnow
Carey Weber
Roy Saenger
Ronnie Behrends
Bruce Weinheimer
Easter Fires pageant to feature colonists and Indians in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Easter Fires pageant June 6 details a 600 person cast with Indians portraying life in the Hill Country before German settlement in 1846 and colonists arriving May 6 1846. It includes White Fawn portrayed by Cora Lynn Basse and Silver Arrow by Barry Keith Klein, with Scouts and Hermann Sons Lodge members in supporting roles. Reserved seating is on sale at the Fair Grounds office.
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Fredericksburg
Texas Hill Country
Boy Scouts
Stonewall
Cora Lynn Basse
White Fawn
Silver Arrow
Barry Keith Klein
Alvin F. Weinheimer
Harvey Eckert
Troy Gipson
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons Lodge
Arnold Klinksick
Kenneth Bonn
Elgin Heep
Edwin Moellering
Leola Bierschwale
Hermann Sons
Felix Heep
Sidney Ellebracht
Fair Grounds
German Singers in Concert Here Saturday
Forty five members of the Maennergesangverin of Essen Germany will perform under director Horst Schoebeck in a concert Saturday night March 25 at 8 p m in the Fredericksburg Elementary School Auditorium. Hosted by Fredericksburg Community Theatre president Bill Hodges the all male chorus offers Volkslieder and selections such as Carmen Vespertinum Die Sonntags seele Die Daemmerung faellt and An schoenen blau en Donau among others.
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Maennergesangverin
Essen
Germany
Horst Schoebeck
Fredericksburg
Rheinisches Fuhrmannslied
Abendfriede Am Rhein
Heimat
der Schaefer
Lustig
Brueder
Schoen Ist Die Welt
Wanderliedchen
Mondhelle Nacht
Zswoelf Rauber
J. Strauss
Freiwag
Spring Value Days Conclude Local Merchants Campaign
Fredericksburg merchants wrap up an eight week campaign titled Spring Value Days. The program promotes doing business locally with fair prices courteous service and personal attention. Readers are promised continued benefits and a follow up in April. Continued on page 4.
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Fredericksburg
Admiral Nimitz Commission Holds Annual Meeting Here
The Admiral Nimitz Commission held its annual Fredericksburg meeting to review the Development Plan for the Nimitz Center and the restoration study of the Steamboat Hotel. Commissioners examined brochures from New York and heard Project Analysis by Robert Coffee of Coffee and Crier Austin.
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Admiral Nimitz Commission
Fredericksburg
Admiral Nimitz
New York
Robert Coffee
Coffee and Crier
Austin
State Building Commission
Douglass Hubbard
Center
Nimitz
Pacific
Michael Penick
Old Fredericksburg
Admiral Nimite Center
Essas
Tom Foster
Texas
Dallas Jordan
Dallas
W. B. Wetsel
Sweetwater
Martin Watson
Daingerfield
Walter Corrigan
San Antonio
72 Year Old Man Is County's 8th Traffic Victim
Fredericksburg police report Fedro Silva Salinas aged 72 died from injuries after his car struck a utility pole on South Adams Street. The crash occurred shortly before midnight. the wrecked car and victim were found at 12:45 a.m. Sunday by Oswald Oestreich. Salinas had been in the 87 Cafe before the fatal crash.
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Fedro Silva Salinas
Gillespie County
South Adams
Milton Jung Sali
Slinas
Fredericksburg
Oswald Oestreich
Oestreich
Salinas
Absentee Voting Deadline Near For School Trustees
The last day for absentee voting in the Fredericksburg school district and county trustee election is March 28. Ballots are cast 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fredericksburg ISD office. Current trustees up for reelection include Ver non Penick Jarvis Wieser and Dr Wilbur Cren welge.
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Fredericksburg
North Adams
Fredericksburg Independent
Vernon Penick
Jarvis Wieser
Wilbur Crenwelge
Guenther Maenius Maenius
Harper
Doss
Fredericksburg Independent School District
Weather Facts Rainfall and Temperatures Update
Rainfall totals include 2.63 inches for the year to date and 97 inches last March. The week shows 51 inches of rainfall with March highs near 84 and lows around 46 degrees.
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New
Gillespie Fair Queen
the Fair Association
South
Dan Schreiber
John Jay High School
John Bridges
Randolph High School
Fred Junkin
Victoria High School
W. B. Spiva
Alfred Petseh
Hubbard
Penick
Bob Brett
Mr. Mann
Admiral J. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Joseph
Harold Stehling
Admiral Nimitz Foundation
Peggy Merz
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