Wildlife Meeting Held Over Deer Season in Gillespie County
A public meeting to explain the antlerless deer season and answer questions will be held May 17 at 8 p.m. in the Gillespie County Courthouse District Court Room. Eugene A. Walker of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will conduct the session, prompted by a petition signed by 643 Gillespie citizens.
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Gillespie County
Eugene A. Walker
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Gillespie
Terry Townsend
Richard Ressmann
Townsend
Walker
Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks and Wildlife
Townsend Seeks Public Views On Teacher Pay Raise
State Rep. Terry Townsend of Brady invites readers in the 65th District to express their views on proposed teacher pay raise plans. He explains the plans in his column and asks readers to return a short questionnaire to him at Capitol Station, Austin.
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Townsend
Terry Townsend
Brady
65Th
The
Standard
c/o
Capitol Station
Austin
Texas
FHS Prom Names Its Mr and Miss FHS For Year
Fredericksburg High School held its annual prom at the National Guard Armory with a Paris theme “Far Away Places.” Jerry Gold was named Mr FHS and Barbara Hagee Miss FHS as the “Who’s Who” group was announced amid a jet and plane display along lantern-lit paths.
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Fhs
Jerry Gold
Roland Gold
Barbara Hagee
R. L. Hagee
National Guard
Paris
France
Fredericksburg
F.H.S
Kitty Saia
Dick Brown
Gerald Henke
Vernon Itz
Hatcheck
Sylvia Evers
Peggy Landis
Keith Wagner
Eifel
Arc of Triumph
Candy Anderegg
Nancy Gold
Carla Hein
Sharon Hodges
Kay Tatum
Jane Ward
Jay Cox
Happy Feller
Clyde Henke
Don Hurst
Mike Klett
Bobby Quinn
Troy True
Annabel Kasper
Judy Gi
Jean Feller
Karen Heinen
Jebbie Spiva
Jean
UIL
Austin
Royal Combo
Red Cross Bloodmobile To Be Here On May 20
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Fredericksburg on Thursday May 20 at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church from 1 to 7 p m with a goal of 88 pints. Gillespie County volunteers are urged to participate in this essential service reflecting the neighbor helping neighbor tradition.
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Red Cross
Fredericksburg
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Gillespians
Harry Hartmann
Gillespie Red Cross
Jaycees Set to Install Fredericksburg Officers Saturday
Fredericksburg Jaycees plan their annual installation banquet at the National Guard Armory with Glenn Dittmar becoming president and a full roster of officers and directors to be installed. Dittmar, agronomist with the Gillespie Soil Conservation District, along with sons Donald Dittmar and other local leaders, will attend the social hour at 6 30 p m and a steak dinner at 7 30 p m followed by a dance at 9 30 p m with Harold Norburg of Marble Falls speaking and Donald Dittmar serving as MC.
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Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Guard Armory
Glenn Dittmar
Gillespie Soil Conservation District
Poland Schmidt
Jaycee
Donald Dittmar
Cliff Hahne
Fredolin Kaderli
Kenneth Peterson
Wilbur Crenwelge
Roy Dwayne Steitle
Robert Heinen
Milton Birck
James Eckhardt
Wilbert Ottmers
Kermit Ernst
PTA Groups Install Officers
Fredericksburg Elementary Junior High PTA and the High School PTA installed officers in a joint May 11 meeting at the FHS Cafeteria. Mrs. Tyrus Cox will head the junior PTA. officers include Mrs. Dor W. Brown Jr vice president, Mrs. W. E. Loudon Jr second vice president, Mrs. Bruce Scully treasurer, Mrs. Wallace Ottmers secretary, and Mrs. Frank Maine Jr parliamentarian. Missing were Mrs. Edward Stein Jr recording secretary and Mrs. Wilbur Crenwelge historian. Mrs. Werner Henke was installed as senior PTA president for another year with the same officers remaining.
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Fredericksburg
Joshua Seidel
Kerrville
Seventh District Publications
FHS
Tyrus Cox
Dor. W. Brown Jr
W. E. Loudon, Jr
Bruce Scully
PTA
Werner Henke
Don Hurst
Wesley Gold
Clinton Stork
Frank Johnson
Dor W. Brown, Jr
W. E. Loudon Jr
Wallace Ottmers
Frank Meine Jr
Parliamentaran —Standard
City Hall Open House Draws Large Fredericksburg Crowd
City Clerk reports over 800 visitors attended the Fredericksburg Municipal Building open house across Saturday and Sunday with rain dampening but not dampening interest. Tours were offered and refreshments served in the fire station recreation hall. Prize winners included Mrs. Herman Nehr Gilbert Kunz Ralph Koennecke and Royce Heimann, each receiving gifts from local firms. A $1000 building permit was issued to Ronnie Vierus for a carport on South Orange Street.
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Fredericksburg
Herman Leifeste
Herman Nehr
Gilbert Kunz
Mo-Ritz Home Decor
Ralph Koennecke
Kaiser Furniture
Royce Heimann
Warner Bros
Ronnie Vierus
South Orange Street
Firemen Respond to West Burbank House Fire
Firemen answered a Friday call to the William Gold home on West Burbank where minor damage occurred from a fire that started in a waste basket as children played with matches.
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Wm, Gold
West Burbank
End of School Year Near for 181 Seniors in County
The county’s three high schools approach final weeks of the term with 181 seniors preparing for May graduation. Harper High plans May 21 exercises with Rev. David Gallaher as speaker. St Mary’s seniors graduate May 23 at St Mary’s Church with Rev. R J Gronle delivering the address. Fredericksburg High hosts May 27 graduation. John H McFarland to speak. St Mary’s exams are May 19–21 and a class night May 21. FHS finals May 24–26 on the new athletic field.
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Harper High School
David Gallaher
Harper Presbyterian Church
St. Mary's High School
St. Mary’s Church
R. J. Gronle
Fredericksburg High School
Gradu
John H. McFarland
Houston
St. Mary's
St. Joseph's Hall
FHS
W. C. Westerfeldt
Lightning Strikes Two Fredericksburg Homes in Storm
Heavy thunderstorms drenched Fredericksburg and surrounding areas, with rainfall totals from 2.03 to 3 inches in parts of the county. Two homes at 706 North Lions and 607 North Milam suffered damage including fire ignition at the Lindenbergs. Local weather observer N J Dietel reports Fredericksburg's rainfall at 12.98 inches for the period.
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Fredericksburg
Edgar Ottmers
North Lions
Werner Lindenberg
North Milam
Lindenberg
Ottmers
N. J. Dietel
Blumenthal
A Stone
Eckert
Willow City
Harper and
Doss
Pedernales
Stonewall
Johnson City
Stone
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J. D. Hext
Mary Loth
Adolph Lott
Kilman
Alee Eee
Wildlife Meeting
Judy Henke
Ben Henkes
Lynette Pfeiffer
Henry Pfeiffers
Gerald Wuest
Raymond Wuests
Phto
Jaycees
Dittmar
Frank White
Leti
Wisconsin
Verein
State of
Frank Jenschke
City Hall
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