Weather Facts Rainfall and Temperatures This May Week
Rainfall this week totals 1.18 inches with May 53 and year-to-date 12.19 inches. Normal through May is 11.87 inches. Temperature lows reach 44 and highs 85 on May 10 and May 13 respectively.
Fredericksburg Standard in Fredericksburg, Texas
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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1969
Page
1
Fredericksburg FHS Band Awards Highlight Spring Musicale
Fredericksburg High and Junior High School Bands staged a rousing Spring Musicale on May 10 led by Tom C. Rhodes. Outstanding honors went to Ross Petermann and Karen Nielsen as top High School Band students, with Jennabeth Weinheimer named FHS Band Sweetheart. Junior High winners were Ronald Behrends and Patricia Whitewood, plus Karen Nielsen received the Bob Semmler Fine Arts award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Tom C. Rhodes
Ross Petermann
Karen Nielsen
Jennabeth Weinheimer
FHS
Robert Petermann
Andrew Nielsen
Calvin Weinheimer
Ronald Behrends
Roland Behrends
Patricia Whitewood
Fred Whitewood Jr
Bob Semmler
Thousands Attend Dedication Of Lady Bird Johnson Park
St Mary's High School marks 1969 graduation events with May 18 commencement at St Marys Catholic Church led by Rev Bernard C Mullaney and diplomas by Msgr H Ehlinger. Baccalaureate Mass set May 18 7 30 am. Class Night May 16 8 pm. valedictorian Marcia Rech and salutatorian Carroll Bryla named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's High School
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bernard C. Mullaney
Msgr. H. Ehlinger
Sam Heitkamp
St. Joseph's Hall
St. Mary’s
Marcia Rech
Norman Rech
Carroll Bryla
Vernell Bryla
Devastating Hail Storm Beats Path Through Gillespie County
A severe hail storm ripped through Gillespie County early Thursday, damaging homes roofs and windows and injuring livestock. The north Fredericksburg route crossed Bear Mountain hitting the Itz property and the Knopp School area, with oaks stripped of leaves and bark, and a dairy cow injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Smathers
Gillespie Soil Conservation Service
Harper
U. S. Highway 290
Johnson City
Fredericksburg
Leo Itz
Palo Alto
Bear Mountain
Itz
Eugene Patteson
Knopp
Emil Friedrichs
Security State Bank Joins BankAmericard Program
Officers announced the bank’s entry into the BankAmericard system after a board meeting. The nationwide program lets cardholders make purchases at cooperating merchants who bill the participating bank, with immediate cash to merchants and monthly statements to cardholders. The system, growing nationwide, has over twenty million cardholders and more than half a million participating merchants. Bank and Trust invites interested persons to visit for information and applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security State Bank and Trust
BankAmericard
City Bank
United States
Ears of the Arctic Fox Hidden by Fur
A brief note observes that Arctic fox ears are so small that fur conceals them, highlighting an adaptive feature of the animal's appearance.
City Pools Open This Weekend In Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Municipal Pool opens May 17 at 1 30 p m and Lady Bird Johnson Pool opens at 2 p m Regular season hours run 1 30 to 7 p m and 2 to 8 p m respectively through May 23 After May 24 pools operate daily with pay as posted Admission 25 cents for students 50 cents for adults Kiddie Pool free Coupon books sold at both pools with tickets usable by all Registration for Summer Swim Program is noted and reservations handled by Tony Knopp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Lady Bird Johnson
Tony Knopp
American Red Cross
Jaycees Install Officers At Saturday Event
Fredericksburg Jaycees will install officers Saturday night May 17 after a 7 p m social hour and a dinner at 8 p m in Security State Bank reception rooms. Jaycee Wives host the social. A bone less sirloin steak dinner is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg Jaycees
Security State Bank
State Legion Commander to Visit Louis Jordan Post Friday
The Texas Department Commander Robert Walsh and wife will visit Louis Jordan Post and Ladies Auxiliary on Friday night May 16. Leo Blanchard Sr. chairs the gala with post officials urging full attendance for a rousing reception. Walsh, a New Jersey native and San Antonio banker, served in World War II and holds active ranks in Alamo Post No. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
State Department
Robert
Bob) Walsh
Louis Jordan Post
Leo Blanchard Sr
Walsh
New Jersey
Aleene Riecher
San Antonio
Basswood Drive
Auxiliary
St. Gregory Catholic Church
D & A Oppenheimer Bank of
U. S
Lady Bird Johnson Park Dedication Attracts Thousands In Fredericksburg
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson sealed the ceremony with her exhortation use it use it use it as about 6 000 visitors toured the new Lady Bird Johnson Park. President Johnson arrived driving the bronze Mercury Marquis with guests including Laurance Rockefeller and Vincent Astor as plaques unveiled memorialized the park’s dedication and contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fredericksburg
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnsons
Laurance Rockefeller
Albert Lasker
Vincent Astor
Alfred Petsch
Mrs. Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lady Bird Johnson Park
St. Mary's
Marcia Eileen Rech
Walter Fuhr- Mann
Sidney Henke
Gillespie County
Jaycees
State Legion
Robert P. Walsh
Frank Drought
Walter O. Fuhrmann
M. M. Moseley
George Hoffman
City of Fredericksburg
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