St Marys Graduation Rites Begin Friday
St Marys High School prepares for graduation events with 26 seniors to receive diplomas. Friday evening features Senior Class night at St Josephs Hall with honors, valedictorian Barbara Pehl, salutatorian Emilie Jung, and plaques from the Parent Teacher Club. Sunday will host commencement with Rev Adolph Windisch as speaker and the diplomas conferred by Father Hildebrand after a liturgical program. Nine seniors will be honored at a luncheon at Edison Street Methodist Church hosted by WSCS.
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St Mary’s High School
St. Mary’s
St Joseph's Hall
Barbara Pehl
Werner A. Pehl
Emilie Jung
Benno Jung
Gerald Kramer
Harvey Kramer
Adolph Windisch
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Windisch
Father Hildebrand
Edison Street Methodist Church
WSCS
Clifford C. Edge
Educator Challenges Schools Honor Grads
Lions Club Scholastic Achievement Awards banquet honors seventeen National Honor Society graduates from Fredericksburg and St Marys High Schools. Dr Norman Hackerman urged self education and lifelong learning while noting college is a means, not an end, to becoming educated. Kay Keller named Fredericksburg Lions Club Queen as a large crowd gathered at the Community Savings Center Hall.
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Lions Club
Norman Hackerman
University of Texas
Hackerman
Fredericksburg
St. Mary’s
Lion Herbert Haas
Lions Scholastic
Lion Tyrus Cox
Charles Andrews
L. J. Durkop
Lion Art Kowert
Fredericksburg High School
Kay Keller
Dolly Hensley
John Wendel
Barbara Ahrens
Dan Wade Crenwelge
Bernice Gold
Helen Hahn
Corrine Hatmann
Martha Immel
Robin Klett
Carl Weaver
Stephen Sembritzky
St. Mary’s High School
Barbara Pehl
Emilie Jung
Dora Ann Klein
Dorothy Renden
Myrtle Tatsch
Ella Schaefer
FHS
Joe Bruch
St.Mary’s High School
Fred Thompson
W. C. Westerfelt
Community Savings Center
FHS Band Invited To Cotton Bowl
The Fredericksburg High School Band under Tom Rhodes earned a Division I rating at the Six Flags Over Texas Band Festival and was invited to perform in the Cotton Bowl Spectacle on New Year’s Day in Calais. The band is one of five high school groups at the event, will play in the pre game show and halftime, and received a charter membership plus a plaque. Mr and Mrs Paul Hartmann of Dallas visit local relatives.
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Fredericksburg
Tom Rhodes
Calais
Cotton Bowl Association
FHS
Texas
Kirbyville
Six Flags
Rhodes
Bergner Named New School Head for Fredericksburg
Hans E. Bergner, 42, former Comfort ISD superintendent, was selected as the new Fredericksburg Public Schools superintendent. He will take the post July 1, replacing Fred M. Thompson who left for Killeen Public School System. Bergner, a Cuero native and 1939 Fredericksburg High School alumnus, holds a BA in history and government from Southwestern University and earned an education master's degree.
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Hans E. Bergner
Comfort Independent
Fredericksburg
Bergner
V. B. Spiva
Fred M. Thompson
Killeen
Cuero
J. M. Bergner
Doss
Cherry Spring
Gillespie County
Georgetown
Fredericksburg High School
Texas Lutherans College
Southwestern University
Two Jail Escapees At Large In Central Texas Trail Of Stolen Cars
Two youths, Thomas Caffey 19 of Breckenridge and Billy Johnston 18 of Dallas, escaped Gillespie County jail by breaking through the floor and ceiling Monday night. They left a trail of stolen automobiles across Central Texas, with a Buick missing from C. T. Holmes and later recovered in Lampasas and Temple. Statewide alerts followed discovery by City Policeman Jimmy Kuhlmann.
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Gillespie County
Texas
Thomas Harold Caffey
Breckenridge
Billy Ray Johnston
Dallas
Kerrville
Hugo Klaerner
Johnston
Caffey
Lampasas
Temple
The
Gil
Fredericksburg Hosts Area VII Young Farmer Field Day
Central Texas Young Farmer Chapters gather in Fredericksburg on Saturday June 6 for a tour of area farms and ranches including Arthur Stehling Swine Farm Poultry Processing Plant and Don Eckhardt peach orchard. lunch at Weinheimer Heeford Ranch features Bill McReynolds speaker and a cattle weight per day demonstration at LBJ Ranch.
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Young Farmer
Central Texas
Fredericksburg
Alton Ernst
Gillespie County
Young Farmers
Fredericksburg Junior High
Arthur Stehling
Donald Eckhardt
Area VII Young Homemakers Association
Young Homemakers Chapter
Stonewall
Weinheimer Heeford
Bill McReynolds
Woai Radio and TV
Lbj Ranch
White House
General Assembly
Calvin Baker
Area VII
Young Farmer Association
Gonzales
Herbert Grote
Esther Mueller Day Planned at Fredericksburg High
A Thursday program on May 21 will honor Esther Mueller English teacher at Fredericksburg High School as she retires after 42 years. Al Fehrenbach leads arrangements with Future Teachers of America assisting, and the Ex-Students Association hosts a reception.
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Esther Mueller
Fredericksburg High School
FHS
al Fehrenbach
Heart of the Hills
The
Future Teachers of America
FHS Ex-Students Association
Miss Mueller
Junction
Kimble Coun
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Pool to Open Saturday for 1964 Season
Fredericksburg's Municipal Swimming Pool plans a May 23 opening under manager Tony Knopp after renovation which includes sandblasted walls repainted interior and a new paved walkway. Water will be turned on around Wednesday and daily hours set 1 30 to 7 p.m. Admission 20 cents for grades 1 12 and 40 cents for adults. Coupon book offers six dollars in fees for five dollars. Lifeguards Karen Wehmeyer and Jay Ward named.
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Fredericksburg
Tony Knopp
Turner Hall
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St. Mary's
Emily Jung
St. Mary’s Salutatorian
Educator Challenges
Army Reserve
Armed Forces
Orval Harvey
Daniel Weber
Dennis Kneese
Ronald Kuhlmann
Allen Land
Dennis Ottmers
Cotton Bowl
Mrs
Paul Hartmann
Here
Lawrence Hartmann
H. Bergner
Young Farmer Chapter
Ty Courthouse
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