Torrential Sunday Night Storm Ravages Gillespie County
Tornados and large hail battered Gillespie County and surrounding areas Sunday night causing extensive damage. Homes, sheds, and fences were destroyed while trees and power lines were toppled. emergency crews worked to restore electricity as residents assessed the widespread devastation.
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Gillespie County
Cherry Springs
Prairie Mountain
Gillespie-Blano County
Albert
Gillespie-Blanco County
Fredericksburg
Clarence Crenwelge Place
Cross Mountain Acres
Sunset Village
Preston
Clifton Fiedler
Prestons
Obed Rodes
Aaron Roce
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Fredericksburg High School Bands End Year With Stirring Concert
Fredericksburg High School presented its annual spring concert in the FHS Auditorium last Tuesday night. The Jazz Ensemble opened the program, followed by the Concert Band and Symphonic Band under Bill Brady and Wilburn Meier. The finale featured Let There Be Peace and America The Beautiful as the U S flag rose. Awards were given to standout band members including Sandra Pehl and Romney Kowert.
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Fredericksburg High School
United States
FHS
Bill Brady
Wilburn Meier
Brady
U. S
Stirling
Fredericksburg High to honor 147 graduates in Friday ceremony
Fredericksburg High School will hold graduation for 147 seniors Friday at 8 p.m. in FHS Stadium, down from 170 last year. Thirty-two seniors are honor students, including 30 National Honor Society members. No guest speaker. graduates provide their own addresses. The program includes processional by the FHS Band, salutatory by Elston Eckhardt, valedictory by Sandra Pehl, diplomas by Rex Glover and Robert Petermann, awards by Charles Schaidt, choir performance, class gifts by Don Rusenberger, benediction by the Rev Milton Darewi, and recessional by the band. Class colors red, white, and blue. flower red rose. song theme Mahogany. Class motto quotes Will Rogers.
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Fredericksburg High School
Fhs Stadium
Sandra Pehl
Gus Pehls Jr
Elston Eckhardt
Edwin Eckhardts Jr
Miss Pehl
Eckhardt
FHS
National Honor Society
William
Bill) Brady
Milton Bierschwale
Rex Glover
Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees
Robert Petermann
Will
Fredericksburg Jaycee Names Top Award Winners in 1890s Banquet
Wayne Edwards Douglas Zenner and Rayburn Nash won the three distinguished service awards at the Fredericksburg Jaycee awards and installation banquet held at the May 1890s Supper Club. Lester Frantzen was installed as president as fellow officers took office.
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The
Jaycees
Rayburn Nash
Douglas Zenner
Wayne Edwards
Fredericksburg Jaycee
Lester Frantzen
Fredericksburg Lockers
Wm. ‘Bill’ Bothe
Zenner Texaco
West Main
Hill Country Savings Opens Fredericksburg Branch Ceremony
The Hill Country Savings and Loan Association marked the opening of its Fredericksburg branch with a ribbon cutting using 20 one dollar bills. Nina Nixon and Janis Segner held ribbon ends and each received ten dollars to deposit in Passbook Savings Accounts. Harry F. Schwethelm hosted the event while J.D. Patton spoke of the bank’s long commitment to Fredericksburg and its four million dollars in loans. Continued on page 16.
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Hill Country Savings and Loan Association
Fredericksburg
William Wahrmund
Financial Institution
Sidney M. Henke
Nina Nixon
Gillespie County
Janis Segner
Stonewall Peach Queen
Harry F. Schwethelm
J.D. Patton
Patton
Hcs&la
Gec
Fantastic Line-Up at Great World's Fair in Fredericksburg
The 1976 Great World's Fair returns June 4 5 6 at Gillespie County Fair Grounds in Fredericksburg. Organizers promise three days of antiques arts crafts contests food entertainment and a huge parade with local and statewide participants. Local vendors Dethrage Pratt and Augustine Lopez highlight a diverse lineup including world champion Chuck Wagon Cook Clifford Tennert and regional acts.
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Fredericksburg
Guidh Koock
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Kooch
Bruce Dethrage
Albany
Texas
Clifford Tennert
Augustine Lopez
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crenwelge
Harold Prestons
Crenwelges
North Milam
West Schubert
Crabapple
Gus Pehl
Romney Kowert
Oliver Kowert Jr
Tracy Bonn
Melvin Bonn
Sweetheart
Felicia Itri
Henry Itri
Mark Eckhardt
Kermit Eckhardt
Diane Moore
Boyd Moore
Ray Fishel
Donald R. Fishel
Steve Durr
Jerry Durr
Bob Semmler
Gerald Feuge
Martin Feuge
Jerald Jenkins
Charles D. Schaidt
FISD
God
Glover
Hans Bergner
Don Rusenberger
Milton Darewi
Jaycee
Edwards, Zenner, Nash
Joe Frantzen
Richard Stehling
Bill Bothe
Clinton Feuge
Robert Menking
Ray Geistweidt
Shannon Klein
Randall McBride
Hill Country Savings
Roy Bellows
Dwight Conrad
Philip
Susan Gerding
Earl Schwettman
Kiwanis Club
Opa
Wagon Aces
Marcia Ball
Misery Brothers of
Austin
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