Texas Lutheran College Quartet to Perform in Fredericksburg
The Fredericksburg Music Study Club presents the Texas Lutheran College Quartet Friday May 30 at 8 pm in the Junior High School Auditorium. Members are David Shawe bass Oscar Weigang lead Philip F. Knautz tenor Rubin Bernhard baritone with Knautz directing the college choir.
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Texas Lutheran College Quartet
Fredericksburg Music Study Club
David Shawe
Oscar Weigang
Philip F. Knautz
Rubin Bernhard
Knautz
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Harper Wool and Mohair Show Saturday May 31
Harper Lions Club sponsors the annual Wool and Mohair Show at Harper High School Gymnasium with Clint Brown as general chairman. The event features booths, 9 a.m. entry deadline, 10 a.m. judging by FFA and 4-H, 11 a.m. shearing activities, 1:30 p.m. awards, and a noon barbecue lunch in the cafeteria. Judges from San Angelo and local sponsors provide trophies and prizes.
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Harper
Harper High School
Harper Lions Club
Clint Brown
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
J. R. Peril
FFA
Paul Suffel
Morris Voorhies
W. M. Campbell Jr
Jim Gray
San Angelo
Mr. Brown
Woerner Warehouse
Lochte Storage
Farmer's Grain of
Fredericksburg
Ranchers’ Commission Co
Ingram
Schreiner Wool & Mohair Co
Kerrville
Junction Wool & Mohair Co
Hill Country Wool & Mohair Co
Junction
Floy Bode
Graduation Time and the Move to Independence
The piece reflects on American graduation time marking the shift as young people leave school and face life's responsibilities. It notes most students will become independent as parents step back, while some graduates still rely on parental support.
Gillespie County Oakcrest Park dedication scheduled Sunday
Heavy rainfall drenched Gillespie County with Fredericksburg reporting 2.29 inches and an April May total of 6.08 inches. Stonewall saw 3.70 inches while Morris Ranch recorded 3.20 inches and Pedernales River at Stonewall rose about seven feet closing the bridge to traffic. Rain continued into Wednesday morning as Fredericksburg’s five month total reached 15.95 inches.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Morris Ranch
Pecan Creek
C. A. Stone
Klaerner Named Official In Officer's Group
Gillespie County Sheriff Hugo Klaerner was named second vice president of the Hill Country Peace Officers Association at a Kerrville spring meeting. The group set the next quarterly session for Fredericksburg on August 12 with Kendall County Sheriff Bill Edge elected president and Kerr County’s Oliver Moore named first vice president.
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Gillespie County
Hugo Klaerner
Hill Country Peace Officers Association
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Bill Edge
Kendall County
Oliver Moore
Kerr County
Olin Wright
Real County
Walter Moss
Gillespie
Klaerner
Wm Bruns
G. B. Worley
Tom Carey
Lester Marshall
Opportunities Still Exist For FHS Graduates
Fredericksburg High School graduates were urged to seize future opportunities by Penrose Metcalfe former State Senator and State Board of Education member. He contrasted past hardship with present liberty and education and urged graduates to uphold America's leadership. Diplomas were given to 34 graduates. Robert Westerfeldt was valedictorian and Doris Probst salutatorian. A K Krause and Arthur Kowert participated in honors.
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America
Arthur Kowert
Norman Rech Installed as Jaycee President Friday
Norman Rech assistant cashier Fredericksburg National Bank was installed Friday night as president of the Fredericksburg Junior Chamber of Commerce during a ladies night dinner dance at Turner Hall. Bills Hodges retired president presented the gavel. Dr Galen E Johnson officiated.
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Jaycees
Fredericksburg
Norman Rech
Jaycee
Fredericksburg National Bank
Werner Moehr
Pat Pyka
Pat Dooley
Bob Schneider
Frank Lange
Corpus Christi National Jaycee
Texas
Lange
Jayycees
St Marys High Seniors Awarded Diplomas at Service
Twenty seniors from St Marys High School received diplomas Sunday evening at St Marys Church. Rev Ralph Dyer of St Marys University spoke on forming the whole person through Catholic education and living by Jesus words Be ye perfect. Very Rev J J Hildebrand distributed diplomas and certificates and honored Oleta Alberthal as valedictorian and Antonette Kraus as salutatorian. James Braeuti received American Legion citizenship award.
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St. Mary's High School
St. Mary’s Church
Ralph Dyer
St. Mary's University of San Antonio
Dyer
Jesus
J. J. Hildebrand
Oleta Alberthal
Antoinette Kraus
American Legion
James Braeuti
Oakcrest Park to Host Gillespie County Festivities
Sunday marks Oakcrest Park opening with a noon barbecue run by local barbeque experts. Barbecued meat sells for one dollar per pound with pickles bread and beans also available. The program begins at 4 00 pm with dedication by County Judge W H Sagebiel and a Hermann Sons Concert Band concert. A bathing beauty review boating fishing and a Cloverleaf Barrel Race add to the day’s events.
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Gillespie County
Oakcrest Park
Gillespie
Albert Henke
Milton Edwards
Francis Heep
Benno Land
Arthur Oehler
Emil Birch
Bruno Hartmann
Elmon Grona
Walter Bierschwale
Adolph Boening
Melvin Staudt
Jerome Staudt
Werner Moehr
Alex Mittendorf
W. H. Sagebiel
Arthur H. Kowert
Fredericksburg Hermann Sons
Hondo Crouch
Louise Molberg
Betty Stroeher
Marilyn Schmidt
Vernon Gold
Rolan Schmidt
Fredericksburg
Marvin Ottmers to Be Ordained Sunday Morning
Marvin O Ottmers son of Mr and Mrs Edgar A Ottmers of the Cave Creek Community will be ordained into the Lutheran Ministry Sunday June 1 at 10 30 am in services at the St Paul Lutheran Church Cave Creek Rev M J Schwarz pastor of the church will perform the ordination ceremony Ottmers is a graduate of Wartburg Theological Seminary Du buque Iowa where he received his Bachelor of Theology Degree today May 28 1952 He is a graduate of Fredericksburg High School class of 1942 He attended Texas Lutheran College for one year before entering the armed service He served overseas with the Air Transport Command in Italy Algeria Persia and Egypt after which he returned to Texas Lutheran College and graduated in 1947 He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Trinity University in 1949 and entered Wartburg Seminary that fall
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Marvin O. Ottmers
Edgar A. Ottmers
Cave Creek
St. Paul Lutheran Church
M. J. Schwarz
Ottmers
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Fredericksburg High School
Texas Lutheran College
Air Transport Command
Italy
Algeria
Persia
Egypt
Trinity University
Wartburg Seminary
Cat Spring
Peters
Local Officers Probe Comfort Death of Alfredo Lopez
Gillespie County peace officers join nearby counties in investigating the death of Alfredo Lopez a 20 year old Kerrville Mexican American found dead beneath the Guadalupe River Bridge in Comfort. He had been missing a week after attending a May 17 dance in Waring. An uncle found him after he apparently fell about 27 feet. Lopez had been dead about a week. Sheriff Hugo Klaerner questioned local Latin Americans and three were taken to Austin for lie detector tests they later were released as tests yielded no evidence of involvement.
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Gillespie County
Alfredo Lopez
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Comfort
Lopez
Waring
Hugo Klaerner
Austin
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Miss Evers
Beethoven
Spoon River
Grainger
Miss Howett
Jesus Boy
TLC
Harper Wool and Mohair
FHS
St. Mary's High
Marvin Ottmers
Kilman
ST. Mary's
Doris Weinheimer
Rose Mary Lang
Betty Jean Lochte
Estella Weber
Helen Mae Meurer
Dorothy Miller
Agnes Molberg
Frances Loth
Margaret Moses
Allen Novian
James Braeutigam
Carlo Franke
Frank Schmidt
Kenneth Moldforth
Franklin Loth
Kenneth Knopp
Robin Wunderlich
Delphine Wunderlich
David Nehr
Esther Knopp
Seddie Durst
Margaret An Gold
James Teschner
Gladys Jenke
Robert Reissig
Florine Duecker
Herbert Schumann
Doris Probst
Bobby Westerfeldt
Marion Rode
Willie Gaines
Marie Meier
Erwin Weiershausen
Roberta Knopp
Kurt Bauer
Margie Mitchell
Reinhold Sagebiel
Gary Smith
Merle Mae ‘Teschner
Mike Gomez
Mary Jane Sultemeier
Dale McHalek
Bernice Beckmann
M. B. St.Clair
Charles Ottmers
Rosalee Baethge
David Knopp
Isabell Dietz
James Knopp
KuUman
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