Fredsburg High School to graduate 170 seniors Friday night
A record 170 seniors will graduate from Fredsburg High School this Friday May 30 at 8 p.m. in FHS Stadium. The program features student led ceremonies with the FHS Band, Rev Jon Paden delivering invocations, and speeches by Dale Dittmar Linda Straube and Cindy Olfers. Charles Schmidt will present the 36 honor graduates and awards will be distributed. In case of rain the event moves indoors with only graduates and families attending.
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Fredericksburg High School
FHS
Fredericksburg Independent School District
James van Zandt
Jon Paden
Dale Dittmar
Douglas Dittmars
Linda Straube
Lawrence Straubes
Rex Glover
Fisd Board of Trustees
Jarvis Wieser
Jerald Jenkins
Cindy Olfers
Rudy Olfers
Fisd Board of
Charles D. Schmidt
Fhs Stadium
Gillespie County to get new Fair Grounds soon
The Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association authorized selling the Old Fair Grounds and approved building a new site two miles south on an 85.3 acre tract along State Highway 16. Purchasers Knopp & Metzger and Stein Lumber pledge $263,659 with $35,000 each as earnest money and plan business development. old grounds to be conveyed December 1, 1975, with 21.79 acres sold to two pioneer Fredericksburg firms.
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Gillespie County
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association, Inc
Texas
Fredericksburg
Knopp & Metzger, Inc
Stein Lumber Company, Inc
Fair Park
Alex Frantzen
New Pastor Named at Cave Creek Church
The Rev. E. Arthur Sortland is named interim pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church Cave Creek succeeding Rev. A W Weber who has retired. Sortland is a Tacoma native and Hawaii educated. Continued on page 11 sec 1.
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E. Arthur Sortland
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Cave Creek
A.W. Weber
Sortland
Tacoma
Washington
University of Hawaii
St Marys Graduates Honored With Combined Commencement
Sunday night at St Marys Catholic Church twelve St Marys High School seniors were graduated during a combined commencement and baccalaureate service. Msgr Charles Grahmann delivered the address urging trust in God, warning that America risks moral decline if it turns from faith and history offers lessons for future conduct.
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St. Mary’s High School
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Msgr
Charles Grahmann
St. Gregory’s
San Antonio
Diocesan Council of Administration
Grahmann
United States
St. Mary’s
Ayleson Maxwell
Anthony Cummins
Council of Church Related
Lynette Jenschke
James Jenschkes
Tom Dooley
Pat Dooleys
America
Sunday Joceline
Rosaline Cornell
Clarence Cornells
St. Mary’s Band
The
Mary Chorale
Sister Benilde
Stonewall Peach JAMboree Rodeo Plans Announced
The 14th Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo will take place June 20 and 21 with Vic's Rodeo Co. in charge of both performances. Friday's 8 p.m. rodeo opens the event. entries are to be filed June 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Stonewall Motel. Saturday features a 3 p.m. gala parade on Highway 290 followed by festivities.
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Otto Schumann
Vic’s Rodeo Co
Stonewall
Highway 290
Stonewall’s
Main Street
Third Annual FFA Youth Rodeo at Hill Country Arena
Fredericksburg High School Future Farmers of America hosts a youth rodeo Saturday night May 31 at 7 p.m. at Hill Country Horse Club Arena Kerrville Highway. Entry blanks deadline Friday May 30 from FHS Vocational Agriculture or Sandy Meier 997-4558. Tickets at gate adults 1 75 students 1.00. Events span senior 14 18 junior 10 13 and peewee levels with activities including bull riding bareback bronc barrel racing pole bending steer saddling and more.
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Fredericksburg High School
Farmers of America
Barrett Klein
FFA
Sandy Klein
Hill Country Horse Club
Kerrville Highway
Peewee
Arena
Future Farmers of America
Vocational Agriculture Department
FHS
Sandy Meier
Lester Meier
Luckenbach World’s Fair set for July weekend to draw crowds
The second Every Other Annual Luckenbach World’s Fair will be July 7 and 8 at Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Fredericksburg fans may see the largest crowds yet as Guidi Koeck promises top national artists and 150 of nearly 1,000 applications exhibiting. The event features crafts, demonstrations, antique auctions, and a sanctioned Texas Old Time Fiddlers Contest with cash prizes.
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Luckenbach
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
U.S
Fredericksburg
Guidi Koeck
America
Texas Old Time Fiddler’s Association
Weather Rainfall and Temperatures Report
This week records 3.84 inches of rainfall. May totals reach 10.67 inches, with year to date at 17.92 inches. Temperature shows a low of 0.57 on May 25 and a high of 0.86 on May 26.
Polish immigrant Andrej Bozek arrives in Fredericksburg on CBS documentary
A 37 year old Polish welder and his four year old son Aurelis arrive by bus from New York to Fredericksburg where local officials and interpreter Norbert Czarnowski greet them. The family seeks independence and better prospects as part of a CBS Bicentennial program about twentieth century immigrants in the United States.
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Andre Bozek
Aurelis
Fredericksburg
New York City
Bozek
United States
Poland
CBS
America
Standard Photo
Andrej Bozek
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Chadwick
Norbert Czarnowski
U.S
Iron Curtain
Austria
Vienna
New Jersey
Perth Amboy
Atlantic Coast
East Brunswick
Church Welcomes South Vietnamese Family to Fredericksburg
St Barnabas Episcopal Church will sponsor a Vietnamese family of seven to live in Fredericksburg within two weeks. Nguyen Van Trong his wife and five children ages 17 15 12 9 and 4 will receive housing clothing and food for three years. Nguyen has a government service background in South Vietnam and will work at Stein Lumber Company. his wife may join Thee and Me owned by Jan Waldrip.
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South Vietnam
United States
Fredericksburg
Nguyen van Trong
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. Barnabas
Nguyen
Stein Lumber Company
Joe Cox
Vietnam
U.S
Thee and Me
Jan Waldrip
George Collins
Doris Keller
Joan Pratt
Margaret Odgers
Hector Pedregon
Charles Pratt
Waldrip
Mike Penick
Paul Alban
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Lauer Place
LB State Park
Hannum
Paden
Old Fair Ground
Nanny
Ieee
E. A. Sortland
Irna
Darus
Sylvia
Olawa
Walbrzych
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