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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1963
Page
1
Gillespie County records show about two thirds of state, county and school taxes paid in October. Durst notes discounts of 3 percent in October, 2 percent in November, with smaller savings in December and net payments in January.
Fredericksburg officials led by Mayor Sidney Henke and Commissioners Eugene Schmidt and Gilbert Kaderli attended the 51st Texas Municipal League conference in Houston November 3 to 5. About 2364 delegates heard sessions on municipal problems and solutions. Henke noted Fredericksburg belongs to the league along with 615 Texas cities and discussed common tax, budget, and stray dog issues with other cities.
In Gillespie County 651 votes were cast on four measures. Poll tax repeal 179 yes 472 no. welfare payments 250 yes 382 no. Jefferson County pensions 125 yes 457 no. Veteran's land fund 240 944 yes 249 104 no. Statewide welfare payments approved 301 213 to 177 525. poll tax repeal 237 524 to 303 763 against. pensions 199 865 for 234 777 against. veteran fund 240 944 for 249 104 against.
Three outstanding speakers headline the Homemakers Clinic at the Palace Theatre on Friday November 22 at 9 30 sponsored by the Foods and Nutrition Committee of the County Extension Service. Rosa Lee Gilliland Gillespie Home Demonstration Agent Mrs Elsie Short Tex AS and Dr Wilbur Crenwelge discuss Time Is Our Worst Ailment Time and the Work You Must Do at Home and Time to Look at Your Childs Food Habits Velma Harrell covers Quick Meals With Gas. Mrs Short holds degrees and has served multiple extension roles in Armstrong Hardeman and Gillespie counties with training for 4 H leaders just this September. Dr Crenwelge trained at Baylor UTMB and Galveston and is on the Fredericksburg Hospital staff.
The FHS Hillbillies end the 1963 season hosting Brady Bulldogs at Hillybilly Field after plans to use the new stadium were vetoed. Brady stands 4 4 1 overall with a 3 1 district mark. Billies are 4 3 2 with two district losses. Three backfield players are sidelined. The St Marys Indians finish the season hosting La Salle Falcons in Fredericksburg.
Game Warden Heep and biologists Jerry Butler and John Altizer report 15 473 antlerless permits issued in Gillespie County in the period ending Friday guiding landowner quotas. One permit per 20 acres was issued this year, up from one per 40 acres in 1962, with 940 landowners receiving permits and urging hunters to meet full quotas to correct the deer to land ratio. Boston is cited as the largest state capital city in the United States.
The 1963 Gillespie Community Chest drive trails goal with about $3000 raised after the first reporting session, representing 25 percent of the $12500 target. Chest president James Kraus urges workers to boost efforts before hunting season begins Saturday. In Harper, Rev. W. E. Doerr chairs the drive with Dec 1 to 8 dates set for a house to house and business campaign following a Tuesday meeting at St James Lutheran Educational Building.
The Seconda 38th District Court grand jury handed up indictments in a single day session. Three defendants named James Hatcher Richard Montgomery and Boyd Riley faced burglary charges for the Oct 10 Rees Pharmacy break in. They also face narcotics counts from Bexar County cases. The other three defendants are Latin Americans accused of swindling Blas Correon for 831 dollars on May 7. One is in prison the others hold bonds elsewhere. Henry Kneese led the panel. other jurors included Roscoe Basse Ty Rus Cox Marcus Rode and several others.
The Standard corrects advertising on Dearborn heaters stocked by Central Texas Electric Co Op Inc The Co Op actually stocks Wesix and Manning Bowman electric heaters and reports greater demand this year than any prior season.
Funeral services for Mrs. W H Osbourn 52 wife of the local Texaco consignee will be held Thursday afternoon. Time of the service is to be announced by Schaetter Funeral Home. Mrs Osbourn the former Irene Riley died Wednesday morning.
A heavy Friday morning rain shower dumped up to 5 inches in places around Fredericksburg, swelling creeks and the Pedernales River to their highest levels of the year. A transformer fire near the Public School campus caused a scare but no major damage. A car driven by a Tennessee salesman’s employee was swept from a culvert on Lower Crabapple Road but the rider escaped. City officials noted drainage problems while tanks filled for the first time in years. Total rainfall reached 2.23 inches official at the station with higher amounts in surrounding areas.
Gillespie County opens the 1963 big game season on Saturday November 16 with deer reported at peak abundance statewide. Biologists say the deer crop is at its highest level, aided by screwworm control and recent rains. Hunters may bag three deer with at least one antlerless, and two gobblers for turkeys are allowed. Local contests and prizes accompany the season as leases and local preserves prepare for opening days.
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