FFA Teams Win at Hill District Leadership Contest in Boerne
The Hill District Leadership Contest in Boerne Tuesday November 12 saw Mason FFA take second and Boerne finish first in Chapter Conducting. Conducting team members included Clyde Henke president Billy Gibson vice president Jimmy Duecker secretary Leroy Esensee reporter Gerald Crenwelge treasurer and Billy Kennedy sentinel. Mason also placed first in Mason FFA Leadership Quiz with Lenard Millsap Rodney Sauer Kirby Moldenhauer and Curtis Staudt. Senior Chapter Conducting placed fourth led by Dan Wade Crenwelge president James Weinheimer vice president Ben Ellebracht secretary Pete Jacoby reporter David Ketron treasurer and Henry Kammlah sentinel.
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FHS Greenhand
Boerne
Clyde Henke
Billy Gibson
Jimmy Duecker
Leroy Esensee
Gerald Crenwelge
Billy Kennedy
Sentinel
Mason Ffa
Bandera
Blanco
Comfort
Record Deer Harvest Sets Hunter Attendance Record in Gillespie
A record number of hunters bagged a record number of deer in the opening four days of the 1963 big game season in Gillespie County. Storage facilities in Fredericksburg and county-wide report bulging with kills, totaling 1,919 deer and 120 turkeys, with does included in the count.
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Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Evers Ice & Storage
Wille’s
Ize
Daniel Schneider
Louis Lee
Victor “Pete” Doebbler
A. R. Tucker
Dallas
Fredericksbug
Rodney Ruebsahm
Stonewall
Pedernales Game and Fish Protective Assn
James Jung
Harper
Young
Old
Bonnie
Bobby Balser
Cliff Balsers
David Pressler
Victor Presslers
Chas Kott
Hugo Kallenberg
Clarence Schroeder
Willow City
Kallenberg
G. l. Nace
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Nace
Anniversary Sale at Fredericksburg Machine & Appliance
Fredericksburg Machine & Appliance marks 20th anniversary with Thanksgiving and Christmas sale. New 1964 Frigidaire line showcased with 23 range models and 19-plus cubic foot refrigerator freezers. Free prizes and free turkey or 40-piece stainless service with purchases over 125 dollars.
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Fredericksburg Machine and Appliance Co
Rogers
Fredericksburg Machine & Appliance
Frigidaire
Fredericksburg Machine & Appliance Co
San Antonio Street
Greenhand Chapter Conducting Team Wins Hill District Contest
The Boerne Saturday Hill District Leadership Contest winners are the Greenhand Junior Chapter Conducting Team of FHS. Back row from left Clyde Henke president Billy Gibson vice president Bill Kennedy sentinel Jimmy Duecker secretary. Front row Gerald Crenwelge treasurer Leroy Ensene reporter Daniel Jacoby alternate.
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Greenhand
FHS
Boerne
Clyde Henke
Billy
Gillespie County Fair Sets 1964 Dates and Maintains Tradition
Directors of the Gillespie County Fair Association meet to set 1964 fair dates August 21 to 23 aligning with last year’s weekend and leap year. July 3 to 5 are chosen for the Fourth of July Festival. Henry Kneese presides as president and Henry Kuenemann is named maintenance superintendent to oversee year round up keeps and fair operations starting January 1 1964. A contract with Don Franklin Carnival is approved and directors submit improvement suggestions ahead of the January 14 stockholders meeting.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
Henry Kneese
Henry Kuenemann
The
Fair Association
Kuenemann
Kneese
Don Franklin Carnival
Thanksgiving Program by Mary Chorale Sunday
The St. Marys Mary Chorale hosts a Thanksgiving program Sunday November 24 at 6 15 p m in St Josephs Hall featuring pieces like Bless This House No Man Is An Island Battle Hymn of the Republic and Almost Like Being in Love Soloist Mike Stehling a St Marys University student will perform The sixth seventh and eighth grade girls chorus from St Marys Elementary School opens the program with five songs. The chorale officers and accompanists are listed with choir members named.
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St. Mary's Mary Chorale
St. Joseph's Hall
Willie
Lazarus
Mike Stehling
Felix Stehling
St. Marys University
Mary Chorale
St. Mary's Elementary School
Bethany Lutheran to Dedicate New Sunday School Annex
Bethany Lutheran Church will dedicate its new Sunday School and Educational Annex on Sunday November 24 with a 9:00 a.m. dedication rite and 10:30 a.m. morning service. Dr. E C Andrews notes indoor options in bad weather, Rev Henry F Treptow preaches on We Wait With Lives of Holiness and Godliness. A 2:30 p.m. vesper on Parish Education follows led by Rev Dr A C Streng. Choirs will sing as the annex adds 11 classrooms plus pastor's study and library ready for centralized heating.
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Bethany Lutheran Church
E. C. Andrews
Church Council
Prame
Henry F. Treptow
Peter
A. C. Streng
Board of
Parish Education
American Lutheran Church
Streng
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Kennedy to Visit LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas
President John F Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy will visit the LBJ Ranch in Gillespie County near Stonewall with Vice President Johnson and Mrs Johnson. The trip follows a $100 dinner in Austin and ends with a Saturday departure to Washington.
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Texas
Austin
Washington
United States
Gillespie County
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
LBJ
Presidential Party of Texas
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Bethany Lutheran
FFA
Douglas Dittmar
Hunter
Albert Dittmar
Cherry Spring
Machine & Appliance
Belton Klinksick
Fair Board
Standard
Ernst Landis
of Mary Chorale
Tive
St. Mary's Parish
Francis Patranella
John Meurer
Mary Ulbricht
Pat Klein
Judy Pape
Genevieve Pehl
Frederick Jung
Ronald Kunz
Dolores Wallendorf
Lynette Hartmann
Sherry Baumann
Darlene Itz
Genevieve Mosel
Judy Henke
Mary Loth
Dolores Heinemann
Mary Crittell
Funice Wallendorf
Julia Cancino
Barbara McMeans
Martha McGrowan
Herlinda Ontiverez
Linda Patranella
Beatrice Fetsch
Mary ‘Ann Petsch
Dolores Jenschke
Kathy van Bib
John Anselm
Lone Star Gas Company
Waco
Monroe Herbert
Bear Creek
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