Lady Bird to name Highway Beautification Award winner
Five finalists were chosen from 25 nominees for the annual Lady Bird Johnson Award honoring a Texas Highway Department maintenance foreman. The winner will be announced at LBJ State Park on Friday with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson presenting a plaque and a $1,500 personal check.
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Lady Bird
Lbj State Park
Lady Bird Johnson
Texas Highway Department
J. C. Dingwall
Stonewall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joe H. Derrick Sr
Stephenville
E. J. Urbanovsky
Department of Park Administration, Horticulture and Entomology
Texas Tech University
J. Lee Johnson III
Fort Worth
Donovan Correll
Texas Research Foundation
Renner
Roy White
Brooks, Barr, Graeber and White
Austin
Ed Harte
The
Corpus Christi Caller Times
FHS Homecoming Highlight: Battlin' Billies vs Del Rio Wildcats
Friday’s game between the Battlin' Billies and the Del Rio Wildcats opens District 14-AAA play and homecoming events. Queen coronation occurs at halftime with exes recognitions and a band performance. A Night In Old FHS follows the game at the Sunday House Convention Center with dancing and refreshments.
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Battlin Billies-Del Rio
FHS
Battlin’ Billies
del Rio Wildcats
Texas
Sunday House Convention Center
Uvalde
del Rio
San Felipe
Wilcats
USL
Carlin Wicker
Wildcats
Billies
Honda
Carrizo Springs
Eagle Pass
St. Gerard
San Antonio
Donna
Lampases
Brady
Slam
East Central
Stanley Weirich
Wicker Sail
Randy Moldenhauer
CoCaptain Carey Bonn
Lynn Brown
Kenneth Brown
Gerry Fikes
Homer Fikes
Janiece Gold
Gilbert Gold
Mr. Gold
Jeanette Jenkins
Jerald Jenkins
Vickie Rockenbaugh
Thomas Rockenbaugh
Mrs. Rockenbaugh
Old Fhs
Annual Gillespie County 4 H Awards Banquet Slated
Gillespie County 4 H clubs prepare for the annual Achievement Awards Banquet Tuesday night October 19 at 7 30 in the Legion Hall. Gold Star recipients are named for outstanding boys and girls based on project work leadership and community service. Outstanding Business and Outstanding Friend for 1971 will also be honored at the event. 295 members are active in seven clubs with an eighth club planned before year end.
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Legion Hall
Duery Menzies
Leta Ann Metzger
Gillespie County
Busi
Postal Workers Union To Meet Here Saturday
The Fredericksburg Chapter of the American Postal Workers Union Local 2282 will host the Southwestern District Meeting and sponsor a one day seminar at the Sunday House Convention Center. Rolan Schmidt says over 100 are expected with registration 9 to 9:30 a.m. Sessions will cover the National Working Agreement. John Dubay, assistant director of the hospital plan, is among the attendees.
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Fredericksburg
American Postal Workers Union
Rolan Schmidt
Sunday House Convention Center
Memphis
Tenn
John Dubay
Robert
Nimitz Center borrows to restore hotel facade
The Admiral Nimitz Center paid 63011.25 to settle the Schmidt mortgage on the old hotel. A feasibility study by Coffee and Crier will assess restoration costs while matching-grant efforts proceed. An open house is set for December 7 marking Pearl Harbor’s anniversary.
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Admiral Nimitz Center
V. B. Spiva Jr
Admiral Nimitz Commission
Henry Schmidt
Chester Nimitz
Building Commission of
State of Texas
Coffee and Crier
Douglass Hubbard
Housing and Urban Development
National Endowment For the Humanities
Admiral Nimitz Foundation
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
V. B. Spiva
Spiva
District VFW To Meet Here On October 23
The Frantzen-Ahrens Post 7105 hosts the District 23 semi annual meeting at the VFW Hall on Highway 87 South. Art Wynn District Commander leads the event with Dan Reyna addressing Sunday sessions. Registration opens 4 p.m. October 23. events include a Saturday dance at 9 p.m. with Earl's Tune Wranglers and a Sunday dance at 7 p.m. with Adolph Hofner.
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District Vfw
Frantzen-Ahrens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
District 23
VFW
Highway 87
Arthur Crenwelge
Art Wynn
Fredericksburg
Dan Reyna
Department of Texas
Earl's
80th Saengerfest Over Weekend Is Highly Successful
The 80th annual Gebirgs Saengerfest in New Braunfels celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Texanisch Gebirgs Saengerbund with praise from Arion Male Chorus director Alez Frantzen and Hermann Sons Mixed Choir director Sidney Henke. Alfredo Alberti was elected president, Guenther Havekost first vice president, Esther Schnabel second vice president, and Henry Riemers re-elected secretary treasurer. Beethoven Damenchor will host 1972 in San Antonio, Fredericksburg hosts 1973.
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Gebirgs Saengerfest
New Braunfels
Texanisch Gebirgs Saengerbund
Alez Frantzen
Arion
Sidney Henke
Hermann Sons
Saengerbund
Alfredo Alberti
Beethoven Maennerchor
San Antonio
Willie Weiss
Seguin
Guenther Havekost
Choir
Harmonie
Alex Frantzen
Fredericksburg
Esther Schnabel
Beethoven Damencher
Cecelia Henke
Henry Riemers
Beethoven Damenchor
Truck By Pass Results Given Commissioners
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce released election results on a truck by-pass plan. The poll showed 45 votes for the by-pass and 74 against. Don Dittmar, chamber president, appeared before the Commissioners Court on Tuesday October 12 to present the results. Walter Edwards, chamber manager, said no further chamber action would be taken. The decision now rests with the Commissioners to determine next steps.
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Fredericksburg
Women’s Chili Cook-In At Luckenbach Saturday
The Susan B Anthony Memorial Chili Cook-In will be held in Luckenbach on Saturday inviting participants from near and far to compete for the championship dish. Hondo Crouch promotes the event honoring Susan B Anthony, a leaders in woman suffrage.
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Luckenbach
Susan B. Anthony
Hondo Crouch
San Marcos
Terlingua
Texas
Crouch
Mary Faulk Koock
Austin
Clint Murchison
Dallas
Chili
Hondo
Gillespie County Farm Bureau Convention Set for October 18
The 23rd Annual Gillespie County Farm Bureau convention meets October 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall with Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong as speaker. Rev. Kermit Menking gives invocation. Werner Moehr hosts and notes student reports from Baylor seminar.
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Gillespie County Farm Bureau
American Legion Hall
Bob Armstrong
Texas’ Land Commissioner
Marvin Grona
Farm Bureau
Kermit Menking
Zion Lutheran Church
Grona
Werner Moehr
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Moehr
Baylor University
Waco
Marks Bernhard
St. Mary’s High School
Lonnie Seipp
Fredericksburg High School
Erlink
Cuba Sugar Crop Shortfall Ahead of Castro Plans
Cuba faces a sugar harvest deficit projected to exceed one million tons, complicating Premier Castro's economic goals. Officials warn production may fall short of the target, affecting export prospects and domestic supply during the coming season.
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Cuba
Premier Castro
Weather Facts Rainfall This Week and Temperatures
Rainfall this week is 2.98 inches with total for the year at 23.55 inches. The same date last year recorded 21.07 inches. Temperature lows reached 45 and highs 85 on two October dates.
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Tony Jung
David Weinheimer
John David Klier
Sheri Stone
Melvin E. Bayless
la Grange
Yoakum District
District Forestry Service
Association
Milton Birch
Liston Maner
Jo Joyce McBride
Postal Workers Union
Nimitz Center
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Gillespie Farm Bureau Convention
Kroll
Harper High School
Armstrong
General Land Office
Arm Strong
House of Representatives
Travis County
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