Waco Firm Wins Grandstand Contract for New Fair Grounds
A Waco Texas company, a division of Central Texas Iron Works, was awarded the contract to build the new grandstand at the County Fair and Association’s grounds. The bolted structure will seat about 3 000 with two rows of box seats, restrooms, and concessions. Ground leveling can start soon, aiming for a 1976 Easter Fires opening and possible National Bicentennial events in July.
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Waco
Texas
Central Texas Iron Works
Decatur
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Decatur- Macon County Fair Grounds
FISD Sets 1.60 Tax Rate and Budgets for 1975 76
The district adopts a 1.60 per 100 valuation tax rate, a 20 cent drop from 1.80, with 1.27 for maintenance and 0.33 for debt service. Expenditures total 2,910,901, down 810,525 from last year. Revenue is projected at 3,023,698 from local, state, and transfer sources, plus 419,315 unspent bond funds for construction.
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Lady Bird Johnson Hosts LBJ Birthday Cakes Event
Friends and neighbors mark Lyndon B. Johnsons 65th birthday with two giant cakes donated by H E B Company. Festivities include a Texas barbecue, rodeo tents, LBJ memorabilia, films, and music by local bands and performers.
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The
Lady Bird Johnson
H.E.B. Company
Gus Friedrich
Knutsch
Carlton White
Diane Roberts
Stonewall
President Johnson
H.E.B
Fredericksburg High School Billie football schedule highlights
Fredericksburg High School varsity opens on September 19 at home against Brady after a Lampasas away game and a Friday night clash at 8 p.m. The program features freshmen and junior varsity teams with a 5:30 p.m. freshman kickoff and a JV following, showcasing players and coaching staff across multiple rows with team members and staff listed.
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Fredericks High School
Billie Hondo
Lampasas
Billie
Brady
FHS
Community Education Opens Second Year With Fall Courses
Registration for the community education program begins as classes including Football for Women and several new offerings start this fall from 5 to 7 pm on two nights. Last year more than 600 people enrolled, and this year will feature welding advanced short hand nurses aide training gun safety Navajo rug making with representatives at September 15 16 enrollment.
City Rejects Shared Cost Plan For Law Enforcement Building
Fredericksburg officials rejected a GCLEB proposal to split 1976 operating costs for the Gillespie County Law Enforcement Building. City leaders argued city residents already pay half the county tax revenue and should not fund half the building costs. The session occurred August 27 in City Hall with GCLEB Administrator James Allred present.
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Fredericksburg
City Commission
Gillespie County
GCLEB
James Allred
Pat Pyka
Ewald Geistweidt
Sidney M. Henke
Henke
Allred
Walter Fuhrmann
Berniece Seipp
Milton Jung
Two Gardners In Fatal Mason County Crash
A 19 year old Thomas Gardner was killed and his 15 year old brother David Gardner was critically injured in a one car crash seven point six miles north of Fredericksburg on U S Highway 87 in the early Wednesday hours. The 1964 Chevrolet carried both brothers and was pronounced at the scene by Justice of the Peace Garland Taylor with Gillespie County Ambulance Service assisting. Continued on page 8.
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Thomas Wayne Gardner
David Roy Gardner
Fredericksburg
Bill Taylor
Cherry Spring
Prairie Mountain
Justice of the Peace
Garland Taylor
The
Gillespie County Ambulance Service
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