Battlin' Billies to Open 1968 Football Season
Fredericksburg High School battles New Braunfels Unicorns in the opener Friday night. Front row players Nelson Maenius Patrick Itz Willie Guvara Johnny Moldenhauer Ronald Faught Barry Wagner Ricky Hoerster Lee Hoy King Edward Pittman. Back row includes head coach Carlin Wicker and assistants. Not pictured are Larry Stehling and Royce Herbert.
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Battlin
Fredericksburg
Battlin’ Billies
FHS
New Braunfels
Indians
San Marcos High School
Carlin Wicker
Lee Roy King
Mark Roeder
Barry Wagner
Ricky Hoerster
Edward Pittman
Terry Bonn
Curtis Wunderlich
Gayle Maentus
Doug Durst
Jimmy Friedrich
Steve Durst
David Stone
Ronald Faught
Johnny Moldenhauer
Gary Neffendorf
Nelson Maenius
Sherman Durst
Curtis Wunacubh
Wicker
Split Ticket Voting Lawful Under Texas Election Law
Article argues that Texas ballots listing multiple party columns invite split ticket voting. It notes the law does not prohibit selecting different parties for different offices but implies permission and has long allowed cross party selections. The piece asserts voters have extensive privileges in choosing candidates across party lines.
New Car Showings Begin In Fredericksburg This Week
Fredericksburg area dealers announce a sequence of new 1969 car showings starting Thursday and running through the month. Behrend Garage will display GMC pickups tomorrow and prizes and refreshments will accompany the event. Additional showings follow at Standard Service Co, Crenwelge Motor Sales, Hill Country Buick Oldsmobile, Hein Chevrolet Pontiac, and Schumann Houston Motor Co with dates in September.
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Fredericksburg
Kenneth Kothe
Standard Service Co
Crenwelge Motor
Hein Chevrolt-Pontiae
Schumann-Houston Motor Co
Weber-Jenschke Rambler
Stonewall Church Rectory Blessing Dinner Sept 22
Sunday September 22 will feature Masses at 7 9 and 10 a m at St Francis Xavier Stonewall with rectory blessing at 11 a m A barbecue at St Thomas Hall from 11 15 a m to 2 30 p m costs 1 25 for adults 75 for children 12 and under A citizen ceremony for Rev W W Schneider occurred Thursday Sept 5 The event includes planning members and public invited Construction of the rectory began in May noting antique oak and ash interior Stein Lumber Fredericksburg built the house, and St Francis history notes its 1966 parish status continuation.
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St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Stonewall
W. W Schneider
St. Thomas Hall
Ruben Huebsahm
Calvin Weimheimer
Dominic Martin
Roy Weinheimer
John Pehl
Schneider
Stein Lumber Company of
Fredericksburg
Texas Highway Department Open House Set Sept 28
The Gil lespie County Office and Main tenance Building in District 14 will host an open house on Saturday September 28 from 9 am to 1 pm. The event on the Austin Highway near Fredericksburg marks National Highway Week with the theme Highways Are For People. E E Pittman Jr and Rufus C Jones along with staff invite the public. refreshments will be served.
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Gillespie County
Texas Highway Department
District 14
T. K. Wood
Austin Highway
U.S. 290
Fredericksburg
E. E. Pittman, Jr
Rufus C. Jones
Hundreds of Gillespians Seek Higher Education
Gillespie County students pursue college and training across Texas and beyond as many depart by mid September. Of Fredericksburg High School's 109 grads, 55 enroll in college with some entering military service first, while St. Mary’s High School sees 21 of 31 grads continuing education. The list includes numerous names at University of Texas Austin and other institutions with plans for graduate study.
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Texas
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg High School
Armed Services
St. Mary's High School
Mode O Day Opens Fredericksburg Store Under New Management
Mode O Day announces the remodeled Fredericksburg store at 134 E Main St opens Thursday Sept 12 at 9 am as part of 800 franchised shops. New owner Mrs Maxine Molberg and clerk Mrs Max Schneider will run the store with a ribbon cutting by district rep Mrs Jack Wright and Lo we's Provencher.
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Mode O'Day Company
Fredericksburg
E. Main Street
Mode O'Day
Maxine Molberg
Max (Davie) Schneider
Jack B. Wright
San
Lowe's Provencher
Dallas
Molberg
Molbert
O'Day
California
Burbank
Calif
Mode O Day
East Main Street
Fredericksburg Highs Kick Off 1968 Grid Season
Fredericksburg’s Battlin’ Billies host New Braunfels and the Indians meet San Marcos B team at 8 p.m. on the FHS Lighted Field marking the start of 11 weeks of football. Coach Carlin Wicker lists key players while St. Mary’s announces Knopp’s line and backfield for Friday and Saturday night games.
Indians open 1968 season for Sollohub squad at home
The 1968 Indians of St Mary's Sollohub High School begin their basketball season with a Saturday night home game against San Marcos High School B team. Featured are players Michael Eilers Jr Gary Loth Ronny Hartmann Teddy Jenschke Curtis Schmidt along with Jeff Knopp Pat Preston Pyka Gary Usener and other teammates. Head coach Anthony Knopp and assistant A J Loth supervise the squad with captains Douglas Stapleton and (Co- Captain) Gary Kuhlmann.
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St. Mary’s
Anthony Knopp
Harry Kuhlmann
Gary Frantzen
Gary Kuhlmann
Douglas Stapleton
Teddy Jenschke
Mike Eilers
Gary Loth
Steven Jung
Preston Pyka
Michael Kramer
Charles Kiehne
Indians
St. Mary’s Sollohub
Michael Eilers Jr
Ronny Hartmann
San Marcos
Curtis Schmidt
Jeff Knopp
Pat Manager
Garyrick Usener
David Stehling
Mi Franklin
James Roeder
Danielchael Kramer
Michael Evers
Mark Pape
Bruce Pyka
Carroll Bryla
A. J. Loth
Hermann Sons Annual Turkey Dinner Sunday
The Hermann Sons Lodge hosts its annual benefit turkey dinner at the Hermann Sons Hall on Sunday noon. Grand President Fritz Schilo and Grand Lodge officers will join the meal and festivities. Richard Bruns heads the local lodge, with tents planned behind the hall for outdoor activities and Mrs Keyser Bierschwale as general chairwoman.
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Lodge of the Sons of Hermann
Hermann Sons
Fritz Schilo
Grand Lodge of the
Order of the Sons of Hermann
Richard Bruns
Keyser Bierschwale
Hardy Moses
Clifford Duecker
Louis Durst
Final Two Bids Opened on Municipal Park Projects
The City Commission opened the last bids for two park projects at Oak Crest Park the swimming pool and a service building. Four bids were received for the pool ranging from 46 565 to 68 400 all from Texas firms and two bids for the service building 12 120 and 12 490 from Fredericksburg contractors. The pool lies east of Liveoak Creek and is 115 by 474 feet with a 35 by 35 diving area the service building is 72 by 35 feet of concrete and steel for storage. Work on the pool is slated to begin within thirty days. The commission also discussed hiring a golf professional pending final interviews.
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City Commission
Oakcrest Park
Commission
Associated Pools, Inc
Tahitian Pools
Gary Pools, Inc
San Antonio
Langford, Langford and Smith
Lufkin
National Building Centers
Blanchard and Associates
Fredericksburg
Liveoak Creek
Walter Fuhrmann
City Utilities
Fuhrmann
Liquor Control Board Agent Assigned Here
Andy Loeffler a former Fredericksburg police officer and eight year Liquor Control Board Agent will return to Gillespie and Blanco Counties in that capacity. The county will provide a two way radio to connect with the city county law enforcement system and Loeffler has moved into the former Pat Dooley home on North Milam Street. He is the first LCB agent stationed here, with prior coverage from Kerrville. The September court session also approved bids to convert heating to hot water tied to a chilled system and to abandon the Southwest Northeast sod runway, keeping the paved strip. The court heard the quarterly school financial report and allocated $19000 from the Lateral Road Fund across four precincts.
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Andy Loeffler
Fredericksburg
Liquor Control Board
Gillespie
Blanco
Loeffler
Commissioners Court
Pat Dooley
North Milam Street
San Angelo
Gillespie County
Kerrville
Sagebiel
FAA
FHS Band to Perform at Cotton Bowl Telecast
Fredericksburg High School band under Tom Rhodes will perform at half time of the Cotton Bowl game between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit. They share the bill with New Braunfels High School and travel by four chartered buses for a Sunday rehearsal with CBS TV.
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Fredericksburg
Tom Rhodes
Dallas Cowboys
Detroit
CBS
FHS
Braunfels
Joe Rogers
Cbs-Tv
Dallas
Rhodes
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Wesley Grove
Fred Whitewood
Rex Glover
Larry Stehling
Royce Herbert
W. Believe
Alfred Petsch
Stonewall Church
St. Francis
St. Francis Xavier Catholi
St. Mary's of Fredericks
University of Texas, Austin
Gail Wissemann
la Faye Davis
Cole Lewis
Joan Schmidt
Lila Fae Erscl
Don Hurst
Vernon Itz
Jonathan Baethge
Candy Anderegg
Carol Pittman
James “Happy” Feller
Beverly Kneese
Jay Cox
Raydean Borchers
Paul Hartmann
Thomas Pahl
Charles Mfest
Matthew Jung
Troy True
Rafael Jossefy
DeDe Spiva
Dennis J. Jung
Carol Burrer
Jean Cole
Richard Brown
Delores Duderstadt
University of Texas and Black
ST. Mary's
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