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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1967
Page
1
Gillespie County graduates are pursuing further education across Texas and beyond, with 1967 graduates listed for University of Texas Austin and Texas State College San Marcos among others. School officials supplied transcript request names, while the paper invites corrections or omissions for publication next week.
The Band Boosters named three new directors Mrs Werner Haenee Schmidt Mrs Weldon Roehn and Mrs Eimer Itz with appreciation for former directors Andrew J Nix Franz Pressler and others. The Feb meeting featured a concert by the FHS Band under Tom C Rhodes who noted seven sweepstakes awards two other prizes and one trap in seven years.
A field survey by the Soil Conservation Service and State Conservation Board found the Pedernales River watershed plan uneconomic with a 60 cent benefit for every dollar cost. Eleven dam sites were identified, eight upper and three lower, but overall return fell short of PL 366 requirements.
Fredericksburg declares September 1723 as Young Homemaker and Young Farmer Week in a Monday session. May Mittendorf and Alex Hagel preside. activities include a sign ing, displays at FHS, family meals, rest home visits, and a Saturday convention in Austin.
San Antonio businessman and Sir Knight Jack Kuntz KSG will speak at all Masses on Sunday September 24 from the pulpit of St Mary’s Catholic Church. Kuntz, named to the Pontifical Order of St Gregory by Pope Paul VI in 1963, promotes the lay retreat movement in Texas and will urge attendees to consider annual retreats.
Heavy weekend rain drenched the county from Thursday night through Saturday, with White Oak reports of 9.25 inches and multiple locations tallying seven to nine inches. Flooding rose the Vedernales River, buses delayed, and Friday and Saturday games marred by wet weather.
The five county region Burnet Llano Mason Blanco Gillespie is named an emergency loan area through June 30 1968 by Secretary Orville Freeman. Farmers Home Administration offers three percent loans for operating expenses when local banks cannot provide suitable terms.
Two undefeated high school teams meet away from home Friday as the FHS Batt in' Billies travel to Eagle Pass and St Marys Indians trek to Comfort Coach Tony Knopp notes the Comfort game may have moved from Saturday Eagles return 10 starters from last year and look strong in a 19 12 season opener over Carrizo Springs Crystal City and the Billies both won 34 0 and 42 6 respectively while Red and White fans plan bus trips and private cars with district games looming including Wheatley Kerrville Crystal City South San Uvalde East Central Del Rio and Schertz Cibolo top standings
The Palace Theatre will begin its winter schedule this Thursday September 21 and be open nightly. The 87 Drive-In Theatre will finish September showings and switch to its October winter schedule.
Beulah, touted as the state’s most dangerous hurricane, struck Brownsville at 5 a m and moves along the coast toward Corpus Christi. Winds to 109 mph cut power and shut communications, with evacuees flooding Gillespie County and Fredericksburg facilities as shelters fill.
The Parks and Wildlife Department will issue antlerless deer archery permits on Monday September 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Gillespie County Courthouse first floor near the Sheriff’s Office. Landowners or agents must apply that day. no permits will be issued at other times.
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