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Gillespie County Fair Opens with Dedication and Bicentennial Events
Citizens attend the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals dedication at the new fair grounds with remarks by Jon Paden Alex Frantzen and local officials. Congressman Krueger delivers the main address as the Bicentennial Band and Community Choir perform. Racing features run July 3 4 5 with free admission weekend events and live music by Pehl’s Old Time Brass Band and Jodi Brinegar and the Backwood Volunteers.
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Jon Paden
Church of Christ
Alex Frantzen
Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association
Sidney M Henke
Victor H. Sagebiel
Chamber of Commerce
Keith Keller
Fredericksburg
Jerald Jenkins
Frantzen
Eamon Priess
Alfred Weirich
Gillespie County
Curtis Cameron
Anthony Cummins
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Jodi Brinegar
Backwood
Pehl
Gillespie County Fair
Radio Post
Norman J. Dietel