50 YEARS AGO in the Standard - Fredericksburg Standard

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News Staff, on June 23, 2021

50 YEARS AGO in the Standard

JUNE 23, 1971 Gillespie County girls garnered all the honors over the weekend at the Stonewall Peach JAMboree as a new Peach Queen and Texas Peach Queen were chosen. During Friday evening’s rodeo, Cora Lynn Basse was crowned the new Gillespie County Peach Queen, along with duchesses Patricia Whitewood

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