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Chaplain’s MESSAGE: NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

We pray you had a blessed Christmas Christ Comforts His Disciples In John 14
and celebrated Christ’s birthday. With
Christmas celebrations coming to a 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe
close, a New Year is here again. Here in God, believe also in me.
are some suggestions for how to 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions:
spend our time in 2017. if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.
1. Spend some quiet time with God, 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
thanking Him for all our blessings. will come again, and receive you unto My-
2. Spend some extra time with your self; that where I am, there ye may be also. terrified, do not be discouraged, for
family. Most family members would 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way the Lord your God will be with you
rather have you spend time with ye know. where ever you go. - Joshua 1:9
them than spend money on them.
3. Do something to help someone Obituaries: If you have a soldier deployed
in need. Your church and many Dudley Althaus- Fredericksburg, TX, overseas, let us know. We send out
charities including Texas Scottish wife Cookie care packages to them.
Rite Hospital can use your help. Charles Cass- Lampasas, TX, son Greg If you would like to be on the FCAI
Gary Pennycuff- Rowlett, TX
Prayer Requests Health email list, send us your email address.
Ollie Wharton Charlie Mayer Check our website or Facebook for
Melissa Croucher Granny Kaddatz praise reports, prayer requests, thank
Cindy Soltis-Stroud Steven Kelly you notes, & obituaries.
Debbie Splinter Carolyn Perry You can send a check to FCAI or visit
Carson Kaddatz LouAnn Water our website. Call 254-582-3000 with a
Praise Reports credit card.
John Sisk Virgil Warren Checks may be sent to:
But thanks be to God, which giveth us 535 HCR 4223, Hillsboro, TX 76645
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. For online donations please visit
1 Corinthians 15:57 www.fcai.org. All donations are tax
The smiles on those children’s faces
when TAA does the auction at Scottish We have one soldier that is deployed deductible.
Rite in Dallas is something you will that FCAI is sending packages. Please May God bless you and keep you,
never forget. Put it on your calendar pray for Gordon Waits.
for December to help pack shoe Be strong and courageous, do not be Alvin Kaddatz
boxes for Operation Christmas akaddatz@yahoo.com
Child. Our crew from Kaddatz DUDLEY NOLIN ALTHAUS, 83, of Fredericksburg, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016.
Auctioneering is in the photo. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Fredericksburg United
We lost a friend when Charles Cass Methodist Church with the Rev. Grady Roe officiating. Military honors were accorded
during the service. Arrangements were under the direction of Schaetter Funeral Home
went to be with the Lord. Charles where visitation was held Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.Althaus was born
served in various leadership positions on May 6, 1933, in Gillespie County, the son of Nolin Christian Althaus and Bertha
with the TAA including TAA President. Horlen Althaus. He married Cookie Schonberg on Sept. 9, 2009, in Maui, Hawaii, and
He was one of the founders of the she survives. A 1950 Fredericksburg High School graduate, Althaus was drafted into
the U.S. Navy on Nov. 9, 1955. He was a cattle rancher since 1944, and since 1965,
Fellowship of Christian Auctioneers was president, broker and manager of Althaus Acres Auction & Real Estate, Inc. Over the years, he was
International (FCAI). He worked to get involved in many community and professional organizations, including Gillespie County Fair and Festivals
tax exemptions for FCAI. He & his son Association horse racing announcer, 28 years; Gillespie Livestock Co. auctioneer for sheep and goats, 28
Greg designed the FCAI logo that we years; Gillespie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Show auctioneer, 38 years; organizing director, Hill Country
Memorial Hospital, eight years; member and past president of the Willow City Volunteer Fire Department,
use today. I participated in the as well as volunteer fundraising auctioneer for the department; and organizer, director and part-owner,
memorial service. Pioneer National Bank. In addition, Althaus was inducted into the Texas Auctioneer Association
We lost another friend when Dudley Hall of Fame in 1990 as well as the National Auctioneer Association Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1961, he
had the opportunity to get on the big screen with a small role in the movie, “Tom Boy and the Champ.”
Althaus went to be with the Lord. Dudley He was also a member of the Kentucky Colonels organization. In addition to his wife, Althaus is survived
served the TAA in many leadership by two daughters, four sons and spouses, including Dunaé and Kevin Stehling of El Campo; Craig and
capacities including TAA president. He Betsy Althaus, Fredericksburg; Monte and Debi Althaus, San Angelo; Amy and Wade Ott, San Angelo;
Dr. Jarrod Cornehl, San Francisco, California, and Trenton and Amanda Cornehl, Rockwall. Survivors also
was in the TAA Hall of Fame. He served include 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Althaus was preceded in death by his parents and
as president of the National Auctioneers one sister, Arlene Pendleton. Memorials may be made to Willow City Volunteer Fire and Rescue, Inc.,
Association. Walnut Methodist Church or to the charity of choice.

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