Grollimund Jr Dies In Accidental Gun Incident
Leroy Felix Grollimund Jr of Pleasanton died New Year’s Day 2003 from an accidental gunshot wound while unloading rifles with his brother in law Julio Arguijo. They drove to a closed country store for help. he was foreman at a local food plant. Officials sworn into Wilson County posts followed the ceremony in the courthouse.
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Leroy Felix Grollimund, Jr
Pleasanton
Grollimund
Chronicle-Journal
Wilson County
Stella Saxon
A Dazzling New Year Display At The Tower Of The Americas
Hank White of Floresville recalls a New Year celebration at the Tower of The Americas in San Antonio where a changing numeral marked the moment before a fireworks display. He describes night photography, cameras, and video footage as radiant flares lit the sky for about fifteen minutes and thanks readers for a color postcard campaign response.
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Hank White
Floresville
San Antonio
Thomas Bonham
Hank
Floresville Peanut Festival seeks gown designer for Royal Court
The Floresville Peanut Festival Association invites designers to submit court gown designs for the 2004 festival. Designs must be handed to Association members at the Wilson County Jail by February 13, 2003 during the Association meeting. For details call 393-8888.
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Floresville
Wilson County
40 Years of Continuous Service Celebrated for Frances Gaona
Frances Gaona marked forty years in banking with a Friday reception at Wells Fargo Plaza Branch honoring her long career from First City National Bank through Bank of Floresville and Norwest. Her husband Jacob, a San Antonio firefighter, and family noted her retirement to rest and travel as the San Antonio stock show and rodeo opened at the Freeman Coliseum grounds.
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Frances Gaona
Plaza
Wells Fargo Bank
Frances
Floresville High School
First City National Bank
Bank of Floresville
Bank of South Texas
Norwest
Wells Fargo
SBC Center
Freeman Coliseum
San Antonio
Floresville
Ted Cook
Rainfall Report: Floresville records 54.5 inches in 2002
Weather observer August Merecka reports Floresville received 54.5 inches of rain in 2002 across six separate days, the most since records began in 1985.
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August Merecka
Floresville
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Marvin Quinney
Shirley Polasek
Eva Martinez
Carolyn Orth
Albert Gomez, Jr
Leonard Rotter, Jr
Wayne
Precinct
Wilson County Commissioner’s Court
Richard “Dickie” Jackson
By Pat Kopecki
Jacob
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