Stockdale Watermelon Jubilee Parade Marshals Lead Big Event
Thousands packed Stockdale streets on June 19 for the Twenty-First Watermelon Jubilee parade led by Mr and Mrs Sam Fore of Floresville as parade marshals. Local and regional officials rode or watched as hundreds of entries competed in four divisions with Bluebonnet Club Stockdale and Hochheim Prairie Insurance among top winners.
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Sam Fore
Stockdale
Floresville
Asa Fuller
Lackland Air Force Base
Walter Richter
John May
Taylor Brite
Bluebonnet Club of
Stockdale Order of Eastern Star
Wilson County Farm Bureau
Hochheim Prairie Insurance Company
Guadalupe Valley Electric Co-op
Pioneer Flour Mills
Ware’s
Quick Clean Center
Joe’s Food Market
Magnolia Cafe
Miss Stockdale
Myers Funeral Home
Western Auto
Goodwin Food Store
Security State Bank
Akin Nursery
Stockdale Butane Gas Co
Akin Service Station
Stockdale Lumber and Supply
Bennie’s Hobby Shop
B. & D. Chevrolet Company
W. W. Lorenz
Gulf Distributor
Humble Services Station
Yorktown
Gonzales Chambers
Ce Cort la BP You Che Ber of Commerce
City Election Tuesday Sets Mayor Vote for June
E A Fueller longtime Filor esville business leader and city alderman, serving as Mayor Pro Tem since Mayor Woolsey died, is the sole mayoral candidate on the ballot after filing closed. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Next Tuesday’s vote aims to elect a new city alderman later, possibly July 1, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Fueller
Filoresville
Woolsey
Farm Bureau Queen Contest Friday June 25th at 8 PM
The Farm Bureau invites the public to a Queen’s Contest scheduled for Friday June 25th at 8:00 PM. The event showcases contestants in a community program, with attendance encouraged and noted as a cordial social occasion.
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Farm Bureau
Town to Be Closed for Holidays in Floresville
Floresville officials announced city offices will close on July 6 for a holiday with the fourth of July falling on a Sunday this year. The City Council set other holiday dates: September 6 for Labor Day, November 11 Armistice Day, November 25 Thanksgiving, December 25 Christmas, and January 1 1966 New Year’s Day.
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Floresville
Ae Irene
Floresville School District Receives $12,915 In Funds
Washington DC June 16 1965 Floresville Chronicle Journal Floresville Texas The U S Office of Education has authorized $12 915 in impacted areas funds for the Floresville Independent School District to assist districts serving federally connected children The district under Superintendent S W Seale is tentatively entitled to $17 220 this year and will receive the added funds as they become available Signed John G Tower U S Senate.
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Washington, D. C
Floresville
Sekula announces birth of son John Patrick
Mr and Mrs Henry T Sekula announce the arrival of a son born at Memorial Hospital June 14 1965 weighing 7 lbs 14 4 oz He is named John Patrick Parents listed as Mr and Mrs John Maha of Poth and Mrs Ben Sekula of Falls City Also Mrs A C Eschenburg visited in San Antonio on Tuesday
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Henry T. Sekula
Memorial Hospital
John Patrick
John Maha
Poth
Ben Sekula
Falls City
Open House Saturday at Edwin Johnson Auto Parts
Edwin Johnson Auto Parts hosts an Open House on Saturday June 26 at its Hiwy 181 location near Stockdale. The new 40 by 8 steel and brick trimmed building features large plate glass storefronts. Hugh sheets invites the public to tour the shop offering auto truck and tractor parts plus tools and accessories including Delco batteries and Krylon spray paint. Refreshments served. attendees need not be present to win.
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Edwin Johnson Auto Parts
Hiwy 181
Stockdale
Hugh
Kenneth Brown
Delco
Sinclair honors Carl Johnson with 35 years of service plaque
Officials from The Sinclair Refining Company presented a plaque recognizing Carl Johnson for 35 years of outstanding service. The inscription notes pleasant business relations and sincere appreciation from the company.
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Johnson
Sinclair Refining Company
By & Co
Bany
Mr. Johnson
Pierce Shen
Sinclair Refining Co
Temas
Open House at Stockdale Nursing Home Adds 14 Beds
Stockdale Nursing Home invites the public to Sunday Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. to view a new 14 bed addition and renovated facilities. The home now offers 44 bed capacity with private and semi private rooms. Owners Mr and Mrs B G Belcher state the facility has operated 18 months as a State Approved Institution with a Registered Nurse supervisor.
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Stockdale Nursing Home
B. G. Belcher
Stockdale
Funeral Services Held For Marcelino Morales
Funeral services for Marcelino Morales 77 of Falls City were held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Falls City. Burial followed in Falls City Latin American Cemetery. Survivors include a sister Leonor Ramirez and brothers Juan Morales and E L Morales plus many nephews and nieces.
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Gregorio Morales
San Diego
Texas
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Falls City
Leonor Ramirez
Karnes City
Juan Morales
E. L. Morales
San Antonio
Drowning Victim Mazac Funeral Rites Held Here
Funeral rites for Paul Joseph Mazac of Floresville who drowned June 19 1965 in the San Antonio River were held in Floresville. Rosary was said at Vinyard Funeral Home Chapel with a Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church conducted by Rev. Virgil Elizondo. Burial followed at Sacred Heart. Mazac, born June 30 1904 in Taylor Texas, lived in Wilson County since age 16. He worked for the Highway Department for over 28 years, leaving a wife Albina and children Lucille Robert and Victor plus siblings and extended family as survivors.
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Paul Joseph Mazac
Floresville
San Antonio
Vinyard Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Virgil Elizondo
Sacred Heart
Rudy Rodriguez
Mazac
Bobby
Farm Road
Rodriguez
Bobby Mazac
Fire Department
Wilson County
Taylor, Williamson Co
Texas
Albina Zahn
Highway Department
Albina Mazac
Lucille Mazac
Robert
Victor Mazac
Anna Mazac
Frank
John Mazac
Joe Mazac
Sebring
Fla
Varnon Pace
Stella Zahn
Wiliam Castell
Yoakum
Baird Rites Held for San Antonio Veteran at National Cemetery
Norman T. Baird 45 of 815 E Formosa Blvd San Antonio died Friday June 18 in a San Antonio Hospital. WWII veteran and Pentecostal Church member. Survived by wife Carrie Baird sons Norman Jr James A Baird daughter Linda Kay Baird mother Mamie Baird brothers Carrol A Baird Flores Baird and Tommy G Charlotte Voges. Services were Tuesday June 22 at 1 PM at Southside Funeral Home Chapel with Military Service and interment at National Cemetery Ft Sam Houston.
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Norman T. Baird
E. Formosa Blvd
San Antonio
Pentecostal Church
Carrie Baird
Norman, Jr
James A. Baird
Linda Kay Baird
Mamie Baird
Carrol A. Baird
Flores Baird
Vile
Manuel D
Atascosa Award Presented to Milton Palmer for comeback farmer
Milton Palmer of the Loire community received a plaque from Pleasonton Rotary Club recognizing his selection as the Atascosa Soil Conservation District comeback farmer. Roy Quillian Sr., chair of the club’s agriculture urban relations committee, presented the award.
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Milton Palmer
Loire
Pleasenton Rotary Club
Atascosa Soil Conservation District
Farmer - of - the
Roy Quillian Sr
Club
President Johnson Acknowledges Gifts From Washington and Texas
The White House letter dated June 17, 1965 from Lyndon B. Johnson thanks Mr. and Mrs. Fietsam and Mr. and Mrs. Fore for gifts given at the LBJ Ranch. It notes apples from Governor Evans and emissary Scott Prosser and home made candy from Floresville, with cordial good wishes.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
President’s note thanks courts and humbleness praised
An editor’s note extols the President for acknowledging court esies of all sizes, calling it a reflection of thoughtfulness and humility in a great man.
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United States
Funeral attendees honor Houston A. Craighead in San Antonio
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Johnson and daughter Patricia joined Mrs. W. H. Cale Mrs. Tom Johnson Mrs. Simon Sample and Miss Lallah R. Warren at the funeral of Houston A. Craighead held in San Antonio on Monday of last week.
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Edwin Johnson
Patricia
W. H. Cale
Tom. Johnson
Simon Sample
Lallah R. Warren
Houston A. Craighead
San Antonio
Miss Patricia Johnson Visits Houston With Watsons
Miss Patricia Johnson a book keeper at First City National Bank is visiting Houston this week with Mr and Mrs Jarvis Watson and family for a family gathering and hotel stay in the city.
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Patricia Johnson
First City National Bank
Houston
Jarvis Watson
Construction Start Set For End Of Week
The contract has been let and actual construction will begin at the end of this week or the first of next week. The phased start indicates urgent progress on the project and signals moving into the initial construction phase shortly.
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Ind. School Dist
A. C. Eschenburg
Carl Johnson
Marcelino Morales
Emil J. Morales
John J. Morales
Alex D. Morales
Santos Ramirez
Joe Morales
Andrew Morales
Austin
Floresville Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Williams
Rev
Bernard Sandberg
Irving
Atascosa Award
State
The
White House
Allomodern
Aitehen
Southwest Investment and Development Company
E. K. Palmros
Palmros
Columbus
Sealy
Sam Nixon
Esse
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