Floresville Seen By Out of State Visitors as Picturesque Town
New Year’s Eve 1980 visit to Floresville in Wilson County drew relatives of the McRorey family from Minnesota Alabama and San Antonio. Luke Sockwell led the group praising the quaint and picturesque town dining at Skarke’s Cafe shopping for sterling jewelry at Carol’s Gift Boutique and ordering shirts at The Label Stable.
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Floresville
Wilson County
McRorey
Minnesota
Alabama
San Antonio
Skarke’s Cafe
Carol
Label Stable
Local Radio Station Four Years Old at KWCB Floresville
A. B. Gonzales of KWCB Radio in Floresville salutes public support as the station nears four years since its Floresville origin on January 15, 1977. The service area covers thirteen counties, growing from 15 percent to about 67 percent listening, with honors like Public Service and Texas award recognitions.
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A. B. Gonzales
KWCB
Floresville
Gonzales
Chiro
Texas Highway Dept
Texas Medical Assoc
Informa
Wilson County
Morales, Garza
Scott
Clay
Wiseman
Nixon School Bond Issue Falls Narrowly in Nixon Vote
A Nixon ISD bond proposal valued at 2 million dollars failed by two votes, 286 against to 284 for. Officials plan a second bond election with the same request as citizens debate campus needs, aging buildings, crowded classrooms, and safety concerns amid tax revenue implications.
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Nixon
Nixon Independent School District
Puatn
Nixon Board
Texas oil production rate set by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission kept the Texas oil production rate at 100 percent for January 1981 for the 47th consecutive month and 103rd since April 1972. Chairman John Poerner and Commissioners James E Nugent and Mack Wallace approved the maximum statewide limit after reviewing January purchaser nominations totaling 2,587,938 barrels daily, up 28,566 from December 1980.
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Austin
The
Railroad Commission
Texas
Commission
John Poerner
James
Jim) Nugent
Mack Wallace
Texas Oil
Childress Grocery Opens At Cibolo River Bridge Site
Roger and Carolyn Mosley Childress now operate Childress Grocery and Texaco at the Cibolo River Bridge location on Highway 87 four miles northeast of Stockdale. The store offers groceries and Texaco gas with fresh meats on weekends and tire and battery services. Daylon and Tanya Childress help with the business, and Ollie Childress Jr. formerly ran a Sutherland Springs store.
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Cibolo River Bridge
Stockdale
Highway 87
Roger
Carolyn Mosley Childress
Texaco
Allen’s Country Store
Childress Grocery
Highway Management
Childress
Tanya Childress
Cibolo Bridge
Rudy and Emilia's Lounge opens in Nixon on Hwy 87
Rudy Valdez announces Rudy and Emilia's Lounge adjoining his restaurant on Hwy 87 in East Nixon. The 36 by 28 foot space features pool tables music refreshment tables a bar and a dance area. The Valdez center also houses barbecue Mexican food catering and serves as Nixon City bus station inviting families for relaxed evenings.
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Nixon
Rudy
Emilia
Hwy. 87
East
Rudy Valdez
South Roosevelt
Nixon City
Rudy and
Emilia Valdez
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Kirby McRorey
Jeanne McRorey
Jeanne
Luke Lockwell
Denise Scholwinski
Royce
Decatur
Scholwinski
Linda Mize
Leslye
Mark
Khristi
Mrs. Sockwell
Mary Lou Willner
Glen Parson
Willmar
Luke
Sockwell
Lockwell
Colorado
Nixon Isd
Remmington
Roger Childress
Ollie Childress,Jr
Sutherland Springs
China
Bill
U.S
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