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Newspaper
Wilson County News
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1982
Page
1
A public letter questions LaVernia officials over radar installation despite a majority vote against it. The writer asks who on the council has backbone to represent residents and if votes truly count, comparing to democratic nations and urging accountability.
It is Mall Madness on Sunday June 27 from noon to dusk hosted by Babcock Callahan Mall Merchants to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Activities include an auction a cut a thon by Hair Dimensions a KTFM DJ appearance by Robert Lopez and comedian Dan Flip Johnson live BOS BAND music and food and drinks with all proceeds toward MDA.
The LaVernia Volunteer Fire Department declines solicitation of business ads for handbills or magazines. They urge direct donations to the Fire Department and seek community support, noting the potential need for help in the future.
The Poth Community Picnic at Hermann Sons Hall on Sunday June 27 offers a free afternoon dance from 2 to 5 with live old time music and a 4 to 8 p.m. barbecue supper. A late evening dance runs 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with the Taylor Brothers.
Joe Saldana opens Joe's BarBQ Service on Highway 181 North near the Floresville Las Cabras Shopping Mall site. The family plans dine in plus more takeaway plates with beef and sausage, potato salad and beans on the menu. The Saldana family, longtime Floresville natives, celebrates Joe's barbecued foods.
Calendar lists a series of Texas fairs rodeos church festivals and community dances from June through August. Highlights include Luling Watermelon Thump Poth Community Picnic Clarendon PRCA Rodeo Saints Roost Celebration Stamford 52nd Texas Cowboy Reunion Floresville Sacred Heart Festival Hondo St Johns Church event Kerrville Summer Music Festival and more across towns such as New Braunfels Cleburne Floresville Hondo Kerrville and Luling with dances dinners and parades.
The Wilson County Historical Commission invites UTSA archaeologists to its June 24 3:00 p.m. meeting in the Gold Room at the Wilson County Library Floresville. The UTSA team is on a Floresville excavation seeking historic artifacts. Secretary W C Davis urged members to attend and welcomed visitors.
The Triangle Material Yard announces weekday hours 9 to 5 and Saturday 8:30 to noon. They stock bird baths curbing stepping stones and more with cement steps shrubs pine bark cement ready mix and regular cement available.
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