Floresville Craft Show draws regional visitors on May 4
The Wilson County Arts and Crafts Show held on the Floresville courthouse square drew large crowds with winners across plaster, stained glass, ceramic, painting, watercolor and jewelry categories. Demonstrations by local crafters and refreshments complemented the event as plans begin for an annual Floresville Craft Show.
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Wilson County
Floresville
Courthouse Square
Mary
Donaho
Mary Mills
Calvert
Smiley Set-To 1979 Recalls Town Doings And Talespinners
Smiley celebrated its 1979 Set-To with the egg slogan Smiley is Egg-citing. The event at Smiley High School and nearby Westoff Legion Hall featured a parade, barbeque, beauty pageant, class reunions, and a Talespinner’s corner led by 91 year old Buff Patteson and 90 year old Frank Parker. Parker recalled old Smiley schools and maps showed the town before the 1906 railroad arrival.
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Smiley
Atne Smiley High School
Westoff American Legion Hall
Buff Patteson
Frank Parker
Parker
Nixon
Stockdale
Kosciusko
Smiley Town
Patteson
Yorktown Hwy
Smiley News
Downey
Mike Wheat
Henry Weber
Phillips
Beckman
Kicaster Homecoming Event at Cemetery Tabernacle
The 1979 Kicaster Homecoming gathers Saturday May 19 at Sulphur Springs Wood Valley Road. Registration begins 10 AM with coffee, a 11 AM business meeting and memorial program, lunch at noon, and 1 PM remembrances. Attendees are invited to bring photos and clippings.
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Cemetery Tabernacle Sulphur Springs
Wood Valley Road
La Vernia Band Spring Concert May 17 at High School
The La Vernia Bands present a spring concert Thursday May 17 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym under Band Director Darrell Carr. An ice cream social follows in the cafeteria. Public invitation extended. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Smalley.
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la Vernia
Darrell Carr
Miss La Vernia Raquel Smalley Competes in Seguin Pageant
Raquel Smalley, sponsored by the La Vernia Lions Club, is a candidate for Miss South Texas. The event opens May 13 in Seguin with a reception, during Seguin's 4th of July Celebration, and runs three days. The pageant offers over $20,000 in scholarships and a path to Miss Texas in Fort Worth.
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Wilson County Group
Elsie Hill
Floresville Nursing Home
Elsie
Smiley First Baptist Church
Smiley Texas
Wiley’s
Wiley
Chandler’s Dry Goods
Odd Fellows Hall
Lowery and Hinton General
Pace Saddle Shop
Pierce
Beverly
Smiley Lake
Town
Kicaster
I.A. Crow
Crow Road
San Antonio
Texas
David C. Brown
Valley Pike
C. A. Downum
Guy Creswell
Adkins
Raquel Smalley
Dick Smalley
Miss la Vernia
Tommy
Exxon New Hours
P.O. Box
Sutherland Springs
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