Grist for The Mill Brings Wimberley News and Elections
Local column highlights the May 2 election for county and local government representation in Wimberley. It notes Jack Oldham seeking a second term as County Commissioner, his roots in Wimberley and San Marcos High School, plus the launch of new features and regulars in The Mill such as Organic Gardener and Fishin editor Carlo Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley
Jack Oldham
Wimberley-er
Wimberley School
San Marcos
Hays County
Louise Johnson
Carlo Morris
America
Wimberley Mill
Chamber of Commerce
Lions’ Club
Anglo-Wimberley-ers
L.J.J
Susie Danforth
Women and club meetings fill Wimberley calendar
Calendar of April gatherings lists multiple organizations. Women’s groups meet at churches, libraries, and homes. VFW sessions share evenings. bookmobile visits planned for the town square and schools. Lions Club and Home Demonstration events include meals, programs, and co hostesses across April 1 through April 25.
Chamber Plans Talk by Hays School Chief at April Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce will host Mr. Bill Johnson Supt of the Hays School District as speaker on Thursday night April 2. He will discuss school progress and consolidation since April 1968 and hold a 7:45 program in the school auditorium after a 7:00 covered dish dinner.
Last Battle by C W Wimberley in Wimberley Texas
A local legend claims the Civil War’s last shots were fired forty years after Appomattox near Wilson Creek in Wimberley. The account centers on Bill Adare and a group of youths who allegedly repelled a Yankee patrol, with family memories tying the tale to local sites and residents.
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C. W. Wimberley
Wimberley
Appomattox
Bill Adare
32Nd Texas Cavalry
C. S.A
Wilson Creek
River Road
Texas
William Branch Adare
Mansfield
Louisiana
Grandpa
Houston
Shore
Teddy Roosevelt
Union
Harry Truman
Pin Oak Creek
Walter Estes
Harvey Cowan Place
Man Estes
Him
Bill
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By Adelia Scudder
Fourte
Ceeck
Womens Guild of the
Chapel-in-the- Hills
Fellowship Hall
WMU
First Baptist Church
Hill Country Home Demonstration Club
L. R. Montague
J. Davenport
Wimberley Chamber of Commerce
Auditoriu
Book Club
Womans Club
R. B. Meredith
VFW
Mid-Texas
Wimberley Lions’ Club
Baptist Church
Wimberley Home Demonstration Club
Wimberley Womans Club
Holiday Hills Ranch
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