Wimberley Mill highlights camps and heritage in 1969
The Wimberley Mill profiles local summer camps including Rocky River Ranch Camp for Girls Rim Rock Ranch Camp for Boys and Stony Ridge Riding Camp for Girls. It notes continued camps Holiday Hills Houston YMCA and Houston Boy Scout Camp and announces the book The Wimberley Hills A Pioneer Heritage by C W Wimberley with art by Buck Winn Malcolm Thurgood and Jim Garner. August brings active community life in the Blanco Hills as kin and old friends gather in Wimberley.
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Wimberley
United States
America
Wimberley Mill
Rocky River Ranch
Rim Rock Ranch
Stony Ridge
Holiday Hills
Houston Boy Scout Camp
Houston Y.M.C.A
Stony Ridge Camp
Houston
Pleasant Wimberley
Wimberley Hills
C.W. Wimberley
R.L. Czichos
7A Ranch
Pioneer Town
von Beckmann-Jones
Austin
Texas
Buck Winn
Malcolm Thurgood
Jim Garner
Blanco Hills
Cedar Whacker Wimberley Hill Country Man
This article outlines the author’s hill country heritage rooted in Pleasant Wimberley and William B Adare. Born March 14 1913 in Wayside Wimberley Texas, he grew up in Hays and Llano counties and served in the Army. A regular Wimberley Mill contributor, this is his second local book.
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Texas
Pleasant Wimberley
Wimberley
William Branch Adare
Hays
Llano
Southwest State College
Old Army
Wimberley Mill
Col Payne Reports Wimberley Water Supply Sound
Col Jack Payne, manager of the Wimberley Water Supply Corporation, says the non profit system is financially sound with 224 customers. He notes high costs for rural water but stresses the need to serve area families and considers Amendment 4 crucial for tax free status to rural systems.
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Jack Payne
Wimberley
Texas
Wimberley Water Supply Corporation
Payne
Market Day Set for August 30 in Wahrmund Jessee
The fourth and last Market Day of Summer 1969 is planned for Saturday August 30 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. It will be held just west of the Square under the big trees on the grounds of the Wimberley Restoration Association in Wahrmund Jessee. The prior Market Day on August 2 drew 100 exhibitors and many visitors from San Marcos.
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Wimberley Restoration Association
Wahrmund, Jessee
San Marcos
Bookmobile visit to Wimberley on August 13 and 27
The Mid-Texas Bookmobile will park on the west side of the Square on Wednesday August 13 from 9 30 to 11 00. Over 800 books have already been checked out by local residents.
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Wimberley Folk
The Wimberley Hills A Pioneer Heritage
Adelia Scudder reviews The Wimberley Hills A Pioneer Heritage by C. W. Wimberley, a third generation Wimberley native who recounts Blanco and Wimberley pioneer lore in a natural storyteller voice. The collection includes tales told in the unselfconscious style of Cedar Whacker Wimberley, with one exception The Uniform.
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Adelia Scudder
Wimberley Hills
Wimberley
C.W
Cedar Whacker
Wimberley Mill
Ice Cream Social at Chapel-in-the-Hills
Saturday at 7:00 the Chapel-in-the-Hills lawn hosts an ice cream social offering homemade ice cream and sheet cakes for 25 cents. Guests enjoy lights tables and visiting as Mr. and Mrs. R B Meredith and Mr. and Mrs. R B Rainey host.
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Chapel-in-the Hills
R.B. Meredith
R.B. Rainey
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C. W. Wimberley
Cedar
Wimberley Hill
Col. Payne
Sound
Bookmobile
Chapel-in-the-Hills
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