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Newspaper
Wimberley Mill
Location
Wimberley, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
11
The Wimberley Lions Club announces a Youth Activities program for local boys to learn about engines go carts and motorcycles. Exhibits of racing machines and drivers were shown at Market Day on Saturday Aug 2 with a signup booth for interested boys.
A quoted aphorism notes that there are many protections against temptation but the surest is cowardice, implying moral or social pressure overrides desire. The line frames temptation as overcome by fear-driven avoidance rather than virtue.
Mrs. Mary Wilson Brooks marked her 90th birthday with a July 6 1969 picnic at Canyon Lake Park attended by fifty relatives and friends. Guests included Thula Platz Roy Rose Stringer and families, Montague relatives, H J Cowan sister and kin, and CDM Vivian Newcomb. The evening featured slide color pictures of trips to Big Bend Park Mesa Verde and the Grand Canyon.
The Cowan family reunion was held July 12 and 13 with sixty six descendants gathering from Wilcox Arizona Hobbs New Mexico and Texas communities including Vernon San Antonio Pleasanton Kerrville Somerset Austin Boerne and San Marcos. Meals were served at VICW Hall where most visitors stayed with hosts Mr and Mrs Emmett Cowan and other Wimberley Cowans listed.
The Hays County 4H Horse Club hosted two shows on June 7 and July 26 at the VFW Arena north of Wimberley. Nine classes in two divisions, with students from Stony Ridge Camp for Girls among the honorees. standout results include Marcella Leinneweber winning senior halter, Joy Foy with her horse, and Sandy Bateman taking a second in roping events.
A historic recipe from Alabama to Texas before 1890 yields a peach marmalade using 30 peaches, 2 oranges, 1 lemon, crushed pineapple, sugar, and butter. Ingredients are prepared in corn-sized pieces, mixed, boiled briefly, and canned in sterile jars.
A cook recommends toasting nutrients in recipes for richer flavor and firmer texture, noting nuts stay crisp rather than becoming soft.
A USDA home economist advises spooning flour from the container into a one cup measure and leveling it, then removing two level teaspoons for biscuits or muffins. The tip avoids sifting and aims for accurate flour amounts.
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