End of an Era Narrowed by Texas Rock Fences
The piece recalls old rock fences used by Eastern farmers and Texas ranchers. It notes barbed wire and angora goats ending their era, describes memories of fence life, and laments the neglect of these historic landmarks amid modern changes. It mentions local figures and anecdotes from fence building days.
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Texas
John E. Harris
Oldhams
Bill Smith
Hughes
Emory
Curlo
Tip
Chum
Milt Greene
Sammie Allen
Snake
Wimberley Chamber roots traced in Booster Club history
A February 1969 feature recalls the 1949 founding of the Wimberley Booster Club, later becoming the Wimberley Chamber of Commerce. It highlights early civic challenges from water and trash to fire safety, community spirit, and a philosophy of self-help and unity across diverse groups.
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Wimberley
Rooseter Club
Wimerene Chamber of Commerce
Abe Lincoln
Wimberley Exhibitors Win Reserve Champion Paint Horse
Sandra Bateman of Rocky River Ranch Wimberley and her paint quarterhorse Spats Koshare earned Reserve Champion Paint Quarterhorse of the 1969 Show and also placed first in Halter Class for Geldings.
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Wimberley
Ares. Fowl
Sandra Bateman
A Inc
Rocky River Ranch
Spats Koshare
Paint Quarterhorse Geldings Stir Wimberley Show
In Wimberley two horsewomen from Arapahoe and Spats Kostas enter Paint Quarterhorse Geldings in Halter. Marsha Fowler, daughter of Christine Bur dette Love and Vernon Meeks, attends with family links to local painters as events unfold in The Wimberley Mill edited by Adelia Scudder.
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Houston
Nex
Marsha Fowler
Christine Burdette Love and
Vernon Meeks
Wimberley
Wimberley Mill
Adelia Scudder
Telephone milestone marks 500th phone in Wimberley
On February 4 the 500th telephone was installed at the home of Mrs. Glen A. Tracht in Box Canyon by John Murr of General Telephone Company. Present were George Byars and Raymond Czichos, with Jack Rutland noting future milestones as a new booster substation nears completion.
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Wireberley
John Murr
General Telephone Company of
Southwest
Glen A. Tracht
Box Canyon
George Byars
Wimberley Exchange
Raymond Czichos
7A Ranch Resort
Carl F. Scudder
Wimberley Mill
San Marcos
Tracht
Wimberley
Jack Rutland
General Telephone
Rutland
Seco
Ranch Road
Wimberley Square
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Chamber of Commerce Reports
Raymond Czicos
The
Wimberley Chamber of Commerce
Mary Bibb
Business Box
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Bowen
Carol Knolk
Jack Monnette
Dean Murra
Stony Ridge Stables
Larry and
Wimberley, Tex
Pennington Memorial
Pennington Funeral Home , Inc
Edna Allbright
Bill Pennington
Sary Frais
Alva
Bill) Hayden
Dripping Springs
Thompsons Pharmacy
Acinn Laboratory
Hopkins-Ph
San Marco
Hays County Abstract Company
San Marcos, Texas
J& J
Country Store
Jean Garland
Wimberley, Texas
Holiday Hills Resort
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