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Newspaper
Wimberley Mill
Location
Wimberley, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1969
Page
6
In Wimberley the pace of life remains relaxed with residents enjoying neighborhood visits and casual gatherings. The town sustains its friendly vibe as people share conversations, stroll along Main Street, and keep community ties strong.
A village scene shows Miss Della Crapps and her neighbor Mrs. Brockman chatting by the square. Crapps, a lifelong local with deep family roots dating to 1863, visits in the yard while Brockman, though not a native, has long lived in the rock house opposite the Grocery Store near the new post office site. Mrs. Brockman serves as pianist at the Christian Church.
Twenty eight members and guests attended the Wimberley Home Demonstration Club meeting on March 20 at Sleepy Hollow. Julia Posey led the program with a pallette knife painting of the Twin Sisters. Archie Weatherford presided, Inez Patton distributed cancer information and noted the clinic at Southside Community Center San Marcos for the underprivileged. Hostesses were J J Garland, R C Haney and C R Kinnison.
Slow rollers Lucille Latchford Dolly Farris and Frances Badger thrill spectators as they ease the ball to a strike. Fast bowlers Elmo Jonas Milton Scheel and George Lackey also dominate gutters. Fib er Store winter league ends with top teams Wanda Zunker Wes Odess Hugo Beckman second Mo Schwab Eleanor Holz Ken Parrock third Elmo Jonas Viola Jonas lead high game Harvey Panzermuehl group. Spring summer league begins with Verna Marion Gyger Ruth Louis Lowrey Vaughn Lela Kring Brute Grace Meredith among new members.
A.L. Soderberg of Texas City asks to discontinue the Mill mail under Sodberry and notes summers at Mrs. Liza Howells LITTLE ARKANSAS CAMP on the river. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson request a standard ad size like Kuntry Kitchen at Canyon Dam and offer to be billed.
The 1969 officers of the Ficher Store Club are Ben Dee president, Elmo Jonas vice president, Dutch Ellinghausen treasurer, Busch Ewing secretary. Directors are Al Kanz Geo Lackey Milton Scheel and O T Egger, with Jody Wahrmund as president of the Ladies Auxiliary.
A nostalgic look at old gates on the Blanco to Wimberley route describes the Decker gate and a six year old riding as it swung shut. It recalls Bill Adare’s pole gate and the ritual of removing and stacking poles before passage.
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