Alamo Bass Club Hosts Fourth Annual Canyon Lake Bass Event
Carlo Morris recounts the San Antonio Alamo Bass Club fourth annual invite at Canyon Lake. Despite hail and high water, 150 anglers fished two days with only fish over 12 inches weighed. Morris won with twelve pounds in day one and a final tournament margin twice that of rivals, earning 125 dollars plus amusement at the lake and messages from onlookers.
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San Antonio
Alamo
Canyon Lake
Sam
Around the Square in Wimberley A Historic Snapshot
A historical sketch of Wimberley describes its location fifteen miles northwest of San Marcos and its growth from a frontier crossroads. It notes early enterprises such as mills, stores, a tannery, a post office, and a school that doubled as church and town hall, plus later expansion and a 1869 flood impact.
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Wimberley
San Marcos
Cypress Fork
Rio Blanco
Pleasant Wimberley
Sylvan Dells
Panama Canal Zone
Cypress Creek
Wimberley Chamber of Commerce
Joe Wimberley
P. Wimberley
Wimberley Rivers
White Elephant Sale Promoted By Douglas Cowart On July 4
A Douglas Cowart crafted White Elephant Sale sign on the Square publicizes the event on July 4. Citizens are urged to donate valuable items at the house on the Square between Mary Bibb Realty and Stevenson's Broken Arrow Shop, with pickups available. Proceeds support the Chamber of Commerce general fund.
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Douglas Cowart
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Bibb
Stevenson
Broken Arrow
Cowart
Our
General Fund
Nature Notes April Bird Tales From Texas
The piece notes April events from Texas birds and skies. It mentions the Whooping Cranes leaving their wintering grounds for Canada, the Golden-cheeked Warbler in Texas now threatened, and Chuck Will's Widow and Fireflies in display. It also cites a lunar eclipse on April 24 and a White Pelican sighting on the Blanco River. A Cornell letter confirms hummingbird feeding formula of 2 parts water to 1 part sugar and cautions honey.
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Texas
Canada
Edwards Plateau
Wimberley
Chuck-Will
Venus
Mars
Earth
Blanco River
Britt Burns
Paradise Valley
Britt
Laboratory of Ornithology
Cornell University
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Fish Storries
Alamo Bass Club
Carlo Morris
Montagues Shop
White Elephant Sale
Helen Monette
Dallas
Holford - Optician Medical and Dental Center
West Ave
Austin
Wimberley Square
Tex
Nature Notes
Nut,s Hobby Shop
Dripping Springs
Fathers Day
Hallmark Cards
Candlewick
NUT
Shobby Shop
Highway
Liza Howell
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