Grist for the Mill celebrates Wimberley resorts and summer vacation
The June issue of The Wimberley Mill prints a 20 page edition with 23 000 circulation including 3 000 copies of the regular mill and 20 000 copies of a 12 page vacation insert. The piece praises local resorts and attractions highlighting year round comfort and summer stays at Wimberley inns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia Scudder
Wimberley Mill
Times
Jim Garner
Mill
Wimberley
Cypress Creek
Honor Graduates-1969 San Marcos High School
Elizabeth Anne Brown leads San Marcos High School as top graduate with National Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta and A Cappella Choir roles. She is senior class secretary, Most Likely to Succeed honoree, National Merit Commended, and one of four honor graduates. Plans UT Austin psychology major and music minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anne Brown
Anne
San Marcos High School
Mu Alpha Theta
Royal Guard
University of Texas At Austin
David
St. Austin’s School
Lanier Junior High
Hays Consolidated High
F.F.A
al Joe Hunt
William R. Haney
Robert C. Slaney
Wimberley
Texas
U.S. Air Force Academy
Air Force
Haney
University of California At
Los Angeles
Rattler
Market Day on the Square Sets June 5 Schedule
The 19th Market Day on the Square will run from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Exhibitors from all areas are invited to display wares, bringing own booths such as tailgates, tables, boards, and racks. Space around the Square is free and first come, first served.
Wimberley Chamber to Meet at Schoolhouse June 5
The Wimberley Chamber of Commerce will hold a covered dish supper at 7:00 p.m. in the Schoolhouse cafeteria followed by business and a program in the auditorium. Jack Orchard, Camp Gary resident advisor, will present on the camp’s facts aims and accomplishments. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley Chamber of Commerce
Jack Orchard
Camp Gary
Reader asks to discontinue one name on the Mill mailings
A Texas City reader asks the editor to stop mailing the publication under the name Sodberry while continuing the copy under the Mill name. The letter notes summers spent at Mrs. Liza Howells Little Arkansas Camp on the river and expresses fondness for Wimberley, Texas.
Summer events mark quiet season in Wimberley
Summer in Wimberley brings a pace change with four Market Days and Fourth of July activities kept lively by women’s clubs. June calendar lists Corral Theater shows at dark on June 2 3 Lions Club Din ner Bell meeting June 3 Chamber of Commerce June 5 Market Day June 7 Vacation Bible School prep June 13 and start June 16 through 20. VFW Rodeo July 3 4 5 at VFW Arena Ranch Road 12 with food sales from 6 pm. Second Market Day July 5 opens 8 am to noon.
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Wimberley
Women’s Guild of the Chapel In
Holiday Hills
Rim Rock
Rocky River
School of the Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School
Lions Club
VFW
Ranch Road 12
North
Kerley
VFW Rodeo Returns to Wimberley July 3–5
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Wimberley chapter presents its twenty fourth annual rodeo July 3 4 and 5 at the VFW Arena on Ranch Road 12 north of Wimberley. All shows are night events with the stock supplied by Don Miller Rodeo Company of Yorktown and food by the VFW Auxiliary noted for quality cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Arena
Ranch Road 12
Don Miller Rodeo Company
Yorktown
VFW
School Days At Wimberley School And The Stolen Answers
Susie Danforth recalls her rural Texas school days in Wimberley describing bare ranch lands, long horseback trips, a cold stove noon hour, and friends Callie Saunders and Exie. She recounts a remorseful episode of plotting with Exie and Ysie to copy answers, ending with guilt over the dishonest shortcut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley School
Susan Ferguson
Cypress Creek
Elbert Williamson
Fergusons
Whipple
Mr. Thorn
Callie Saunders
Callie
Exie
Ysie
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Hunt
William Haney
Chamber of Commerce
Corral Theater
Pioneer Town
7A Ranch
Susie Danforth
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