Chapel-in-the-Hills Breaks Ground for Educational Fellowship Building
Adelia Scudder reports a groundbreaking Sunday on the west side of the Chapel for a new Educational Fellowship Building. The piece traces the growth of Wimberley Community Church from 55 charter members in 1949 to 337 in 1971, noting its evolution into Chapel-in-the-Hills and the 1961 opening of a new three acre campus off Ranch Road 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranch Road 12
Education Felowship
Chapel-In-The-Hills
Wimberley
S. C .Clark
C. Mahaney and
Kelly
Parks Johnson
Buck Winn
Winn
Nolan Cloud
Fred Johnson
Frank Dill
Loyal Westmoreland
Oscar Crowe
September Community Calendar Notes from Wimberley Area
Local groups schedule meetings and events in early September. The Women's Guild and WMU hold programs at churches, the Hill Country Home Demonstration Club meets at Evelyn Myers home, the Chamber of Commerce hosts a dinner and plant program, Market Day on the Square runs September 4, and several clubs including Lions, VFW, and Tri County Bookmobile visit schools and community sites. Labor Day closes Hays County schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Guild of the
Chapel in-the-Hills
Fellowship Hall
Ira Bowles
Hill Country Home Demonstration Club
Evelyn Myers
Hays County
The
Lions Club
Wimberley Home Demonstration Club
Tri-County Bookmobile
Chamber of Commerce
Womens Guild
Chapel-in-the-Hills
WMU
Baptist Church
Tri-County
Wimberley
Tri County Bookmobile Serves Wimberley With Summer Reads
The Mid Texas Bookmobile visited Wimberley Square twice a month all summer except one visit for a vacation. Librarian Joan Behler reports 813 new books added and county circulation of 3129 this year. Sixty students joined the reading program, 16 completed it. The town also has Baptist Church and Chapel-in-the-Hills libraries with volunteers, alongside the open Wimberley School library.
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Tri-County
Mid
Pictures Recalled From The Wimberley Mill Display
Citizens are reminded to visit the Chamber of Commerce Wimberley Development to reclaim their loaned photographs from the mill exhibit. The notice notes a return incentive of 1 percent and references continued coverage on the last page.
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Wimberley Mill
Chamber of Commerce
Wimberley
Leisure and recreation shape Wimberley life and work
The September tone contrasts with August while celebrating Wimberley’s leisure driven culture. Civic groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and WMU plus churches and Lions Club stay active. the Wimberley Woman's Club meets in October. The piece links leisure to fulfillment, citing poets and anglers to argue work and play coexist.
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Wimberley
Henry Watten
Izaak Walton
Sir Izaak
Sir Henry
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Adelia Scudder
Corral
George C. Moore
Wimberley Community Church
Leon Peacock
First Baptist Church
VFW
Noh .M
Tri County Bookmobile
Adelia Scudder
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