End of Drought and Flood Shape Wimberley History
The excerpt recalls a 1950s cycle of drought and flood in Wimberley Texas. It details the May 5 flood born of a coastal hurricane that ended the drought, the soil erosion, and rapid grass recovery, plus a 1950s booster effort that modernized town communications and the first Dial Telephone System in Hays County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Czichos
7-A
Czichos
Chester Franklin
Franklin
Hays County
Wimberley
Wimberley Square
Carl Scudder, Jr
Wimberley Telephones Build a Rural Dial System in 1937
The article recounts Wimberley Texas early telephony from the 1930s, detailing the 25 subscribers, the original lines via Hugo, and the roles of Mrs. J C Lane and early operators. It notes the 1954 switch to dial and the Booster Club struggle and conviction that Wimberley could obtain modern service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marcos
Emmett Cowan
Hugo
Purgatory Road
Andrew Cowan
Griffin
Saunders
Cowans
Frank Posey
George Byars
Johnson City
Midwest States Telephone Company
Dripping Springs
L.E. Semmerhirt
Prescott
Arkansas
Wimberley
George Burdett
B.W. Forister
Harvey Cowan
J.C. Lane
Gay Harris
Jim Justice
Charles Oldham
O.C. Franklin
R.F. Clayton
Doyle Williamson
Louis Lowery
Doubletree Antiques
Lane
Malone House
Booster Club
Roy Avey
Carl Scudder
Scudder
Telephone Company
Dallas
Avey
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Linda Williams Allen
The
Village Library and Cultural Center
Gan ‘6 Delicier
Plaza del Sol
Lazy Suzzan
Mary Jo Harding
Bernice Brown
Margie Morrow
Betty Porter
Liz Maness
Joreen Newton
Elaine Marriott
Private & Group
Dan King
Wimberley Sports Collectibles
Collector Comics
Ranch House
Walter L. Smith
Wimberley Pie Co
Woodcreek
Association
Bob Terry
Herb Baker
Jim Hazzlerigg
Audrey Ogden Wilson Hargett
al Maness
Dee Terry
Mel Larkin
J.J. Ryan Melba Miller
Mickey Hazzlerigg
Roy Simpson
Raye Cole
Lew Newlin
Joe Heidenfelder
Doug Ogden
Is Larkin
Buster Bullock
Frank Stupple
Alien Parkway
Kyle
Wimberley Ranch
Nash
Inuium
FDIC
Balcones Banc Savings Association
Lester Nienow
Conway Wharton
Beverly Sweeney
John Diotte
Jim Needham
Ray Nienow
Ben Patterson
Joan Nienow
Marie Smith
Lester Neinow
Central Station
Chestnut
Aura Pho
River Road Landing
Camlu Retirement Apartments
Camlu
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