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Bill Hamilton and Mick Warner work to install a sign for the Allen Bates River Park. The facility will be dedicated at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16. The park is located adjacent to downtown Martindale along the river.

November 11, 2008

Facility will be named after Allen Bates

From staff reports The San Marcos Record Tue Nov 11, 2008, 10:07 AM CST

On what would have been his 51st birthday, a piece of Allen Bates’ hometown will be named for him.

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16, the Martindale community will hold a dedication ceremony for the “Allen Bates River Park” on the San Marcos River adjacent to downtown Martindale.

Festivities will include reading a proclamation, unveiling a new sign and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

An oak tree already planted at the park will also be named the Allen Bates Oak.

The park opened to the public a year ago. The property where it sits had been bought by FEMA following the disastrous flood of 1998.

Community members pieced together grants and other donations to add a playscape, picnic tables, benches, barbecue grills, a basketball court and walking trail. Local volunteers did all the heavy lifting and other hard work.

Allen and his wife Harriet owned and operated Southwest Plumbing. He held a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Texas State University.

Refreshments will be served after the ceremony.

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