Nov. 10 to Nov. 16
10 years ago 1999
• Special Veteran’s Day Parade travels through the square.
• A San Marcos man dies after being struck by a pickup truck near the intersection of Hopkins and Dixon Streets.
• Sedona Staffing Services congratulates employee Kathleen Selsky on being named a 1999 Texas Association of Staffing Employee of the Year, acknowledging her stellar performance.
• James Wallis of San Marcos is selected to attend The National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C.
• San Marcos High School beats Tivy for its first postseason win in 33 years.
20 years ago 1989
• A Hays County jury acquits Robert Olivo in the 1988 stabbing death of Gilbert Hernandez.
• The guitar and saxophone duo of William Gangel and Douglas Skinner perform in a concert at Evans Auditorium on the Southwest Texas State University campus.
• The Greater San Marcos Rotary Club honors San Marcos High School student Jon Leonard, as “Vocational Student of the Month.”
• A 10-bay Ford beverage delivery truck, dubbed “Rescue One,” is donated to the San Marcos Fire Department for use as a rescue equipment truck and mobile command center.
• The Vietnam veterans memorial tablet is dedicated and the first wreath was placed at the memorial as the SWT Air Force ROTC sabre guard stands in tribute.
• Nancy Lee Schnautz, M.D. is appointed the new medical director of Riverwood Professional Center.
50 years ago 1959
• San Marcans will get a firsthand chance to see the new San Marcos High School buildings when the new facility opens its doors to the general public on the eve of its annual homecoming.
• Herbert Eastwood, manager of San Marcos Oil Mill, who received critical injuries to his right leg on Nov. 4 when his foot became engaged in a spiral conveyer at the mill, is reported to be improving in Memorial Hospital.
• Fire in the home of Clarence T. Shelton, supervisor of health and physical education in Hays County schools, results in damage to his home and its contents of about $1,500.
• More than 300 garden enthusiasts attend the second annual flower show here in San Marcos.
• The state quota for Texas draft boards in December calls for 454 men, Colonel Morris S. Schwartz, Texas Selective Service director, announces. This compares to a quota of 447 for November, and is the state’s share of a national quota of 9,000 men, all for the Army.
75 years ago 1934
• “Mrs. Simon Beechie falls on the back courthouse steps Tuesday night as she comes out from the old-age pension meeting and receives two broken ribs and otherwise was badly bruised. She suffered intensely and it was necessary to carry her to her home. After treatment by Dr. Sowell she is resting very well today.”
• M.B. Brown, deputy state superintendent in the Department of Education, will be in San Marcos next Monday to go on an inspection of the rural schools in Hays County which have applied for state aid.
• San Marcos golfers cover themselves with glory by winning many prizes at the South Texas Golf association tournament held in Luling.
• The annual Armistice Day sale of poppies which was conducted by the American Legion Auxiliary here was one of the most successful in years, according to Mrs. Henry Leinneweber, chairman of the poppy committee. More than $130 is realized from the sale.The money will be used locally for child welfare and rehabilitation work.
85 years ago 1924
• Joe Barker, for the past six years bookkeeper at the State Bank and Trust Company, resigns his position, and will be in the office of Mayhall-Taylor Motor Company after Nov. 15.
• A large crowd witnesses the automobile and motorcycle races at the Hays County Fair grounds on Armistice Day when the first real contest of motor vehicles is staged.
• Lost or strayed – One black horse mule about 151/2 hands high, unbranded. Tip ear split, shod all around. Finder notify sheriff’s office, San Marcos.
• The Bobcat football squad has its picture made for the Pedagog and Star before practice just inside the gate at Evans Field. There were 36 men placed in four rows, which constitutes the largest squad picture on Bobcat rolls.
90 years ago 1919
• FOR RENT - One cottage at $7 per month. Eddie Dobbins.
• Just arrived, plenty of good Oklahoma coal, now ready for delivery. Phone your orders at once. O.C. Smith.
• The new license tags and number plates for automobiles for 1920 are now ready for distribution. The new seals differ from those of last year in that they are square shape.
• “The balance in the Texas treasury to the credit of the State Highway Department Nov. 3 was $1,460,642.83; but this does not mean that any amount of this money is available for allotment to counties for road building. This nice little balance is to pay a large number of unnecessary employees and swivel chair warmers. Another department that is costing the taxpayers a whole lot of money that we could abolish.”
• “Much good local news is crowded out this week on account of building operations and part of our old office being torn away to make room for the two new brick buildings going up.”
