Category: Marble Falls and the Area Around it.

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Four Wrecks All Happened Within Minutes

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It was the Friday afternoon of opening weekend of deer season, in 1968. The calamities started when Kenny, in a Ford Falcon, pulled out from the Gulf Station in Marble Falls. He and his squeeze at the time, Karen, were going to head northbound. I think Kenny was paying more attention to the redhead sitting next to him than he was to the heavy traffic, as he got t-boned by a Houston attorney that was up to go hunting. The attorneys car was a brand new Oldmobile 98 with 250 miles on it. No one was hurt seriously, but both … Continue reading Four Wrecks All Happened Within Minutes

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What Is A Good Wage To Pay A Feller?

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The talk goes on and on about what the minimum wage should be. It is commonly referred to now as a living wage. This is not going to be a commentary on that issue. The first minimum wage I read was $.25 per hour back in the 30’s. When I entered the workforce in the early 70’s I think it was around $1.60 per hr. Graduating high school in 1970, left me bouncing around doing several jobs for the first few months. I had an independent streak going, so I didn’t stay tied down to any one thing for very … Continue reading What Is A Good Wage To Pay A Feller?

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Momma May to many, but Grandma May to me. (she was my Paternal Great Grandmother) 1879-1981

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She was Judy Maybelle Clark Linebarger. She was a product of the Clark Family, of Pleasant Valley, I guess you could say a suburb of Marble Falls. When I was a kid she lived with her daughters moving from one to the other. It seems like she kind of moved with the seasons. It wasn’t because she wasn’t happy one place, but rather because she enjoyed all of her girls (all four) and choose to spend her later years with each. At least that’s the way it seemed. The time I remember her the most was when she was staying … Continue reading Momma May to many, but Grandma May to me. (she was my Paternal Great Grandmother) 1879-1981

Crazy Times, Marble Falls and the Area Around it., The Early Days2 Comments

When Dean Came Home From Boot Camp

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Dean and I ran around together. My brother and his sister dated throughout much of high school so that connection threw us together. They eventually married after high school. Dean was a little older than me so he had left school to join the Army when he became eligible but I was still just sixteen years old and a sophomore in high school. After completing basis training Dean came in on leave. He and several of our friends came out and picked me up to celebrate his return. It was a Saturday afternoon around 2:00 PM. They were in Larry … Continue reading When Dean Came Home From Boot Camp

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MQ and the Hog Buyer

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I had only limited contact with MQ when I was a kid. I went to school with his son Winfield, but I was like many other Burnet County people, that just didn’t go around him. The first time I remember seeing MQ was during a hog buying episode when he bought a pen full of hogs from Brown Parker. Brown was my dads best friend and kept hogs at our place, down at the old place where my grandparents had once lived. MQ was a major hog raiser back in the 60s and 70s. While trying to load out the … Continue reading MQ and the Hog Buyer

Marble Falls and the Area Around it., The History of Texas5 Comments

A Look Around The Old Coonie Mezger Place

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I had the pleasure recently of paying a visit out to this historic Mezger place where I was shown a real treasure trove of historic memorabilia. It was like paying a visit to a Museum. From the construction of the home, the barn and the out buildings, to the many items collected by Coonie Mezger and his ancestors. My thanks to Keith Mezger for his hospitality. Windmill on a hand dug well. The various types of rock work, depending on when it was built or added-on. I really like this two-step water trough out by the windmill. For cattle and … Continue reading A Look Around The Old Coonie Mezger Place

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The Squirrel Tooth Pecan Sheller and Other Burnham Family History

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P J. Morton Burnham had a machine shop on Main at 2nd in MarbleFalls. When I was a boy growing up in the 60s, I would pass that shop at all hours of the day and night. Mr. Burnham could be seen inside tinkered with all kinds of mechanical stuff. He rebuilt fishing reels, worked on guns, made game calls and invented a number of things. He observed how a squirrel peeled pecans and made a sheller to replicate the way they did it so efficiently, hence the birth of the Squirrel Tooth Sheller. It is my understanding that he … Continue reading The Squirrel Tooth Pecan Sheller and Other Burnham Family History

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The Auto Theft From Giesecke’s Supermarket (or was it HEB by that time)

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I worked at the Luther – McDuff Chevrolet Dealership my senior year of high school. Others that worked there were: Cecil Rhoades – Manager and car salesman extraordinaire. JC Copeland – A very nice, rotund old fellow – a lifelong car salesman type. John Miller – The most genteel person I’d ever met, and a life long MF resident. Everyone trusted John. Karen Schaefer – a pretty young red head that my brother had dated in high school and had married not long before this incident. We were all sitting in the office one day when several police cars arrived. … Continue reading The Auto Theft From Giesecke’s Supermarket (or was it HEB by that time)

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The Evolution of Supermarkets in Marble Falls

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I was asked recently when HEB first appeared in Marble Falls. That got me to thinking about the series of events that got us to where we are today with Marble Falls Supermarkets. I am going to tell you my best recollection of when I remember the various events happening in the way people were shopping for food at least during my lifetime. As you read this, please feel free to correct me or firm up dates and ownerships. Giesecke’s Bros. Market was what I consider the first supermarket. Prior to that time there were several mercantile’s and small grocery … Continue reading The Evolution of Supermarkets in Marble Falls

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Anyone Feeling Like Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone Tonight?

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I would love to hear who all knows about the old farmhouse on US 281 just south of Hof Brau, (most likely it was the Mustang Tavern at the this time) that was a “House of Ill Repute”. I think the time frame was in the early 1960’s. The house still stands today. It is the next property south of the old Hof Brau, on the same side of the highway. Continue reading Anyone Feeling Like Stepping Out Of Your Comfort Zone Tonight?