Sesquicentennial Wagon Train

On the 30th of January, Super S held its grand opening at 1600 N. Sarah DeWitt Drive. On the 6th of February, the school was dismissed for the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, which began on January 2 in Sulphur Springs and will end on July 3 in Fort Worth, passing through Austin and El Paso. On the 13th of March, an open house was held for the new police department/EMS building. Lightning struck the Hugh Lewis home, which was unoccupied, at the corner of St. Paul and St. Matthew Streets on the 20th of March, causing major fire damage. On the 27th of March, Boysen Food Market advertised hamburger for $0.89 a pound, Wuest’s had hamburger at $1.68 a pound, Breitschopf Bros. Grocery & Market had hamburger for $0.87 a pound, H.E.B. had hamburger for $1.69 a pound, and Super S had rib eyes at $4.29 per pound. The Exxon Tiger Tote held its grand opening from April 5-19 at 713 St. Joseph Street on the 3rd of April. On the 17th of April, there was an article about the Breezy Roof Garden located upstairs from Sweeny Grocery in the 800 block of St. Paul Street, which operated as a dance venue with live band music from about 1922 for many years. On the 24th of April, plans were underway to construct a new American Legion Hall on 3.2 acres recently purchased at 1612 Robertson Street. Pioneer Village opened its gates to the public on June 21 and 22 after months of work and preparation. On the 1st of July, Jim and Nancy Logan bought Person’s Flower Shop at 1030 St. Louis Street. The new bridge over the Guadalupe River on Highway 183 south was officially dedicated on the 24th of July. A big fire damaged most of the buildings on the west half of the 400 block of St. George on the 21st of August. The Lynn Theater closed after a violent altercation; Gregory Fonseca would later be sentenced to 60 years in prison for the stabbing death of a 16-year-old after a dispute inside the Lynn Theater.