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Published weekly during the school year by the Students of the Southwest Texas Normal. Also contains local advertisements.

John Matthew (J.M.) Cape II (1924-2013), grandson of early San Marcos settler John Matthew Cape, was born in his family home on the banks of the San Marcos River. He joined the family cotton business, working for 43 years as a cottonseed broker. Cape discusses growing up in San Marcos, his family’s business, the history of cotton in Texas including farms, mills, and gins, the current state of cotton oil production, and some of the changes he’s witnessed in the city and the surrounding areas.

Cover story on Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Joe Babits, Steve Blodgett, Johnny Bush, Charlie Campion, Fletcher Clark, Bill Crain, Chon Davila, David Dee, Don Elam, Kinky Friedman, Gene Gosney, Jack Jacobs, Bo Jangles, Peggy Keener, Marie Laveau, Dennis Locorriere, Rocky Marciano, Claude Morgan, Larry Patton, San Pedro, Charlie Potter, Luke Robinson, Randall Rohne, Ray Sawyer, Jay Thornton, T. Gosney Thornton, Jerry Jeff Walker, Suzie Watson, Hank Williams, Jay Wise, Faron Young.

Cover story on Johnny Bush