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Cover story on Ray Wylie Hubbard, Freddie King, Charlie Daniels, Rod Steward, Ron Wood.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Lindsay Bloom, Ronnie Branham, Peter Cedarstacker, Hondo Crouch, Sam Davis, Joanne Dru, Sam Gregg, Tom T. Hall, Darrell Harkins, Nora Hawes, Dale Jackson, Jerry Jeff, Jeri Jo, Jeri Jo Jones, Augie Meyer, Plum Nelly, Willie Nelson, Charlie Rich, Ripper Rodrigo, Leon Russell, Allegani Jani Schoefield, Mussle Shoals, Benny Thurman.

Margaret Fields talks about her early life in New Braunfels and life during the Great Depression. She describes the university campus and the schooling she received at Texas State in the 1930s and 1940s. She mentions places like Old Main; people such as C.E. Evans, Mary Brogdon, Leland Derrick, and John Flowers; and her experiences living off-campus. She discusses the various teaching jobs she took in Comal County and Medina County as well as her work with the state vocational rehabilitation department in Austin and other companies in Houston. She outlines how it all led her to her current job at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

Cover story on Jimmy Spacek

Public Matters is the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program's magazine that highlights not only the program's achievements, events, and faculty research throughout the previous year, but also shines a light on our MPA alumni and their work within the field of public administration.