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Cover story on Wild Tchoupitoulas.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Roy Bean, Kenneth Blum, Tee Cee, George Chambers, Emma Chaney, Ray Charles, Lila Cockrell, John Collins, Hondo Crouch, Sam Davis, Jim Dement, Freddy Fender, Kent Finlay, Walt Garrison, Roy Head, Waylon Jennings, Dan Johnson, Donna Kennedy, Davi La, Pat Lalley, Lily Langtry, Danny Levinson, Charlie McBurney, Augie Meyers, Maggie Montgomery, Claude Morgan, Willie Nelson, Bill Price, Douglas Quintet, Bob Ragan, Johnny Rotten, Tammi Wise.

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.

From 1999-2001, NASA partnered with History students at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) to conduct interviews with former employees who lived in the Central Texas area. Interviewees include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

Cover story on Anthill Society