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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.

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 Will Owen-Gage