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The Deike brothers from Hye, Texas took sibling rivalry to another level. In August 1935 they left their regular jobs on the farm, at the store and the cotton gin to battle the Stanczak brothers from Waukegan, Illinois for the All Brothers Baseball Championship.
Baseball was big stuff in the Texas Hill Country, so it was natural that Fritz Deike’s 9 sons, ranging in age from 13 to 32, would form a family baseball team.
Hill Country baseball was a social event in those days - part athlet ...
The RCBC Helping Hand Food Pantry located at 11755 US 281 N, Spring Branch, hosted a ribbon cutting event for their newly built facility on Tues. June 11. Over one hundred people including State Representatives and representatives from all the contributing partners were in attendance to celebrate the event.
The pantry had been previously operating out of a closet and other nooks and crannies of the Rebecca Creek Baptist Church for the past three years.
By Rudy Nino, Blanco Historic Preservation Officer
If walls could talk was a TV series of tours historical homes, historical hotels and palaces rich in history, many of which have housed famous characters, while others are the sites of significant historical events.
Several of the buildings shown have hidden treasures found behind old walls or in the attic, and there are often amazing stories about the people who have lived there over the years.
Here in Blanco it could easily be ‘what if boards, the mortar, wrought iron fences, and nati ...
Eddie Calzoncit, Jr. must have felt very comfortable playing on the field at Dell Diamond in Round Rock Saturday, June 15. In the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A-3A-4A All-Star Game he continued with the same hot bat he had there in the state tournament the previous week.
