Page 12 - King William Newsletter • June 2020

Old News
Alan Cash
This article is inspired by past issues of the King William Association newsletter, begin- ning in November 1967. Its purpose is to in- form newer neighbors and remind those who have been here awhile of how the King Wil- liam Area has evolved through the years.
References and comments are from those is- sues containing “news” items that seem, to this writer, to show the development of the King William neighborhood or merely to show how some things are unique to an historic dis- trict. The series started with the first newslet- ter published in November 1967. Articles will continue, but not in every issue of the news- letter.
• March 1978 - On Easter Sunday, March 26, at four in the afternoon, the first annual Easter Egg Hunt was held in King William Park. Josie Fauerso and Carolene Zehner were hosts. All members of the King William Association and their families and friends were invited.
In years past a home tour was part of the activ-
ities of the King William Fair held during Fiesta. On April 22,1978, ten homes were on tour to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the King William Association.
• May 1978 - On May 6, the San Antonio Sym- phony presented a concert in King William Park, in conjunction with the annual picnic for King William Fair workers.
• June 1978 - The park at Pancoast St. and what is now Caesar Chavez, was completed except for sidewalks.
Research was complete and an application was filed for an historic marker for the park on Washington St. at the Arsenal Street bridge.
• October 1978 - Longtime Guenther Street neighbors, Paulette and “Bat” Batterson passed on this restoration tip they discovered in restoring their home. They found that to keep wood porch decks from being slippery when wet, add 2 1/2 pounds of 50 or 60 mesh washed sand per gallon of porch paint.
• November 1978 - An early-American pioneer formula to get squirrels out of your attic was to sprinkle borax around and they will leave. It is non-flammable, clean, and inexpensive.
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