Our Century 1910 to 1990
Our
Century
decade by decade
A Suppliment to the Gazette-Enterprise
Published in October 1999
Contributed by
Thomas Richard Crump, P. C.
Seguin, Texas
Prepared for the internet by Wanda Qualls
While the suppliment included all the world events, I am only
including those items that dealt with Guadalupe County.
The
suppliments spanned from 1910 to 1990. WQ
1910's
City of
Seguin Celebrates
Elected
Officials
A
Proclamation by the Mayor of Seguin
Oddities -
1900 to 1920
Women's
Federation
Business
What Seguin
Has
Quarantine
Raised Tuesday
Pictures
Did You
Know? 1900-1920
Other National News
World War is at End
Lusitania goes down
Titanic Sinks
1920's
Armistice Day
Celebration
Elected
Officials
Polly
Hollamon Honored
Aviation in
Seguin and Guadalupe Co.
News &
Notes
Baseball
Entertainment
Public
Notice!
Big man
jailed
Drivers
License required
Blumberg Fire
Williams
Drug Store
Pictures
Did You
Know? 1920-1929
Other National News
Stock Market Crashes
Prohibition outlaws alcohol
1930's
College
Building destroyed in fire
Elected
Officials
Mr. H. A. King
passes away
Farmers destroying cotton
Movement for
the Recreation Park
Seguin sees
building boom!
How To
Grease Your Own Car
Four escape
from Guadalupe County Jail
This and
That
Pictures
Did You
Know? 1930-1939
Other National News
Financial Crisis - Great Depression
Bonnie and Clyde
Hindenburg explodes!
1940's
Guadalupe
County residents answer the call for support
Elected
Officials
Willy's Jeep
rescues the Gazette-Bulletin!
Polio brings
town to a standstill
Parallel
parking next week
Medlin wins
Sheriff's Race
Blumbert-Weinert
Wedding
Bathing
Beauty Revue
Business
Seguin's
first killed in action casualty
Man of the
year
Seguin's
first TV signal
Palace
Theatre rebuilds
Fun in
Seguin during the 1940's
Seguin's
worst fire destroys compress
Gulf storm
hits Seguin Sunday
Negro
farmers in Guadalupe County
Wuest's air
freight
Pictures
Did You
Know? 1940-1949
Other National News
United States at War
1950's
Doctor
remembers the Korean War
Elected
Officials
Influenza
threatens Seguin again
Ward Burris,
Publisher of Gazette, buried Tuesday
Desegregation
still being discussed
Explosion
rocks Seguin three local men injured
Recipes for
you to try today!
Man of the
year
Seguin oil
boom increasing rapidly
New Owners
at Aumont
Air Force
plane crashes in Seguin
Entertainment
Sports
'Snowbirds'
land in jail
Did You
Know? 1950-1959
Other National News
Korean war comes to an end
Polio War is Near! Serum anxiously awaited
1960's
Local
men bet on manned moon landing in '33
Elected
Officials
Tejas Club
Maierhofer
celebrates her 100th Birthday
New Year's
Eve Dance
Business
Seguin
celebrates 125th birthday
Briesemeisters
perish in 2-car collision, city pays respects
Hilda
Weinert feted
Postal rates
rising to new high on January 7th
Mean actor to
visit Seguin Bank
Heroic police officer laid to rest
This and That
Arson
suspected in Wuest's fire
Bawdy house
in Seguin?
Seguin boy
injured in Vietnam
Downed
Seguin pilot rescued in Vietnam
Seguin
Conservation Society buys Zorn Home.
Did You Know
- 1960-1969
Other National News
Man Has Landed on the Moon!
President Kennedy Assassinated
King leads Civil Rights Movement
United States enters Vietnam War
'Summer of Love' (hippie movement)
1970's
Seguin
Devastated By Flood
Elected
Officials
Streakers in
Seguin
'Miss
Evelyn' the jailer
Starcke
Furniture Co. displays "Spirit of Independence" Gown
Keehn-Sagebiel
engagement
Seguin
Junior Miss honored
TLC students
volunteer to help clean up flood debris
Windle
honored
Seguin
Bicentennial, 1976
Did You Know
- 1970-1979
Other National News
Ford escapes assassination twice in September, 1975
Nixon Resigns
Men arrested at Watergate Hotel
Students killed during protest
First women AF pilots
1980's
Seguin
covered with blanket of snow
Flood hits
Seguin and surronding counties
Seguin sees
second flood in two months
Elected
Officials
Did You
Know? 1980-1989
Other National News
Challenger Explodes
Nation's worst oil spill blamed on alcohol
"The Wall is gone! Berlin is again Berlin"
Pope shot, in guarded condition
Hostages released
Reagan Elected
Reagan in good condition after being shot in chest
Beirut bombing
Iran-Contra Affair
Extra Strength Tylenol pulled from shelves
Supreme Court rules against women in Draft
1990's
Disastrous
Flooding in County
State of
emergency declared by mayor, help on its way
Seguin
Mourns the Loss of E.G.
Amy Nash
brings state title to Seguin
Seguinites
in Kuwait
'True
Women' has had economic impact on Seguin
Stockdale
man shoots local lawyers
Did You
Know? 1990-1999
Elected
Officials
Other National News
'Trial of the century' (O.J. Simpson) keeps nation glued to TV
Bill Clinton admits wrong, escapes removal from office.
Selena Killed in Corpus Christi
Oklahoma City stunned by bombing
Rioting in Los Angeles
Students and teachers killed in Columbine High School tragedy
Operation Desert Storm
Clinton suspends ban on gays in military
Cease fire 'holding fine' --- Persian Gulf War ends
Cellular phones no longer just a luxury
Y2K
Internet has nation 'surfing'
911 goes into effect
FBI using new tactics in stand off at Waco
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