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From San Marcos Record: Fire Prevention Week got one of its biggest boosts in the history of San Marcos this week as a fire department team of Jack Major (left) and young Sherrell Slayter, David Major and Edward Rodenberg put on assembly programs in public schools throughout the city. Students were urged at the schools to make home fire inspections and correct any hazards they found. Here Fire Marshall Major extinguishes one of the most common hazards. From the October 13, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: Fire Prevention Week. Sherrell Slayter, David Major and Edward Rodenberg put on assembly program in a local public school. From the October 13, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: Fire Prevention Week. David Major and Edward Rodenberg put on assembly program in a local public school. From the October 13, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: Mrs. Ceil Hann when approached by AFROTC cadet Robert Rutherford this week in the United Fund Drive, gladly gave her fare to the organizations participating. Enthusiasm is high among UF workers that this will be the most successful drive in several years. When someone asks for your help – do your share. From the October 13, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: Mrs. Ceil Hann when approached by AFROTC cadet Robert Rutherford this week in the United Fund Drive, gladly gave her fare to the organizations participating. Enthusiasm is high among UF workers that this will be the most successful drive in several years. When someone asks for your help – do your share. From the October 13, 1960, issue.

Clara Louise Harrison Cape (1892-1995) was married to Edward Matthew Cape (1890-1972), son of early San Marcos settler John Matthew Cape. Her scrapbooks and knowledge of local history contributed to the research that produced "Clear Springs and Limestone Ledges: A History of San Marcos and Hays County for the Sesquicentennial." For the first part of the interview, Cape reads from a prepared statement that highlights what she remembered about San Marcos after arriving here in 1906 when she was about 15 years old. She talks about how different Texas was from Alabama, life as a student at the East End School, and the creation of Southwest Texas State Normal School. Cape then answers interviewer questions, discussing topics including the San Marcos River, native vegetation, the Depression, her family history, and being a friend of Lyndon Johnson.