 | WELFARE - "We're in Welfare, but not on welfare," that's the message on most of the postcards sent from the U/S/ Post Office at Welfare, Texas, according to Perry J. Laas, clerk in charge.... |
|  | Welcome to Welfare,Tesas,"says the faded old soft-drink sign on the storefront. Up on the porch,inside the door, is another sin that says, "Closed." |
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 | Oldtimers in the Welfare community are not sure how their poat office got its name. The settlement was first konwn Bon Ton, but that changed when it is was learned that another post office had the same name. |
|  | The Carl Beselers (Carl Joseph and his son, Carl Phillip) were instrumental in the development of the community of Welfare,Texas. |
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 | Be welcome you singers from far and near. We greet your coming with heartfelt cheer. |
|  | Old Postoffice Remains |
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 | Kendall County Pioneers |
|  | Old-timers in the Welfare community are not sure how their post office got its name. The Settlement was first known as Bon Ton, but that was changed when it was learned that another post office had the same name. |
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 | Welfare General Store & Cafe Store Proprietors |
|  | Welfare Cafe is a back-road treasure |
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 | Welfare Decline, demise not of the spirit |
|  | IN "DOWNTOWN" Welfare, which has a tin top general store and two wooden homes, the deer come right up to the doors of houses at night and eat the flowers from clay pots on the windosills. |
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 | If it's Welfare and Comfort you want in just one day, a tourist in the hill country of Texas would do well to visit both those towns. |
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