Wilson County News

The heat is on-- but is it hot enough to fry an egg?

The recent early heat wave brought some 100-degree days, but was it hot enough to fry an egg? Mary Forister of Austin, a former Wilson County resident, shared this clipping from the Floresville Chronicle- Journal which she believes to be from 1963. During that hot spell, when the thermometer out back of the White House Café read 104 degrees, then-owner and proprietor — and Floresville High School band director — Fritz Teltschik thought he’d see if it was “hot enough to fry an egg” outside. “… Teltschik greased a skillet, placed it in the sun and cracked an egg in...

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