Garner Gifts Propel Uvalde College Toward Prestige
UVALDE Tex Palm gredded Southwest Junior College benefitting from about 1 million in gifts by local resident John Nance Garner. The former VP credits locals for his rise and hopes the school becomes the nation’s best. Opened 1946 as a tri county public GI vocational school on Garner Field acreage, it achieved accreditation by 1950 and now plans expansion funded in part by Garner donations.
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Uvalde, Tex
Southwest Junior College
John Nance Garner
Texas
Uvalde Junior College
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Sach
U. S
Uvalde
Garner
Vanderbilt University
Uvalde School
World War I Veterans Week Proclaimed in Texas
Governor designates November 11 1961 through November 18 1961 as World War I Veterans Week Texans sponsor events beginning Veterans Day The week includes the unveiling of a World War I Memorial Monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin and honors soldiers sailors and marines who fought in World War I.
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Texas
Germany
State Capitol
Austin
Garner college to open science building and low tuition policy
Garner College plans a science building as construction begins soon. Fall enrollment totals 497 with 285 day and 212 evening students. Night classes run at Del Rio Crystal City and Utopia high schools. Garner holds bank stock in Zavala County Bank and others, turning over over $900,000 in cash and stock.
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Crystal City
Utopia
Garner
H. Sterling Fly Sr
Zavala County Bank
la Pryor State
Laredo Union National
Victoria American Bank of Commerce
Cotulla Stockmen’s National
Rio Grande City First State and Trust
Path First National
Mission First State and Trust
San Antonio Groos National
Three Rivers State
Colorado City National
Blank Books and Ledgers at Standard Herald
Classified brief notes blank books ledgers and post binders listed at the Standard Herald for sale or trade. Local buyers may inquire at the office for details and prices.
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From Brady to Los Angeles to Pearl Harbor Flight Memoir
The author describes rapid air travel from Brady to Los Angeles, Austin, and Dallas aboard Astrojet and United flights. He details layovers, the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, a Navy welcome, and plans to board the USS Lexington for Pearl Harbor. Smog over Los Angeles and San Diego, plus aircraft specs, color the narrative.
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Brady
L. A
Dallas
Austin
United Airlines
San Diego
Vern
el Cortez Hotel
William Berger
Hondo
Mr. Higgs
Navy
Lexington
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Adios Amigos
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