22 Dec 1941
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1941
Page
1
A fragmented society page records names and events from clubs and churches. Mentions include Derathy Langford Walter Baker and Terathy Tang among attendees and a Saturday evening gathering with music and social rotations. The text is garbled with missing punctuation and unclear dates.
Fragmentary text shows random phrases and names with no clear event or dates. It appears as an OCR error from a historical page, lacking coherent facts or identifiable subjects to summarize into a proper news item.
A lengthy list of Del Rio social happenings outlines holiday gatherings at local homes and churches. Entries highlight residents traveling from San Antonio Oklahoma City and Fort Worth to spend Christmas with relatives, including students from Texas State College for Women and Mary’s University, plus visits from family and friends across Texas.
Antonio arrives to spend the holidays with former parents Mr and Mrs Allen Williams Rufus and Herald Moore at Mary’s University in San Antonio. Other students and relatives travel for the season including Miss Bessie Mae Wilson to Wharton and Miss Mary Kay Nipper from Austin.
The 1939 U S buckwheat harvest was the smallest in years at 6 767 000 bushels about 2 2 million below the near 9 million bushel national average. The report notes defense activities and impacts on agricultural output amid wartime concerns.
A seven pound son was born Sunday evening at Nix Hospital in San Antonio to Mr and Mrs Mack Goldberg. Mrs Gpatky Rust reported improving Monday at the Medical and Surgical Clinic. Over 50,000 horses in London show impact of wartime gasoline restrictions. Jupiter’s moon visibility discussed if not for planet's own light.
Marjorie Lundberg Veltmann married Sergeant C B Sharp in Brackettville on a Saturday evening. Attendants were Mistacule Anderson of Del Rio and Delbert Snarp of Port Clark. Mrs Sharp is daughter of Mr and Mrs WH Lundberg of Del Rio, and the couple previously resided in Del Rio. Sergeant Sharp serves with a cavalry unit stationed in Port Clark.
A note advising customers to visit their bank or post office to begin regular purchases of Defense Bonds immediately, outlining steps to start enrollment and set up ongoing contributions with a financial institution.
The family of Captain Raymond FP Wiseheart, petrol commander of the 111th Observation Squadron, has moved from Camp Bowie at Brownwood to Fort Clerk and now resides at 1004 North Main Street. The Wisehearts are from Houston where Captain Wiseheart is a civilian attorney.
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