Floresville Post Condemns San Antonio Meeting Plan
The American Legion Floresville Post No 38 Passes a resolution condemning Mayor of San Antonio for permitting the Communist Party to use Municipal Auditorium Memorial Hall for a meeting. Post No 2 of San Antonio and other veterans groups are urged to oppose the plan.
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Battery Dana
Legion Red
No. 2
San Antonio
Alamo No. 2
Maverick - Legion
Communist Party
Wilson Y Post
Floresville
American Legion
Hae Antonio
Can Legion
City - Antonio
Star St. Marys Rattlers player transfers to college team
Homer Burkett of this city, a star football player with the St. Mary's Rattlers in San Antonio for the past three seasons, left this week for college and early practice. He has played center and this year was named co captain, with hopes for a successful season on the gridiron and a good school term.
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Homer Burkett
St. Mary’s Rattlers
San Antonio
Burkett
Pleasanton Couple and Child Visit Relatives
Mr and Mrs Tom Howard and their child of Pleasanton visited relatives here Wednesday afternoon. They then traveled on to San Antonio.
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Tom Howard
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Running Full Time at A. D. Warnken Mill in Poth
Joe B Bass of McAllen and San Antonio, now linked with A D Warnken Sons oil mill at Poth, visited Tuesday to report the mill has just purchased 2000 tons of cottonseed and is operating at full capacity with 24 hour shifts. The mill is among the best equipped in the region and foresees a strong season despite the county’s very short cotton crop.
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Joe B.bass
McAllen
San Antonio
A. D. Warnken& Sons
Poth
London Baptist Pastor Preaches Here Sunday
Rev Edmund Early of London Church will preach at the Floresville Baptist Church next Sunday August 27 in both morning and evening services. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
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Edmund Early
London
Floresville Baptist Church
Devine Lytle And Poteet Hold Field Day At CCC Camp
Prominent farmers, stockmen, business leaders, and Aggie students from Devine Lytle and Poteet attended a field day at Camp Richard M Kleberg CCC Soil Conservation Camp Floresville. Leaders D M Howard J L Tilley H W Eschenburg R B Touchstone A J Gidley F B Vines Henry Moss Acton Duncan and Lieut C C Valle Jr led tours and a Future Farmers of America group rode in by school bus. The event showcased the camp program and daily activities as a Southwest Texas demonstration site.
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Richard M
Kleberg
Ccc
Floresville
Texas
Aggie
Devine, Lytle and
Poteet
Devine
Lytle
D. M. Howard
J. L. Tilley
Devine Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Eschenburg
R. B. Touchstone
A. J. Gidley
F. B. Vines
Henry Moss
Fairview Tigers Fall In 10th At Fairview
Fairview drops an 8 to 7 heartbreaker to the C. I. O. Texans of San Antonio in ten innings after a late rally tied the game at 7. Navarro earned the win, D Cox hit a fifth inning homer for Fairview, and Jorrie Furniture's nine from San Antonio visits Fairview next Sunday for a 3 p.m. game.
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C. I. Oo. Texans
San Antonio
Fairview Tigers
Fairview Boys
Fairview
Texans
Navarro
Gallagos
Kleberg Heads Pink Bollworm Eradication Plan
Congressman Richard M. Kleberg, a campaign leader, travels to Mexico to push plans for eradication of the pink bollworm affecting cotton in the United States and Mexico. The action authorizes planning and discussions with Mexican and US officials, under presidential approval, to coordinate control efforts.
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Corpus Christi
Richard M. Kleberg
Jeader
Texas
United States
Mexico
Secretary of Agriculture
Kosciusko Plans For Celebration
St. Ann's Church in Kosciusko plans a large Sept 10 feast with a barbecue dinner and supper, amusement throughout the day, and a closing dance at night. Father P Lie Foegelle, visiting for a Soil Conservation District meeting, says the town expects one of its largest crowds.
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St. Ann’s
Kosciusko
P. Lie Foegelle
Soil Conservation District
Prevent Rag Weed In Austin As Hay Fever Season Looms
Hay fever sufferers will feel rag weed pollen in September and the Texas Department of Health urges local groups to eradicate rag weed now before blooming. Cutting rag weed reduces airborne pollen in fall. a free pamphlet on rag weed control is available from the State Department of Health in Austin.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Health
Farm Security Agent Barbara Cryer Spotted in Floresville
Miss Barbara Cryer, Home Demonstration Agent for the Farm Security Administration at Jourdanton, was in Floresville Monday. She was formerly connected with the local office.
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Barbara Cryer
Farm Security Administration
Jourdanton
Floresville
CCC Camp Field Day Brings College Aggies 140 Miles
Students from Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos received B A degrees at summer graduation exercises last Wednesday evening. Names include Miss Bessie Ferguson Floresville Miss Naomi Peavy Floresville Miss Hercilia Ximenes Floresville Edward Poth Poth Jewel Franklin Floresville and Supt Jack W Lane Poth also earned a Master’s degree.
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Southwest Texas State Teachers’ College At
San Marcos
Bessie Ferguson
Floresville
Naomi Peavy
Hercilia Ximenes
Edward Poth
Poth
Jewel Franklin
Jack W. Lane
Narrow Escape In Auto Accident Near San Antonio Bridge
Clyde Dennis and family with Don Masters and Wade Markham escaped serious injury after a tire blowout caused their car to overturn multiple times on the San Antonio river bridge west of town. They had been returning from a dalice at Sokol Hall. Markham, a CCC Camp enrollee from Stockdale, suffered a head injury but is improving at Fort Sam Station Hospital in Houston.
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Clyde Dennis
Don Masters
Wade Markham
San Antonio River Bridge
Here
Sokol Hall
Markham
CCC
Stockdale
Station Hospital
Fort Sam
Houston
Kleberg to Seek Re-Election for Congress Next Year
The Ridout School opens Monday with expected large attendance as pupils enroll. Rumors in an Austin column claimed Congressman Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi would not run again, but the congressman states he has no such plan and will announce formally when appropriate. The Chronicle-Journal prints his letter denying retirement and affirming candidacy.
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Austin
14Th
Congressional
Richard M. Kleberg
Corpus Christi
Vox
Dick Kleberg
Chronicle-Journal
Poth Public School to Open on September 5
Announcement from Sept. Jack Lane states Poth Public School will open Tuesday September 5 with a large enrollment expected. Patrons are invited to attend the opening of the new term.
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Jack Lane
Poth
Hornets Sweep Borego in double header softball win
The Hornets defeated the Borego Buffaloes in a Sunday Webbville doubleheader, winning 8 to 0 in the first game and 10 to 1 in the second. R A Popham pitched a three hit shutout in game one while Lee led the Hornets at the Webbville diamond.
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Webbville
Camp Kleberg Field Day Impresses Aggie Visitors
About 60 travelers from Texas College of Arts and Industries and various districts toured Camp Kleberg Floresville focused on Soil and Water Conservation. They viewed facilities including garages and storage rooms and heard explanations of terracing contour practices and the camp program costs.
Floresville High Elects Homemaking Teacher
At a Tuesday night school board meeting Miss Faye Westmoreland land of Nacogdoches was elected teacher of the new Homemaking Department at Floresville High School. She was recommended by the State Department. This marks the first year the course is taught in the school with the department housed in the new building dedicated before May closing.
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Faye Westmoreland
Nacogdoches
Floresville High School
Westmoreland
State Department
Lovely New Builds
Mrs IL Lamar of Houston ix 2 ee Sews
Fragmented OCR item notes Mrs IL Lamar of Houston with garbled text about sewing and a bowie reference. few readable words suggest a brief social or personal notice with unclear details.
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Lamar of
Houston
Bowie
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t-Poteet
Farmers of America
C. C. Valle, Jr
Devine, Lytle
Swtstc
Ridout
John Barnes Paltone
Hornets
Borego
J. O. Loftin
A. & I. Group
Richard M. Kleberge
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Kingsville
C. K. Fraser
F. D. Shackelford
Agriculture Department
S. W. Burks
Runge
Kenedy
Nixon
LaVernia
San. Antonio
Alfred Dreyfuss
W. S. Barcus
John Pfeil
Nicolas George
Leon Kreidel
John W. Spruce
Daniel Bundrick
Louis Lindemann
L. H. Mitchell
P. C. Schiffers
Camp Kleberg
T. C. Morris
Earl Ross
Dick Stanford
H. J. Caulfield
Joe White
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