Sayers Sunday Accident Involving Floresville Trio
A Buick touring car carrying Floresville residents Henry Quota Horace Cale and Joe Rodriguez overturned near a church on the San Antonio Lavernia road about 7 30 Sunday afternoon. Quota suffered serious injuries with both hips broken and internal injuries. Cale survived head trouble and is recovering at home. The third occupant Joe Rodriguez was badly footed but otherwise unhurt. All three were taken to a San Antonio hospital for treatment.
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Sayers
San Antonio-Lavernia
A. A. Rodriguez
Henry Quota
Horace Cale
Joe Rodriguez
Floresville
Lavernia
San Antonio
Quota
Texaco Service Station Planned for Floresville
Floresville will gain a modern Texaco service station owned by W. C. Craighead and G. C. Ullmann. They bought a 54 by 200 foot lot adjoining the D. W. Marshall place opposite the Catholic church with extra ground for parking and a fully equipped drive-in facility to serve motorists. Opening announcement soon.
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Floresville
Ann Sig
Texaco
Messrs
W. C. Craighead
G. C. Ullmann
Messrs. Craighead
Ullmann
D. W. Marshall Place
Home Brew Tragedy Hits Floresville Hog Pen
One dead and several hogs left in misery after a home brewed drink spree in Floresville. Sheriff A B Carnes and deputies culled the party after surplus jail bottle beer was fed to hogs, causing the death of a favorite 170 pound animal and distress for hours. The sheriff blames inexperience of deputies and Justice J F Henson for the fatal result and notes the jail stock was used to test the brew.
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Floresville
A. B. Carnes
Wilson County
Carnes
Chronicle Journall
R. L. Powell
J. F. Henson
Higsmporgh
Bain
Floresville Student Honored For Art Work At Westmoorland
Miss Lola Sparks of Floresville, daughter of Dr and Mrs J E ves, has completed her first year at Westmoorland College San Antonio. She tied for first in art honors with another student. a coin toss awarded the medal to the other artist, while Sparks received high praise from faculty and peers. Her paintings and hand painted china pieces decorate her home, and her mentor predicts a brilliant future in art. Sparks also sang with the Westmoorland Choral Club, later performing in Floresville.
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Lola Sparks
J. Eves
Floresville
West@tland College
San Antonio
Miss Sparks
Fis Yedy
Ote
Sparks
Herth
vs @s
Iim
Westmoorland
Reiy
Commissioners Court Sits As Cemetery Association Meets Judi
Wilson County Commissioners Court met as a board of equalization over several days, revising the tax roll for the first time in years. Many property assessments were raised, and the county clerk’s office prepared notices for adv. R. A. Wiseman and Miss Anna Laura Me.
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Commissioners Court
Cemetery Association
Judi Board of Equalization
Commissioners’ Court of
Wilson County
Funeral notices from Wilson County misspellings and locals
A frayed obituary fragment records deaths and funeral details in Wilson County. Names include Mrs Rosson and Dr A W Irwin’s family, with mentions of burial at Mars It and a sister of Mrs Rosson, Jerome Lydell Irwin attending. The text is incomplete but signals a community mourning in a Nesb morning.
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Peg Walacetay
O'Rock
Marta
Frank Rosson
Rosson
A. W. Irwin
Wilson County
Mars
Hip
H. W
Ee Beanes
Jerome
Lydell Irwin
Floresville Civic Club Plans 4 PM Meeting at President’s Home
The Floresville Civic Club gathers this Friday at 4 o clock at Mrs. 8S. V. Houston’s home. Members are urged to attend due to important business on the agenda.
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Floresville
Newly Elected Eastern Star Officers Installed in Jasmine Chapter
Seventeen officers of Jasmine Chapter No. 271 Order of the Eastern Star were installed Monday night in the Masonic Hall. Mrs. May Woolsey Glass presided, Mrs. Arnie L. Price retired Matron oversaw decor. Gifts and bouquets honored retiring officers, including a jewel for Mrs. Price. Speakers included Mrs. Lula Edds Richmond and Walter Holcombe Jr. Refreshments followed. Also notes about W. J. Klump family leaving Floresville for Beeville and new Sunbeam Dresses from Ellinghausen Teltschik Dry Goods Co.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
May Woolsey Glass
Arnie L. Price
A. R. Davis
The
Sentinel
Porter Holcombe
Price
John Wiseman
Lula Edds Richmond
Hurley
New Mexico
Walter Holcombe, Jr
Buda
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E. R. Shedden
Scout Movement
Delevy
Sheriff
Ellinghausen
Poe
R. A. Wiseman
Miss Anna Laura Me
Semererrs & Nexenlden Senth
Floresville Civic Club
Eastern Star
W. J.klump
Beeville
Mr. Klump
Bond
Skarke’s
Ellinghausen-Teltschik Dry Goods Co
Lois Wilson
Noah Berry
Paramount
Universal
Gold Heels
Big Pictures
Madam Sans Gene
Triak
Ford
Floresville Motor Co
Ford Dealers
J.C
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