Petersons Auto Company Opens Modern Kerrville Plant
The Petersons held a formal Saturday opening for their new Kerrville auto plant from 8:30 to 12. The equipped shop handles Chevrolet and Buick with a travelling crane system and a modern valve grinding machine. Staff include Hal Peterson manager and H C White senior salesman, plus Chas Peterson and W E Hahn overseeing departments. The owner group praised the facility as one of the Southwest’s best, serving locals and visitors with a comprehensive service and parts operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson’s Auto Company
Lales
San Antonio
Petersons
Southwest
Hal Peterson
H. C. White
Peterson and Schmerbeck
Carl Peterson
G. A. Sikes
Arthur Bernhardt
Howard Fletcher
Edgar Moses
Robert Holdsworth
Night Force
Albert McKimsey
Mr. McJimsey
Dallas
Cheviot
MecJimsey
Chevrolet
Peterson
C. D. Smith
Ralph Young
Tom Johnson
T. S. Hayes
Buick
Kerrville
Chain store idea applied to Texas summer camps
Alex Waite and J B Bell plan a Lake Medina boys camp as the second in a Texas chain of camps. Waite already runs Lone Star Camp at Hunt and is Brackenridge High School athletics director. Bell owns a camp near Durham North Carolina. A landing field and graded road serve the 35 acre lake front site opposite Anton’s Hollow with improvements planned for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Waite
Lone Star
Kerrville
Lake Medina
J. B. Bell
Texas
Waite
Bell
Hunt
W. A. Bedell
Medina
Durham
N. C
Brackenridge Senior High
San Antonio
Medina Lake
Rogers Sells Dairy to Local Creamery
J. F. Rogers, a leading Kerr County dairyman from Oakwood ranch near town on the Fredericksburg Road, has sold his dairy herd to the American Creamery. He will continue other ranch activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Rogers
Kerr County
Oakwood
Fredericksburg
American Creamery
Mr. Rogers
Jewelers Unique Sale Attracts Townwide Attention
Jackson Jewelry Store runs a 1000 pack mystery sale with $1 plus items, some real bargains, and a wrist watch or diamond ring in one package. Doors open Saturday drew crowds, half the boxes sold, spurring steady demand and visitors buying more than jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Jewelry Store
Jackson
Kerrville Hires Odell as City Sanitatian Inspector
J W Odell of the State Board of Health is employed by Kerrville as official sanitatian and inspector. He begins work at once and offers expert sanitary advice to residents for premises or stock. The move follows a State Board survey and will be shaped by legislation before the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W.odell
State Board of Health
Kerrville
Odell
Kerr County Truck Farms Grow as Market Expands
The Upper Guadalupe Valley truck farmers reap a bountiful season with strong yields and good prices. Kerr County trucks head to San Antonio markets nightly, supplying Kerrville cannery and outside buyers as the industry grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Guadalupe Valley
Kerrville Cannery
Here
San Antonio
Kerr County
Wesch Jr. Returns to San Antonio After Sick Leave
Chas. J. Wesch Jr. night city editor of the San Antonio Express resumed duty in San Antonio Tuesday following a brief sick leave spent visiting home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. J. Wesch Jr
The
San Antonio
Two Views of Mexico’s Political Struggle and Religion
The speech contrasts religious tolerance in Mexico with criticisms of the foreign hierarchy. Calles stresses education as essential and argues the church alliance has suppressed progress. He and Mr. Herring discuss Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mr. Herring
Calles
Mexican Persecution Casts Shadow Over Christmas Plans
A large crowd at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church prayed for peace as about 20 000 priests halted services in 12 600 churches across Mexico, with church buildings valued at around two billion dollars dating to the 16th century. Mexican exiles and local nuns found refuge, including Sisters Stefano and Docetheus arriving after fleeing Calles' regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Mexico
Bourne
Calles
Stefano
Docetheus
Camp Rio Vista Closes as Boys Head to Old Mexico
Camp Rio Vista led by Herbert L. Crate finished its season with fifteen boys chosen for a two week trip to Mexico. The group traveled by five White Sight-Seeing buses from San Antonio with a Kerrville stop for a four hour city tour of San Antonio landmarks and a banquet at Original Mexican Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crate
Camp Rio Vista
Mexico
Herbert L. Crate
John Dibrell
Karger Applies Again for Kerr County Precinct One Commissioner
Kerrville native F. A. Karger announces his candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct No. 1. He previously served 1904 to 1917 and has now returned to Kerr County to seek the office once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
F. A. Karger
Karger
Kerr County
Kerrville
Precinct No. 1
Marriage Licenses and Weddings Listed
July 31 marriage of Orlie F. James to Ellen Ora Rees with Rev. C F Wheat officiating. August 3 license for Harvey L. Etheridge and Edna Kendall. August 4 license for Jack H. Goddard and Sara Jo Goddard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlie F. James
Ellen Ora Rees
C. EF. Wheat
Harvey L. Etheridge
Edna Kendall
Jack H. Goddard
Sara Jo Goddard
Lambracht Family Visit Hearts Hillcrest Stay
Julius Lambracht visits Hillcrest with daughter Mrs. Walter Stolte while Laurine Lambracht also joins the stay at the Stolte residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Lambracht
Walter Stolte
Hillcrest
Pardons and clemency actions surge in Texas two months
Records show since June 1, 298 convicts had executive clemency actions. About 100 pardons with 54 full pardons and rest conditional. Governor Ferguson issued 153 paroles and furloughs and 164 proclamations including elections and holiday observances. Miss Laura Mussey, a longtime San Antonio teacher, arrives from Colorado to spend summer with her niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Courts of
Texas
Ferguson
Texas Penitentiary
Sanitary Livestock Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
Laura Mussey
San Antonio
Greeley
Colorado
Alois Remschel
Mussey
San Antonio Public
Vacationing Dallas man visits Hill Country relatives
Geo Hill of Dallas, an employee of Crowdas Wholesale Drug Co., spent his vacation in the Hill Country visiting his uncles Frank E White and K S White of Center Point and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Hill
Dallas
Times
Mr. Hill
Crowdas Wholesale Drug Co
Hill Country
Frank E
K. S. White
Center Point
Fish Hatchery to Install Lights in Kerrville
T P Crackley of Fairbanks Morse Electric visited Kerrville to install a 110 volt light plant at the Heart of the Hills Fish Hatchery. The new unit will power 150 watt lights near water in each pond to attract insects for fish food and the system will double the number of ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Crackley
Fairbanks-Morse Electric Company
Kerrville
van Horn Electric Co
F the Hills Fish Hatchery
Crackley
Woman's Summer School of Missions at Westminster
The Texas Synodical Auxiliary hosts a week long Woman's Summer School of Missions at Westminster Encampment August 15 to 22 with Mrs. J W Culver as director and Rev J W Skinner opening the program. Courses cover Bible study parliamentary law and foreign missions led by named pastors and educators with hundreds expected and a closing sermon by Homer McMillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Summer School of Missions
Texas Synodical Auxiliary of
The
Presbyterian Church
Westminster
J. W. Culver
San Antonio
Women For Christ
Culver
Synodical
Texas
J. J. McDowell
Lone Oak
Ark
J. W. Skinner
D. D
General Assembly
Tex-Mex Institute
Tex-Mex
H. N. Street
Little Rock
C. S. Shawhan
Mobile
Ala
J. L. Brock
Bryan
W. A. Craven
Missiouri Synodical Auxiliary
Caroline Kilgore
Brazil
Anton Ernst
Schreiner Institute
Westminster Orchestra
Garland H. Lang
Woman’s School of Missions
Texas Synod and Synodical
Meeting of Texas Synod and Synodical
Presbyterians of Texas
Mary Louise Woodson
Woman's School of Missions
Homer McMillan
Home Missions
Encampment Tabernacle
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Called by President Gammon
The American Legion Auxiliary president Mrs Gammon has ordered a meeting at the St Charles Hotel at 10 30 Friday morning this week. All members are requested to attend at that hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Gammon
St. Charles Hotel
Local trio heads south for Corpus Christi trip
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Saner and Miss Maggie Lawrance left Sunday on a trip to Corpus Christi. They went in their auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Saner
Maggie Lawrance
Corpus Christi
Five Million Dollar Tuberculosis Children Hospital Planned
National Sanitorium for Tuberculosis Children announces a $5,000,000 fund drive to build a hospital for tubercular children. Plans favor a Southwestern site with El Paso and Kerrville among possibilities. Local leaders urged to back the project and promote their city as a top site for the facility.
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Washington
District of Columbia
el Paso
Tex
Kerrville
Chamber of Commerce
Real Estate Transfers in Kerr County Prompt Frequent Deeds
West Texas transfers list numerous Kerr County parcels and acres. Names include Anderson Beggs Wright Reuse Schwethelm Peterson Limberger McDonald Palmer Surber Snelgrove Espinosa Castillo Clark Griffin Heiman Adams Baker and others with prices from $30,000 to under $1,000 across Hillcrest Center Point Riverside Old Town and Center Point areas during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
May Kerr Beggs
Methodist Kerrville Assembly
Rk. M. Wright
P. M. Wright
A. Gold
Lyman J. Reuse
Hillcrest
Sid C. Peterson
Hal Peterson
Oldtown
Co. F. Limberger
Arno Schwethelm
Kerr County
Preston Worley
E. A. Worley
Yart
Geo. C. King
Albert Fuller
Center Point
J. D. Fly
Sid Peterson
H. H. Liles
L. S. Jenkins
W. J. Plauche
K. Spencer
B. O
J. L. McDonald
J. E. Palmer
Arthur FE. McBryde
Riverside
Council & Secor
R. C. Prewett
Oak Park
T. J. Moore
W. H. Page
John F. Surber
G. F. Snelgrove
C. S. King
Jesus Espinosa
R. J. Castillo
Chas. Schreiner
Walter Clark
G. A. Baker
Kerr County Set to Vote in Run-Off Primary on August 28
County Chairman J. J. Starkey announces Kerr County will hold a run-off primary Saturday August 28. Voting boxes will stay at the same locations as in the first primary unless announced otherwise. Absentees should contact the County Clerk to vote before leaving.
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J. J. Starkey
Kerr County
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Rogers
CITY
J. W. Odell
Kerr County Farms
Hubert C. Herring
New York
Christian Advocate
H. M. Kemper
Kerrville Mountain
Old Mexico
West Texas Encampment Association
W. F. Anderson
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