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Newspaper
Hill View Times
Location
Kerrville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
1
A Harper delegation urged Kerrville to complete a road to Harper to boost trade flow. Plans call for funding from Schreiner Road Fund and local contributions, with the Highway Department coordinating. The meeting also featured Camp Waldemar updates and a health sanitation talk urging sewage improvements.
A loud explosion in the 300 block of Clay Street woke sleepers Tuesday morning. The blast did not seem to shake the ground, but the air shattered and sleep was broken. After a pause, it repeated, then authorities found two men working on a car whose backfire caused the noises.
The gathering featured business hour refreshments including sandwiches tarts ice cream and punch for guests. The evening closed with a miniature movie program showing local celebrity films and scenes related to the delegation to the Sheep and Goat Raisers convention at Del Rio.
Superintendent Raymond A. Franklin announces the Hill Country Teachers Institute sessions will be held in Schreiner Institute Administration Building. Kerrville area teachers will gather for five days of training with demonstrations by Kerrville Public Schools staff and lectures by Dr. J. Henderson W. J. Woodson Nina Glass and Herbert L. Crate. Sessions start Monday at 8 a.m. September 6.
Judge L J Brucks ends a tedious Kerrville district court term with no cases of broad public interest. Mortgages, lenses, and debt suits dominated the docket, divorces were granted, and several criminal cases were continued or dismissed. One man drew 100 dollars plus costs for pistol toteing. another was dismissed for deer hunting with headlights. Eight bootleggers’ cases were continued and around a dozen others dismissed. A single man was sentenced to one year in prison for unlawful handling of corn juice. Hill View Times will report more local news this fall.
Kerrville’s Bluebonnet Hotel plumbing contract awarded to W. B. Brown Plumbing Co. Also secured jobs at Junction Hotel Kerr County Courthouse and Jail Kerrville eastland Main Street home Mack Weston heating Charles Schreiner Co store Catholic Convent Morris apartment and Kerrville public school work. The Junction Hotel and Kerrville Bluebonnet projects are among the largest in the area with extensive plumbing and heating scope.
Kerr County prepares for the Democratic run off on Saturday August 28 with six names on the ballot. Presiding officers from the regular primary return to oversee polling at boxes including Box 14 Kerrville which will meet at Ottinger's Furniture Store. Ballots and supplies are available from the County Clerk, with returns to be telephoned to 550 Kerrville and sent to the County Clerk promptly for State Executive Committee reporting.
George E. Rouse, operator of Variety Stores, expands his Kerrville Earl Garrett Street location with a Cooke wood Department. Advertisements show options for those who wish to avoid cooking or enhance meals with special dishes and culinary preparations.
A Morris Ranch community fair drew 300 to 400 people for an event with political speeches by Representative Alfred C. Petsch and Senator Julius Real. Petsch denounced Ferguson and highlighted Texas graft and a highway scandal while urging Dan Moody’s candidacy for governor. The program featured music, readings, a cigar race, and displays from local farms and students, ending with a lively afternoon under a brush arbor.
Pat Forrest of Medina City is jailed in Bexar County on murder charges after W. A. Gray bus driver was found with many wounds along the Bandera road. Sheriff Stevens says a mob threatened the suspect and Forrest was moved to safety in San Antonio.
Arcadia Theatre will display telegraphic election results from the Texas Election Bureau of Dallas at about fifteen minute intervals from 7:30 p m to 1 a m or later. Voters will follow Governor and Attorney General races with a regular Saturday night show added.
Workmen began Tuesday on a 30 foot extension and complete modernization of the First State Bank of Kerrville. W. W. Miller & Son are contractors, Adams & Adams designed the plans. Two reinforced concrete vaults, a mezzanine floor, and a granite front will enhance security and space. Bank history notes steady growth since 1907 and long-time staff led by President E Galbraith and cashier A L Williamson.
About a score of Kerrville residents gathered by appointment on the Guadalupe River banks Tuesday evening for a good old fashioned picnic supper. Those present included families of J. J. Starkey T. E. Noonan C. E K Wheat Mrs. Storms L. W. Goss and Mr. Lovelace. A good time was had by all.
A light 40 minute rain cooled a hot Monday evening, starting about 7 pm. The shower interrupted but did not cancel business as the Chamber of Commerce meeting was adjourned to the Lee Mason and Son building after rain began at the Mason home.
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