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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1944

Page

11

Brooks Elks Install Ruler Col Bump Chief Leader

Col Arthur T. Bump and Dr Hugh Warren head the Brooks Elks Lodge No 216 at Liberal Kansas with Edward Underhill and other officers installed Last November Maj Alvaly H Robertson and Lieut Col Elbart J Bradley Jr transfer from Kansas field to assume roles at Liberal Easter vacation set for San Antonio Junior College runs Thursday to Monday.

Arthur T. Bump Hugh Warren Army Air Meldin Ruler Kansas San Antonio Elks Lodge Edward i Underhill Brookefield Tursday Colonel Rump Curtis G. Boone Brooks Tele Gilbert A. Halm Jose Sweeney West Point Spéeml Joseph A. Sweeney Kelly Tier Kelly Field Upl Fort Crockett Brooks Field Twelfth Kansas Field Underhill Alvaly H. Robertson Elbart. J. Bradley Jr Brooksfield Liberal San Antonio Junior College

Bacing Down On the News By Bugs Baer

Humor column discusses wartime drafts with satirical quips about married men enlisting and a future draft lacking physical exams. The narrator mocks overconfident soldiers and references the Grant statue as a running joke.

San Antonians At Cadet Center Training Texas aviation cadets

San Antonians at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center are among 21 cadets receiving preflight training. Names listed include Arnold Achterberg, Charles Boyd, Peter Collins, Harry Skinner, John Ynehem, and Douglas Throop with their street addresses in the city.

San

New San Antonio Tennis Game Called Commando Tennis

A column discusses a proposed San Antonio sport dubbed commando tennis or rough-and-tumble tennis. It would use weeded or rough courts and worn nets, with traditional rules but a hazardous surface, offering odd humor and commentary on city parks and recreation crews.

San Antonio Vtennus

Going Down at the Heels in San Antonio Tennis Courts

A reader criticizes San Antonio for neglecting tennis courts with rough surfaces and poor nets. He argues the city should maintain courts at low cost to provide wholesome recreation and prevent turning them into garbage dumps, noting visitors’ and locals’ preferences for conventional tennis.

San Antonio J. H.M

OPA Accountant Position Open at Lubbock Office

Applications are being accepted for the port of accountant with the OPA Gittrict affice in Lubbock, according to R. B Milam, local iyil servion secretary. The salary is $4600 a year with overtime. Send applications to Tenth Civil Sevier reason, 2 Barth Harwood Street, Dallas, Texas.

Port of Accountant OPA

Trinity University Teacher Honored By Group

Felix H. Uileich announces Elma A. Neal of Trinity as director of the Tri-College Workshop for Inter-American Education. Sister M. Clement of Incarnate Word, Rev. John Mor Kovsky, and others oversee the advisory committee. The program, for secondary division, will be hosted jointly by Incarnate Word College, St. Mary’s University, and Trinity University.

Trinity University Felix H. Uileich Elma A. Neal Department of Education Trinity M. Clement Incarnate San Antano

Health eo Confab Sought Health eo Confab Sought

Mayor Mauermann plans a meeting this week with County Judge Charles W. Anderson and County Health Officer T N Goodson to discuss merging the county health departments. He hopes consolidation can be achieved with the outlying areas and presents a unified health program.

Mauermann Tuesayne Charles W. Anderson T. N. Goodson Jig Anderson Goodson

Bus Driver Prevents Knife Holdup on City Bus

Transit company driver Pete Andry stopped the bus at Soledad and Houston when a 34-year-old Latin American boarded, then moved forward with a knife at Piedmont and East Commerce. Andry grappled, was cut on the hands, thrust the man away, and reached for his revolver as a passenger shouted for help.

Pete Andry West Olmos Drive Soledad Houston Piedmont East Commerce Andry Poles

Underwriters Plan Election At San Antonio Meeting

President A. J. Balling appointed Lloyd Silberberger chairman and nominating committee members L. C. Russell Christopher Ray Hermes and Yom N Moody for new officers at the San Antonio Association of Life Underwriters meeting at the Gunter Hotel Monday noon. J. C. Bradley discussed factors in making a success as a life underwriter.

A. J. Balling Lloyd Silberberger L. C. Russell

S A Aggies Annual Muster Date Announced in Texas

S A Aggies announce annual muster to be held April 21 in conjunction with the world aggie muster. A program including a barbecue dinner will start at 7 p.m. at La Wilita, Bexar county.

Ineanmitt Bexar County Agegle la Wiilita

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al, Bump EK. A Bump Brooks Bump Dr. Warren Brooks Elks Ruler OC. B. Smeltz Clem J. Smith Harry A. Nass G. O. Brown OH. Lamm Days White Warren Arthur A. Porter George Littler Walter Trebig Warrett Elks Texex Chand Lodge of Elks American Red Cross Nigit Warren New Atks Lodge Arthur Bugs" Baer Servica Wasn Wve General Grant Edwards F. M. Edwards Ohie Dr. Edwards Edward First Federal First First Federal Savings and Loan Association East Pecan Travis Park Garbage and City Beautiful Department San Pedro Park Hein Torokion Bougainville Fred E. Hughes Bill Miller Madatin N. Y Lehtomen Rahway N.Y Jorri Jorrie Furniture CO Eit São Os Underwriters S. A. Aggies Bath Black Hawk
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