Fiesta Week notes and NIOSA extend fifth day crowd watch
Veteran Plaza observer recalls Fiesta Week buildup as NIOSA extends to a fifth day due to rain. Crowds grow Friday and Saturday with King Antonio’s River Parade drawing spectators. King William Fair set for Saturday afternoon. Coffee theft chatter, price hikes, and a humorous aside about a daughter’s self-identified race pepper the column.
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Dave Wanley
Plaza
Osgold Lick
Old San Antonio
Niosa
la Villita
New Orleans
Bridge bidding puzzle fragment from a game card
The text shows a bridge bidding scenario with players North East South West, vulnerable and bids like Pass and 2NT. It appears as garbled OCR from a card or article, with multiple hands and questions asking what each player should bid in given conditions. The fragment lacks complete hands and clear context.
Bridge bidding puzzle with faulty text
The readable part shows a bridge bidding scenario with errors in names and numbers. It asks what action you take when neither side is vulnerable and the South hand holds a weak sequence. The garbled text includes references to North East South West orders and odd numbers suggesting a standard response question.
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North East
North
Pam Paw
Doubles and Cryptic Puzzles Walk Through Doable Clues
The page previews a poker style doubles bidding query with vulnerable penalties and takeout notes, then shifts to a cryptoquip puzzle. It mentions Charles Goren, a mail offer for a Goren doubles handbook, and a cryptic riddle about a simple substitution cipher with tips on solving by trial and error.
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Charles Goren
Goren
Yeaterday
Priest Shortage in Catholic Church Sparks Debate
A Catholic newspaper column from Today's Catholic notes a priest shortage across dioceses and religious orders. It discusses staff strain in large parishes, potential parish consolidations, and calls for possible lay involvement and reform while acknowledging ongoing church vitality and challenges.
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San Antonio Archidiocese
Jesuits
Franciscats
Spring Festival at Comanche Park St Cecilia Pariah
The annual Spring Festival at Comanche Park on Rigsby Avenue features a 10:00 am field mass in the Plock Pavilion for workers and visitors. Barbecued meals begin at 11:30 am with sausages, chili, chalupas, cake and drinks. Activities include booths, games, hourly prizes, and live music by the Mex Company sevenpiece band from 6 to 10 pm.
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St. Cecilia Pariah
Comanche Park
Rigsby Avenue
Plock Pavilion
Sevenpiece Hand
Ex Pastor Receives Master of Divinity Degree
George W. Schordt retired pastor of the American Lutheran Church and member of St. John Lutheran Church in San Antonio was awarded a Master of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque Iowa. He previously earned Wartburg's Bachelor of Divinity in 1924 and has served in ministry for 50 years at several churches in Kansas City Missouri and Colorado.
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George W. Schordt
American Lutheran Church
St. John Lutheran Church
San Antonio
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Schardt
Wartburg Seminary
Kan City
Towa
Colorado
Rummage Sale Slated at Bethany United Methodist Church
Bethany United Methodist Church at 4202 Eiselauer sponsors a rummage sale on Saturday May 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds support conference apparelments and church projects.
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Bethany United Methodist Church
Eiselauer
Braunds
Bam
Nazarene Meet Set at First Church of the Nazarene
Delegates and members of the San Antonio Nazarene district prepare May 2 5 for the annus assembly and auxiliary conventions at the First Church of the Nazarene 500 So 1st St Temple Rev Charles Stipe hosts with Rev Harald B Graves district superintendent presiding Reports from district officers committees and pastors will be heard Delegates will ratify constitutional changes approved by the 8th General Assembly in Dallas
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Church of the Nazarene
San Antonio
Soo So
Charles Stipe
Harald B. Graves
Che
General Assembly
Dallas
Singles Confab Scheduled in San Antonio at Menger Hotel
Singles in San Antonio are invited to the first Singles Convention to be held Saturday May 24 at the Menger Hotel. Start time is 8:30 a.m. The event features a banquet dance with live entertainment, workshops on legal and financial topics, a style show, lunch, mixer, cocktails, and social times to meet others. For information call 821A.
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San Antonio
Menger
Evangelist Shaw to Speak at Camelot Christian Center
Will Speak Ballplayer Evangelist Shaw from Greeley Colorado and the Crusade Team appear Sunday night at 7 p.m. for the evangelistic service at Camelot Christian Center 712 Ray Bon Michael and his band will provide special music while preaching and sharing a testimonial of a miraculous healing.
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Evangelistraicngel Shaw
Greeley
Cit
Crusade
Camelot Christian Center
Ray Bon
Michael
Vam
Census Volunteers Reach Out Across Parish Boundaries
More than 400 volunteers from St Vincent De Paul Parish at 4222 8.W. Loop 410 will canvass households Sunday April 24 between 2 pm and 7 pm. They will census Catholics residing within the parish, which covers a large area on the West side from FM 1957 north to Pearsall Road south and from Leon Creek east to Grosenbacher and Pue Roads west.
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St Vincent de Paul Parish
Teara
St. Vincent de Paul
FM 1957
Pearsall Road
Leon Creek
O Grosenbacher
Pue Roads
Associate For Grace Rev Fox Installed At Grace Lutheran
Rev Kein G. Fox will be installed as associate pastor of Grace Lutheran Church at 54 Avenue E on Sunday May 1. A 6 A.M. service will precede a dinner in the Educational Building. Officiating will be Rev Robert Adix senior pastor of Grace Lutheran. Fox has served as staff chaplain at M D Anderson Hospital in Houston since 1923 and previously led Lutheran Social Service of Texas as Area Office Director.
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Kein G. Fox
Grace Lixheran Church
Avenue E
Robert Adix
Grace Lutheran
Fox
M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute
Houston
Ite
Fiffice
Lutheran Social Service of
Terns
Ministers scheduled for Protestant services at Sank Antonio State Hospital
Four San Antonio ministers are invited as guest speakers for Protestant Services at Sank Antonio State Hospital during May Mental Health Month. Dr Robert Buxbaum will address patients on a Sunday in May, and others including Dr George Stewart Rev F Joseph Tanner Rev Clidy Byrd Rev Robert Cullum will lead programs and two special afternoon sessions. A puppet show by Dan Baugh and a gospel music program by Rev Henry Talbot are also planned across May Sundays.
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San Antonio
Sank Antonio State Hospital
Robert Buxbaum
George Stewart
Robert F. Cullum
Dan Baugh
Camel of Churches
Henry Talbot
Lean Springs First Baptist Church
Teachers Will Rally at Spring Rally Host Site
The San Antonio Lutheran Sunday School Teachers Association will meet Sunday for its Spring Rally at Shepherd of the Hills, fly Warebach. Registration begins April 24 at 2 30 p.m. The theme is Caring and Sharing.
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San Antonio Lutheran Sunday School Teachers Association
Shepherd of the Hills
Faith Lutheran Church relocates to Maltsberger site
The Faith Lutheran Church, recently meeting in Rened quarters at 1518 Fiulfdale, bought property at the intersection of Toses Maltsberger and Thousand Maks in northern Sen Aslania and plans its first worship there on May 1. The church traces roots to Concordia and Peace Lutheran, joining the Evangelical Lutheran Synod at Bethan Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota, after earlier ties to the Luther Church Missouri Synod.
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Fiulfdale
Hana
Toses-Maltsberger
Thousand Maks
Sen Aslania
Falih Lutheran Church
Concordia Lutheran Church
Peace Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Bethan Lutheran College
Mankato
Minn
Synod
Cen
Luther Church , Missouri Synod T
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