Sunday School Work Under Discussion
Two score ministers and teachers met at Travis Park Methodist Church for the West Texas conference Sunday school board session. The group discussed businesslike organization, student mailing lists, and democratic class officer elections or candidate suggestions. Tomorrow’s program features House-to-House Visitation and Home Department and Cradle Roll.
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Travis Park Methodist Church
West Texas
W. A. Godbey
M. A. Childres
J. G. Forrester
L. E. Booth
J. W. Long
Afternoon at Home for Newsboys Planned by Y M C A
San Antonio families prepare Christmas charity as the Y M C A plans an old fashioned afternoon at home for over 100 newsboys with hot chocolate and popcorn. Associated Charities coordinates Christmas dinners and gifts, urging employer participation and donations to feed hundreds on Christmas Day.
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San Antonio
Means
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dilley
Alamo City
Associated Charities
Salvation Army
Good Cheer Movement
Office of the Light
Plaza Theater Stockholders Meet and Elect Directors
The Plaza theater stockholders meet after two months of operation. Treasurer reports weekly receipts rise and profits are satisfactory. Directors elected for the year: Thomas L. Conroy, H. G. Staacke, B. E. Richardson, H. E. Hildebrand, Lloyd Spencer.
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Plaza Theater
Plaza
Thomas L. Conroy
H. G. Staacke
BE. W. Richardson
H. E. Hildebrand
Lloyd Spencer
Hotel Bender to Open in Houston under Swearingen
Announcement states Hotel Bender in Houston will open Friday December 15 under Byron Swearingen with management. A San Antonio party postponed their visit due to his opening schedule. W M Abbey, ex-San Antonian now Houston insurer, calls the hotel the most beautiful in the state. Fred A Cold of Detroit is registered at the Savoy.
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Houston
Byron Swearingen
Mr. Swearingen
W. M. Abbey
The
St. Anthony
Bender
Study of City Social System Planned in San Antonio
The executive committee of the men and religion forward movement in San Antonio plans an exhaustive study of the citys social system and morality to improve the Alamo city. Yale Hicks chairs the committee aiming to raise 5000 dollars, with F S Hall as finance chairman and a full committee to be formed soon. An executive secretary starts until May 1 as experts prepare an eight day educational drive.
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Men and Religion Forward Movement
San Antonio
The
Alamo
Yale Hicks
Obituary notices of multiple San Antonio residents
Obituaries report the deaths of Douglas James S. Douglas of 818 Delmar Street aged 49 with funeral under I O O F rites. Mrs Charles D. Loring of San Antonio. Bessie Lewis 48, of 303 Henderson Street. Amelia Kennedy Werden of 245 West Johnson Street. Mrs Clara Huebner of 623 Fast Crockett Street with listed pallbearers and church services.
Mrs. Sarah Gamble Houk Dies in Wentorset Iowa
Mrs. Sarah Gamble Houk wife of L C Houk a San Antonio real estate dealer died last Saturday at her former home in Wenterset Iowa. She is survived by her husband and her Iowa parents. Interment was in Rock City cemetery. She was well known in San Antonio.
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Douglas
Jamess
Delmar Street
Milton
Ill
San Antonio
Turner Douglas
Co. B. Cross
South Heights Methodist Church
Lewis
Bessie Lewis
Henderson Street
Scotland
John Lewis
Castro of Austin Stops at the Savoy
C. 8. Castro of Austin is stopping at the Savoy theater for an engagement.
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Castro
Austin
the Savoy
Fiesta San Jacinto Named Official Festival
The Fiesta San Jacinto name replaces carnival as the official title for the annual spring festival commemorating Texas independence. Directors chose the name from a thousand submissions. Plans for 1912 include floats by R B Roberts again and a school parade with about five thousand students. Directors present included Ayers, Hearne, Oppenheimer, Meier, Heye, Hummert, Miller, Woodman, Brown, Morgan, Sprague, Spencer, and Carrington.
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San Jacinto
Texas
Carnival Association
R. B. Roberts
Carrington
A. B. Ayers
R. W. Hearne
Jesse Oppenheimer
E. J. H. Meier
Gus Heye
Fred Hummert
H. L
Directors Hold Meeting at Real Estate Exchange
Directors of the Real Estate Exchange met in the exchange rooms at 1 30 this afternoon and acted routine business. Two applications for membership were approved. Tomorrow the membership will meet at 12 30 for their weekly luncheon to consider the committee on exclusive listing contracts. J Herbert Compton chairs the committee which prepared an elaborate report with uniform blanks and listing contracts to standardize operations.
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Exchange
J. Herbert Compton
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Central Trust Company Capital
Commerce Street
San Antonio, Texas
West Texas Conference Board
San Antonians
Lisle Notseam
P&ir
Pravis
Houston ST
Lo. Moore
Nancy
Fred A. Cold
Detroit
Savoy
Men and Religion Movement
New York
Ead Afa
Dalkowitz Bros. Co
West Commerce and North Flores Street
Directors of Association
the Washer Store
Purcha
Washer Brothers Company
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