Massed Bands Perform at Rotary Christmas Open Air in San Antonio
A Friday night concert in Travis Park featured a San Antonio orchestra a soldiers chorus and the city Municipal Chorus massed on a large stage. Under Rotarian H W B Barnes direction the event drew about ten thousand people and included a Rotary tree for orphans newsboys and the poor. Santa Claus Rotarian Harry L Miller and assistants distributed gifts to over 2500 children. Police Chief Lancaster oversaw crowd control for the largest public entertainment in San Antonio to date.
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Rotary Club
Travis Park
H. W. B. Barnes
St. Mark's Church
Lon Wright
C. W. Archer
Harry L. Miller
Santa Claus
Bishop Appeals For Funds To Aid School
The Episcopal diocese of West Texas led by Rt Rev W T Capers seeks $6,000 down and $30,000 for buildings to relocate St Philip s Normal and Industrial School for Negar women to a three acre site near the city. The plan funds a brick house tea room and required laboratories furniture and kitchen equipment plus salaries and teaching aids for cooking sewing and home care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese
West Texas
W. T. Capers
St. Philip's
Willita Street
J. 8. Johnson
P Capers
Aski Ng
How to Remove Rough Skin With Mercorized Wax
An aged editorial style tip advises using mercorized wax as a daily cold cream substitute to peel away rough outer skin. It claims the outer layer wears off gradually to reveal a softer and whiter second skin, with a youthful appearance.
Rural Carriers Meet at Luling Cald well County
Secretary Dowell has mailed invitations for the Cald well County Rural Carriers Association annual meeting to be held in Luling on December 30. The program includes welcomes, addresses on rural carrier labor, postal knowledge, road questions, and observations on rural free delivery, followed by a turkey luncheon.
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Luling
Tex
M. H. Dowell
Caldwell County Rural Carriers’ Association
Isaac Taylor
William Sellingsloh
Seguin
A. E. Holland
T. M. Hofheinz
J. B. Fortune
Lockhart
John N. Gambrell Jr
Nora Eckols
J. T. Ellis
L. H. Bridges
W. H. Turk
Hallettsville
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Thomas McNeal
Prisoners to receive Christmas treat at Bexar jail service
The Hedge and Highway Helping Hand Society hosts a Sunday service at Bexar county jail at 8 pm with Rev. J. A. Smith and Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott in charge. The Progressive Baptist Young People's Union led by John J. Mauer assists and performs singing during the visit.
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Hedge and Highway Helping Hand Society
Bexar County
J. A. Smith
Mra
Herbert B. Linscott
Progressive Baptist Young People’s Union
John J. Mauer
Open house for girls away from home at YWCA Christmas
The Young Women's Christian Association invites any girl away from home to spend Christmas Day at the YWCA with open house from 2 pm. Old fashioned games and a jolly frolic will fill the afternoon and supper will be served. Militiamen from Camp Wilson are to be hosted at evening parties Tuesday through Friday by the extension department and members.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Young Woman's Christian Association
Association
Camp Wilson
Extension Department
Ernestine Friedmann
Christmas Cheer Association Delivers 800 Baskets
The Christmas Cheer Association sent out 800 baskets filled with Christmas food toys and clothing. The final baskets left headquarters Saturday afternoon as volunteers, exhausted yet satisfied, ensured families would have holiday meals and gifts. A year-end business meeting will review accounts and plan for next year as matinee donations and responses are tallied.
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Christmas Cheer
Benno Kayton
Christmas Cheer Association
House
Beng
Local charity drive tires workers after long day of gifts
Volunteers labored from 8 a.m. to after 6 p.m. packing and delivering gifts as donations kept arriving through Saturday. Contributors include Freddie Cemiski of Los Angeles two dollars Will Lohorn one dollar Mrs A Herff five dollars Hertzberg Jewelry Company two dollars a friend one dollar Captain Marvin Mallory ten dollars Peter Chiffers and sons one dollar and Mrs J Howard two dollars.
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Ers
Freddie Cemiski
Los Angeles
Cal
Will Lohorn
A. Herff
Hertzberg Jewelry Company
Capt
Marvin
Mallory
Peter Chiffers and Sons
J. Howard
Rogers Sets Pattern for Army Building at Fort Sam
Col. Harry L. Rogers chief quartermaster of the Southern Department leads construction of mammoth storehouses at Fort Sam Houston. A Washington column notes his design will model future depots at major railroad hubs to store supplies for an army of 20 000 men in time of war. The effort involves the National Defense Council and Howard E. Coffin.
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Fort Sam Houston
Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
War Department
Army and Navy
Washington
Colonel Rogers
Luling to Hold Municipal Christmas Tree
Luling Texas plans a Christmas morning tree event at Bell Haven orphanage. The Luling Commercial Club and local citizens donate gifts for every poor child, with many valuable items contributed.
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Luling
Tex
Luling Commercial Club
Bell Haven
San Antonio Publicity Book Aims to Boost Tourism
A profusely illustrated booklet titled Greater San Antonio, the City of Destiny and Your Destination, issued by B A Luck, seeks widespread circulation in the United States and Canada to attract tourists homebuyers and investors. The San Antonio Ideal Estate Board offers a 50 foot lot to subscribers whose referrals lead to a $5000 real estate investment. The campaign rides the See America First movement as European travel falters. Local mail operations run overtime with 140 000 stamps processed Friday, about 40 000 more than usual.
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San Antonio
B. A. Luck
Higher Publicity League of Texas
United States
Canada
Greater San Antonio
City of Destiny
America
Europe
Luck
St. Louis
Post Office
Christmas Mail Delays Hit San Antonio
San Antonio faces 24 hour mail delays as trains miss connections. The Post Office reports backlog at the Saturday peak with deliveries planned Sunday and Christmas Day. Washington authority allows Sunday deliveries and one Christmas Day run, as staff work through the congestion from late trains.
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San Antonio
Ana
Postoffice
Robert S. Hedges
Washington
International
Great Northern
Fear Daring Captains London Shipowners Fear Uboat Bonus
There is anxiety among ship owners over MP R. P. Houston’s offer of a $10,000 bonus to the master and crew of every merchant ship that sinks a Uboat. They fear captains and crews may take increased risks to win the prize.
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London
R. P. Houston
M. P
Women eligible as army cooks. Dartford school opens
In London on December 23, it was announced that women aged 17 to 35 are eligible for army cook positions and a military cookery training school has opened at Dartford. Already 1200 women have been sent to the front from this school.
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London
Dartford
Lambert Prepares Large Oyster Bake for Christmas Festivities
Commissioner Ray Lambert readies an expansive oyster bake at 1821 South Alamo Street in San Antonio. Thirty barrels of oysters are prepared to feed 1500 to 2000 attendees, with a coal pit, iron grate, and a crew of shuckers. Lambert jokes about feeding time and notes he has named some oysters including Charley Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
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Ray Lambert
San Antonio
Alamo Street
Commissioner Lambert
Charley Chaplin
Mary Pick
Oyster Bake Set To Open Monday At 10 A M
The oyster bake is scheduled to start at 10 a m Monday and will continue throughout the day.
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Ford
Treason Trial Opens in Sarajevo for 39 Serbs
In Sarajevo a high treason trial will begin against thirty nine Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The defendants include ten merchants ten students two clerks a bank president a high school pupil a jeweler a photographer a baker a contractor and a servant.
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Vienna
Sarajevo
Fortune telling mania grows in England during wartime
In London on December 23, authorities worry as palmists crystal gazers and mediums rise. Friends of front line men seek forecasts of fates and loved ones. Officials consider steps to regulate the practice amid increasing demand.
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London
England
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