Burgess Couple Mark 62nd Wedding Anniversary at Riverside
Maj and Mrs Richard H Burgess of 418 Vanderbilt celebrated 62 years together with a Valentine motif display in the Riverside Baptist Church foyer. The couple, longtime members for 43 years, stand as the church’s only pair to reach the 62 year mark, with a recent photo and life summary shared in the display.
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Richard H. Burgess
Vanderbilt
Riverside Baptist Church
Mas
Mrs. Burgess
Ms. Burgess
Mullin match tale and big San Antonio Safari feature
Mrs Burgess recalls meeting her husband Emily Pearl Rogers in Mullin near Goldthwaite and being married there with no matchmaking help. Rev L L Hays, who lived to 100, introduced them while pastor at Mullin Baptist Church. San Antonio Chamber cheers a prominent San Antonio feature in Pontiac Safari magazine January February issue with lavish color photos of La Villita dancers and river scenes.
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Burgess
Emily Pearl Rogers
Little Mullin
Goldthwaite
Mas. Burgess
Rev
L. L. Hays
Hays
Baptist Church
Mullin
San Antonio
River scenes and historic San Antonio photos spark regional history
A full page features a young couple on a bridge over a historic river, the world famous rose window at the San Jose Mission, arches of Mission Concepcion, and interior of the Spanish Governor's Palace. Text covers San Antonio and Texas history with ads, a chili recipe, and a note from Vir ginia Dibrell on horned toads hibernating season.
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San Jose Mission
Mission Concepcion
Horned toad spotted in October garden among weeds
A reader recalls finding a horned toad in their garden in mid October and notes its diet of red ants. They plan to emerge in spring when ants resume activity and mention other lizards in the yard. The writer values these reptiles, acknowledging the lizards were there first and do much good.
Sunshine Pecan Co. Union Discrimination Ruling
A National Labor Relations Board examiner found Sunshine Pecan Co. discriminated against workers for union activities at a San Antonio plant. The firm discontinued two shifts and 44 employees were laid off, with some later rehired. The examiner urged reinstatement and a stop to discharges tied to union involvement.
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Tne
Teamsters Union
Washington
UPI
National Labor Relations Board
Inday
San Antonio
Thomas A. Ricci
NLRB
Sunshine Pecan Co
Ramo, Inc
Sharon Jackson
Calvin Vickers
USC Queen Teamsters Union
USO Plans Annual Sweetheart Hall Event
The USO will hold its annual sweetheart ball in the club hall room starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds support service members and entertainment programs.
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USO
Seminarians To Mark Anniversary At St John’s Seminary
St John’s Seminary in San Antonio marks its 50th anniversary with open house next Sunday from 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m. Tours of Mission Concepcion and seminary facilities plus slide histories highlight the event.
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St. John’s Seminary
Archdiocese of
San Antonio
John W. Shaw
Mission Concepcion
St. John’s
Sidney Metzger
el Paso
John Morkovsky
Galveston-Houston
Msgr
William Thompson
Diocese of
Corpus Christi
Dorssaerts
Margit Hall
St. Mary's S Hall
St. Thomas Hall
St. Vincent de Paul Hall
Kelly AFB to Get Space Fuel Business
The Air Force will move its billion dollar a year aerospace fuels operation to Kelly Air Force Base this summer, transferring 125 jobs from Olmstead AFB Pa. The move, phased in June and August, covers supply of petroleum liquids chemicals and aviator breathing oxygen to Air Force and NASA programs worldwide. About 175 personnel remain in five fuels laboratories and offices. total move aligns with phasing out Olmstead and other centers by 1969.
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Air Force
Kelly Air Force Base
Olmstead Afb
Kelly
Lawa
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Eddie Urdiales
Domingo Urdiales
Frio
Monhe
Speneneouen
Air Force Fuels Laboratories
United States
Olmstead
Olmistead
Frank E. Rouse
San Antonio
Rouse
HemisFair Art Panel Appointed in San Antonio
San Antonio Arts Council advisory committee for Hemis Fair named by Cyrus Wagner at the request of exposition president Marshall Steves. Amy Freeman Lee named chairman. Members include Mrs. Lewis Tucker, Mrs. Simon Utay, Mrs. Charles F. Urschel Jr., Jeannine Wagner, Philip Evett, Alberto Mijangos, Brother Louis Schuster, and William Wiederhold.
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San Antonio Arts Council
HemisFair
Cyrus Wagner
Marshall Steves
Amy Freeman Lee
Lewis Tucker
Simon Utay
Charles F. Urschel Jr
Jeannine Wagner
Philip Evett
Alberto Mijangos
Louis Schuster
William Wiederhold
Boy Cyclist Dies In San Antonio Traffic Crash
A one year old boy died at Robert B. Green Hospital on Friday marking San Antonio's 14th traffic fatality of the young year.
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Bustos
Robert B. Green
San Antonio
Duce to Address Public Housing Talk at University Presbyterian
Duce to address the Presbyterian Council on Church and Society at University Presbyterian Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. He is vice chairman of the San Antonio Housing Authority board and dean of Trinity University’s graduate school speaking on Some Problems of Public Housing. Dr Richard W Firth notes seven local Presbyterian churches have been represented on the council during this September session. Dr A E Sharp is council chairman.
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Leonard Duce
San Antonio
A. E. Sharp
University Presbyterian Church
Iis Council
Boy Scouts to Get Ad Altare Dei Medals
The San Antonio Archdiocese Catholic Committee on Scouting will award 25 Ad Altare Dei medals to Boy Scouts from the archdiocese this Sunday at 3 PM in San Fernando Cathedral. Rev. Robert E. Schmidt, archdiocesan scout chaplain, says the award is the faith award for Catholic Boy Scouts and is presented only twice yearly, on National Scout Sunday and the third Sunday in May.
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San Antonio Archdiocese
Catholic Committee On Scouting
San Fernando Cathedral
Robert E. Schmidt
Archdiocesan
I Scout
Investigator Added to Staff in Bexar County Budget
Ted Lacey, former police chief in Terrell Hills, Pearsall and Brady, was hired Friday as an investigator by District Attorney James Barlow. Lacey will be paid monthly in the effectively created post funded in the 1966 Bexar County budget.
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Ted Lacey
Terrell Hills
Pearsall
Brady
Friday
James Barlow
Lacey
Bexar County
Contract Let To S. A. Firm For Transit Shops Addition
D. J. Rheiner Construction Co of San Antonio wins a 227271 dollar contract to add 14000 square feet to the San Antonio Transit System maintenance shops building. The project includes a 26615 square foot concrete yard, an asphalt employee parking lot, and a small steam-cleaning building. The design preserves 13 large pecan trees. The transit system maintains city vehicles and heavy equipment and performs major mechanical work.
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D. J. Rheiner Construction Co
San Antonio
San Antonio Transit System
Fall City
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Virginia Dibrell
Nacogdoches Road
Laly
S. A. Firm
FT. Sam Houston
Kelly Afb
Viet Nam
Duce
Boy Scouts
S. A
Sears Roebuck & CO
al Spears
Herman Stettemover
Steva
NORGE
Hopp
West Ave
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Rhodes
Tart
Theo
Austin Hwy
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Handy-Andy
Harry Wurzbach
Hackberry
Highland
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