Christmas at Frederick's Lights Up Generous Hospitality
A festive Frederick's evening featured a mother recalling her four year old child’s sudden prayerful moment and patrons enjoying a host’s generous buffet. Dorothy White, San Antonio pianist and New School of Music faculty member, visits New York with a child friendly approach to concerts, avoiding traditional labels and focusing on a program of engaging, sugar coated music for children.
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San Antonio
Dorothy White
Joseph M. Te
Alamo Heights High
One Lady of the Lake College
New School of Music
Westchester
Hazel Grigg
Miss White
Children's concerts and holiday appearances across venues
Yonkers Symphony Society and New York institutions backed recent children's concerts written with Marvin J. Charwat. Miss White showcased dialect songs like Justin Bur Well Crow and Yeeny Weeensy Mouse for young audiences. TV guest spots, local film references, and Christmas greetings from San Antonio and New York figures pepper the notes.
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Dren
Yonkers Symphony Soeiety
New York
Barbizon
Gotham
Marvin J. Charwat
Miss White
Justin Bur
Harrington Strutherford
San Antonio
Ers
Woaltvy
Thieves Busy in L A Sunday Theft Report
Police logged multiple auto and home thefts in Los Angeles and San Antonio on Saturday. Victims include Wille Hogan who reported a $50 ring taken from his home and L O Hefner with a $75 camera and sunglasses stolen from his auto on Hor net street.
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San Antone
Wille Hogan
Hulsache Ave
L. O. Hefner
N. Alamost
Hornet St
Robert Jarbis
S. St. Mary's
Walter Mann
Terrell Wells
J. N. Rawlins
Blanes Rd
Josephine St
Antonio Acosta
Arbor Pl
Peck Ave
Engineers Set First 1950 Meet
The Hexar county chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers will hold its first 1950 meeting January 9 at the Mayor tea room. Regular meetings occur the first Monday monthly but were postponed due to holiday conflicts, says secretary treasurer Homes Fielden.
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Hexar County
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Homes Fielden
Building Permit Records Top 1946 and 1948 Totals
San Antonio area again set new building permit records with total permits reaching $39.6 million across San Antonio Alamo Heights Terrell Hills and surrounding areas surpassing earlier marks. City totals exceeded 1948 highs by $249,726 while Alamo Heights led with $2,408,059 in permits up from $1,213,519 last year. Terrell Hills matched 1948 totals at $1,354,636 as the year closed.
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San Antonio
Metropolian
Alamo Belen
Terrell Hills
Alamo Heigits
Pomits
Terrell
County Courts Add Up Income and Fines in 1949
County Court at Law No 2 posted a record 91933 dollars in fines and 32 years 10 months in jail sentences. In that court 2204 criminal costs were filed and 1957 disposed of with 1224 convictions. Driving while intoxicated led with 454 convictions while County Court at Law No 1 saw 1376 criminal and civil filings including 132 DWI and 108 liquor violations.
Youthful Womanhood Best Sales Material
A Columbia University survey found unmarried teenage girls who studied salarymanship merchandising and related subjects in high school make the least effective sales staff. In the San Antonio Light Classifieds, ads are viewed by many as superior sales agents, reaching thousands of residents quickly. To place an ad call F-1231 for bargains and quick action.
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Columbia University
San Antonio
Streamlined court speeds cases in San Antonio
As 1949 closed Judge Robert Sawtelle reported six months of the streamlined Corporation Court showing about 45,299 to 45,993 cases and $180,150 to $200,000 in fines. Traffic fines dominated revenue with 135,864 in six months. moving violations disposal reached 96 percent. Old court totals for similar period were far lower. Special procedure targeted out of state offenders. verdicts and guilty results detailed. los Principios resumed after a two day shutdown in Cordoba, Argentina.
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Robert Sawtelle
Corporation Court
Sawfelle
San Antonio
Sawtelle
Emmett’ Ratun
Arthritis Victim No Longer Bitter
Martha Pot who doctors feared would never walk again has overcome severe arthritis after years of bedridden suffering. She now works from bed painting, retouching photos, and crocheting Jayettes for the Sacred Heart Maternity Fund. Martha stays with Mr and Mrs Louis A Helle after meeting them in 1945, and remains hopeful about new drug discoveries in arthritis treatment.
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Martha
Pot
Ilya
Santa Rosa
Eve
Marthe
Sacred Heart Maternity
Louis A. Helle
E. Myrtle
Wile
Reile
One Bump Too Many Ends With Malicious Mischief Charge
Police arrest Victor Caballero at 212 Kings et for bumping a house porch for the third time on Saturday morning. Victim names Anita Garele and Trinlo Key at 1018 N Center as complainants. Officer C T Flanagan made the arrest.
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Setwarday
Anita Garele
Trinlo Key
Center At. Com
C.T. Flanagan
Victor Caballero
Kings Et
Michiet
Yule Card Tide On Steady Rise
On the third day of The Light's drive to obtain Christmas cards for San Antonio's three orphan homes, thousands arrived by mail and hand delivery. Cards will be distributed to more than 250 children at St. Peter's, St. Joseph's, Protestant Orphans home, and Ella Austin Orphans home for decorations and scrapbooks. Send cards to The Light, 420 Broadway, with legible address and proper postage.
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San Antonio
St. Peter’s
St. Joseph's Orphans Home
Fire Devastates Coast Town as Red Cross Assesses Loss
A blaze ripped through a major section of the coastal city today destroying a large portion of the harbor district. Fire crews battled the flames while the Red Cross began estimating total damage at two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Dee Manila, age 31, was reported missing after the incident.
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Manila
Dee
Ceble
Red Cross
Call Brings False Arrest On Palm Tree Incident
Chief Fred Palmer cites an anonymous Friday call led to the arrest of John Robert Bonner, 16, for alleged palm tree burning on Woodlawn Ave. Investigators show the caller Isaak Bledsoe misrepresented facts. Bonner is found innocent and officer Reagan’s report wrongly listed Billy Martin as a detainee.
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Fred Palmer
John Robert Gonnet
Woodlawn Ave
Issac Bledsoe
T. H. Reagan
Young Bonner
Potter Land
Charles Alton
Fiventl
Bledson
Bonner
Reagan
Billy Marlin
Evzaveth Rd
Jone
White Pokes Pay-Pad Coals Urges Immediate Basin Payroll Probe
White Saturday order calls for reopening the Olmas basin payroll-padding case with city auditor investigation to recover a $1617.50 shortage. L. D. Stuckabe, park caretaker, uncovered the loss in March 1948 after two laborers were paid while dropped. Carroll Todd and Henry Felland signed payrolls. neither was bonded. City attorney and auditor to determine culpability and recovery steps amid prior dropped inquiry.
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White
Olmas Basin
Banding Campunion
T Ny. Tucker
L. D. Stuckabe
Carroll Todd
Huckabaug Olmos
Henry Felland
Alfren Callaghan
Todd
Standard Accident, Insurance Co
Detroit
New Year Sketches From Years Past In San Antonio
A compilation of brief clippings recalls New Year arrivals and local events in San Antonio and surrounding counties from 1820 to 1986. Notable items include migratory birds spotted by Kern and Bryan, public health policy on hookworm exams, a temporary loss of detective forces, and city building projects amid festive celebrations.
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Europe
North
Kern, Ornithologiat
Carl A. Bryan
Boy Scout
San Antonio
Kern and
Bryan
New Hook
Eddey Company
Avenue C
Jaid
Harry Newton
Coyote Ranch
Leanvilte
1950 Outlook from Roger W Babson on Prices and Labor
Babson surveys 1950 with slower prices and output due to labor conflicts and weak employment. Retail sales drop and inventories should shrink while debt reduction remains advised. Farm incomes fall, dairy and poultry volumes rise, while taxes shift and foreign trade trends lean toward greater import competition.
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Roger W. Babson
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Tte
Nancy Carol
Adame
Teviington di
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Hampton
Mamo
Lake Medina
Rim Country
Austin
Johnston
Leah Jonneton
Roger Babson
L.A
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Los Principios
Cordoba
Martha Pohl
Flash Goffen
Piinte Valiant
the Phantom
Puck— the Comic Weekly
L. A
L. A. Light
Aian
Bexar County
University of Texas
West Foxan Medical Ass
Amezican
Russia
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Federal Reserve
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