Shriners Plan July Buffalo Trip for San Antonio Temple Bid
A delegation of over 100 San Antonio Shriners and Shrinerettes will leave July 8 on a special Katy line train to Buffalo for the Imperial Shrine Council. They seek a dispensation to establish Alzafar Temple in San Antonio, contingent on a 400 charter, 1000 mother temple members, and adequate funds. The group includes Frank R. Newton and other officers, with goat mascot Bobby Burns and a guard detail.
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San Antonio
Shrine Patrol
New Temple
Alzafar Temple
Ben Hur Temple
Austin
Mother Temple
Ben Hur
St. Louis
Niagra Falls
Buffalo
San Antonio Shriners
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Frank R. Newton
Tom Blundell
Leutenant
J. Chester Rice
B. C. Dunham
Arthur Storms
B. F. Morris
E. Tommins
W. H. Weber
N. K. Tracy
C. Dalkowitz
Ted H. Milburn
Horace A. Kelton
Robert Michael
J. A. Melcher
Ed Lamm
Sylvan Lang
M. Douglas
W. Raymond
Imperial Council
Walton D. Hood
Robert Burns
Kenedy
Imperial
Imperial Recorder
Hood
Texas
Royal Arch
Knights Templar
Lodge of
Imperial council to ship watermelons to Buffalo for ceremonies
Two freight cars of water melons will travel to Buffalo aboard the San Antonio special for a formal presentation on the first day of the imperial council. A watermelon feast will follow teaching North and East Shriners to eat in Southern negro style without tools. Walton D. Hood, Robert Burns, and C A Soule depart July 4 to arrange accommodations, with an advance guard stopping in Chicago en route.
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Imperial Council
Buffalo
San Antonio
North
Walton D. Hood
Robert Burns
C. A. Soule
Chicago
Red Bug Scratch camp paper debuts at Southton park
Journalism thrived at a YMCA Boy Scouts camp with The Red Bug Scratch named editor George Mueller and staff including Russell Jonas and Herbert Hern. The four page Sunday edition featured drawings and nicknames like Pony and Dimple, with extras for major news.
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Y. M. C. A. Boy Scouts
Southton Park
Red Bug Scratch
George Mueller
Russell Jonas
Herbert Hernhom
Pony
Skinny Bill
Dimple
Beans
Big Mouth
Lefty
Rusty
Shorty
Snipe
Greedy
Handsome
Pokey
Cry Baby
Scientific Society Opens New Exhibition Space For Butterflies
The Scientific Society of San Antonio plans to open its Stevens building on Commerce street to the public around September 1. A gift from Howard Lacey brings a large Texas butterfly and moth collection with new species, displayed by honorary curator Ruth Muir. The society adds minerals fossils and birds, appoints curators, and forms a membership drive led by Pompeo Coppini and others.
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Scientific Society of
San Antonio
Stevens
Commerce Street
Society
Howard Lacey
Kerrville
Texas
Ruth Muir
Edward W. Heusinger
A. J. Muir
National History
A. J. James
John F. Howard
Pompeo Coppini
J. F. Lankford
A. G. Moore
Hans Helland
William A. Black
Savings banks reflect Texas thrift in 1920s context
The Houston Post notes Texas has 27 state banks with savings departments serving 2 00 000 people each. State savings deposits total 3 497 720, about 7 cents per capita. Massachusetts leads US savings deposits, as Boston’s Provident Institution for Savings founded in 1816. Foreigner settlement there helped show saving as insurance for the poor.
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Houston Post
Texas
North Carolina
United States
Massachusetts
Boston
Provident Institution For Savings
America
Stay on the job, Clark urges Democrats to stay in Washington
Speaker Champ Clark writes Rep Martin Dies advising him to remain in Washington for a crucial session with many high priority bills. Clark warns that the House faces a packed August, Mexico, revenue and rural credits issues, urging party loyalty and duty over campaigns.
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Washington
D. C
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Martin Dies
Dies
Congress
Clark
Democratic Party
Representative Dies
Fix
Texas
McLemore
Davis
Rayburn
Burgess
Eagle
Stephens
Washington, D. C
Martin
House
Senate
Asi
Wilson
Democratic Pany
Army Officers Placed On Active Duty In Various Posts
The Army issues orders for First Lieutenant Arthur F Halpin to active duty in the eastern department and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel R Jones to active duty in Chicago. Numerous captains and lieutenants across the Medical Reserve Corps Quartermaster and Signal Corps are assigned or relieved, with details including Fort Sam Houston Fort Snelling Detroit Columbus and San Francisco. Leave of absence and reassignment provisions are noted for several officers including Robert L Hirst James S Rogers Milo P Fox and Clarence H Knight.
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Arthur F. Halpin
Eastern Department
Samuel R. Jones
Chicago
David N W. Grant
Medical Reserve Corps
Medical Corps
Clarence H. Connor
Lincoln
N. D
Leartus J. Owen
Redfield
Thomas H. Johnson
Fort Snellin
Minn
Francis L. E. J. Parker
General Staff
G. Soulard Turner
Signal Corps
Infantry
Third Infantry
Clyde A. Felluck
First Field Artillery
San Francisco
Antree Cowan
Arthur
Cowan
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Roy W. Vinton
Fourteenth Infantry
Clarence H. Knight
Corps of Engineers
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ADVIC
Speaker Tells
Teledo
Woodward Carriage Co
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Third St
Frank A. Winerich
Crockett
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Happiness
Joe Walsh
Kansas City Life Insurance Co
Brady Ridg
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