Street Flares Being Swiped Prompt City Warnings
The city public works department reports barricades and flares dwindling as vandalism and theft rise. About 25 percent of barricades and many flares are demolished or stolen monthly, according to Everett Lawrence Hansen, who notes drivers often run over markers. Barricades cost 3.25 dollars each and flares about 23 dollars a dozen. production shifted to the city shop on St. Main while lumber remains supplied by the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Public Works Department
Everett Lawrence
Spike” Hansen
Victoria
Hansen
St. Main
Seventeen Street Lighting Jobs Still Await Completion
Seventeen arterial street lighting projects scheduled for 1954 remain to be completed, with six finished and one under construction. Projects, separate from the master downtown program, cover areas outside the core lighting district and include several stretches along Alamo and Nueva. The Public Service board approved 24 projects between Nov 1953 and Feb 1954, with Nueva under way since March 3, 1954, and 37 additional pendings submitted in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Fischer
City Public Service Board
Fischer
Sfite
McCullough
Broadway
Dwyer, Guilbeau
Stumberg
S. Alamo
Pro Handt
Nueva
Dwyer
S. ‘Alamo
Villita
Zarramora
Fredericksburg Rd
New Laredo Hwy
Fredericksburg
University
Woodlawn
Probandt
Laredo
W. Houston
Santa Rosa
Durango
Medina
S. W. Military
S. Flores
Oppenheimer
Pleasanton
Gerald
S. W
Josephine
Burr
McMullen
Tom Bandera
Lackland
Graham
S. Laredo
Stadium
Hildebrand
Dium
N. St.Mary's
Flores
Public Service Board
Psychologist to speak at Our Lady of the Lake campus
Dr. Herbert Chamberlain, consulting psychologist, will address the Worden School of Social Service at Our Lady of the Lake college in Providence hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday. He will discuss mental health topics of interest to educators and social workers. lecture open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Chamberlain
Worden School of Social Service
Our Lady of the Lake College
Providence Hall
Chamberlain
Univers
Cchildren
Irene Morris
Tmber
New Assistant Executive Officer Named at Fort Sam Houston
Lt. Col. Reinhard L. Speltz is named new assistant executive officer at Fort Sam Houston replacing Lt. Col. Faulkner who heads overseas. Speltz arrives from a Caribbean duty tour with his wife and two children residing at 149 Clem Col Sp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhard L. Speltz
Ft Seam
Houston
Cal
Hershey Named New Fort Sam Houston Post Engineer
Col Hershey, a Pennsylvanian and former chief of the Army Construction Division in the Oklahoma area, becomes post engineer at Fort Sam Houston replacing Lt Col Clayton Bird. Bird receives a new assignment at Fourth Army headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob BR. Hershey
Ft. Sam Houston
Clayton Bird
Hersey
Army Construction Division
Okinawa
Bird
Puzzle 103 Pester mollusk winged cryptic note
Fragmentary OCR reads puzzle hints and codes. Phrases include great ironwood, Srettement of Pegu, Vehement pak, Drop bait, Hing Features Syn. and scattered numbers. Readable items show puzzle clue style and inconsistent punctuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zealand
Pegu
Hing Features Syn
Colonel Ends 34 Year Military Duty
Col. Francis B. O'Donnell retired after 34 years of active service in the Army and Air Force. A Saturday parade and review honored him at Kelly Air Force Base, where Maj. Gen. H. H. Bassett decorated him for outstanding distinguished service. He joined the Security Service in 1950 and was chief of staff from July 1954, with prior duty in Air Training Command and Alaska. The couple will reside at 819 Elizabeth Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B.o'donnell
Army
Air Force
U.S. Air Force Securityservice
Kelly O'Donnell
Col. O'Donze
H. H. Bassett
Security Service
Kelly
Air-Training Command
California
Colorado
Alaska Air Command
Aleutians
O'Donnell
Elizabeth Rd
Two San Antonio Women to Attend Reading Panel
Two San Antonio women will attend a conference of the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading from July 3 through August 4 at Sul Ross State College in Alpine. Mrs. Mary Hull and Mrs. Larenna Haymes, elementary supervisors with Edgewood Independent Schools, will assist in a panel discussion on Purposeful reading for the Spanish Speaking Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas Association For the Improvement of Reading
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Mary Hull
Larena Haymes
Edgewood Independent Schools of
Nomination of Combs Thunderbirds commander as brigadier general
Col Cecil E Combs deputy commander of the Thunderbirds official air force precision flying unit at Randolph AFB has been nominated for brigadier general by President Eisenhower. He began in 1921 with the Texas National Guard and rose through training roles, earning the Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaves the Legion of Merit and the Air Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil E. Combs
Thunderbirds
Air Force
Randolph Afb
Dew
Dalnh Afb
Eisenhower
Combs
Dallas
Texas National Guard
36Th. i
Rocky Mount
N. C
W. L
Emmetsburg
Iowa
USAF
Lackland Afb
Distributors Sought in S A
Two letters to the Mexican Chamber of Commerce request local distributorship names. Alberta Callejo of Mexico City asks for a San Antonio dealer for pasteurizing machines. D Rodriguez of Nuevo Laredo seeks a distributor for the Mexican magazine Revista Mexicana. Louis Cabral, chamber business manager, forwarded the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
Alberta Callejo
Mexico City
San Antonio
D. Rodriguez
Nuevo Laredo
Revista
Louis Cabral
S.A. Reserve Col Promoted to Colonel in Air Force Reserve
Roger L. Zeller of 2006 W. Woodlawn was promoted to colonel in the Air Force Reserve and named to the Reserve Officers Association executive committee. He received colonel’s eagles from Maj. Gen. John H. McCormick at a ceremony after taking ROA office in Boston. Zeller previously served as ROA vice president. Maj. Clifford Bueche succeeds him. Zeller is a San Antonio businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Zeller
W. Woodlawn
Air Force Reserve
Zeller
John H.mccormick
Lackland Afb
ROA
Boston
Clifford Bueche
Lackland Wing
Dickson
San Antonio i
Trinity gains $150000 gift toward 1954 development plan
An annuity funded by Mrs. Lilla W. Mayfield of Sandy provides $150,000 toward Trinity University's long range development program started Feb 16, 1954. The drive seeks $5,000,000 for buildings, $3,000,000 endowment, and $250,000 annually for operations, with a memorial home economics program planned and construction set for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla W. Mayfield
Sandy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daborah Kerr
van Johnson
Diane Hart
Emily
The
Arts Theater
Slean Ford
Alamo
Mission Drive-In
Rita -Gam
Mel Ferrer
Saadia
Olmos Theater
Alec Guinness
Yvonne DeCarlo
Guinness Pictures
Josephine Theater
Amazon
Empire Theater
S. A
Ass’t Exec
Eltz
Col. Hershey
Yao
Frodigals
Coat Society
Asa Amalie Bird
Commotion Ruck Ag
Boundar
Poera
Vapid Foundation
Wa—Lizerd
Berd
S.A
Robert K. McCutchen
Arlington, Va
Wolff & Marx Big
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!