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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1939
Page
7
Antonians seek unusual foods and will find a wide stock at Gin Lee Grocery 203 South Santa Rosa Avenue. The store offers imported Chinese foods and ingredients for chop suey plus silk scarves handkerchiefs crockery wares porcelain spoons chap sticks and a prompt courteous delivery service.
San Antonians and visitors praise Park Tavern at 2810 Fredericksburg road for modern, clean lodging and courteous service. The facility offers religious foods, high quality ingredients, and options for large gatherings with fried chicken and steak dinners as specialties.
Transfer Co and Southern's Transfer and Storage announce broad freight service across Texas and the United States. Ozzie Latimer leads Southern, with A B Haag as manager. Brown Express and Brown Express, Inc. operate from the depot in Fort Worth. The firm emphasizes bonded warehouse service, 60000 square feet of warehousing, and protective fire and burglary alarms for stored goods.
The Steak House at 622 Fredericksburg Road offers tender steaks cooked to individual tastes by long-trained chefs. The menu also features delicious chicken dinners served family style, all prepared under expert supervision in a spotless, air conditioned dining area with modern furnishings.
A. E. Hagin, owner of Hagin Auto and Supply, reports an all time high in business last month from the Plaza Hotel garage location. He cites clean used cars, fair prices, and a personal guarantee as key factors. The stock includes many 1939 models with weather protection, plus a full tire and accessories line from Goodyear Mood and Gates. Hagins offers a one stop service bay with motor work, tires, upholstery, batteries and more, plus an easy payment plan with yearly terms. Hagin has 18 years in auto business and two years at current site.
The Citizens Industrial Bank at 114 Military Plaza completed a full modernization including remodeled air conditioned banking rooms exterior interior repainting new teller windows Venetian blinds and redesigned floors. Quick loan service promises rapid approval of loans including auto purchases vacations refinancing and debt consolidation with expanded facilities and new furnishings.
La Vencedora tortilla factory at 319 Buena Vista street expands its line as one of the pioneer machine made tortilla producers in the United States. Managers cite sanitary processes, consistent corn selection, mixing and baking as key factors in high quality, with red tortillas for cuchiladas and the toasted Fosteres tortilla gaining attention. Products widely sold in city grocery stores.
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