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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
5
Houston June 17 The University of Houston reports 5725 students enrolled for the summer term, the largest enrollment in the school’s history for a summer session.
The Wimberly FW Post announces a two day rodeo July 3 and 4 featuring bronc riding roping and female dogging and other special attractions. The event will be held at the new Rodeo Bowl located one and a half miles from Wimberly on Tacobs Well road.
Paramount used 30 000 feet of film shot in Strasbourg near the French German border featuring Ray Milland and Florence Marly for Scaled Verdict. A light want ad is suggested to handle the project.
In Cullman Alabama on June 17 motions to dismiss a paternity suit against Governor James E. Folsom were filed in circuit court. The plaintiff Mrs Christine Pitman Johnston requests recognition as common law wife and mother of James Johnston, while a similar move was made for the child James Johnston Jr. The filing accuses political weaponization and notes Johnston claims she never lived with Folsom as Melly and wife.
Funeral services for 1st Lt Roy S. Wheldon, Lackland AFB pilot, were planned at the Wing chapel with an honor guard from the wing. The body would be sent to Branbury, Conn for interment after his death in an airplane crash at Kelly AFB Tuesday. He is survived by his widow, a daughter and his parents.
Services for Oscar D. Drisdale 56 of Del Rio and former San Antonio banker will be 10 a m Friday at the First Baptist church chapel. He died in Rochester New York and is survived by his widow Willie Hulton Drisdale two sons John and Howard of Del Rio and a daughter Mrs David Dows Jr of Mauricetown New Jersey Burial will be in Mission Park San Antonio retains ties as he recently moved to Del Rio as vice president of Del Rio Bank and Trust Co formerly with South Texas Bank in San Antonio.
Fr Joseph Hamula, longtime assistant at St Josephs Catholic Church, is transferred to High Hill near Schulenburg to serve as assistant pastor. Fr Roman Janak, previously of El Campo, succeeds him as pastor at the church.
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