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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1949

Page

2

Bank expansion planned in Hondo. adjoining building acquired

HONDO May 11 Work will begin soon to enlarge and redecorate the First National bank. Directors have purchased the adjoining building now coupled by the Guarantee store from the Schuehle estate. The enlarged building will be Box100 it, compared to the present 360x100. Plans call for larger vault space, safe deposit vaults, and more office space.

Hondo First National Bank J. J. Burgin Schuehle

Education chief calls for broader iDuties in Texas Tech era

Lubbock May 11. Dr Dossie M Wiggins, the college's fifth president, urged elevating education for youth and adults to better grasp the nature and operation of modern social institutions in his inaugural address. Texans Bankers meet Fort Worth May 17-25 features Evans Woollen Sr president of the American Bankers Assn as a keynote.

Lubbock T ‘Tifth Texas Tech College Dossie M. Wiggins Izet Night Texas Bankers FT. Worth Texas State Bankers Assn Evans Woollen Sr American Bankers Assr

Crystal City Exercises Set features baccalaureate sermon

Crystal City May 10. Pastor B W Mantooth will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Crystal City High School auditorium Sunday at 3 p m. Commencement exercises are set for Thursday evening. James Millan is valedictorian and Marie Mortenson is salutatorian. Graduates include Oscar Avila Mike Acosta Annie Lee Powell Marie Mortenson James Millan Richard White Jeannette Stone Minnie Atchley Charles Serch Joe Cagle Constancio Bocanegra Gloria Castillo Frank Castillo Sydney Parkinson Joe Puente Betty Payne Anastacio Medellin Joel Pullen Juan Rivera Wayne Porter William Crawford Glen Ingram Stella Garza and Maurice McGir. Oscar Avila and Annie Powell will relate the class history.

Tae Joe Cagle Constancio Bocanegra Gloria Castillo Frank Castillo Sydney ‘Parkinson Joe Puente Betty Payne Anastacio Medellin Joel Pullen Juan Rivera Wayne Porter William Crawford Glen Ingram Stella “Garza Maurice McGir Oscar Avila Annie Powell

Brooke Dietetic Field Day Welcomes Texas Instructors

Home economics students majoring in dietetics from seven Texas colleges visited Brooke General Hospital for a field day. Attendees included UT, Trinity University, Southwest Texas State Teachers, Texas Lutheran, Incarnate Word, Our Lady of the Lake, and San Antonio Junior colleges. They toured mess halls, ward diet kitchens, a pastry shop, and a meat-cutting plant before lunch at the Red Cross building and a program on dietetics as a profession led by Brooke interns.

Texas Brooke General Hospital University of Texas Trinity University Southwest Texas State Texas Lutheran Incarniate Word Our Lady of the Lake San Antonio Ward Red Cross Brooke

Detective Halts Fleeing Burglars

Det. Sgt Jack Hutton chased two burglary suspects, Tomas Sanchez Mata, 20, and Juan Mata Agul, from the back of a home on Clandora Street through brush to a bucket with rings and watches, and recovered a radio, shoes, belt, and a rifle hidden at the rear. The suspects were captured in the 100 block of Loma Street and booked.

Jack Hutton van Marcos St Tomas Sanchez Mata Lois St James E. McGee Clandora St Hutton Loma

Karnes City Court Opens Special to The Light

Karnes City District Court opened this week with Judge H D Barrow presiding. Thirty two jurors named include D B Scott N L R Douglas R B Fairly Alvin Krause E L Booe R M Korth A F Grimsinger Jr Frank Davenport C D Winerich Fred Johnson L K Sczepanik and Erwin Schencel. An advertisement note mentions a product called BLUE STARTMENT and a repeat-use instruction.

Karnes City District Court H.,d. Barrow D. B. Scott NLR

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