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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1946
Page
18
Brooke Army Medical Center Saturday graduated its first class of 500 medical officers from a four week basic military training course at the world s largest medical center. Brig. Gen. John M. Willis Brooke commandant delivered the graduation address. About half of the graduates will be sent overseas.
Datus Proper, chairman, announced a Brooke Army Medical Center tour planned by the 14 county Red Cross Alamo Camp and Hospital council. Delegates will gather at Red Cross Building 3 and tour Brooke General Hospital occupational therapy shops and related centers starting at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Briscoe and Johnson Elementary schools tied for first place in the San Antonio Public Schools Safety patrol award for 1945 46. The sixth annual rally was sponsored by the Alamo fusion club and overseen by the police department. Speakers included Capt. G W Bishell head of traffic, M W Acers San Antonio WEI agent, and A R Haven president of the Alamo Motor club.
Final examinations for 38 candidates for associate of arts degrees begin Wednesday at San Antonio Junior College. The college baccalaureate service will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church May 19, with commencement exercises on the campus May 24 evening. The summer session will begin June 3.
Lt Col Allen Pappas appointed head of the newly inaugurated supply division at Brooke Army Medical Center. He and his wife Judith and daughter Susan reside at 641 Wheaton Road Fort Sam Houston. Pappas has 14 years in the Army and served overseas since 1943 with the Joint Rearmament Commission and later as deputy supply officer for North Africa and the Mediterranean theaters.
Marie Battersby will be queen at Central Catholic High school's junior senior prom in the school gym Friday night. Escort is Terry Green. Court includes Patsy Javier maid of honor escorted by Tim Austin and honorees Alice Sassman Mary White and Helen Weinand escorted by Joe Keenee Joe McCullough and Arthur Weissier.
The Alamo Drive-In week lists May 12 notes Along Came Jones and May 33, plus May 14 to 16 for Pardon My Past and May 7 to 18 for Rustlers of the Bad iants. The South Sun theater shows Back to Bataan May 12–13, Scared Still May 14–15, Guest in the House May 16–17, and Cisco Xid Returns May 18.
Howard C. Walker was appointed district rent enforcement attorney for the district OPA office in San Antonio, announced by director C. T. Giesen. He succeeds Burton W. Morris, who resigns to resume private practice after recently being discharged from the army.
Brig. Gen. John H. Woodberry and Lt. Cmdr. David L. Watson, both ex servicemen, plan to manufacture metal jalousies in San Antonio to cool and shade windows. Woodberry, after 36 years in the Army, says San Antonio attracted them with its people and offers. They are coordinating with Building Inspector Carl Wideman to find a site.
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