Campaign of San Antonians in Southeast Texas Extends Meetings
San Antonio campaign to boost food and feed production among schoolchildren expands with seven recent night meetings at local schools. Leaders including Prof. L. E. Wolfe and George J. Roark plan more talks by agriculturalists. clubs formed at Lamar, Herff, Travis schools with officer boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
L. E. Wolfe
People’s Conservation and Garden Commission
Smith School
Douglas High School
Robert E. Lee
Crockett School
M. Eleanor Brackenridge
George J. Roark
Commission
W. G. Hand
Government Farm
D. E. Colp
B. G. Lane
Fred Huffmeyer
Charles Braunschweig
T. P. Huff
W. J. Knox
Jesse Wolfe
Lamar
H. C. Rips
G. R. Mims
F. E. Jones
Herff
E. A. Holmgreen
H. G. Wharton
Irving Dietz
Travis School
Claude J. Carter
Fred Hoffmeyer
W. W. Evans
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Mr. Roark
Roark
Mr. Evans
Evans
Texas
Edwin Chamberlain
Joint Food and Feed Extension Commission
Chesnutt
Kenedy
Kenedy Advance
Establish
Drexel Joins Lafayette Escadrille in France
Philadelphia resident Drexel, son of Anthony J. Drexel, has been named a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. He studied aviation at Plessis-Belleville and previously served as a chauffeur in Flanders for General John French. He inherited over 1 million dollars and set a 1910 altitude record of 10 000 feet in a Bleriot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Armstrong Drexel
Philadelphia
Lafayette Escadrille
West Front
Paris
Drexel
Plessis-Belleville
Anthony J. Drexel
Ing Firm
Drexel & Co
Young Drexel
Flanders
John French
Kenedy club leads in creating neighborhood Extension clubs
In fourteen villages and towns Extension Commission members could not reach due to time limits, the Kenedy club is described as aggressive and has taken the lead in forming local clubs in every neighboring town to boost food and feed production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Extension Commission
Kenedy Club
List of Gardening Books at Carnegie Library
A Carnegie Library listing by Miss Eliz abeth West catalogs vegetable gardening titles for small back yards. Notable works include The Gardenette by B F Albaugh on the sandwich system, The Suburban Garden Guide by P T Barnes, The Back Yard Farmer by J W Bolte, How to Make a Vegetable Garden by E L Fullerton, Country Side handbooks series, The New Rhubarb Culture by J E Morse, Southern Gardener's Practical Manual by J S Newman, Success in Market Gardening by H Rawson, and A B C of Vegetable Gardening by E E Rexford, among others. Also included are Gardening for Profit and The Vegetable Garden by I D Bennett, Manual of Gardening by L H Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, Farm and Garden Rule Book, and Garden Making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Elizabeth H. West
B. F. Albaugh
P. T. Barnes
J. W. Bolte
E. L. Fullerton
J. E. Morse
Southern Gardener's
J. S. Newman
H. Rawson
E. E. Rexford
P. Henderson
I. D. Bennett
L. H. Bailey
Garden Farming Highlights for Market Growers
Seasonal guidance on tending vegetables for market and home gardens. Notes practical tasks, crop selection, and farm management tips from L. C. Corbett's 1913 guidance, valuable to truck farmers, students, and gardening enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Corbett
How to Get Maximum Use Out of Cars in War Time
A Texas State Council of Defense resolution urges maximizing railroad car efficiency. A special committee led by F. G. Pettibone recommends five steps: load cars to capacity, minimize loading time, speed unloading, upgrade private sidings, and time orders to fit equipment availability for farm product movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Council of Defense
Austin
F. G. Pettibone
Santa Fe
J. F. Carl
Defense Council
Notable Guests and Registrations at Local Hotels
Dallas residents Fa Fnton and G. H. Chiles are among guests at the Gunter while J. C. Meyers and F. Charles Hume stay at the Menger and St. Anthony respectively. Visitors include M. Haney Austin, Clyde Brithrill Alpine, A G W Coritz Norfolk, T M Bradford Fort Worth, E M Vogel New York, Waco’s A J Epple, and others arriving or registered at area hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fa Fnton
Dallas
Gunter
Harvey T. Jones
New York
St. Anthony. Co
F. Courts
Chicago
Menger
M. Haney
Austin
Lanier
G. H. Chiles
F. Charles Hume
Houston
St. Anthony
J. C. Meyers
W. J
T. M. Bradford
Fort Worth
E. M. Vogel
W. S&s. Hepley
Cameron
Bridge Reopens After Vehicle Crash on Flores and Pruitt
The bridge at South Flores and Pruitt Streets, out of service after a crash five days ago, has reopened for traffic. A temporary streetcar trestle remains in use by the traction company for its electric cars while a permanent crossing is planned. The structure will likely be rebuilt or replaced soon. Friday night the company tested the bridge with its heaviest cars and it held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Flores
Pruitt
Traction Company
Red Cross Fort Sam Gymkhana Draws Crowds With Flying Aces
At Fort Sam Houston parade ground a Red Cross benefit gymkhana featured army aviators flying over the field and a crowd filled the grandstand. Women and men from the post and San Antonio competed in thread and needle, costumes and umbrella races, polo ball and animal races, horsemanship displays, tennis racket races, and mounted wrestling with prizes awarded to officers, ladies, and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
American Red Cross
San Antonio
Red Cross
United States
Aviation Camp
Mr. Armstrong
Miss Forsyth
MecGruder
Lieutenant Heard
Heard
Lieutenant Allen
Lapham
Armstrong
Frances Dunn
Helen Stirling
Stanley Winn
Texas Cavalry
M. H. Barnum
Scargt. W. Bristow
Eleanor Parker Cushman
Newman
Jack Johnston
Baby Killed In San Antonio Car Crash on Gandera Road
Five month old John Zinsmeister died when a car carrying the family and the Darnells overturned on Gandera Road seven and a half miles from San Antonio. Driver L J Darnell said the vehicle veered on a grade and hit an embankment. The infant suffered a crushed skull. mother held him as the others escaped injury. Funeral set for Sunday at St Henry's Church with burial in St Mary's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zinsmeister
R. G. Zinsmeister
Sheller Street
L. J. Darnell
Sadie Street
Edward Zinsmeister
San Antonio
Gandera
Darnell
John Ledbetter
Medina Lake
Ledbetter
Kenney Sanitarium
Sxeller Street
St. Henry’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Governor Signs Bills Expanding War Deputies And More
Governor Ferguson signed multiple measures in Austin including a war time deputy expansion allowing up to twenty five deputies per county, Holland House penitentiary amendments, and authorizations for large counties to hire assistants. The actions also cover a leper colony, independent school district absorption, leasing a Colorado River sand beach to Austin, state orphans home funding, court reporters, county attorney fees, and stricter auto speed penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Holland House
Colorado
Bird Club Meets Monday in San Antonio
The San Antonio Bird Club holds its first regular meeting at the Carnegie Library auditorium Monday evening at o o clock. Hans Helland the clubs president will discuss the aims of the club and O P Dahlen will talk on what the birds can do for the trees. The public is invited and a program is being arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Bird Club
Carnegie Library
Hans Helland
O. P. Dahlken
Hotel Keepers Leader Reports North Texas Boom
R L Sanders secretary of the Texas Hotel Keepers Association returns from a North Texas trip saying hotels are experiencing best business of the season. He notes Texas patronage signals prosperity and mentions President J C Lopton of Fort Worth elected to represent Texas at the National Hotel Men convention in Chicago June 12 13 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Sanders
The
Texas Hotel Keepers’ Association
North Texas
Texas
Sanders
Texas Association
J. C. Lopton
Fort Worth
National Association of Hotel Men
Chicago
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Arpistrong Drexel
Council of Defense
Davis
Jones
Read
Major Reeves
Mr. Lapham
Raberg
Louise Dunn
A. Jones
T. Allen
Cortland Parker
Elinor Cushman
J. Reeves
F. C. Johnson
Norton
Elinor Barclay
H. R. Odell
E. R. Millar
H. B. Parker
M. C. Shallenberger
Jack Stirling
Jack Hayne
Nancy Stirling
John McGruder
Elizabeth Winans
George Helmick
Bailey
John Zinmeister
America
Fin
Wolfson’s
Saul Woltson
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