Tintype Types fires itch with cryptic call and family lore
Violet Shoré, radio director, recalls a disquieting call seeking a copy of her out of print book Tintype Types. She links the incident to family legends from Methodist preachers in North Texas. Notes from Lt. Col. W. Gristie Trainer in Manitoba and Mae Trainer from the Dominican Republic. Pastor N. W. Lovely discusses The Red Shoes. Garden clubs contest at Witte Memorial Museum. A Paris soup tale and a San Antonio Philharmonic concert led by Norman Granz draws crowd despite football game.
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Violet Shoré
San Antonio
Tintyne Types
Texas
Seco
N. W. Lovely
First Unitarian Church
Lovely
San Antonin
Philharmonic
Norman Granz
Granz
Everyonia
X Ray Meet Set by Community Chest Representatives
Representatives from 13 organizations join the Community Chest X-ray survey planning at 2:30 p m Tuesday in the city health department. Dr Austin Hill, city health director, says the survey will target persons over 15. Sponsoring groups include Bexar County Tuberculosis Assn and Bexar County Medical Society with city and county health departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Austin, Hill
Bexar County Tuberculosis Assn
Bexar County Medical Society
Missouri GOP in Drive for Funds for 1950 Election
Missouri Republicans announce a campaign to raise contributions of any size from party faithfuls ahead of a hard fought 1950 congressional race. They focus on the reelection of Senator Forrest C. Donnell, who ranks just behind Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio among senators targeted by organized labor for opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Mns
Missouri
GOP
Forrest C. Donnell
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Organized Labor
Hit-Run Victim Found Near Military Highway
Law enforcement at Lackland AFB took custody Monday of a body found near Military Highway. The victim, described as a young duck, was observed by workers arriving at the field and deemed unsalvageable for consumption. It was turned over to veterinarians for disposal.
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Lackland Afb
Mar [Shal
Gele
Good Luck Nearly Chokes Him in Colorado
In Granby Colorado 186 year old Frank Bathrick nearly choked on a nickel after his father Ralph Bathrick rushed him to Denver. An escort helped reach Children’s Hospital where a surgeon removed the coin from the boy’s throat.
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Granby
Colu
Frank Bathrick
Ralph Bathrick
Denver
Children's Hospital
Frank
Three Teens Rob Suniga at Bee County Station
Police report three teenagers attacked Benito Suniga, 16, as he waited for a bus at the Greyhound station in Beeville. They lured him to Laredo and Martin streets, robbed him of five dollars and a fountain pen, and he refused medical treatment. Suniga’s transportation was arranged by the ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benito Suniga
Beeville
Suniga
Greyhound Station
Laredo
Martin Sts
Wrecker Operator Lieg Appears Before Grand Jury
San Antonio wrecker operator Jack Lieg appeared briefly before the Bexar County Grand jury on Monday. Observers said his appearance was voluntary and tied to an alleged pay-off investigation involving wrecker firms. The short hearing suggested routine business would finish before any broader probe.
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Jack Lileg
San Antoenia
Bexar County
Grand Jury
Lieg
Liegl
Maury Maverick Pushes Statue Move to La Villita
Former Mayor Maury Maverick met with Mayor White on personal business to seek restoring Fr. Hidalgo’s statue from Romana Plaza to La Villita. Maverick claimed the statue was his property given by the Mexican president and accused Quin of moving it to Romana Plaza. He said he would propose a city council resolution to shift the statue back to La Villita.
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Maury Maverick
White
Fr. Hidalgo
Romana Plaza
la Villita
Maverick
C. K. Quin
Mexico
Quin
Itv
la Vililta
Portraitist Sketches Gls Portraitist Sketches Gls Welcome
Miss Virginia Fitzgerald Brown of San Antonio, a frequent visitor at Lackland AFB hospital, sketches wounded soldiers each week for Red Cross. she averages eight to ten portraits per visit from 7 p m to closing, with no compensation. She previously served overseas with the Red Cross in 1942 through the Pacific, India, and China, then worked as a civilian with the 14th Army air force and later became secretary to Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault of the Flying Tigers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackland Afb Station Hospital
Virginia Fitzgerald- Brown
San Antonis
Red Cross
Pacific
India
China
14Th Aly Force
Claire Chennault
The
Flying Tigers
Jenkins Rites Set for Horace Jenkins
Services for Horace Jenkins, 56, of 270 Postave, will be held at 10 a m Tuesday at Porter Lot chapel. He died Thursday in Maracaibo, Venezuela. A foreman for George Meiers Construction Co, he belonged to First Baptist church and George Washington lodge A F A M. Surviving are his widow Jane, three daughters Beverly, Mrs J B Henry of San Antonio, Mrs Van Sahakian of Houston, two brothers Muir and Lawrence Jerking, and sister Mrs Max Taylor, Lincoln Nebraska.
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Horace Jenkins
Porter Lot Chapel
San Antonio
Maracaibo
Venezuela
George Meiers Construction Co
First Baptist Church
George Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M. Lincoln
Neh
Iis
Jane Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins
J. B. Henry
van Sahakian
Houston
Muir
Lawrence Jerking
Max Taylor
Lincoln
UC Professor Studying Western Europe Farm Labor
Dr Murray Ti Benedict of University of California travels to London to study farm labor conditions in western Europe for a Labor Department inquiry. He previously investigated the topic before the war.
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Labor Study
London
INS
Murray Ti. Benedict
University of California
Condon
Europe
Profit Proverbs in Portuguese Classified Ads in San Antonio
In San Antonio thousands learn from life experience through daily classified ads. These little ads serve for renting, selling, hiring, recovering losses, and finding jobs. Call F-1Z31 for more information on bargains and profits from daily ads.
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San Antonio
Busch Rites Set for Mrs Wilhelmina Busch
Services for Mrs Wilhelmina Augusta Busch aged 96 of 1732 El Montest are scheduled for 2 PM Monday at Riebe Funeral Home. Survivors include husband August Busch, sons Christian Busch of San Antonio and Ben Busch of Pearsall, daughters Alma Catsubig Alice Smith of San Antonio and Lillian Littleton of Macdona, sisters Alma Hoeneke of Converse and Ida Sahm of New Braunfels, and brothers Louis Gieweld of Castroville and Paul and Tingo Kriewald, Sequin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Augusta Busch
el Montest
Riebe Funeral Home
August Busch
Christian
Busch
San Antonio
Ben
Pearsall
Alma Catsubig
Alice
Smith
Lillian Littleton
Macdona
Ida Sahm
New
Braunfels
Louis Gieweld
Castroville
Paul
Tingo Kriewald
Offi Seguin
Transport Aid to Speak at San Antonio Dinner
Earl B. Padres of Chicago will address a dinner meeting of the San Antonio chapter, National Defense Transportation Association, at the Fort Sam Houston Officers Club at 7 p.m. Wednesday. He chairs the Interstate Military Passenger Committee and the Western Military Bureau. The chapter headquarters are at the Fourth Army Headquarters, with Col. G. F. Wrockloff as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Padres
County School Employes Payrolls Soar
County Supt. Clyde B. Smith reports increases in district staffing and payrolls for October 1949 compared with October 1948. The county added 49 employes and payrolls rose from 58,728.95 to 79,198.55. Administrators grew from 9 to 10, teaching staff up, and maintenance, bus drivers, doctors and nurses also increased as Gilmer Aiken legislation and facility expansion drove growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde B. Smith
U. S. Office of Education
OTTER
Fhe
Gilmer-Aiken
Smith
Cow Injures Owner As Bolting Animal Escapes
Rainn S. Davila 128 Bertha Street suffered a broken leg after an unruly cow bolted while being led home from a neighboring lot. Davila was dragged several feet by the tether and transported to Santa Rosa Hospital.
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Rainn S. Davila
Berthast
Iat
Bossy
Davila
Santa Rosa Hospital
Bargain Offer for Voting Machines Considered by Court
Commissioners court discussed a bargain rate for voting machines at twenty dollars per unit to cover the December 5 and January 24 elections. City Clerk J Frank Gallagher said the city would need 150 machines for its four precincts.
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Commissioners Court Standay
J. Frank Gallagher
Cii
Burglary Hits Two Churches Reported by Police
Two churches were burglarized with several cash boxes opened and funds taken. Jefferson Church of Christ saw a rear window opened and the pastor Rev Perry D Wilmeth’s office ransacked, a $6 box stolen. St Mary’s Chapel Rev J A Cailins reported three cash boxes opened and a small amount taken along with a $75 typewriter. Five suspects named by Collins with no arrests yet.
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Jefferson Church of Christ
Perry D. Wilmeth
J. A. Cailins
St. Mary's Chapel
McCullough
Summit Ares
Collins
Clerics From San Abronto Attend Grand Rap Michigan Conference
Methodist ministers Rev. Vernon Perry and Rev. R. EL Jurgmark travel from San Abronto to Grand Rapids to participate in a nationwide conference on Sunday school and related church work.
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San Abronto
Vernon Perrys
R. EL Jurgmark
Grand Rap Mitch
Mule with 4 horsepower drives lane on Lireéo highway
Neighborhood farmers prize the Layearold mule Emer Origin, a 16 hands high farm machine ally. Carson Persyn and partners Edmund Persyn George Henry Homer Verstuytt and George Stevens share in Emer's upkeep and use. They explain the name means Emergency for pulling stuck trucks and broken tractors during urgent field work.
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Hodd
Lireéo Hwy
Carson Persyn
Edmund Persyn
George
Henry
Homer Verstuytt
George Stevens
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Justi
Miss Short
Et. Churchill
Manitoba
W. Gristie Trainer
Hudson Bay
Mae Trainer
Dominican Republic
Tommye Evans
Bank of Nova Scotia
Garden Center
Witte, Memorial Museum
France
Paris
Virginia
Fitzgerald-Brown
Harley Gillin
Lackland Afb Hospital
Peeves Maury
George Verstuyft
Nelly Don
Leff
Alan
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