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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1949
Page
15
The piece highlights San Antonio and nearby districts with many band directors and theater activity. It notes Tallulai Bankhead headlining Noel Coward's Private Lives in Noel, UT, plus a wave of former high school and service-band leaders taking posts in Taft, Carthage, Poteet, Brooks, and San Benito schools.
A local reminiscence piece notes Tony Martinez 15 years ago played fiddle and drums here, now leads a Houston dance orchestra as Tony Martin. It mentions Vic Instrillo and Pat Arsers among San Antonio musicians active in Houston, plus a story about a church pump organist and a candy memory from Osage, Iowa. Lorraine Mewis records Lime Stilwell's new song I m Tey in Keep You Out of My Heart and Stilwell producing a forthcoming work.
Six faculty members from Variate Word College will attend two educational meetings this week in Houston. They are President Motier M Colum, Sister M Clem ent, Sister M Calixta, Miss Gertrude Horgan, and Donald Hogan. Meetings involve the Southern Association of Women’s Colleges and the National Catholic Educational Association southern regional unit.
Commissioners court faces potential $216,000 jeopardy as FR L Reader alleges $520,000 warrant money was not returned after recent losses. He claims $44,002 was diverted to other precincts while $10,000 remained, and seeks restitution. State may withhold highway funds until January to review 1950 allocations.
Stephens released on a $5000 bond after a habeas corpus hearing in Criminal District Court. Judge W W McCrory approved the bond signed by F B Thomstm and Newton Casheer. Stephens plans to stay at the Nueces hotel and report to the Rehect 8. Green hospital for treatment of an ulcerated condition.
County commissioners debated how to divide the 1950 road and bridge fund with Reader challenging valuation figures. The total county value stood at 298,599,000 dollars, showing precinct shares of 3.5, 20, 22, and 2 percent for precincts 3, 2, 4, and 1 respectively. A public hearing is set for Friday after the district attorney weighed in on an equal share approach.
Mary Eliza Greiner Rilling of 316 Cedaras will have a 4 p.m. Monday service at Porter Loring chapel with Rev Vernon Moh officiating. Interment follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving are husband Charles, three daughters Mrs Lilian Brown of Tallahassee, Pili, Mrs John Fite and Mrs Clark Schutze of San Antonio, mother Mrs Mary Greiner, four sisters Mrs Helen Clauteh Miss Florence Greiner Mrs Alice Boone Mrs Hazel Batto, and brother John Grelwey, all of San Antonio.
Mrs. Lindsay twenty one loses an eye when her glasses pierce her eye during a sudden stop at Medina and Commerce streets. She and husband James Lindsay were in an auto accident. she was taken to Robert B. Green hospital for removal of the eye. Three others treated for injuries after a separate crash near Berg's Mill on Sunday.
An ex athlete at 2227 W Salmasst helps Santa by starting a toy collection to repair and distribute gifts to needy children at Christmas. Limited eyesight restricts his outreach to his block, while neighbors support the drive and plan delivery to the local fire station near Rivurie Salel.
Game warden Hitzfelder said Monday unscreened sewage flowed from a disposal plant into the San Antonio River. He was accompanied by Weiss and Davis from the state health department and appeared with Mayor White at City Hall. Last reported in the river about a month ago, the issue remains unaddressed.
A disrupted report notes an unusually early cauliflower harvest in Bexar area. Six or seven workers were brought in Monday along New Laredo highway to assist. Growers report heads are small but firm and ready ahead of schedule with prices around 2.50 dollars per dozen.
Seumiwest Research Institute operates one of two U S engine fuels laboratories testing nimetliws gasoline and motor fuel under varying pressures. A dozen drivers test products on road conditions with 14 new automobiles on a 1100 mile San Antonio to Laredo course. Motors ran 24 hours daily, covering 1900 miles each day before shutdown and part inspection to gauge oil effects.
Ceremony in San Antonio marked the dedication of completed San Antonio Freeway sections stretching from Fredericksburg Road to Laredo Street with officials Fred A. Wemple and Dewitt C. Greer speaking. Archbishop Tucey led invocations as leaders and dignitaries cut the ribbon ending the event with a transit tour of completed and incomplete stretches.
A Basal or Berlin exhibit from November 28 shows a display of Communist gifts intended for Premier Stalin on his seventieth birthday. The Lowon Daily Express notes the items included baby clothes and mittens valued at about 39 or 98 units, attracting surprise.
Peter the duck, born around 13 years ago, spends most days in a pen at Howard Pieper’s home at 117 Argo Ave. The pet, gifted with a gasoline purchase, now lounges in a shallow water pan and enjoys nibbling mint leaves. Vets say continued care could extend Peter’s life beyond typical duck longevity.
Obituary reports the death of Harry B. Nelson a Louisiana financier and prominent figure. He is said to be buried in Baton Rouge with survivors including two brothers from San Antonio and another relative. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
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