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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1939
Page
12
A jumble of names, places, and anecdotes weaves through a city scene from a newspaper page. Olivia Baldessarelli and others are cited amid garbled notes on offices, detectives, Pullman cars, and travel fantasies. The piece mixes theatrical, legal, and commercial glimpses, ending with references to candy dealers and rising prices.
The Rev J L Taylor pastor of the Tnisa Baptist chyrely, recently retired from the National Bap fish convention in Los Anigeles, will preach at evening services this Sunday.
A brewery worker, Castillo, was robbed of 420 cash by three men in the 200 block of North Flores Street while driving Saturday morning. The suspects tailed his car, threatened with pistols, and fled with the money. A separate report notes theft of 360 feet of electric wire from a rear yard Friday night.
Beaver County plans no federal approval this year for a health unit. Two new county health nurses Frances Gayle and Elizabeth Skipper to be employed October 1 at 128 dollars per month each, replacing current nurse Ernestina Golibarte who earns 150 dollars. Judge Anderson supports training home talent over importing outsiders while budgeting 8190 more for health unit needs to meet state and federal requirements.
Saturday event at Joske Brothers store offers a daily drawing for a Resistol hat valued for the man whose head shape most resembles President Roosevelt. Participants pose with a device to measure proximity to the president’s head, with five days of photos published in The Light.
The Rev Terry Swenvel Th Terry will preach on The Day of the Churel at 8 PM at Madison Square Presbyterian Alms. A mid week Bible study on Exodus will follow on Wednesday night.
Thompson, age seventy, closes a 25 year federal career in the Bureau of Animal Industry after serving in China, the Pacific, Puerto Rico and Spanish Honduras. He helped curb cattle diseases, guarded Texas ports, and assisted in supplies for herds in the Philippines. Dr. William Dye will succeed him.
Fragmented OCR style narrative describes a 24 year old woman who endured atrocities of war and plans a summer retreat with a can of condensed milk and no can opener, while an Ishy figure contemplates a summer return and a corpse delivery remains uncertain.
Police sought a man with a gun after cafe patrons reported suspicious behavior. The man flagged down Officer C A Bartram and said he was a special deputy, showing a pistol with his coat off in a cafe scene before leaving. A second item notes tenor Mulard Schouff to sing at Servite services.
A rear end collision between a sweeper and an auto on Perelda and South St Marys streets Friday left five treated for lacerations and indirect injuries at Robert D Green hospital. In a separate crash on Hildebrand and McCullough, four riders were injured when their auto struck a curb, with Mackey named driver and Fennell Woolrich Les King and Lelles Newes as passengers. All injured were treated and released.
Revival services are scheduled at Fresh Baptist Church in South San Antonio led by Pastor J. E. Bagley of Piles Baptist Church. The weekly program begins September 24 with services at 745 PM and 9 PM, while planning meetings discuss topics like Indaba and pen.
Firemen battled a fire at a showroom operated by Sim Acceptance Corp at 401 Male Avenue after sparks were seen by F G Miller. Fire Chief A Bartram reported the danger from a storage area and ordered immediate response. Fire crews cut power and extinguished the flames without further incident.
Court officials in Bexar County discuss sending printed tax statements to claim a tax increase this year while exploring whether county workers can be compelled to mail notices. Chief deputy George Broke seeks clerks at $100 to $125 monthly, with saving estimates offered if approved, amid questioning over staffing and authority.
Los M49 Drexel Avenue reports a new supervisor of the Wilted Statrs census prepared to serve for Washingtons DC to receive training for 1940 Trousts work. Towis was issued in the position served supervisor Friday and will supervise census work over districts extending south to Brownsville and west to El Brso.
Luther Leagues to conduct services at St John’s Lutheran. Members will lead the nine services Sunday with focus on Bible camp and religious instruction.
A dented barber shop era relic from the late 19th century travels to the White Museum this week. Edward Leighton of 903 North Alamo Street showcases a quick-jerking robe and a drawing by a famous artist on the piece. The exhibit signals a broader return of old-trade items to public display, with local interest rekindled.
The readable text centers on Rosemary Melancon of 119 East Harolins and mentions a $1 amount linked to a girl. The garbled lines reference glass frogs and a challenge involving drags and wits, but no clear event or outcome is stated.
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions creatures, Meese Frogs, a person named Rosemary, and attempts to add items to a collection. Details are garbled with nonsensical wording and cannot establish a clear event, date, or identifiable subjects.
Warner Davis and Sterling Care, elected to the diaconate of Webland Park Presbyterian Church last week, will be ordained and installed in their offices at 8 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Baxter B. Greer, pastor, will preach on What I Have to Give For Evangelism from Romans 12:31.
Baty Astonia will be the first city in the United States to offer steel shingles claiming storm proof rigidity. Inventor R C Harrington of 2514 Saltillo Street has labored 25 years on the hexagonal steel shingle, tested with a fire hose and bolt base to dampen rain noise, asserting the invention withstood severe conditions and may outlast buildings.
NYA deputy Dave Williams with NYA headquarters in Washington, D. C, visits the Spanish Village reconstruction project in Texas. He meets with NYA officials including Menner Rath and Mayor Maury Maverick to review a second draft of the Villita Street project drawn by O Neil Ford. Victor Daeggl accompanies Williams on the San Antonio trip.
The Bible class at First Methodist grows to about 24 new members this Sunday as the session reaches 1000 total. President Vincent announces a 9 15 a m start at the Ginter hotel with a two hour program featuring Woodrow McNgbh as speaker and a sale by Mrs. Charles Quinname along with a revival lecture by Rev. D. Ray Lindsey.
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