Somer Amended for Ter Post in Yoakum
J Woolsey longtime Yoakum assistant post master has been recommended for appointment as Yoakum postmaster. A flood of telegrams and letters to Congressman Mans in Washington urged the appointment. Woolsey joined the Post Office in 1914 as a substitute clerk, soon gaining a permanent post office position under various postmasters.
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Yoakum
J. Woolsey
Yoakum Post
J. J. Mansin’ Washi
Yoakumites
Woolsey
Post Office Department
T. P. Woodward
T. J. Hill
Perry Wendtland
J. A. McFadden
Navy Recruiting Officer to Be Here Tuesday
Chief Petty Officer Ray H. ae of the Navy Recruiting Station Victoria will be here Tuesday between 12 noon and 2 30 p m for interviews with men wishing to enlist in the Navy. Men are needed to staff new ships. trained enlistees go to the Naval Training Station San Diego for brief training before duty aboard ship. Untrained enlistees receive six weeks of military training before eligibility for Navy trade schools.
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Ray H.ae
Navy
Victoria
George
Naval Training Station
San Diego
California
Menger School Honor Roll Details
First Grade Doris Marie Mueller Edwin Kremling. Second Grade Henry Jay Neumann Oren Carl Remmers. Third Grade Irene Hewig Martha Ann Hanus. Fourth Grade Isabelle Wink(en)der Joyce Mae Baros Harold James Harbers. Seventh Grade Junior Hanus. Eighth Grade Frances Dolezal.
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Doris Marie Mueller
Edwin Kremling
Henry Jay Neumann
Oren Carl Remmers
Irene Hewig
Martha Ann Hanus
Isabelle Winkenwerder
Joyce Mae _ Baros
Harold James Harbers
Junior Hanus
Frances Dolezal
Navy radiomen special training offered in new field
The Navy Department seeks young men qualified for ultra high frequency radar maintenance training. Applicants must be high school graduates with a radio license or active repair experience. Enlistment 17 to 35 with no dependents as Radioman Second Class earning $72 monthly, sent to Naval Radio Training School in Los Angeles. Successful students may advance to Chief Radioman with higher pay. Married men receive dependent allowances. See Navy Recruiting Station Victoria Texas for details.
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Navy Department
Wien
Naval Radio Training School
Los Angeles
California
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Recruiting Station
Victoria
Texas
Shiner Youth Serving Army Duties on Matagorda Island
Victoria Texas November 29 three Texas soldiers from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School Victoria are on detached service at the aerial gunnery range on Matagorda Island They are Staff Sgt Albert M Horelica of Cameron Rt 1 Pvt Melvin H Harbers of Shiner and Pvt Joe A Evans son of Mr and Mrs Gowen Evans 906 Southampton Dallas Horelica serves as mess sergeant and Harbers Evans are in a miscellaneous detail
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Victoria
Texas
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Matagorda Island
Albert M. Horelica
Cameron Rt. 1
Melvin H. Harbers
Shiner
Joe A. Evans
Gowen Evans
Southampton
Dallas
Horelica
Harbers
Evans
Miss Mary Lou Smith Visits Corsicana Hostess
Miss Mary Lou Smith of Corsicana was the guest of Miss Edith Wolters for a weekend visit last week, sharing social time and hospitality in the local set.
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Mary Lou Smith
Corsicana
Edith Wolters
NYA youths at Duncan Field Air Depot reach 147 to Civil Service
Since March 1941 the first NYA group at Duncan Field Air Depot near San Antonio has produced 147 youths who qualified for Civil Service mechanic learner jobs and 21 more hired by private industries. The center, run by J C Kellam, places youths via the Texas State Employment Service and provides 44 hours weekly work plus evening training in engines, aero repair, and related trades under Army and Civil Service supervision. About twenty more NYA residents at Duncan Field gain work experience in cooking and baking alongside related training.
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Austin
NYA
Duncan Field Air Depot
San Antonio
J. C. Kellam
Texas State Employment Service
Duncan Field
Army
Civil Service
Eighth Corps
San Antonio Public Schools
State Board For Vocational Education
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Menger School
U.S. Navy
G. Hermann Furniture Co
Yoakum & Gonzales
U.s
C. B
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Dresser
II Ag
Paris
Stepins
Gladstone
Coty
Kodaks and Films
Pocket Books
King’s Chocolate
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