• Originally published July 10, 2008 at 12:53 a.m., updated July 10, 2008 at 12:53 a.m.

July 10, 1908

Dr. R.R. Hopkins has returned from Louisville Ky., where he attended commencement exercises of the University of Louisville. His son, Joseph Vincent Hopkins, was a graduate of the Medical Department. Miss Blanche Hopkins and Mrs. L. Garett both of Edna, his sister, and aunt, respectively, were also present for the exercises. The young doctor was one of the five of a class of 99 who received highest grades, and was honored with a hospital appointment, being assigned to St. Mary’s and Elizabeth Hospitals at Louisville.

July 10, 1933

Advocate files for July, 1933, are missing.

July 10, 1958

The public works appropriation bill containing $1 million dollars for the Victoria Barge Canal passed the Senate in Washington yesterday, according to a wire from Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. The measure now goes to conference for adjustment of differences in the versions passed by the Senate and House of Representatives. It includes $500,000 for Canyon Reservior on the Guadalupe River, $33,000 for Pass Cavallo at Port Lavaca and $333,000 for the Lavaca and Navidad Rivers at Hallettsville.

Port Lavaca: The immediate Launching of engineering studies - initial phase of construction of the Matagorda Ship Channel - was announced Wednesday by the Calhoun County Navigation District. Dr. R.J. Roemer, navigation district chairman, said the district members had been working “almost continuously” since President Eisenhower inked the bill approving the deep-water channel. Since the July 3 signing, Roemer said the navigation district has: 1. Obtained permission from the Corps of Engineers to proceed with preliminary engineering studies. 2. Negotiated a bank loan to pay for the work. 3. Retained the engineering firm of Lockwood, Andrews and Newman of Victoria to represent the district. 4. worked out an agreement with Alcoa to make available engineers and facilities to complete the surveys. 5. Been in contact with Washington officials in effort to obtain final appropriations for the project.

July 10, 1983

The world’s most plentiful substance is fast becoming its most precious. So precious that a half-million Chinese have just scratched out a canal system to get it to parched Tianjin. So precious that supertankers may soon reach halfway across the globe to carry it to Arabia. So precious that it is a crime in Arizona to dig for it without a license. Around the world the thirst for water is growing so great that the search for it is turning into a scramble. It is nearing a point at which man - in this case the Soviet government - may risk a shift in the planet’s climate to get more of it. “ I think we are headed for a disaster,” says Dr. Peter Borne, who heads a public-education group in Washington called Global Water.

A week-long round trip tour to Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry is being organized for senior citizens here by Victoria County Senior Citizens Association Inc.

The Fourth of July in Victoria was quieter, fireworks wise, than the 1982 observance, according to Assistant Fire Marshal Buel Landrum. Landrum said only 22 after-hours fireworks complaints were made, resulting in the confiscation of $60 worth of fireworks and one citation. The official noted that during the three-day 1982 Fourth of July observance, 63 complaints were answered resulting in $4,200 in fireworks being confiscated and 11 citations issued. “We want to thank the citizens of Victoria for their cooperation in observing the fireworks ordinance.

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