Years ago for Sunday, Aug 02, 2009
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1909
August 3 - Paul Plummer, of Beaumont, is preparing an automobile store here and will probably rent the lower floor of the Gillespie building for the purpose. He has already sold two five-passenger touring cars, both Overlands, one to T.D. Wood and one to John J. Welder.
August 4 - Puck Albrecht, the young man who was nearly electrocuted here several days ago by coming in contact with a live electric light wire, is steadily growing better, and is now thought that he will recover, although he is extremely weak. Thirteen pieces of flesh from the right arm of his brother, Fred Albrecht, were grafted to the calf of his right leg this morning.
August 7 - A. Goldman states that this year's cotton crop will nearly equal the crop of 1906, which was 17,000 bales, the largest in the history of the county.
August 8 - The many friends of W.H. Sutherland, who is at Fayetteville, Ark., for his health, will be glad to learn that his condition is considerably improved, although he is still quite a sick man. He will probably remain away several weeks longer.
1934
August 4 - Company "E" 111th Engineers, Texas National Guard, recruited to full strength, departed on a special train at 5 o'clock this morning for Camp Hulen, Palacios, where its members will go through actual military training for a period of two weeks. The company is led by Capt. Paul Conti, First Lt. James Young and Second Lt. J.T. Scheumack. It consists of around 75 men. Approximately 8,000 Texas National Guardsmen, comprising the Thirty-Sixth Division, largest peacetime military organization in the United States to assemble as a unit for maneuvers, will move into their field training quarters.
August 6 - Miss Alice Marie Keefe is in Houston visiting Miss Mary Agnes Lacour.
August 8 - The Rosebuds may be out of the fight as far as the championship is concerned, but they can have the satisfaction of knocking the Beeville Braves from the top of the ladder when the two teams tangle here Sunday at Fair Park. A defeat for Curtis Walker and his men would place the Braves in a tie with Kenedy for the second half flag, for Kenedy next Sunday gets a forfeit game from Woodsboro. The Buds haven't succeeded in winning at Beeville this year, and Sunday may be no exception. Practically the same nine that played in Kenedy Sunday will be here for the contest, namely, Hoffman or Shelley, Clements, Burt, Tolar, Devereaux, Mays, Williamson, Ling, Bowels, Hartrick and May.
1959
August 2 - A "leap-frog" construction process, that may speed up completion of the Victoria Barge Canal by at least a year, was announced yesterday by Earl Fischer of the Victoria County Navigation District. The action as planned by the Corps of Engineers calls for the future letting of overlapping contracts so that as many as three sections of the "big ditch" may be gouged out simultaneously.
August 4 - Victoria's Rosebuds, back from a Mexico tour which saw them lose five out of eight games but still maintain a healthy lead in the Texas League, return to Riverside Park Tuesday night for the first of four games with the Mexico City Red Devils. The Rosebuds are home for 10 games in nine days with Mexican opposition - the same three clubs they met on their last road trip - and these will mark the end of Victoria's Pan American Assn. competition. Ed Rakow, the righthander sent here by Montreal in exchange for Ralph Mauriello, is Manager Pete Reiser's mound choice for the 7:45 p.m. opener. The Red Devil's three-night stand here includes a doubleheader tomorrow night and then a single game Friday.
August 5 - A "skin-tight" budget pared of almost all "cushion" funds is expected to get a quick OK from Victoria Independent School District trustees this afternoon after public hearing. The board will convene at 1 p.m. for its regular August session, and the budget public hearing is scheduled at 2 p.m. Despite all the cutting, which has taken place at two recent board sessions and at various sessions between Supt. C.O. Chandler and Business Manger R.E. Greenwood, the budget of $2,524,748.75 still will set a new all-time record for proposed expenditures in the mushrooming district. It is based on an anticipated hike of eight cents in the tax rate, from $1.75 to $1.83 per $100 valuation.
August 7 - Goliad County 4-H Girls have been attending clothing workshops during the past several weeks. Their current projects include the making of shirts and blouses, simple dresses and advanced dresses, according to their sewing ability. Girls attending include Ruth Bruns, Deanna Bruns, Mary Joyce Franke, Deanna Williams, Sandra Kay Hoff, Gay Kolle, Judith Wendel, Ann Correll, Virginia Duderstadt, Laura Jean Duderstadt, Dorothy Abrameit, Lillie Ruth Frank, Geraldine Diebel, Sharon Schrade and Deanna Schrade.
1984
August 2 - H. Joe Mays has been promoted from executive vice president to president of South Coast Mortgage Co., the $1 billion mortgage servicing subsidiary of Victoria Savings Association.
August 3 - Dr. Cecil Patterson, vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Central University in Durham, N.C., will be featured speaker for a 7:30 p.m. banquet at Holiday Inn highlighting Friday's opening activities in a three-day reunion of former F.W. Gross High School students.
August 5 - A course on detective and mystery fiction will be offered this fall through the University of Houston-Victoria.
August 6 - Victoria High School Band rehearsals will begin at 6 p.m. Monday at the school band hall.
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