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1909
June 16 - Harding & Parker, druggists, will occupy the first floor of the Iroquois building.
June 17 - Misses Grace Goldman and Florine Hull, two talented young ladies of this city, have arranged with Professor Zimmer, a famous musician, for a course of lessons on the violin during their stay in San Antonio, where the professor is now sojourning. They expect to be absent until October.
William Wheeler left this afternoon for Detroit to attend the convention of the National Association of Master Plumbers going a a delegate of the State Association, and will be absent about 10 days. Mrs. Wheeler accompanied him.
June 19 - Henry Gossman, one of the drivers of the fire horses informed an Advocate man this morning that he would tender his resignation some time between July 10 and 15, giving as a reason that he is not satisfied with the rules laid down by Fire Chief Potash in regard to Fireman Weber, the relief man, assisting with his team. When informed of Mr. Gossman's intention, Mr. Potash stated the department would regret to lose his services, as he is a very valuable man, but that there was no other course open to one who did not care to obey the rules and follow the instruction of his office.
June 20 - The Sunset will run a moonlight excursion from Goliad to Port Lavaca next Tuesday night. The train will leave here at 7:15 p.m. and returning leave Port Lavaca at midnight. A Mexican orchestra is now regularly employed by the pavilion management, and there will be fine music for dancing.
A sunflower festival will be given on the Public Square tomorrow for the benefit of the German Catholic Church. Ice cream, cake, lemonade and soda water will be served. There will be plain sewing for sale, and a fish pond for the amusement of the children.
1934
June 14 - The construction of lighting equipment for bight softball on the Mettie Lowe lot adjoining the Victoria "Y" got under way this morning. The work will be rushed to completion in order that a newly organized Business Men's League can start games next Monday night.
June 15 - Port Lavaca: Port Lavaca's rich racing purse offered at her regatta Sunday is surpassing the Yacht club officials' wildest dream in drawing the largest field of entries ever to participate in a gulf coast regatta. Normal business activities in the little city have been suspended as all business men, housewives and farmers are concentrating on preparations for handling a crowd heretofore unheard of in this section. All preparations for food are being based on a crowd of 20,000, although late addition of inboard and sailboat races are expected to swell the crowd to 35,000. Parking room along the course is sufficient to handle 9,000 automobiles.
June 16 - The Steene Drilling Company of Houston, which has leased virtually a solid block of 18,000 acres around Nursery, will bring in a rig within a few days and prepare to drill a deep test, it has been announced. It is understood thee test will be within a few miles of Nursery.
Dance: At Bridge Inn Pavilion Sunday. Music by the Sever Aces. Admission 55 cents, tax included. F.L. Billstein.
June 18 - Two members of the Shields family, long prominent in Rotary circles in this city, today provided a major portion of the program staged by George Hoffmann and August Muller. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Allan Shields and George T. Shields. The musical part of the day's entertainment was furnished by Stanley Green, who gave two splendid vocal solos, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. J. R. Gervais.
June 19 - The temperature here yesterday skyrocketed to 107 degrees, smashing a record that stood for eight years, according to Weatherman Winston Zirjacks.
1959
June 16 - Funeral services for District Judge Frank Martin of Goliad, who died after a heart attack Sunday, will be held at 10 a.m. today from Roy Thomas Funeral Chapel in Goliad. The Rev. Gerald McAllister, rector of St. Francis' Episcopal Church in Victoria, and the Rev. Dr. R. A. McCurdy of First Presbyterian Church in Goliad will officiated. Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be K.D. Hall and R.M. Hasdorff of Refugio, Louis Watson of Edna, Willis Jetton of Port Lavaca, Judge Howard P. Green, Joe Kelly and Wayne Hartman of Victoria. Victoria County Judge Frank Crain said yesterday the local courthouse will be closed from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. today in respect to Judge Martin.
June 19 - First in an evening gown, first in a bathing suit and first in the hearts of her judges, beautiful Ann Ray Toman emerged last night as the Victoria area's Miss Rosebud of 1959. The 20-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Toman of Ganado thus became a candidate for the Miss Texas title to be decided upon at Beaumont next month with that winner to compete in the Miss America Contest at Atlantic City later in the summer. Miss Toman was crowned Miss Rosebud by Tom O'Connor, owner of the Rosebud Baseball Club, during the second annual Miss Rosebud Pageant sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Uptown Theatre.
1984
June 14 - Donna Oertli, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Oertli Jr. of Victoria, will compete in the Miss South Texas Scholarship Pageant for the Miss South Texas Title
Celeste Matejicek, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Matejicek of Inez, has been selected as a finalist in the 1984 Miss East Texas National Pre-Teen Pageant.
June 15 - Astronaut Bob Springer, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, will be guest speaker Saturday for the June dinner meeting of the Victoria Chapter of Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International.
June 16 - The Victoria County Commissioners Court toured the new county jail-sheriff's department complex Friday, and then authorized issuance of a certificate of substantial completion on the new facility.
June 18 - President Reagan slipped on the steps of Air Force One while preparing to depart Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday.
