• Originally published September 2, 2009 at midnight, updated September 2, 2009 at 5:25 p.m.

1909

Sept. 6 - Postmaster Clark's new home, one of the handsomest and most comfortable in this city, has been completed and he will occupy it next week. It is situated on Diamond Hill and has a most beautiful location.

Sept. 8 - Lafayette Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mitchell, was running a cow on the Mitchell ranch in Jackson county yesterday when horse stepped in a hole and fell on him, bruising his left side. His injuries are not serious.

Sept. 9 - Latest reports concerning the new creamery to be erected here announced the shipment of machinery and that the plant will be ready for business by Nov. 1. In view of this fact, farmers in this vicinity are purchasing separators and the available cream supply will be considerably increased by the time the creamery is ready for business. With butter fat at 23 cents per pound and prospects for higher prices, the farmers and other owners of cows cannot afford to overlook this proposition.

Sept. 10 - L. Shropshire, the "trouble shooter" for the local office of the Southwestern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., went to Telferner this morning to make some necessary repairs.

Sept. 11 - The schools throughout the country are all now supplied with efficient teachers, and the majority of all the county schools will open on Oct. 11. As the cotton crop is short, it is quite probable that the attendance will be good on the opening day. This being the case, the work of the teachers will be greatly facilitated and considerable more progress shown at the end of the session. Parents should make every sacrifice to start their children in school the first week, if possible.

1934

Sept. 8 - C.C. Zirjacks has been elected president of the new Business Men's Softball League. Play is scheduled to start Sept. 10 under the lights at the Patti Welder Athletic Field.

Sept. 9 - Another street paving petition will be presented to the City Council at its regular meeting tonight by a majority of the property owners residing on the unpaved sections of Juan Linn Street. The petition will ask for nine blocks of paving, extending from Moody Street, to the pavement at the intersection of Bridge, a distance of two blocks, and from the pavement at the intersection of William Street, to Goldman Road, a distance of seven blocks.

Sept. 11 - Thirty-five stalwart gridders greeted Coach V.A. Adams yesterday afternoon as the Victoria Junior College Pirates worked out for the first time "officially." Coach Milton Perkins of Victoria High School had a squad out that numbered slightly less.

Sept. 12 - More than 2,000 pupils are enrolled in the public and private schools of Victoria, a survey by The Advocate reveals. The approximate number is 2,237. As is to be expected, Mitchell Ward School has the largest enrollment, with approximately 590 pupils. One hundred and fifty students have registered at Victoria Junior College, most of them giving Victoria as their home address. The enrollment at Patti Welder High School is approximately 400. Nazareth Academy has an enrollment of 220, while St. Joseph has 150.

1959

Sept. 7 - Season tickets for five home football games, to be played by the Victoria College Pirates, will go on sale tomorrow, according to Business Manager Harold Nichols. The tickets, priced at $6.25 for the complete home schedule, will entitle the holder to an early choice of desired seats, Nichols said. Available at the College Business Office, the season tickets are valid for dames with Blinn Junior College of Brenham on Sept. 26, Southwest Texas State College of San Marcos on Oct. 9, San Angelo Junior College on Oct. 16, Kilgore Junior College on Oct. 31 and Wharton Junior College on Nov. 14. Coach Rust Russell's Pirates were picked in a pre-season poll of conference coaches as the 1959 season favorites.

Sept. 10 - A new Catholic church to serve the Bloomington area and replace that community's old Sacred Heart Church is now under construction there, and will become an independent parish will with its own resident pastor. This was announced yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Welder, who are building the new house of worship in memory of his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welder Sr.

Sept. 12 - The first civilian use of Foster AFB since its deactivation last December was authorized Friday by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in granting the Devereux Foundation the right to lease some of Foster's facilities for a temporary therapeutic school for exceptional children. The Foundation has signified its desire to utilize a portion of the airfield beginning this fall, while awaiting completion of its permanent $700,000 school plant on a 321-acre site on the Goliad Highway.

1984

Sept. 6 - The problem of what to do about areas which have narrow, sub-standard streets - located mostly in southeast Victoria between South Laurent Street and Port Lavaca Drive - will not go away, and the city may have to develop a new policy to deal with it, City Manager James J. Miller said Wednesday.

Sept. 7 - A poor harvest for 1984 has begun to multiply problems of area shrimpers already battling the effects of shrimp imported from Mexico and South America.

Sept. 11 - Victoria County Commissioners Court, some two hours in closed session Monday, about 1 1/2 hours of that time closeted with Criminal District Attorney George Filley, discussed a threatened lawsuit by Southern Pacific Transportation Co. over a railroad crossing north of Nursery, which the county opened last year.

Sept. 12 - The number of students seeking higher education at Victoria campuses is up, but registration figures show an increase and a decrease in enrollment at two local institution.

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