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December 23, 1920
The entertainment and dance of the Leon A. Zear Post of the American Legion at the Post Headquarters in the Iroquois Building held last night was a very enjoyable affair and many 足交视频ns were present to enjoy the occasion.
A very enjoyable musical program was rendered before the dancing began by Mrs. J. Ray Gervais, Mrs. W. C. Klein and M. M. Johnson, Jr, and G. Clarence Goldman. They sang several quartette numbers and vocal solos which were heartily applauded and encored. Mrs. G. Clarence Goldman accompanied the singers on the piano. The quartette closed the musical program by singing 鈥淎loha Oe,鈥 following which the dancing began.
The dancing continued until a very late hour, a large number of dancers tripping the light fantastic, to the strains of jazzy music, on the excellent floor of the Post Ball Room. Everyone had a most enjoyable time and the thanks of the community are due the American Legion for arranging the delightful affair.
December 24, 1930
The T. B. Slick Estate鈥檚 No. 1 Poetter, the first oil well in Goliad County, brought in Monday afternoon, is said to have increased its production to 200 barrels per day and its daily gas production is reported close to 40,000,000 cubic feet.
The oil is of a very high gravity, almost equaling gasoline. A separator is being installed to separate the gas from the oil and several tanks are being erected to provide storage for the oil.
The well, while located in Goliad County, is so close to the DeWitt County line that the boilers of the drilling rig are said to be on the DeWitt side. Yorktown, distant about five miles, is the closest community and is expected to profit much from the discovery.
The well is 20 miles northeast on the Pettus trend, which is said to follow a line through DeWitt County between Thomaston and Cuero into Lavaca County. Cranfill and Reynolds have made the location for a deep test on this supposed structure several miles south of Yoakum in Lavaca County. A steel derrick has been erected on the location and drilling machinery is being assembled for operations to start soon after the first of the year. Most of the major companies and several independent concerns have blocks of acreage in the vicinity.
December 25, 1949
Deliveries of Christmas cheer gifts to worthy families of 足交视频 was to continue this morning after the annual Kiwanis Club project got into full swing Saturday.
Altogether, approximately 1,000 persons will be reached in this year鈥檚 campaign, Dr. Jack Kahn, club general chairman for youth work, estimated. That includes men, women and children in several hundred different families.
The club was forced to buy some items Saturday when voluntary contributions ran out, Dr. Kahn said. All of the goods were purchased from places that had donated to the drive.
More contributions came in Saturday. Among those received were $10 cash each from Temple Lumber Co., Riddell & Krueger Lumber Co., and Wood Lumber Co. Hugh Stanly of the Barqs-Nesbitt Bottling Co. gave a bottle of soda water for each adult and child.
Dr. Kahn again expressed his gratitude to the F. W. Woolworth Co., Anton Alkek Grocery and Market, and Allen Candy Co. for their large donations of toys, food and candy. A number of people sent in anonymous checks, the chairman disclosed.
December 26, 1952
A young Port Lavaca volunteer fireman was credited with saving the life of an exhausted woman when she sank in 12 feet of water near the Port Lavaca causeway Wednesday night after an auto accident.
Leland Boyd, an employee of Alcoa at Point Comfort, dived into the chilly waters under the causeway and pulled Mrs. B. C. Robinson Sr. of Port Lavaca to safety after she had been in the water for almost an hour.
Mrs. Robinson and her husband were driving across the causeway toward Port Lavaca from Point Comfort when a tire on their car blew out. The auto was thrown across the road into the banister on the south side of the bridge. It turned completely around. The two right wheels spun in midair, suspended off the roadway.
Mrs. Robinson was thrown out of the car and into the water below.
Her husband dived into the 12 foot deep bay to save her. He kept her afloat while passing motorists called for help from police and firemen.
City police arrived on the scene and tried to pull the Robinsons out with lariats that they keep in their patrol car for roping stray animals. Then an ambulance raced up with another line..
Attempts to pull the couple out of the water. were unsuccessful until the fire department arrived with a ladder which was lowered with the aid of a winch on a wrecker truck.
That is when Leland Boyd came into the picture.
Boyd descended the ladder and pulled Robinson within reach of the lower rungs.
At that moment, the exhausted Mrs. Robinson suddenly sank to the bottom of the bay. Boyd dived into the chilly water and pulled her to the ladder. Then a rope was tied about her with the aid of an unidentified man who went down to assist Boyd.
Mrs. Robinson received a head injury and suffered from shock and exposure, but her condition is reported good. Her husband is recovering from shock and exposure.
December 27, 1960
The city of 足交视频 has fixed assets, exclusive of its street system, calculated to be worth more than six million dollars according to the 1959-63 audit report submitted to city council last week and now on file at city hall.
Water and sewer system facilities (distribution systems, buildings and contents, machinery and equipment) were calculated to have a present value of $3,917,701.26 by the auditors, Roy L. Pope and Spillers Co. of San Antonio.
The garage, warehouse and purchasing departments, set up as a separate accounting division this year for the first time, had listed value of $81,404,93, while general fixed assets of the city (excluding the two sections previously mentioned) was valued at $2,097,092.64.
Total fixed assets amounted to $6,096,198.83, according to the audit. This represents current value with allowance for depreciation as nearly as it could be calculated, the auditors said, and does not represent replacement cost.
These fixed assets are covered by a total of $578,400 worth of insurance, exclusive of insurance on motor vehicles, general liability insurance, money and securities, and one water plant which is covered by a separate $20,000 policy.
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